Please follow the link to read the annual report of the residents' association, as agreed at the AGM last Tuesday.
Link to annual report as PDF file
Full minutes of the meeting will be published here shortly.
Sunday, 28 April 2013
New committee
Congratulations to the newly-elected BSRA committee members who will be co-ordinating things on our behalf for the next twelve months. Please contact them through the blog or e-mail if you'd like to get in touch.
Chair: Kath Cunningham (Cowesby Street)
Vice-chair: Jo Campbell (Hartington Street)
Secretary: Natalie Lewis (Hartington Street)
Treasurer: John Haines (Rosebery Street)
Communications officer: Anna Mannion-Jones (Rosebery Street)
Committee member: Dorothee Devouge (Beresford Street)
Committee member: Neelam Zaka (Rosebery Street)
The next planned residents' association event will be a 'bring and share' alleyway barbeque on Tuesday 28th May - see you there!
Chair: Kath Cunningham (Cowesby Street)
Vice-chair: Jo Campbell (Hartington Street)
Secretary: Natalie Lewis (Hartington Street)
Treasurer: John Haines (Rosebery Street)
Communications officer: Anna Mannion-Jones (Rosebery Street)
Committee member: Dorothee Devouge (Beresford Street)
Committee member: Neelam Zaka (Rosebery Street)
The next planned residents' association event will be a 'bring and share' alleyway barbeque on Tuesday 28th May - see you there!
Pest control information
Posted on behalf of Jo Campbell:
As discussed at the meeting last Tuesday, I've put together some info on pests. I can't seem to create a fresh blog so if one of you clever folks can shift this to a more suitable place for me I would be very grateful.
Cockroaches are by their very nature difficult to get rid of, they can survive with very little food or water and they simply move between houses. I would welcome a targeted approach for each row of terraces because at least that way we would be killing them or stunting their ability to reproduce.
A professional will know where best to place chemicals, deep into the crevices if that's the approach you wish to take or you could try doing it yourself. There are DIY products available. I heard about a hormone powder that makes the females infertile from a woman in the pub who was a pest controller for many years.
To fill gaps (and to keep mice and rats out) you'd need to use wire wool or copper mesh packed into the hole/crack and then sprayed with expanding foam. The wire wool/copper mesh is not something rodents like to chew, they will soon give up and move on. The expanding foam seals the area and not even the most persistent cockroach will bother with that, they too will move on.
I would suggest pulling out as many appliances as possible and reaching as far behind the cupboards as you can, the further back you can keep them, the better as they give off a horrid smell. For your front and back doors, you could get draught excluders to close the gap, there are a few types, some have bristles on, some are thin foam strips, what you use will depend on how big the gap is.
For the roof a fine mesh will keep them out but still allow for ventilation, the mesh should be very small as mice can get through holes that are the diameter of a normal pen.
I have some links below, not managed to find the copper mesh in the UK. I really does work, I mouse-proofed my very old Bulgarian house in a rural village using this method and it's kept them out. You just have to be methodical taking care not to miss any gaps/holes.
Copper mesh http://www.amazon.com/Specialty-Copper-Mesh-FBcopper50-Stuff-It/dp/B004G6YL5E
Metal wool http://stores.ebay.com/SteelWool-biz/_i.html?_fsub=2110059013&gclid=CO_lqtHy7LYCFUXJtAodPg0A-A
Rentokil sell DIY products http://www.rentokil.co.uk/technical-support/our-products-and-services/insect-control/index.html
Good luck, just give me a shout if you need some help.
As discussed at the meeting last Tuesday, I've put together some info on pests. I can't seem to create a fresh blog so if one of you clever folks can shift this to a more suitable place for me I would be very grateful.
Cockroaches are by their very nature difficult to get rid of, they can survive with very little food or water and they simply move between houses. I would welcome a targeted approach for each row of terraces because at least that way we would be killing them or stunting their ability to reproduce.
A professional will know where best to place chemicals, deep into the crevices if that's the approach you wish to take or you could try doing it yourself. There are DIY products available. I heard about a hormone powder that makes the females infertile from a woman in the pub who was a pest controller for many years.
To fill gaps (and to keep mice and rats out) you'd need to use wire wool or copper mesh packed into the hole/crack and then sprayed with expanding foam. The wire wool/copper mesh is not something rodents like to chew, they will soon give up and move on. The expanding foam seals the area and not even the most persistent cockroach will bother with that, they too will move on.
I would suggest pulling out as many appliances as possible and reaching as far behind the cupboards as you can, the further back you can keep them, the better as they give off a horrid smell. For your front and back doors, you could get draught excluders to close the gap, there are a few types, some have bristles on, some are thin foam strips, what you use will depend on how big the gap is.
For the roof a fine mesh will keep them out but still allow for ventilation, the mesh should be very small as mice can get through holes that are the diameter of a normal pen.
I have some links below, not managed to find the copper mesh in the UK. I really does work, I mouse-proofed my very old Bulgarian house in a rural village using this method and it's kept them out. You just have to be methodical taking care not to miss any gaps/holes.
Copper mesh http://www.amazon.com/Specialty-Copper-Mesh-FBcopper50-Stuff-It/dp/B004G6YL5E
Metal wool http://stores.ebay.com/SteelWool-biz/_i.html?_fsub=2110059013&gclid=CO_lqtHy7LYCFUXJtAodPg0A-A
Rentokil sell DIY products http://www.rentokil.co.uk/technical-support/our-products-and-services/insect-control/index.html
Good luck, just give me a shout if you need some help.
Monday, 22 April 2013
Open Yarden Garden - work begins soon!
Work begins this weekend on the 'Open Yarden Garden' project on the former bus depot site at the end of our streets. Heineken have kindly donated 25 fruit trees and they need planting!
Volunteers are needed on both Saturday and Sunday. Jo Wilkes is your contact for further information, or to say you'd like to help:
Text 07904 244557
Or email openyardens@gmail.com
Volunteers are needed on both Saturday and Sunday. Jo Wilkes is your contact for further information, or to say you'd like to help:
Text 07904 244557
Or email openyardens@gmail.com
Agenda for AGM
Our AGM is tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd April, 6.30 pm at Fallowfield Library. Hopefully you should have seen had a flyer by now!
Agenda as follows:
6.30 - Annual report (Chair & Treasurer) and election of new officials
7.15 - Tea and cake!
7.30 - Brainstorming session: Plans and priorities for next year including: Bus depot and 'the bus!', links with the allotment and hub, planning our next gardening day, safety and security, hanging baskets. Councillor Cox and (hopefully) our PCSO will attend this part of the meeting.
If there are any other 'big' issues that you want to bring up then let me know asap.
As ever, please tell neighbours who might not be on the mailing list and feel free to pass on issues from residents who can't make the meeting for whatever reason.
Best wishes, Jo (chair)
Agenda as follows:
6.30 - Annual report (Chair & Treasurer) and election of new officials
7.15 - Tea and cake!
7.30 - Brainstorming session: Plans and priorities for next year including: Bus depot and 'the bus!', links with the allotment and hub, planning our next gardening day, safety and security, hanging baskets. Councillor Cox and (hopefully) our PCSO will attend this part of the meeting.
If there are any other 'big' issues that you want to bring up then let me know asap.
As ever, please tell neighbours who might not be on the mailing list and feel free to pass on issues from residents who can't make the meeting for whatever reason.
Best wishes, Jo (chair)
Saturday, 20 April 2013
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Moss Side Budgeting Club
Posted on behalf of Mosscare Tenants Panel:
Worried about how the changes to benefits and the recession will affect you and your fellow tenants and residents in Moss side? Mosscare are running a budgeting club which is open to anyone in the community.
The club will last for 6 weeks
(2 hours per week from 11am to 1pm) starting on;
When - Wednesday, 10 April 2012
Time 11.00am – 1.00pm
Venue – Hartshorne Court, Opposite Claremont Primary School, 3 Grantham Street, Rusholme M14 4EG
The club will be run by local
residents. During
the course, you will be able to;
·
Share recent experiences
of having to manage on tight budgets
· Get ideas on making savings and opening bank accounts
· Consider the impact of the new 'universal credit'
· Receive advice from the CAB on debts
· Consider priority debts and create personal financial statements
· Learn how to review and choose the right energy tariff for your home
· Shopping on a budget and loving food/hating waste!
For further information, e-mail Teyei.Chollom@mosscare.org.uk
Worried about how the changes to benefits and the recession will affect you and your fellow tenants and residents in Moss side? Mosscare are running a budgeting club which is open to anyone in the community.
When - Wednesday, 10 April 2012
Time 11.00am – 1.00pm
Venue – Hartshorne Court, Opposite Claremont Primary School, 3 Grantham Street, Rusholme M14 4EG
· Get ideas on making savings and opening bank accounts
· Consider the impact of the new 'universal credit'
· Receive advice from the CAB on debts
· Consider priority debts and create personal financial statements
· Learn how to review and choose the right energy tariff for your home
· Shopping on a budget and loving food/hating waste!
For further information, e-mail Teyei.Chollom@mosscare.org.uk
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