Madeley MattersDrawing by Maggie Humphry

November 2016 109th edition

MADELEY CHRISTMAS LIGHTSSaturday 3rd December2pm till 7pm

Madeley CentreAnstice Square:Christmas Market alongside Tesco selling gifts and special treats. Street Entertainers, Children’s Fairground Rides, Hot Food and Santa’s GrottoThe Anstice Ballroom:Face Painting, FREE Children’s Activities also Stage Performances from Local ChildrenChristmas Remembrance Tree, RefreshmentsChildren’s Art Display. REMEMBER – closing date for art entries is Wednesday 16 NovemberThe Festive Lights will be switched on around 6pm.

Serving Cuckoo Oak, Madeley & Woodside

MadeleyTown Council

FREE PLEASE TAKE ONE

NOTICE OF ROAD CLOSUREPark Avenue

(from the junction with High Street to the island at Tesco Car Park)

WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM 1pm – 8pm

Experience the magic of a Victorian Christmas at Blists Hill Victorian Town Special Christmas Weekends 3-4 & 10-11 DecemberSoak up the fabulous seasonal Victorian atmosphere and revel in traditional celebrations and entertainment as the townsfolk busily make preparations for Christmas, 1800s style.Be transported to a bygone era as you stroll around the town; listen to tales of life more than 100 years ago as you call-in to cosy cottages, hum along to seasonal music from brass bands and choirs and tour the Town on a horse-drawn cart. No visit will be complete without a visit to see Father Christmas in his wonderful grotto. You can even pet his reindeer before they start their mammoth journey around the world on Christmas Eve.The most perfect Victorian ‘Christmas card scene’, with a stunningly decorated Christmas tree, will be the centrepiece in the Goods Shed where you can also make paperchains, write a letter to Father Christmas and leave a note on our Wishing Tree.The air will be filled with music and laughter around the Town with brass bands, carol singers and Punch & Judy shows. Don’t miss the dastardly villain, his principal enemy and the comical quack doctor, all dressed in garish garb in our traditional Shropshire Christmas Mummers Play. The Victorians loved these early forms of panto, and so will you.A visit will be a great excuse to call in to the shops around the Town, where you will find some unusual Christmas gifts like traditionally made cast-iron paperweights and doorstops, handmade plaster decorations, perfumed soaps, hand printed gift wrap, traditional sweets and Victorian Christmas cards. For further information call the Ironbridge Tourist Information Centre on 01952 433 424 or visit www.ironbridge.org.uk.

Christmas Services and Concerts in and around MadeleySt. Michael’s Church (Church of England)Saturday 26th November 7.30pm Telford OrchestraSunday 4th December 3pm The Gallery Singers Christmas Concert, including audience carolsSunday 11th December 7.30pm Carol Service at the Brewery Inn, CoalportSunday 18th December 6.30pm Carol ServiceChristmas Eve:

3.30pm Church Crib Service (children can come dressed as angels, shepherds or kings)11.30pm Midnight Communion

Christmas Day: 10am Christmas Communion

Sutton Hill Church (Church Of England)Sunday 18th December 10.30am Carols & Coffee café styleChristmas Eve: 6pm Quiet Reflection with Holy Communion

Good Shepherd Parish (Catholic Church)Christmas Eve:

St. Paul’s Dawley 5pm Children’s Mass St. Mary’s Madeley 7.30pm Carols St Mary’s Madeley 8pm Vigil Mass of Christmas

Christmas Day: St. Paul’s Dawley 9am Daytime Mass Madeley Baptist ChurchSunday 18th December:

10.30am Family Service (nativity play) and Communion.6.30pm Candlelit Carol Service

Christmas Day: 10.30am Family ServiceSunday 1st January: 10.30am New Years Day CommunionSpringfield Christian Fellowship At Jubilee HouseSunday 18th December: 10.15am for coffee, 10.45am meeting: CHRISTMAS UNPACKED

‘Come Celebrate the Heart of Christmas’: A simple opportunity for those who may be feeling overwhelmed by all the hype and traditions of Christmas to re-discover God’s heart of love - the reason for the season.

Saturday 17th December 11am - STAC Carol Singing in Madeley Centre:

All the churches in South Telford Association of Churches join with the community to sing carols.

Come and join in!

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Local Boys Do Woodside ProudTwo local boys have been rewarded and praised for their honesty in a special assembly at Woodside Primary school.

Jamie Bedworth (11) and Aiden Warren (9) were playing outside the Park Lane Centre on Wednesday 28th September when they noticed a lady’s purse on the ground and rightly decided to take it into the centre to hand it in.

Cllr Kevin Guy said “Myself and Cllr Evans were holding our regular surgery session in the Park Lane Centre when we were approached by both Jamie and Aiden. The boys were extremely polite and said they had found a purse outside.

On inspection the purse contained a considerable amount of money and a large number of personal items. Thankfully it did not take long to track down who the purse belonged to and ensure that it was returned to the highly appreciative owner.”

Cllr Guy made a point of asking for the lads’ names and what school they attended to ensure they were given the praise they duly deserved. Cllrs Guy & Evans thanked the boys and noted “that they were both a shining example of how to behave and an asset to both their school and local Woodside Community.” Cllr Kevin Guy

Unveiling Of Commemorative Stone for Local War HeroAlong with the representatives from the armed forces, Mayor Rae Evans attended a paving stone unveiling ceremony at the refurbished war memorial square in Russell Green on the 26th August 2016 at 11am. This date marked the anniversary of the Battle of Le Cateau in 1914 where local man Major CAL Yate earned his Victoria Cross.The enhancement scheme has been funded by a Pride in Your Community High Street grant, together with local contributions from the Town Council and Madeley Partnership. The enhancement scheme will be completed by November once tree and hedge planting is carried out in the Autumn.

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Unusual visitors to MadeleyAn unusual announcement in the Salopian Journal on August 12 1818 read: “The two New Zealand Chiefs now under the Care of the resident Minister of Madeley, have excited the greatest Interest … Their Countenances are impressive, their Persons commanding, and all combined with such pleasing Traits of true Politeness and genuine Affection, that you quite forget you are in the Society of those whose Country men are the most decided Cannibals!”

The two young Maori men stayed for the summer months at the Vicarage next to St Michael’s church in Madeley with the curate George Mortimer and his family. Mortimer’s friends at the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in London had sent Tooi and Titere to Shropshire to recover from a bronchial infection they caught on their arrival in England in February 1818. Tooi and Titere were pleased to leave London, the home of their “bad friend, Mr Coughee”, as Titere put it.

The evangelical churchmen of Madeley hoped Tooi and Titere would learn to read and write scriptural verses, become converted to Christianity, and return to New Zealand to convert their people. The Maori men had other ideas. Tooi in particular had come to England not only to study the society that he had learned about on whaling ships around New Zealand, but also hoping to get settlers. Tooi’s enemy Hongi Hika had already nabbed the first European settlers in New Zealand; missionaries had arrived in Hongi Hika’s Bay of Islands territory by invitation in 1814. Tooi wanted some settlers for his tribe. European settlers increased trade opportunities for muskets and other modern technologies highly prized by Maori.

The letters that Tooi and Titere wrote through a scribe, and the diaries of their English associates, tell vividly of their adventures in Shropshire. They visited factories, including the Coalport china works where they had a conversation with Mr Rose and made some cups. They saw ‘the iron run down like water’. Titere wrote: ‘I go home tell my countrymen they no believe’.

They visited the Rev John Eyton and his family, in Wellington where they visited Eyton’s school. Tooi reported ‘I say lesson with boys two times a day: all so pleased, me stick peacock feather in my head’ which amused the English schoolboys. They blew some glass bottles at a glassworks, probably at Wrockwardine Wood.

The two men left the district in October for their passage (paid for by the CMS) on a crowded convict ship, the Baring, headed for Australia. They felt a debt of gratitude to the CMS, but they could not abide the demands of religious study and rebelled on their way home, turning against the missionaries. Their visit to England had taught Tooi and Titere a lot about modern musket warfare. Within a couple of years both men were engaged in the deadly inter-tribal musket wars in the north of New Zealand. And Tooi never acquired his settlers.

Professor Alison Jones of the University of Auckland is writing a book on Tooi’s life, to be published in 2017.

Contact Alison at a.jones@auckland.ac.nz

Madeley Living History ProjectDuring the summer members of Madeley Living History Project have been working at Shropshire Archives to digitise and catalogue photographs in the collection donated by Telford Development Corporation.

Over 1,200 previously unavailable photographs of Madeley can now be viewed online at www.shropshire.gov.uk/archives.

A selection of the photographs will be shown at a presentation by the team at the Madeley Living History Project AGM on the 8th December at Jubilee House.

Early next year, the photographs will also be available to view on the Town Council’s website.

Portraits painted in London in October 1818

by James Barry

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Families in Telford, the amalgamation of Woodside Family Groups Project and Sutton Hill Family Project, is now 3 years old.

Obtaining funding to keep our groups open on Woodside and Sutton Hill has not been easy, being one of thousands of voluntary organisations seeking funding and in April this year we had to close part of our programme due to lack of funding.HENRY (Health, Education, Nutrition for the Really Young) is a national programme and the main principles are used in our delivery for families/under 5s on both estates. This is alternated on a fortnightly basis with an Open Access Drop-in provision for families who may be new to the area, getting to know us, and perhaps not ready for a focused activity; also an introduction for their children to our programme for Under 5s following the Early Years Foundation Strategy principles, enabling parent and child to share activities together.This was the part of our complete programme which had to close – until we were able to reopen four months later in September, due to successful funding from the People’s Post Code Lottery, Truemark Trust and Madeley Town Council. We are truly grateful to be financially secure for another year, to develop what had become a very popular service with carers and children under 5.Our complete programme is as follows:

Woodside Park Lane Centre Monday 9.15 - 11.15 Open Access Tums & Tinies is a group for pregnant 1pm – 2.30pm Tums & Tinies women and families with babiesSutton Hill Comm. Centre Tuesday 9.30-11am Tums & Tinies until confidently walking. Wed 9.15 – 11.15 Open AccessIf you are an interested parent, grandparent or carer with an Under 5 you are welcome to come and see us at the above times and venues.

Pat Partridge – Chair, Families in TelfordRegistered Charity No: 1130708 Park Lane Centre, Woodside, Telford, TF7 5QZ Tel: 01952 683715

Supported By:

Is your handsome hound as healthy and happy as can be? Come along to Tesco Madeley on Friday 18 November between 9am and 4pm and receive a free five point check covering behaviour, companionship, diet, environment and health.

A small range of FREE preventive services are available including nail clipping and ear cleaning for your dog. Microchipping is available at a small charge. Other dates include: Sutton Hill Community Centre: Tuesday 15th November – 10am-5pmBrookside Community Centre: Thursday 17th November – 10am-5pmPark Lane Centre, Woodside: Wednesday 16th November – 10am-5pm.The PetCheck service can only continue thanks to your donation. The deeper you dig, the more help we can give. Bookings are now being taken for your exclusive PetCheck appointment.A limited number of appointments may be available on the day but to guarantee your time with the PDSA vet nurse call now on 0800 917 2509 to avoid disappointment.

Madeley Development: Planning permission has now been granted for the retail development on the former Madeley Court School site including the Lidl store.

On Behalf of Telford Crisis Support (Food Bank) : We really need some volunteers to help us with our admin. We need people to answer the phones and take food parcel requests.We need people who have skills in data-bases and spreadsheets and general office skills, word processing etc.They will also be helping to pack food parcels as and when the requests come in. If you like meeting new people and want to join a small but perfectly formed team then please ring 01952 293043 or email us on john16.tcs@gmail.com

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Celebrating 50 years of Sutton HillThis year is a big year for Sutton Hill and its local residents because 50 years ago, on March 8th 1966, site preparation works started at Sutton Hill housing estate and on 17th March 1967, HRH Queen Elizabeth II visited Sutton Hill to open the first house on the estate.To help celebrate and mark this jubilee year several events and activities have been arranged, one of which was a beautiful street art mural painted along the side of the youth and community centre in Sutton Hill.This piece of street art was put together with a combination of ideas, memories and suggestions from both young and old residents living in Sutton Hill. Their ideas were then transformed, with the help from a local street artist, into a 50 year timeline of past memories, significant events and features that represent Sutton Hill and it was then painted by a group of young people (and those of young minds), who recreated the images in a visual timeline that spans 50 years of Sutton Hill, that now takes pride of place along the external wall of the youth and community centre.Cllr Paul Watling, cabinet member for children, young people and communities and ward member for Sutton Hill gave huge thanks to the ‘Friends of Sutton Hill’ community group for obtaining funds from the Big Lottery Awards for All programme to fund the work and he was impressed by the joint work that had gone on between both young and older people to come up with a fantastic mural that celebrated life in Sutton Hill.

Pictured: Left: Cllr Dave Wright, Jason Stokes (Friends of Sutton Hill), Neil Willis (auniqueart), John McFarland T&WC youth innovation worker), Cllr Paul Watling, Jess Winston, Jack Taylor, Codie Peate, Elise Taylor, Anthony Field and Brodie FinziRight: Joyce Evans, local resident

Forthcoming events for your diaries in Sutton HillSat 3rd December: Sutton Hill Christmas Fayre with Santa’s Grotto: 11am to 2pm

Sun 18th Dec.: Seniors Christmas dinner with entertainment: £5 per ticket 4pm–7pm

Wed 21st December: Family activity (morning tbc.) – The Animal Man: for families (up to 11yrs) & kids meals for £1

Sutton Hill Community Centre UpdateThank you to everyone that took part in the survey during the summer. We received nearly 150 returns. We will be considering all the feedback as we plan for the future of the Centre. As part of the consultation we asked whether local people might be interested in getting more involved in running the Centre when Telford & Wrekin Council withdraw in April 2017. A number of people came forward and a new Charity is now being set up, Sutton Hill Community Trust.We are working on a business plan that will be presented to the Council in the coming weeks. Hopefully if we can get the finances to stack up the new charity will take over the Centre in April 2017. As a result there will be a number of new opportunities for local people, including employment, training, work experience and volunteering.If you are interested in getting involved please get in touch. We need lots of volunteers to help with fundraising, putting on events and making the Centre a success.Sutton Hill Partnership meets regularly bringing together representatives from Telford & Wrekin Council, the Diocese of Hereford, local partners, agencies, the Friends of Sutton Hill and residents.Over the next few months we will be working with the University of Wolverhampton School of Architecture and Built Environment to think about future ambitions for the centre of Sutton Hill. Students will be tasked with coming up with ideas and plans for the refurbishment and redevelopment of the community centre and youth club buildings. We have also asked the students to imagine a complete regeneration of the area that might include new shops, housing, church and community buildings. If you have any thoughts or ideas, or would like to get involved in this exciting project to consider the future of Sutton Hill please get in touch with Revd Linda, Fiona or Nadeem at the Community Centre or contact Sam Hine Project Development Manager at sam@samhine.co.uk .

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Anstice Memories If you have a good story or anecdote about the Anstice, please write it down in a letter or email and send it to the Town Council. It might be about a dance or play or a favourite band or even a family do. We will publish our favourite submission in the next edition of Madeley Matters and the author will receive a £10 Tesco voucher. We would also love to see any old programmes or photos taken in or around the Anstice. We can take copies and will return the originals. This photo is of an old folks' Christmas party in the Anstice ballroom in the 1920s - such a happy bunch!

Well Done That Man!

Update on the AnsticeFirst the good news… ACT (The Anstice Community Trust) have taken on a Licence to Occupy and are busy scrubbing, cleaning and sorting out the building. They have moved into the old committee room and hope to be there every Wednesday morning. At the moment there is no telephone so please continue to address any enquiries to the Town Council. There are now two regular groups at the Anstice – Line Dancing on Wednesday evenings and the Shropshire Short Mat Bowls Association who meet on a Thursday. And coming up soon, the Jackfield Band with their popular Christmas Concert and of course, the Christmas festivities on 3rd December. If you would like to receive regular email updates with more detail please go to the website www.theanstice.co.uk and fill in the form on the home page, or even better, consider becoming a member of the Trust.

Now the bad news… We knew from the outset that the Anstice would not be without its setbacks and we have encountered a few, but this latest one is a biggie! In the course of servicing the heating system, the engineers found various problems and have had to cut off the gas supply. Hopefully it will just be a matter of weeks before it is fixed, but although we have hired some heaters in the short term, we won’t be able to take any more private bookings for the ballroom until the heating is back on.But to finish on a positive note, local support has been fantastic. Huge thanks to Mark Hinshelwood, KD Smith Carpets, Go Green, Groundwork West Midlands, Ironbridge Rotarians and all the wonderful people out there who have come along and helped at events, organised fundraisers, donated prizes and money and who have given us loads of encouragement.

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A Christmas Celebration

Sunday 18th December

Jackfield Band are pleased to be back at

The Anstice for 2016

We will be performing a concert of entertaining music including Christmas classics

that we all love.

Come along and sing some carols with us in this wonderful

building and Christmas can begin!!

Tickets £7 each

Available from Madeley Town Council, Jubilee House,

Madeley.Also by calling

01952 793473 / 07531 050294 or visiting the band website

jackfieldband.org.uk or emailing jackfieldband@btinternet.com

Mark Hinshelwood1:41:00

Total raised from the Glasgow Half Marathon

£1764.26for The Anstice

Lost and Found: Following Madeley Green Day we are in possession of some lost property.If anyone lost a purse at Madeley Green Day on Sunday 18 September, please contact us with details on 01952 567280.

Aerobics FundraiserThe lovely ladies at the Over 50s Aerobics Class raised a whopping £641.00 for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity.

They meet at Jubilee House on Tuesdays 1.30-2.30pm and Fridays 10-11am.

Members of the group are seen here presenting their cheque to Gina.

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Help at Hand

A range of home services to help make life easier:

• Food shopping – we can take you or do it for you• Pick up pensions/prescriptions• General cleaning – dusting, sweeping, vacuuming• Washing and ironing• Cleaning internal windows• Making and changing beds

Is there something else you need help with? Don't be afraid to ask!

Service is available from one hour a week.

Services cost from £12.50 per hour and all staff are police checked and insured.

Contact us for more information:

T: 01952 380924 (office hours)

E: helpathand@telford.gov.uk

Write: Helping Hand, Wellington Civic & Leisure Centre, Larkin Way, Wellington, Telford T1 1LX

GOOD2GREAT…The Pride In Your High Street project with local company Good2Great has more FREE business support and coaching sessions for all Madeley traders, with all costs covered by Telford & Wrekin Council.

Please take this opportunity, as funding for this type of training is rarely made available to local retailers.

Good 2 Great workshop dates coming up:• High Street Excellence – January & March 2017• Retail Sustainability – January 2017• Market Testing – Dates to suit you• Successful Selling - January, February & April 2017• Business Start Up – Register your interest via email: piyhs@good-2-great.co.uk or call 01952 951234• Harnessing TripAdvisor & AirBnB - January, February & April 2017• Being Big in Your Community – Register your interest via email: piyhs@good-2-great.co.uk or call

01952 951 234• It’s Just Window Dressing – Dates to suit you

For more information visit: https://xv194.infusionsoft.com/app/page/support-selector-madeley

Or call 01952 951 234 or Email PIYHS@good-2-great.co.uk

Alison’s Bee Class – Gets Kids Buzzing About Education!Eighteen months ago Alison Wakeman approached Sir Alexander Fleming Primary School, Sutton Hill to pilot a science-based educational programme she’d written entitled ‘Awareness of Bees and their Importance in the Environment’.

Being passionate about environmental issues as well as educating future generations, combining her background in education and hobby of bee-keeping, it seemed a perfect career move.

The programme which involves 7 hours of class contact time is spread over 3 sessions. The children get a chance to participate in many hands-on activities and learn many aspects about bees, life-cycles, habitats, pollination & plant structures. Alison was very keen to follow many areas of the National Curriculum statutory requirements, so it’s a ‘win-win’ all round.

Her programme has certainly attracted a lot of interest and, to date, she’s delivered to 12 different primary schools with Telford & Wrekin as well as Shropshire LEA and educated well over 1,500 children. She also had the opportunity recently to discuss her work with the Duchess of Cornwall.

Alison manages 20 colonies of honey bees at various locations and is currently preparing the hives for winter, a quieter time in a bee-keeper’s calender.

If you’d like more information, you can contact Alison at: https://www.facebook.com/AlisonsBeeClass/

New Walks Leaflet …A new Local Nature Reserve in Madeley.

‘Madeley Pit Mounds Local Nature Reserve providing havens for wildlife and walkers only a few minutes from the centre of Madeley.’

This new leaflet is now available from Jubilee House, Madeley Library, Park Lane Centre Woodside, Sutton Hill Community Centre and Madeley Court Hotel. It has been produced through a partnership between South Telford Rights of Way Partnership (STROWP), Madeley Town Council, Telford & Wrekin Council and the Shropshire Wildlife Trust. A Veolia Envirogrant award has covered the cost of design and production.

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Telford Job Junction SessionsDrop in sessions for information, advice and guidance on local courses and training and employment support.

Tuesday: Dawley Social Club – 9.30-11.30am. Mandy Jenkins 01952 382181 Wellington Civic & Leisure Centre – 10am-12noon Rob Hedison 01952 382888 Lifelong Learning Centre, Donnington – 2-4pm Richard Shaw 01952 388623Wednesday: Brookside Central – 9.30-11.30am Mandy Jenkins 01952 382181 Sutton Hill Community Centre – 1.30-3.30pm Stephen Blake 01952 382261 Park Lane Centre, Woodside – 12.45-2.45pm Clare Nelson 01952 383605Thursday: Oakengates Town Hall – 1-3pm Richard Shaw 01952 388623 Castle Farm Community Centre – 1.30-3.30pm Rob Hedison 01952 382888 Madeley Library – 10am-12noon Stephen Blake 01952 382261Friday: Dawley Social Club – 10am-12noon Mandy Jenkins 01952 382181Services for people aged 20+ include:

• Telford Job Junctions – drop in sessions at various local venues for information, advice and guidance on local courses, training and employment support

• Courses for Adults – A wide range of courses from craft, cake decorating and child psychology to English and Maths. Call in to a job junction for an up to date list

• Job Box Mentors – a service offering 1-1 support for unemployed 20 – 24 year olds

• National Careers Service – Offering confidential and impartial advice to help you make decisions on learning, training and work opportunities

• Education and Employment Advisory Support Team – Employment support for people with significant disabilities, health needs or learning disabilities

Services for people below the age of 20 include:• Future Focus – support for 13 – 19 year olds -

provides information & advice on careers and future planning

• Turnaround – support for 15 – 25 year olds - improve skills & increase opportunity to access education, employment or training

All support services are free. You can contact the Job Box team in various ways and get your local Job Junction and course details from our website www.telfordjobbox.co.uk

11 Adult Learning & Madeley NewsCourses & Activities from January 2017All courses are held at CHEC, 31 High Street, Madeley, Telford TF7 5AR (Bus routes 1, 2, 4 and 18).

NB CHEC will close at 1pm on Friday 23rd December 2016 and reopen 9am Tuesday 3rd January 2017 for ChristmasMondays:Child Psychology Starts 16th January, enrolment 16th Jan. 9.30 – 10.30 (T&WC Course) To book a place contact 01952 382261 or 07800 671797Improve Your Mood through Arts & Crafts Starts 9th January (T&WC Course)Supporting Children’s Learning (15 weeks) Starts 27th February, Enrolment 27th Feb. 9.15-10.15am (T&WC Course) For those preparing to progress to working with children in a school. Contact 01952 382261 or 07800 671 797TuesdaysSkills for Life (Maths – TCAT Course) Term time 9.30 – 11.30am. Brush up on your skills. 01952 642249 to enrol.Skills for Life (English – TCAT Course) Term time 12 – 2.30pm. Brush up on your skills. 01952 642249 to enrol.WednesdaysBeginners’ IT (TCAT Course) Starts 11th January 2017, enrolment 14th December 2016. Learn the basics of using a computer. Course £50, free if on qualifying benefits. Call Vikki on 01952 642338 or 07500 446452 to attend, or attend enrolment session NB 14th December 2016.Coping for exhausted parents Starts 1st March 9.30am – 12 noon. (T&WC Course, 6 weeks)Come outdoors & feel happy Starts 1st March 1 – 3.30pm. (T&WC Course, 6 weeks)FridaysCreative Writing Starts 13th January, Enrolment 6th January 10 – 11am. From short stories to novels. Learn some techniques for successful writing. Contact Olga on 01952 595690 or email olga650@gmail.com

To enrol on any of the courses please contact the number provided by the course or contact CHEC (details below).For more information please contact Terrianne on 01952 582659 or email terrianne@btconnect.com.

www.chec-telford.co.uk www.facebook.com/chec.telford

Other activities available at CHEC:ASTONS @ CHEC: Café open at CHEC Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 9am to 3pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm – Freshly cooked food, Sunday lunches to eat in or take away. Telephone orders welcome on 07756 585928QUIT 51: Smoking cessation clinic at CHEC from 9am till 11am every Wednesday. Ring 0800 622 6968 for an appointment or text ‘smokefree’ to 66777. The Quit 51 stop smoking service will be with you all the way – you can do it!CHEC Mates Nursery: Open 51 weeks a year 8am – 6pm. Flexible funded places available. Tel: 01952 586499 for further information

C H E C

For rent to over 55sFirst floor, one bedroom flats atHanover Court, Madeley

• Estate Manager service• Purpose built properties• Building/grounds maintenance• 24 hour alarm call system• Laundry and car parking• Close to bus routes/amenities• Pets are welcome!

For details or to register your interest

Call 01952 583802 (Estate Manager)

or 0800 280 2575 (Enquiries)

Visit www.hanover.org.uk

Traffic CalmingIn June 2016 a 20 m.p.h. zone was introduced in the newer part of Madeley Centre along Park Avenue.

This, and the zebra crossing opposite the Anstice, resulted from initiatives by Madeley Town Council and Madeley Partnership, in response to concerns expressed by residents about speeding traffic and difficulties in crossing the newer roads.

We would very much like to hear your thoughts on these initiatives – please contact the Town Council, details on the back page, to let us know what you think.

20ZONE

Recycling Centre Service Changes to Telford and Wrekin’s household recycling centres started on Monday 3 October 2016 giving residents an improved seven day a week service.The revamp has seen a brand new recycling centre open at Hortonwood (TF1 7GL) serving the north of the borough and one at Halesfield (TF7 4LN) serving the south. Both centres have improved access and walkways to make accessibility easier and are open 9am to 5pm seven days a week, 362 days a year. The old Ketley and Granville sites are now closed. The changes will mean that the borough’s household recycling centres are open for 770 hours extra a year and also remove the uncertainty of whether a site is open or not on a given day.All you need to know about recycling and rubbish collections plus advice on what goes in your bins can be found by visiting: http://www.telford.gov.uk/recycling

The PRH needs your support now more than ever

News has emerged that key services at the PRH are now under threat. Health bosses look set to plan moving the £28m Women’s & Children’s Centre from the PRH just two years after it opened as well as A&E services.Visit the Telford & Wrekin Council website to read why we believe this makes no sense: http://newsroom.telford.gov.uk/News/Details/13392Join our fight for the PRH and PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT NOW. Go to www.prh4me.co.ukPlease share the link with your family, neighbours and friends - we must come together to keep services at our hospital.

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12 Council InformationCommittee Meeting Dates:14 Nov Leisure & Community 6.30pm28 Nov Environment 6.30pm12 Dec Finance & General Purposes 6.30pm9 Jan Full Council 7pm23 Jan Leisure & Community 6.30pm6 Feb Environment 6.30pm20 Feb Finance & General Purposes 6.30pm

Madeley Town Councillors & Contact Numbers:Madeley WardGill Green (Ind) 07913 384 576Steve Harrington (Lab) 583082Sue Taylor (Lab) 684932Peter Taylor (Lab) 684932Paul Watling (Lab) 380256Hill Top WardRobin Coates (Lab) 433358Cuckoo Oak WardSarah Chadwick (Lab) 07875 155 781Aaron England (Lab) 585532Janice Jones (Lab) Chair 380713Alan MacKenzie (Lab) 07471 501 702Woodside WardSarah Biles (Lab) 796345David Edwards (Lab) 432160Arnold England (Lab) 07896 124 008Rae Evans (Lab) 380273Kevin Guy (Lab) 07837 113 606Derek White (Lab) Vice Chair 282237Your Telford & Wrekin Councillors are: Rae Evans (Lab) Woodside 380273 Kevin Guy (Lab) Woodside 07837 113 606Janice Jones (Lab) Madeley & Sutton Hill 380713Paul Watling (Lab) Madeley & Sutton Hill 380256Dave Wright (Con) Madeley & Sutton Hill 380714MP for Telford: Lucy Allan (Con) 01952 290039lucy@lucyallan.com www.lucyallan.comPost: Lucy Allan MP, Suite 1 Preston House, Hawksworth Road, Central Park, Telford, TF2 9TUNEXT EDITION OF MADELEY MATTERS February 2017. Deadline for submissions 23 January 2017. If you would like to submit an article for consideration please contact Julie Jones, Property & Events Officer, at Jubilee House or email: julie@madeleytowncouncil.gov.ukRead Madeley Matters in colour: madeleytowncouncil.gov.ukTown Clerk: Kath PettyTown Council Office: Jubilee House, 74 High Street, Madeley, Telford, TF7 5AH. Tel/Fax: 01952 567280 Twitter: @madeleytc Email: info@madeleytowncouncil.gov.uk Web: www.madeleytowncouncil.gov.ukAnstice Community Trust – TrusteesLyndy Boden – Chair June Campbell – Secretary Karen Price – Treasurer Chun Bagry, Ian Duffy, Terri Jane Edwards, Gillian Green, Rita Mannering, Julie Morgan, Paul Watling, Marilyn Webster.