Thank you to all those that submitted photos of their gardens to Faringdon Town Council’s first ever virtual open gardens. Join us below for a virtual tour through Faringdon’s gardens.
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Pledge your support for Carers Week
To mark Carers Week (8 – 14 June), we’re celebrating the contribution carers make to families and communities across Oxfordshire. A carer is someone who provides care and support to a family member or someone who has a disability, mental or physical illness, or who needs extra help as they grow older. There are around 6.5 million carers in the UK, looking after older,…
OXFORDSHIRE SOUTH AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE – NEW TRUSTEES NEEDED
Role: Trustees (Data Protection, GDPR, IT and Fund Raising) Organisation: Oxfordshire South and Vale Citizens Advice Location: Head Office, Abbey House, Abingdon, OX14 3JD We are looking for two new Trustees to join our Board and oversee data protection and GDPR, IT strategy and fund raising. We are also keen to recruit Trustees who live…
Shielding the Vulnerable in Oxfordshire
On 23 March 2020 the Government announced: if you’re clinically extremely vulnerable, you’re strongly advised to stay at home, to protect your health and shield from the coronavirus. This includes organ transplant recipients, people living with cancer (or waiting for treatment) and people with severe respiratory conditions among others. The aim of shielding is to…
Air pollution reduced by more than half in parts of southern Oxfordshire as walking and cycling increases
Today (5 June) is World Environment Day and South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils have announced that following lockdown there has been a marked reduction in air pollution in our districts – down by nearly 60 per cent in one location. The lack of traffic and the increase in walking and cycling…
Government Discretionary Business Grant now open for applications
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils will accept applications from noon Wednesday 3 June 2020 from small businesses for a share of around £1.9 million of government support following the coronavirus outbreak. The councils are urging all eligible businesses that were ineligible for the Small Business Grant scheme and Retail, Hospitality and…
Parking charges to be re-introduced in South and Vale car parks
Parking charges will be re-introduced in district council car parks across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse from Monday 8 June. South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have allowed people to park for free since 26 March, to support key workers and those who need to shop for essential food…
Oxfordshire Libraries May 2020 Digital Update
Applying to join Oxfordshire Libraries online Go to www.libcat.oxfordshire.gov.uk and click ‘Join the Library’ and fill in your details. We will email your account access details back to you within 1-2 working days eBooks and eAudio https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ebooks Choose from a great range of fiction and non-fiction reading for adults and children. We are investing in…
Council offers big thank you to Oxfordshire residents as recycling sites reopen
At the end of the first day of reopening, Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet Member Cllr Yvonne Constance wanted to thank all those who visited for playing their part. The sites at Alkerton, Ardley, Dix Pit, Drayton, Oakley Wood, Redbridge and Stanford in the Vale have been extremely busy since they opened at 8.00am this morning…
Citizens Advice needs Volunteer Advisers
We can all face problems that are too stressful or complicated to sort out alone. Last year, our 150 volunteers advised over 11,000 people. We helped three quarters resolve their debt, benefits, employment and housing problems. We now need more advisers to help us during and after the Covid-19 crisis. Normally, our main offices are…