Dear member, Below is the calling notice and agenda for the monthly meeting which will be held at the Jolly Potters Hartshill Road on Thursday 28th March 2013 commencing at 6.30pm. Please note the change of day. Agenda 1)      Attendance and Apologies 2)      Election of Chair 3)      Notes of last meeting (Attached) 4)      Member’s Items …

Dear Committee Member/ Observer, By now you will all be aware of the sad news about Mick Williams, all of us who knew him were inspired by the passion and commitment he brought to his work with D4S and so many other groups. There is no question that his loss will leave a substantial gap …

On Thursday of this week as a cold front swept in from the East and the weather forecasters did their best to make our collective flesh creep with threats of snow the news came through that a brilliant, sometimes difficult, but, I think, genuinely good man had died. His name was Mick Williams and he …

New powers to access information from council’s such as Stoke-on-Trent come into effect from 10 September 2012. Within these powers it makes it an offence for the public to be obstructed from seeing documents and background papers. These new regulations also explicitly force council to publish all documents on their website. Although the regulation below …

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