Laffak bus service proposal

We recently sent a letter to every household in the Paisley Avenue area of Laffak. The text is as follows:

Dear Resident,

We have been contacted recently by residents from the Paisley and Renfrew Avenue area regarding the local bus service.

At present, there is a bus every 20 minutes running along Bosworth Road, along Chain Lane and then turning left along Hinckley Road on its way back to the town centre. This service is quite adequate, but for some residents of the area, this entails a long walk to the bus stops in Chain Lane.

It has been suggested by some residents that one of the already scheduled buses could be re-routed and instead of tuning left onto Chain Lane, it could instead turn right down Chain Lane then left into Paisley Avenue running the full length of Paisley Avenue then turning right back onto Chain Lane, continuing along Hinckley Road on its original route back towards the town centre.

If you would like to contact us with reference to the above issue, please do so.

This is just a draft proposal and it is your views that count, so if you would like to have an input, please do so then we can take into account the views of the majority. Thank you for taking the time to read this,

Yours,

Roy Litherland.

If you would like to get in touch regarding this proposal, please leave a message by clicking on “comments” below.

Lib Dems: soft on thugs and soft on crime

Introducing Roy Litherland, a member of your Labour team

For the benefit of those in the Laffak & Haresfinch areas of the ward, here is just a short introduction to Roy and his background in voluntary and community work.

Over the last few years, Roy has created and chaired the successful Clinkham Wood/Moss Bank/Carr Mill tenants and residents association. During this time, he has won numerous awards both locally and nationally for his work in the local community. The investment Roy has brought into Moss Bank is staggering - there has been hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of investment by way of the Activate project, the skateboard park and the changing facilities at Windermere Avenue.

On policing issues, Roy worked particularly hard in bringing to the area the new community building situated in Bowness Avenue, working alongside Inspector Alistair Buckley and Estate Manager Colin Green. The three worked hard on a number of major issues, leaving a lasting impression on the Moss Bank estate, either through the implementation of both the Section 30 intiative, or the Estate Watch Scheme, which was the first of its kind in the country. Ever since its introduction, we have seen great results, including the long campaign to bring Community Support Officers to the area.

Roy has worked tirelessly with the police to rid the area of its one-time massive illegal drug problem. Although the problem has not been fully eradicated, it has (with the help of Helena Housing and members of the public through a team of volunteers) reduced in scope and the culprits have been removed from the area.

On the community front, Roy has created a fantastic network bringing all the local voluntary and official bodies together to form a very strong bond which again has helped to make Moss Bank one of the more sought-after areas of the borough. Roy's reward was to be voted 12 months ago to be the best community worker/volunteer not just in St Helens, but nationwide.

We are pleased to welcome Roy to the team and are sure his joining forces with your local Labour team will bring many benefits to local people's lives.

Clothing collection, Laffak. Beware!!

This leaflet is being delivered this morning to houses in the Laffak area of the ward. Please be aware that the company behind the leaflet, which asks you to leave out unwanted clothes for collection this coming Thursday, is not a charity. It is Recycling Port Ltd, which Companies House confirms here has never filed any accounts and was only incorporated in March 2006.

Not only that, but Recycling Port Ltd does not inform Companies House of the nature of its business. The nature of Recycling Port's business is that it collects your unwanted clothes and then sells them on for its own gain. If you have an any unwanted clothes, we would urge you to give only to registered charities. If you have any doubts about whether a collection is being made on behalf of a charity, please contact the Charity Commission's helpline on 0870 333 0123.

300 gains thanks to your Labour government

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Fines for fly tipping? Not in St Helens

Councillor Carole Kavanagh recommends giving fly tippers a second chance. As long as people go back and clear up their rubbish after they've been caught, there will be no fines.

If this isn't a fly tipper's charter, then nothing is. Fly tippers, you now have the freedom of St Helens. And if you're caught, merely say sorry and clear it up, and you won't be fined.