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A note from Chinnor Village Centre:

 

“Dear Friends and Members of the Chinnor Village Centre.

At our recent public meetings we have shared with you the difficult state of finances at the village centre as a result of Covid-19 lockdowns, inflation and the withdrawal of most support from local government.

The Trustees are actively seeking new sources of funding to secure the future of the village centre.

We did mention at the last public meeting that we would be starting a crowd funding appeal to raise funds to secure the immediate future of the village centre.

We would like to advise you that this campaign is about to start. A flyer will be sent to all addresses in Chinnor, Aston Rowant, Kingston Blount, Crowell, Henton, Towersey, Sydenham, and Lewknor and 200 businesses in Thame.

A copy of the flyer is attached (see below).

We hoping to get coverage of our crowdfunding initiative on local media. The local BBC station are visiting next Monday.

Please donate if you are able and tell friends, family, colleagues and anyone you think might be interested in saving the great community asset that the is Chinnor Village Centre.

Thank you very much for your support.

Cindy Bull

Trustee

Phone 01844 353733

Web www.chinnorvillagecentre.org   Email

High Street, Chinnor, Oxford, OX39 4DH Registered Charity No: 1007949″

Residents across South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse have the chance of winning a hamper worth £100 by putting their Christmas recycling knowledge to the test.

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have launched a new quiz which aims to help encourage people to put the correct items into their domestic recycling bin over Christmas and to reduce the amount of contamination.

During 2021/22, more than 2,600 tonnes of kerbside recycling across the two districts, or an average of 8.5 per cent of all recycling collected, had to be rejected as it is had been contaminated with non-recyclables!

The problem is at its worst over the Christmas period when people leave out a lot more rubbish.  Last year this resulted in 434 tonnes of recycling being rejected between December and January.

Nappies, food and black bin bags are the worst contaminants. However, so-called ‘wishcycling’ also causes problems – this is where people put in items that they hope are recyclable, but which should actually go in the waste bin, such as broken drinking glasses, plastic Christmas decorations and plastic sweet wrappers

Cllr Sally Povolotsky, Vale of White Horse District Council Cabinet Member for Climate Emergency and Environment, said: “Christmas is when people have the most waste, so it is the best time to remind people to put only recyclables in the green bin. If recycling is too contaminated it has to be rejected at the recycling sorting facility, and a whole lorry load of items will be wasted.

“If recycling is clean and is made up of the right stuff, it can be sold on to companies to be made into new products.”

Cllr Sue Cooper, South Oxfordshire District Council Cabinet Member for Environment, Climate Change and Nature Recovery said: “Recycling plays a major part in reducing the amount of rubbish going into black bin which helps reduce waste overall which is our ultimate aim.

“If you take part in the quiz, you can find out how much you know, or don’t know… about Christmas recycling, and those with the highest scores will also be put into a draw to win a wonderful hamper full of reuse and zero-waste goodies.”

To take part in the quiz for the chance to win the hamper, and for more information on Christmas waste, reuse and recycling head to southoxon.gov.uk/christmaswaste / whitehorsedc.gov.uk/christmaswaste    

The quiz closes at midnight on Sunday 8 January 2023. 

SODC has published detail on help available for those struggling with the cost of living.

See the documents below.

The autumn parish litter pick is being held this year on 26 and 27^th  November.

The Saturday morning pick will cover Kingston Hill while the Sunday morning will see Aston Rowant and the A40 and B4009 covered.

As to where to meet, for the Saturday pick meet at the bus stop by the Cherry Tree at 10am. And for the Sunday pick, meet at the lay-by by the Lambert Arms at 10am.

All are welcome to help (so long as they’re over 16). Each pick should only take two hours at most.

For more details contact Steven Sowerby on 01844 351392 or .