1. Membership of the Parish Council
There were, again, some changes in the Councillors. Mathew Nichols resigned in the autumn and Lynne Beta resigned in January. John Lambert was elected unopposed as a result of the first vacancy. The Parish Council has authority to co-opt to fill the second. This is under active consideration.

2. Enhancement of the Village
Best Kept Village Competition. Our ambition to go for the Best of the Best did not produce the outcome we hoped. We have another opportunity this year; let’s hope we do better.
Clock Tower. The contribution of Steve Clark to maintaining this village asset was recognised with a gift.
Bulb Planting. Mr Maurice Cottell has, again, arranged for daffodil bulbs to be planted at Chapel Rise and Fleetwood Rise.
Wooded Area at Mount Pleasant. At long last, and thanks in no small part by Mavis King’s efforts, the Mount Pleasant exit to the village is looking much better. Let’s hope we can keep it that way, particularly to meet our BKV ambitions.
Parking in Bradford Road. Although there has been an improvement, this remains a contentious issue. The Council has raised the matter with various authorities. The fact that cars are no longer sold at the Bear Garage has been a help. A meeting with a representative of Traffic Police will take place shortly.
Parish Lengthsmen. The Lengthsmen attended on 5 days in total and undertook a range of tasks, largely clearing out overgrown undergrowth and drains.
Footpath between Chapel Rise & the Clock Tower. At long last and after many false starts, this work was finally completed.
Flag Poles. The first has been placed outside Shell Court. The second will go next to the Clock Tower once the land has been transferred to the Parish Council.

3. Atworth Together
The Parish Council supported Age Concern with its Benefits Take Up Project. More recently it is working with Community First on the availability of Affordable Housing for the Parish.
Thanks to the hard work of Lynne Beta, a Mobile Computer Unit visited the Village.

4. Funding for Local Projects
Grants were made by the Parish Council to the Village Hall (rates & insurance) and to  repair and develop these village facilities -
Community Bus, Yer Tiz, the Youth Club, Atworth Pre-school and Atworth C.P Swimming Pool.

5. Village Website and 'Yer Tiz'
The Parish Council has increased the content of its entry on the Website. The Website and 'Yer Tiz' future needs to be resolved following the resignation of Lynn & Martin Beta. I would like to thank Lynn & Martin for the tremendous amount of hard work and dedication they have put in over the last eleven years to 'Yer Tiz' and more recently the web site. The 'Yer Tiz' has always dropped through our letterboxes every month, year in year out, full of the news and events of the time with out fail. It’s so easy when something is of high quality and regular as the magazine has been, to take it for granted. This is something I hope we have never done, as it’s an invaluable asset to our village community for which we are indebted to you Lynn & Martin, THANK YOU.

6. Finally
I am very grateful for all the hard work & support given tome by Charles Boyle our clerk, and my fellow councillors, and to the Supporters of the many other organisations with in the village that makes Atworth the strong community it is.

William Bird, Chairman