Dom Newton, Ideal Bradford leader, talks through the first steps of the new Town Council in Bradford on Avon.

Ideal Bulletin — May 22nd 2017

Dom Newton, Ideal Bradford leader, gives an account of the main points from the Annual Town Meeting (not to be confused with the Annual Town Council meeting) and talks about the ongoing 'set-up phase' of the new administration.

Ideal Bulletin — May 26th 2017

Dom Newton, Ideal Bradford leader, talks through what happened at this week's full Town Council meeting, looks ahead to what the new streamlined committees have got coming up, and celebrates being able to award grants for the Fringe Festival and the imminent fixing of a zip-wire.

Forthcoming Meetings: 

27th June 		7:30pm	Resources & General Purposes

4th July 		6:30pm	Planning & Environment

4th July 		7:30pm	Community & Recreation

5th July 		7:30pm	Business & Tourism

Ideal Bulletin — June 23rd 2017

Dave Garwood and Dan Taylor bring us up to date with their brand new committees, 'Community & Recreation' and 'Business & Tourism'. Plus more information about how to get involved, next meetings and goings on.

Ideal Bulletin — July 17th 2017

Councillors Emma Franklin and Dom Newton talk through recent Town Council business, including steps towards being a dementia-friendly town, Wiltshire Music Centre's 20th anniverary concert, using the local defibrillators, grants for some some great local enterprises such as Group 5 furniture recycling and Made In Bradford on Avon, planning wrangles about the proposed phone-mast near Christchurch, and the forthcoming town vote on the Neighbourhood Plan.

http://groupfive.org.uk/
https://www.madeinbradfordonavon.co.uk/
https://www.facebook.com/BoANeighbourhoodPlan/

Ideal Bulletin — August 15th 2017

Dom Newton talks about the overwhelming YES vote in the Neighbourhood Plan referendum and the possibility of a legal challenge to the Plan, and looks forward to a new round of policy forums and a localism symposium in the new year.

Ideal Bulletin — September 22nd 2017

Council Leader Dom Newton joins Veronica Bark to catch up about a wide variety of topics: a recap of what's been happening over the summer, new youth services, solar panels on St Margaret's Hall, becoming a plastic-free town, taking on playing fields from Wiltshire Council, Women's 100, commemorating the end of WWI, a massive owl, the skatepark campaign, traffic issues and more...

Ideal Bulletin – 3rd September 2018

Councillor Simon McNeill-Ritchie chats with Paige Balas about her community work in the town, her involvement with Ideal Bradford and her candidacy in the upcoming by-election on June 6th.

Ideal Bulletin – 3rd April 2019

A new kind of Town Council in Bradford on Avon... In May 2017 we were elected as the majority of councillors in our Wiltshire town. Independent of the Westminster parties, we're changing local governance for the better. Tune in for audio updates about the progress that we're making.