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Street defects such as potholes, faulty street lights, drains, flytipping and more can be reported online to Oxfordshire County Council (and if necessary, forwarded to South Oxfordshire District Council) via https://fixmystreet.oxfordshire.gov.uk.
The service is also available via apps from the Apple or Google store.
You will all be aware of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Neighbourhood Watch exists to look out for communities across England and Wales and at a time like this we encourage you to consider ways to keep yourself, your loved ones and those in your community safe, particularly the isolated and vulnerable. We are following the advice from the government and encourage you to do the same: https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response
10 ways you can protect yourself, your loved ones and your community:
1. Meet with household members, other relatives, friends and neighbours to discuss what to do if a COVID-19 outbreak occurs in your community and what the needs of each person will be.
2. If your neighbourhood has a website or social media page, consider joining it to maintain access to neighbours, information, and resources. Alternatively, share phone numbers and email addresses particularly with those who are isolated or vulnerable.
3. Consider establishing a ‘buddy’ system within your community to ensure everyone stays connected to COVID-19 related news, services and can receive support safely, such as essentials deliveries.
4. Plan ways to care for those who might be at greater risk for serious complications.
5. Choose a room in your home that can be used to separate sick household members from those who are healthy.
6. Learn how to self-isolate. Guidance can be found on the NHS website: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/
7. Create a list of local organisations that you and your neighbours can contact in the event that one of you need access to information, healthcare services, support, or resources. Consider including organisations that provide mental health or counselling services, food, and other supplies.
8. Create an emergency contact list of family, friends, neighbours, healthcare providers, teachers, employers, the local public health department, and other community resources.
9. Learn about the emergency operations plan at your child’s school or childcare facility, and your employer’s emergency operations plan.
10. Practice everyday preventive actions including regular hand washing.
The NHS provides guidance on how to wash hands: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/best-way-to-wash-your-hands/
The World Health Organisation provides guidance on basic protective measures: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public
The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention provides guidance on handwashing for families https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/handwashing-family.html
Some of the key points above have been sourced from: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/home/get-your-household-ready-for-COVID-19.html .
The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention also published (14th February 2020) Interim Guidance for Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Homes and Residential Communities which you may find useful: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/guidance-prevent-spread.html .
Oxfordshire County Council will be closing its recycling centres for two days during March and April to carry out a deep clean and essential maintenance.
Closing dates:
Alkerton (Banbury) – Tues 3rd & Wed 4th March 2020
Ardley (Bicester) – Tues 17th & Wed 18th March 2020
Dix Pit (Stanton Harcourt) – Tues 24th & Wed 25th March 2020
Drayton (Abingdon) – Tues 28th & Wed 29th April 2020
Oakley Wood (Wallingford) – Tues 31st March & Wed 1st April 2020
Redbridge (Oxford) – Tues 10th & Wed 11th March 2020
Stanford (Faringdon) – Tues 21st & Wed 22nd April 2020
Full details can be found at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wasteclosure including details of your nearest site during closures.
Matthew Barber (Deputy Police & Crime Commissioner) has agreed to come for a conversation about the role of the Police & Crime Commissioner, the priorities for the future and the issues or areas of concern for us in South Oxfordshire District Council (Chinnor Ward, which includes Aston Rowant). This has been booked in Kingston Blount Village Hall on Thursday 26th March from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
It will give us an opportunity to get local issues discussed, and we have been asked if we could provide Matt with local concerns or topics before the event to maximise the time available. If you have any issues you wish to be raised/discussed, please email the clerk via this website (see contact details) by Friday 14th March, so we can get them to Matt and he has a little time to get background info, if he needs it, for this meeting.
Please see the attached flyer with details of the event.
News from OCC:
Concessionary bus pass users in Oxfordshire are being urged by the county council and bus companies to make sure that theirs is up to date and valid.
There are currently 13,000 concessionary passes in the county that have been identified as being lost, stolen, faulty, damaged or otherwise invalid. These passes should not be used but, until now, the technology hasn’t been in place to prevent it.
But from 1 April, passengers will no longer be able to use their pass if it is suspected of being used incorrectly.
Before then, from 17 February, there will be an amnesty period which will allow anyone using an invalid pass to make sure they are up to date or surrender them before the start of April.
During the amnesty period anyone using an invalid pass will be handed information by the bus driver explaining how to make sure that they use the right pass, get theirs updated or surrender it. While the amnesty is underway people with a rejected pass will still be allowed to travel.
You can update your Oxfordshire pass online here – https://bit.ly/38r8AQc If your pass was issued by a different council you should find details of how to update it on the reverse of the card.
The county council also provides a “Tell us once” service which can be helpful for anyone who has a recently deceased relative. Using the service once means that we will tell government and council services on your behalf. Bus passes are one of the items that you can return using this service. Visit https://bit.ly/2S7HEzo for more information.
Your parish needs you:
The parish council does its best to keep the locality looking clean and tidy. To do this it runs two litter pick weekends. One on 28 and 29 March coming and another late autumn, date to be announced.
Organiser Peter Hetherington would greatly appreciate help from as many people as possible – over 16’s please (for health and safety reasons). As they say, many hands make light work.
Saturday 28 March will cover the A40 and those meeting at the Cherry Tree at 0930 will catch the bus to the top of the hill. The section should be done by noon.
Sunday 29 March covers the A40 and B4009 near the Lambert Arms. Meet by the hotel at 1000 and again, the job should be done by noon.
Hi-vis vests, litter picking sticks, bags and gloves will be provided (but extra gloves would be appreciated).
Please contact Peter Hetherington if you can help via or 07767 647714.
New festival to celebrate local heritage and landscape this June
• The Chilterns Summer Festival will run from June 13-21 in 2020
• The festival is a new annual event
The Chilterns Summer Festival is an ambitious new event, aiming to engage with families, young people and urban communities across the Chilterns this June. With a schedule of events 9 days long (June 13-21), including workshops, food fairs, themed railway rides, guided walks, and town centre festival events, the festival is breaking new ground. “We wanted to create a festival that ensures people do two things- they have fun and they learn something new about the Chilterns” says Lizzie Buckley, the festival’s organiser and the Community Engagement Officer for the Chalk, Cherries and Chairs Landscape Partnership. The new festival is the biggest community engagement event planned as part of the ambitious five-year National Heritage Lottery funded Chalk, Cherries and Chairs Landscape Partnership scheme, which focuses on transforming people’s connection to the landscape and cultural heritage of the region. Since the Countryside Festival in 2015, there hasn’t been a festival this size to celebrate all that the Chilterns has to offer, and so the Chilterns Summer Festival is hoping to bring together many communities and local businesses together to make this an inclusive event.
The headline event of the festival will be the ‘Discover the Chilterns’ Family Day on the Wycombe Rye, on June 14th, 2020. This event will include:
• Delicious food of course!
• Free kids’ activities
• Arts and crafts stalls
• Guided walks
• Outdoor yoga
• Traditional games
• Face painting
Other events during the 9-day festival will include local brewery tours and tastings, guided walks through Wendover Woods, theatre performances, evening talks and demonstrations, a bodgers’ breakfast in the woods, an adventure supper at a local farm, workshops for local historians and creatives, and various large scale artworks!
The festival team are currently looking for local community groups, businesses, artists and crafts people who want to be involved, and who may want to organise their own themed event as part of the festival. The team is looking for events themed around local history and wildlife. Interested parties can find out more on the project’s website: www.chilternsaonb.org/ccc-fest and can also contact Lizzie Buckley for more information on
Temporary Traffic Regulation Notice – S14 Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
Temporary Road Closure and “No Waiting” restriction at Thame, Chinnor Road B4012,B4445
In the interests of public safety, it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County Council to close the road and impose a ‘No Waiting’ restriction as detailed above to facilitate carriageway resurfacing works.
A temporary Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will operate from 10 March 2020.
The anticipated completion date is 11 March 2020. The closure will operate between 09:30 and 15:30 daily.
Please note that Notices for urgent works can last up to 5 consecutive days only.
Access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for those frontages within the closure area, subject to the progress of the works and liaison with the works supervisor.
A copy of the drawing showing the extent of the closure and restriction and also the alternative route for traffic is attached.
Further information regarding the works may be obtained by contacting Tim Belton -Oxfordshire County Council -Skanska on 0345 310 11 11 or 07812237621
Robert Graham
Officer
Network Management
Communities
Oxfordshire County Council
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Although the popular Annual Duck Races have been cancelled (for safety reasons) please do still venture out to see the fantastic display of snowdrops along the route.
Cream teas in the church will definitely still be available for a warm up afterwards.
Regrettably, the poor weather predicted for the weekend has meant that the Duck Race scheduled for this Sunday has been cancelled.
The cream teas in the church, however, are still being served 1430 to 1630.