The Partnership office is a Disabled Friendly space

The Voice

Marc

h 2011

(A bi-monthly newsletter)

Incorporating:

Penwerris TRA,

Old Hill Community

Association,

Lab Close TRA,

Acacia Oakfield &

Trescobeas TRA,

Lambs Lane & Ashfield

Members Association

Kerbside Recycling for 2011

March

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

9th, 23rd

Garden waste. 2nd, 16th, 30th

April

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

6th, 20th Garden waste. 13th, 27th

Trescobeas Area on Thursdays

March

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

10th, 24th

Garden waste. 3rd, 17th, 31st

April

Recycling of paper, cans, cardboard, textiles and bottles.

7th, 21st

Garden waste. 14th, 28th

Useful Information

Beacon Resource Office 01326 212784 Area Housing Officer 0800 1385552 Repairs 0800 1385552 Beacon Care Centre 01326 436630 Carrick Tenant Participation 0800 1385552

Meeting Details

Beacon Regeneration Partnership Third Tuesday of the month at 7.00pm

At the Falmouth Primary School Penwerris Tenants and Residents Association

Second Tuesday of the month at 6.30 pm Old Hill Community Association

First Tuesday of the month 6.30 pm MEETINGS HELD AT THE RESOURCE OFFICE

Hi Folks,

Welcome to this edition of the Voice, which may be the

last you will receive in this format! Unfortunately we no

longer get funding to print the Voice, and despite trying to

keep the cost down by printing it in the office we still can-

not afford the cost. As from May 2011 the voice will be

available on your computer. It will be available on Face-

book, you can access it by going to your Facebook page

and entering Beacon Partnership in the search box. We

hope by going to the internet we will attract more younger

readers as well as our present supporters. For those of you

who do not have a computer or do not use the internet, we

will still print a special paper copy and deliver it to your

door. If you wish to have the paper copy delivered please

fill in the form on page 21 and

return it to the resource office. We hope this does not

inconvenience you too much and you still continue to

enjoy the “Voice” both on line and in its old format. To see

if you like the new on line version you will find this edi-

tion is already available on the Facebook page, so why not

login and have a go. Any problems getting into Facebook

call Nicky at the office.

The Editor

EDITORIAL

MARTIN JOSE

All aspects of Building

Work

& Property Maintenance

Tel 07870 186915

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PENWERRIS TENANTS & RESIDENTS

ASSOCIATION

ANNUAL GENERAL

MEETING This year‟s annual general meeting will

be held on Tuesday 8th march 2011.

To be held in the resource office at

7:00pm.

We are looking for new members. If

you have a couple of spare hours once a

month on a Tuesday evening, please

contact the resource office for a

nomination form.

All existing members are required to

reapply.

Everyone welcome

L.L.A.M.A NEWS

Hi Folks,

Well now hopefully the bad weather is well and truly behind us.

In our last letter we hoped we would not have had to use the grit bins that were

put in place, well that was wishful thinking on our part.

We hope everyone coped and there were no injuries.

L.L.A.M.A would like to thank Curtis Popo who lives at number 5 Trecarne

for his help on gritting the roads for us. He did this at 4am before he went to

work.

We have also sent him a letter thanking him for his effort.

A new application has been sent to Sita from Falmouth Town Council for

2011/2012 for phase three of the development on the play park.

Hopefully we may be granted £25,000 from them plus £5,000 from the

Council,

If this is awarded then phase three could start soon, so just watch this space.

The council has agreed to the remedial work of removing the fence around the

all weather pitch, removal of fence/hedge in front of Trecarne and the paths to

be renovated also the all weather pitch will be cleaned.

Sainsburys has agreed to pay for bollards which will be sited just off the entry

to the play park. Two will be fixed and one bendable for access to fire and res-

cue or ambulance if needed

As you might have seen the memorial play equipment has been removed and

is being restored , this will be replaced on completion of phase three.

The events committee are currently looking at maybe another cream tea after-

noon, and another funday. Please let us know what you would like.

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Parking on the estates and roads around the estates has always been a problem. It is

just a fact that when built in the 70s, 60s, and 50,s (and in some cases even earlier),

most households had a single car. That is very far from the case now where most

households have two, three or even four cars. This means parking in the area is at a

premium.

It is unfortunate that as residents there is no automatic right to park outside your home:

whether you are a tenant or a resident. In fact if you have the luxury of permission to

have installed a hard standing to park your car, you have no right of access to that hard

standing. If someone parks in front of that hardstanding that is their right. Unless of

course highways have painted parking restricted lines due to disability access.

On certain estates there is an issue that is causing greater scarcity of parking spaces and

that is towed vehicles, such as caravans, trailers and boats being left by the side of the

road. Carrick Housing have no control over this nor parking in any form. This is

purely a Highways matter and if the vehicle is causing an obstruction or is parked ille-

gally then it is a police matter.

Unfortunately this type of parking is getting worse and causing complaints to come

through to Carrick Housing. Therefore the matter of towed vehicles parked by the side

of the road is to be highlighted to highways. They do have the power to enforce the

owners to remove these “vehicles” from the highway.

It is very unfortunate that this action is going to have to be taken but priority on the

very restricted parking that is available to residents has to be for cars and vans of the

residents of the estates. I hope the vast majority of those that read this understand the

need for this.

Patrick Fielder

Carrick Housing.

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Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays Fridays

On Target 10.00 am –

3.00 pm A personal

development

course

19 – 25

years

Cheerleading &

Street Dance 6.00–7.00 pm Young people

aged 13-17

Community Cafe 10.00 am – 1.00

pm Warm welcome

and great food

Keep Fit 10.00 –11.00

am Adult Ladies

Junior Youth

Club 5.00–6.30 pm Primary school

children 5 - 11

Live for

Life 4.00–6.00pm

Families

with chil-

dren 7 – 16

years

Music Action

Zone 4.00 – 6.00 pm

Young people

aged 13 - 17

Friends and

Dance

10.00-12.00pm

Adults

Tae Kwon Do 6.30 – 9.00 pm Juniors and

adults

Youth Cafe 7.00 – 9.00 pm Young people

aged 12 – 17

Duke of

Edinburgh

4.00 – 6.00

pm

Young/

People aged

13 - 25

Football Falmouth Athletic

DC Youth train-

ing

5.00-8.00pm

Bingo 2.00 – 3.45 pm Fortnightly Everyone

welcome

Young

Women’s

Group 6.00 – 8.30

pm

The Care Cen-

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6.00-8.00pm

Young peoples

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Basketball Junior Dra-

caena Fire-

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pm

Positive Activity

Group

Young people 13-

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Karate 5.00 pm Juniors 6.00 pm Families 7.00 pm Adults Self Defence and

fitness classes

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5.00 - 6.30pm

Tae Kwon

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Circuit Training LUNCHTIME

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Job Club

9.30 - 12.30pm Saturday and

Sunday

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for details of

private func-

tions.

Yoga 7.45–9.15

pm Adult

Basketball Men‟s team

training 8.00 – 9.30 pm

Womens Cricket

6.30-8.00pm

Sundays

Roller Derby

6.30 – 8.30 pm

For ladies aged

18 and over

Core Activities at the Dracaena Centre ring 01326 319414

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Apply now for Falmouth Cadets! Falmouth Police are joining in on the success of other areas around the force by opening applications for their

Community Police Cadet scheme.

The cadet scheme is open to all young people regardless of their career ambitions or capabilities. Cadets will

develop skills and confidence that will be of benefit to communities and employers. Falmouth Community

Police Cadets will meet at Penryn Sports College on a fortnightly basis.

The scheme is open to 13-16 year olds as a joining age, however, cadets will not be required to leave until

their 18th birthday, when they will be encouraged to continue volunteering in the community. The cadets will

develop valuable life skills such as communication, team working and an understanding of community issues.

Cadets will be taught about the law, police procedures (e.g. arrest, custody, missing people, radio procedure),

and they will get the opportunity to learn about what some of our specialist units do.

Cadets might have the opportunity to assist local policing teams with tasks such as attending family commu-

nity events, fun days, or police events, letter drops, test purchasing of alcohol and cigarettes, crime prevention

and more.

For more information please get in touch with Falmouth Police or view the Get Involved section of the police

website at www.devon-cornwall.police.uk Application forms for the remaining cadet places are available

from the enquiry office at Falmouth Police Station on Dracaena Avenue.

NEW PACT process! Falmouth Police are trialling a new process for delivering PACT to the Falmouth area called 'Have your

say...'. PACT (Partners And Communities Together) was implemented to gain the public‟s opinion on what

the focus of local service providers should be directed towards. It became evident that the previous PACT

process was not reaching the majority of the Falmouth population with low attendance at the PACT meetings.

'Have your say...' boxes had been placed in strategic locations around Falmouth with forms for members of

the public to fill out and return. Twice yearly, boxes will be placed out for a month before they are collected

back in and sheets counted. The top three priorities will then be taken on as PACT priorities. Forms have

been distributed in a variety of ways; some examples include retail outlets, schools and local newsletters.

It is our hope that, from the returns, we will get a more representative view of the issues which affect the local

population, if any. The reason I say this is because the is now a tick box for 'I have no significant priorities'.

With a high return of this box ticked, the service providers will be able to show that Falmouth is a wonderful

place to live.

This month‟s ‘Have your say...’ has ended and boxes have been collected back in. The results will be pub-

lished soon through various media sources. The next ‘Have your say..’ will be advertised closer to the time.

Falmouth Police Facebook site launched!

Falmouth Police have launched their own Face book page. The page is designed to not only give

information about the activities of your local Police service but to also give users visiting the page the

chance to join in with discussions and debates. Other items of note to be posted on the page will include:

Good News Stories

Witness Appeals

Project updates/ announcements

You can also find us „Tweeting‟ on Twitter as „Falmouth Police’!

If you would like to get regular updates from us, simply search for „Falmouth Police’ on Facebook

(don‟t forget to ‘like’ us) or through any internet search engine.

Please do not report crimes or incidents which require an immediate response, the site is not moni-

tored every day and could lead to undue delays in the service you require.

Government ‘Crime Data’ website launched!

www.police.uk is a new website developed by the Home Office to offer the public a break down

on what crimes are happening in your area. Simply put your postcode into the prompt box and the site

will show you a map detailing crimes in and around your area. Please note that crimes are placed cen-

trally on a street and not where the crimes have occurred!

Change of scenery

PC Mat Cummins will now be taking over the duties of Neighbourhood Beat Manager for the

Trescobeas ward of Falmouth. PC Cummins has been working the Penwerris beat for the past four years

and has a strong relationship with the Beacon Partnership. PC Cummins will be looking after the beat

from now on in dependant on the large-scale reshuffling of the Devon and Cornwall Polices resources.

PC Andy Hocking has now assumed a similar arrangement for the Boslowick ward.

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Printing Business cards, Posters, Flyers

and many more.

Dracaena Community Café

Don't go all that way to town! Come and enjoy Tea,

Coffee, Cakes and a chat at the Community Café in the Dracaena Centre or, sample

our menu.

Sizzling sausages, crispy bacon, fresh eggs and the rest.

Cooked to order at amazing prices.

All day Breakfast, plus Tea and Toast only £2.00

If you would like to volunteer for a couple of hours on a Wednesday morning now

and again, call the Dracaena Centre for more info.

No experience necessary.

Dracaena Community Café

Wednesday Mornings 10am - 1pm

Dracaena Centre, Dracaena Avenue.

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The former Bishop of Ebbsfleet, Fr Andrew Burnham, resigned from the Church of England at the end of last year and has been received in the Roman Catholic Church. So we are

now under the sacramental care of the Bishop of Plymouth, the Rt Revd John Ford, who has been made an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Truro. Bishop John is already known to our parish as he came to confirm our candidates last September at our Patronal Festi-

val . By the time this information is printed we will have begun our Bible Study on the Acts of the Apostles, which we will be following for the next five months ... these will take place on a Sunday evening @ 5.00 pm a couple of times per month and at both our churches -

for more information, please contact Fr Mark [Tel. 01326 218947] Sunday 6th March is the last Sunday before Lent and is our monthly Family Eucharist @

10.00 am (followed by tea & coffee). If you have never visited our Church before, this is a good service to come along to, as it is a bit shorter than normal! You are most welcome. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, the 9th March this year, and will be observed (by imposi-tion of ashes) at our mid-week Eucharist at the Mission Church of the Holy Spirit @ 10.00

am

Sunday 13th March is the 1st Sunday of Lent as we begin six weeks of preparation for Easter, our Parish Mass is @ 10.00 every Sunday. Why give God some of your time this

Lent and join us for our Sunday morning services? These finish by 11.15 am at the latest. Every Friday in Lent we have a ‘Hunger’ (frugal) Lunches at the Laburnum Hall between 12

noon and 1.00 pm, followed by a short devotional talk. The first one is on Friday 11th March and the last one on Friday 15th April. We had some very interesting talks last year. Every Friday evening of Lent we also have Stations of the Cross at St Michael & All Angels’

Church, Penwerris @ 7.00 pm. The final Sunday of Lent is Palm Sunday, 17th April, which also marks the beginning of Holy

Week (with the blessing of palms). During this week we have a daily service and a fully copy of our programme is available from the parish priest. We will also be holding our

Annual Parochial Church Meeting after Mass @ 11.30 am, during which we will elect new Churchwardens and people to service on our Parochial Church Council for the next year.

Easter Sunday falls on the 24th April this year, for us Easter begins with the Vigil Service the

evening before @ 7.30 pm. On Easter Sunday morning our Mass of the Resurrection is at our

normal time of 10.00 am. During the Easter Octave (a period of eight days) we have a daily

Mass, which apart from the Wednesday, which takes place at our Mission Church of the Holy

Spirit, will be at St Michael & All Angels, Penwerris. The Easter Octave, which is a special pe-

riod of celebration, ends on Sunday 1st May, but the Eastertide season now extends till Pente-

cost (Whit Sunday) 50 days after Easter Sunday. All communicant members (those who have

been confirmed) of the Church of England should make their Holy Communion at least once

during the season of Easter.

Best wishes, Fr Mark

St Michaels and all Angels Church

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Welfare Benefits

Jenny Richards Welfare Benefit Advisor is at the

Beacon Resource Centre on Thursday mornings

please note new extended opening hours from 9am -

1pm please telephone for an appointment though

it’s possible to pop in without one and Jenny can

usually see you. It’s a good idea to have your bene-

fits checked regularly to make sure you are getting

the right amount as the regulations are changing all

the time. If you have health problems there are

many benefits you can claim which can double your

weekly income

especially if you are over 60 years of age. In the

past 12 months she has got over £51.000 for

residents of the estate - what can she do for you? Its

always worth coming in to check - it’s a free and

confidential service for everybody and she will be

very pleased to see you. Benefits dealt with include

Disability Living Allowance , Attendance

Allowance, Carers Allowance,

Housing and Council Tax Benefit, Working and

Family tax credits and many more Access to

legal advice available as well.

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