Cullompton Town

Devon County Council produce a monthly web newsletter. The newsletter contains features articles covering our area as well as news from the whole of Devon.

6th April 2006

PRESS RELEASE  

HRH QUEEN ELIZABETH II 80^TH BIRTHDAY 21^ST APRIL 2006 

Cullompton Town Council is planting a tree to commemorate HRH Queen Elizabeth II’s 80^th Birthday and would like to invite anyone living in Cullompton Parish that will be 80 on Friday 21^st April 2006 to be a guest of honour at the ceremony.  The tree will be planted by the Town Mayor Cllr Mrs Eileen Andrews on the landscaped area at the junction of Willand Road and Millennium Way at 3pm. Everyone is welcome to come along to the ceremony and also to join the Town Council for a cream tea in the Town Hall afterwards. 

The Town Council is keen to invite anyone living in Cullompton Parish that shares their date of birth with the Queen to be a guest of honour at the ceremony.  If you are aware of anyone please let the Council office know and we will arrange for a car to pick them up and take them to the tree planting and afterwards to the cream tea. 

Everyone else will be able to catch a bus from the centre of town out to the landscaped area where the tree will be planted and then catch a bus back to the Town Hall for a cream tea. 

For more information please contact the Town Council office on 01884 38249 or e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Community Council of Devon has received a three year grant from the Big Lottery Fund to work with and support the management committees of rural community buildings (e.g. village halls, scout huts etc.) to address the issues around ‘access’ and ‘barriers’ to services and activities.

The focus of the ‘Access & Awareness’ project is to improve the range, quality and take-up of services (e.g. the community hall) and goods (e.g. the activities, clubs etc.) with particular responsibility to address the needs of older people and disabled people within rural communities.

The project officer, Penny Thame, said the project outcomes would include improved well-being, reduced isolation along with more active, co-operative and sustainable communities.  She also hoped, that with involvement of statutory, private and voluntary organizations,  the project would improve the availability of services like benefits advice, library services, job clubs and internet services.

If you provide, or would like to provide your services closer to a community, or you have had difficulty accessing a service within your community, Penny would like to hear from you.  She can be contacted at CCD on 10392 38 3681 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Devon County Council produce a monthly web newsletter.  The newsletter contains features articles covering our area as well as news from the whole of Devon.