Access your community fund!

DOES YOUR COMMUNITY GROUP NEED A SMALL GRANT? If you run a community group in Audley Ward and you would like to apply for a small grant then come and …read more →

Not a ‘Night-Mayor’ at all!

I’d like to say a huge “Thank You” to everyone who came and supported the Comedy & Music NightMayor Saturday evening. The acts, all who gave their time and entertainment …read more →

“A Woeful Highways Department”

I am fortunate to be amongst a very small number of people in Essex who sit on two Planning Committees, but very unfortunate that both the UDC and Essex committees …read more →

R4U call upon UDC to meet to address refugee crisis urgently.

I was delighted that following R4U’s call for an extraordinary Meeting of Uttlesford District Council to look urgently at the present refugee crisis, the Chair and Chief Executive acted swiftly …read more →

Pedestrian & Cycle Path now open!

I’ve been celebrating this week along with the other members of the Access Walden committee and their supporters as the pedestrian and cycle path from Saffron Walden to Audley End …read more →

Celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth II with a picnic!

Saffron Walden Mayor Heather will be hosting a picnic on Saffron Walden Common in celebration of HM Queen Elizabeth II becoming the longest reigning monarch! The event is open to …read more →

What have the R4U Team been up to? Spotlight: Alex Armstrong

The period since the election has seen lots of exciting developments within the R4U Team -We now have councillors throughout the district on all four levels (Parish, Town, District and …read more →

A new Parish Councillor for Takeley!

We are delighted to announce that one of key campaigners in the R4U team, Natalie Sullivan-Smith is now a Parish Councillor for Takeley. Natalie joined the team earlier in the …read more →

Five Acres Traveller Site: One step nearer – but that’s all…

One step nearer – but that’s all…………. Along with several others, I took the opportunity to speak against the proposed gypsy and traveller site at Five Acres when Uttlesford’s Planning …read more →

Dangerous pavements in the south of district causing serious injuries…

Increased reports of the kind highlighted in last week’s Dunmow Broadcast (see below) are reaching the R4U team, along with mounting frustration that little seems to be happening in order …read more →