Covering the villages of Wilsden and Harecroft
Wilsden Parish Council will be recommencing its meetings by remote link in May, using the Zoom platform. Members of the public will be able to join the meeting by following the links provided in the notice of the meeting. The notice will be displayed on the parish council website 5 working days before the meeting…
Please find below some useful information on fraud awareness and prevention. The link below relates to Take Five To Stop Fraud, a national campaign offering straight-forward advice to help prevent email, phone-based and online fraud, particularly where criminals are impersonating trusted organisations – https://takefive-stopfraud.org.uk/ This information has been sent from: Wendy Fisher Ward Officer for…
Many of you will have received your Council Tax Bill from Bradford during the past few days and will have seen that the tax base for the Wilsden parish council precept has increased. If you are in a Council Tax Band D household you will pay an extra £5.09 per year. Two thirds of households…
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The votes have been collected and counted and we are pleased to announce that for the first time ever, it’s a tie! The two worthy winners are Alan Slater Property Services and Sarah Farrar Opticians. Well done to both of them. The randomly picked winning voter was J. Jobbs who won a box of chocolates.…
Wilsden Living Advent Calendar 2019 Starting 1st December until Christmas, a decorated window will ‘open’ each evening at a new address as part of Wilsden’s ‘living advent calendar’. They will stay lit until Twelfth Night (6th January) This year’s theme is the Star of Bethlehem Vote for your favourite window and your voting slip will…
Please come along to Wilsden Village Hall on Tuesday 10th December at 7.30 p.m. and meet your local police team to discuss any concerns you have regarding crime in the area and to discuss the forming of more Neighbourhood Watch. All Welcome.
PARISH COUNCILLOR VACANCY FOR THE HARECROFT WARD The Parish Council has a vacancy for a new parish councillor residing in either Wilsden or Harecroft to represent the Harecroft Ward and is now seeking interested candidates. If you’re interested in joining a very friendly, dedicated and professional Parish Council then please get in touch with the…
Jeff Hall was a fine footballer who was at the peak of his career when he contacted polio and died, aged just 29. We want to honour his memory with a blue plaque in Wilsden in 2019, the ninetieth anniversary of his birth and the sixtieth anniversary of his death. Please help us to raise…
Wilsden Parish Council is delighted to have been awarded the Foundation Level Award from Local Council Award Scheme run by the National Association of Local Councils with the Yorkshire Association of Local Councils. The criteria for the award is peer assessed and designed to ensure that the council meets the standards set by the parish…
Wilsden Parish Council is seeking more detailed information on the views of residents on the numbers of larger houses that can be built in the area up to 2030. We have produced a short online survey that will only take a few minutes to complete. The survey can be found here https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/wilsdennp and consultation will…
An article has been published on the British Gymnastic website about the Blue Plaque unveiling ceremony which took place in March 2019 in memory of Wilsden born Olympic Gymnast, Carrie Pickles. The Blue Plaque is displayed outside Carrie’s birthplace on 149 Main Street, Wilsden. Please follow the link below to read the British Gymnastic’s article. …