Village Voice October/November 2012 | Page 20

your views are expressed in the right place and at the right time. scheme started for the Itchen Valley division by Spring 2013. On to lighter things: The Writing Hampshire Project What is an LFRMS? The ‘Writing Hampshire’ project encourages people to explore and enjoy the creative writing of residents and visitors alike, inspired by a location. Writers are being asked to submit their own poems on the website for possible selection, and readers can leave their comments about the work. Poems can be uploaded online now at www.hants.gov.uk/writing-hampshire Brian Evans-Jones will be holding a ‘Writing Hampshire’ workshop at the Winchester Discovery Centre on Saturday 20th October, offering help and advice to those who would like to take part. From September, Hampshire public notices will not be published in the Chronicle, but in the Hampshire Independent As most residents in this area do not receive this newspaper, arrangements are being made for the paper to be posted if you are interested but not ‘online’, by calling Debbie Parin on 841841, or you can register online for the regular e-updates at www.hants.gov.uk/publicnotices (or go to my website for this link). Lengthsman scheme coming to you this Autumn! If ten parishes work together, we can set up a lengthsman scheme for the area. Local Parishes will be joining together to see how we can start the scheme, with an officer to advise us how to go about it. This has the potential to deal with all of those problems which never seem to get solved: drainage, hedges cut, grass alongside roads, and overgrown paths etc. I hope we can get the 18 Following one of the wettest springs and summers on record, Hampshire County Council is urging residents to help ensure that plans to prepare the county against future flooding are up-to-date and accurate. You have that local knowledge! You can contact me by post to receive a copy or a draft version of the Local Flood Risk Management