Covid-19 Update 21 December 2020

 Little Gransden Parish Council has received the following message from the Duty Commisisioner's office:

 

Following the weekend’s announcements, I wanted to write to you direct to pass on the latest Government guidance on forming a Christmas bubble with friends and family. I know this news has been hard to miss but given the timing of the announcement, you can’t be too careful.

 

For South Cambridgeshire, which is in the Tier 2 level of restrictions, here is what the updated guidance for mixing during the Christmas period says: You may see a maximum of two other households (your ‘Christmas bubble’) on Christmas Day (25 December). You cannot see anyone from a Tier 4 area.

 

For clarity, this allowance no longer covers the initial 5-day period. It is for Christmas Day and Christmas Day alone.

 

Here is the link to the full guidance: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-a-christmas-bubble-with-friends-and-family/making-a-christmas-bubble-with-friends-and-family

 

Please remember that despite this allowance for Christmas Day only, the Government’s advice is that the safest way to celebrate Christmas this year is with your household or existing support bubble in your home. The more people you see, the more likely it is that you will catch or spread Coronavirus.

 

Please remember that we are here to help you in your ongoing efforts to support your community – don’t hesitate to contact your patch lead with any queries or requests for support.

  

I wish you and your family a safe Christmas,

 

Bill Handley

Lead Cabinet Member for Community Resilience, Health & Wellbeing

South Cambridgeshire District Council

 

Covid-Safe Winter Toolkit from Cambridgeshire County Council

 

From Cambridgeshire County Council

Dear Colleagues, Further to our email last week, we’ve developed an updated communications toolkit for you to share across your channels. The messages and images in this toolkit focus on activities and ideas that people can do in the run-up to Christmas that will keep them COVID-safe. There’s also a special video from Father Christmas! Please share with your residents and stakeholders: Covid-safe Winter Toolkit - Phase 2.pdf If you could share these materials via your own channels and also with any community organisations in your towns and parishes, as appropriate, it would be much appreciated. Many thanks, Please note: The toolkit includes social media posts and a WeTransfer link to download the assets in two sizes – one for Twitter and Facebook, and a separate size for Instagram: https://we.tl/t-BX01cx3RIH (if the link expires, please email us to request a new link).

Minutes of Little Gransden Parish Council meeting 5 November 2020

 Minutes of Little Gransden Parish Council meeting 5 November 2020

Agenda for Little Gransden Parish Council Meeting 5 November 2020

 Agenda (with Clerk's briefing notes) for Little Gransden Parish Council Meeting 5 November 2020.

Minutes of meeting of Little Gransden Parish Council 6 August 2020

 Minutes of meeting of Little Gransden Parish Council 6 August 2020

Agenda for Little Gransden Parish Council Meeting 3 September 2020

 Agenda for Little Gransden Parish Council Meeting 3 September 2020

Agenda for Little Gransden Parish Council planning meeting Thursday 6 August 6.30 pm

Agenda for Little Gransden Parish Council planning meeting Thursday 6 August 6.30 pm via Zoom video conferencing

New Parish Councillor

Mr Jaco Koen was co-opted as a member of Little Gransden Parish Council at the meeting on 9 July 2020. This means that we now have a full complement of councillors, which will be a great help to fulfilling the role of the parish council.

Posted by S Sullivan, Clerk.

General Privacy Notice

Little Gransden Parish Council General Privacy Notice

Minutes of Little Gransden Parish Council meeting 14 May 2020

Minutes of Little Gransden Parish Council meeting 14 May 2020

Agenda for Little Gransden Parish Council meeting 9 July 2020

Agenda for Little Gransden Parish Council meeting 9 July 2020

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING

to be held

at 7.30 p.m. on

Thursday 9 July 2020

Via Zoom Meeting ID: 896 1445 1703

Password: 299748

Little Gransden Parish Council Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2019/20

Little Gransden Parish Council 
Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2019/20
2019/20 Certificate of Exemption
2019/20 Annual Governance Statement
2019/20 Accounting Statements
2019/20 Explanation of Variances
2019/20 LGPC Accounts
2019/20 LGPC Cashbook

Working safely during Covid-19

A host of information on working safely and risk management during the Covid-19 outbreak is available on the Government website. Businesses looking to start up work again may find the following link useful:  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19

Minutes of Little Gransden Parish Council Meeting 5 March 2020

Minutes of Little Gransden Parish Council meeting 5 March 2020.

Agenda for Little Gransden AGM and Parish Council Meeting 14 May 2020

Notice of Little Gransden AGM and Parish Council Meeting 14 May 2020

Meeting ID: 848 3350 6584

Password: 731609

Please Note: Due to restrictions currently in place around COVID-19, there will be no physical meeting. Those who wish to comment on any item on the agenda during the Open Forum are invited to join the Parish Council via the ‘Zoom’ App. (Meeting ID 848 3350 6584. Password 731609). Councillors will not be making decisions about items not on the agenda. Any personal information given will be dealt with in line with the Parish Council’s General Privacy Notice.

Draft minutes of meeting 5 March 2020
Statement of Accounts for 2019/2020

Wildlife Trust - Gransden/Waresley and Hayley Woods

The Wildlife Trust has informed us that following closure owing to exceptionally wet weather, Gransden/Waresley Woods have now been reopened, although the car park remains closed.
Hayley Wood has also been reopened.

Posted by Clerk, Little Gransden Parish Council

Mobile library suspended services

News from mobile library

As you are probably aware with the current emergency with the coronavirus outbreak, all of Cambridgeshire libraries and mobile libraries are closed for the foreseeable future. So there will be no visits from the mobile library until further notice. I have renewed all items on loan for a further 2 months until 5^thJune 2020  and will let you know when I am able to return to visiting with the mobile library, . I will miss you all while not being able to visit.

But for now please keep all items bagged up when finished, as I expect all items will end up being received back and going into a quarantine period before we can deal with them.

David Hamilton, librarian, mobile library

Posted by Little Gransden Parish Clerk

Coronavirus - Little Gransden community support

Bluebell-19 is your covid-19 (coronavirus) mutual aid group for the villages of Great and Little Gransden, Abbotsley, Waresley and Tetworth, providing services for those who are self-isolating, such as a friendly chat over the telephone, dog walking, shopping, letter posting, prescription collection or arrangements, arranging deliveries.

Contact details for Little Gransden: Sarah Thurbin tel: 07775 878719, email: sarah7802@gmail.com; facebook bluebell - 19

Posted by Little Gransden Parish Clerk

CORONAVIRUS – (COVID-19) - Community Support in Gransdens

CORONAVIRUS – (COVID-19) - Community Support

Little Gransden Parish Council welcomes the community support initiatives and thanks those who have volunteered to co-ordinate offers of and requests for help and/or support.

There is a community page on facebook and a community email point of contact for Gransdens’ residents.

The facebook group is called Covid-19 Bluebell 192020, the community email support address is: bluebell192020@gmail.com

 posted by Clerk.lgpc@aol.com 20.03.2020

NOTICE CORONAVIRUS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

LITTLE GRANSDEN PARISH COUNCIL

NOTICE

CORONAVIRUS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ANNUAL PARISH MEETING

26 MARCH 2020 7.30 p.m. Village Hall

There is a legal requirement for the Parish Council to hold an Annual Parish Meeting. At the time of posting this notice, no Government advice has been received regarding holding Parish Council meetings during the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19). However, residents have been advised by Government to avoid non-essential social contact and for those over 70 years of age to self-isolate.

In this unprecedented situation Little Gransden Parish Council has, after careful consideration, decided to cancel the Annual Parish Meeting and has asked those who would normally provide reports to do so in writing to the Clerk. These will be available on the Parish Council website: www.littlegransden.org

The Annual Parish Meeting is normally an opportunity for residents to ask questions, make comments and suggestions, so please contact the Clerk at clerk.lgpc@aol.com

All parish council meetings are open to the public, and usually have an Open Forum, when residents have a chance to speak to items on the agenda. Topics or suggestions that you would like to be discussed must be presented in writing to the Clerk at least one week before the meeting.

The next Parish Council meeting should be the Annual General Meeting on 14 May.

Signed                        S Sullivan (Clerk) clerk.lgpc@aol.com