News from Swindon Clinical Commissioning Group

Stay Well This Winter – Flu Vaccinations for Young Children With nursery and school terms well underway, parents and guardians of young children are encouraged not to put off getting the free flu vaccination for their children. This year, children aged two to four and those in School Years 1, 2 and 3 are all… read more

New Road Build Out discussion 14th November

New Road Build-Out   The Parish Council resolved to review the effectiveness of the build-out placed on New Road in April of this year six months after its installation.  Since then, the council has been carefully monitoring feedback submitted via the Parish Clerk along with comments made on social media.   On the 4th of… read more

Swindon Road Closures over half term school holidays

Essential Resurfacing Planned For School Holidays Two busy Swindon junctions will be closed to traffic during October half-term to allow essential resurfacing to take place. Wootton Bassett Road and Kingsdown Crossroads have been on Swindon Borough Council’s Highways repairs list for the past two years, but work to resurface both junctions was put on hold… read more

SBC Winter Preparations

Council Has Preparations In Place Ahead Of Winter Season Sixteen hundreds tonnes of salt is being held in reserve should freezing temperatures hit the borough over the coming months. The salt which has been put aside by Swindon Borough Council is enough to treat the town’s priority routes 40 times. Last year, the Council treated… read more

Tennis Club Quiz night with posh ploughmans 12th November

Chiseldon Tennis Club is holding a fund raising quiz night on the 12th November. A “posh” ploughmans will be provided and you can bring your own drinks. Tickets are £10.00 per person. Please see the attached poster for further details. tennis-poster-nov-2016

Crime figures from PC Draper

Crime Figures August 2016 Burglary                            Dwelling x 1 Non-Dwelling x 2 (Two Motorcycles recovered from one address and returned to owner and male Charged with Burglary) No Burglary offences in August after 16/8/16 Theft Theft x 10 (9 related to commercial premises) Criminal Damage Criminal Damage x 4 (Two domestic related/suspects identified in three of… read more

Swindon Safe and Warm program

Swindon safe and warm The Safe & Warm programme helps householders across Swindon to make their homes warmer and cheaper to heat, as well as reducing the risk from falls and fires in the home. The programme can install measures such as grab rails and steps to reduce the likelihood of a fall in the… read more

Family and Local History Workshop

Family and Local History Workshop People with a keen interest in researching the Second World War are being invited to a special workshop next week. The two-hour talk and workshop is taking place at Central Library on Wednesday, 12 October and will explore how to carry out research using Swindon’s Second World War records. Julie… read more

New Community Speed Watch members needed

WANTED: The Community Speed Watch team is in need of new members. Anyone is welcome to join, you just need to attend some training in Devizes so you know how to work the speed camera. The team is not connected to the Parish Council and work independently. Please contact Chris Rawlings if you would like… read more

Parish Office closure dates

The Parish Council office will be closed from Wednesday 19th October to Wednesday 26th October. Emails will be checked for emergencies but the phone line will not be monitored during this time. Please email any requests as normal during this period to be dealt with once the office is open again.

Message from “Friends of the Path”

We will be holding this year’s open Meeting and AGM on Tuesday November 1st, starting at 7 pm.  We will again be in the Three Trees Farm Shop and Café at Chiseldon. I will send an agenda round later: but it will be an opportunity to note what we have achieved over the past year,… read more