TV to be available at Village Hall Christmas Party!

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The East Portlemouth Village Hall Christmas Party starts at 6pm on Saturday 10th December

The hall team are looking forward to seeing you on Saturday. Santa will be there with presents for all the under 18s in the village. There will be fun and games for all the family, a raffle, bring and share food, and a bar.

We understand that there is a football match starting at 7pm, which some of you may be interested in watching. We will set up a screen in the meeting room, so you won’t need to miss any action but will have all the other activities going on at the same time.

What you need to know about Scarlet Fever, iGAS, and other health advice

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Devon County Council’s latest Care and Health Newsletter has been released, it includes information about:

  • What do you need to know about scarlet fever and Group A Strep infections?
    • What is Scarlet Fever?
    • What are the symptoms of Scarlet Fever?
    • What is invasive Group A Step (iGAS)?
    • When should I seek medical help?
  • Warning and advice ahead of Devon’s cold snap
  • It’s not too late to have your flu vaccination
  • Share your views on our healthy lifestyle service (complete the Health and Wellbeing survey)

You can read the newsletter online here: DCC Care and Health, 7th December 2022

Free School Meal Holiday Vouchers

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From Devon County Council:

Families to receive help to buy food during school holidays

Families in Devon on low incomes, whose children receive free school meals, will get support this winter to help them buy food during the school holidays.

Once again, we’re providing holiday food vouchers for children and young people who are eligible for benefit-related free school meals.

If you have children at school and your financial circumstances have changed, your children may be eligible for free school meals.

You can find out by applying online through our Devon Citizen’s Portal.

The deadline for applications, in order to receive free school meal holiday vouchers for the Christmas school holiday, is Friday 16 December, so please apply as soon as possible.

Before the end of this term, we’ll be sending eligible families free school meal holiday vouchers to cover both the Christmas and February 2023 half-term holidays at the same time. That’s to give families more flexibility to prioritise and budget their winter food expenditure themselves.

Vouchers can be used at the following supermarkets: Aldi, Iceland, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Asda, Waitrose and M&S Food.

Read the Devon County Council News Update at:  Weekly Roundup Friday 2nd December 2022

Christmas changes to recycling and waste collections

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South Hams have now released their confirmed dates this year’s waste and recycling collections in the South Hams over the Christmas period.

Table of collection dates from SHDC

More information about SHDC waste and recycling may be found online at https://southhams.gov.uk/recyclingwaste

 

Works on the A379 completed

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The works on the A379 at Frogmore finished on Wednesday 16th November and the road reopened from 12:30 on that day. There is no longer any need for the diversionary route and traffic can now resume as normal.

A379 at Frogmore to reopen for the weekend

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From Councillor Julian Brazil

A379 Closure (Frogmore) Update
The road will be open for the weekend (from 4.30pm today Friday 11th November). It will close again on Monday morning (14th November).
I’ve visited the site on a number of occasions. They have been making steady progress and it is hoped the road will be opened permanently earlier than planned. Please remember to drive with care and consideration and try to avoid Sherford. Thank you for your patience.

Possible closed parking at Mill Bay, and disruption to coastal footpath

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from the National Trust:
“we will be carrying out some essential tree safety work, required due to Ash dieback disease, at Mill Bay car park and along the South West Coastal Path from the car park. The work will be carried out by an arboricultural contractor who will be on site on Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th November.
The car park will remain open but there may be some areas of the parking closed to enable them to carry out the work, the majority of the work will be along the SWCP, again the path will remain open but there may be some temporary interruptions while they carry out the operations.”

Bird Flu Detected in the Area

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Bird Flu has been detected in our area. In order to avoid spreading it, the advice from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Animal and Plant Health Agency is:

  • keep to the footpath;
  • keep dogs on leads;
  • do not feed wild waterfowl;
  • do not pick up, or touch, dead or sick wild birds;
  • do not touch wild bird feathers, or surfaces contaminated with wild bird droppings;
  • if you keep poultry or other birds, wash your hands and clean and disinfect your footwear  before tending to your birds.

Avian influenza (bird flu) is a notifiable animal disease.

If you suspect any type of bird flu in poultry or captive birds you must report it immediately by calling the DEFRA Rural Services Helpline on 03000 200 301.

You should call the DEFRA helpline (03459 33 55 77) if you find:

  • one or more dead bird of prey or owl
  • 3 or more dead gulls or wild waterfowl (swans, geese and ducks)
  • 5 or more dead birds of any species

More information may be found at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/avian-influenza-bird-flu

Proposed 18 month temporary road closure

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On 24th October 2022, Devon County Council have issued a notice of the temporary prohibition of traffic from Monday 7th November 2022 until Monday 6th May 2024 on the unmetalled, unclassified road (number 302) from the gateway above Waterhead Cottage to the Waterhead Creek Foreshore.

Further information may be obtained by contacting Public Rights of Way on 0345 155 1004

The alternative route is shown in the plan linked below,

  • via road 302, East Portlemouth,
  • road C251 (East Portlemouth to Chivelstone Road),
  • minor road P2710 (Road Junction near Devonshire Bridge to Gullet cross),
  • minor road P2527 (Gullet Cross to Gullet Farm Entrance),
  • unclassified road 301 South Pool,
  • and the unclassified road 302 East Portlemouth and vice versa

East Portlemouth uUCR 302 Closure & Diversion Plan

“Energy Wise Show” to help communities with energy crisis

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On 22nd October, Totnes Climate Club released:

On the 29th October, there will be an “Energy Wise Show” in Totnes Civic Hall (TQ9 5SN). This is being created with the help of Transition Town Totnes, Citizens Advice, various local charities, organisations, community energy groups, businesses & with the support of Totnes Town council’s Paige Adams Trust.

The aim of this event is to help our local communities to better cope with the energy & cost of living crises that are fast encroaching. There will be energy advisors, talks, retrofit advisors, solar panel fitters, insulation advisors, carbon ambassadors, community energy groups & good people to meet & chat with. There will also be coffee & tea. The event is free.

There will be a lot of information & advice that could be really useful both for your parishioners and also for local councils, as there are a couple of schemes that Devon County Council is backing to help parishes to be able to adopt community energy projects at the local level. To this end, I would like to invite and encourage you to come along and learn about the opportunities that are now available.

Poster for the Energy Wise Show