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Summary agenda:
1. Apologies for absence
2. Public session
3. Declarations of Interests
4. Minutes of Previous Meetings
5. Matters to report (Parish Surgery, War Memorial, Staffordshire Day, Wild Flower Planting)
6. Planning
7. Financial Matters (including Parish Council Grants for Village Organisations)
8. Group Reports (Recreation; Village Property; Traffic, parking & Highways; Competitions; Newsletter; Village Hall)
9. Correspondence, bulletins & reports
10. Jubilee Cup
11. Parish Assembly
12. HS2
13. Agenda items for the next meeting
14. Date and time of next meeting
Wednesday, 27th April 2016, 7.00pm Memorial Room, Village Hall

The full meeting notice is available on these pages

While the Ensemble is in Abbots Bromley, there will be two concerts. To promote live music to the younger generation the Wednesday concert is free for under 18s. Click on the poster image below to view full details.

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Monday 6th April – 1.30pm
Abbots Bromley School – Chapel

Vickers Bovey Guitar Duo

Julian Vickers and Daniel Bovey are former members of the National Youth Guitar Ensemble, who are building a reputation as one of the most exciting young duos in the UK. They are currently studying for a Joint Masters in Guitar Duo at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
FREE Admission
Retiring collection

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Wednesday 8th April – 6.30pm
Abbots Bromley School – Thompson Hall

National Youth Guitar Ensemble (NYGE)

Musical Director: Gerald Garcia
The NYGE, comprising the UK’s most talented young guitarists, will be performing an enthralling and colourful programme of original chamber and orchestral music written for the guitar.

Music by composers including Gerald Garcia, Leo Brouwer, Gary Ryan, Shingo Fujii, Carlo Domeniconi and Celso Machado.
Tickets: £10 (£5 Concessions), Free for under 18s.

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BOX OFFICE
NYGE Co-ordinator
Tel. 07761 425405

Email: info@nyge.org.uk

Website: http://www.nyge.org.uk

On 7th May 2015 we will have the opportunity to elect new Borough and Parish Councillors as well as our Member of Parliament.

The staff of East Staffordshire Borough Council oversee the election process for Parish and Borough and have issued key information in these notices:

• Notice of Election for Parish (21.1 Kb)
• Notice of Election for Borough (20.2 Kb)

The 48-page January 2015 Abbots Bromley Conservation Area Appraisal document can be found on the ESBC web pages from where it can be viewed or downloaded.

There is also a form for you to use in making your comments.

The document includes maps and photographs of the village along with extensive narrative covering the historical development of the village, assessments of the townscape and landscape along with future management recommendations.

Abbots Bromley Parish Council has nine members elected to serve for four years. No special qualifications are required to be a Councillor and the majority of those over the age of 18 are eligible to stand.

Councillors must live, work or own land in the parish to qualify and will need to follow a formal process of nomination that will be posted nearer the date of the election.

Acting as a Parish Councillor is unpaid, and requires a commitment of a few hours a month to attend meetings and review documents. Those who are elected to the Council will receive any training required to help them function effectively.

Parish Councils hold a unique place in local government with few duties that they must perform but many powers that they can exercise. The extent to which they are sucessful in promoting and building their own community depends on the level of commitment and enthusiasm of the Councillors and it is an opportunity to to do much – or virtually nothing!

Candidate nomination papers will be available from the Parish Clerk (or from the Town Hall in Burton) towards the end of February.

Completed nomination papers should be delivered in person to the Town Hall, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2EB from Monday 23 March to Friday 27 March inclusive. Election staff will be on hand in the Weaver Room which is situated to the left of the reception desk (in the Town Hall) between 10am and 3pm.

If there are fewer than ten nominations, then those candidates will be elected without a poll.