Town & Parish update

June 12th, 2020

Good morning,

 

Please find attached the latest Town and Parish Update from Rushcliffe Borough Council.

 Town and Parish Update 

Tea & Chat Sessions – Monday at 14.00

June 9th, 2020

You are invited to Tea and chat sessions on Mondays at 2pm via Zoom.

This is a place to come together and socialise and talk about anything you like. The aim is to help improve our health and wellbeing and ensure that we are not feeling isolated throughout this pandemic and to keep everyone in the community going.

On talking to people I realise that a lot of us (myself included) are feeling lonely and getting rather down. This is affecting especially those living alone but also those with family around.

So please get in touch for the codes to join us on zoom so we can continue to pull together and help support each other through this.

Sorry, it’s taken me so long to put this out there. It’s my ongoing internet issues that have prevented me from doing it sooner! I’ve decided that we should just start it up regardless of my difficulties and hopefully, BT will sort it soon 🤞

I will also ensure that this is emailed out to those who are not on Facebook. Thanks to Justina for letting me know how to go about doing this.

My contact details for the log in details  to join the meeting are as follows:

Lisa Brindley

01949 860013

07854 506451

email lisa_brindley@hotmail.co.uk

Temporary Road Closures:

June 9th, 2020

Please see attached temporary road closures from Monday 15th June:

 

Temporary Road Closures

Business Grants

June 3rd, 2020

 

Eligible Rushcliffe business owners urged to apply for discretionary COVID-19 business grants

 

Rushcliffe Borough Council is now inviting applications from eligible business owners on the COVID-19 Discretionary Business Grants Scheme designed for those yet to receive central government financial support.

 

This grant is aimed at small businesses who were not eligible for the Small Business Grant Fund or the Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Fund payments in April.

On May 22, the Government published its guidance for Councils developing the new scheme and the authority has now developed a policy which it feels is fair and consistent and which reflects the criteria they have outlined.

Small and micro business owners who have a relatively high ongoing property related costs of more than 15% of overheads are invited to apply as soon as possible for the limited funding.

 

They need to demonstrate they have suffered a significant fall in income, such as an 80% drop compared to April and May last year due to COVID-19 crisis and are not eligible for certain other business rates based grants.

 

Businesses also need to have been trading on March 11 this year and will have to provide supporting information and documents to complete the process.

 

Details of the process and the relevant forms to complete can be found at www.rushcliffe.gov.uk/businesscoronavirus

Rushcliffe Borough Council’s Cabinet Portfolio Holder for Business and Transformation Cllr Andy Edyvean said: “We appreciate this is a very challenging time for so many businesses and particularly those yet to receive government support.

“We are committed to ensuring these further eligible business owners receive this discretionary grant but urge them to contact us soon as possible to ensure they do not miss out.

“We have paid out over £16m of COVID-19 business rates grant support to over 1,400 eligible businesses across the Borough from the initial grants in April and we hope more can now benefit with this vital resource as businesses look to get back on their feet.”

High Street Businesses

June 1st, 2020

Good Morning,

 

Rushcliffe Borough Council have released a press release this morning asking high street businesses to share with them, their plans for reopening and ask for support if needed, please find the press release attached.

 

By informing them of your plans to reopen, they will be able ensure customers can be served safely with appropriate social distancing measures.

 

 

 

 

 

High street businesses encouraged to share their plans and seek support for reopening

Update on Recycling Centres

May 29th, 2020

All recycling centres across the county to open and for longer hours from 1 June

 

Following the reopening of two more recycling centres (Warsop and Retford) on Tuesday, Nottinghamshire County Council has put plans in place to open the remaining sites at Giltbrook, Kirkby, Mansfield and West Bridgford from Monday 1 June.

The sites will remain open to cars only for now, however all recycling centres across the county will open for longer – from 8am to 6pm, 7 days a week.

Social distancing will be enforced and a strict one car in, one car out system will be in place. From Monday 8 June all household waste recycling centres will reopen to vans, trailers and pickups.

All the sites will be running a reduced service and only the following materials can be taken:
• garden waste,
• wood
• cardboard
• metals
• waste electrical and electronic equipment
• general waste

Staff will be onsite, but they will be unable to help unload due to social distancing. Residents are reminded that if they have coronavirus symptoms, are self-isolating or at a high risk of contracting the virus they should not travel to the sites.

Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, Councillor Kay Cutts MBE, said:

“We have successfully reopened eight of the county’s recycling centres and are set to open the remaining four sites on Monday. We can do this thanks to the diligence of residents who have treated the reopening of centres sensibly and safely.

“As the sites will be open for longer, residents will have more opportunity to dispose of their waste, so I urge people not to rush to the sites. I would still reiterate that where possible residents should store waste safely at home in the first instance. In doing so residents will help us to continue to deliver this service effectively whilst the sites operate at a reduced capacity due to social distancing.”

The Council is continuing to work closely with the Waste Collection Authorities at the district and borough councils to ensure that residents continue to receive effective kerbside waste services. And as of 1 June, all our partners will be operating a full kerbside service. Links to our local partners websites can be found at nottinghamshire.gov.uk/waste-and-recycling/waste-collection/bin-bulky-waste-collections.

For further information on recycling centres reopening please visit www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/reopeningrecyclingcentres for our latest frequently asked questions.

 

 

 

 

Parish Council News – Elections & Use of MUGA

May 29th, 2020

The Parish Council continues to meet monthly, albeit in virtual Zoom meetings. Our latest meeting was on 14 May, at which we were joined by one of our Borough Councillors and both of our County Councillors.

 

At that meeting, Cllrs. Chris Harper and Nicky Pulford were elected as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively for the coming session.

 

A number of residents have enquired about opening up the MUGA (Multi-Use Games Area) for tennis and basketball. We have today (28 May) sought advice from Rushcliffe Borough Council on their opinion, and they have counselled against opening it up. The RBC officer stated “We have re-opened tennis courts in West Bridgford in recent weeks as we feel safely social distancing can be maintained but as effectively the area is classed as multi-functional, we  for example are not opening facilities such as play parks where we feel there is any grey area and advice cannot be followed easily, especially if children can access the area.”

 

We are aware that some youngsters have been scaling the fence of the MUGA to play basketball. Please be aware that we have contacted the police to keep an eye on any illegal activity at the MUGA.

 

Thank you.

 

Sharon Ellis

For the Parish Council

 

 

 

 

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