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Summer 2012
Aldershot Garrison Show
PLUS
Join in all the fun of the forces’ fair
Be Inspired:
Election 2012:
Taking pride:
Olympic-themed arts and sports
events across the borough
Boundary changes mean a
new council for Rushmoor
The latest developments in
Aldershot and Farnborough
Contents 3
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A bright and busy
summer is beckoning
By Cllr Peter Moyle, Leader of
Rushmoor Borough Council
W
elcome to the
summer edition
of Arena
magazine. By the time you
receive this magazine, we
will be in the full swing of
a busy year for
celebrations and activities.
As well as the Diamond
Jubilee celebrations and
Olympics that are putting
the UK on the world stage, we are proud that
Rushmoor will also be in the spotlight with events,
including the Aldershot Garrison Show on Saturday 23
June and the Farnborough Air Show, which takes to
the skies from Monday 9 July.
These promise to be excellent days and this year’s
Garrison Show will be especially poignant, as it also
incorporates our local Armed Forces Day celebrations
in the 30th anniversary year of the Falklands Conflict.
As I write this column, the Westgate leisure complex
in Aldershot is taking shape at a tremendous speed.
The contractors will begin fitting out the cinema and
food store in the next couple of weeks and we are on
track for opening this autumn. I can’t wait!
I am also looking forward to work beginning on the
refurbishment of the Queensmead shopping centre,
which we hope will bring us a step closer to the
regeneration of The Meads. See page 11 for details.
As you’ll be aware, the local elections took place in
May and my thanks to all who voted. The controlling
administration is still Conservative. We are moving full
steam ahead with council business and in this edition
of Arena, you will also find details of all our
councillors and how to get in touch with them. If
you’re not sure which ward you’re in, you can check
by visiting the ‘In my area’ feature on our website,
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/inmyarea. This feature will
also give you lots of handy information, including
what day we collect your bins and where the nearest
facilities are to your home.
If you are looking for ideas to keep your youngsters
amused during the long, summer holidays, we hope
you will find some ideas in this magazine.
Finally, I’m delighted to tell you that we are
launching a new battery recycling scheme in
Rushmoor to add to other recycling schemes.
Collections start on Monday 9 July – you can find
more details on page 14. Have a great summer!
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Cover: Some of the forthcoming attractions at the
Aldershot Garrison Show.
Inside
‘Be Inspired’ by the Olympics with sports, music
and cultural events across the borough
4,5
Summer fun – There’s lots to do
for youngsters this summer – and
many activities are free
5,6
News – ‘In My Area’ feature on
our website brings all your local
needs together at one click; Tell
Us Once scheme is launched 7
Election special – Meet your local
councillors following the May
election
8-9
6
10-11
Pride in Rushmoor – Highlighting
what we are doing to improve Aldershot and
Farnborough
10-11
What’s on in Rushmoor – get set
for the Aldershot Garrison Show
and the Air Show takes off in
Farnborough; Lido open for the
summer; plus all the local events
listings
12-13
13
Green & Gardening – New battery recycling
service; prices frozen for garden waste recycling;
Rushmoor in Bloom update
14-15
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4 Olympics
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Synchronised swimmers
are home grown talents
Britain’s top
synchronised
swimmers have
been preparing for
the Olympics from
their state-of-theart base in
Aldershot.
The GB synchronised
swimming team trains at the
British Synchronised
Swimming High
Performance Centre at the
Garrison Sports Centre, off
Queen’s Avenue. The team
has been based in
Aldershot since 2007.
There are nine
synchronised swimmers in
the Olympic squad.
Of these, five – Jenna
Randall, 23; Asha Randall,
22; Vicki Lucass, 21; Olivia
Federici and Jennifer
Knobbs, 22 – are from the
Olympic info at the
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You’re only one click
away from everything
Olympic on our special
Rushmoor 2012 website.
Find out what’s
happening locally to
celebrate London 2012,
how you can get
involved, spectator
information for the
actual events, where to
see the torch – and
remembering the 1948
Olympics.
You can also check out
the many sports
facilities and activities
across Aldershot and
Farnborough which are
putting the borough on
the sporting excellence
map.
Visit www.rushmoor.gov.
uk/2012
Lift: the GB synchro
team in Rome
Rushmoor Synchronised
Swimming Club in
Aldershot.
London 2012 is the first
time Team GB has included
a full synchronised
swimming squad.
But it’s the second
Olympics for Jenna and
Olivia, who came 14th in
the synchronised swimming
duet event in Beijing in
2008.
“The athletes spend 42
hours training a week, so
being selected for Team GB
has made them feel all the
hard work has been worth
it,” said Adele Carlsen,
British Synchronised
Swimming High
Performance Manager.
“They are all looking
forward to the Games and
performing in front of a
home crowd.”
State-of-the-a
will benefit Co
Community groups
and footballers in
Cove will be
ahead of their
game, thanks to
state-of-the-art
facilities due to
open at the end of
June.
The new 3G
Multi-Use-Games
Area (MUGA) and
artificial pitch is
the first of its kind
in Farnborough.
It will serve not
only youth and
senior players at
Cove FC, but will
also be available for hire
by community groups.
The £203,000 needed
to fund the project came
from developers’
contributions, the Sita
Trust and Sport England.
“It will enable more
people to play sport and
ensure local children will
Events invite you to ‘Be Inspired’
Enjoy more than 60
Olympic-inspired sports,
music and cultural events
being held across
Rushmoor.
They are all part of the
Legacy Project “Be Inspired”
for which the council has
been awarded the coveted
London 2012 Inspire mark.
This recognises the quality
of the local projects and
events being organised
which are inspired by the
games.
Here’s just a taste of
what you can do:
Now to Sept 16
Hampshire’s Stories of the
Olympic Games exhibition
Aldershot Military Museum
Free entry
June 24
01252 314598
www3.hants.gov.uk/museum/
Aldershot-museum.htm
June 23 and Aug 18
Table tennis -come and try
sessions
10am – 4pm
For all members of the
public and schools.
Connaught School,
Aldershot (June 23)
Kingsmead Shopping
Centre, Farnborough
(August 18). Free
01256 702252 or just turn
up on the day.
Community woodland
opening at St John’s Church
St John’s Road, Cove
4pm – 5.30pm. Free
www.parishofcove.org.uk
or 01252 373301.
June 24
3vs3 football festival for
Years 1-6 pupils. 10am 4pm. Samuel Cody
Specialist Sports College.
£10 a team
marc@marcadamycoachin.co.uk
or 07525 329385.
Contact us
A brochure showing
all the events is
available from leisure
facilities in Aldershot
and Farnborough and
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2012
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Olympics/Summer fun 5
Football as
rt new pitch
ove community a positive
Lido has an Olympic pedigree
role model
enjoy football in a safe
environment for many
years to come,” said
Steve Hull, Cove Youth
FC Chairman.
A youth football scheme
with a difference is
kicking off in
Rushmoor.
Faith in Football is
starting a weekly
Farnborough league,
following its success in
other parts of the country.
Aimed at young people
aged six to nine, and ten
to 14 years, it is run by a
Christian charity, which
encourages professional
footballers to be involved
in the scheme as positive
role models to the
youngsters.
The new Farnborough
league will be based at
Farnborough Football
Club.
Contact us
Contact us
To book, contact Ruth
Kenton on 07976
271902.
For more details visit
www.faithand
football.org.uk
The Lido hosted swimming events in 1948
Fancy a dip this summer in
Aldershot’s very own Olympic
pool?
Aldershot Lido hosted the
swimming events for the
modern pentathlon at the
1948 London Olympics.
Enjoy fun and frolics with
family and friends on the
water flumes, diving platform
and water fountain. Younger
guests have a toddler
paddling pool and sandpit.
There’s a picnic area set in
nine acres, hot and cold
food, and a swimming
accessory shop. Free parking
is available.
The Lido will be open June
2 to 10; June 16 and 17;
June 23 and 24 and then
daily from June 30 to
September 4. Opening hours
are 10am to 6pm, or 10am
to 5pm bank holidays.
Individual, family day and
season tickets are available,
as well as concession prices.
Contact us
For more details visit
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/lido
Rushmoor kids – are you looking for fun this summer?
Sports, arts and crafts, family
fun days and drama – you
name it. If it’s fun and it’s
happening in Aldershot or
Farnborough this summer, it’ll
be in the Rushmoor Summer
Holiday Activity Programme.
You will find the activities
programme on our website,
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/
summeractivities, where you
can search for things to do in
a number of ways, including
by age, activity and venue. The
guide is also available at our
council offices.
The ‘Summer in da Boro’
programme will also be
making a welcome return to
Farnborough and Aldershot,
with lots more activities during
July and August organised by
local organisations. To keep
up with what’s happening, see
www.facebook.com/
summerindaboro
And we have the pick of the playschemes
It’s full-on playtime
this summer if you’re
lucky enough to be
under 12 in
Rushmoor, with all
types of playschemes
to choose from.
There are schemes
that we organise, as
well as others run by
private
organisations.
Take your pick
between full-day
provision to help
working parents and
morning or
afternoon sessions at
other sites.
The main full-day
schemes that we run
are at Wavell School
in Farnborough and
Connaught Leisure
Centre in Aldershot.
Samuel Cody
Specialist Sports
College and the
King George V
Playing Fields, both
in Farnborough, are
the venues for the
open access
schemes.
Contact us
Details about all
of these are
available at
www.rushmoor.
gov.uk/
playschemes or
call us on 01252
398399.
Youngsters at Wavell community
playscheme on the Jungle Gym
(above) and
enjoying
the
sandpit.
6 Summer fun
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And many
other activities
are free too
Children from the Swimming Academy at Farnborough Leisure Centre get set to
enjoy free swimming this summer holiday.
Summer fun in Rushmoor
will be kind to your wallet,
as many activities are free.
Tennis is free on all public
courts and Sunday morning
tennis coaching at Manor
Park in Aldershot won’t cost
a penny. Skateboarding is
free in Farnborough, as is
swimming for those aged
16 years and under at
Farnborough Leisure Centre
and Aldershot Pools.
Basketball and football at
Samuel Cody Specialist
Sports College in
Farnborough, recreation in
the parks and open spaces,
and outdoor play facilities –
all are free!
Contact us
Make a splash – free!
Youngsters aged 16
years and under
can jump in and
swim for free this
summer holiday.
From July 21 to
September 2, they will be
able to enjoy free swims at
Farnborough Leisure Centre
and Aldershot Pools,
excluding the Lido.
There will be £1
registration fee and they
will receive a free swim
card.
“With the 2012 Olympics
Legacy to get more people
involved in sport, free
swimming can play a big
role in helping to raise self
esteem, encouraging
healthy lifestyles while
having fun at the same
time,” said Kath O’Rourke,
community support officer
at the council.
The scheme is being
sponsored by Rushmoor
Borough Council, DC
Leisure, Thames Valley
Housing Association and
the Sport and Physical
Activity Alliance (SPAA).
Contact us
For more information,
contact Farnborough
Leisure Centre on
(01252) 370411 or
Aldershot Pools on
(01252) 323482.
School support on Facebook and Twitter
Rushmoor Schools Plus
is now on Twitter
@rspcic and Facebook
– making it even easier
to access what you
want when you need it.
The Rushmoor
Schools Plus website is
a one-stop library of
information of support
locally and nationally
for families coping with
everyday issues, as
well as during
moments of crisis.
Discover what’s on
during school holidays,
find a childminder or
study help for children
of all ages, or perhaps
a local club.
Visit www.rushmoor
schoolsplus.org
For details of the many
free events on offer, go
to www.rushmoor.gov.
uk/events
Gazebo arts
project returns
Willow weaving, ceramics
and wind socks are just
some of the crafts you can
try out with your kids,
when the popular Gazebo
Project returns to
Aldershot this August.
For the fifth year
running, Heron Wood
families will see the
marquee go up on the
grass verge in Morland
Road, offering free
activities for one
afternoon a week for
three weeks.
The scheme is organised
by Hampshire Family
Learning, First Wessex and
the West End Centre.
Contact us
For more details visit
www.rushmoor
schoolsplus.org
News 7
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Committee
timetable
JUNE 2012
19 Cabinet 4.30pm
20 Development Control
Committee
21 Council
25 Licensing and General
Purposes Committee
26 Licensing SubCommittee
JULY 2012
2 Standards and Audit
Committee
10 Licensing SubCommittee
Cabinet 4.30pm
18 Development Control
Committee
25 Licensing SubCommittee (Alcohol
and Entertainments)
26 Council
31 Cabinet 4.30pm
AUGUST 2012
7 Licensing SubCommittee
15 Development Control
Committee
23 Licensing SubCommittee (Alcohol
and Entertainments)
SEPTEMBER 2012
3 Leisure and Youth
Policy & Review Panel
4 Licensing SubCommittee
Cabinet 4.30pm
6 Corporate Services
Policy & Review Panel
10 Borough Services
Policy & Review Panel
11 Environment Policy &
Review Panel
12 Development Control
Committee
13 Community Policy &
Review Panel
20 Licensing SubCommittee (Alcohol
and Entertainments)
24 Licensing and General
Purposes Committee
25 Cabinet 4.30pm
The public are welcome to
attend all these meetings.
Most start at 7pm and take
place at the council offices in
Farnborough Road.
For more information call
Kathy Flatt on 01252
398829.
Local info at the click of a mouse
Need to know when
we’ll be collecting
your rubbish and
recycling this August
Bank Holiday?
Want to find out about
your local councillors,
planning applications near
your home or your nearest
doctors, pharmacy or
recycling point?
All of this and more is just
a click away when you go
to the ‘In My Area’ feature
on our website.
Visit www.rushmoor.
gov.uk/inmyarea and
simply type in your house
number and postcode to
find all sorts of useful
information personalised to
your address, including
details of your weekly bin
collections.
Do you need to register a death?
Then you only have to Tell Us Once
When someone dies, there
are lots of things that need
to be done, at a time when
you probably least feel like
doing them.
One of these things is
telling government
departments and council
services.
Hampshire County
Council’s Registration
Offices now provide a
service called ‘Tell Us
Once,’ which aims to
make things easier for you.
You tell them and they
will pass on the details to
the departments and local
services that need to know,
including council tax,
benefits, electoral services,
as well as the DVLA and
Identity and Passport
Service.
Contact us
To make an
appointment, call
0845 603 5637
Monday to Friday
8am - 8pm, or
Saturday 9.30am 4pm or visit
www.hants.gov.uk/
registration
News in brief
New website is
for and by
local disabled
people
A new website is due to
launch in Rushmoor on
June 20 allowing disabled
people locally to share
crucial access information
to improve their quality of
life.
All of the details on the
DisabledGo site have been
compiled and checked by
disabled users themselves –
and covers venues, health
care, local services, jobs,
education, making new
friends and dating.
Rushmoor’s website is
part of a national network
of DisabledGo sites
showing information from
across the country.
Log on to
www.disabledgo.com to
find out more.
Practical
money tips for
all at Summer
Savers event
Learn how to save pennies,
be aware of the pitfalls of
payday loans and avoid
scams at a Summer Savers
event at Princes Mead,
Farnborough, on June 19.
Organisers say the aim
of the event is to help
people avoid financial
pitfalls and traps during the
current economic climate.
They will be given money
saving ideas; practical and
fun hints and tips; and
learn how to reduce the
impact of, and prepare for,
benefit changes.
Rushmoor Borough
Council, Rushmoor Citizens
Advice Bureau, First
Wessex, Rushmoor Healthy
Living, Credit Union and
Trading Standards are
among those involved on
the day.
8 Election 2012
THE MAYOR
THE DEPUTY MAYOR
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LEADER OF THE COUNCIL
Peter Crerar
MANOR PARK WARD
Tel: 01252 322213
Email: peter_crerar@
btinternet.com
Terry Bridgeman
ALDERSHOT PARK WARD
Tel: 07709 967244
Email: bridgemanterry@
yahoo.co.uk
Peter Moyle
Conservative Group Leader
ST JOHN’S WARD
Tel: 01252 546750. Email:
peter.moyle@rushmoor.gov.uk
ALDERSHOT PARK WARD
CHERRYWOOD WARD
COVE & SOUTHWOOD WARD
Terry Bridgeman
Tel: 07709 967244
Email: bridgemanterry@
yahoo.co.uk
Clive Grattan
Tel: 07510 524074
Sue Carter
Tel: 01252 375981
Email: sue.carter@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Don Cappleman
Tel: 01252 658027
Email: don.cappleman@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Barry Jones
Tel: 01252 652906
Email: barry.jones@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Alan Chainey
Tel: 01252 547410
Email: alan.chainey@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Mike Roberts
Tel: 01252 345737
Email: mike.roberts@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Les Taylor
Tel: 01252 512385
Email: les.taylor@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Martin Tennant
Tel: 07778 594821
Email: martin.tennant@
rushmoor.gov.uk
EMPRESS WARD
FERNHILL WARD
KNELLWOOD WARD
David Clifford
Tel: 0845 303 2930
Email: david@linkupltd.com
Alan Ferrier
Tel: 01252 540180
Email: alan.ferrier@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Roland Dibbs
Deputy Leader of the Council
Tel: 01252 519613
Email: rlgdibbs@aol.com
Gareth Lyon
Tel: 07827 275588
Email: gareth.lyon@
rushmoor.gov.uk
John Marsh
Tel: 01252 545341
Email: johnhmarsh@
ntlworld.com
Adam Jackman
Tel: 01252 517570
Email: adam@jackman.org.uk
Brian Parker
Tel: 01252 549757
Email: brian.parker@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Ken Muschamp
Tel: 07801 430352
Email: ken@laulind.co.uk
Paul Taylor
Tel: 01252 516589
Email: paul.taylor@
rushmoor.gov.uk
MANOR PARK WARD
NORTH TOWN WARD
ROWHILL WARD
Peter Crerar
Tel: 01252 322213
Email: peter_crerar@
btinternet.com
Keith Dibble
Labour Group Leader
Tel: 01252 329831. Email:
keith.dibble@rushmoor.gov.uk
Charles Choudhary
Tel: 01252 316015
Email: charles.choudhary@
btinternet.com
Ron Hughes
Tel: 01252 408831
Email: rhandi@
btinternet.com
Sue Dibble
Tel: 01252 329831
Email: sue.dibble@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Sophia Choudhary
Tel: 01252 316015
Email: sophia.choudhary@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Bruce Thomas
Tel: 01252 656860
Email: bruce.thomas@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Frank Rust
Tel: 01252 314376
Email: frank.rust@
rushmoor.gov.uk
David Welch
Tel: 01252 657332
Email: david.welch@
rushmoor.gov.uk
We’ll be starting our annual
canvass next month to make sure
the electoral roll is up-to-date.
Normally, we start the canvass
at the end of August, but we are
bringing it forward because we
are holding elections for a Police
and Crime Commissioner for
Hampshire in November.
As part of the canvass, we’ll be
asking you to either fill in an
electoral registration form, giving
details of the people in your
home, who are eligible to vote, or
to confirm your details, which will
be pre-printed on the form.
If all the details are correct, you
can confirm this information
Election 2012 9
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
Rushmoor
Borough
(including ward boundaries)
KEY
ST JOHN’S WARD
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
To check which ward you
are in, call 01252 398826
Barbara Hurst
Tel: 01252 405149
Email: barbara.hurst@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Peter Moyle
Conservative Group Leader
Tel: 01252 546750. Email:
peter.moyle@rushmoor.gov.uk
Jacqui Vosper
Tel: 07717 874012
Email: jacqui.vosper@
rushmoor.gov.uk
ST MARK’S WARD
Fernhill
Cherrywood
Diane Bedford
Tel: 01252 654822
Email: diane.bedford@
tiscali.co.uk
West Heath
St John’s
Rod Cooper
Tel: 01252 514393
Email: rod.cooper@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Empress
Cove &
Southwood
Knellwood
Liz Corps
Tel: 01252 652984
Email: liz.corps@
ntlworld.com
WELLINGTON WARD
Attika Choudhary
Tel: 01252 316015
Email: attika.choudhary@
rushmoor.gov.uk
St Mark’s
Alex Crawford
Tel: 01252 314708
Email: alex.crawford06@
btinternet.com
Wellington
North
Town
Rowhill
WEST HEATH WARD
Manor
Park
Aldershot
Park
online or by using the freephone
telephone number, instead of
returning the form.
If you’re not registered, you
can’t vote in elections. You may
also have difficulty when you
Jennifer Evans
Tel: 01252 314708
Email: evans.jenniferevans@
gmail.com
apply for credit if you don’t
register each year. You are not
automatically added to the
electoral roll if you pay council tax.
For details, see our website,
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
Malcolm Small
Tel: 01252 691550
Email: smallm30@
hotmail.co.uk
Steve Smith
Tel: 01252 519242
Email: steve.smith@
rushmoor.gov.uk
Mark Staplehurst
Tel: 01252 655433
Email: ukip.westheath@
virginmedia.com
10 Pride in Rushmoor
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WestGate shapes up for autumn We’re backing
the Portas bid
Work is set to start
in early July on
fitting out the new
multiplex cinema
and food store at
the Westgate
development in
Aldershot.
If you’ve been past the
site recently, you’ll see how
quickly it is now taking
shape, with the
development still on
schedule to open this
autumn.
The multi-million pound
development will bring a
seven-screen Cineworld
cinema, Morrisons food
store, eight family
restaurants, a Travelodge
hotel and a new car park
to the town.
It will also provide
around 450 permanent
jobs to the area. Most of
the jobs are expected to
be advertised in the next
two or three months,
although Morrisons has
already started recruiting
for managers. If you are
interested in working at
Westgate, you can contact
the companies direct. You
can find their details at
www.citygrove
westgate.com – see the
‘occupiers’ section.
Contact us
To keep up-to-date
with Westgate, see
www.rushmoor.gov.
uk/westgate
New bandstand awaits its community
Bands, theatre companies and craft
markets are among the many groups
that can use Aldershot’s new bandstand
in Princes Gardens.
Specially designed for community use,
the bandstand was officially opened at
the town’s Victoria Day Diamond Jubilee
celebrations on 2 June. Buried below the
new structure is a time capsule, filled by
the pupils of Talavera Junior School.
“We consulted widely on the design of
the new bandstand, and feel it has a
traditional feel with a contemporary
twist,” said David Phillips, the council’s
Town Centre and Cultural Manager.
Any local groups wanting to use the
facility should contact the Princes
Hall on 01252 327671.
Aldershot’s calendar competition returns
Calling all amateur
snappers who’d love to
see your photos in print
and help a local charity.
The Aldershot Calendar
Competition is back for
the third year running and
this time will be raising
money for Aldershot
charity, Parkside, which
provides support for local
children and adults with
learning disabilities.
You have until
September 28 to send us
your pictures of Aldershot
– perhaps your favourite
building, monument,
garden, park, the
changing seasons –
anything that captures
and celebrates the town.
We will then choose the
best 12 photos for the
calendar, which will go on
sale for £5 across the
borough this autumn.
Last year the calendar
raised more than £900
for young people’s charity
The Source Café.
You can enter online at
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/
calendarcompetition
or send your entries to
Carla Dale at the Princes
Hall, Princes Way,
Aldershot , Hants GU11
1NX.
Unfortunately, we can’t
return any of the photos
submitted, so please don’t
send your only copy.
Once again, the
competition is being
sponsored by The
Wellington Shopping
Centre in Aldershot.
We’ve
received
more
than
430
pledges
of
community
support in our bid
for Aldershot to
become a Portas Pilot.
Retail expert and TV star
Mary Portas’ campaign will see
24 towns across the UK each
chosen to receive £100,000 to
rejuvenate their town centres.
The first round of towns
chosen for the pilot were due
to be announced in May, as
Arena went to press, with the
remaining expected in June.
The £100,000 funding would
energise plans to make
Aldershot the vibrant and
exciting place local people and
businesses want it to be.
Local businesses and land
owners have already pledged
their support and agreed to be
part of Aldershot's 'Town Team'
to help deliver our vision for
the town centre.
Our Portas Pilot bid focuses
on three areas:
l Helping people to get into
retail business. We want to
make it easier for potential
retailers and entrepreneurs
to try out retailing through
pop-up shops and marketstyle stalls
l Supporting our existing
retailers. We want to work
with retailers to identify and
cut down on red tape and
barriers to growth
l Making Aldershot known for
its excellent customer service.
We want to work with
retailers and their staff and
support training
opportunities.
Contact us
For the latest on our
Portas bid, please visit
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/
portaspilot
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
Pride in Rushmoor 11
New food rating scheme launched
You can now make informed
choices when deciding
where to eat or buy food in
Aldershot and Farnborough.
The new national Food Hygiene
Rating Scheme (FHRS) tells you the food
hygiene standard reached by nearly
600 establishments across Rushmoor.
The council’s environmental health
officers have rated them all from zero
to five. Zero means urgent
improvement is needed, and five that
hygiene standards are very good.
You’ll find this rating on the FHRS
sticker either in the window or door of
the premises, displayed inside, or listed
online at www.food.gov.uk/ratings.
This is the first time a food-rating
scheme has been adopted nationally,
so you’ll know a four-rated restaurant
or supermarket has the same standard
of food safety wherever you are in the
country.
Top ratings: Domino’s (top) and
Caffe Macchiato
Town centre transformation
Work is set to start this
summer on the multi-million
pound make-over to
transform another of
Farnborough’s shopping
hubs.
The Queensmead
shopping centre is getting
new paving and seating
areas, a new square for
markets, community and
seasonal events, and
improved lighting. A large
tree, surrounded by seating,
will provide shoppers with a
convenient meeting place.
This major refurbishment
is another step in wider
£250 million proposals to
regenerate the whole of the
town centre for both
residents and traders during
the next decade.
More than £150 million is
also being spent revitalising
The Meads shopping centre.
Contact us
For more information,
see www.rushmoor.gov.
uk/farnboroughplans
The ratings are made following
unannounced food hygiene inspections
of food businesses by the council’s
environmental health officers. The
businesses are rated on their standards
covering food hygiene, structure and
management systems.
Food businesses also welcome the
new ratings.
“My customers can instantly see my
standards,” said Jakob Czamecki of
Café Macchiato in Aldershot, which has
a five rating.
“Inspections and ratings motivate
businesses to keep on top of things. So
it’s good for them and their customers.
Everybody wins.”
Dilip Sodha from Domino’s Pizza in
Farnborough – also a five – agrees. “It
enables customers to be confident in
the take-away food they choose.
“It’s also nice to have our name out
there, listed on the special website.”
Marking 40 years of twinning
Happy birthday this year to
40 years of activities that
continue to enrich the lives
of residents young and old
in Rushmoor and France.
During the past four
decades, thousands of
secondary children from
Rushmoor and Meudon
have swapped places for a
few weeks each year.
Football and rugby teams
from both towns have
played in joint sports
tournaments.
Language circle groups in
both are also very active,
with annual exchanges. This
year’s visit to Rushmoor
included trips to Windsor
Castle and a guided tour of
the House of Commons by
MP Gerald Howarth.
“A new scheme is linking
primary schools. In March
last year, 40 children from
St Joseph’s Primary in
Aldershot visited a partner
school in Meudon,” said
Alison Boukhobza, from the
Twinning Association of
Rushmoor.
“There are also
Jazz festival in Meudon
contemporary music links.
Farnborough Sixth Form
College jazz band, Prospect
Five, played at a music
festival in Meudon last
September. In fact, the
band’s saxophonist has
been offered a place at the
Music Conservatoire in
Meudon. This is something
of an honour as it is quite
famous in France – and all
through twinning.
“And not forgetting
Meudon's wonderful annual
Christmas Market. Meudon
always invites Rushmoor to
man a stall selling English
Christmas specialities which
provides an opportunity for
us to make new contacts.”
12 What’s on
The listings
June 13 – July 11
Mini movers
Aldershot Library and Learning Centre
Wednesdays 9.45am - 10.30am
For ages 20 months - 4 yrs. £18.50
01252 322560 or email
alison.friend@hants.gov.uk
June 22
SNAP Disco. Princes Hall, Aldershot.
7pm. £6 Advance £5
June 23
Musical Family Fun Day
Farnborough Airship Hangar
11am – 6pm. Free
www3.hants.gov.uk/hwtw/hwtwprojects/hwtw-3.htm
June 24
Knellwood open air summer concert
Knellwood War Memorial Home,
Farnborough. 3pm. Free
01252 327671 or email
amanda.stallard@rushmoor.gov.uk.
July 1
Fur and Feathers Fun Day
Brickfields Country Park
11am - 4pm. Free
01252 330966 or email
mike@brickfieldspark.org.
July 1
Organ concert at St Michael's Abbey,
Farnborough. 3pm
Retiring collection
01252 518564 or email
sam@samparkin.co.uk
July 5 -8
Love Online the Musical
Samuel Cody Special Sports College,
Farnborough
Adults £13 / Concessions £10
Email boxoffice@starbursttheatre.org.uk or call 07011 000782
July 7
The Rushmoor Choir Summer
Concert – 'Music for a Royal Occasion'
Christ Church, Church Crookham
7.30pm. £10 in advance/£12 on the door
Email tickets@rushmoorchoir.org.uk
www.rushmoorchoir.org.uk
July 8
Southwood 2012, Southwood
Woodland, Farnborough. 11am – 4pm
Fun and Olympic inspired activities
www.rushmoorhealthyliving.org.uk
BOX OFFICE & BOOKING:
Farnborough Library – 01252 516458
Lynda.Baines@hants.gov.uk
Aldershot Library & Learning
Centre –
01252 322560
Alison.Friend@hants.gov.uk
Princes Hall – 01252 329155
www.princeshall.com
West End Centre – 01252 330040
www.westendcentre.co.uk
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
Aldershot Garrison
Show is back!
Some of the best military
displays in the country, a host of
thrilling activities and rides,
sports and plenty of family fun
are being lined up for the
popular Aldershot Garrison
Show.
Among the stars of this year’s show
will be the Rockwood Dogs Display
Team and the Hackney Imps
Motorcycle Display Team. There will
also be a battle display by The Irish
Guards.
This year will also see the return of
the ever popular Red Devils, The
Parachute Regiment Parachute Display
Team. They will perform awe-inspiring
stunts and canopy formations before
they glide into the arena.
The show takes place on Saturday
June 23 at Queens’ Parade, Queen’s
Avenue, Aldershot, and once again, it
is free to get in.
Outside the main arena will be
displays and information from other
military units and the chance to ‘havea-go’; activities for young people
including inflatables, fun rides and a
games area; a sports area showcasing
army sports, including football,
fencing, judo and hockey; a wide
variety of stalls and much more.
The show is organised by the
Aldershot Garrison and Event
Essentials Ltd and marks Rushmoor’s
celebration of Armed Forces Day.
Contact us
For more information, go to
the Aldershot Garrison Show
website at www.armyshow.
co.uk or find them on
Facebook.
Talk to the animals at Brickfields
All creatures great and small
will be making an
appearance at the Brickfields
Country Park wildlife fun day
on Sunday 1 July.
Among the many
attractions will be ducks,
goats, rabbits, chickens, pigs
and other farmyard animals
from the ever-popular
Miller’s Ark Animals.
There will also be birds of
prey, stalls and displays from
local environmental and
wildlife groups, games,
quizzes, a cake stall and
tombola – not forgetting the
popular Brickfields Park jam
on sale.
The event takes place from
11am to 4pm at the country
park off Boxalls Lane,
Aldershot and it’s free to
get in.
Contact us
For more details, visit
www.brickfieldspark.org/
dates.htm
What’s on 13
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
The listings
And Air Show takes off
Countdown for take-off to this year’s
Farnborough International Airshow is
well under way, with the show taking
to the skies over Farnborough from
July 9 to 15.
The public days will be on July 14
and 15 and will host an amazing
five-hour flying spectacular and static
aircraft display featuring the past,
present and future. Visitors will also be
able to witness for the first time the
future of space travel with Virgin
Galactic – the world's first 'spaceline' .
The event also boasts an excellent
line-up of attractions, thrill rides and
interactive exhibits for all ages,
making for a great family day out.
A number of tickets packages are
available, including the opportunity to
visit the show on Friday 13th July –
Jubilee Day – or buy a helicopter ride
over the site.
Contact us
For more details visit
www.farnborough.com
Find us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/
farnboroughairshow or join
the conversation at Twitter on
#FIA12
New booklet will
help you explore
A new booklet can help you explore
Blackwater Valley’s 23-mile
riverside path, green spaces, parks,
playgrounds, fishing lakes and
water sports centres.
It contains specially drawn maps
and details about the path, as well
as at-a-glance guides to valley
sites, their facilities, plus
information about the area.
The 48-page colour booklet called
Explore the Blackwater Valley costs
£3.50 and is available by post from
the Blackwater Valley Countryside
Partnership in Aldershot. Tel: 01252
331353 or go online at
www.blackwater-valley.org.uk
‘Friendly’ bowls club welcomes all ages
Bowlers as young as ten are
swinging their arms at Underwood
Bowling Club in Aldershot this
summer. The club on Eggars Hill
welcomes new players of all ages
and abilities, and can arrange
coaching for those who want it.
“We have a bowler aged ten and
one aged 90. We’re a friendly club,”
said secretary Vernon Young.
Contact us
For more details call 01252
311049 or email
vycds@waitrose.com
July 11
Jimmy Tarbuck. Princes Hall,
Aldershot
7.30pm. £20 Friends £19
July 13
SNAP Disco. Princes Hall, Aldershot
7pm. £6 Advance £5
July 13 & 14
Miriam Margolyes in Dickens’ Women
West End Centre, Aldershot
7.30pm. £18 / Concessions: £15
July 14
Diamond Jubilee Concert – The Royal
Corps of Transport Band
Princes Hall, Aldershot
2pm. £10.
01252-692026 or email roger.csanders@ntlworld.com
July 18
Computing for the terrified
Aldershot Library and Learning Centre
10am - 12.30pm
01252 322560 or email
alison.friend@hants.gov.uk
July 21
Aldershot Live Music Day
Aldershot Town Centre
11am - 4pm. Free
01252 327671 or email
carla.dale@rushmoor.gov.uk
July 29
Hairy Maclary and Friends
Princes Hall, Aldershot
1.30pm and 4pm
£10 / Child £8 / Family (4) £32
September 2
Organ concert at St Michael's Abbey,
Farnborough. 3pm
Retiring collection
01252 518564 or email
sam@samparkin.co.uk
September 8
Milkshake! Live!
Princes Hall, Aldershot. 1pm &
3.30pm
£13/ Child £11/ Family (4) £44
September 15
Cove to Cove Sponsored Bike Ride in
support of Parity for Disability
£25 deposit and fundraise £175
01252 375581 or visit
www.parityfordisability.org.uk
BOX OFFICE & BOOKING:
Farnborough Library – 01252 516458
Lynda.Baines@hants.gov.uk
Aldershot Library & Learning
Centre –
01252 322560
Alison.Friend@hants.gov.uk
Princes Hall – 01252 329155
www.princeshall.com
West End Centre – 01252 330040
www.westendcentre.co.uk
14 Green & gardening
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
Still time to enter Rushmoor in Bloom
Gardeners are reminded
that they still have time to
enter this year’s Rushmoor
in Bloom competition, with
entries closing at 5pm on
Monday June 25.
Despite the hosepipe
ban, those taking part in
the competition are
already proving to be very
inventive with ways to
conserve water and still
produce beautiful displays
across the borough.
And with 14 categories
to enter, from Best Front
Garden to Best Wildlife
Patch, Most Water Efficient
Garden and Best
Newcomer, there’s
certainly something for all
types of gardener.
You can enter online at
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/
rushmoorinbloom or
pick up a form from the
council offices. Judging
takes place between July 9
and 18.
“The judges are looking
forward to seeing the
Residents will be able
to recycle their
batteries from July 9
when the council
launches a new
household battery
recycling service.
Some of this year’s judges at the Rushmoor in
Bloom launch at Squire’s Garden Centre(l-r):
Rosemary Posse, Hen Howard, Stephen Dawson,
Caroline Elpelt, Colin Balchin and Frank Rust.
entries and appreciate all
the hard work that has
gone into each and every
one,” said competition coordinator, Susan Jones.
“We are also very proud
of our entries into the
South and South East in
Bloom campaign,” she
said.
The Aldershot Allotment
Society and Rowhill Nature
Reserve are also keen to
show the South and South
East in Bloom judges
around for the second
year, as well as
Shaftesbury Court in
Farnborough, which last
year won a distinction in
the Britain in Bloom
Neighbourhood Awards.
And Aldershot hopes for town centre award
Have your fingers crossed for Aldershot in this
year’s South and South East in Bloom competition.
The town is being entered into the ‘town centre’
category of the competition for the third year
running, with the South and South East judges
touring the town in July.
Aldershot scooped a silver gilt award last year,
and we’re hoping to at least match that success this
time round – or better it, of course.
Sponsored by Southern Water, the competition
encourages everyone to get involved to improve the
local environment.
The local community, retailers and volunteers
have all pulled together over the last year to make
the town look and feel at its best.
The results will be announced later this year.
Help us save water and keep Rushmoor green
With the hosepipe ban set
to last for some time yet,
there’s lots you can do to
save water at home and in
the garden.
We are affected by the
ban too, so we’ll be using
our water supplies very
carefully over the summer.
We’re watering the
borough’s newly planted
trees, bedding, hanging
baskets and repairs to
sports pitches using water
from our bore hole and, for
the time being, from Cove
Now you c
Brook and River Blackwater.
We’ve also asked
householders who have a
new tree outside their home
to help us by watering it
with ‘grey water’ – their dish
and bath water.
At home, the drought
means you can’t use a
hosepipe to water your
garden. However, there are
lots of simple steps you can
take to help save water,
including fitting a watersaving device to your toilet;
making sure you have a full
load in your washing
machine or dishwasher;
reporting leaks; using a
water butt to collect rainwater and mulching your
plants to lock in moisture.
If you are a blue badge
holder, you can apply to
South East Water for
permission to water your
garden with a hosepipe.
For more advice or to
find out about hosepipe
concessions, visit
www.southeastwater.co.
uk/drought
We will be delivering three
battery-recycling bags to
homes in the borough during
June for you to start collecting
your used or discarded
batteries in.
Simply fill up each bag to
the top, seal it, and place it on
the lid of your blue bin on
collection day.
“These bags are just to get
you started,” said the council’s
contracts manager, James
Duggin.
“It will probably take a
normal household about six
months to fill one up; they are
quite big. Once you’ve used
Price freeze fo
Prices for our garden waste
recycling service have been
frozen for both this year and
next year.
More than 6,200
householders across the
borough are already taking
advantage of the service,
saving them time and petrol
on trips to the dump with
their garden prunings, lawn
cuttings and leaves.
A 240-litre brown bin costs
£38 a year, a pair of 90-litre
bags £30 a year and
bundles of single-use sacks
£8. Collections are
fortnightly and concessions
are available.
We take the garden waste
to the composting centre
near Basingstoke where it is
turned into the soil
conditioner, Pro-Grow.
Contact us
For more details visit
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/
gardenwaste
www.rushmoor.gov.uk
Green & gardening 15
an recycle old batteries too
them all up, you can use a normal
food bag.
“We collect the batteries and then
sort them according to their
chemical type. This determines
where we send them to be safely
recycled.”
People across the UK currently
use more than 600 million batteries
every year – that’s an average of
21 per household.
A staggering 582 million of these
end up in landfill, with harmful
chemicals leaking into the soil.
“That’s the simple aim of our
scheme – keeping these batteries
and their toxic chemicals out of
landfill or incinerators, “said James.
“We would like to see everyone
taking advantage of this new
scheme.”
Still time to
insulate your
home for free
There’s still time to make your
home ‘toasty’ for free in time
for winter.
Thanks to extra funding,
households now have until
September to apply for free loft
and cavity wall insulation
under the Insulate Hampshire
scheme. Not only does the
work keep homes warmer in
winter, but also cooler in
summer and saves on average
some £300 a year on fuel bills.
Insulate Hampshire is a joint
scheme being offered by 12
councils across Hampshire,
including Rushmoor Borough
Council, and Hampshire
County Council, with funding
from Scottish Power.
Contact us
Contact us
For more information visit
www.rushmoor.gov.uk/
batteryrecycling
To apply call 0800 952
0037 or visit www.
insulatehampshire.co.uk
r garden waste recycling
New planting scheme aims
to encourage urban wildlife
Wildlife is being
invited back into the
heart of Aldershot,
thanks to the
Rushmoor Urban
Wildlife Group.
These community
volunteers are among
those helping to
introduce wildlifefriendly plants into
urban areas – such as
those pictured here,
on the corner of
Grosvenor Road.
The new plants will
provide food for
wildlife, such as nectar
and berries.
For the rest of us
they’ll be pleasing on
the eye.