Category: Community

Debbie spent the day at the Co-op in Cainscross raising money for the Great Western Air Ambulance. Pictured here with Charlie, the Critical Care Bear, they also visited the local nursery. Our Air Ambulance is totally funded by donations and it costs £6 to fly one mile and £50 to lift it off the ground to save lives in our local community. Have a look at what they do to save lives at www.gwaac.com

July 21st, 2014

21/7/2014

New Community Radio Station

10/6/2014

Following the sad demise of Stroud FM, Jess Bracey who was a previous presenter with Tea Cakes and Talk has launched her own community radio station. Bus Stop Radio is a multi media platform which Jess has pumped her own money into. Debbie having appeared on the show and sharing a liking of food with Jess was invited to the launch last week at The Black Book Café in Stroud. Jess and Debbie talked about the project and Debbie has offered to give a political input to the new station.

Anybody wanting to join Debbie in supporting this community project can contact Jess on jess@busstopradio.com

World War 1 Poppies

30/5/2014

Debbie visited Puddleducks the local community playgroup last week to scatter Flanders Field poppies. Debbie's daughter attended Puddleducks as a toddler so she was delighted to have been invited to join in the commemoration of 100 years of World War 1 starting.

Puddleducks are based at the Royal British Legion in Chalford so the poppy scattering was very reminiscent

May 16th, 2014

16/5/2014

Saving Frith Youth Club

16/5/2014

The Frith Youth Centre was threatened with closure as the current trustees, who had been in post decided it was times to hand over the reins. with no-one forthcoming the Parish Council stepped into the breach.
Debbie has set up and is chairing a Working Party to turn the Youth Club into a Community Hub. The Youth Club is currently operating at a large deficit each year and new funding streams need to be found to support youth activities
"We have identified several issues that currently limit the usage of this facility including décor, and also identified new uses the Club could be used for such as a Lunch Club, exercise classes and toddler groups. this would provide the much needed revenue to provide activities for the young people in our Parish" said Debbie.

Plans have been started to work with The Door Youth Project in Stroud and Debbie has applied for several grants to be able to undertake the work needed to turn the Club into a Community Hub and regenerate this valuable facility
"This is a really exciting project " Debbie said " and I am delighted to be working with The Door who have a strong reputation in this field"

Scarecrow Trail 2014

17/4/2014

Debbie spent Monday at the Chalford Scarecrow Trail selling maps for the annual event. Having started on the Saturday, by Monday over £700 had already been raised.

This year is even bigger and better this year with 76 scarecrows along the High Street and up to Chalford Hill.

Debbie said "this is a great event for the village, it shows our community off at it's best with everyone working together to provide a great days entertainment and raise money for charity. I am really pleased to be part of it"

Air Ambulance

27/3/2014

Today Debbie met with Emma (right) and Nicole (left) from the Great Western Air Ambulance Charity. Debbie had previously visited their air base in Filton and this was time for the fundraisers to repay the visit. The aim was identify some key players in the county to help with fundraising. The air ambulance needs £1.75 million a year to run and all this comes from charitable donations and volunteer help.

Debbie said "The Great Western Air Ambulance is literally a life save for everyone and I do hope that I have been able to give the fundraisers some key people who may be able to help them raise the enormous sum they need"

Community Payback

13/3/2014

Debbie met with Justice Secretary Chris Grayling and Matthew Haynes today to promote REACH, a Social Enterprise which works with offenders as part of a community payback scheme. REACH who have recently worked with Chalford Parish Council and Debbie to replace posts around The Old Common which has saved the tax payer around £1,250 on this project alone.

Matthew was concerned that proposed changes to the Probation Service would have an adverse impact on the role of social enterprises within the rehabilitation agenda and was therefore invited to put his concerns directly to the Minster.

Matthew said “ I am so grateful Debbie invited me to this event. It was an amazing opportunity to raise my concerns directly with the Minster and I spent at least 10 minutes talking to him about the role of REACH and the positive impact it has on the lives of offenders and communities."

Debbie continued “ People often criticise non custodial sentances however community payback makes a huge difference. For low level offenders prison is costly and often detrimental, whilst community payback benefits local communities in a positive way and actually benefits the tax payer, as in the case of the replacement post on The Old Common”

Debbie as an ex Prison Governor really appreciates the role REACH has in changing offending behaviour patterns which will benefit the community and was really pleased she was able to help them

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Debbie Young
Conservative Councillor

September 24th, 2014

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