Four Heatons Traders Association

It's time to dust off your recipe books again and decide on your entries for the hotly anticipated Bake Off.

This year our esteemed judges will be accepting entries in the following categories:

1. Bread 

2. A chocolate treat (cake, gateaux, biscuit etc)

3.  A Show Stopping Celebration Cake, themed around Fathers' Day

4.  6 cupcakes

5.  Under 16s Fathers' Day treat

 

To ensure the success of the Heatons summer festival and raise loads for charity, we need to promote it! Please can I have some volunteers to put leaflets to into bundles of 30 and help me drop them off at local schools. I've done this the past few years and it really doesn't take long at all. I'm hoping to do it this week- possibly Thursday or Friday early afternoon, but I can work around you. If you can spare a hour or so please reply via forum, email me on Bev.brocklehurst@gmail.com or phone me 07875 079770 and let me know when you're free.

Just wanted to keep you updated and to say thanks for everyone who came down to the KRO beer festival last weekend.

The scouts took over £2000 on the gate, raising much needed money for the scouts, and they really appreciate it.

There was a great range of local ale and cider, some fantastic bands and the circus skills on the Sunday were enjoyed by the children and parents alike.

KRO hope that this will become an annual May Day festival, so get the dates in your diary for next year....

Thanks,

Kay.

 

Our church is involved in running the Stockport Foodbank at "The Junction" on Didsbury Road. The foodbank provides emergency food for people who are referred by the Social Services, the Job Centre and other  authorities. Food is often required to cover the gap between someone losing their job and receiving benefits. All the food distributed is provided by donations and because of a huge increase in numbers of clients it is now hard to keep up with demand.

Looks like the sun might just put his hat on this May Day Bank Holiday Weekend, so KRO will be hosting the annual beer festival at the scout hut, behind St.Paul's Church, Friday May 3rd - Monday May 6th.

The tents are going up as we speak, the bands are booked in, and if you liked them last year, you'll love them this year. From soul and blues to folk and jazz, everything you need to enjoy one of the 40 local ales or 30 real ciders. The rotisserie will be serving throughout the weekend, with a bbq and circus skills on the Sunday to keep the children happy.

The weekend is organised to raise money for the scouts, so you can enjoy the drink, knowing you are doing your good deed. All you have to do now, is decide which day to come down and which drinks to drink!!! Decisions, decisions.....

Hope to see you down there,

Kay and Mark.

You are invited to apply for a stall to showcase your business at the summer festival on Sunday 16th June 2013.

Stalls cost £45 for 4HTA members and £55 for non-members.

Stalls are strictly limited.  We will be prioritising 4HTA members, but will also be assessing each application individually.  The key is to get your application in early...Full details of how to apply are on the attached application form.

With the festival attracting over 7,000 local residents last year, can you afford not to be a part of it?

Stockport council have begun a consultation period on proposed cuts to the District and Roving Stewards team. You'll be familiar with this team - they are seen around the Heatons shopping areas keeping the pavements litter free, sweeping the pavements as well as dealing with issues such as dog fowling and graffiti.

Members of the 4HTA, as well as other community groups and the general public have been invited to submit their views on the proposals. The e-mail below, recieved by the 4HTA from Stockport Council, explains the proposed cuts in full and how you can submit your views.

We enjoy very lively monthly meetings, at which we keep up-to-date with all that's been happening in the business/community lives of 4HTA members and work out ways to improve our area so as to maximise our 'LIVE, WORK & PROSPER' ethos.