Welcome to the website of Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council
The Parish Council held its first meeting on 29th April 1988 so it is just over twenty-three years old. The Parish Council Centre was officially opened by Bruce Grocott MP on 24th October 1998.
The Council has eleven councillors covering three wards, two on Wrockwardine Wood Ward, eight for Trench Ward and one councillor for the East Ward. There are two members of staff, the Clerk and the cleaner/caretaker.
The Council maintains the Parish Council Centre which is a community building, and manages allotments at Stanmore Drive, we fund the maintenance of street lighting in the parish and are responsible for the maintenance of the churchyard at Holy Trinity Church, Wrockwardine Wood.
The Council provides grants to groups within the community and to outside groups that benefit the community. You can download a grant application form here. The Council makes representation to other local authorities on planning and other matters and lobbies for improvements in footpaths, repair of pot holes, maintenance of bus shelters, street cleansing and grass verges and hedge cutting.
You can also download our latest newsletter here, download some forms here and read the minutes of our latest meetings here. We hope you will also enjoy our history section. If you would like to make any suggestions or comments, you can contact us here.
Dial 101
This the new non-emergency number for the police.
WROCKWARDINE WOOD AND TRENCH
LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
All Welcome, admission £2 on the door.
New Local History Group
The inaugural meeting of the Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Local History Group was held on 8th September 2011.
Membership is open to anyone researching family history where a member of the family being studied lived in the area, and also to anyone interested in the history of the area. By working with other organisations and individuals it is hoped to present our findings in local events, displays and exhibitions. In the long term it is hoped to publish leaflets and other work publicising the history of our area, and to engage public speakers to cover local history topics.
Meetings are to be held on the second Thursday of each month at 7pm in The Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Parish Council Centre. It is planned to have light refreshments available.
Please note that history need not be ‘ancient’ to be interesting, change is inevitable and photographs of the area taken twenty years ago are of great interest, especially where they show street scenes, transport, or work processes. If you have any such photographs we would love to see them.
Membership subscription has been set at £5 a year per person, however we are happy for you to ‘try us out’ before committing to membership. A fee of £1 per meeting to cover overheads and refreshments is requested.
Community Engagement Meeting
Tuesday 28th February 2012
at the Parish Council Centre at 7.15pm, preceded by a surgery at 6.45pm
How to contact your Local Police Team:
Based at: Donnington Police Station, Wellington Road, Telford TF2 8AE
Email: wrockwardinewoodandtrench.lpt@westmercia.pnn.police.uk
Message Line: 01952 216 558 (non emergency) Non emergency: 0300 333 3000
Or visit us at: www.westmercia.police.uk
Building Schools for the Future Programme – Sutherland Business and Enterprise College and Wrockwardine Wood Arts College.
Telford & Wrekin Council has informed us of significant changes to its future plans for the borough’s £200m Building Schools for the Future programme. The proposals will see more of the borough’s secondary schools rebuilt rather than just remodelled and will result in high quality, sustainable buildings that will increase ambition, attainment and community pride. The revised plans have been based on community impact assessments and the projection of future pupil numbers.
The council’s Cabinet agreed to consult on the following measures in our Parish:
• Building a new 1,050 place 11-16 Co-operative Academy on the site adjacent to the existing Oakengates Leisure Centre. This will serve the communities of Donnington, Oakengates, Trench and Wrockwardine Wood and would replace the existing Sutherland Business and Enterprise College and Wrockwardine Wood Arts College.
Local History
We have a number of old photos of the area, and now a resident of Trench is contributing her reminiscences. Please have a look around our history section, and let us know if there is anything you would like to contribute, either for the website or the newsletter.
Rona Harris's Story, latest edition.
The Friends and Neighbours Club
at Wrockwardine Wood & Trench Labour Club Every Wednesday at 1.30pm
Read more on our Clubs page.
Coffee Morning at the Parish Council Centre
The coffee morning is for any of our residents who would like to come along and socialise and make new friends. The coffee morning is attended by the Parish Council Chairman, one or two Councillors, the Parish Clerk and your local Community Support Officer.
Please come and join us and receive a warm welcome!
Out and About Walking GroupMeets the first Saturday of every month.
All walks are in aid of a Charity. Our current charity is the Motor Neurone Disease Association. For more information please contact the Group Chair, Gregory Vernon on 605391
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