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Community Survey Results
Please see below results of a recent community survey These results will be considered in depth at committee and working parties, including Parking WP, Town Centre Regeneration WP, CIL WP, Community and Partnerships Committee and Facilities Committee
Don’t despair! Citizens Advice can help you with debt
When bills start piling up and multiplying, vague fears can turn into a paralysing panic for people experiencing money troubles. Turn to Citizens Advice, which has eighty years of experience in pulling people back from precipices. Your burden might seem overwhelming and impossible to resolve but in reality there is a lot you can do…
The Place -Fundraising volunteers needed
The Place was set up as a result of the closure of the local Children Centre. Members of Faringdon’s community, including the Town Council, local Churches, School and Parents put together a business plan, working with Spurgeons Children Charity. Since then local fundraising and continued commitment from the Town Council has enabled The Place to…
Home library service delivers over 8,000 books during the pandemic
Call for further volunteers Residents across Oxfordshire have continued to benefit from the county’s home library service during the pandemic with 8,364 library books being delivered from April to December 2020. Oxfordshire County Council’s home library service is offered free to users in partnership with Age UK to almost 800 residents of all ages. These…
Criminals Continue To Take Advantage of Coronavirus Vaccine Roll-Out As Phishing Email Reports Soar
Action Fraud is raising awareness of another coronavirus vaccine scam, after it received a high volume of reports relating to a phishing email on Monday 25 January.The email, which attempts to trick people into handing over their bank details, was reported more than 1,000 times in 24 hours. It appears to come from the NHS…
Have your say on an increase to council tax by 5pm today
At the end of last year, the Home Office announced the funding settlement for police across the country for the next financial year. In Thames Valley, this means an additional £12.6m in Government grant to pay for an additional 179 police officers. The increase in officers is the second part of the national uplift programme…
OXFORDSHIRE SOUTH AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE: TREASURER AND TRUSTEE NEEDED
We are looking for (a) a Treasurer and (b) a Trustee to join our Board. We are a local charity providing the Citizens Advice service in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse. We advise 12,000 people each year and help four in every five to resolve their problems. We are members of National Citizens…
We’re urging residents to follow the lockdown rules to help stop the spread
We have an important message to send to our residents to urge them to continue to stay at home, avoid mixing with other households, and abide by the lockdown rules to help curb the rapid spread of Covid-19. It’s important that we reinforce this message as widely as possible, so please help us spread the…