Please see Southam Safer Neighbourhood Team’s latest newsletter with information on all recent local incidents.
The team have been touring local villages giving out crime prevention advice and information packs on the recent spate of van break-ins and thefts.
They can be contacted on:
Phone: 101
Email: southam.snt@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk
Twitter: @SouthamCops
Website: www.warwickshire.police.uk
A new edition of Stratford District Council’s Parish & Partners newsletter has been published packed with lots of useful information and advice.
The first flu clinic of the autumn will be held at Fenny Compton Surgery from 4-7 pm on Tuesday 18th September. Please phone the surgery on 01295 770855 for an appointment.
For the latest news from the surgery please see their newsletter.
There have been a small number of break-ins in Farnborough over the last 2/3 weeks. All cases have been reported to the local police who are actively investigating these incidents.
Residents of Avon Dassett are advised to be extra vigilant and try to ensure that garages and sheds are securely locked at all times. If there are any break-ins in the village it will be helpful if, in addition to reporting the incident to the local police via the 101 phone number, residents would also advise either the clerk to the Parish Council or any of your local councillors.
The men’s cycle race, the Tour of Britain, will come to the outskirts of the village on 5th September. Stars such as Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome will be participating.
The full timetable for the race local to Avon Dassett is:
| 136.0 | 47.5 | KoM 2 Cat 2 | Finish | Edge Hill  |
42 | 14:48 | 14:29 | 14:09 |
| 139.3 | 44.2 | Junction | Left | 42 | 14:53 | 14:34 | 14:14 | |
| 139.3 | 44.2 | T.Junction | Right | B4100 | 42 | 14:53 | 14:34 | 14:14 |
| 139.5 | 44.0 | Caution! | Steep Descent | 42 | 14:54 | 14:34 | 14:14 | |
| 144.9 | 38.6 | KoM 3 Cat 2 | Start | 42 | 15:02 | 14:42 | 14:21 | |
| 145.7 | 37.8 | Caution! | Cattle Grid | 42 | 15:03 | 14:43 | 14:22 | |
| 145.7 | 37.8 | Caution! | Sheep | 42 | 15:03 | 14:43 | 14:22 | |
| 146.4 | 37.1 | Keep Left | 42 | 15:05 | 14:44 | 14:23 | ||
| 146.5 | 37.0 | Caution! | Cattle Grid | 42 | 15:05 | 14:44 | 14:23 | |
| 146.8 | 36.7 | KoM 3 Cat 2 | Finish | Burton Dassett |
42 | 15:05 | 14:44 | 14:23 |
| 148.1 | 35.4 | Caution! | Fast Descent | 42 | 15:07 | 14:46 | 14:25 | |
| 148.8 | 34.7 | Sign | Fenny Compton | 42 | 15:08 | 14:47 | 14:26 | |
| 149.1 | 34.4 | Keep Left | Avon Dassett Road | 42 | 15:09 | 14:48 | 14:26 | |
| 149.6 | 33.9 | T.Junction | Right | Brook Street | 42 | 15:10 | 14:48 | 14:27 |
| 149.8 | 33.7 | X.Roads | Left | High Street | 42 | 15:10 | 14:49 | 14:27 |
| 151.6 | 31.9 | T.Junction | Left | A423 dir Southam | 42 | 15:13 | 14:51 | 14:29 |
In 2014, we at The Royal British Legion were inspired by the words of a school child visiting a war cemetery in Belgium, she wrote to us and said “I know that not everyone can be remembered as individuals, but I felt it was a shame for some people to have dozens of poppies and crosses while others had no one left to remember them.”
Everyone Remembered is that place, where all 1.1million Commonwealth Service men and women who fell during World War One will be individually remembered, including any who died from war related injuries up to two years after the conflict ended.
You can leave your own unique commemoration on our website to one of the fallen. Individuals like Private John Edward Thompson, who died on 15th September 1914 aged just 18 years old: Private Charles Saxby Davies of the Canadian Infantry who fell aged 23; or Rifleman Bal Sing Gurung of the Gurkha 4th Rifles whose age remains unknown.
You can remember a family member, someone from your local area or any of the many still left to be remembered. You’ll be helping us create a lasting legacy and ensure that none who fell are forgotten. It only takes a minute to create a lasting legacy, by visiting: http://www.everyoneremembered.org/.
Please see this comprehensive guide to funding and grants available for a range of rural projects:
All children in Avon Dassett use a bus to get to their primary school in Fenny Compton. Warwickshire Country Council has made the decision to remove all chaperones (apart from children with recognised needs) from the buses to save costs.
The overall saving is not insignificant at £114,000 a year across all of the Warwickshire County Council school buses. A Freedom of Information request has revealed that despite information to councillors to the contrary the Council has not undertaken any risk or safety assessment of this decision.
Parents in are extremely worried and feel the safety of their children, particularly the very young four and five year olds, are being put at risk, without any safety assessment.
Bus drivers are also worried about having to drive up to 30 children without any adult supervision. We all know the risks that could happen.
The decision will affect all young children that have to travel to school throughout the County. A group of parents have set up a petition on the Warwickshire County Council website to ask the Council to reconsider this decision.
The link to the petition is https://democratic.warwickshire.gov.uk/cmis5/Petitions/tabid/90/ID/88/Reinstate-chaperones-on-school-buses-for-children-aged-4-to-11.aspx
Avon Dassett Soapbox Derby will be back in 2019! The date is now confirmed as 22 June.
Entries will open at the end of February. In the meantime please visit the Soapbox Derby stall in the vintage/classic car display at the Dassett Country Show on Saturday 4th August from 12-5 pm.
