Raising awareness of child neglect

Work commissioned by Shropshire Safeguarding Community Partnership and undertaken by the Children’s Society, identified that there needs to be better understanding of child neglect and how to recognise it by professionals in particular. Shropshire Safeguarding...

How much has changed in the last 10 years?

Do you think much has changed in the parish in the last 10 years? The Census provides a great deal of information about people living in the parish and as part of our training programme for new councillors we have provided a snapshot of some of the information...

Have you signed up to Neighbourhood Matters?

You can now sign up to Neighbourhood Matters to find out what’s happening in the area and keep in touch with West Mercia Police through the free messaging service. The Neighbourhood Matters messaging system enables residents, businesses and community groups to...

Engaging with Local Communities

As a parishioner in Wem Rural it’s possible that you may come across some issues that need the local community backing such as traffic issues, litter or nuisance calls so we’ve created this guide to help you get others involved. The first thing to do is to...

Help Prevent Food Waste

Wem Store Cupboard volunteers collect left over food from supermarkets, which is still good to eat but would otherwise go to waste. It is shared with partner groups across the town and on the foodshare table in The Fruitful Deli. From time to time a larger foodshare...