Fen Ditton Parish Council Newsletter

March 2020 www.fenditton-pc.org.uk

Parish Council From the Chairman Useful Contacts In normal times the Council With the current need for social distancing due to coronavirus, the POLICE meets on the first Tuesday of Emergency 999 every month at 7.30pm in the Parish Council’s usual monthly meetings and the Annual Parish Non-emergency 101 Pavilion, Church Street. Meeting are in doubt at the moment. We will give updates on the www.cambs.police.uk website as soon as we have more information. Members of the public are E-cops welcome at the meetings. Sadly, there have been media reports of ‘help with shopping’ and Local crime info email list There is a vacancy on the other virus-related scams in some places. If you need help, do www.ecops.org.uk Parish Council. If you are make sure it’s from the local team of volunteers (see below) who Cambs Crimestoppers interested in becoming are following strict safeguarding and hygiene procedures to keep Freephone 0800 555 111 a councillor and would like everyone as safe as possible. The response from local residents NHS to find out what might be wanting to help those who have to self-isolate has been amazing: Emergency 999 involved, please contact the the community spirit has been one positive outcome from all this. Non life-threatening 111 Parish Clerk. There is still a vacancy on the Parish Council. If you are over 18 COVID-19 SUPPORT Vince Farrar and interested in local matters, please consider it, even if you www.nhs.uk (Chairman) think you are ‘too young’; it can boost confidence and make a very Only call 111 if you cannot Crime and welfare positive impression on your CV. Do contact us to find out more. get help online Highways and transport Community Outreach Website Fen Ditton 07900 325336 Charles Jones Community Outreach Fen Ditton facebook.com/ (Vice Chairman) Over the past week a growing team of volunteers has Fen Ditton Friends Finance facebook.com/AbbeyPeople Strategic planning been bringing together a support group to help the Closed churchyard village through the coronavirus threat. We now have GAS Emergency 0800 111 999 Emily Bush a team covering most, if not all, of the village and we Social media are here to help you if you need us. Everyone will ELECTRICITY have different levels of need: I do appreciate that Emergency 0800 3163 105 Serga Collett Crime and welfare some of you are already supporting family and WATER AND SEWERS neighbours, and others of you will have family who, Burst main 0800 316 7676 Eva Dangerfield at this point, are giving you any care that is required. Sewerage 03457 145 145 George Devine We have no wish to interfere with that, but ... Highways and transport HIGHWAYS FAULTS We are here if that support structure breaks down. Potholes, traffic lights etc. Mark Easterfield With such uncertainty about how this virus will 0345 045 5212 Cemetery develop and affect each of us, we are here simply to Street lighting Marshalls Committee 0800 7838 247 Lead planning be a safety net. So, please do not hesitate to get in touch on 07900 325336 if you feel there is something Laurice Suess TRANSPORT Concessionary bus passes Newsletter and website we can do. Of course, you too could volunteer: we have various jobs that need covering – delivering of 0345 045 1367 All parish councillors are regular updates, being available on the phone if Traveline members of the Planning someone just needs a chat, or helping collect Public transport information Committee, and the Parish www.traveline.info Council is Sole Trustee of the shopping or medication for some of our residents. Fen Ditton Recreation Ground That’s it for now. Look out for our updates and, most Cambridge Park & Rides Trust (charity no. 288528) importantly, stay safe, and together we will get 0345 045 5213 through this. Marleigh Development Parish Clerk Hill Resident Liaison Team Sarah Smart George Devine, Lead Coordinator, COFD [email protected] Tel: 01223 862687 [email protected] Freephone 0800 032 6760 [email protected] Tree Warden Jennie Conroy We have followed hygiene guidelines in circulating this newsletter but please wash your hands South Cambs District Council District Councillors thoroughly for 20 seconds after handling it. 03450 450 500 Graham Cone (Con) Mon–Fri 8am–5.30pm Claire Daunton (Lib Dem) www.fenditton-pc.org.uk www.scambs.gov.uk John Williams (Lib Dem) Cambs County Council County Councillor Please visit our website for news of the Community Outreach 0345 045 5200 Anna Bradnam (Lib Dem) scheme and for links to advice on dealing with the coronavirus Mon–Fri 8am–6pm Member of Parliament outbreak from official sources and to local support groups on Sat 9am–1pm Lucy Frazer (Con) social media. We will do our best to keep these up to date. www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Fen Ditton Parish Council Newsletter

March 2020 www.fenditton-pc.org.uk

Village Groups Helplines Mostly in abeyance at the ANNUAL PARISH MEETING www.helplines.org moment but hopefully to be This is not a council meeting but an open public Age UK Cambridgeshire up and running again soon. meeting for the whole parish, taking place between now 0300 666 9860 and 1st June. Councillors and representatives of other Ancient Shepherds Benefits fraud hotline Book Club organisations present reports and take questions. Freephone 0800 854 4400 Tel: Carol 292809 Recent APMs have been held in the Village Hall on Church Street but different arrangements seem Campaign to Protect Badminton Group Rural England (CPRE) Tel: Ian 292240 inevitable this year. As soon as these are determined, 01480 396698 we will post details on the noticeboards and website. Bellringers Care Network [email protected] Cambridgeshire Cricket Club WASTE COLLECTIONS 01954 211919 Tel: Adam 07708 261555 To allow collection crews to concentrate on emptying Child abuse – NSPCC Juniors Tel: 07792 129077 blue and black bins during the coming weeks and help Freephone 0808 800 5000 Gardening Club to cover any future staff sickness or self isolation, the ChildLine Tel: Pamela 292493 Greater Cambridge Shared Waste Service has Freephone 0800 1111 FD Baby & Toddler Group suspended green-bin collections between now and Citizens Advice 10–11.30am Thursdays 4th May. Residents are asked to consider postponing 0344 848 7979 (term-time only) any gardening and, as always, to waste as little food as [email protected] Civil Legal Advice possible. For this period only, the advice is to put any 0345 345 4345 Friends of Ditton Meadows food waste in the black bins. friendsofdittonmeadows Consumer Advice .org.uk If your household is displaying symptoms of 03454 04 05 06 coronavirus, you should double-bag any personal Cruse Bereavement Care Keep Fit (50+) waste (used tissues, disposable cleaning cloths/wipes Tel: Wendy 293205 01223 633536 etc.) and keep it separate for 72 hours in a suitable Morris Dancing Disability – PIP benefit secure place on your property before placing it in the 0800 121 4433 [email protected] black bin with the rest of your waste. Other household Parish Church (St Mary’s) Domestic Violence rubbish and recycling should be treated as normal. Freephone 0808 2000 247 Priest Tel: Alun 295927 It is thought the virus will not be viable after 72 hours Choir Tel: Mike 294317 outside the body and that this approach will help keep LitterAction www.litteraction.org.uk Recreation Ground the bin collection crews as safe as possible. [email protected] Marshalls Noise Helpline Scottish Dancing 01223 373950 Tel: Pamela 292493 CAM metro consultation Missing People Sunday Club A public consultation on proposals for Freephone 116 000 10–11.30am, first Sunday of the Cambridgeshire Autonomous National Debtline every month except August Metro (CAM), including potential route Freephone 0808 808 4000 [email protected] alignments for its city tunnel section RSPCA Cruelty & Advice Village Hall and location for its city centre station, 0300 1234 999 For current regular activities is open until 3rd April. please see the noticeboard Samaritans There are links to the consultation leaflet and feedback Freephone 116 123 outside the Hall form on our website, or you can send feedback online [email protected] Victim Support at www.cam.consultationonline.co.uk Freephone 0808 168 9111

SPEEDING VEHICLES Sorry if this seems petty just now but … The Parish Council is aware of people’s concern over … please don’t forget the little things we can all do that will help to vehicles speeding within Fen Ditton and is currently waiting keep Fen Ditton pleasant for everyone: for news on its application to have a speeding sensor that  Pick up after your dog and use the special bins provided. could be moved around the village. This would alert drivers  Please do not drive or park on the grass verges – it is a to their speeds and have the benefit of providing real data Conservation Policy of the village to protect and preserve them. on speeds at different places and times. We have been told  Last but not least, if you have been forced to use alternatives that the best results are obtained when these sensors are to loo paper such as wetwipes, tissues or kitchen paper, backed up by a Speedwatch scheme, with groups of trained please do not flush them down the toilet – as well as potentially volunteers logging speeds and recording registration blocking your own drain, they could easily wreak havoc with the numbers. If you are interested in forming a Speedwatch village’s sometimes temperamental sewerage system. group within Fen Ditton, please email the Parish Clerk.