Do you yearn to bowl?

 

The Cranfield short mat bowls club is one of the successful  developments from the refurbished and reopened village hall. As this recent pic shows it is well subscribed and the bowlers seem in great form. My preferred bowling involves leg breaks, seam and googlies but each to their own.

The bowlers are sporting their new polo shirts with the club logo. These have been acquired with the help of a section 137 grant from the parish council. So good luck to the Cranfield Short Matters. We hope they have a successful season. If you yearn to bowl contact Terry on 752163 or Tony on 750563

There's gold in them their sectiions

When you deal with local government there are a lot of "sections" which usually refer to a piece of legislation.   

Local voluntary groups can apply for so called "section-137" grants from the parish council and it is worth pursuing this local funding. It has to be  for a local organisation or at least one which includes Cranfield substantially in its activities, must have a constitution, elected officers and a set of accounts for the last year.  Then you need to fill in  the "what for" section of the application form and ideally attend the meeting of the PC which will make the decision, to talk about how you will use the money. This not us being officious, it's an opportunity for you to promote your organisation - and for us to educate ourselves about what you do. It's usually a fruitful exchange.

Timing is everything and applications (max £500 but don't just put that down as the default bid)  are considered by the finance and grants committee every three months. We've just had one so next will be the first Wed of December. Contact the clerk Rosie Davy Hunt now by emailing cranfieldpc@btconnect.com for a copy of the grant guidelines and an application form.

Cranfield Parish Council 19 June

Headlines from last night.

The application for a moped assembly facility (for hot food delivery vehicles) in Barratt's Yard, Crawley Road was approved by CBC, it was reported. This was despite valiant efforts by Cllr Alan Bastable on the development control committee and and an appeal on behalf of Cranfield Parish Council by Roger Baker and a contribution  from residents. As previously reported, weekend working has now been vetoed. The applicant must submit in writing, measures to contain any noise.

Peter Haddon, Holywell and Joanne Farbon, Lower school did a joint presentation on plans for the schools to expand to deal with  the impact of housing development i9n the pipeline. Holywell will go up to around 720 and the Lower school to 450 with 150 of these being on the proposed Central Motors site. Joanne stressed that this is a 'dual site'  school not a 'split site' school. I'm not sure what the different is but I'll be whittling away at this for some evidence of meaning and I'm sure it will become clear eventually.

The following section 137 grants were approved

£500 to the short mat bowls club 
£500 to link-a-ride
£100 towards the Bedfordshire regiment memorial appeal

Contact the clerk,  Rosie Davy Hunt at Cranfield Parish Council for guidelines on applying for section 137 grants (max £500 except in very special circumstances)