Category: News

Applying to join Oxfordshire Libraries online Go to www.libcat.oxfordshire.gov.uk  and click ‘Join the Library’ and fill in your details. We will email your account access details back to you within 1-2 working days eBooks and eAudio https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ebooks Choose from a great range of fiction and non-fiction reading for adults and children. We are investing in…

At the end of the first day of reopening, Oxfordshire County Council Cabinet Member Cllr Yvonne Constance wanted to thank all those who visited for playing their part. The sites at Alkerton, Ardley, Dix Pit, Drayton, Oakley Wood, Redbridge and Stanford in the Vale have been extremely busy since they opened at 8.00am this morning…

We can all face problems that are too stressful or complicated to sort out alone. Last year, our 150 volunteers advised over 11,000 people. We helped three quarters resolve their debt, benefits, employment and housing problems. We now need more advisers to help us during and after the Covid-19 crisis. Normally, our main offices are…

Mental health problems can affect anyone, at any time and one in four people will experience some form of mental distress during their lifetime. This can include depression, anxiety, panic disorders and eating disorders, as well as conditions such as bipolar and schizophrenia. So, for one week each May, an awareness campaign takes place to look at…

As you may know, the Oxfordshire Registration Service, in common with all local registration services in England and Wales are registering only deaths currently, and most of this work is being carried out by registrars working at home. Register offices across the county are currently closed to the public, but there is a small staff…

PopUp Business School is a FREE traveling business school that runs intensive courses helping you to get going. Our courses are run in seminar style with cohorts of anywhere between 30 people and 300. You will receive 1-2-1 support on how to be resilient and sustain your business during uncertain times, how to make sales,…

Spread the joy of gardening, send in photos of your garden so we can compile them to make a virtual tour of Faringdon’s gardens. Small or large garden, a single bloom, window box or allotment we would love to see what you are growing! Get the whole family involved, it would be great to see…

Recycling centres reopening, celebrating carers, bluebell woodlands and community support May 2020 We’re celebrating the care sector and key workers! Thank you to all those in the care sector and to everyone who goes above and beyond the call of duty to deliver essential and flexible services. From the emergency services and armed services to…

Dear Playday Partners Following much deliberation and based on the most recent advice from the Government we have taken the very difficult decision to Postpone our Play and Activity days for 2020. This is not the decision we wanted to make as these events will be needed more than ever this year to help Communities…