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Gloucester and District Christian Choir’s next rehearsal is on Monday 6th.February 2012 at St Mary’s Congregational Church Archdeacon Street, Gloucester at 7.45p.m. until 9.30 p.m.
Just turn up or ring the Musical Director Pamela Dewick 07971 889481
No need to be able to read music or have a good solo voice –just a keenness to sing.

Sat Soup 15th October – Black Heroes

MON Talking to Neville about domino playing playing a big part in the Caribbean culture  

TUES Talking to Victor Richards about his One Man Drama Presentation. “Streets Paved with Gold”

Weds     Family Time with Pastor Crawford

Thurs    Young People’s Show Alyssa & Crew

Friday    Holly and Michaela: The Friday addition Community Link with the film’s & DVD review and lot’s more.

Saturday Soup 22nd October – Diversity

Cllr Will Windsor-Clive, Cabinet Member for Communities, has today decided that the county council will progress seven business cases submitted by community groups looking to run local services and activities from youth centre buildings. They will each now receive a £5000 grant to help turn their plans into reality and will be granted temporary tenancy of the buildings until longer terms leases are formally completed.

“A great deal of hard work has gone into these plans from everyone involved, and we look forward to continuing to work closely with these groups as they look to turn their plans into reality, in many cases enhancing the services already available.” (Cllr Will Windsor-Clive, Cabinet Member for Communities.)

Youth service decisions cover the following locations:

• Bishop’s Cleeve
• Churchdown
• Newent
• Quedgeley
• Tetbury
• Winchcombe
• Bourton-on-the-Water

The council will work on the finer detail of the business cases for Chequers Bridge Youth Centre in Gloucester, Lydney Youth Centre and Cinderford Youth Centre and it is confident these will progress later in the summer. A decision on the Hesters Way Partnership’s business case to run a joint library and youth centre has been deferred. As a result of a court order, any decisions taken with regards library buildings will not be implemented until the conclusion of related legal proceedings.

To see the press release in full detail please go to  http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=104965

A community project in Matson is celebrating after being given a government grant more than double last year’s amount.
Together in Matson (TIM) has been given £12,000-worth of funding from Gloucester City Council to last until April 2012.

“This really is excellent news for us and the project in the community.
This will help us continue to do the good work we have been doing and keep the whole project running. “With the money increase we are able to put more groups on for the younger people.” (Vanessa Worrall, project manager at the group)

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Moving tributes were paid to an “inspirational” police officer who put her heart and soul into the job.

Hundreds of mourners packed into Gloucester Cathedral yesterday for the funeral of PC Lynn Aston, a beat officer from Churchdown who died this month after a brave battle with cancer.

Wearing traditional police tunics, with black jackets and polished silver buttons, the great and the good of Gloucestershire’s force turned out to give her a rousing send off.

“The job of being a community police officer was made for her. There was no aspect of community life she was not involved in. Whether it was the drunks or the street sellers – she knew them all. She was truly inspirational.” (Former chief constable Dr Tim Brain)

Chief constable Tony Melville paid special tribute to Lynn’s tireless work in the community, which led her to be named Gloucestershire Beat Officer of the Year in 2009.

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FUNDING for a new crossing in a Linden road has been approved after years of campaigning.

The prayers of public figures and residents have been answered after Gloucestershire Highways announced it would ring fence £30,000 for the Seymour Road zebra crossing.

In 2009, the issue was raised in The Citizen by Gloucester City Councillor Mark Hobbs (Lab, Moreland), who called for a crossing to increase pedestrian safety.

Later in 2009 and into 2010, a petition was developed by Gloucestershire County Council leader Mark Hawthorne (Con, Moreland) and campaigner Lyn Ackroyd.

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WORK on a £5.5m permanent flood barrier to protect a water treatment works in Gloucestershire has finished.

The floods of 2007 swamped the Mythe works in Tewkesbury leaving 350,000 people across the county without clean water for 17 days.

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A booze ban is about to come into force in Barnwood
It comes after residents complained about drunken behaviour, fights between youths and empty beer cans “blighting” the area.
Council chiefs want to give police powers to crack down on drinking in Greenway open space and Cherston Court.

By making a Designated Public Places Order (DPPO), police and PCSOs would be able to confiscate alcohol from anyone in the street, and it would be a criminal offence to carry on drinking after being told not to. The DPPO has been out to public consultation, which came to an end last Friday. Council officers are expected to give it the nod within days.

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The new Gloucester community fire station and groundbreaking life skills centre will stand in Shepherd Road, Tuffley.

Councillor Will Windsor-Clive, Gloucestershire County Council cabinet member for Community Safety and Youth, said: “I’m delighted to see work beginning on the new fire stations. When the project is complete, we will be able to get to more of those that need our help even faster and provide even more effective safety education,” he said.

The life skills centre will be used to educate people about living safely and will allow a range of visitors, including schools, community and business groups, to experience first-hand a range of risks and their consequences within a safe environment.

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