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Every GP practice is required to have a patient Participation Group (PPG) to provide communication and dialogue between the practice and its patients, and so address the changing needs of the practice community.

Chillington PPG are volunteers who meet regularly with the practice manager and one of the doctors – usually the senior partner, Francis Carnegy.  The group discusses the services available, and how changes can be made for the benefit of patients and the practice.

Linked here is their latest Newsletter: Chillington PPG News Jan 2025

With the Tree Council, researcher Ollie Spacey at the University of Oxford launched a national mistletoe survey called “MistleGO!” last winter, whereby members of the public and Tree Wardens alike, submitted sightings and recorded local abundance of European Mistletoe via a mobile app.

They received a fantastic >1250 records and the project will continue to run for the next two winters.

They’re now building on their database of mistletoe sightings across the country and the Parish Council would like to encourage you all to please get involved!

See the poster, linked below, to see how you might download the app and join in.

MistleGO! Poster — how to help

At their meeting on 3rd September, East Portlemouth Parish Council reviewed and revised their scheme to subsidise travel costs for 16-18 year olds living in the Parish.

The Parish Council will continue to subsidise the travel costs, either in whole or in part, of 16-18 year olds living in the Parish in order to help local families benefit from financial support and to fill the gap left by Devon County Council policy.

More information can be found in the revised policy document, or by contacting the Clerk to the council.

From the Parish Council:

“Please be informed that the Parish Council Meeting scheduled for 6th August 2024 has been cancelled, as there are no submitted planning applications for discussion. The next meeting will therefore be on Tuesday 3rd September”

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Parliamentary Election for the South Devon Constituency

1. An Election is to be held of One Member of Parliament for South Devon Constituency.
2. Forms of nomination for the Parliamentary Election may be obtained at Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE from the Acting Returning Officer who will, at the request of an elector for any electoral area prepare a nomination paper for signature.
3. Nomination papers must be delivered to the Acting Returning Officer, Election Office, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5NE on any day after the date of this notice between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm but no later than 4 pm on Friday, 7 June 2024.
4. At the same time as delivering the nomination paper candidates must also supply a £500 deposit which must be made either by the deposit of cash (legal tender) or by means of a United Kingdom banker’s draft.
5. If any election is contested the poll will take place on Thursday 4th July 2024 between the hours of 7am and 10pm.
6. New applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight on Tuesday 18 June 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
7. New applications for a postal vote or postal proxy, and amendments or cancellations of postal or proxy arrangements, must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday, 19 June 2024. Postal Vote applications can be made online at https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
8. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024. Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate
9. New applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5 pm on Wednesday, 26 June 2024. Proxy applications can be made online at https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
10. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Thursday, 4 July 2024.

Electoral Registration Officer
South Hams Local Authority Area: Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5NE
Torbay Local Authority Area: Town Hall, Castle Circus, Torquay, TQ1 3DR

dated Tuesday 4th June 2024
Andrew Jonathan Bates, Acting Returning Officer.