Make Hayfield, HAYFIELD! That's the banner headline on the flyer's we are trying to distribute to every home in the area during the next week. As we've been doing so I've been looking to speak to as many people as possible from the community to encourage them to spread the word about the petition which we hope and pray will trigger the council holding a Community Governance Review and eventually to us becoming a village in our own right rather than an adjunct of another village. We hope too that we will then get to form our own Hayfield Parish Council which will be more focused on the issues facing this community as it grows and changes.
Even at the council planning meeting the planning officer said that in order to avoid confusion he would refer to the area as Hayfield rather than Auckley because it was a distinct area with differing needs. Our hope and prayer as we try to initiate this Community Governance Review is that the area will become more united and that a body of local people can be formed which advocates along with Grace Church for the things this area needs; basic children's provision such as a play park, basic young people's provision such as community playing fields, a basket ball court and a youth group, and something everyone needs a community centre which we were promised but which has never materialised.
Our aim is not to earn brownie points but to love the community, to show God's grace as we aim to see the community flourish and that through that relationships are strengthened and built up which meet everyones greatest need - knowing Jesus Christ.
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