All residents of the three villages are invited to attend, listen to our Speaker Michael Gove MP, and put questions to him and County and Local Councillors in an open forum. We will also have Betty Phillips (acting Chairlady of DVA) who will give a short talk and introduce the wonderful facilities at the new community centre at the Dettingen Park development in Deepcut. Also Fraser Rowbothem, Paramedic for Berkshire ambulance service and Deepcut resident is in the process of setting up a Community Defribrillator Responder Scheme. Fraser will be givinng a short talk and will take questions from the floor about this ground breaking initiative

At our Half-Yearly Meeting in October, our guest speaker was Jenny Rickard, Surrey Heath's Local Development Officer, who gave a fascinating talk about how local people can have a say in the local development framework, which will replace the old local plan. Due to our EU recognised Special Heath Land and Special Protection Areas, most new developments in Surrey Heath will be in Camberley and Frimley Green.

Questions put by our members in the Open Forum centred mainly on two issues; the plan to double weekend flights at Farnborough by TAG and the impact on our villages by the proposal, outlined by Roy Ram of London Clubs International, to open a casino and 4 new restaurants at Lakeside. Concerns were raised about increased traffic and opening hours until 4am.

This is just a flavour of the last meeting; if you have any questions or concerns please come and put them at the meeting. If you would like to become a Committee Member, we require a new member for Deepcut and another for Mytchett.

The Society has a remit to try to enhance the environment of the three villages and, to that end, we work closely with the Police and the Local and County Councils to encourage them to look at the area as a whole and to consider schools, doctors, the hospital and local roads in their initiatives and not rush to fill every green space with new houses.