I know it was mentioned in comments that acacia Abingdon has a just giving page to help the charity while it cannot operate a shop in Abingdon.
The page is here. The just giving page says the shop could be out of operation for a year during which time they will be loosing income for the children they support.
Thanks to a kind hand for writing and sending me this report
There was a meeting of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of Abingdon Town Council this evening. 16 members of the public were present. Four had registered a wish to speak and one of them reminded those present that we were only able to do so thanks to the efforts of former Councillor Janet Morgan, who had sadly died a few days ago. In the 1990s she had persuaded the Town and District Councils to introduce rules to allow this, which was unusual in local government at that time.The picture taken in 2011 shows her being made a Freeman of the town.
One speaker made a strong statement in favour of the planned lift in the old part of the Guildhall. The others were more concerned with the uncertainty over the future of the Abbey Hall and the need to fill the “dark hole” caused by the absence of any town centre venue for entertainment and leisure activities. 1445 people have now signed the online petition about this, and many others have signed the offline petition. Questions were asked about the plans for the Hall, the costs of the alterations to the historic parts of the complex and whether the Council have taken professional advice on ways of improving the accessibility of the building without destroying its historic features: answers weren’t forthcoming on the night but we were told that the Committee would be discussing them in confidential session later in the evening and replies would be sent after that. There is also likely to be a Press Release in the next few days about the future of the Abbey Hall.
The Committee then went in to a lengthy wrangle about the proposals for the former South Abingdon Childrens Centre. An impasse had arisen whereby both the Town and County Councils had agreed funding, but neither would enter a formal commitment quite yet.
The release of the airfield and Dalton Barracks by the Ministry of Defence has provided a ‘Brown Field’ site to help meet the needs for new homes in the Vale of White Horse District, and Oxford City nearby. Oxford has not met the new housing quota set by central government.
1,200 houses could be built at Dalton barracks. That would increase the size of Shippon 3 or 4 times. Shippon is the closest village to Abingdon. It is separated from Abingdon by the width of the A34, and has army housing and the barracks, with the older village nearby,
including the Prince of Wales pub and St Mary Magdalene church.
The part 2 of the Vale plan also includes 600 houses near Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor, and smaller housing developments in Marcham and East Hanney. The plan will be ratified in 2018.
The potted, and cracked surface of the Vineyard has been replaced by a brand new road surface. The ‘sensual’ oil based smell of fresh tarmacadam lingered on the morning after.
Crisp white lines have replaced the faded junctions that were there a week ago.
The road painters had added some flourishes that were not there before.
Last night, soon after the work began, on the final night of the 5 night closure, a lot of vehicles still sped down the Oxford Road and did a U turn at the final Road Closed sign. The diversion was by Bath Street and up Stratton Way to join Stert Street.
This is my entry to the 1st of October City Daily Photo Theme Day on the word ‘Sensual’. More appropriate entries than the smell of fresh tar can be viewed here.