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Winter 2016
CAR PARKING Please be aware that all on-street parking spaces in High Street, including designated Disabled parking spaces, will be closed for
this event. Alternative, free, parking is available all day at St Andrew’s and Forge Way car parks.
HIGHER BULLRING 10am-4pm—Come and visit our Christmas Market where you will find a range of local produce, sweet and savoury foods plus gift ideas. 4.15pm—The lantern walk will start from The Walronds and proceed to the Christmas Tree for the switch on. 4.30pm—THE FORMAL LIGHT SWITCH ON by Santa and the winner of the Mayoral Christmas Card competition.
TOWN HALL
10am-12noon—Tesco Pharmacy will be conducting Winter Health Checks 1.30pm-2.30—Discover Indian dancing with Natya Jyothi. Charline will be performing a South Indian classical dance followed by a
short workshop if you are interested in learning more about Bharatanatyam, a classical dance from South India. 3.30pm Christmas songs with pupils from St Andrew’s Primary School.
7.30pm-LATE—Join the Twinning Association for their Raclette Night and discover this traditional cheese and meat dish. Booking is essential contact [email protected] by 19 November.
THE WALRONDS
10am-4pm: The Artisans and guests craft market, Matt’s Balloons & Emma’s Face Painting. Street food stalls and Café Walronds will be open all day. 11am-4pm: FREE SANTA’S GROTTO! Santa and his Elves will be in The Walronds. Come and meet him and bring your letter to post. 1pm-1.20pm & 2.30pm-2.50pm Kagemusha Taiko
Japanese Drummers with their impressive display in The Walronds gardens. Why not have a go yourself at their workshop at 1.30pm. 3.45: Cullompton Community Choir Christmas Carol Workshop
4.15pm: Bring your lantern for the lighted walk to the Higher Bullring for the light switch on. The parade will be led by the Cullompton Community Choir.
CULLOMPTON
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
On Saturday 26th of November, Cullompton will host its annual light switch on event. The format will be a bit different this year, with various events and activities throughout the day (10am-4.30pm) and again later in the evening, across the town centre.
The Christmas Window competition will be held on the day, with members of the public encouraged to walk around the town and vote for the best decorated window. Voting boxes and forms will be at the Town Hall, Walronds and Hayridge Centre, collect one and once your judging is done, please return the form to the Town Hall, Walronds or the Hayridge by 3pm for the winner to be announced after the light switch on.
THE HAYRIDGE CENTRE AND LOWER BULLRING will be hosting a variety of children’s
activities throughout the day: 10.30am—Bounce and Rhyme. If the children are very lucky, Santa might visit… 11am—The Bradninch Millers Morris Dancers will be performing and the Police robot will be around all day. 11am—Cullompton Cinema Club NATIVITY! (2009 Certificate U) Starring Martin Freeman: Primary school teacher Paul Maddens is charged with producing the school's nativity play. Competing against the posh rival school, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that his ex-girlfriend Jennifer, a Hollywood Producer, is coming to see his show with a view to turning it into a film. The only trouble is - they haven't spoken in years. With eccentric assistant Mr Poppy fuelling his 'little white lie', Maddens suddenly finds himself a local celebrity and at the centre of quarrelling parents and over-excited children desperate in their bid for fame and fortune. Maddens' only hope is to get back in touch with Jennifer and lure Hollywood to town so that everybody's Christmas wishes come true. NOTE: children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. 11am, 11.30am and 12noon—Christmas Café will be holding festive cupcake decorating sessions for the little ones. The Café will also be open for drinks and festive treats!
THE BAPTIST CHURCH The Baptist Church will open its doors all day and welcome visitors for: 10am-12noon—Coffee and biscuits. 11am-3.30pm—Drop in workshops for children to enjoy this will include: decorating Christmas cookies (sponsored by Tesco), making Christmas decorations and illuminated willow lanterns and stars for the lantern parade 12noon-2pm—Soup and a roll. 2pm-4pm—Afternoon tea. 4.30pm onwards—Tea, coffee and hot chocolate (sponsored by Noah’s Ark Pre-school).
HIGH STREET AND FORE STREET SHOPS Shops and businesses along High Street and Fore Street will be open throughout the day providing a great shopping experience and special events. Look out for festive fare and music as you make your way along the street: Studio 9—Christmas card making workshop for
children. Hospicecare—Late night opening. Fudges—Make woollen Christmas decorations and
take part in a giant Christmas chain to decorate the town.
Community House—Christmas bingo. Eyes down 7pm.
2pm-2.45pm and 3.15-4pm—Come and join Honiton Brass Band performing traditional carols next to the Baptist Church.
CULLOMPTON SWIMMING POOL CAMPAIGN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS This year to celebrate the Christmas lights switch on, the
Cully Pool Campaign are going crazy. Charity shops are all about recycling and this year our window display will be showing what can be done with recycled materials and a little creative imagination.
We will be keeping the shop open until 5pm or later if we still have customers coming in! The team will be in a very festive mood. There will be a lucky dip for the children and Santa’s post box will be in place from the 26 November right through to December 21st. All children’s letters that include a postal address will receive a reply from Santa before Christmas.
If that isn’t exciting enough for you our other team of volunteers will be operating a teddy tombola – so if you are feeling lucky pop in to support us.
The Swimming Pool Campaign is on full throttle and is continuing to gain momentum. We have reached a massive local fund raising total of £141,000 from the shop, events, benefactors and other fund raising activities. This means that we will soon be able to apply for grants and other sponsorship.
The committee would like to thank all our donators for their continued support and wish them all a fabulous Christmas and a prosperous 2017.
CULLOMPTON’S OCTOBER FOOD AND DRINK FESTIVAL AND
SPRINGFEST 2017 Thank you to everyone that supported the
October Food Festival, we hope you enjoyed it and look forward to seeing you all again at the Spring Festival on Saturday 8 April 2017. A massive thanks to our Devon County Councillor John Berry and Mid Devon District Council for helping to fund the October event which attracted thousands of people into the high street with venues taking part stretching from the award winning farmers’ market down to the library. Lots of activities took place during the day including food demonstrations in the Walronds, children’s cookery classes in the Town Hall, a cookery competition in the Hayridge with many of the town’s local businesses also getting involved. Thank you also to our local MP Neil Parish for coming along to open the event. We now have two established quality festivals in the town and we would like to build on this success, if anyone would like to sponsor an event or get involved then please contact Judy Morris at the Town Council office or Jane Campbell at the Walronds (www.walronds.com). The Springfest will be taking place on Saturday 8 April, follow us on Facebook (Cullompton.Springfest) for up and coming news. The Cullompton Food & Drink Festival will return next year on Saturday 14 October.
MESSAGE FROM DEVON COUNTY COUNCILLOR JOHN BERRY
As your County Councillor I am here to help and I have dealt with a range of problems, including grass cutting, school transport appeals, but overwhelmingly traffic concerns are the biggest problem. With more houses, it can only become worse.
At Kingfisher Reach there has been huge disruption from contractors’ vehicles involved with building Knowle II development. The road through Kingfisher Reach is only 6 metres wide with many twists and turns, is expected to become the link road joining Swallow Way 7.2m wide, to a new road 6.5m wide, through the North West Development (area from Tiverton Road, behind College Surgery and beyond Rull Lane), diverting traffic away from the Town Centre. This is likely to be a bottleneck. There is a suggestion that Langlands Road should be considered as an alternative, which is not in the plan, and which I do not support. I am working with other Councillors to try to improve things. The NW Development will comprise approximately 1100 new houses, new school and commercial units which will generate even more traffic. Following talks there is now a chance that contractors will not use St Georges Well to access this development when work commences.
An Eastern Relief Road is essential. I continue to make the case for this to come forward before further development, and make DCC Highways aware of the huge problems of congestion and air pollution created by lack of adequate highway infrastructure. Decisions have been delayed further due to investigation by the Environment Agency.
Delays at traffic lights on the M5 junction, cause problems for traffic at peak times and exiting from the Kingsmill Estate. I am lobbying Highways for the following:
adjustments to the lights to improve things for everyone.
a bridge over the M5 to give pedestrians and cyclists safe crossing. On the High St I have managed to get parking
restrictions between 5 – 8 pm which I hope will help keep the traffic flowing.
Grass cutting, or lack of it, caused problems this year and talking with a new contractor hoping for better results next year.
As your County Councillor each year I have a Locality Budget which can be allocated to non-profit making clubs or organisations in the Ward, for projects or improvements. This year the following organisations in Cullompton were awarded grants amounting to £8,500 :
Cullompton Food Festival
Disability Group
Cullompton Family Centre
John Tallack Youth Centre
Cullompton Rugby Club
Parks Community Group
Youth Football
Cullompton Rangers Football
Cullompton Bowling Club
Allotment Association
St Andrews School
Cullompton Community College
Willowbank School
Cullompton Majorettes
The Hayridge In 2015/16 other organisations were awarded
£7,100. Cullompton is well blessed with many diverse organisations whose success bring a better community spirit and quality of life for all. Funding alone is not everything, it is the huge commitment of time and energy by all the volunteers that ensures success and creates a vibrant Town. My thanks and admiration go to you for all you do, for your help and guidance.
I welcome those who are new to the town, and wish everyone in Cullompton a very Happy Christmas and a successful New Year. If you have problems with anything concerning DCC please don't hesitate to contact me by phone 01884 32320 or email [email protected]. I regularly attend Town council meetings and can be contacted there. I will do my best to help.
John Berry
Devon County Councillor for Cullompton Rural (comprising parishes of Cullompton, Kentisbeare, Blackborough, Butterleigh, Bradninch, Silverton)
Very many thanks to Walter H Squires and Son
for sponsoring the Higher Bullring Christmas
Tree again this year.
JOHN TALLACK YOUTH & COMMUNITY CENTRE The YMCA organises youth clubs at the John Tallack Centre on
Monday evenings 7pm-9pm for those aged 11-14 and Thursday evenings 7pm-9pm for 14-17 year olds. Sessions are very well attended, particularly on Monday evenings when numbers can reach 75. This is becoming difficult for the youth workers to supervise effectively and voluntary help with these sessions would be a great benefit. If you would like to offer your help at these sessions then for more information please contact [email protected] or ringing him at the YMCA office 01392 410530.
TAKING CARE OF OUR OLDER PETS Do you own a dog or a cat that is over 9 years old? Like us, as dogs and cats grow older, they are at an increased risk of developing common age-related diseases, such as Cancer, Kidney Disease, Diabetes mellitus, Dental disease, Arthritis, Heart disease, Mental confusion, Hyperthyroidism. Animals that are developing arthritis, for example, may be more reluctant to jump or run and you may see changes in their normal behaviour, such as sleeping in unusual positions and uncharacteristic grumpiness!
Other signs of illness can be increased or decreased appetite or drinking and weight loss or gain. Signs of disease can develop slowly over a period of time and sometimes go unnoticed. Early detection of these diseases mean steps can be taken to slow their progression and promote a good quality of life in old age. When diabetes and hyperthyroidism are caught early, they can be treated effectively for many years. Signs of kidney failure only start to show when 75% of the animal’s kidneys have been destroyed, so the earlier this is diagnosed, the more of the kidney function can be saved.
If you feel that your older pet would benefit from a check up, call your veterinary practice. Most practices will offer a ‘Free Creaky clinic’ with a nurse where your pet can be examined for signs of disease, including urine test and blood pressure measurements.
Complimentary services such as Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy are often used to help our Oldies lead happier and more comfortable lives.
DEVONSHIRE HOMES CELEBRATES SALES SUCCESS AT RIVEL’S GREEN
Sales Executives Susie and Yvonne at Devonshire Homes’ exciting new Cullompton development, named Rivel’s Green, have been rushed off their feet with visitors following the launch of its first brand new, beautifully furnished show homes.
The launch event was a huge success, packed full of local people eager to see the two bedroom ‘Tavy’ house type and three bedroom ‘Webb’ house type up close. Visitors were given a guided tour of the ‘Tavy’ show home, which has a fitted kitchen and a light and airy open plan living/dining area that opens out onto the garden. The doors to the ‘Webb’ show home were also open for the first time, displaying its en-suite off the master bedroom, a spacious separate kitchen, and an open plan living/dining space with direct
access to the garden through French doors. Sales and Marketing Director at
Devonshire Homes, Jane Pearce, commented: “We are delighted that our two fully furnished and beautifully decorated show homes have been so well received by home buyers, so much so that we have taken a fantastic 24 reservations.”
Jane continued: “We expect homes at Rivel’s Green to continue to be snapped up off-plan at a real pace, so we’d encourage anyone interested to contact our marketing suite sooner rather than later. And of course our show homes will also be open during the festive period too – so please do check the website for opening times and pop in and see us.”
Rivel’s Green is a new collection of two, three and four bedroom homes located near the River Culm whilst also conveniently close to junction 28 on the M5 for a swift commute to Exeter.
Prices start from £217, 950 for a three bedroom home. To view the brand new show homes, visit the marketing suite on Culm
Lea Road off Honiton Road, East Culme, Cullompton, EX15 1NJ open daily from 10am to 5pm. For more information call our Rivel’s Green sales executives Susie and Yvonne on 01884 220088 or visit www.devonshirehomes.co.uk.
TUFTY PARK AND HEADWEIR ROAD
PLAY AREAS Cullompton Town Council will be taking a 25 year lease on the Tufty and Headweir Road play areas. Final terms of the lease are agreed and the lease will be signed in the near future.
Tufty Park, in particular, is in need of significant modernisation with much of the play equipment having been removed or decommissioned by Mid Devon District Council due to safety concerns. The council has conducted two public consultation exercises in conjunction with a local support group to establish exactly what kind of equipment is required at these parks.
One was a Survey Monkey survey that was completed by lots of respondents to give the council an idea of what type of equipment was needed at these parks including the age ranges that should be provided for. This formed the basis of a briefing given to several play area design companies who came up with some suggestions of the type and layout of equipment that could be installed and these ideas were shown to the public at this year’s Summer Fayre in the CCA Fields. There was lots of interest in these ideas and, from the results of this consultation, an invitation to tender was issued.
A grant fund application has been made to raise the remainder of the funding required—the council has agreed to earmark some money from the Section 106 Public Open Space agreements made with developers in the town and Save Tufty and Headweir Parks has raised some money as well including a donation from Devon County Councillor John Berry from his Locality Budget—but there will still be a significant shortfall.
Should this grant funding application be successful, new play equipment will be installed. Timescales are still a bit open ended, but it is anticipated that the new parks will be open for business no later than the Spring of 2017.
Watch this space for developments. If you think you can help with fundraising or publicity for the play parks at Tufty and Headweir Road, you can help by visiting and liking www.facebook.com/tuftyandheadweirparks and getting involved.
CULLOMPTON MARKETS The Town Council runs an outdoor market in High Street
every Wednesday morning, stalls are £10 to include a gazebo, but you will need to bring your own table. Also on Wednesday mornings there is an indoor market in the Town Hall. Anyone interested in having a stall at the street market should contact the Town Council office for more information.
THE WALRONDS For newcomers to Cullompton and those who have not
explored it, the Walronds is the recently restored Grade 1 house on Fore Street in the centre of Cullompton. The garden at the rear of the house is open daily between 8am and 5pm with free access and provides an ideal route for pedestrians between Shortlands Lane and Fore Street. It makes it possible to avoid the narrow pavements of Tiverton Road and is an oasis of peace in a busy town centre. The garden is regularly used by boules players and the pitch is available during opening hours. It also provides a lovely setting for music in the garden and has been used to host performances by Tiverton Town Band, the Community Choir, and the Blackdown Samba Band, and a performance of Shakespeare in the Park.
The ground floor of the house itself was one of the central venues for the Cullompton Festival of Food and Drink and provides the perfect setting for family parties, celebrations, pop up meals, meetings, music and drama. It has 3 reception rooms, lavatories and a commercially equipped kitchen. The Burrow Room, which is the home of Café Walronds on the second and fourth Saturday morning of each month, has a touch screen with some very interesting local history information, including the Walronds, St. Andrew’s Church and Coldharbour Mill.
Details of room availability and hire charges can be found on the Walronds website www.walronds.com or for further information leave a message on 01884 35934.
YOUR TOWN COUNCIL Town Mayor
Rachel Sinclair [email protected]
Deputy Town Mayor
Martin Smith [email protected]
Eileen Andrews 01884 38350
Daniel Barnes [email protected]
Karl Busch [email protected]
Chaim Ebanks [email protected]
Iain Emmett [email protected]
Gordon Guest [email protected]
Camille Harrison [email protected]
Kathryn Haslett [email protected]
Janet Johns [email protected]
Christopher Standford [email protected]
Mike Thompson [email protected]
Richard Thorne [email protected]
VACANCY
Produced by: Cullompton Town Council The Town Hall 1 High Street CULLOMPTON EX15 1AB 01884 38249 www.cullomptontowncouncil.gov.uk
COUNCIL VACANCY
The Council has a Councillor vacancy to fill,
application forms and more information
available from the Town Hall.
VENUE HIRE Do you need a cost effective solution for your coffee morning or children’s party? With hire rates from £30 per 4 hour session including heating and use of the kitchen with no worries about broken ornaments or mess, the Town Hall or the John Tallack Youth and Community Centre could be the ideal solution. For details of how to hire these venues, please contact:
01884 38249
admin@cullomptontowncouncil .gov.uk
www.cullomptontowncouncil .gov.uk
