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Apply for a Home for a Pound!
LIVERPOOL City Council has opened
applications for its newly expanded Homes for a Pound Plus scheme.
Following the success of a pilot project involving properties around Granby Four
Streets and Arnside Road, the initiative is to be used to transform empty
terraced homes off Smithdown Road in Picton.
To apply, people need to log on to
Liverpool.Gov.UK/HomesForAPound by 31 July 2015 and fill in the
application form. The City Council will carry out remedial works on the properties that are in a particularly poor condition to make sure that they are viable for people to work on. Although preference will be given to applicants who have savings to fund the refurbishments, the Council is looking at a number of options for helping people who do not available capital. Deputy Mayor, Councillor Ann O'Byrne, said:- "This is part of our
commitment to bring into use another 2,000 properties in addition to the 1,000
we have already completed and another 1,000 we are tackling. Driving up the
quality, standard and range of properties in the City is a priority, but we know
that Homes for a Pound is not a panacea for dealing with empty homes. It is 1 of
a range of things we are doing in partnership with housing associations and
developers to make sure that people wanting to live in the City have a choice of
good quality properties to live in, whatever their budget."
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Help Formby to save its Village by saying no to Parking Charges!
PLEASE help Formby to save its remaining small businesses by keeping Sumner Road, Parking Charge Free! Current restrictions on this car park are free parking for up to 2 hours with no return within 3 hours from 9am to 6pm, but as we reported in our 6 June 2015 issue, this might be about to change. Sefton MBC has announced that following a proposal to start charging, 7 days a week, from 8am to 6pm, at Sumner Road, Formby. As many of the remaining independent shops have commented:- "As the death knell tolls this is the nail in the coffin for our once fantastic Village." Back in 2011 Formby businesses where warning Sefton that the end was close after a dramatic change of the traders’ demographics within the Village, due to outside factors and lack of support from the Council. Now those warnings have become reality and the few remaining businesses are now questioning their future. In our 13 June 2015 issue we ran the headline:- "Is Formby's Village Canter doomed?" after Formby Books announced it had to close. So please help support the local businesses, not only by shopping local, but also downloading and printing out this letter, then sending it to Formby Parish Council, Formby Library, Duke Street, Formby, Merseyside, L37 4AN, before 6 July 2015. Alternatively fill in the form page on the Parish Council website using the wording on the letter along with your own comments. To use that form click here and to get the letter, please click here. If you do not have Word, we have it in a photo formation for you as well, by clicking on here. Please note that the photo copy is for printing out only! Gardens open to the public ALLOTMENTS, the grounds of private
houses and a community orchard in a burial ground all feature in a scheme to
open up gardens to the public. 6 gardens in the Greenbank Ward, in
Liverpool, will be open on Sunday, 5 July 2015, as part of the National Gardens
Scheme. Local Councillor Laura Robertson Collins, said:- "I doubt if there
is another ward in the country which has 6 gardens which are opening as part of
this scheme. They are a very diverse collection which will appeal to all tastes;
with some of them rarely seen. It shows that we are greening the City even in
areas which are densely populated. And visiting these gardens will also help
some very worthy charities." New Event to be held at the Fox and Goose, Southport!
WE will be making an announcement about a new event at the Fox and Goose, in Southport, to be held on 24 July 2015! Keep your eyes out on our Facebook Page and Twitter Page, plus more info in the next edition! All we can say for now is Dust Off your capes, armour and wings! |
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