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Citizens Advice Newsletter
Read the Summer edition of the Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale quarterly newsletter. It covers employee rights if you are working from home; provides a snapshot of how Citizens Advice has helped local residents access the Covid Winter grant; … Continue reading
Overweight Lorries Targetted
The Parish Council has been advised by our County Councillor, Dr Pete Sudbury, that on 20th July, officers from Trading Standards took part in joint enforcement work with Thames Valley Police’s Roads Policing Team, targetting the illegal use of the … Continue reading
Oxfordshire Infrastructure Strategy Consultation
The Oxfordshire Infrastructure Strategy (OxIS) provides a framework for Oxfordshire County Council (OCC), Oxfordshire’s five planning authorities and key partners to establish strategic infrastructure investment priorities as well as potential opportunities for funding and delivery. The stage 1 report looking … Continue reading
Disruption to Waste Collection Services
South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has apologised that some bins have not been emptied as expected in the past couple of weeks. It’s waste collection services are still facing some disruptions. Please see the SODC Waste Collections webpage for the … Continue reading
Councillor Community Grant Scheme
A new round of funding is now open to help local charities and organisations in South Oxfordshire. Earlier this year, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) awarded £165,000 worth of grants to 96 projects across the district. As a part of … Continue reading
Didcot Garden Party
Residents of villages within the Didcot Garden Town area, are invited to the first ever Garden Party which kicks off this coming weekend. The ‘town square’ outside Cornerstone Arts Centre will be transformed into town centre garden for the duration … Continue reading
South News – July Edition
Residents who are not already subscribers to South Oxfordshire District Council’s digital newsletter “South News” may like to download the latest edition here.
Blandford Fly
A resident writes … Please advise anyone walking around Wards Field, or by the Thames, to wear shoes and long trousers. I was bitten on Thursday by a Blandford Fly. I had never heard of this insect before. The bite … Continue reading
Church Holiday Club
St Mary’s Church wants to offer children and families a holiday club this Summer, in the week beginning 22nd August. The club will be held in the church and churchyard and it is hoped that a wide range of activities … Continue reading
Footpath Plan Thwarted
A plan for a new footpath linking Long Wittenham and Clifton Hampden has been frustrated. The idea came from Tom Bowtell, a former chairman of the Parish Council. It would have used footpaths to the weir at the end of … Continue reading