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Group Leader - Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council @BasingstokeGov
Local Government Association Leadership Academy Facilitator, Coach & Member Peer @LGAcomms
Find out about the LGA Leadership Academy here👇
local.gov.uk/our-support/hig…
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Over 500 Conservative councillors have signed our open letter calling on Green councillors to stand up for British Jewish residents.
The Green Party has declared “Zionism to be racism”. Zack Polanski didn’t stay to vote against it. And yesterday, he told Laura Kuenssberg he wouldn’t overturn it: “I don’t think this is actually controversial.”
We’re asking Green councillors to disavow the motion, challenge antisemitism and reassure Jewish residents they’ll be represented without prejudice.
Silence is a choice.
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A huge thank you to all the cllrs & delivery teams involved in this weekend’s @LGAcomms Political Leadership Progs. It was fantastic to see cllrs from over 60 local auths, representing all political parties, coming together to learn, share experiences & build strong networks
🌈 Today is Rainbow Laces Day 🙌
Sport is for everyone. Proud to support the mission to ensure the LGBTQ+ community feels safe, welcome, and included.
Read more here: stonewall.org.uk/get-involve……
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An unprecedented range of government policies over the past two years have left rural people feeling under attack.
If political leaders want to speak for all parts of the country, they have to hear the countryside too.
Now is the time for a rural reset: ruralreset.org/
Conservative councillors at Basingstoke & Deane have joined councillors across the country calling on the Prime Minister to scrap the National Scheme of Delegation.
Our villages and communities deserve a voice when significant development is proposed.
🏘️ Planning should be done WITH communities, not TO them.
Popley Café is open every Thursday during term time, 10am–12pm at St Gabriel’s, Tewkesbury Close.
It’s a relaxed and friendly place where anyone can drop in, enjoy a free cuppa, have a chat and connect with others. No booking needed — just come along and stay as long as you like.
Please share with anyone locally who might enjoy it. ☕️😊
Bark in the Park - nearly ready
Open between 12 and 4pm today
#Rooksdown #Basingstoke
TODAY in Sherborne St John! 🛍️🍰🥖
The Sherborne St John Village Market is on today from 12 noon–3pm at the Village Hall.
Pop along and support local food suppliers, crafts and small businesses — and enjoy a few treats while you’re there!
📍 Sherborne St John Village Hall
⏰ 12pm–3pm TODAY
A great local initiative, so please come along and support it if you can. See you there!
Great evening at Sherborne St John Social Club with @JayGaneshUK , hearing about the fantastic work of the committee and their plans for the future.
Great community spirit and lots of hard work paying dividends.
Thanks for the warm welcome — and the cold bitter shandy! 😂🍺
#SherborneStJohn #Basingstoke
🚨 PLEASE HELP – STOLEN SCHOOL MINIBUS
Saxon Wood Special School had one of its minibuses stolen from the school grounds in the early hours of Saturday 20 September.
🟢 Bright green
🚐 Reg: EX16 NDE
Did you see anything, or could your CCTV/doorbell have captured it?
Please share and help get the word out.
🤖 Made with AI
🏠 PUBLIC MEETING: Sireburne/Spring Close
B.Yond Homes is proposing up to 83 homes on land east of Aldermaston Road. Your borough councillors are holding a public meeting to discuss the plans.
📅 Tuesday 22 September, 7.30pm
📍 The Chute Pavilion
Everyone welcome—please share.
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A brilliant first day on our @LGAcomms Leadership Academy Prog 232 Mod 2 with the group growing stronger as the prog progresses. 💜
A huge thank you to Simon Minas-Bound Rob Winter FCPFA & Hamida Ali for making the day fly by with their energy, expertise & brilliant sessions.
🐾 Bark in the Park is coming to Rooksdown!
Join us for a dog show, small rides, local businesses, raffles, food, cakes and plenty of family fun.
📅 Saturday 26 September
⏰ 12–4pm
📍 Rooksdown Community Centre, RG24 9XA
Everyone welcome—especially your four-legged friends! 🐶
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Joining us tomorrow evening (8 Sept)?
We have a free virtual introduction to LGA's support offer, including leadership, Peer Challenge, and mentoring.
Still time to register - open to councillors from all councils and combined authorities.
Link in first comment.
Lots of prize-winning fruit and vegetables at the annual Monk Sherborne Summer Fete — all from the allotment, not the garden! 🍎🍐🎃
A big thank you to the organisers for another wonderful village event.
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The Independent Commission on Adult Social Care’s Big Conversation on Care is now underway.
Whether you use care services, care for someone, work in care, or have ideas for the future, have your say and help shape adult social care.⬇️
orlo.uk/En9rx
ALT A collage of four images showing people interacting in care settings, with a central logo which reads 'The Big Conversation on Care' - help shape a fairer future.
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ON TOMORROW!
Free event - join us on Sun 6 Sept for a circular guided walk around the beautiful North Hampshire Downs, starting in Basingstoke.
Discover landscapes rich in wildlife and support farming, local production and people’s wellbeing.
Sign up:
register.enthuse.com/ps/even…
🏫 The Clere must not be closed without proper long-term planning.
With seismic levels of housebuilding being demanded across Basingstoke & Deane, HCC officers must scenario-plan future school places AND consider how we raise standards across our secondary schools.
Plan first. Support our schools. Then decide.
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Families move out of 'nightmare' new-build homes plagued by defects, damp and mould bbc.in/4qULOJB
🏘️ Up to 83 homes are proposed behind Sireburne and Spring Close, Sherborne St John—including 33 affordable homes (40%).
📮 Letters are being sent to every village address.
View the plans and respond by 6pm, 27 September:
landeastofaldermastonroad.co…
