As winter arrives and temperatures drop thoughts may be turning tostaying warm and well. There’s a range of support, tips, advice andgrants, available in Oxfordshire. The free, local and independent Better Housing Better Healthservice is there for residents who may be finding it hard to keepthemselves or their family warm and well. For some residents…
Author: Liza Whitney
Christmas & New Year break for Faringdon Junior Youth Club
Our last Faringdon Junior Youth Club session of 2023 is on Tuesday 12th December. We will return in the New Year on Tuesday 9th January 2024.
Community & Partnerships meeting to be held on Monday 4th December 2023 at 7pm
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Community & Partnerships committee to be held on Monday 4th December 2023 at 7pm in The Jubilee Room, The Pump House , Faringdon, SN7 7HL. Press and public are invited to attend the meeting in person or online. Please use this link: Click here to join…
Apply for Primary School Place now
Apply online at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/primaryadmissions . Deadline for applications is 15th January 2024.
Delivering the Housing that your Rural Community Needs – two talks on housing needs
Come along to hear about how we can support you and take the opportunity to talk about your own community needs. In Oxfordshire’s rural communities, the market for housing has become divorced from local people and their incomes and serves primarily second and holiday homeowners and retirees, who have far more to spend on housing…
Road closure for central Faringdon: Christmas Light Switch on, 2nd December
Notice is hereby given that Vale of White Horse District Council has made an Orderunder Section 21 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, the effect of which is, on theoccasion of the Christmas Lights On Event on 02 December 2023 between 09:30and 19:00 to close the roads below to all vehicular traffic:• Cornmarket.• Market…
Faringdon & District Royal British Legion meeting
The December Meeting of Faringdon & District royal British legion will be Wednesday 20th December (third Wednesday of the month) 7.30pm at the Bowls Club, Gravel Walk. All Welcome.
Free parking days offered in Vale of White Horse this December
Starting on 2 December and running until 23 December, free car parking is being provided at various sites in Abingdon, Faringdon and Wantage, by the Vale of White Horse District Council, to encourage people to visit their independent shops for Christmas gifts to help support local businesses. Drivers will be able to park for free…
Temporary Road Closure and “No Waiting” restriction at Shrivenham / Ashbury, B4000
In the interests of public safety, it will be necessary for Oxfordshire County Council to close the road and impose a ‘No Waiting’ restriction as detailed above to facilitate carriageway patching works. A temporary Notice is being made to implement the temporary closure and will on 19 January 2024. This will operate between 09:30 and…
Free trees for schools and communities, apply now:
The Woodland Trust is giving FREE trees to schools and communities. The Trust is currently taking applications for tree packs to be delivered in March 2024. Applications are expected to close in January, or sooner depending on stock availability. To apply see their website.