TEAMWORK IN SAXONDALE

Over the past few months the Upper Saxondale Residents Association (USRA) have worked with the parish councils of Radcliffe-on-Trent and Cropwell Bishop and also Balfour Beatty, to raise money for a new notice board.
Dr Claire Martin, USRA chairperson, told The Local News: “Our old wooden notice board was rotting away so we approached our parish councils, Cropwell Butler and Radcliffe, to ask for funding to add to the money residents had already raised.
“They very kindly agreed to donate money and we were just about to purchase a new notice board when Balfour Beatty approached us and offered us £500 for a new one.
“With Balfour Beattys money we were able to buy a cast aluminium notice board, which we sourced from Malcolm Lane & Son Ltd of Cropwell Bishop.
“We were attracted by the fact that they are located in our parish, and as we are a charity they very kindly installed the notice board for free.”
Peter Lane, a director of Malcolm Lane, said: “All the people at my company live nearby and it makes us very proud to see our notice boards in our local areas. We were delighted to help the residents association out, the sign is a great addition to this village.”
Pam Hobson from Balfour Beatty added: “Balfour Beatty understand the disruption to daily life caused by major road works, such as the widening of the A46, keeping communities up-to-date with progress benefits everyone.”