Thurlton Chairpersons report to the
Parish Meeting

Welcome

At the AGM the following were
elected Chairperson Heather Longman & Vice Chairman Simon Hannant

Financial
Report 2011/2012

Administration
£3000 Including Clerks wages of £1850 and the production of 10 monthly
newsletters. Council insurance £1330. Maintenance of Playing Field etc £1300.
Expenditure on the Community Composting project approximately £3000 funded
separately from grant received (£3400)

Although
reported as an achievement in last years
annual report the purchase and installation of phase 4 play area
equipment £40000 and the funding for same (grant from Wren and donation from
Playing Field Assn) are shown in this years accounts.

The precept remains the same at
£6000 for 2012/2013

Achievements this year

Pride in Norfolk Competition

Thurlton  were Winners of ‘Communities under 1000’
category and ‘WI forward to the future’ award. This is a great accolade to the
community and is a recognition of how we work together to make our village a
wonderful place to live. The WI Forward to the future award was in recognition
of the work going on here for the young people of our village, the youth club
and the youth exchange and further projects to help in the training and
development of youth leaders and the guides and conservationists of the future.

Home insulation

Thanks to a successful entry into
the SNDC Greenest Community Competition Thurlton PC was awarded  £10000 to provide free roof and cavity wall
insulation to any resident who had a need. This scheme is now finished.

Winter Warmer Packs

Through
a SNC initiative we received a quantity of these packs. Unfortunately they were
too late for last winter’s cold spell. We will advertise their availability
later in the year

Newsletters

We have prepared and arranged, in
conjunction with Norton PC and the Raveningham Group Magazine, the issue of 10
newsletters to every household in the Villages

We have also supported

EU Youth in Action funded Youth Exchange which will take place at the Waveney River
Centre from 22nd June – 1st July this year, hosting six
youngsters and two leaders from Spain, Latvia and Slovenia.

Community Composting

There has been some delay
awaiting a container but it should be up and running in the near future

Thurlton ‘Good Neighbours project’

This project is now gathering pace thanks to the very positive attitude of all those
involved and it is now ready to progress further

Maintaining a display in the
planters

Thanks to Paul Arnold for
donating the entry fees from the Oskar Pool Competition in the Queens Head for
this purpose and the Horticultural Club for planting same

Frolic

We
have supported the resurrection of the Summer Holiday Frolic by publicity in
the newsletter and giving them a small donation towards expenses

Chairpersons report (continued)

Plans for the coming year

We will continue to support the above projects
and the Playing Field Assn. The current members of the Playing Field
Association will continue to raise funds to support maintenance, insurance etc
but after 10 years wish to take a back seat in any major fund raising for new
projects. If further items of equipment are wanted new people will have to come
forward to join the association. The PFA and the Queen’s Head will be holding a
‘Picnic in the Park’ on 4th June to celebrate the Queen’s
Jubilee. This will be on the area behind the pub with live music and a
barbecue.

We
will continue to review the Parish Plan and progress revisions to it
particularly in light of the upcoming Localism Act of Parliament

Thanks to

The Parish Councillors for their individual
contributions to the work of the Parish Council. I would also like to thank
Chris Cook, our hard working Parish Clerk, without whom the Parish Council
would achieve very little! Thanks to all the volunteers who join in the working
parties and steering groups etc for the projects we are involved in. To our
playing field warden, Kate Cox and to our street warden Martin Ball who both
work very hard keeping our playing field and streets clean and safe.

Special thanks are due to David Crisp who was
taken seriously ill suddenly. It made us all keenly aware of just how much time
he has put in to helping out over the years and especially his hard work on the
community composting project. We wish him well and our thoughts are with him
and his family.