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Thanks for all the lovely pictures which I have received, a reminder to send an image to [email protected] by Sunday/Monday if you would like your dog to be on the card! :)
Thanks!! Fiona W The South & Vale Waste Team will be in Great Coxwell for 3 days from 21 to 25 October to carry out a ‘deep cleanse’. This consists of litter picking, sweeping and removing weeds/moss from pavements. They will not spray weeds, cut grass or vegetation or remove weeds or moss on roads. This work will not include footpaths or right of ways as these are the responsibility of Oxfordshire County Council.
They are willing to accommodate our requests for areas we feel that they should concentrate on and have provided a table to collate these and to list their relative priorities which is attached. If anyone has any suggestions, would you please use this table and return it to me at [email protected]. I’ll collate the replies and send the table to the South & Vale Waste Team. Could you please send your suggestions to me by Wednesday, 8th September. Thanks very much, Mike Harris Dates for your diaries
This Sunday, 22nd August – Morning Prayer at 9am The following Sunday, 29th August – Harvest Festival and Holy Communion at 10.30 Our Harvest Festival is earlier than usual and coincides with the Feast of the Dedication of St Giles (so we will have a double celebration). If you have produce you would like to contribute to decorate the church for this service, please bring it to the church either on Friday, 27th or Saturday, 28th. It will be most welcome. As we cannot hold our usual Harvest Lunch in the Reading Room there will be a Ploughman’s Lunch after the service at the Vicarage for those attending. Do come and join us to celebrate the good things we have around us. Saturday, 25th September – Barbecue at the Vicarage 5pm This is for all villagers to come and join Maureen for a sociable evening. It would be useful to have an idea of numbers for catering purposes for this free event, so perhaps you could let me know if you intend to come ([email protected] or 01367 241632). I shall send out a reminder nearer the time, but please put it in your diaries and come and join in. Looking forward to seeing as many people as possible at all these events. Pat Hi all,
After speaking to people around the village we thought it would be nice to get together a personal card for the Postman Paul with all the dogs of the village on for him to remember his time here! As he was such a favourite of theirs! If you would like your dog to feature please could you send a picture to [email protected] before Sunday 27th August and I shall try to put one together! Best wishes, Fiona Watters Dear all,
Everybody can join in with helping the church raise some funds. I hope you yourself have heard of these people, if not please look them up, they do wonders for raising funds for good causes. The system is easy - if you buy things on the net, you go into easyfundraising first, call up the charity you want to support - in this case our church - and then carry on shopping with the myriads of organisations that have pledged their support to it. The rewards vary from straightforward money per purchase to percentages etc. Look for yourself and you will see. how it works! Many thanks, Mike Visit: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/stggc Save the Day: Sunday, 24th October 2021
Thanks to all those that have let us know they’ll be making scarecrows for the trail, we need some more to make the event worthwhile so if you would like to join in please let me know at [email protected] by 31st August 2021. If you are not sure what to do or how it works there are some great ideas to be found on Google (https://www.google.com/search?q=scarecrow%20trails) – think about what you might make and where to put your scarecrow. As this is the first of what we hope will become a regular event, we're suggesting a donation of £5 to cover admin and raise money for the WI. More information on how to take part will follow soon. Thanks, Chief Scarer Dear all,
I hope you are having a good summer in the UK, if you were lucky enough to get a way, I hope your travelling went smoothly and you returned safely and without problems. After 18 months of silence we are able to start up Stonevale concerts again. For the first one only, we will be part of the Great Barn Festival, here in Great Coxwell. It will be quite special, as Piano Gallery offered to move one of my grand pianos to the Barn so I can play on a 'proper' piano. I am playing with a wonderful Austrian violinist, Sebastian Mueller. There were quite a few cancelled concerts because of Covid, so this is quite a celebration for us as well. We are doing a wonderful programme, including Beethoven, Brahms, Wieniawski and Bazzini, and we might even throw in "Ladies of Lavender" for those of you who saw the movie. From October, concerts will resume at Stonevale again and will be free as before, with the usual donation box. I have already secured some fantastic performers for the next few months. Underneath are the posters as well as the details of how to book. This has to be booked online because of Covid regulations, but if any of you find this tricky, please call Ainslie Williams, her details are also below, and she will do it very quickly for you. With best wishes, Lynette www.greatbarnfestival.com for programme and ticket links @GreatBarnFestival Facebook like and share for updates [email protected] email for village or friend discounts, group bookings or multiple performance bookings Tel 07774459046 Ainslie Williams for any enquiries. Update on our projects
Solar Streets - have been taken up and supported by Faringdon Town Council and through them we have got involved. A leaflet will be posted through everyone's door and a banner is to go up on the Reading Room railings - thank you to Jacqui for ok-ing this. Greener Great Coxwell don’t endorse Solar Streets but we thought the village might be interested in it. There is a Zoom Q & A session soon. We would be interested to know what parishioners think of solar panels on roofs in the village? Is there any strong opinion out there? Sustainable heating/energy source - it has been a slow month. We are waiting for Rural Communities Energy Fund to get back to us about commissioning a feasibility study. We have been in touch with Heating Upper Heyford who are a community group looking into a very similar project to ours. Pond at the Great Barn - Colin is doing water quality tests every two weeks. The contractor has been and sprayed the pennywort. Colin has seen newts and fish in the water and 5 species of dragonfly. Going forward the margins of the pond will be replanted. The National Trust have mown paths around the Great Barn. The long grass will be cut on the 17th September and help with raking from the parish would be appreciated. Footpaths - Andy Cato will mow them asap. Community Orchard - NT are looking into a potential piece of land for us. Remembrance Garden - next to the graveyard. Anne is looking into funding for finishing off the garden working with the original plan, Maureen Turner, our vicar, and with Lindsay O'Kelly’s father, Ian Burn. Park - the plan is to stick to mowing the wild area at end August and rake up the long cut grass. Sow yellow rattle seed into the soil. As a few of the original trees have died what would we like to replace them maybe with trees specifically for the Queen’s Canopy (a jubilee initiative) Great Barn Festival - we have been kindly offered a 3x3 ft table at the event so we will be there. Next meeting September 2 at 8pm 2021. Is there a source of grants to insulate homes of those struggling to finance it themselves? A scheme has just launched in Oxfordshire to fund 100% of the cost of insulation to retrofit homes in fuel poverty. The property needs to have an EPC rating of a D, E, F or G with a household income of under £30,000. If you don’t have an EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) one can be sorted. The fund is open until September 2021 (courtesy of central government) so if you know of any residents in the village (or anywhere in Oxfordshire) who might be eligible please put them in touch with the National Energy Foundation - https://www.bhbh.org.uk/grants-and-funding/. Also, you can call Better Housing Better Health on 0800 038 6030. The free phone line is open from 9 – 5 Monday to Friday (exc. bank holidays) or alternatively email [email protected] with your full name, address and phone number after which one of our advisors will give you a call. It may also be possible for a household income to be in excess of £30,000 and still eligible for funding where the household composition means that incomes are stretched amongst many dependent children. If you would like to be considered on this basis please also contact the scheme using the details above. Funding is available for energy efficiency improvements such as loft insulation, cavity wall insulation and heating system replacements through the ECO scheme. Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is a government energy efficiency scheme to help reduce carbon emissions and tackle fuel poverty. This funding is available for vulnerable households. This has been defined as a household that is receiving income-related benefits, or has a low overall household income and a resident with a vulnerability to the cold. Vulnerabilities can include suffering from a long-term health condition, being in receipt of a non-means tested benefit or living in a property that has a low energy performance’. How to switch to a green renewable energy source. This is a simple step to take. If we all switched, then energy companies would have to generate more energy renewably to meet demand. The Energy Saving Trust is an independent organisation working to address the climate emergency https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/advice/switching-your-energy-supplier/ Postie Paul was our postman for over 17 years and is well known and loved in the village. He is the gold standard of perfect posties. He knows everyone, is super friendly, he is loved by all our dogs. We are so sad that he is leaving us and we will miss him enormously. We are all sorry that in future he will not be delivering to Great Coxwell. If you would like to contribute to a collection for Paul, you can do so on line at https://paypal.me/pools/c/8BNJytavSh (which has been set up by Steve McNally for this particular collection). If you would prefer to give cash in an envelope, please deliver it to Pam Smith (240233) at Rosemary Cottage or Sylvia Athawes (241179) at Hollycroft or give us a call and we can pick it up.
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