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In doing so we hope to be improving the quality of life for all of our community
Your next Parish Council Meeting will be on Monday 22nd June, 2026
Firsdown Parish Council Meetings are normally held at Winterslow Village Hall.
Members of the public are welcome to attend
Please refer to “Meeting Dates” in the drop-down menu for more details.
Pitton Community Shop
Two public meetings to discuss the plans for a community shop in Pitton have been held. The slides from these meetings are available for download,attached It is not too late to complete the survey which has been provided to each household in Firsdown. The closing date is the 5th of April and returns instructions are […]
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Download: Pitton Community Shop v1 (2 MB)
Recycling collections to resume from 21 March
Recycling collections to resume from 21 March Hills Municipal Collections and GMB Union have confirmed they have reached an agreement, which means the waste collection strike has now concluded with immediate effect, and our recycling collections will resume next week. Our contractor Hills Municipal Collections has confirmed those workers that were on strike will return […]
Update on disruption to waste services: recycling collections suspension extended
Due to further industrial action confirmed by the GMB Union, we have made the difficult decision to extend our suspension of recycling collection services until the week of 4 April. This does not affect household waste or garden waste collections, which will continue. The GMB Union, which is in dispute with our contractor Hills Municipal […]
Winterslow LINK desperately need a volunteer Coordinator
The Winterslow Area LINK Scheme, in common with all the Wiltshire LINK schemes, is a locally run good neighbour service. The actual area covered by our scheme includes the villages of Firsdown, Pitton, Farley, Lopcombe Corner and the Winterslows.
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Download: Co-ordinator Job Spec 2022.02 (3) (1) (16 KB)
Crime Stoppers Community Ambassadors Programme
The Community Ambassadors Programme is designed to increase awareness of Crimestoppers through partnerships with businesses, public authorities, charities, and other agencies. Acting as our Ambassadors, they enable us to spread the word about how we can help protect the people, places, and communities that matter to you. Crimestoppers is an independent charity helping communities to […]
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Download: Community Ambassadors Leaflet (2 MB)
Important waste industrial action update: temporary suspension of recycling services
Information from Wiltshire Council Some Hills Municipal Collection workers are currently taking strike action, and this is due to continue until 18 March. As a result, we have taken the difficult decision to suspend mixed dry recycling (blue-lidded bin) and glass (black box) collections between 7 and 18 March. If you have already put out […]
7th March Refuse collection – Industrial action by contractors, advice from Wiltshire Council
7th March Refuse collection – Industrial action by contractors, advice from Wiltshire Council Information from Wiltshire Council We are advising residents to put their bins out on their collection day by 7 am and should they not be collected for any reason then we will arrange to collect them the following day where possible. This […]
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: 27th April 2022 (6.30pm – 9pm): Greener, Cleaner Southern Wiltshire
You are warmly invited to the Southern Wiltshire Area Board event: “Greener, Cleaner Southern Wiltshire” 27th April, 6.30pm – 9pm Whiteparish Memorial Hall Full details are attached. Please do drop in or stay with us for the whole event – there will be a free supper provided.
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Download: Flyer - 27th April event (454 KB)
The Jubilee Fund
The Jubilee Fund will support voluntary and community groups to develop creative and cultural activities as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022. The activity must be based on arts and culture. For more info https://www.wiltshirecf.org.uk/grants-and-support/grous/lets-create-jubilee-fund/
Management of Byway grass, and cutting of south/stock field hedge
In order to promote the diversity of flora and fauna, the Parish Council will keep the majority of the Byway grass uncut for 2022. We will however cut 2 narrow, straight paths along the entire length of the byway on the north and south sides. Weather permitting, these will be cut in May and again […]