May 2009 Archives

CHESHAM based architects James Ellis are offering homeowners expert advice while trying to raise money for housing and homelessness charity Shelter.
Based in Chartridge Lane, the company are offering the chance for people to book an hour-long consultation with the only cost being a £40 donation to the charity.
To take advantage of this scheme call Norman Ellis on 01494 786500 or sign up at www.architectinthehouse.org.uk.

HAZLEDENE Organic Farm in Chesham will be opening its gates to the public on Sunday, June 7 to give people a chance to see how everything works behind the scenes.
The farm, in Asheridge Road, will be letting people in between 10am and 5pm as part of the national Open Farm Sunday.

A GROUP of Amersham & Chesham Lions visited the Hearing Dogs for Deaf People's training centre last week to present some much needed funds.
The team were visiting The Grange, Saunderton, Princes Risborough on Thursday, May 21.
At the end of their visit, Lions President, Bryan Bishop, presented the Club's charity cheque for £250 to help them further their charitable work - training dogs for deaf people.

Chesham Action Partnership will be holding their latest meeting at the town hall on Tuesday, June 2.
Members from community groups across the town will take part to discuss funding for the year's events.
The meeting begins at 2pm. See this community site for any details of the meeting.

This is a list of planning applications registered at Chiltern District Council this week.
All applications on this list, except Chiltern District Council's own applications, may be determined by the Head of Planning Services acting under delegated authority, unless the application is referred to the Planning Committee by one of Chiltern District Council's Members.
Representations should be made either in writing to the Head of Planning Services, Chiltern District Council, King George V Road, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5AW or by e-mail to planning@chiltern.gov.uk.

ELDERLY residents are being urged to take advantage of a benefits campaign by Age Concern Bucks which saw them help pensioners claim £1m last year.
The charity has launched their 'More Money in Your Pocket' campaign helping pensioners through the recession by showing them what benefits they could be claiming.
In 2008 they helped 750 local residents claim £1m in benefits including pension credit and council tax benefit - which some were not aware they could claim for.

A FORMER Chesham High School pupil is vowing to continue her Fairtrade mission after seeing first hand the benefits of the scheme on a four month trip to Ghana.
Hannah Tricks, 18, spent part of her gap year in the Brenu, a small town in the African country, visiting a 20 acre cocoa farm which produces 100 bags of cocoa beans every two weeks during harvest time between November and June.

BEER has not been brewed in Chesham for more than 50 years - but that could all be about to change.
Trowel Brewery Ltd, based in Bovingdon, have submitted a planning application to Chiltern District Council for a micro-brewery at Waterside Business Park.
It would be the first such facility in the town since 1957 when the Chesham and Brackley Brewery, in White Hill, shut down and later became the home of Waitrose.

CONCERENED dog owners took to the Chesham streets in a desperate attempt to track down their rare dog which went missing earlier this month and is presumed stolen.
Jane and Steve Morris were walking with Harvey, a Hamiltonstovare, in woods near Pednor on May 6 when he ran away and has not been seen since.
The pair, accompanied by friends and fellow Hamiltonstovare dogs, gathered in the town centre on Saturday to distribute fliers and generate publicity about his disappearance.

TIME is ticking down for The Goodnight Walk, Iain Rennie Hospice at Home's largest fundraising event of the year, with only a week to go for people to enter to take part.
The fundraiser, sponsored by the Bucks Examiner, will see more than 1,500 people setting off at midnight from Amersham & Chiltern Rugby Club on Saturday, June 6 and walking a route around the Chilterns to raise money for the charity.