Many thanks to the Hare and Hounds for letting the Parish Council put the village Goodwishes Christmas tree in their garden and for lighting it up so well. True Community. It’s a Good wishes tree so don’t forget to hang your good wishes angel on the tree.
East Northamptonshire Council has now opened its Residents’ Survey for 2020. This will close on 1st January 2021. We would be grateful if you could take some time (10 minutes) to participate in the survey. This is an opportunity for residents to give their feedback on public services within the district and where you feel improvements could be made.
The survey can be accessed through the council website at https://www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/residentssurvey
There can be no doubt this has been a really difficult year for everyone. As we come up to Chistmas we thought about doing something to try and bring a little bit of happiness and good cheer to us all.
We are inviting all residents to decorate a tree at the front of their house, no matter how small or large. If you haven’t got a front garden or a tree, then decorating whatever you are able would be wonderful. The trees and decorations will be judged in the week before Christmas with a prize being awarded to the winner.
To accompany this competition the Council will be putting a Christmas tree up in the front garden of the pub and delivering a Good Wishes ornament to all residents. The idea is that you can write your good wishes to all your friends and neighbours and hang them on the tree instead of sending cards.
Please share this with everyone and help to spread a bit of joy.
“Dear Residents,
I am writing to you directly, as we enter the winter period, to inform you of the current situation relating to Coronavirus in Northamptonshire and specifically the areas in which you live. I’m also hoping to share some key tips to help you and your families stay safe during the winter period and how to access support if you need to self-isolate, if you become unwell, or if you require help with shopping, medication or loneliness.
We are currently seeing the largest rise in cases in Northamptonshire since the first national lockdown. Positive cases range across all age groups, but significantly are largest in the age groups from 10-59. We know that these age groups are amongst the most sociable, go to school, university or work, and may be involved in the care of others, children and/or older people.
Worryingly, we are also seeing a rise in cases amongst those aged over 60. This age group is the group that are most likely to become severely unwell should they get Coronavirus, they may need to stay in hospital and sadly, as we are starting to see once again, more of this age group are likely to die from the virus.
Transmission can easily spread within families, especially where children and parents mix with grandparents and particularly in indoor settings. Whilst we recognise the importance of social interaction, we would recommend that if you have to work with or care for someone who is older or more vulnerable, or if you ordinarily mix with grandparents, that you consider reducing your social contacts elsewhere, or move your interactions with those older, more vulnerable contacts to an online format where possible during the winter period.
The introduction of recent national lockdown guidance will help us to reduce community transmission of the virus. Community transmission is where the virus spreads in households with people mixing in indoor spaces in particular. We would recommend that where anyone enters your home, or you theirs, for example for childcare purposes, that everyone wears a face covering, maintains a two metre social distance, and keeps interactions as short as possible. Continue to wash your hands regularly and clean any surfaces or contact points such as door handles, cupboard handles and taps.
If you have any concerns about whether you may have COVID-19, how to get a test, how to get more support for someone who is vulnerable or the current guidance and what you can and cannot do, visit the County Council website. https://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/coronavirus-updates/Pages/default.aspx
We all need to work hard to ensure that case numbers reduce in our local area, to ensure that we keep the people we love safe, and so that we can return to a more normal way of living as soon as possible when the national measures come to an end. We are all in this together and all of our actions contribute to the outcomes we face. Let’s continue to work together, to wash our hands regularly, to wear our face coverings and to keep two metres from others.
Lucy Wightman
Director of Public Health, Northamptonshire County Council
We are looking for a new co-ordinator for Neighbourhood Watch in Great Addington. Could it be you? Contact clerk@greataddingtonparishcouncil.gov.uk to find out more!
Members of the public and press are invited to attend, the Meeting of Great Addington Parish Council to be held via Zoom on Wednesday 18th November 2020 at 7.45 p.m. to transact the following business
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/92872420158
Meeting ID: 928 7242 0158
D Cummins
Mrs Dawn Cummins (Clerk/RFO to the Council)
Tel: 07599 032350
Northamptonshire County Council is consulting on proposed term dates for the 2022 to 2023 academic year.
The consultation period on these proposed dates will run from:
Monday 19 October 2020 – Friday 27 November 2020.
The proposed term dates can be viewed on the County Council website.
The previously agreed term dates (for 2020-21 and 2021-22) can also be located here.
Please send any comments on the proposed term dates for 2022 to 2023 by email to:
consultationschoolad@northamptonshire.gov.uk
Alternatively, you can contact Jan Baines (School Admissions Manager) on 07500 071983 or you can post your response to:
School Admissions Manager
School Admissions Team
Northamptonshire County Council
One Angel Square
Angel Street
Northampton
NN1 1ED
Dear Residents’ Panel member,
Northamptonshire County Council (NCC), and all our partners who are working together on the coronavirus pandemic, want to hear from members of our communities.
We want to gather feedback to understand your views on the spread of coronavirus in the county and to identify what might be helping or stopping people from following guidance.
We will ask you about getting tested, about social distancing (keeping 2 metres apart) and self-isolation (staying at home if you have symptoms or a positive test) so that we can identify ways of making all of these things easier for our residents.
Please note that your answers to this survey are anonymous and the results of all responses will be analysed by NCC public health and engagement teams with the overall findings being shared with our incident response team and Oversight and Engagement Board.
Have your say
Please give us your views by completing our online questionnaire.
The consultation closes at midnight on 5 October 2020.
Police Priorities
Northamptonshire Police is refreshing its Locally Identified Priorities (LIPs) and has asked Northants CALC to help disseminate the survey. Northamptonshire Police would like to get as many responses as possible to understand what the main issues are for the public. The survey runs until the 31 August 2020 and will help shape what the police focus on from September to November 2020. The very short survey is at https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/NorthamptonshireLocallyIdentifiedPriorities.
Date: 7th August 2020
Dear Councillor
You are hereby summoned to attend, and members of the public and press are invited to attend, the Meeting of Great Addington Parish Council to be held via Zoom on Wednesday 19th August 2020 at 7.45 p.m. to transact the following business
Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86765112604?pwd=RldsMUJRLzBZNTFCSTBhRkpScVdrQT09
Meeting ID: 867 6511 2604
Passcode: 437978
D Cummins
Mrs Dawn Cummins (Clerk/RFO to the Council)
Limestones
Gt Addington Rd
Little Addington
Northants
NN144BA
01933 653884
clerk@greataddingtonparishcouncil.gov.uk
www.greataddingtonpc.co.uk
AGENDA
20/110 To receive and accept apologies for absence. (Reason for absence to be advised)
20/111 Approval of Minutes. To approve the Minutes of the Council Meeting held 22nd July 2020 as a correct record.
20/112 Declaration of interest by any Councillor who has a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or other interest in any of the following agenda items.
20/113 To receive information requests/comments from members of the public in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Standing orders.
20/114 To resolve to exclude members of the public from the meeting when agenda items containing confidential information are transacted.
20/115 Minor Items:
a) To receive and note the Action Log from previous meetings
b) To receive reports from District and County representatives
(i) Cllr D Hughes (ENC) Woodford Ward
(ii) Cllr S Hughes (NCC Irthlingborough Division)
c) To receive and note decisions notified by ENC Planning Services
d) To receive and note correspondence/reports/publications from other organisations (circulated previously)
20/116 Finance
a) To receive and approve the monthly financial statements and bank reconciliation
b) To receive and approve the monthly internal control checklist
c) To approve payments in accordance with relevant legislation
(i) Payment to EON Electricity for street lighting energy (INV-H18A6029FF)
PAY000142 – £100.83 inclusive of 5% VAT (Parish Councils Act 1957, s 3)
(ii) Payment to JME Ground Services Ltd for All Saints Church mowing (7539)
PAY000143 – £162.00 inclusive of 20% VAT (Local Government Act 1972, s 215)
20/117
To note the latest details of this Council’s Four Year Plan; receive and note reports prepared by Champions of projects; and consider the options available regarding short, medium and long term objectives.
(i) Traffic calming measures. Cllr Fischelis
(ii) Neighbourhood plan. Cllr Scott
(iii) Improvement Strategy for footpaths. Cllr D Barclay/Cllr S Barclay
(iv) Village enhancement. Cllr Fischelis/Cllr D Cole
20/118 Community
a) To review Trees in the Churchyard
b) To review an application to the ENC Member Empowerment Fund for 5 aside goal posts
c) To consider arrangements for the monthly surgeries
d) To consider arrangements for the autumn litter pick
e) To consider future for Neighbourhood Watch scheme in Great Addington
f) To approve the Council’s copy for the September 2020 issue of Saints Alive! and the local press
20/119 To receive meeting/training reports from Councillors (where not otherwise specified on the agenda)
20/120 To confirm any additional business to be included on the agenda of the next meeting
20/121 To confirm the list of action items from this meeting
20/122 To confirm the date and time of the next meeting of the Council which is scheduled for Wednesday 16th September 2020 at 7.45 p.m.
