Betchworth Parish Council Annual Meeting

Parish Councils have an open meeting once a year and when they publically account for their activities and actions  during the year. This week Betchworth PC had its annual meeting. It was well attended by over 70 people. Norman Jackson was invited to give a short talk on nature and he used the opportunity to present the idea of the Biodiversity Park and distribute a printed leaflet explaining the idea and inviting participation.

He wove together the idea that Parish Councils have a mandated duty for the biodiversity in their area and this biodiversity duty should also be accepted by all citizens if we are to act responsibily for the people who will live in the parish in 50 or 100 years time. He argued that a Biodiversity Park and what would be required to sustain it, would enable Parish Council’s and members of the community to give meaning and substance to their biodiversity duty.