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Matara is hosting a Christmas Tree sale this Saturday, 10th December, in aid of www.roryswell.org, a charity which supports drilling wells to bring clean, safe drinking water to communities in desperate need in Sierra Leone.
Saturday 10th December
From 12 noon to 4pm
Please note, entrance is into the fields at Matara
off the A4135 and is well signposted
Come along and buy your Christmas tree VERY locally and help raise money for a good cause at the same time.
A colleague of mine at Wycliffe College is collecting warm clothes to take to Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. The refugees who are stranded and trapped there are freezing. My colleague is flying over to represent Refugee Aid Stroud as a volunteer and fundraiser and has booked 40 kilos of extra luggage. Anything you can offer that is warm for all ages and can be easily transported would be welcome.
You can drop anything that you have which might be of use for those poor people to me at No11 Kingscote. or give me a call or text on 07811922926 or email me at Shazzerator@gmail.com
Thanks in advance!
Sharon
Are you ready for winter?
The recent freezing temperatures across the District have reminded us all that we need to take extra care now that winter is here.
With this in mind, the Council is promoting a ‘Get ready for Winter’ page on its website which provides help and advice about preparing for winter and bad weather including, driving, school closures, possible disruptions to waste collections, flooding and snow.
See www.cotswold.gov.uk/residents/get-ready-for-winter/
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Contrary to the date shown in The Forerunner, the next meeting of the Parish Council will be at 8.00 pm in the Hunters Hall on Tuesday 31st January 2017.
Please note for your diaries.
Anna Davison – Clerk
Does anyone have, or know of, a dry, secure garage nearby that I could rent, in which to keep a classic car? The car would be taken out only in fair weather, so minimal coming and going. And no restoration work or anything like that – purely a roof over its head.
If so, I’d be extremely grateful – and happy!
Please contact Nick Darke: 01453 861062 (The Coach House, Ashcroft, Kingscote). Thank you.
Cotswold District Council will be waiving parking charges temporarily to support the launch of festive celebrations at several local market towns.
Christmas shoppers will be able to enjoy free parking to attend Christmas lights switch-ons and celebratory events in line with the following arrangements:
Saturday 26 November
Moreton-in-Marsh: free parking all day at Old Market Way car park.
Cirencester: free parking after 3 pm at all CDC car parks in town.
Thursday 1 December to Saturday 3 December
Tetbury: All Car Parks in Tetbury will be free of charge from 4pm on the 1 December until 6pm on Saturday the 3 December. (NOTE: Sunday is normally free parking, therefore parking will be free in Tetbury from 4pm on the 1st until 8am on 5th).
Friday 2 December
Chipping Campden: free all day at Market Square
Bourton-on-the-Water: free parking after 3 pm at Rissington Rd car park (donations to local charities will be accepted on the day).
Friday 9 December
Stow-on-the-Wold: free parking from 3 pm at Maugersbury Rd car park.
Cllr Chris Hancock, CDC Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Partnerships, said:
“Waiving charges for Christmas light switch-ons and other festive events should save money for the many families across the District who plan to travel by car to enjoy one of more of these spectacles. We also hope that it will encourage people to arrive earlier and boost trade in local shops.
“We are already operating a ‘free after 3pm’ scheme every day at the Brewery and Forum car parks in Cirencester, and Christmas shoppers can also benefit from free parking on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays at the Council’s Trinity Road headquarters (GL7 1PX) and also at the St James’s Place offices (GL7 1FP).”
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Bob McNally
Press and Media Liaison Officer,
Cotswold District Council
Tel: 01285 623120
Website: www.cotswold.gov.uk
email: press@cotswold.gov.uk
Twitter: @CotswoldDC @CDCBizmatters
Kingscote, Bagpath & Newington are holding a village event in the Village Hall on:
Please email Pauline McTear to confirm your attendance or call 861311.
There will soon be some changes to the provision of recycling ‘bring’ sites across Cotswold District, reducing the number of glass recycling banks while increasing recycling facilities for the recycling of textiles and ‘Tetrapak’ cartons.
Glass recycling banks will only be retained at locations which have a full range of recycling banks.
This should have a very limited effect on residents as glass is one of the items that can be recycled through the fortnightly kerbside collection service. Glass bottles and jars can be left out alongside papers, cans and tins in the kerbside recycling box, mixed plastics (plastic bottles, pots tubs and trays) in the white reusable sack and cardboard in the blue reusable sack.
We are increasing the number of banks for textiles and cartons as it is not possible to recycle these at the kerbside. Textile recycling banks will be included at all recycling points (space permitting). Carton (‘Tetrapak’) recycling banks will be available at three key locations across the District initially so that we can assess their effectiveness before considering additional banks as they cost the Council about £1,000 a year to operate.
To explore innovative packaging solutions that align with these sustainability goals, visit www.eliter-packaging.com. As the District assesses the effectiveness of these changes, further expansion of carton recycling banks will be explored, reinforcing the community’s proactive engagement in waste reduction and responsible packaging practices.
What happens next?
In the next two weeks the Council will display posters on the glass recycling banks which are scheduled for withdrawal. The actual removals will take place from the week commencing 5 December.
Once the glass banks have been taken away, the new textile and/or carton banks will be installed – for full details of locations please see the Notes below.
Cllr Sue Coakley, CDC Cabinet Member for Environment, believes that these changes will be welcomed:
“We have consulted Members and the affected Parishes and have received a favourable response to the proposed changes. We believe that the increase in the number of textile and Tetrapak recycling facilities will satisfy a growing demand to recycle these products while removing the glass recycling banks should not have a major impact on our recycling totals.
“I would remind residents that most glass recyclable items can be left at the kerbside to be picked up by our regular recycling collection service.”
For further information about recycling, please visit the relevant CDC website or the Recycle for Gloucestershire website.
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NOTES
Bring sites where glass recycling banks will be removed:
Avening* – Sunground Playground
Barrington – Inn for All Seasons Public House
Barrington – Fox Public House
Chedworth – Village Hall
Cirencester – Abbey Car Park
Cirencester – School Lane
Cirencester – Waterloo Car Park
Daylesford – Daylesford Estate
Didmarton – Village Hall
Meysey Hampton – Church Street car park
North Cerney – FHA garages
Northleach – Westwoods centre
Sapperton – Bell Inn car park
Sherbourne – Social club car park
Temple Guiting – Village Hall
Westonbirt – Arboretum
Weston Subedge – land near Bowls Club
Withington – Mill Inn car park
Bring sites where textile recycling banks will be introduced:
Barrington – Inn for All Seasons Public House
Down Ampney – Village Hall
North Cerney – FHA garages
Sapperton – Bell Inn car park
Temple Guiting – Village Hall
Tetbury – Tesco
Weston Subedge – land near Bowls Club
Withington – Mill Inn car park
Bring sites where ‘Tetrapak’ carton recycling banks will be introduced:
Andoversford – Village Hall
Bourton-on-the-Water – Rissington Road car park
Tetbury – Tesco
Bring sites where there will be no changes:
Cirencester – Beeches car park
Fairford – Hatherop Road
Stow-on-the-Wold – Maugersbury Road car park
*All banks will be removed at the request of the Parish Council
Bob McNally
Press and Media Liaison Officer,
Cotswold District Council
Tel: 01285 623120
Website: www.cotswold.gov.uk
email: press@cotswold.gov.uk
Twitter: @CotswoldDC @CDCBizmatters
Dear ALL
PRIVATE Fireworks at The Kingscote Barn on Saturday 19th November 2016 at 10pm for approximately 10 mins and will be run by Coates Fireworks .
Kindest Regards,
Juliette
Juliette Ford
Kingscote Barn, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8YE
01453 861161