| By Cotswolds LibDems,on March 12th,2011 Blockley resident Sarah Keay-Bright has been working with local sustainable energy experts and companies through evening talks to raise awareness of energy saving options in the home.  Sarah with Charlie Mackinnon-Little of Cotswold Green Energy with a thermal imaging camera Sarah says,“This initiative is all about saving money at a time when oil prices are at an all time high and to reduce the carbon footprint of Blockley Parish.” Now,Sarah has set up a non-political initiative,Blockley Energy Action,to further this aim and to help residents get renewable energy generation projects off the ground. It will also help them take advantage of the generous ‘Feed-In Tariff’ and the soon to come ‘Renewable Heat Incentive’. Sarah has also been out and about on Blockley’s streets at night with Charlie Mackinnon-Little of Cotswold Green Energy snapping thermal photos of houses where residents are interested to know just how bad or good their house is at conserving or wasting heat. By Cotswolds LibDems,on March 11th,2011 Campden Vale Liberal Democrats have announced that their candidate for the CDC elections on May 5 will be well known local campaigner and community worker Clive Thompson. Clive has been involved in a number of community initiatives in the Campden Vale area,including the Robert Dover’s Games Society,which stages the annual Cotswold Olimpicks and the campaign Raising the Rec whose aim has been to uplift facilities at Chipping Campden Recreation Ground. He’s also a member of the management committee for the Chipping Campden Information Centre, is Neighbourhood Watch coordinator for his local area and is involved in the Gloucestershire Police Safer Communities Programme.  - Clive has been closely involved in the community campaign Raising the Rec,to uplift facilities at Chipping Campden Recreation Ground
By Cotswolds LibDems,on February 22nd,2011 A CAMPAIGN group has questioned why Gloucestershire County Council cabinet met to decide the future of the county’s library service yesterday even though it has still not finished consulting the public on the proposals.
Demelza Jones,spokeswoman for Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries,which has collected 15,000 signatures on a petition opposing the plans,said that,given the Conservative majority on the council,the recommendations made by cabinet members were effectively the “final decision despite the the fact that there are three public consultation sessions still to be held and the online consultation doesn’t close until February 11”.
She said that the vote on the recommendations,due to be made at full council on Wednesday,February 16,would be “a rubber-stamping exercise”,a claim denied by GCC.
One of the public consultation meetings is due to be held at Moreton Library between 4pm and 7pm today and a protest “read-in” is being held this Saturday from noon to 2pm.
FoGL member Carlin Anderson of Fenhill Close,Bourton-on-the-Hill,said:“I don’t see how they can vote to make recommendations when the consultation process is still ongoing.”
GCC spokeswoman Sarah Wood denied cabinet was failing to take account of people’s views and that the Moreton consultation exercise would be a waste of time.
“Consultation doesn’t end until February 11 and the final budget decision is on February 16 so it’s still possible to influence the decision up until the end,” said Ms Wood.
She said the effect of consultation was demonstrated by the announcement this week that GCC was adding another £500,000 to its original proposed libraries budget of £4.8 million.
Found on the Cotswold Journal website at: http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk | Your Local Liberal DemocratsClive Thompson
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