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South News – September Edition
Can You Help Your Village School?
The Primary School is looking for volunteers who might be interested in supporting and developing its after-school clubs timetable.
Do you have a spare hour or two a week? Do you enjoy nurturing and educating the next generation of gardeners, artists, musicians, architects? The school would love to be able to offer the children clubs such as gardening, arts and crafts, board Continue reading
Fun Run Roundup
Eighty-four competitors, including twenty-five children, took part in the twelfth annual Long Wittenham Fun Run on Sunday (18th), raising money for a variety of village causes.
Euan Lewis, aged just 14 from Didcot, won the race and set a new course record for Under 18 boys, in a time of 17mins 45secs, breaking the previous course record which had stood for six years. Continue reading
Parish Council Meeting – Tuesday 20th September
The Parish Council meeting that was postponed on 8th September will now take place in the Village Hall at 7:30pm on Tuesday 20th September.
All residents are invited to attend. Download the agenda here.
Fun Run Reminder
A reminder that this year’s Fun Run will take place at The Plough Inn on Sunday (18th) starting at 11am. There is still time to enter:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/long-wittenham-5km-family-fun-run-walk-2022-tickets-347354736367
The organisers would like to thank all those who have already volunteered to help; they will get their instructions over the next couple of days. There is still time to put your name Continue reading
Neighbourhood Plan Update
Following the successful Neighbourhood Plan referendum in July, the Plan was presented to the Planning Commitee of South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) last week.
The committee passed the Plan and so it is now officially ‘made’. This means that the policies included in the Plan must be taken into account for any planning application within the parish that is submitted to SODC. Continue reading
Parish Council Meeting Postponed
The monthly Parish Council meeting was scheduled for last Thursday evening. In the light of the announcement of the death of Her Majesty The Queen in the late afternoon, councillors decided to postpone it as a mark of respect.
The new date will be announced here as soon as it is known.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Following the announcement of the death of Her Majesty there is a Book of Condolence on the Nave Altar in St Mary’s Church. Tealights are available to be lit on the Nave Altar. Floral tributes may be left in the Church porch.
A similar Book of Condolence and tealights will be available in St Peter’s, Little Wittenham. It is suggested that floral tributes be left by the font. Continue reading
Produce Show Cancelled
Residents will be aware that the extremely hot weather and drought of the past few months have had an adverse effect on the flowers, vegetables and fruit in their gardens.
As a result, The Friends of St Mary’s have decided to cancel the Village Produce Show which was scheduled for Saturday 17th September. It is hoped that it will be possible to run the event again in the future, when the weather is Continue reading
Parish Clerk / Responsible Financial Officer
The chairman of Appleford Parish Council has asked the Parish Council to advertise a vacancy for a Parish Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer.
The job is part time with home working, approximately 6 hours per week. The role involves attending parish council meetings (8 per year) at Appleford Continue reading