Announcing Annual Parish Meeting

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Shop window repaired and bollards added
The annual parish meeting will be held in the Guildhall on Tuesday 10th March at 7pm.

There is a public meeting in the Roysse Room at which chairs of committees of the Council report back on their activities for the past year. Anyone who lives in Abingdon can ask questions.

The new Council will also launch their proposed Neighbourhood Plan for Abingdon.

Then at the end anybody living in Abingdon can speak and ask more general questions.

Some community groups have a table in the Old Magistrates Court, before and after the meeting, so that people can come and talk to them about what they do.

Empty Shelves

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South Abingdon Partners Network
Empty shelves have appeared in usually well stocked supermarkets in Abingdon. This supermarket in the town centre has sold out of toilet paper and kitchen rolls …
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as well as paracetamols and other pain killers.

Some people could be stockpiling long-life food and cold remedies in preparation should they have to spend two weeks at home in self-isolation with Coronavirus. Others may just be stocking up as the shelves are emptying quickly and they don’t want to be caught short.

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South Abingdon Partners Network
On Wednesday at Preston Road Community Centre (PRCC) the South Abingdon Partners Network met. This networking event happens about every two months and brings together people active in South Abingdon so that they can explain what they are working on and look at ways of helping each other or using each other’s service. There were over twenty people there. Every two months the makeup of attendees changes.

Here is a quick rundown of some of the groups:

  • Inspiring minds – run courses (cooking) and activities (Hope Cafe)
  • Study Higher ( support students from less academic backgrounds to consider higher education)
  • Healthy Abingdon
  • PRCC
  • Abingdon Fridge ( give away unused food)
  • Yellow Submarine ( activities for learning disabled teenagers)
  • Vale of White Horse District Council (were promoting a Job Fair and IDEAs – digital Duke of Edinburgh awards)
  • NHS – Talking Space Plus (help people get active through talking therapies, volunteering or back to work)
  • DWP – Job Centre Plus (current focus on Single Parents and Women into Work)
  • Employment and Training officer at Sovereign Housing (gives advise sessions)
  • Carousel – South Abingdon Children’s Centre
  • Abingdon Damascus youth outreach
  • Vineyard Church (runs youth group and toddler group)
  • PCSO – Police Community Support Officer
  • Friends of Abingdon Civic Society (offer Community Freespace to groups)
  • Thameside Primary School

South Abingdon Partners Network
A Job Fair will be held on April 30th. A number of the people had a direct input into that effort so that became one area of discussion and collaboration.
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There was quite a lot of talk between the people interested in getting people back to work that for one reason or another needed support, and help when things go wrong.

The Disability Employment Advisor at the Job Centre talked about additional support and funding than can be provided to help people into work. Employers can become Disability Confident employers and take a community lead in giving equal opportunities to people with disabilities.