Waste Wizard – Find out how you can repair, reuse or recycle household items and which bin it goes in

Get your waste to the right place! A new and magical hero is in town to kill the confusion around recycling. The Waste Wizard is a new online tool that’s here to provide a magical solution to help Oxfordshire residents in their quest to solve the riddle of household waste and defeat General Waste. Type in your postcode and the name of any item to find out whether it can be reused, repaired, donated, recycled, if it needs to go into a specific bin or can be disposed of at a Household Waste Recycling Centre – oxfordshire.gov.uk/wastewizard ...
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New life-saving app

A new potentially life-saving app can tell emergency services the precise location they need to go to when someone needs assistance and Thames Valley Police is encouraging everybody to install it on their smartphones. What3words divides the entire globe into 57 trillion 3m x 3m squares – if someone needs assistance it will then provide a specific three-word code for where they are, making it a lot easier for the emergency services to find someone in a rural area or unfamiliar location.  The app, which is used by emergency services across the country, is free and doesn’t require an internet connection to use – for more information please see the what3words website ...
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Letter to EU Nationals from SODC

South Oxfordshire District Council has written to thousands of residents of our district who are EU nationals from countries outside of the UK. The letter explains what affected residents need to do to remain in the UK after Brexit and signposts them to further information. For data protection reasons, we were not able to send this letter to all our affected residents, and so we would like your support to help us reach as many more as possible. Click here to read the letter and we would be very grateful if you were able to use any of your communications channels as appropriate to spread the word, and to help us get it out to any hard-to- reach communities in your area. Andy RobertsCommunications Team Leader, Corporate Services South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils01235 422128 / 07717 274693 ...
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Sunday 10th November Remembrance Sunday

Sunday 10th November Remembrance SundayThe village are invited to join Nettlebed Royal British Legion and walk from the Bus Shelter to St Bartholomew’s Church. 10.30 am - Assemble at the Bus Shelter 10.40 am - Parade down the High Street. You are welcome to join the parade at any point along the route. 10.50 am - Act of Remembrance, The Church Lytch Gate. 11.00 am - Church Service Monday 11th November Armistice Day10.50 am - A short remembrance service at the Lytch Gate ...
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1st Nettlebed Brownie Pack

PLACES NOW AVAILABLE Brownies offer a varied and fun programme of activities for girls aged  between 7 and 10.  Meetings take place in the village on Thursdays during Term time from 6pm to 7.30pm. There are currently a few places available, if your daughter is interested  in joining Brownies please register online with the Girl Guiding UK  website  https://www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-for-parents/register-your-daughter/ ...
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Nettlebed Fete & Party at the Rec

Hi Nettlebed, Not long now till our village fete and Party On The Rec. For those who may not have seen the Hamptons signs or the poster. It’s Saturday 29th June. The fete will start at 2pm, Party On The Rec will start straight after the fete at 5pm till 11pm. Tickets for this are on sale from Life shop along the high street or You can buy them from myself. It will be a fun day and evening for all the family. Tickets brought in advance are adult £5, under 18 £1. On the day adult £8, under 18 £2.We have some good local bands booked in to perform and some amazing food venders attending serving delicious local food. See poster for more details. Or follow the Facebook pages and events. Links below https://www.facebook.com/groups/1691181521137600/?ref=share We do as usual still need lots of donations to make the day work here a list of the things required .... Donations needed for Nettlebed Fete. Raffle Prizes Cakes (on...
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966 (Wallingford) Sqn Air Cadets – Adult Volunteer Recruitment

966 (Wallingford) Sqn Air Cadets are currently looking for new adult volunteers to join their team! As an adult volunteer, the Air Cadets can offer you exciting opportunities, skills and qualifications - we are always keen to welcome new adult volunteers to our ranks, either in uniform or as a Civilian Instructor, all we ask is a few hours of your time each week. After your initial training and checks to enable you to work with young people, we will start to develop your skills, so don’t worry that you don’t know much about the activities we offer – we just ask you to be keen to learn and to do your best for the cadets at all times. Once you have become an accredited member of staff, more specialised courses become available – these include adventure training, sports, shooting and professional skills. Volunteering in the cadet movement could even lead to a recognised qualification in youth leadership and training. There is a Volunteer Induction...
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Free Taster Session…Pilates Beginners

We don't often get something for free these days do we - but here is something for you if you have been thinking about starting a new fitness regime why not try this FREE TASTER SESSION for BEGINNERS/IMPROVERS PILATES CLASS now being held at Studio One, Nettlebed, Fridays 11.45-12.45. Start your weekend fun early with this beginners / improvers Pilates class. A gentle class in which you'll learn the basic Pilates exercises and principles whilst focussing on increasing flexibility, building core strength and improving balance and posture. The class will focus on ensuring good form and technique in order to advance your practice at a comfortable pace. Exercises will be structured so that participants can work at their own level with modifications and progressions offered when needed. Contact rebdemorris@gmail.com or call 0791 221 5875 for further details or to book a free taster session. ...
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