Founded in 1965 and affiliated to the Civic Trust The Society exists to:
- encourage high standards of planning and design in the process of development in The Alresfords.
- to help in preserving and enhancing the beauty of the town and village and their surroundings. interest in the local environment and character of New and Old Alresford.
- to encourage public interest in achieving the above.
Residents need a means by which they may influence developers, protect their local environment, conserve all that is best in their surroundings and promote improvements. The Alresford Society could provide that means and joining it would help achieve those aims.
The society recognises that vigilance is necessary to maintain and improve the quality of the local environment. Its committee meets regularly, checks all planning applications and, where necessary, comments on them to the District, Town and Parish Councils. Its views are valued by the authorities and their professional advisors.
To help raise standards The Society awards its Rose Bowl for the most outstanding recent structural improvement and its Salver 2000 for similar, but non-structural, enhancement in the area. It also instigates or carries out work itself to improve the local scene suh as The Soke Scheme and makes grants to other organisations for improvements such as the Memorial Garden Gateway. The Society encourages; local schools to be concerned in the care of the local environment.
As all this can only be achieved by a healthy, active and strong Society membership would you please join or re-join now by e-mailing the membership secretary with your name, address and telephone number right now.
Jan Field 01962 735227