All results will be available once declared on the City Council website www.winchester.gov.uk

The Government is committed to equality for disabled people and to introduce extra support for disabled people who want to be elected to public office. They want to hear your views and have launched a consultation which runs until 11 May 2011.
You can access the consultation via http://www.equalities.gov.uk/pdf/Main%20con%20doc.pdf which opens directly as a PDF. It is available in numerous accessible formats by emailing accesstoelectedoffice@geo.gsi.gov.uk statng your requirements

The Fieldfare LEADER project since April 2009 has awarded over £850k to 67 local projects. You can find out  more about the projects that have been supported at http://www.fieldfareleader.org.uk/projects-feedback

For more information visit www.Fieldfareleader.org.uk

Winchester City Council and the eHampshire Partnership are seeking your views on access to broadband internet. A short survey is available for all Winchester District residents and businesses, to identify demand for better broadband. The survey asks about your current broadband speed, your broadband needs, and how much you would pay for better broadband. The evidence that is gathered will be used to lobby those that provide internet infrastructure, to give the Winchester District a better service.

You can complete the survey at: http://www.ehampshire.org/winchester/c-339.
You can email more general comments to Alison Woods, Acting Head of Economy and Arts; awoods@winchester.gov.uk or telephone 01962 848 563

For more information please contact Alison Wells on 0845 521 6405, mopedloan@cfnf.org.uk or www.cfnf.org.uk

Why not become a member of Hampshire Archives Trust, which acts as a support organisation for Hampshire Record Office and other archive repositories in Hampshire, costs £10 a year, and members receive a substantial newsletter (about 40-50 pages) twice a year and have the chance to join in visits to places of historical interest in Hampshire and beyond; this year visits are being arranged to Ashe and Deane, the archives of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and Tate Britain (including a chance to see archive material relating to artists with Hampshire connections, such as the war artist Paul Nash who had served in the Hampshire Regiment), as well as an AGM a Netley.
Details of membership are at www.hants.gov.uk/archives-trust

Change in Opening Hours

From 1 April 2011, Hampshire Record Office will be open during the following hours:

Monday-Wednesday 9am-5pm
Thursday 9am-8pm (5pm-8pm for trial period only)
Friday 9am-5pm
Saturday 9am-4pm

Events

Thursday 31 March 2011 - at 1.15pm come to a free lunchtime talk in Hampshire Record Office, when Ian White will trace the story of census processes from the Domesday Book to current technology – in half an hour! (no need to book). Ian is a long-standing member of staff of the Office for National Statistics, and has recently been in Albania assisting with the census there; he has also recently written a history of the census.

From 5 April to 28 June 2011 - An exhibition in the foyer of Hampshire Record Office will celebrate the centenary of the birth of local children's author and illustrator Ursula Moray Williams. She is best known for Gobbolino the Witch's Cat and Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse, and although her strongest Hampshire links were with her childhood homes at Petersfield and North Stoneham Park, she also had Winchester connections, as she studied life drawing at Winchester School of Art in the 1930s, and her parents lived in Christchurch Road, Edgar Road and Southgate Street, Winchester in the 1940s.

In association with the exhibition, a number of events have been arranged as below:

28 April 2011 at 1.15pm Colin Davison, the biographer of Ursula Moray Williams, will be giving a free half-hour lunchtime lecture at the Record Office entitled, ‘Through the Magic Door: the extraordinary life and work of Ursula Moray Williams’ (no booking required). 
 
For further details about the service, see www.hants.gov.uk/archives
or visit Hampshire Record Office, Sussex Street, Winchester, tel 01962-846154

Written by Andi North – YOW press officer

The Youth of Winchester Quiz Night was held in the Winchester Guildhall on the 4th March 2011. It was the second such event held by the Youth of Winchester district youth council. The Quiz Night was attended by around 40 young people aged between 12 and 19, as well as some of the local councillors, who competed in the quiz and socialised amongst their groups - encouraging them to converse with each other.

Before the event, Phillipa Little, the Chair of Youth of Winchester said that "one problem faced by young people is our lack of involvement in local decisions: if we can close this communication gap with events like the quiz, the other important youth issues like transport will be better listened to".

The quiz consisted of nine rounds varying from Local general knowledge to Country shapes and famous quotes. There were 5 teams who competed in the quiz and it ended with one winning team, two teams drawing in second place and the other two teams drew in last place! Prizes were awarded to the Winners and the two runner up teams as well as prizes for the "Best Hair"; "Loudest Team"; "Best Team Work" and many more.

Youth of Winchester District Youth Council hold meetings once a month to give a voice to issues effecting young people. YoW is supported by both Winchester City Council and Hampshire County Council. If you want to find out any more about Youth of Winchester visit our website www.youthofwinchester.co.uk or contact Winchester City Council on 01962 848497

 Cabinet (Local Development Framework) Committee - Walton Suite, Guildhall, Winchester

Council - King Alfred Conference Chamber, Guildhall, Winchester

Cabinet - Walton Suite, Guildhall, Winchester

West of Waterlooville Forum - Deverell Hall, London Road, Waterlooville. PO7 5UJ

Planning Development Control Committee - Walton Room, Guildhall, Winchester