Upcoming Summer Jobs and Support Fair

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The Abingdon Summer Jobs and Support Fair is to be held in the Abingdon Guildhall on Weds 30th July 2014. It will be open to the public from 10:00 – 14:00, and will be a chance to discuss jobs, training, apprenticeships, and careers guidance, etc.

So far there is support from:
Summer Jobs and Support Fair

  • Abingdon and Witney College (skills training, apprenticeships and traineeships)
  • Ace Training (construction skills training)
  • The Army and Reserves
  • Dimensions Care (residential care)
  • National Careers Service (careers advice and guidance)
  • SOFEA (warehouse training and work experience, primarily for young people)
  • Oxfordshire County Council Children’s Service.

There are also to be confirmed local hotel / hospitality chains, recruitment agencies, and retail businesses.

There is still room for some more local employers to have a stand to meet potential applicants and discuss their jobs. There’s no cost to attend on the day, and interested employers should contact Employer Adviser at Department for Work and Pensions : James Gilpin

e-mail:JAMES.GILPIN1 @ DWP.GSI.GOV.UK .

Yeah Baby 6

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Yeah Baby 6
For the sixth year running The Yeah Baby free music festival took place on Abingdon Market Place – raising funds for local charities: Amber Phillpott Trust, Ronald McDonald Houses, Helen & Douglas House, and Oxford Children’s Hospital.
Yeah Baby 6
There were fun stalls: cakes, arts and crafts, face painting, play your cards right, and lucky dips. The Abingdon Fire Service was there with their engine, and Loose Cannon with beer. And bunting made by school children decorated the trees.
Yeah Baby 6
The main event was the music. Bands included: The Benbows with James Phillpott, founder of the Amber Phillpott Trust. Their song Highlife written for the event by James is downloadable for charity at 79p.
Yeah Baby 6
There were The Undercovers – who also played in Music in The Park.
Yeah Baby 6
There were also two big name bands: The DB band with Ex-Supergrass Bassist Mickey Quinn.
Yeah Baby 6
and Luciee Marie Closier from BBC’s The Voice.

Abingdon Music Centre – Music for Everybody

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Abingdon Music Centre
At the Amey Theatre this evening, groups from the Abingdon Music Centre came together to perform for each other and for friends and family. The evening began with the Community Orchestra – an orchestra for adult players of orchestral instruments at any level.
Abingdon Music Centre
There followed child and then adult guitar groups, child and then adult recorder groups, an adult Ukelele Group. Then various singing groups and choirs: Singing for Pleasure, The Afternoon Ladies’ Choir, The Morning Ladies’ Choir (shown above), and The huge Abingdon Community Choir.
Abingdon Music Centre
The evening ended with many of the performers getting on stage together to perform and sing “Can You Feel The Love Tonight.”

The Abingdon Music Centre is a charity. They run Baby and Pre School groups. They have groups with mainly retired people. They have groups for school children and adults. It is Music for Everybody.

Disappointment at Didcot Demolition Timing

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Didcot Demolition Disappointment
David Buckle, Chief Executive of the Vale of White Horse District Council, has written to RWE npower expressing his disappointment that the blow down of the three southern towers of Didcot Power Station is planned for between 3-5am on Sunday 27th July.

Given that Sun Rise is 5:17, the three cooling towers could explode unseen.

Mr Buckle has asked whether the time could be adjusted to 6am to give local families the chance to watch this once in a lifetime event.