21st and 27th March Come and Meet Enrych Oxfordshire & Bucks Come and join us on Zoom, to learn more about how Enrych are supporting physically disabled adults in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.www.eventbrite.co.uk About this event At Enrych we believe that every adult with a disability should be able to choose how they live and be…
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EV charging has doubled in first six months of the VoWHDC scheme
Vale of White Horse District Council’s installation of Electric Vehicle chargers at its car parks has seen charging volumes double in its first six months. In June last year 62 EV chargers were installed across five of the council’s car parks in Abingdon, Faringdon and Wantage as part of the county-wide Park and Charge scheme. The…
Please can you help?
Please do respond to these consultations. To help, CPRE Oxfordshire has prepared 5-minute guides to responding, picking out what we think are the major issues. Sustainable Water – not a Mega-voir! Despite years of well-justified opposition, Thames Water is still pursuing plans for a mega-reservoir near Abingdon, with all the environmental destruction this would cause. …
South and Vale Business Support
In collaboration with ShopAppy, we’re encouraging people to support their local businesses on 14 February for ‘Love Local Day’. Love Local Day 2023 comes at a time when many small independent high street businesses are under immense pressure, due to soaring inflation, costly energy bills and reduced consumer spend, so this year it’s more important…
Hundreds use new website to help shape districts’ future
A new interactive website helped ensure communities had their say on the future of South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse. The website was created by the two district councils to ask people their thoughts on their Joint Local Plan. The plan will help guide the councils when deciding on new housing and jobs…
Victim Services consultation – focus group opportunities
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for the Thames Valley will be recommissioning support services for victims later this year. To ensure that victims get the best possible support we would like to get the views from those who have experienced crime on what is and isn’t working currently in support services….
Half Term Art Project at Blenheim Palace
Do you have young people still looking for something to do during half term? If so, we have a programme running that week at Blenheim palace for young people to create a large scale piece of art. The final outcome of the project will be to turn this… …into something more like this… If this sounds…
Fun, free and low-cost activities for families this February half term
South Oxfordshire and the Vale South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils arts centres and Active Communities team have planned a week of theatre, workshops and physical activities for children and their families to engage with. Active Totz Active Totz is a fun play session that is full of energy and excitement, with…
The Great British Spring Clean 2023
The Keep Britain Tidy Great British Spring Clean will be running again this year from Friday 17 March to Sunday 2 April. As previously, the VoWHDC waste team will be supporting any community litter picking activities by providing litter pickers, hi-viz vests and bags to groups as well as picking up bagged litter. To make…
FREE Allergen training in Didcot or Banbury
A one-off, free opportunity for 1.5 hours face-to-face allergen training with qualified Environmental Health and Trading Standards Officers is available to Oxfordshire food businesses. You can attend your training locally at Didcot or travel to Banbury for the same training. For more details please complete the online booking form with details of the candidates: We…