Many thanks to the Co-op who were able to donate us loads of vegetables yesterday. Lots were used today in food bags going out to 25 households in need.
Do drop into Cornerstone at the Corner House if you'd like to know more, or email cornerstone@charlburychurch.uk
Thanks
The Charlbury Green Hub's Repair Network is taking a break i.e. not taking on any new repairs until 1st August, this is due to Colin's other commitments. A word from Colin "For the past three years I have been donating my spare time to repairing items for the Charlbury Repair Network. In the coming months I will be helping get the Charlbury Community Workshop up and running and as well as my day job. In order to do both these tasks full justice, I will be unable to repair items until August. All items currently in for repair will be honoured and processed in a timely fashion. Many thanks for your patience Colin" .
Colin Critch · Fri 31 Mar 2023, 13:54 · Link
susan smith · Tue 28 Mar 2023, 15:16 · Link
We would like to provide Easter Eggs to the households that we support through Cornerstone. Can you buy a spare one and donate it to us? You can drop it into Cornerstone 10am - 1pm Monday - Saturday, or buy one in Coop and leave in the food donation box there for us to collect.
If you'd prefer to support us with a financial donation then have a look on our webpage to see how to donate www.charlburychurch.co.uk/cornerstone ;
Thanks for your support.
If you have ever wondered why a vendor is sometimes outside the Coop offering you a copy of The Big Issue, come tonight and find out how it started and how the work of The Big Issue Foundation has grown and helped numerous unemployed people.
Olly Tait, who was in at the beginning, will be at the Friends Meeting House this evening to talk about The Big Issue and answer questions.
The meeting, organised by Churches Together in Charlbury as part of the Lent series 'How to be a good neighbour', starts at 7.30pm. There is no charge. Donations to The Big Issue Foundation.
Rosalind Scott · Mon 27 Mar 2023, 15:00 · Link
The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.
Mon 27 Mar 2023, 06:15 · Link
Festivals and holidays often call to mind those loved ones no longer with us.
This year, why not remember a loved one by ordering an “Easter Lily” to be used in the St Mary's Church decorations on April 9th, Easter Day. Your loved one’s name will be commemorated in the St Mary’s weekly Messenger for Easter Day and on the notice board.
To buy a lily for £5, please get in touch with the church office at St Mary’s with your details and the name of the person/s you would like remembered. You will then be given details of how to pay.
Please email us on parishoffice@charlburychurch.uk by March 26th.
Many thanks
Mark Goldring, Director of Asylum Welcome, will be at St Mary's Parish Church at 7.30pm this evening to tell us about their work with asylum seekers and refugees living in Oxfordshire, including the experience of those who have been moved into local hotels.
This is the third talk in Churches Together in Charlbury's series of Lent talks: 'How to be a good neighbour'
Everyone is welcome. Donations to Asylum Welcome and the other organisations taking part in the series. Please come.
Rosalind Scott · Mon 20 Mar 2023, 10:27 · Link
The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.
Mon 20 Mar 2023, 06:15 · Link
Just FYI, this weekend is the last time Mauro and Anna will be serving their fish and chips from the van before they embark on new adventures. New owners will be taking over.
Richard Broughton · Sat 18 Mar 2023, 18:53 · Link
There has been some discussion on the Forum recently regarding parking enforcement, so I thought that residents would like to see the letter which has been sent to councillors in West Oxfordshire and to the Town and Parish councils today. This explains the system, how you will be able to report illegally parked vehicles online without waiting for a warden to appear, and how you can provide feedback to the enforcement team.
Liz Leffman · Fri 17 Mar 2023, 18:05 · Link
On Thursday, 23rd March at 7.30pm. CADS will be holding informal auditions. Venue - Methodist Hall in Fishers Lane.
Auditions are for medium & short roles in two One Act plays to be performed on Friday / Saturday 16th / 17th June.
Rehearsals are on Tuesday & Thursday evenings.
Just come along or register interest email. charlbury.drama@gmail.com
Helen Josephine Wright · Fri 17 Mar 2023, 14:29 · Link
Anyone interested in the needs of local young people may like to know that West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) is about to publish a Youth Needs Assessment (YNA). This follows a paper survey delivered through schools in the District with the aim of capturing young people’s voices and opinions.
The YNA records the views of young people (11-25) about a wide range of issues, including mental health, physical activity, opportunities, safety and covid-19. WODC is conscious that young people were disproportionately affected by the pandemic and wants to take action in the light of the needs revealed in the YNA.
The YNA will be the subject of a Webinar on Wednesday 22 March between 2pm and 4pm on which spaces can be booked via Eventbrite. WODC hopes that the event will provide an insight into how young people experience life within West Oxfordshire, the issues they face and challenges they overcome.
A copy of the Youth Needs Assessment can be obtained by emailing the WODC’s Community Wellbeing Team at Lucy.dorling@publicagroup.uk .
Meryl Smith · Fri 17 Mar 2023, 11:46 · Link
Go Local! Annual Town Meeting
Friday 21st April 2023 7pm in the Memorial Hall
The theme for this year's Town Meeting is 'Go Local!' and following last year's successful event, we are widening the invites to Charlbury businesses to have a presence at it. We are inviting you to have a stall at this year's event (in the memorial hall). If you are a food business, we are thinking of having a 'food street' set up.
We would love to hear about what you do locally, especially if it has an environmental aspect to it i.e have you increased your energy efficiency/reduced your carbon footprint?
Please note this is not somewhere to sell your wares - this is an opportunity to promote yourself as a community-minded business.
I'm still working out details of this event at the moment. So if you are interested or have any questions, please let me know.
Lisa Wilkinson · Thu 16 Mar 2023, 16:23 · Link
The following planning applications have recently been lodged. Click on the address to see full details at the WODC website.
Thu 16 Mar 2023, 12:41 · Link
CRAG (Charlbury Refugee Action Group) is holding a short public meeting on the Illegal Migration Bill this Sunday, 19 March, from 5.30-6.30pm at the Friends Meeting House in Market Street.
Speakers are CRAG’s Fran Webber and Helena Cullen from Safe Passage, and there’ll be time for a brief discussion on how to oppose the Bill.
Vicky Buser · Wed 15 Mar 2023, 20:30 · Link
The Ditchley Foundation is recruiting to fill a new position of Administrative Assistant within the Programme Team. The successful applicant would be working as part of a small but highly committed team to support Ditchley's mission to work with people from across the world to help sustain peace, freedom and order.
The role will require a high level of attention to detail, excellent time management and good verbal and written skills. The post is part-time and may involve some evening and weekend working by prior agreement for which overtime will be paid.
More information about the Foundation and its home Ditchley Park can be found at www.ditchley.com.
Further information about the post can be found here.
Applications should be sent in writing to Katie Williams, Head of Programme Delivery, either by email to: katie@ditchley.com, or to the address below and should include a current CV with a covering letter.
The deadline for receiving applications is Monday 27 March 2023.
The Ditchley Foundation, Ditchley Park, Enstone, Chipping Norton, OX7 4ER
By applying for this vacancy, you are giving permission for The Ditchley Foundation to contact you and retain your details. For more information, please contact Katie Williams, Head of Programme Delivery, (katie@ditchley.com) for a copy of The Foundation’s Candidate Privacy Notice.
Katie Williams · Wed 15 Mar 2023, 18:49 · Link
Charlbury Street Fair Committee plays a very important part in the life of the town. Last year it organised three major fund raising events; a quiz, an open gardens and, of course, the Street Fair itself. In doing so it raised the amazing sum of £10,000 for the renovation and improvement of the Corner House and Memorial Hall. They can be rightly proud of this outstanding achievement. They are looking for new volunteers to join the committee, either as chairperson or member so that this wonderful Charlbury tradition may continue well into the future. The picture shows committee chairman Professor John Dora handing over the cheque to a very pleased Corner House and Memorial Hall Trust chairman, Roy Scott.
Patrick Gallagher · Tue 14 Mar 2023, 10:02 · Link
You may or may not know that 14 houses on Sturt Road and Hixet Wood have been without any water for 4 days. Cottsway Housing are searching for the leak (believed to be on their land). Thames Water have refused to provide water. Only 3 of the 14 houses affected are Cottsway residents but Cottsway are delivering water to their tenants. They have delivered some water for the other households as well as a good-will gesture.
Please note: this delivered water is for affected houses only. Apparently people have been driving over from other parts of town and filling their boots when water is delivered.
Lisa Wilkinson · Tue 14 Mar 2023, 09:12 · Link
Tony Lloyd will be running two one-day relief printmaking (linocut) workshop on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April where you can learn about printmaking and make prints.
Each workshop will start at 10.00 a.m. with an introduction to the process, and end at around 4.00 p.m. The cost is £40 which includes all materials. Tea and coffee will be provided during the day. All proceeds will go to the ArtRoom.
The workshop will be limited to a small group. The objective is to learn, experiment and have fun rather than to produce a masterpiece and no previous printmaking experience is necessary.
If you would like to know more about the workshop or book a place, please contact
t.lloyd@live.co.uk or 07729 777751
Charlbury Art Society Spring Show is on Saturday April 1st and Sunday April 2nd in the Memorial Hall with a Special Exhibition of Briony Lawson’s work in the Green Room.
Charlbury ArtRoom will be open throughout the show to welcome visitors. If you have not yet been to see the ArtRoom in the Corner House do call in.
Tony Lloyd · Wed 8 Mar 2023, 22:01 · Link
This event is now fully booked. If you would be interested in a future training session please email & leave your name & contact
patientgroup.charlbury@nhs.net
Helen Josephine Wright · Wed 8 Mar 2023, 14:41 · Link
Her last day on Thursday for Royal Mail. She’s been such a community asset dashing around Charlbury smiling. Know we’ll all miss her and wish her well.
Sandy Fairhurst · Tue 7 Mar 2023, 08:40 · Link
We're now taking final bookings for Charlbury Street Fair's charity quiz night and supper. Taking place this Saturday 11th March at 7.30 p.m at the Memorial Hall, get in touch now to register your team of up to six (£15 per head including a delicious supper). All proceeds go to the preservation and improvement of the Memorial Hall and Corner House. To book, please email Karen Simpson csfquizbooking@gmail.com or text/call 07776 147782.
Tilly Beaumont · Mon 6 Mar 2023, 19:56 · Link
There is now a “Social Prescriber”, Jennifer Dixon-Clegg, working alongside the GPs, nurses and other members of the primary healthcare team of the Charlbury Medical Centre (CMC). Jennifer’s role is to help CMC patients find out what non-medical options are available for dealing with any issues that are worrying them, in order to benefit their health, wellbeing and independence.
Social Prescribers work with people aged 18+. They can help people to connect to useful non-medical services, support, activities and opportunities which exist locally and which can improve health and help people to live life to the full.
Jennifer will be in the Charlbury Community Centre on Tuesday 14th March from 1.30pm to 3.30pm and will be pleased to see anyone who would like to drop in and find out how she could help them or someone they know.
Meryl Smith · Mon 6 Mar 2023, 17:22 · Link
Festivals and holidays often call to mind those loved ones no longer with us.
This year, why not remember a loved one by ordering an “Easter Lily” to be used in the St Mary's Church decorations on April 9th, Easter Day. Your loved one’s name will be commemorated in the St Mary’s weekly Messenger for Easter Day and on the notice board.
To buy a lily for £5, please get in touch with the church office at St Mary’s with your details and the name of the person/s you would like remembered. You will then be given details of how to pay.
Please email us on parishoffice@charlburychurch.uk by March 26th.
Many thanks
After nearly three months of waiting, you will shortly be able to grab a coffee, tea or freshly baked croissant at Charlbury Station, following the burst water pipe disaster just before Christmas.
While GWR and their contractors have been sorting out the electricity and water problems, we have been busy looking at alternative ways of providing travellers with hot drinks in the mornings, to which end we will shortly be able to bring our new electric 'Citroen HY Van' to the station forecourt!
Keep an eye out for 'Minty' - you'll know it when you see it!
Oh, and don't expect the station building to open any time soon - the contractors are going to start on the ceiling repairs in a few weeks followed by ripping up the floor to find out how much damage was caused by the water. Then they will be undertaking repairs to the fabric of our lovely Grade 2 listed station.
Hugo Pickering · Thu 2 Mar 2023, 17:10 · Link
west_oxon_cpe_update_17.03.23.pdf
social_prescribing_logo.docx