Volunteers needed @ Caton’s Lane pitch Sunday 11th October

As Saffron Walden residents may be aware, the grassed area off Caton’s Lane between Saffron Walden Town Football Club, the Anglo-American Playing Fields and the Caton’s Lane children’s play area …read more →

R4U are having a real effect in planning for the future.

Please cast your mind back to the days of the last conservative administration at UDC. The most important committee for the lives of all of us in Uttlesford, the Plan …read more →

It’s pandegnomium on our roads…

How do Gnomies? Busy week here at the bottom of the garden. I’ve been talking to folk about Broadband speeds across the district (very important when you need it to …read more →

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 →

Arfur Gnome: The R4U Pothole Crusader

Hello Gnomies! I’m the newest activist for R4U, working at a concrete-roots level throughout Uttlesford. We all know the problem; Summer is over, Winter turns up and the potholes appear …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 →