Month: November 2022

OCC want your help to shape their budget.

The County Council is facing a significant funding shortfall of at least £44 million in 2023/24 and they would like as many people as possible to have their say on their budget proposals.

The online survey and supporting consultation booklet at oxfordshire.gov.uk/budgetconsultation is easy to access, is better for the environment and enables the Council to receive responses quickly. Paper copies and alternative formats are available to anyone who need them – email budget@oxfordshire.gov.uk or phone 01865 792422.

The consultation will end on 19 December 2022.

Constituency boundaries are changing, and it’s your final chance to help shape the new map.

The Boundary Commission for England (BCE) is required by Parliament to undertake an independent and impartial review of all constituencies in England, to rebalance the number of electors in each constituency.

Constituency sizes currently vary widely due to population changes since the last boundary review. The new map proposed by the Commission will make sure each constituency has between 69,724 and 77,062 electors, so that each MP represents roughly the same number of electors. The 2023 Boundary Review also requires that the number of constituencies in England increases from 533 to 543.

The Commission has listened to the feedback sent in from the public, and has changed nearly half of the initial proposals published last year. The new revised proposals are now available to view via an interactive map on the consultation website bcereviews.org.uk.

A final public consultation is open now until 05 December and is the last chance to provide your views on new constituency boundaries. The Boundary Commission for England has invited the public to visit bcereviews.org.uk and comment on the proposals via the website, email or letter. Hard copies of the proposals are available to view at public places of deposit listed on the Boundary Commission for England website. You can give your feedback on anything from where the proposed electoral boundaries are, to the suggestions for new constituency names.

To tell the Commission whether the new proposals for constituencies best represent your local community, visit bcereviews.org.uk and have your say before 05 December.

OCC have information about practical local and national support to help residents care for their families this winter on their website, oxfordshire.gov.uk/living, and at local advice centres and libraries.

OCC helps with:
– energy efficiency grants for your home
– free school meals
– childcare and holiday scheme

The County Council has introduced initiatives to help local people as they face the combination of inflation and the rising cost of energy, https://news.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cost-of-living-help/

WODC helps with:
– free and low cost food services
– local housing, food and living cost support

Your energy and broadband providers have different tariffs available to reduce costs.

Check out the county’s network of spaces to meet, work and play this winter.

Live Well Oxfordshire suggests activities and support to keep you warm and well.

gov.uk lets you check if you’re entitled to the £000’s unclaimed in benefits each month in Oxfordshire.

Information from Oxfordshire County Council

If your child was born on or before 01 September 2018 and 31 August 2019, you need to apply for a primary school place now.

You must still apply even if your child already attends a nursery attached to the school.

The deadline for applications is 15 January 2023.

You can apply online at www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/primaryadmissions

You can get free access to the internet at many of Oxfordshire’s libraries and children’s centres.

For help and information:

web: www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/primaryadmissions

email: admissions.schools@oxfordshire.gov.uk

tel: 0345 241 2487

Are you interested in influencing what happens in the Parish?

Do you want to be a voice for the community?

Chadlington Parish Council is looking for a Councillor to fill a current vacancy.

We are a small Council of six Councillors and a part-time Clerk, looking after Chadlington Parish.

The term of office will run until the next ordinary election in May 2024.

The position is open to people over 18, who live in the Parish or within three miles of the Parish boundary, or work or own land in the Parish. (See the Co-option Eligibility Form for more details)

To find out more, contact a Councillor or the Clerk for an informal chat.

chadlingtonparishcouncil@parishclerk
01608 676768

Application Form
Eligibility Form
Councillor job description
“What does a councillor do?”

Closing date for applications – 23 December 2022

All applications will be reviewed at the Council at the January meeting, Monday 09 January 2022, and in the case that more than one application is received, a vote will be held to select the new councillor.