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Christmas Refuse Collections

Refuse, recycling, and food waste collections will change over Christmas and New Year.

From Tuesday 26 December 2023, collections will be a day later than scheduled.  This is for all collections across Cherwell District Council and includes green bin, blue bin, and food caddy collections.

Please make sure bins are out for collection by 7.00am.

The green bin, blue bin and food caddy collections will resume as normal on Tuesday 2nd January.

Normal collection dateChristmas collection date
Tuesday 26 DecemberWednesday 27 December
Wednesday 27 DecemberThursday 28 December
Thursday 28 DecemberFriday 29 December
Friday 29 DecemberSaturday 30 December

Garden Waste collections

Collections will be suspended for two weeks from Tuesday 26th December until and including Friday 5th January, to allow our crews to prioritise the additional recycling and food waste that accrues over Christmas.

If you have any garden waste over this time that can’t wait for the next collection, you can take it to your local Household Waste Recycling Centre.

Christmas tree recycling

We’ll be collecting real Christmas trees from Tuesday 9th January until and including Friday 19th January. Please ensure that all lights and decorations have been removed from the tree. Any tree that is over 5ft tall must be cut in half.

Best wishes

Environmental Services – Waste and Recycling team

Ironstone Chamber Music Festival 8th and 9th September 2023

‘We are delighted to announce that the Ironstone Festival will take place at St Etheldreda’s Church in Horley as usual, on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th September.

This year’s programme for the weekend is below, and you can book for some or all of the concerts through the website http://www.ironstonechambermusic.com.  If you prefer to do it in the old fashioned way please ring Abi on the below number.

We are particularly excited that the organ will be in play this year during the lunchtime concerts and that there will be a free session for younger children on Saturday morning.

We hope you can join us to enjoy the amazing music on offer over the weekend.

If you have any queries, please do call 01295 738566 (office hours) or email theironstoneconcerts@gmail.com ‘

Charles Cozens

Horley Parish Council Meeting on Thurs 11th November at 7.30pm

A meeting of the Parish Council will be held in the Old Schoolrooms at:

 7.30 pm on Thursday 11th November 2021  

The meeting is open to the public.  Anyone wishing to address the Council on an item appearing on the agenda is requested to notify the Clerk of the Council two days in advance of the meeting.

Agenda items:

1) Apologies for absence
2) Declaration of Interests
3) Approval of Minutes of meeting held on 2nd September 2021
4) Matters arising
5) Relevant correspondence
6) Finance
7) Received notice of planning applications
8) Parking issues at Wroxton Lane
9) Date of next meetings
10) Any other business

See: https://thehorleyviews.com/parish-council/meeting-minutes/

David Beck

Clerk to Horley Parish Council

horleypc@gmail.com or 0785 2998172

Village Litter Pick will be this Saturday…

The annual village litter pick will take place at 10.00 on the morning of Saturday 26th September.  

If you can spare some time to help out please could you gather in front of the Old Post Office on the corner of Banbury Lane at 10.00 on 26th September. Litter pickers, protective gloves and rubbish and recycling bags will be provided by CDC.  If people have their own gloves, that would be great, as people are urged to protect themselves against any risk of infection, and take care to wash their hands thoroughly after the litter pick has been completed.

Let’s keep Horley looking fabulous!

Would You Like to Open Up Your Garden Next Summer?

Calling all Horley’s keen gardeners…. would you like to open up and share your lovely gardens, whatever their size, next summer and raise money for Katherine House Hospice? If so please see the following notice from Anne Owen who, after a very successful event in 2019, is looking to organise it again in June next year.

If you are interested please contact Anne on: anneowen123@btinternet.com

Church Service This Sunday

Holy Communion at St Etheldreda’s on Sunday September 6th at 11.00

 

Church services are getting back to an ‘interim normal’  – without permanent clergy and observing existing COVID 19 guidelines ie essentially masks, social distancing and no congregational singing. We are looking at a monthly said communion for the time being.

 

Brian Ashdown

MHT Educational Grants

The new academic year is here – are you eligible for a grant?

If you are a young resident of Horley under the age of 25 you are entitled to a grant if you are at a key stage in your education.

The grants are a fixed sum paid to every child on request at up to four stages of their education.

The current grants are:

  • Rising fives about to start school – £100
  • At the start of secondary education (usually Year 7) – £300
  • At the start of A-levels, college training apprenticeships etc. (Year 12 or equivalent) – £500
  • At the start of further education, University, or other accredited training (which is unpaid or paid below the relevant minimum wage) at age 18 to 24 – £1000

Full details of the scheme and how to apply are on the Horley Views Web site under MHT, or contact Mike Patching on 730039, or any of the MHT Trustees 

 

 

 

Thefts From Garden Sheds

Be On the Lookout for Suspicious Activity. 

There have been a number of recent break ins to garden sheds in the village, particularly in Gullivers Close.  Please be aware, and try to keep you property as secure as possible.

Church Bells to Ring Again This Saturday…

Horley bells to ring again on Saturday 15th August!

The bells at St Etheldreda’s haven’t been rung since March because of lockdown restrictions (you may have heard the clock chimes which have continued as they are automatic). However the bells will ring again on Saturday 15th August just after 11am to mark the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day.

We will only ring four of our six bells so that we can maintain the recommended social distance between ringers.  Ringing will be for just 15 minutes and only the bells ringers are allowed in the Church at the time.

We hope you enjoy hearing the bells again but please forgive us if our ringing is a bit rusty as we haven’t rung for 5 months!

Alison Tite – Tower Secretary