ST CUTHBERT (OUT) 29th PARISH COUNCIL January Serving the villages around Wells 2021
NORTH WARD EAST WARD (incl. Wookey Hole & Easton) (incl. The Horringtons & Maesbury)
Wookey Hole Village Website FACEBOOK: South Horrington Village Wookey Hole Residents Forum Sarah Email Amanda, Nick or David for help
Mardle (672005) or Julia Scarth 672754 with shopping: Easton Village Community [email protected] Food deliveries, Easton: Andy 672784 West Horrington support: Easton Support Network: Cheryl 07503 [email protected] 073928 , Susie 870057 or Jane 07951 Deliveries & Practical Help 313917 Samantha Wilkes 679454 Deliveries & Practical Help Geoff 07850 709950 SallyAnn 675410 (Wookey Hole) Terry Moran 670376 Jane 07583 072680 (Haybridge) Tina Hodgett 671851
NORTH WARD EAST WARD Parish Councillors Parish Councillors Cllr Paul Cannon… 674913 Cllr Ian Humphreys…675100
Cllr Martin Cooke…675115 Cllr Bruce Hunt…07546 382291 Cllr Diana Newington….07492 331119 Cllr Pablo Foster…677443 Cllr Marcel Hayden (Chair)…677738 Cllr Mark Lunnon…670023 Cllr Jenny Baker
WEST WARD SOUTH WARD (including Dinder & Dulcote) (including Dinder & Dulcote) Helpline (Dinder & Dulcote residents FACEBOOK: Coxley Village Life only): 07519 797290 8am-8pm. Wookey Hub can deliver FACEBOOK: Dinder & Duclote Villages
supplies – phone 672784 Medical deliveries: Julie 672120 (Dinder) Deliveries & Practical Help & Maria 673629 (Dulcote) James 07866 209378
Sam 07815 132120 Lindsay 07496 575121
SOUTH WARD WEST WARD Parish Councillors Parish Councillors Cllr Jane Walker…679530 Cllr Tony Hathway..07872 362676 Cllr Ed Danson…07790 027167 Cllr Jenny Henderson…671006 Cllr Jim Reeves…671383 Cllr Gill Pettitt Cllr Ted Mallinson…07522 902044
Cllr Margaret Mitchell… 679533
PARISH, DISTRICT & COUNTY NEWS Updates from County Hall, 26th January & 20th January (SCC) Mendip District Council to focus on saving lives, delivering statutory services and economic recovery (Statement from Cllr Ros Wyke, Leader of MDC) Wells Coronavirus Network - weekly update (WCN, 25th January) Mendip Markets Continue Daily (MDC, 18th January) Sign up to Somerset's Health & Wellbeing Advisory Network (SCC)
Recycling January Briefing, including a 6am Collection Start (SWP, 28th January) Sorted! E-newsletter, January 2021 (SWP) Recycling Centres Open for Essential Use (SWP, 5 January) Parish Council Meetings Public participation in council meetings (rev.)(St Cuthbert Out PC)) February's Council Meetings (St Cuthbert Out PC)
(Images: The Dogs Trust) **PLEASE PICK UP AND DISPOSE OF DOG POOP PROPERLY**
Census 2021 – 21st March 2021 (ONS/GOV.UK)
NATIONAL LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS National Lockdown Stay At Home restrictions (Cabinet Office) Advice for Clinically Vulnerable people during Lockdown - British Sign Language clip Letter for all clinically vulnerable during 2021 Lockdown (PHE, 15th January)
Click here for an online version of the poster.
YOUNG PEOPLE, EDUCATION & TRAINING Flo & The Funny Feelings - download resource for 7-11 year olds experiencing worry and anxiety for the first time (#iamwhole campaign / YMCA Prime Minister's acknowledgement on 8th March return to schooling at the earliest (DofE, 27th January) What's working well in remote learning? (Ofsted, 11th January) ARCHIVE Government & National "Assessment Rebooted" - how Universities have adjusted assessment during the pandemic and beyond (JISC / Emerge Education) What parents need to know about early years providers, schools & colleges (updated, 20 January, DofE) Consultation: How should GCSE, AS & A Levels be awarded in 2021? (Ofqual/DofE)
Careers & training "Know your skills" map (Career Pilot) Your Future - Choices for 16-19 year olds (Somerset Education Business Partnership) Step Up Somerset: skills, training employment & progression programme Young People, education, job-hunting and next steps into work (Somerset Education Business Partnership)
Health & Wellbeing Somerset Big Tent - helping children and young people build their wellbeing What to do if a pupil displays symptoms of Coronavirus (DfE) CALL US: Somerset directory of contacts for young people (SHC) Resilience and better mental health at GCSEs Young People & Parent Hubs Mon & Fri 4pm ; Mon 4pm for parents (Young Somerset)
Home Learning & Things to do What's your learning style? (20 qs quiz - Education Planner) Games & Activities & resources for Home Learning (Canals & Rivers Trust) Peter Rabbit & Friends - activities and games to try at home (National Trust) Get Twiggy With It!! Winter Trees ID sheet (Woodland Trust) The Unstoppables: forum for young people with Special Educational Needs and or disabilities to help make changes in Somerset (SCC/YouTube) Young Historian Awards 2021 (ages 11-19) and up to 10 years old (Historical Association) Open until 24 June 2021 Join Mick Aston's young Archaeologists! For 8-16 year olds (SANHS)
Parents Support for parents in Lockdown (NSPCC) Learning At Home (BBC)
LOOKING AFTER YOURSELVES Accessing mental health support online - for all Somerset residents (Open Somerset) What to expect after you've had your 1st vaccination (PHE, NHS 25th January)
ARCHIVE Vaccinations and Testing . "Why do I have to wait for my vaccination?" (leaflet, PHE/NHS) . Covid-19? Flu? Cold? Recognise the symptoms (SCC) . Help and financial support for self-isolating (NHS) . Getting Tested: all government programmes here (DHSC, updated 22nd Jan) . Covid-19 Vaccination Guide for older adults (PHE) . Reducing transmissions in the home: 10 steps (Sage & Cabinet Office)
Health . Provision available for people sleeping rough in severe weather (MDC) . Stay Well This Winter (NHS) . Healthy Start-free vouchers for milk, fruit, veg & vitamins (NHS) Apply here . Medicine Deliveries - latest advice (Spark Somerset) . Worries about accessing appointments, medication or hospital visits? (AgeUK)
Wellbeing . Let's Talk Loneliness - useful advice (DCMS) . Top Tips for keeping well at work (MIND) . Incredible resource bank for lifestyle, wellbeing, staying well and coping with the world! (Health Connections Mendip) . soundscapes for relaxation (JoinedupHealth) . Checking in with your needs & resources (Health Connections Somerset)
Practical help . Struggling to pay essential bills - practical support (DBEIS, 14th January) . New: online tool to help navigate your finances in the wake of Covid-19 (Money & Pensions Service) . Citizens Advice links: Housing, debt, benefits, immigration & more . Dealing with bailiffs (Citizens Advice Bureau) . Caring for the Carers: some tips for carers & Covid-19 (Somerset CCS) . Domestic Abuse - ways to find help (GOV.UK-updated 14th January 2021) . Covid19 Domestic Abuse-all genders and ages (SomersetSurvivors) . CAB Mendip: Project for supporting those with Multiple Sclerosis . Facemasks and Living with Dementia (Alzheimers UK) . YouTube: DIY Face panels with clear panels - for lip-readers (NDCS) . Financial assistance for safer, warmer & healthier homes (MDC) . Modern slavery concerns under Covid-19 - what to watch for (Clewer Initiative)
BUSINESS & EMPLOYMENT Self-Employment Income Support Scheme - 3rd grant (Closes 29th Jan, HMRC) Growth Hub Business Support (Heart of the West, 13th January) The Skills Toolkit: digital, numeracy & employability skills training free and online (HM Treasury, 26th January) ARCHIVE
Growth Hub Business Support (Heart of the West, 10th December) Growth Hub Business Support (Heart of the West, 24th November) Business Bulletin, 6th January 2021 (Mendip DC) Is your business eligible for support due to Lockdown? (DBEIS, 5th January) Covid-19 Vaccination for Social Care staff - guide (NHS) Local Restrictions Support Grant & Additional Restrictions Support Grant (MDC) Government Spending Review - key points (BBC) Working Safely during Covid-19 - all sectors, all tiers. Updated 6th January (GOV.UK) – all sectors & workplaces 'In Search of Lost Focus' Report on concentration at work and the impact on productivity (Economist Intelligence Unit / Dropbox) Seeking work? Health & Social Care opportunities in Somerset (ProudtoCare Somerset) Find Coronavirus financial support for your business (UK Govt) New programme for Somerset Entrepreneurs (Somerset Catalyst)
EU TRANSITION 2021
Apply for a Global Health Insurance Card - replacement for EHIC card for health services in EU states (NHS) The Turing Scheme - replacement of Erasmus Student Programme (DofE Statement) Hiring employees from the EU: new requirements (GOV.UK) EU Exit Transition Webinar: Post-Brexit threats and opportunities (Growth Hub, Tues 26 Jan 0930-1130am) Webinars for trading with the EU, sector by sector (Cabinet Office) Visiting Europe from January 2021 (GOV.UK) Mobile Roaming changes for phones after 1st January. (GOV.UK) Export Licences guidance, by category, from 2021. (Multi-dept UK Govt.) How is information & GDPR affected after EU Transition? (ICO) Pet Travel to Europe after January 2021 (GOV.UK) HELPLINES & SUPPORT UNIVERSAL CREDIT- HELP TO CLAIM: 0800 144 8444 Includes a dedicated service for those made redundant. Offer help or request help: Corona Helpers
Somerset Coronavirus Support Helpline 0300 790 6275 7 days per week 8am – 6pm Mendip District Council Coronavirus Helpline: 0300 790 6275 Citizens Advice Mendip 03 444 889 623
Mindline Somerset: 01823 276892 (24hr, 7 days a week)
Supporting your teenager's wellbeing during Covid19 [email protected] for free funding database.
Talking Cafes now available on Facebook livestreaming.
Weekly-Wednesdays, 11am. @talkingcafesomerset Every Mind Matters: self-care videos from celebrity parents & role models AgeUK - advice about Coronavirus
Wellbeing & Mental Health: looking after yourselves & others (Health Connections Mendip, June 2020) Confidential sector support & helpline 03000 111999 Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution 0808 291 9490
General Enquiries 0370 000 2288
‘WE HEAR Cancer & all life threatening illnesses- counselling charity YOU’ Tel:01373 455255 [email protected]. Bereavement Support: Marie Curie Helpline 0800 3047 412 Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm
RNIB Helpline 0303 123 9999 Hearing Aid batteries through the post: 01225 825602 (RUH, Bath)
27 JAN CORONAVIRUS CASES IN SOMERSET 16, 417 (MENDIP – 2883) 2021 (Public Health England/GOV.UK) --- SEW BUNTIFUL --- Villages around Wells – of course you’re invited!!
It's is a Community Arts project to celebrate Spring in Wells with a display of home crafted bunting of all descriptions. We hope that together we can buntify the City Centre as well as buntify houses and streets all around Wells.
We hope that people will feel the project is just right for them during these Lockdown weeks, and that while crafting in our own homes, we will feel more connected with our community as we work collectively towards a great Spring display ! Obviously we are making sure that all aspects of Sew Buntiful are Covid compliant.
There will be plenty of opportunities to meet up (via Zoom of course) throughout February and March for general get togethers as well as attend Sew Buntiful workshops, in addition there will be regular email updates. All anyone needs to do to access these is to complete the registration form which can be found here: bit.ly/buntifulwells. The registration form also helps us with an estimate of how much bunting is being made.
Offline users: register your interest by contacting Project Factory on 01749 372234 and you will be kept up to date with the project through phone calls from one of the Bunting Ambassadors. You may fancy being a Bunting Ambassador yourself !
More Online: https://www.facebook.com/Wellscommunitybunting/ or at www.projectfactory.uk/events You can find it on Lets Do It Wells here: https://www.letsdoitwells.com/get-involved/an-hour-or- two/make-a-swag-of-bunting/32/ In addition you can always contact the project by email through [email protected] VOLUNTARY, COMMUNITY & SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Culture Recovery Fund: rebuilding for cultural organisations & heritage sites April-June 2021 (Arts Council / HM Govt.) COVID Support Force - how HM Forces are continuing their support 22nd Jan, MOD) Help shape the National Strategy For Disabled People: SURVEY (Cabinet Office / Disability Unit – open now, closes 13th February.) Share your photos of England's listed buildings and places (Historic England)
ARCHIVE Community Grant Opportunities for Groups (Somerset Community Foundation) Selfridges, shipwrecks & 1960s churches! 400 new sites added to National heritage List 2020(Historic England) WINDOW WONDERLAND: Connecting people and transforming streets into magical outdoor galleries Spark A Change - Discover a volunteering opportunity near you (Spark Somerset) Join the Covid19 Vaccine Registry & help the research programmes (NHS) NHS Volunteers - recruiting in the south west: find out more Volunteers sought to help upskill charities (Somerset Community Fund) Support for Covid-19 groups & for plannng new community projects (SparkSomerset’s new Community Development Worker) Bristol Water's £500 monthly grant for charity or community group Become a Dementia Friend online - sessions listing here
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REORGANISATION
One Somerset: final Business Case submission (Dec. 2020) 'Stronger Somerset': District Council's proposals
THE SPARE CORNER
(clipart library) We've got hills too! Check out Somerset's Marilyns, Humps and Tumps in this list of hills in the county.... (Source: Wikipaedia) KEEPING SAFE Outbuildings, perimeters, farm vehicles, livestock & tack, fuel tanks: security advice to beat rural crime (A&S Police)
VACCINE FRAUD: The NHS will NEVER ask you to press a button on your keypad or send a text asking you to confirm you want the vaccine. NEVER arrive unannounced to administer a vaccine NEVER ask for documentation to prove your identity NEVER ask for payment for the vaccine or for your bank details.
If you receive a call you believe to be fraudulent, hang up. If you are suspicious about an email you have received, forward it to [email protected]. Suspicious text messages should be forwarded to the number 7726, which is free of charge (ActionFraud) ARCHIVE . Vaccination Scam (Age UK, 6th January) . Texts offering vaccinations - scam (Devon & Somerset Trading Standards) . Mendip West Newsletter (A&S Police, Nov 2020) . Romance fraud and safe dating online (A&SPolice, October 2020) . BT Phone Scams - report form (BT) . Your Favourite Things? Register possessions for free (A&S Police) . Keeping Cyber-safe during Covid-19 Quick Tips (Avon & Somerset Police) Crime statistics, policing priorities & events - enter your postcode (A&SPolice) . Keeping children safe online during Covid-19 (A&SPolice) . Charities & pandemic fraud (ActionFraud) FARMING & RURAL NEWS Farm theft, poaching & rural crime - January Update (CLA / A&S Police)
ARCHIVE "Farming Is Changing" - overview of Government 7 year plan, starting 2021(DEFRA) Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trust - business & mental resilience to the UK Farming Community (FarmWell) Basic Payment Schemes: 2021 cap, changes & simplifications (RPA, 23rd December) Advice for people with animals - domestic and livestock (DEFRA, 13th January) Rural Economic Bulletin, December 2020 (Defra) Changes to the Countryside Code - your views are wanted (NFU) Overview of the Agriculture Act 2020 - what's new, what's changed (HofC) Information for farmers, landowners and rural businesses Updated 13th January (RPA) NFU updates & Advice (current) Impact of dog waste (Neosporosis) on livestock (Moredun Research) RURAL CRIME HOTLINE 0800 783 0137
ENVIRONMENT (Including Mendip AONB & Somerset Wildlife Trust News)
MendipAONB newsletter subscription: [email protected] Summary of key projects taking place across Mendip AONB in 2021 Really Wild Quiz! Online via Zoom, Wed 10th February 7.30pm-9pm (SWT)
CAMPAIGNS 'Vulnerable to extinction' - petition for better legal protection for hedgehogs (BHPS) Cultivating Sustainable habits & easy-read version (Cllr Jane Walker, SCO PC Resilience Officer) Somerset's 3 AONBs £248,900 grant from the Green Recovery Challenge Fund (Mendip AONB) Supporting Mental Health & Wellbeing in Somerset Through Nature: Partnership Project Launched (Somerset Wildlife Trust, Somerset AONBs & National Lottery Community Fund) Ash Die-Back appeal on YouTube (Stephen Moss, President: Somerset Wildlife Trust) Free Guide for taking ACTION FOR INSECTS (Somerset Wildlife Trust) 'Lifelines: The Vital Dry Stone Walls of the Mendip Hills'. (Mendip AONB)
REPORTS 'Government Planning Reforms Must Address the Nature & Climate Crisis' (Somerset Wildlife Trust)
SURVEYS Orchard Survey: own, know of or manage an orchard? Get involved (PTES) Survey results: the role & importance of nature during Coronavirus (RSPB)
LOCAL PLACES Clare Balding & Prof Alice Roberts on Draycott Sleights (Ramblings, BBC Sounds) TRANSPORT NEWS
CURRENT TRAFFIC NOTICES
JANUARY 2021
TRAFFIC NOTICE: Wells Road, Panborough, 18-29th January 2021 TRAFFIC NOTICE: Old Frome Road, East Horrington, 27-29th January 2021
FEBRUARY 2021
TRAFFIC NOTICE: Stoppers Lane, Coxley 4-5th February 2021 TRAFFIC NOTICE: West Horrington Village (Peace Close Lane, Village Lane & Kingdom), 8-19th February 2021
MARCH 2021
TRAFFIC NOTICE: Bath Road, Wells, 15-26th March 2021
No 67 Bus: Notice of temporary Wookey termination There is an upcoming road closure at Panborough (details below) which will unfortunately affect Service 67 for the duration. Mendip Community Transport (MCT) will be terminating at Wookey, as there isn’t a viable alternative route around the closure. Between the 18th and 29th January, there will not be a connecting service in Wedmore. This will also affect the Saturday service on the 23rd January. MCT will put up notices on the bus, so passengers are aware. If any key workers are affected, we will arrange alternative transport during the closure.
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SLOWWAYS - Footpath and walking fans!
CREATING A NETWORK OF WALKING ROUTES THAT CONNECTS ALL OF GREAT BRITAIN’S TOWNS AND CITIES.
Read the BBC report here!
BRIDLEWAY TEMPORARY CLOSURE
KING’S CASTLE WOODS
Closures are required as there is the likelihood of danger to the public whilst trees suffering from advanced ash dieback are being felled. The Order will come into force on 22 October 2020 and will remain in force for six months. PLEASE SEE ON SITE SIGNAGE FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON CLOSURE DATES AND ANY ALTERNATIVE ROUTES. ------
PLAY AREAS ARE NO-DOG AREAS
Read more about why dogs are not permitted in play areas here Thank you for your support.
PLAYGROUND COVID-19 SECURITY MEASURES
o encouraging parents to bring hand sanitiser gel or wipes to clean their children’s hands
o Clean equipment, particularly where there are clear touch points such as swing rockers and see saws
o Don’t touch their faces, and to cough or sneeze into a tissue or arm when a tissue is not available
o to remind adults and children not to put their mouths on equipment or their hands in their mouths
o to remind users to dispose of used face coverings and PPE properly in a ‘black bag’ waste bin or litter bin, and not to put into recycling bins