Pucklechurch Parish Council

PLEASE REMEMBER ON GOVERNMENT ADVICE OUR PLAYGROUNDS ARE CLOSED UNTIL 04/07/20

SUBJECT TO SATISFACTORY SAFETY CHECKS, IT IS HOPED THAT ALL PLAY AREAS WILL OPEN ON 4TH JULY 2020.

PLEASE REMEMBER

Avoid crowded spaces. If the playground is busy, consider coming back at a later time. Talk to your children about this possibility before visiting.
Follow current social distancing guidelines when visiting. Keep your distance from people outside your household and avoid being face-to-face with people outside your household (closer than 2m)
Wash your and your children's hands before and after visiting. Ensure your children are using hand sanitiser frequently.
Please adhere to all Government advice

PLEASE USE THE PLAY AREAS RESPONSIBILY AND TAKE CARE

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Latest version of the Countryside Code. Please remember to follow this at all times.

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GOOD NEIGHBOUR SCHEME
HELP DURING COVID 19 OUTBREAK
Tel: 07961 939574
Email: goodneighbours@pucklechurch.org

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HELPING SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY

Check out the community information page for details on well being and mental health support and coronavirus information page where the council posts any information it receives.

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Latest Pucklechurch news is now available, click the button above to view.
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The meetings of Pucklechurch parish council are now held via Zoom. Full details are available on the agenda.

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CLOSING DATE FOR COMMENTS 26TH JULY 2020
South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is inviting feedback on its new Council Plan which covers the period 2020 to 2024. See our news page for details.

Message from South Gloucestershire Council The three re-opened Sort it recycling centres (Mangotsfield, Thornbury and Yate) will be accepting all material streams from today. The extended opening of 6am-6pm will continue and will be reviewed as demand returns to normal. The site at Little Stoke will remain closed for the foreseeable future as we cannot safely manage social distancing at this site.

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17/04/20 Message from Gail Boyle on behalf of the parish council
"I can confirm that the works taking place in the field opposite the crematorium relate to contingency planning for the provision of additional cemetery and burial capacity that may be required in light of the COVID:19 situation. This information has been provided to us from South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) by Cllr Steve Reade who has confirmed to me this afternoon that I may share this detail with you. It is stressed however that SGC may not need to use the site at all but are required to make plans so that they can meet demand if it is needed. This land is owned by SGC - there is no intention of operating the site as a commercial council cemetery and so even if it is used for burials during the Covid-19 outbreak, there are no plans to use it beyond that time."

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Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire
We are making changes to the operating hours of our new Telephone Advice Service. This will provide more consistency and will help us to answer as many calls as we can during these challenging times
The telephone number for our service is 01454 334961 and from today will be open from 10am until 4pm, Monday – Friday
Please note this number is a local number to replace our face-to-face services and is not the National Adviceline which experiences more demand.
Please call us on the local number above if you need advice
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Dates
Parish Council Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm. Residents are welcomed to attend and may raise issues during the period of public participation. Click on the tab above 'more about the Council' for further information.

Venue: Meeting Room, Pucklechurch Community Centre, Abson Road, Pucklechurch.

If you need to contact the Council on any matters, please contact the clerk in the first instance either by
email: parish.council@pucklechurch.org or
phone 07525 842 095

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Pucklechurch Parish Council update, Message from Gail Boyle Chair PPC:
I wanted to let you know about some of the decisions that PPC took last night in light of Covid-19.

We are, as many of you know reduced in number and some of us fall in to the ‘High Risk’ category. This means that we will be suspending our public meetings for the foreseeable future. This does not mean that we will not be continuing to represent you, or stopping delivering the services we provide unless that is taken out of our hands by the rapidly emerging crisis the country faces.

The laws that govern the ways that parish and town councils can act do not help in this situation although emergency legislation may be enacted that will help. PPC has therefore decided to use its published Scheme of Delegation which legally allows it to delegate authority to the Parish Clerk to undertake the following matters on behalf of the Council:

The day to day administration of services, together with routine inspection and control.
Day to day supervision of all contractors/ staff employed by the Council.
Authorisation of routine expenditure within the agreed budget.
Emergency expenditure up to £1000 outside the agreed budget.

In the event of any matter arising which requires an urgent decision, the Parish Clerk will consult the Chair and/or Vice Chair of the Council. With the concurrence of those member(s) the Parish Clerk shall have delegated power to act on behalf of the Council in respect of the particular matter then under consideration. Full details of the circumstances justifying the urgency and of the action taken shall be submitted to the next available meeting of the Council.

A committee of 'any 3 fit Councillors' was also formed so that it could meet should an extreme emergency situation need to be dealt with.
This means that:

All PPC staff and contractors will continued to be paid as normal
Planning applications will still be responded to
Essential business will be dealt with

All correspondence with PPC should be directed to the Clerk as usual.

Last night we also agreed that we would provide financial support to Pucklechurch & Shortwood Good Neighbours Scheme to enable it to manage volunteers and to publicise its services. This is a well-established group that will be the channel for requests for help from the sick, vulnerable and elderly and I would urge you to volunteer your services to it.
We will use PPC's website and noticeboards to publicise Covid-19 advice provided by for example the Government /NHS.

Finally - I know what a fantastic community we have and I know that we will all pull together to try and get through this mess as best we possibly can. Parish Councillors are part of the community too - we are residents and we are human beings trying to do our best for you in a dire situation.

Be kind to yourselves, be kind to your neighbours - do what you can for others. LISTEN and HEED the advice that will continue be broadcast and ASK for help rather than taking risks.
Stay safe and well.
Gail Boyle
Chair PPC

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Please see the Community Information page where wider community information received by the council will be posted. Dates for your diary. Please note events may be cancelled or dates rearranged.
Pucklechurch 10K postponed
VE Day celebrations postponed
Happy circle coach trips subject to change
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Meeting Dates 2020