4 Chair’s Report Welcome to another special issue of the Mylander. This is our 100th Edition! Over the years this has been a positive way of engaging with those we represent, letting you know what we are doing as a Community Council and what is going on in the wider community, reflecting local activities, events, groups and organisations we can all support. As we look at ways of improving the way we communicate with our residents, things may change in the future and as a first step our website will be updated to be easier to access what you are looking for, but we remain focused on letting you know what is going on locally and how we are dealing with the things that impact us in Myland. In the last few months, we have been involved in a wide variety of issues including picking up responsibility for open spaces around Myland and liaising with the City Council on our two proposed new community centres. We are also looking at things residents have asked us to consider, such as improved wheelchair and buggy-friendly access to Mile End Recreation Ground and research into the possible provision of an electric vehicle at the Parish office for public use under the City Council’s Enterprise scheme. Please let us know it there is anything you think we should be thinking about. I would love to see a Toddlers’ play space, which I have seen many ask for, so we will be looking for sites and funding. We can’t always do what we would like to, but we have a voice and the ear of City and County councils, so we need to use them. One of the things we do well as a Council is support local groups and organisations with grants for things outside their financial reach. Feedback from those who have previously received grants is welcomed and we are delighted that the YMCA Youth Club we have supported for 2 years is seeing increasing numbers of those attending, especially younger members. We are grateful to the youth workers for their hard work and commitment. Recent grants agreed include: • Queen Boudica Primary School - £300 towards a Year 3 trip to the Beth Chatto Gardens to cover transport costs. • Myland PTA - £1000 to support the extension of the Forest School.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MTA4ODM=