The Importance of Reporting Crime

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ere’s an important message from West Mercia Police on why it’s really important to report matters of rural crime or suspicious incidents to the police – here’s why: Suspicious incidents are really useful for police work. Often seeing a suspicious vehicle...
Community Grants & Funding Awarded in 2024

Community Grants & Funding Awarded in 2024

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The Council is committed to supporting local community groups and is delighted to announce that the following grants and funding have been awarded in 2024: SYA – Wem Senior Youth Club to replace sports equipment – £275.29 Newtown Parish Church to maintain...
Helping to Maintain Whitchurch Road Cemetery

Helping to Maintain Whitchurch Road Cemetery

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Three of our Parish Councillors met up with several volunteers from the Friends of Whitchurch Cemetery to hand over a cheque of £500 to help them maintain the grounds. They also kindly opened the chapel and gave a tour of the cemetery which included seeing their...

Update from The Friends of Whitchurch Road Cemetery

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We had an extremely busy year at the cemetery in 2023. Many thanks to Wem Rural Parish Council for kindly supporting us with a community grant, which helped us to make such amazing progress. It is hugely encouraging to our hard-working team to be supported in this way...

Ten steps to Net Zero

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Climate change is a global issue affecting us all, and we all have a part to play. As an agricultural and food producing region, Shropshire is particularly susceptible to the damaging effects of climate change. With Shropshire Council declaring a climate emergency and...
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