Tag: Eastcott

Since being elected as your local councillor I have been working hard to support residents with issues they have.  Since being elected as your local councillor I have been working hard to support residents with issues they have. This has included meeting with residents groups to hear about concerns over the Regent Circus development, improving the area by planting flower beds near the Beehive pub and responding to residents’ concerns over housing issues, parking and fly tipping. Please don’t hesitate…

After being rebuffed again by the council we received this appeal from a RNIB campaigner on behalf of the visually impaired people of Swindon After being rebuffed again by the council we received this appeal from a RNIB campaigner on behalf of the visually impaired people of Swindon – “I write on behalf of visually impaired people who are dismayed at not being able to use the road on the corner between the Swindon Library and Morrison’s at the top…

Hello, my name is Manetta Rodrigues and I am proud to have been selected by the Labour Party to stand as its candidate for the 2016 local elections in Eastcott Ward. Since moving to Swindon 10 years ago I have lived in the Town Centre area. Hello, my name is Manetta Rodrigues and I am proud to have been selected by the Labour Party to stand as its candidate for the 2016 local elections in Eastcott Ward. Since moving to…

Conservative-run Swindon Council are currently consulting on the closure of the Children’s Nursery on Euclid Street by September 2016 -, advising parents they will have to use another nursery. Conservative-run Swindon Council are currently consulting on the closure of the Children’s Nursery on Euclid Street by September 2016 -, advising parents they will have to use another nursery. Labour are concerned about this nursery closure as it is a very popular with 128 young children aged between 2 and 4…

Paul Dixon, Labour's new Councillor in Eastcott, is leading planting of flower beds on Saturday 6th June meeting outside the Beehive on Prospect Hill. Paul Dixon, Labour's new Councillor in Eastcott, is leading planting of flower beds on Saturday 6th June meeting outside the Beehive on Prospect Hill.  The event runs from 10.30am – 2.30pm and you can bring plants along.  Contact Paul at p.dixon8@ntlworld.com or on 07454 736769

Two Labour candidates for this year's local elections have come out strongly in favour of free parking in the Council’s Old Town car parks. Bob Cretchley, who is standing in Old Town and Paul Dixon, the candidate for Eastcott, which are the two wards covering the centre of Old Town, have both declared their support for the local traders who have been campaigning for free parking for the Old Town area. Two Labour candidates for this year's local elections have come…

I took part in the Pipers Area Residents Association (PaRa) Autumn Tidy and Planting Event on Sunday 5th October. Over 70 people got involved in the event helping to tidy up the flower beds and areas around Old Town. Pictured: Paul Dixon I took part in the Pipers Area Residents Association (PaRa) Autumn Tidy and Planting Event on Sunday 5th October. Over 70 people got involved in the event helping to tidy up the flower beds and areas around Old Town. I helped…

I am a local resident committed to providing more effective representation for the ward and working hard to make Eastcott a better place.  I am a local resident committed to providing more effective representation for the ward and working hard to make Eastcott a better place. I have a strong record of speaking out for the needs of others as a volunteer campaigner for Amnesty International and Oxfam and as a trade union representative at the further education college where…

All year round they say one thing and yet do another, all year round they fail to deliver on their promises, and all year round they have supported the Tories by failing to oppose Tory policies. ALL YEAR ROUND THEY SAY ONE THING AND YET DO ANOTHER Residents Parking  – Lib Dems say your parking will be £10 cheaper but fail to tell you that that is only if 60% of residents sign-up to pay online. Green waste – Lib…

Emma is dedicated to representing Eastcott effectively and would be a councillor who’d speak up for you at Council meetings as well as work hard in the community. She doesn’t shirk her responsibilities and would bring a new focus to Eastcott, just as Labour councillors have done in Central and Old Town wards ONLY Labour will restore free Green Waste collection and abolish the £40 charge. Tories and Lib Dems will continue with the charge and won’t restore free green…

At a public meeting on March 7th Regent Circus developers ISG gave assurances that they will put right any damage to properties which can be attributed to work on the Regent Circus site. This includes the historic Baptist church on Prospect Hill which has recently had to close.  At a public meeting on March 7th Regent Circus developers ISG gave assurances that they will put right any damage to properties which can be attributed to work on the Regent Circus site….

Residents responded strongly to the consultation on charging for green waste collection but the £40 charge – the equivalent of a 3% council tax increase for Band C and D properties – was still approved by Conservative councillors. Residents responded strongly to the consultation on charging for green waste collection but the £40 charge – the equivalent of a 3% council tax increase for Band C and D properties – was still approved by Conservative councillors.  Introducing new charges on…