We would just like to Thank everyone who attended our Fundraiser for the Church on the 7th October in our Beautiful Church followed by Canapes & Fizz in the Reading Room afterwards.
 
A total of £503.78 was raised for the Church.
 
Special Thanks to our talented Musicians in the Village, Lynette, Katherine, Oliver, Russ, Anna, Joanna, Glyn & Nick. You all entertained us with such a professional standard of delightful & varied music.
 
The Church looked beautiful and we thank Mandy and her team for making it look so welcoming with all the hedgerow flowers & greenery along with the lights both inside and out. Thanks also to Melissa who helped with the canapes and our able Barmen Robbie & Mike.
 
Thank you again to everyone who helped us make it such a splendid evening for our Village.
A True Community Event.
 
Pam & Pauline
 
The Community Fund supported this event by contributing to some of its cost. If you or anyone you know would like to organize an event the Community Fund can help fund it. It could be anything: a sporting club, a film night or a celebration. We are here as a group to enable fun things to happen in our Village. If you have children who would like to start a group we would be happy to help fund its start up.
 
If you need our help contact one of our members.
Sylvia Athawes, Pauline Durham, Steve McNally, Pam Smith, Annabelle Zinovieff. 
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There will ne no leaflet delivered this year about changes to your waste collections over the Christmas and New Year period so please make a note of the details found in this document.

In summary:

Monday 26th Dec will be collected Wednesday 28th Dec
Monday 2nd Jan will be collected Wednesday 4th Jan
Monday 9th Jan will be collected Tuesday 10th Jan

Also:

Please remember that we suspend garden waste collections over the holiday period to concentrate on Christmas waste collections. Collections resume in January 2023. For more information, please see our garden waste page on our website.

Find out more about recycling tips and waste collections over Christmas and New Year on our website www.morerecycling.co.uk

We will post information about any disruption to waste collection services on our websites and social media sites.

Our call centre is open for queries from 9am – 3.30pm on 23 December, 9am - 5pm on 28, 29 and 30 December on 03000 610610.

The following documents have been added to the website:

Great Coxwell Parish Council Meeting Agenda - November 28th 2022
Reading Room Meeting Agenda - November 28th 2022
District Councillors' Report - November 28th 2022

The latest edition of Badbury Parish News has been added to the website,

The Act of Remembrance will take place as usual at the War Memorial at 12 noon.  Revd Maureen will officiate in the short service.

Those who are new to the village may not know that the timing of this is determined by the fact that Revd Maureen has to take a ceremony in each of the four parishes in the Benefice on this day, so she is kept very busy!

We hope to see you there.

The Vale’s conservation area appraisal of Great Coxwell is now published on the District Council’s website https://www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk/conservationareadocuments

You can access the PDF document by clicking this link.

If you have anything for the Bring and Buy stall, or something for the Christmas Hamper raffle, Jane would be grateful if you could drop items off at her cottage this week if possible please. Thank you very much.
Jane Holmes (241367)

In aid of St Giles Church, at Foxley, Great Coxwell 10 am – 12.30 & 2 – 4 pm 

Refreshments, coffee, tea, cakes 
Christmas Gifts, Decorations & Jewellery 
Chutney, Jams, Puzzles, Books
Christmas Hamper Raffle

Free Entry - ALL WELCOME (Including children)
Jane Holmes (241367) 
pink cottage at bottom of village
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Please see a statement from OCC below and with 4 attachments relating to a proposed changes of speed limit in and around Little Coxwell.

Please note, that the consultation in relation to a 20mph zone in Great Coxwell is expected in 2023, but OCC have decided to combine Little Coxwell and Great Coxwell speed limits into one Schedule. For that reason Great Coxwell remains at 30mph in the Schedule attached by OCC for the purposes of Little Coxwell's consultation on speed limits.

Great Coxwell Parish Council

CONSULTATION – Little Coxwell proposed 20mph Speed Limit
 
Oxfordshire County Council wants to make our built environments safer and more attractive places to walk and cycle. To enable this, 20mph speed restrictions are being used to help promote alternative modes of transport for local travel. Further details on how the council is considering making 20mph the new 30mph for Oxfordshire communities can be found here.
 
We're therefore asking for your views on the proposal to introduce a 20mph speed limit throughout Little Coxwell, replacing the current unrestricted national speed limit in its entirety, leading out of the village to its junction with Fernham Road. Additionally, a 40mph speed limit ‘buffer’ will be introduced on the Fernham Road, either side of the junction with the access to the village - replacing the existing 60mph national speed limit in the process. The proposals are being put forward following road safety concerns raised by the parish, and are part of a countywide programme of works that seeks to deliver ‘a safer place with a safer pace’ for the residents of Oxfordshire. In light of this, please find the following consultation documents attached:

• Public Notice, 
• Statement of Reasons, 
• Consultation Plan(s), and
• Draft Traffic Regulation Order.

The proposed Traffic Regulation Order is scheduled to be advertised in the Oxford Times newspaper today; Thursday 03rd November 2022, and details are also available to view on the Councils consultation portal at the address below:
 
https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/littlecoxwell_20mph2022

Faringdon Writers are holding an Independent Book Fair on Saturday 12th November, 10am -2pm, in the Corn Exchange, Faringdon. This is for traditionally and self-published local authors of fiction, non-fiction and poetry who are unable to access the more prestigious literary festivals, giving them a chance to showcase and share what they do with a wider audience. With books for all ages to enjoy there will be something for the whole family. So, pop a note on your calendar and come along to meet the writers - we would love to see you. It might just be the perfect place to pick up that Christmas gift for a friend or loved one. Free admission! Refreshments available.

Great Coxwell Artists would love to hear from any budding artists out there who would like to join us for Artweeks on 7th/(8th - depending on possible Bank Holiday) and 13th/14th May 2023. You would need to provide your own venue in the village - garden shed, conservatory, garage etc. as all our usual venues are full.

Registrations for Artweeks need to be in before the end of the year - hence why I'm sending this out so far in advance.

Oxfordshire Artweeks is an amazing month-long event with hundreds of art spaces open for free throughout the county. Great Coxwell Artweeks is renowned in the area, not just for the variety of wonderful art works but for the Reading Room Cafe with its loyal band of volunteers providing delicious coffees, lunches and teas. The plant stall and floral displays at the church are always popular too. 
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Please get in touch if you're interested and would like to know more - I look forward to hearing from you!

Karen
 
Karen Vogt
karen@vogt.org.uk
01367-241707