Home Upgrade Grant Scheme

Free Energy Home Improvements now available to residents in Worcestershire

For more information, email retrofit@worcestershire.gov.uk

The Home Upgrade Grant scheme (HUGs) is designed to tackle colder homes that do NOT have mains gas central heating. Homeowners and tenants in Worcestershire could benefit from a variety of measures to help reduce energy bills including: internal and external wall insulation, loft and cavity wall insulation, air source heat pumps, solar panels, draught proofing and many more.

Worcestershire County Council is working in partnership with Redditch Borough and Bromsgrove, Malvern Hills and Wychavon District Councils and Act on Energy to deliver this programme.

To qualify, households must NOT use mains gas to heat their home, have a gross annual income of less than £31,000 with a current Home Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of D to G.

Funding is also available for landlords in the charity and private rented sector.

Those who qualify for the scheme will undergo a free technical survey to determine the most suitable energy efficiency measures.

For more information, including full eligibility, and to register your interest visit: www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home-upgrade-grant-scheme-hug2  OR  contact your local energy charity Act on Energy on their free advice line 0800 988 2881

All projects must be completed by March 2025.

HUG Flyer A5 digital version

Wychavon District Council Residents’ Survey

The survey will take about 15 minutes to complete and your responses will help to improve services and set new priorities for Wychavon Council for the next four years.

You can take the survey here: https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/WRS2023conspage/.

As a thank you, Wychavon Council are offering survey respondents the opportunity to enter a prize draw for one of four £100 vouchers to spend with an independent, Wychavon-based business of your choice. The winners will be drawn at random and notified by the middle of November 2023.

The survey closes on 15 October 2023.

Worcestershire County Council Planning Consultation Database

Have you say on planning in Worcestershire…..
The planning consultation database for the county is being refreshed and Worcestershire County Council would like to invite residents and businesses to register so that they can have their say on planning matters.
The Council plays a significant planning role across the whole of Worcestershire including policies and strategies about minerals and waste and major infrastructure projects like new railway stations and bridges.
Councillor Marc Bayliss, Worcestershire County Councillor with Responsibility for Economy Infrastructure and Skills, said:
“Community engagement plays a vital role in the way we make our plans, and I cordially invite residents and businesses to register to participate and influence this process.
Our work includes developing important strategies relating to ecology and biodiversity that make Worcestershire distinct and special, as well as planning for infrastructure such as schools and highway projects.
This is a great way for people to hear about what is going on and get involved in the planning work we do.”
You can find out how to sign up to be consulted about the topics you are interested in and see a more detailed explanation of what each topic area covers by visiting:

Annual Parish Meeting – Thursday 18th May at 7.30pm

The Abbots Morton Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Thursday 18th May at 7.30pm in Abbots Morton Village Hall.

The Annual Parish Meeting is an opportunity for parishioners on the Electoral Roll for Abbots Morton to raise any matters of concern to them that relates to their local community. There will also be representatives of various organisations and groups in the parish who will give a short report about their work. Please see the agenda (below) for more details.

Please do come along.

Annual Parish Meeting Agenda

Voting Thursday 4th May 2023

Friendly reminder that it is voting day tomorrow….
Inkberrow ward is contested so Abbots Morton residents (who are registered to vote) will vote for their District Councillors (2 vacancies). Voting will take place in Abbots Morton Village Hall tomorrow between 7am and 10pm.
To vote you will need photo ID, for more information on accepted forms of ID please go to: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id/accepted-forms-photo-id

Contested District Council Elections

Please see below a list of the contested District Council Elections to be held on Thursday 4th May 2023.

Inkberrow ward is contested so Abbots Morton residents (who are registered to vote) will vote for their District Councillors (2 vacancies). Voting will take place in Abbots Morton Village Hall on Thursday 4th May between 7am and 10pm.

Contested District Council Elections

Please remember that to vote in England you now need to show photo ID.

If you do not have photo ID you can apply for free voter ID before 5pm on Tuesday 25th April 2023.

For more information on free voter ID and to see what forms of photo ID will be accepted please go to: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id

Notice of Election May 4th 2023

Please see the Notice of Election for Wychavon District Council and Abbots Morton Parish Council below.

District Council Notice of Election

Parish Council Notice of Election

Please remember that to vote in England you now need to show photo ID.

If you do not have photo ID you can apply for free voter ID before 5pm on Tuesday 25th April 2023.

For more information on free voter ID and to see what forms of photo ID will be accepted please go to: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id

 

Lengthsman Vacancy

Abbots Morton Parish Council is seeking to appoint a Lengthsman for 2023/24.

The Parish Lengthsman is a self-employed person who can really make a difference to the community environment by maintaining roadside verges and drainage in Abbots Morton. The work may be expanded to include other small-scale maintenance work.  Appropriate basic training on the hazards of working in the highway and standards of work to be achieved will be provided by Worcestershire County Council.

This contract for services is for one year in the first instance commencing on the 1st April 2023, and will be reviewed on 31st March 2024. Hours and hourly rate to be negotiated and confirmed.

Interested applicants should contact the Clerk at abbotsmortonpc@gmail.com or on 07721 889703.

Closing Date:  17th March 2023