Northampton Neighbourhood Watch

Find out more about Northampton Neighbourhood Watch, and how you can get involved by CLICKING HERE.

Get back into...CRICKET!

Northampton Leisure Trust are working with Saints Cricket Club to offer a great opportunity to get back into cricket or even give it a go for the first time.

This is an 8 week aldults (16+) programme, open to all abilities starting Monday 9th May, 6.30pm - 8pm at Saints Cricket Club, Birchfield Road East, Northampton, NN3 2TA. The cost is £3 per week or £20 for all 8 weeks.

Click here to find out more, or contact Jenna Smith on 07919 217963 or email jsmith@northamptonleisuretrust.org.uk

Northampton Older People's Health Forum

In case of interest to you or anyone you know, please see this poster & this poster from the NHS about the next Northampton Older People's Health Forum.

Date: Thursday 19 May

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Venue: Northampton Guildhall

Topics for Discussion: NHS Reforms - have your say and Transport Services in Northampton

Tea and coffee provided

No need to book

For more information:

Richard Longrigg

Communications and Engagement Manager

NHS Northamptonshire

t.  01604 651190

m. 07901 943943

e. richard.longrigg@northants.nhs.uk

Northampton Youth Forum Elections

Are you - or do you know - a young person who would like to be on Northampton Youth Forum from this June 2011?

There's a mix of places for people to represent their school and also places for 'independent candidates' (individuals who may represent a community group or just be standing as an individual). It all comes together in a big 'elections night' which this year is 21 June from 5pm - 8pm at Northampton Guildhall:

• Schools normally conduct an elections process. The votes are counted at the elections night.
• Independent candidates are invited to come to make a very short speech and be elected by young people (they can bring their young friends along to support and take part in the voting).

All candidates who take part in the elections get a certificate - because we know it takes a lot of courage, caring and commitment to take part in an election and we want to say thank you to those people who do and give them something which can go on a record of achievement, in a portfolio etc to recognise their involvement.

Follow this link to find a role description, a personal manifesto form and a nomination pack. 

These will help young people decide if the role is something they would enjoy and with taking part in the elections process itself.

If you want to see photos of the sorts of things Youth Forum's been involved with in the past, you can find photos of Youth Forum activities etc on our Facebook page here.  Everyone is welcome to join the Facebook page - and we post lots of information there all year about things to do in Northampton that are open to everyone to join in.

Care Home Plans for Upton...

...in case you missed it CLICK HERE for the article from the Chronicle & Echo on 11th April.

Ground Rent Charges...

...recently some leasehold properties on Upton have seen a change of ownership of the land that the property is built on, meaning that your ground rent charges are payable to a new company.

If this effects you, we would strongly recommend that you check the correctness of your first invoice that you receive from the new company, to ensure you are being charged the correct amount as detailed in your lease.

Street Lighting...

...you may have noticed that a number of street lights are currently out across Upton, particularly in the Black Cat Street / Black Cat Drive / Clickers Drive / Clickers Mews area.

Until the roads are adopted, street lighting remains the responsibility of the property developer - for this part of the estate this is Paul Newman Homes.  UMRA have contacted Paul Newman Homes and they are looking at getting these lights fixed ASAP.

If you are experiencing street lighting problems elsewhere on Upton, please post a comment to this blog post.

Dates for your Diary!

Here are two important dates for your diary....

WEDNESDAY 15th JUNE - UMRA General Meeting, to be held at the Elgar Centre.  More details to follow in your next UMRA newsletter coming through your letterbox at the end of May.


SUNDAY 24th JULY - Upton's Summer Event... more details to follow in your next UMRA newsletter coming through your letterbox at the end of May.

UMRA 2011 AGM Minutes

Apologies for the delay in publishing these, but for the minutes from this years AGM, held at Upton Meadows Primary School on 16th March CLICK HERE

Webb Drive shop gets planning permission...

It's been announced this week that planning permission has been granted for the shop at 2 Webb Drive.

For full details of the planning application CLICK HERE

And for the letter granting the planning permission, including the conditions of approval, CLICK HERE