Local Election result for Heald Green Ward, May 2021:
Green Party 224
Ratepayers 1976
Liberal Democrats 380
Labour 592
Conservative 469
Cllr Anna Charles-Jones duly re-elected to serve a second term. Thank you for your support!
As long-standing residents will be aware, Ratepayers have a long history of service to Heald Green. However, during Covid, we have been as frustrated as you. We have not been able to run many of our traditional events. There was no Heald Green Festival for us to help with planning and running; there was no Remembrance Sevice; there was no Carols Round the Tree event. However, working to help Covid restricted residents took over as a major effort. Councillor Anna Charles-Jones put together a list of local suppliers and we printed over 5,000 copies of a card, which we delivered to every home on Heald Green. The card gave details of sources of help. It also did two other things. It gave out our contact numbers for anyone needing help and also sought volunteers from the community who were prepared to give help. We received responses to both requests. We then matched the volunteers with the residents who needed help and Ratepayers then operated a support system.
We managed to get our Spring edition of Contact out although Covid Regulations meant that we had to pay a commercial company to deliver it. However, we were able to produce our Summer and Winter editions and have them delivered by our magnificent band of volunteers. In addition, we have kept our usual careful watch over Heald Green and our councillors have carried on working for us at their usual great pace. We hope that things will return to normal in 2022.
Every year we call at over 5,000 homes in Heald Green so that you can tell us your concerns and priorities. In 2021, mindful of the Covid situation, we reluctantly decided not to do this. However, we printed a questionnaire in Contact for you to fill in and return to any Committee member. Any who missed it still had a chance using our on-line form at: