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Residents in southern Oxfordshire are being encouraged to make the most of their pumpkins this Halloween. If they cannot be used for cooking or composting, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Council is asking people to recycle their pumpkins as food waste. Householders can either cut them up and put them in their…

Over 35 local community champions from the Vale of White Horse were awarded for their commitment to helping others living in the district. Members of local community groups and individual volunteers were nominated to attend an award ceremony by Cllr Margaret Crick, Chair of Vale of White Horse District Council, as a thank you for…

The Tidy team has done a fabulous job in Gloucester Street,Westland road to Highworth and Canada lane . Before After

A new council committee in Vale of White Horse, which aims to help tackle the climate emergency, met for the first time this week and unanimously recommended that the council should aspire to become carbon neutral by 2030 and become a carbon neutral district by 2045. As a first step, the committee is recommending the…

The Vale Climate Emergency Advisory Committee is set to meet for the first time at 6pm on Tuesday 15 October. The politically balanced committee meeting is open for anyone to attend and, chaired by Cllr David Grant, members will discuss recommendations on targets to becoming carbon neutral. The committee will discuss three recommendation options:  To…

Town councillors will be available for you to raise any issues or ideas every Saturday. Please visit them in the Information Centre in the Pump House between 10am and 12pm. Contact Jo King for further details. [email protected]

We are looking at starting a weekly craft fair, Saturday mornings, in the Jubilee Room, Pump House. From November. £5 per table. Are you interested ? Contact Adele – [email protected]

After lots of requests at our Public Climate meeting we are investigating holding a weekly repair cafe’ in the Old Town Hall on Saturdays. We are particularly looking for people in the following areas: Carpenters Computer fixers Craft people Electricians Electronics repairers DIYers  Sewing people Can you help? Would you like to be involved in…

Oxfordshire Youth Opportunity Fund… your community’s chance to bid for funding Voluntary and community organisations are being invited to bid for portions of Oxfordshire County Council’s new £1m two-year grant fund: Youth Opportunity Fund. Feedback from Oxfordshire residents points to strong support for improving community-run youth services. This new fund is available to help existing projects expand…