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Tomorrow, between 6pm – 8pm, Thames Valley Police and support organisations will be holding a live Domestic Abuse Q&A session on the TVP Engage website. www.tvpengage.co.uk Are you experiencing domestic abuse, or are you worried about a family member, friend, neighbour or colleague? You can send us your questions on the TVP Engage website and our panel of experts will be able to provide answers and guidance, both publicly and privately. How can I join the conversation and send my question? Go on the TVP Engage website www.tvpengage.co.uk between 6pm to 8pm.- Once you arrive on the TVP Engage website, you can type in your question;You will need to add a name that will appear next to your question in the question stream. If you do not want your real name to be displayed, you can use an alternative name;Questions will be visible in the questions stream only once they are answered, so it might take a few minutes until you will see your...

Agenda Nettlebed Parish Council Extraordinary Meeting, Monday 23rd March, 7.30pm at the Village Club. ...

Online Version Oxfordshire County Council have implemented a new online service called ‘Winter Warmth’ to help vulnerable residents receive support and access funding for home repairs. The aim is to improve the home environment which will additionally support physical and emotional wellbeing for residents across the county. The easy to use service signposts property owners or private tenants to a website where a postcode is entered to find the most appropriate organization. The services and funds available include grants, loans and energy company schemes that provide home repairs, so residents can stay safe, secure, independent and warm. The funding can be used to fit or fix a new boiler and install loft and cavity wall insulation to keep people affordably warm. There is also general advice available on how to stay safe and well, and home repairs are also available for people with disabilities. In its first month, the website has received over 50 e-mails which have been sent directly to the services who...

Oxfordshire County Council is to launch a new trial service to residents with a way to ensure their unwanted small electrical items can be repaired and reused, reducing what the county would otherwise send to waste. There are already many ways to recycle small electrical items that are beyond repair either at the kerbside or a recycling centre. Funded by Valpak, the council is trialling drop off points for unwanted small electrical items that are still in good condition at a number of participating Oxfordshire libraries. The trial will run at Banbury, Bicester, Kidlington, Witney, Carterton, Oxfordshire County Library, Headington, Cowley, Littlemore & Blackbird Leys libraries. Once goods have been dropped off, the items will be collected by Bicester Green or Orinoco – two local charities who help reuse and recycle waste – where they will be tested. Minor repairs will be made by volunteers and the items will then be sold on to benefit the charities. The drop off point is for small...

This March and April, seven of Oxfordshire County Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centres will be closing for two days to carry out a deep clean and essential maintenance at the sites. The work forms part of the council’s planned approach to maintenance, and is designed to keep sites safe, looking clean and fresh and helping improve the customer experience when using these important environmental facilities. Only one site will be closed at any one time and all other sites will be open on those days. Residents are asked to plan ahead for these closures, ideally holding on to your waste until the site reopens or if that is not possible visiting one of the neighbouring sites. Site closure dates: Alkerton 3rd & 4th March 2020Redbridge 10th & 11th March 2020Ardley 17th & 18th March 2020Dix Pit 24th & 25th March 2020Oakley Wood 31st March – 1st April 2020Stanford 21st & 22nd April 2020Drayton 28th & 29th April 2020 For those residents with permits, please note that these can be used at any of the sites. Steve Burdis, Principal Officer for the...