This event is being organised by Spittal Improvement Trust (SIT), a voluntary group in Spittal, Berwick-Upon-Tweed, working in partnership the local community.

THURSDAY 16 DECEMBER
6pm-TORCH LIGHT PARADE WITH
SANTA AND HIS REINDEER (starts south end of Main Street)
6.45pm-LIGHTING OF TREE
7pm-CAROLS WITH NORHAM
BRASS BAND
STREET ENTERTAINMENT
Hog Roast, Hot Chestnuts, Tea/Coffee/Hot Chocolate FREE ENTRY

SIT was formed in 1998 out of concerns expressed by the local community with regard to the continuing decline in Spittal. A comprehensive questionnaire was sent around the community which sought to identify the generally held views, Spittal Point and the future of its old industrial chimney seemed to be foremost in people’s minds. Initially SIT also included the Highcliffe and Eastcliffe estates, situated on the hill above the main village, but they amicably separated out after the first couple of years as they felt their agenda was largely different to the main village.

SIT’s area of interest is bounded by the seashore to the east, the main railway line to the west, by Hud’s Head to the south and Carr Rock and its Lifeboat Station to the north. SIT’s aims are to carry out project works in an effort to halt the further decline in our local facilities, improve the environment we live in and to raise community spirit by holding events.

The current committee members are:

WILLIAM YOUNG (CHAIR)
MAUREEN (MAU) WATKINS (VICE CHAIR)
TOMMY WILSON (TREASURER)
MIKE GREENER (SECRETARY)
TRACY BELL
HAZEL BETTISON
JOHN HARRISON
ALAN JOHNSTON
TONY LANGMACK
AMANDA MacDONALD
DOROTHY SLATER
DAVID STEWART
LORNA SUTHREN
LYNDA YOUNG

Committee meetings take place on the third Monday of each month, alternating between the Red Lion and The Blenheim and these are open to anyone.

If you wish to get in touch with SIT then please email mike@spittalisgreat.co.uk.

Postal address: The Secretary
Spittal Improvement Trust
84 Main Street
Spittal
Berwick upon Tweed
Northumberland
TD14 1RD

 

The Spittal Improvement Trust produces a bi-monthly newsletter called ‘THE POINT’ on behalf of the whole community, in it we endeavour to cover all issues and aspects affecting life within our village. THE POINT is delivered to every letterbox free of charge and to other interested parties in the Borough of Berwick. Our list of those receiving it by email is growing ever longer and it now goes to a recipient on every continent, except Antarctica and we are working on that! You can download a PDF copy below and we hope that you will find it full of interesting articles and facts.

If you would like to receive a regular copy by email, be involved with any aspect of this publication or help with the cost of production, then please send an email to john@spittalisgreat.co.uk

• The Point Issue 37 - June 2010
• The Point Issue 36 - March 2010
• The Point Issue 35 - February 2010
• The Point Issue 34 - December 2009
• The Point Issue 33 - October 2009
• The Point Issue 32 - August 2009 - Extra! - The Point Issue 32 back pagr poster!
• The Point Issue 31 - June 2009
• The Point Issue 30 - April 2009
• The Point Issue 29 - January 2009
• The Point Issue 28 - December 2008
• The Point Issue 27 - October 2008
• The Point Issue 26 - August 2008
• The Point Issue 25 - June 2008

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This section is dedicated to community events run by Spittal Improvement Trust, and evens that might be of interest to the community in and around Spittal.

Seaside Festival
14th and 15th August 2010.

Quiz Nights
The schedule for the quiz night programme for the new year is January 30th, February 27th, March 27th, April 27th, May 29th & June 26th. Held on the last Friday of every month at the Red Lion, Main Street, Spittal, starts at 20:00hrs.

5-a-side football competition 19/06/2010
Held in the School field.

Gala Day 20/06/2010
Held in the School field. Day starts with the car boot sale at 11:00hrs, gala queen lead by the pipe band procession at 12:30hrs. Entertaiment and fun fair for all till 16:00hrs. A free bus is running from Spittal Holiday Camp to Spittal for this event.

 

SIT have tackled various projects in its relatively short life. These range from offering every household free planted window boxes, improving the areas around the trees on Main Street, producing a well received and read newsletter, holding beach cleans to a £250,000 project to entirely replace and extend a play area and walled park adjacent to the Promenade. Currently we are completing another large project, the area around the Spa Well and War memorial. Every year we hold several varied events, the key ones being our Gala in June and a Christmas Fair.

We believe that a major achievement is that SIT can engage with the Borough Council, County Council and other groups, that we come into contact with, on equal terms and to the benefit of our community.

We recently undertook another survey of the village by sending out a questionnaire so that we could gauge how the community’s interest in local concerns has changed since we first started. A satisfactory redevelopment of Spittal Point is still a major issue as is the increase in dog fouling on pavements, the Promenade and the beach. This latest questionnaire also gives us an idea of the projects and events that can take us forward.

If you have an idea for a future project or an event then please email info@spittalisgreat.co.uk

 

 

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