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Donate to Fosse Foodbank
The Reading Room will be open between 2 and 3 pm on Wednesday 22nd April to receive donations for Fosse Foodbank.
Priority items are:
- Long life fruit juice
- Jam
- Tins of custard, rice pudding and fruit
- Tins of meat
- Instant mash
- Dried milk
- Sponge puddings
- Rice
- Sugar
- Household items and toiletries
COVID-19 Updates
The Covid-19 website has been updated to include:
- latest police advice
- additional companies that will deliver food to Avon Dassett including Steve Betts of Banbury (butchers) and Cana Wines of Harbury
- additional lockdown resources
Write an article for the Compton Chronicle
The Compton Chronicle is keen to continue producing the magazine during this difficult time. Many of our clubs and societies will have nothing to report but there are many talented people in the village and this is an opportunity for them to shine. Anyone can write a short article on any topic to inform and entertain readers. If the magazine is unable to be printed it will be provided as a pdf.
To submit your article please email comptonchronicle@yahoo.co.uk
VE Day Pop-Up Market – Cancelled but many stallholders online and deliver locally
Due to the Coronavirus pandemic we are sorry that the planned VE Day market has been cancelled. However, many stallholders also trade online and will deliver locally. Please support them!
- Nicky Jones from the Craft Studio, Kineton;
- Sharon Marsh of Marsh Melts candles;
- Napton Buffalo; Savage Aromatics;
- Richard Pemberton and Gail Girvan of the Hippy Hare Co;
- Liz Hirst of Skin & Tonique;
- Sarah Bennett of Flamingo Paperie;
- Gemma Deering of Love Grub Southam;
- Chris Todd bespoke bird tables;
- Adrienne Obbard of Ratley recycled crafts
New Avon Dassett Coronavirus Advice Website Launched
Avon Dassett Community Website has put together a new site bringing together links and advice during the Coronavirus pandemic. The website is packed with information with links to government advice, to the NHS, district and county council support, the Avon Dassett Covid-19 Support group and top tips for keeping well whilst staying at home.
The site will be continually updated, so save the link now!
April Edition of Compton Chronicle Published Online
Due to the Coronavirus and government advice to stay at home, the Compton Chronicle is not being delivered door to door (although in Avon Dassett you can pick up a copy from the bus shelter).
For convenience please also see this online edition:
Covid-19 – Waste and Recycling
Please read the following information about changes to waste and recycling services run by Warwickshire County Council.
Recycling centre closures
Following the announcement by the Prime Minister on the evening of Monday 23 March that everyone should stay at home to save lives, we have closed all household waste recycling centres with immediate effect.
Recycling centres will not open from Tuesday 24 March onwards, for an indefinite period. Visiting recycling centres is not included in the reasons for leaving home.
All households should make full use of their kerbside waste collection service, which your local council is making every effort to keep operational for your recycling, green and food waste and general waste.
Warwickshire waste transfer stations
Warwickshire waste transfer stations will continue to operate for district and borough councils and for trade waste.
Commercial, charged for, waste can still be brought to:
- Princes Drive, Leamington
- Hunters Lane, Rugby
Site users must observe social distancing at the weighbridge and when tipping.
Waste must be separated for recycling and composting as normal – lower charges apply for recycling than for general waste.
Cards are accepted but cash is not.
Support for families eligible for free school meals
Information about accessing services from Stratford District Council
- Elizabeth House will not open to the public until further notice. Posters advertising how the public can contact the Council are on the main doors and we have arrangements in place for the most exceptional cases. For your information, yesterday we had 27 visitors to Elizabeth House, of which the vast majority were renewing parking permits, we only had one visitor with emergency needs. We will keep this situation under review and will open our doors again as soon as is safe to do so;
- Homeworking : as you will aware, we have been gradually increasing our capacity as an organisation to work remotely over the last few weeks. We have now reached the stage however where we only want those officers in Elizabeth House who meet the following definition, those staff who cannot work from home and they are delivering one of the Council’s business critical services. The business critical services for the Council being:
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- Finance/Payroll;
- Building Control emergency staff;
- Communications;
- Community Support including those redeployed to support Hubs;
- Customer Services including contact centre;
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- Environmental Protection;
- Food Safety;
- Benefits – Housing and Council Tax (significant increase in demand already);
- Homelessness/Rough Sleepers/housing need officers;
- ICT;
- Legal;
- Licensing;
- Premises and Safety;
For other members of staff they will be expected to work from home, in the event that they have no homeworking capacity they are still expected to stay away from Elizabeth House. However, it is absolutely essential if staff are in this position that they are contactable and that the SDC TAB is updated with their contact details. We have significant additional equipment expected to be delivered this week. Management Team are working with the Service Managers in prioritising the roll out of this equipment to those that currently have no homeworking ability and are delivering a business critical service.