The Keep Britain Tidy campaign has asked the Parish Council to promote Buy Nothing New Month.
The month-long campaign is all about protecting the planet by reducing waste, and at a time when many are worried about the rising cost of living, it’s also about saving money.
People are encouraged to cherish the stuff they already have, repair things rather thanthrowing them away, and find ways to re-home items that are no longer needed.
There is more information at keepbritaintidy.org/buy-nothing-new-month.
As in previous years, South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) has arranged for Christmas trees to be collected from the grass verge next to the entrance to Bodkin’s Recreation Ground.
The South East Smokefree Alliance (SESA) has asked the Parish Council to promote its Stop Smoking, Feel Happier campaign.
As usual, waste and recycling collections change over the festive period.
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) is introducing a new booking system at its Household Waste Recycling Centres to make visits quicker and easier.
The Parish Council has had a new swing set installed at Bodkins Playground. The previous set, which was over twenty years old, was removed in August following a RoSPA safety report which advised that it was unsafe.
In September, Inspectors examining the South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Joint Local Plan said it had failed on the “Duty to Co-operate”, suggesting the councils might need to withdraw the plan from the examination process as a result.
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The Parish Council will hold its monthly meeting in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Thursday 18th December.