The Annual Scarecrow Trail in East Hagbourne – Saturday, 25th May to Sunday, 9th June.

The theme this year: Characters from Science Fiction and Fantasy.

£5 to enter.

Tea and Cakes in St Andrew’s Church on 26th May, 2nd and9th June.

Buy a map at the Community Shop or The Fleur to follow the trail and vote for your favourite scarecrow. A fun event with profits going to St Anne’s Hospital, Liuli in Tanzania.

Details in the parish magazine together with an entry form.

Congratulations to Hagbourne United Football Club Reserves Team on a very successful season.

– Winners of the 2018-19 Division 4 title in the North Berks League by a margin of 12 points.

– 100 goals scored, the highest in the whole league.

– Winners of the League Cup which is for North Berks League Division 4 sides, beating close rivals Harwell & Appleford by one goal to nil after extra time in the final played at Milton FC.

But the icing on the cake must be in winning the A. G. Kingham Cup, which is open to all reserve sides, where they beat East Hendred Reserves, a very successful side playing 2 divisions higher, by 3 goals to nil at Abingdon United FC. Well Done lads!

Credit to the Herald

Residents across southern Oxfordshire, who are signed up for brown bin collections, can put out twice as much garden waste during the extra garden waste weeks in May.

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils are giving those who are part of the paid-for service the opportunity to put out the equivalent of one extra bin’s worth of garden waste (around three large 80 litre bin bags) in the week commencing 20 May.

Residents should leave their extra garden waste out in bin liners or sacks beside their brown bins on their usual collection day during these weeks.  Trade waste bags will not be accepted., however you can re-use old compost bags.

The garden waste is taken to a recycling plant in Oxfordshire where it is used to make compost, which goes to local farmers, allotment holders and an annual compost giveaway.

Hagbourne Fun Run 2019 – Winners

Men’s full results

Ladies full results

Drayton (Abingdon)               Thurs 16 & Fri 17 May

Oakley Wood (Wallingford)   Thurs 23 & Fri 24 May

Redbridge (Oxford)               Weds 29 & Thurs 30 May

Thank you to those who helped make our village sparkle at the annual Litter Pick on Saturday!

If you couldn’t make it, then please look outside your own doorstep and check for litter, or even dig out a few weeds.

Do you know that 95% of collisions are due to human error? Distraction, speeding, not wearing a seatbelt and driving under the influence of drink or drugs are the big fatal four on our county’s roads.

Could you?

• put your phone in your glove compartment or set your phone to do not disturb before you start your journey
• adjust your speed and make sure you have time to react to the unexpected
• make sure everyone is wearing their seatbelt before you set off
• get a taxi, the bus or be the designated driver on a night out
• make sure you’re safe to drive the morning after, you could still be over the drink drive limit, even if you feel fine

 

Oxfordshire County Council Fire and Rescue Service have put together top tips to help you avoid the fatal four, and have created an handy ‘don’t get caught out the morning after’ guide 365alive.co.uk/fatalfour.

Monday 6^th May @ 11am

Registration: 9.00am-10.30am in village hall.

For details see here.

The next surgery is on 7th May in the Committee Room in Hagbourne Village Hall from 12.00 to 13.30.

This is not a surgical operation! but rather a chance to tell Iain Face-to-Face what the Parish Council is not doing and what it could do, or just come along and talk to a sympathetic ear.

Saturday, May 4^th

Hagbourne Village Hall, 7:00pm for 7:30pm

A fun and stimulating quiz contested by teams of up to 8 assembled from  villages and societies in the area, for the honour of carrying away the prestigious Churn  Trophy. Entrance £10 per person including home-made hot supper. Please support our bar and raffle as all the evening’s proceeds will be split between Christian Aid and Style Acre.  To enter a team, please contact Doug Amos on (01235) 814024.

The Annual Parish Meeting is not a Council meeting, but a meeting where villagers can say what they want to happen in the village during the next year.

There will be a short presentation on the current situation by the Parish Council, but the main focus is for parishioners to influence future policy.

The Neighbourhood Plan and the MacTaggart & Mickel housing development next to the village hall will be discussed and hopefully encourage public participation in the open discussion.

Please see the agenda below.

All electors are welcome from 7pm for refreshments before the meeting starts!

The compost give-away is back! Please find attached a poster for our compost give-away event happening on Saturday 11 May at Milton Park (please note the change of location).

What does the Parish Council Do?

Your council has an overall responsibility for the wellbeing of your local community.  Their work covers:

• Improving quality of life for residents
• Giving communities a democratic voice
• Representing the village in local issues
• Being the main point of contact with District and County Services

BECOMING A LOCAL COUNCILLOR

As a local councillor you can become a voice for your community and make real change. Councillors are community leaders and represent the interests of the communities they serve.  Local councillors have three main responsibilities:

• Decision-making
• Monitoring
• Getting involved locally

GETTING ELECTED

To stand for council you must:

• Be a UK or Commonwealth Citizen; or be a citizen of the Republic of Ireland; or be a citizen of another Member State of the European Union.
• Be at least 18 years old.
• Be an elector of the local council; or in the past 12 months occupied land or premises in the area the local council serves (as owner or tenant; or work in the area the local council serves (as your principal or only place of work); or live within three miles of the local council boundary.

The window for submitting your nomination papers is from 26^thMarch and the final date and time for their receipt in the elections office will be 4pm on Wednesday 3 April 2019. Nomination papers must be delivered in person to the council offices at 135 Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Milton OX14 4SB.

You can find guidance if you are considering standing for election here.

Further information and nomination forms can be obtained from the clerk.

Credit: Information has been adapted from the current NALC election posters which also use this image.