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Winchester Community Strategy
Thank you to the many WinACC members and supporters who replied to Winchester City Council's consultation on the community strategy. The strategy provides a vision for the future and sets out how Winchester City Council and the other members of the Winchester District Strategic Partnership will improve the quality of life over the next decade. We'll keep you briefed as soon as we know the outcome of the consultation.
If you want occasional WinACC emails with news about the Council and the Strategic Partnership, email "updates" to wdsp@winacc.org.uk.
Posted Mon, 2010-08-09 17:40
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Winchester 20:20 vision
We need a vision of Winchester in 2020 as a sustainable city where people like to live and work. WinACC would like to develop the practical and affordable themes from the event, ’24 hours to save Winchester’'. The themes picked out by our Transport Group included:
Posted Sun, 2010-08-08 12:09
Sustainable community strategy
Winchester City Council is seeking views from anyone who lives or works in the Winchester District to help shape the community strategy. The strategy provides a vision for the future and sets out how Winchester City Council will work with other organisations to improve the quality of life for the district's 110,000 residents over the next decade.
The two priorities in the draft so far are better support and services for older people, and more accessible services for residents across the district. WinACC believes that climate change should be a priority. To give your view click here before 14 August. Please don't be put off by the site - you can just say "yes" and "no" till you get to the most important page about 70% of the way through, headed "Priorities". You can also send your comments to Alison Woods awoods@winchester.gov.uk or write to her at Winchester City Council, City Offices, Colebrook Street, Winchester SO23 9LJ.
Posted Sat, 2010-08-07 22:20
Evidence for climate change
What do you say if you encounter someone who denies that global warming is real, or rejects the evidence that it is caused by human activities, or is simply sceptical about these statements? For some suggestions, take a look at our "Seven near certainties of climate change". We also recommend the 2009 "State of the Climate" report by NOAA for the latest information about what's happening to our climate.
Posted Wed, 2010-08-04 20:52
Too many car park spaces in Winchester?
A report of a survey by a WinACC Transport Group member of car parking in central Winchester shows that the car parks were far from full on all three days.
Posted Sun, 2010-07-18 09:31
"Change at the City Council - fresh air or hot air?"
Kelsie Learney, Leader of Winchester City Council, spoke at the WinACC open meeting on Saturday 3 July. She set out what the new Cabinet plans to do to cut Winchester's carbon footprint. WinACC members and supporters were encouraged by her clear commitment to creating a low carbon Winchester where we want to live, and appreciated her honesty about the hard decisions that the Council's Cabinet will have to take to manage the cut in Council finances. A detailed account follows:-
Posted Sun, 2010-07-18 09:16
Councils must prepare for a heatwave
Temperature exceeded 31°C last weekend with warning from the Met Office that hot evenings pose risks to people with underlying health problems. These temperatures extremes will be more likely with a changing climate. Local democracy think tank, the LGiU, is encouraging councillors to help communities and their councils to better prepare and adapt to these changes. Whether it is high temperatures or flooding, adapting to climate change is a local issue.
Posted Thu, 2010-07-15 18:32
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GinACC has come to an end
WinACC's pub nights ("GinACC") on the last Tuesday of the month have come to a natural end. We will not meet after August. Next year, we will replace them with evening open meetings, each with a specific theme. More details to follow soon.
Posted Tue, 2010-07-13 17:56
Winchester leads the way towards a low carbon society
Major organisations in the Winchester District have pledged to reduce their carbon footprints in a pioneering local declaration on climate change. 20:12, the campaign to cut the carbon footprint of Winchester by 20% by the end of 2012, was set up by Winchester District Strategic Partnership, and is led by Winchester City Council and Winchester Action on Climate Change. 
The first wave of organisations to sign up included the University of Winchester, Winchester Area Community Action, Winchester City Council and Winchester College. Winchester and Eastleigh HealthCare Trust is already working to a NHS scheme for carbon footprint reduction, but as a local public service organisation it has the same goals as the Winchester Declaration and has also signed. Since the launch, DC Leisure has also signed up. DC Leisure is the Council's partner which runs the River Park Leisure Centre. The latest to sign is Colden Common School.
The Winchester Declaration on Climate Change gives organisations of all types, including businesses, charities and the public sector, the opportunity to pledge to reduce their carbon emissions by 20% by 2012. For more information about climate change, how you can make changes, or to pledge to reduce your emissions, click HERE.
Posted Thu, 2010-07-08 13:47
