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South Oxfordshire District Council will be holding an extraordinary full council meeting to discuss the issue of the garden waste service, which is currently temporarily suspended.
The meeting will take place on Friday 24 September at 2pm at the council offices at 135 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park.
Anyone wishing to speak at the meeting will need to register by 5pm on Thursday 23 September. Details of how to do this will be available on the agenda which will be published on our website on Thursday 16 September here.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend the meeting remotely via Microsoft Teams.
The meeting has been called following the temporary disruption of service to garden waste customers in the district.
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After such a strange and testing year or so we’re just looking forward to getting dressed up, kicking back and enjoying being ‘out out’ again with the ARCC family – so we are simplifying things somewhat this year. We have done away with the auction and with the organising of tables. It will of course be a memorable occasion as always, with end of season awards, speeches, games, bar and DJ Cooper on the decks.
The theme this year is simple – club colours with a twist of pink! ‘Cocktail’ dress code, so put those glad rags and dancing shoes on and join us at the club on the 25th Sept from 7pm.
Tickets are £20 per person – please book in advance via email to as we will need to know how many tables and seats to set up! We will be seating everyone on long tables, banquet style this year – so if you are a group who would like to sit together, please include a name and number of people in your email and we will lay out some reservation cards to ensure you get to sit together.
A refund of £10 per person will be given to the first 15 people who turn up between 10am and 12noon on Sunday 26th Sept to help clear up!
For those who enjoy the table decorating part of the usual picnic ball – please feel free to bring along a centre piece / additional table cloth / any chair covers you wish to etc, to help decorate the tables. Black tablecloths will be provided.
As ever, it is a picnic ball – so please ensure you bring your own food, cutlery and crockery with you. It is not BYO drinks, however – strictly all drinks should be purchased from the bar, please. (Glasses are provided.)
For those considering a take away, we’ve been in touch with Duo in Chinnor and The Mowchak in Stokenchurch. Both are happy to do a mass delivery on the night provided orders are in by the evening of Thursday 23rd (48hrs in advance). Please contact them directly to order.
Any questions, please speak to any of the organising team – Clair, Dom Whatman, Thad, Gordon & Nessie.”
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A note from ARCC to club sponsors, 1881 Club members, and members and families.
“President Angie Murray and Aston Rowant CC would like to invite you to this year’s President’s Day at Aston Rowant CC on Saturday 11th September 2021.
As valued club supporters we would love you to come along to the club and enjoy a couple of games of cricket and a hog roast which is being supplied jointly by our president and the club.
The food will be available from 1430hrs.
There will be a Golden Oldies T20 match from 1100
Then the Presidents XI v ARCC XI from 1400
We hope to see as many of you there as possible.
Simon Tremlin
Chairman ARCC”
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“Children aged six to 13 will soon be able to join in musical groups in a series of new sessions at venues across the county on Saturday mornings.
The music groups are aimed at children who have been playing an instrument for at least a term and up to grade 5 and who are looking to develop their skills and performance with other players of similar ages. They will offer a fun, safe supportive atmosphere where children can make new friends and improve their playing by performing with others.
The 90-minute Saturday music centre sessions are available through school term times from 18 September and are available in Bicester, Oxford, Didcot, Thame and Witney.
Music centre instructors will offer expert tuition to allow the children in the sessions to develop their musical skills by playing as a group in an orchestral style. All of our instructors are DBS checked and risk assessments and safety precautions are being taken to reduce the risks of COVID-19 transmission.
Booking lessons is easy; parents can visit the council’s webpage, select the nearest venue and reserve a place. The groups will run on an ongoing basis through school terms. Participating children will need to bring their own instruments to the sessions.
The sessions will run each Saturday from 9am until 10.30am.
The new sessions come after school choirs and bands have not been able to rehearse together for more than a year, and children learning to play an instrument had to rely on remote instruction from their teachers.
URL : http://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/saturday-music-sessions/”
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A note from Oxfordshire County Council regarding the county’s libraries:
“Residents of Oxfordshire can look forward to the return of pre-pandemic opening hours at the county’s libraries from Monday, 6 September.
During the pandemic, hours were reduced to allow additional safety measures to be monitored by staff. As these have been eased over the past few months, evening and Saturday opening hours can be restored.
A few locations are exceptions to the resumption. Littlemore and Bampton libraries remain closed for planned refurbishment work. Old Marston remains on a click and collect service due to restricted space.
Measures remain in place across the libraries to reflect government guidance and safety messages from Public Health England. Users are reminded to keep socially distant from others when visiting and not to visit if you feel unwell. Alongside this, library staff are gradually reinstating the services that users value so much, including events, rhymetimes and book groups.
Residents can visit the county council’s library webpage to check the opening hours for their local library. The opening hours are also available on the library app (search Oxfordshire Libraries in the app store) and on Google business listings.
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URL : http://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/library-opening-hours/”
A note from SODC updating residents on garden waste collection:
“We regret to inform you that garden waste collections in our districts will remain paused at this time to ensure we can continue to provide core waste collections – rubbish, recycling and food – without major disruptions.
The garden waste service was suspended last month due to our contractor, Biffa, struggling with the national shortage of HGV drivers, and during that time we have been working hard to encourage Biffa to find solutions to reinstate the service.
We continue to work closely with our contractor, Biffa, to provide us with further information as to how they propose to reinstate their contracted services as soon as possible.
As soon as we are able to, we will update you on when the service will be resumed. Until that time we are asking you to continue to remain patient and thank you for your understanding.
Please could we ask you pass the news onto neighbours, especially those without access to the internet or social media.
We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience we know this is causing, and we apologise that this service has fallen beneath the levels you have come to expect. We have asked Biffa to provide options so they can make it up to anybody who doesn’t receive the service they should this year.
For more information on what you can do with your garden waste in the meantime please see our website.”
Update: Regarding the proposed changes to speed limits and a new chicane in Aston Rowant, OCC posted the link to the consultation late and as a result, the consultation will now close on 1 October.
The consultation is at https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/astonrowant20mph2021.
The parish council is proposing a new chicane at the junction of the B4009 and Aston Rowant Road. Further, the council proposes lowering the speed limit in Aston Rowant village from 30mph to 20mph.
Oxfordshire County Council as the overseeing authority has opened a consultation into the two proposals via https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk. The documentation regarding the proposal are in the attachments below.
Comments need to be lodged by 23 September 2021.
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