The 2024 Long Wittenham 5K Family Fun Run and Walk is set for Sunday 28th April.
Put the date in your diary and look out for more details and entry forms which will be available soon.
If you would like to help with this event, the organisers would love to hear from you (no experience necessary). Continue reading
Residents in South Oxfordshire are officially the best recyclers in the country, according to a government league table published recently.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) published the recycling performance league table for 2022-23 on 31st January. South Oxfordshire District Council was ranked the highest for household waste recycling rates among English local authorities at 61.6%. The council Continue reading
The pop-up café at Pendon Museum will be open again on Wednesday 7th February from 10am to 12:30pm.
This is a free drop-in event, with just a small charge for drinks and cake to cover the costs. All donations from the cakes go to support a local group, so please go along and support it if you can.
The café is friendly to dog walkers, but they will need to have their refreshment outside Continue reading
The Revd Joanna Allen has been licensed as a Team Vicar in the Dorchester Team Ministry with pastoral responsibility for Long with Little Wittenham, Clifton Hampden and Culham.
The Bishop of Dorchester performed the licensing ceremony last Wednesday evening (31st January) in Dorchester Abbey.
Jo previously served as a curate in the Benefice of Goring and Streatley with South Stoke. Continue reading
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) has asked the Parish Council to share the following information with residents.
Starting in April this year, existing childcare support is being expanded. From 1st April 2024, eligible working parents of two-year-olds will be able to access 15 hours a week of funded childcare support for 38 weeks of the year. Continue reading
A resident has asked the Parish Council to draw attention to the free funding that is available from the UK Government towards insulating homes.
Applications to the £1 billion Great British Insulation Scheme are open, and according to the government, the funding could save eligible homeowners on average up to £400 a year on their energy bills. Continue reading
Pendon Museum will be running Junior Modelling sessions in the school holidays again this year.
On Wednesdays in the half-term and summer holidays, from 11am to 3-15pm, children aged 6 to 14 can participate in its free drop-in junior modelling sessions, included with the price of admission.
The sessions are run by the expert modellers who create and maintain Pendon’s world- Continue reading
Residents who are not already subscribers to Oxfordshire County Council’s digital newsletter “Your Oxfordshire” may like to download the latest edition.
Last year, the Parish Council wrote to several residents around the village because it had received complaints about overgrown hedges or trees making it difficult or even unsafe to use our footways (pavements) or roads.
In the main those residents were very responsive and did cut back as necessary to ensure the immediate problems were resolved. Continue reading
Long Wittenham Parish Council has a vacancy for a councillor. Currently, there are six councillors, one short of the recommended number. Could you provide a voice for people living in the village?
The parish council is involved in many key areas of local administration: representing residents, delivering services to meet local needs and improving quality of life and community well being. Continue reading
