The next meeting of the Southern Wiltshire Area Board is on Thursday 25th May, 7-9pm, at the Winterbourne Glebe Village Hall.
Gather with other local residents, parish councillors and community partners.
Full details are in the attachment.
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Download: Southern Wiltshire Area Board flyer (3 MB)
Wiltshire Council via the Area Board, is setting up a Health & Wellbeing subgroup to help steer/inform/advise/support the work it attempts to do on this priority, utilising a small annual grant. This work is principally around supporting older people and vulnerable adults.
Would anybody be interested in becoming involved, or know of someone who would? If so, please use the contact details on our Home page to get in touch.
Do you want to contribute to the Firsdown community?
Can you spare an hour a month?
Are you passionate about your community? Do you want to help make a long-lasting change? Do you have innovative ideas for our community? Do you have concerns about a specific issue and want to do something about it? Do you want to be involved in volunteer work?
If this is you, then the Parish Council need you. We need people from all backgrounds and experiences who reflect their community to join us. We are particularly keen to have more women on the Parish Council.
No prior experience is needed, training will be provided. If you want to see how we make a difference to Firsdown and the items we discuss, then take a look at the videos of our meetings here:
https://www.firsdown-pc.gov.uk/parish-council-meeting-videos
Make a change, join us and become a councillor. Use the contact details on our Home page to get in touch.
Wiltshire Council is restoring land at Roundbarrow Farm to create a chalk grassland nature reserve and create a new greenway link between Pitton and Firsdown.
A drop-in engagement event is taking place for Wiltshire Council to introduce the project to the local community:
Wednesday 24 May 2023
5.45pm – 7.15pm
Pitton Village Hall,
White Hill, Pitton, SP5 1DU
There will be details on the need for the project, what the plans are, the timescales and the next steps.
The route of the proposed new access link will be shown and there will be an opportunity to provide feedback.
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Download: Roundbarrow Nature Reserve_poster PRINT (4 MB)
Take a look at our environment page for details of how you can recycle your single use plastics and other items not accepted by the Wiltshire Council kerbside collections.
Saturday 15th July 2023 Barrys Field Pavillion Winterslow From 2pm-5pm
Come along and get to meet community groups and local businesses
Food and Entertainment provided
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Download: Southern summer social save the date 002 (407 KB)
Southern summer social save the date 002
Recycling – let’s sort it!
Please help us to recycle more by ensuring you put the correct things into your blue-lidded bin – and properly disposing of things that can’t be recycled at home. See the full list of what can and can’t be recycled
Crews are continuing to check recycling bins, and will be rejecting heavily contaminated containers. They will also attach a red hanger that explains why the bin has not been emptied. In these cases, people will need to remove the contamination ready for their next scheduled collection.
If blue-lidded bins contain the wrong items, but these items can be removed easily, crews will attach an amber hanger to the bin. This hanger will advise people that their blue-lidded bin had the wrong items in it and what the items were – but it will still be emptied.
Some of the common items incorrectly placed in blue-lidded bins include:
The lambing season can be a wonderful time of the year, but livestock worrying, which can be caused when dogs chase or attack sheep, can have serious effects on animals including stress, injury, abortion, and death
Sheep do not cope well with stressful situations and can even die from shock days after the event. It can also have a devastating impact on the owner of the animal with veterinary costs and seeing their animals suffer from the ordeal.
“If you live near land with livestock in it, ensure that you know where your dog is at all times and that your property is secure so your dog can’t escape at any time. It is the owner’s responsibility to keep their dog under control
The footpath from Firs Road to the children’s play area and the byway, will be closed on Friday 10th March for tree cutting works. Use of the byway will be unaffected.
Firsdown Parish Council kindly asks dog owners who use the byway to clean up after their pets. It is illegal to allow any dog you are in control of to foul on footpaths or any other land open to the public. The byway is for all to enjoy in a responsible manner.
