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Debbie Young
​Conservative Councillor

Working for the people of Stroud and Chalford

Scarecrow Trial

10/10/2017

 
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Debbie Young, Conservative Councillor for Chalford helping out at the annual  Scarecrow Trail which is held at Easter.

"Each year, I make a cake, a scarecrow and help out serving teas at the Village Hall, the atmosphere is amazing and it raise a lot of money for good causes" said Debbie.

Debbie also opens her garden every two years for the Chalford and France Lynch Garden Trail again for local charities.

September 24th, 2014

24/9/2014

 

Electric Bikes

27/8/2014

 
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On Saturday, Debbie took part in the Chalford Challenge, with the aim of showing how effective the new generation of electric bikes. The challenge was for Debbie, a holiday cyclist, Simon Pickering a committed cyclist to see if on an electric bike they could challenge Emma, an out and out athlete on a mountain bike up the hills of Stroud and Chalford. The two electric bikes were leant by Jacob who runs Ecycle in Stroud and Stonehouse www.ecycleuk.com.

Debbie said " The bikes were quite amazing, Simon and I managed to overtake the mountain bike within a 100 yards of starting up The Cornhill. This means that anyone can take on the challenges of cycling even in the hills and valleys of Stroud and Chalford"

Despite finishing early, it proved how good the new generation of bicycles are and offer a viable alternative to a second car
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Stratford Park

17/7/2014

 
The Society of Model Engineers runs a miniature train each 4th Sunday of the month in Stratford Park during the summer months. Debbie was invited to the 1st running of the train this June, as well as getting a ride on the train, Debbie also went to see the tree that fell across the railway during December.

Concerns have been raised over the safety of the tree and whether it would cause a flood risk over the Painswick Brook. Discussions with the District Council had stalled and Debbie advised that the best method of getting a straight answer was to put questions to the Leader of the Council, that was done tonight where a Chalford resident sought clarification as to the safety and the likelihood of flooding of the tree trunk.
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Meeting with the Environment Agency

20/3/2014

 
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After meeting with residents, Cllr Chas Fellows and Debbie, agreed to contact the Environment Agency to talk about flooding issues on both the canal and river.
The outcome of that initial contact was not promising, but a site visit was arranged for today. Together with representatives of the Cotswold Canal Partnership and Stroud District Council Chas, Debbie and the EA met to look at the problem.
"Walking the route and talking about the problem on site has identified some solutions to avoid homes flooding. Ensuring that water from the canal does not overtop into the river is key and there are measures that can be employed

Flooding

18/2/2014

 
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Debbie has been out and about during the recent spate of flooding, checking water level and noting potential problems, local residents asked her to invite local MP Neil Carmichael  down to look at the issues. So today Debbie and local residents took Neil and Chas Fellows on a tour of the problems on both the canal and river. Local residents have come up with a solution and Debbie, Chas and Neil have committed to work with local residents to see if there is a potential permanent solution. This will need to involve the Environment Agency, so there is unlikely to be a quick fix.
Debbie said "Local residents have come up with a great solution and we all need to work together to achieve it. It will take a long time but the idea is sensible and achievable"

Repairs to The Old Common

17/2/2014

 
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Last year Debbie was asked to sort out the posts which were falling down on The Old Common. The problem was, the land was owned by Stroud District Council and they didn't want to replace the posts. Residents and Parish Council did, and the Parish didn't want to spend money on land that wasn't theirs. Debbie brokered a deal in which the District and Parish Council split the costs and Reach was used to provide free labour. Reach is an organisation which promotes community payback, whereby those convicted of crimes work free of charge to help the community. After a long frustrating 10 months work has now begun.
Debbie said "It took about 10 minutes to broker the deal but 10  long months later it has finally happened, thanks to a lot of hard work from the Parish Council Clerk"

Chalford Cubed

16/2/2014

 
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Chalford Cubed are the Chalford Youth Forum which was set up last year. One of the things they identified through a survey of other young people, was that of litter. So 6 young people plus Debbie and fellow Chalford Councillor Chas Fellows went out on a litter pick with Debbie's daughter and Neighbourhood Warden Dominic Everiss.
2 hours later and 8 bags of rubbish, plus many favourable comments from residents saw the 1st Chalford Cubed Litter Pick complete.

​Debbie said "It is great that young people want to get engaged to help their community. I am really keen to support them, and today was an excellent example of having fun and promoting our villages"

January 13th, 2014

13/1/2014

 

2nd Neighbourhood Planning Meeting

20/11/2013

 
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On Monday Debbie chaired the 2nd of Chalford Parish Council's consultation concerning Neighbourhood Planning.

Twice the number of people attended the meeting and there were several volunteers offering to take on some of the work.
"It has been really encouraging the number of people who have been coming out in really horrid weather to attend these meetings" said Debbie. "The Parish Clerk, Christine and the Assistant Clerk Jackie have done an admirable job in arranging these meeting and providing refreshments " she continued
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