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Next Parish Council Meeting – Thursday Feb 16th

The next Parish Council Meeting will take place at 7.30 on Thursday February 16th in the Old School Room. The meeting is open to the public, and if anyone wishes to address the Council on any of the items on the agenda, please notify David Marriott on  0787 2930030 or horleyparishclerk@btinternet.com before the meeting. Whilst there is no absolute right to do this, the Chairman has the authority to permit it if he chooses to do so.

The Agenda Items include:

  • Apologies
  • Declaration of Interests
  • Minutes of the meeting held on November 17th November 2016
  • Matters arising
  • Cricket Club
  • Finance – 2016/17 budget monitoring report
  • Land adjoining the Old Council Houses, Wroxton Lane
  • Planning Report
  • First World War Memorials Programme
  • Public Footpaths
  • Reports from external organisations
  • Date of next meeting – Thursday 13th April 2017
  • Any other urgent business 

For full details of items and reports see 17-02-16-agenda

Your Chance to give input to the NHS Consultation for Oxfordshire

This could have a significant impact on the future of the Horton Hospital

‘A number of the proposals will be of more interest to people living in the north of the county and neighbouring areas. Some of the proposals have a wider impact and so we are keen to encourage people from across Oxfordshire and surrounding areas to give their views. We also welcome the views of our voluntary sector partners, groups representing particular communities, other public bodies and staff in health and care organisations’.

The Oxfordshire’s health and care services – The Big Consultation – Phase 1 is available  here.

You can access the consultation documents here and an the online patient experience survey here.

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Fireworks this Saturday: Advance warning

“Weather permitting, there will be a brief firework display shortly after dusk this Saturday, from Bramshill Manor. Please ensure that pets, horses and the like which might be disturbed are appropriately cared for.”

Macer Gifford, Bramshill Manor 

Help the Campaign by our Local MP to Save Services at the Horton General

hands-off-horton-croppedVictoria Prentis, Member of Parliament for North Oxfordshire, is encouraging her constituents to take part in her campaign, #Banbury2JR, collecting information on journey times to the John Radcliffe Hospital (JR) in Oxford.

In encouraging constituents to take part in the campaign, Victoria commented: “Following the downgrade of the Horton maternity unit, I remain extremely concerned about travel times to the John Radcliffe. The journey can be so unpredictable and parking times must be taken into account. These variables need to be considered ahead of the consultation on NHS services in Oxfordshire. It would be brilliant if as many people as possible get involved in the campaign to give us a good indication of true journey times from Banbury.”

If you are travelling to the JR from the Banbury area, please fill out this survey

or print  this  form and post to:

Victoria Prentis MP, Heyford Park House, Upper Heyford, Bicester, OX25 5HD.

For more information about Victoria and her campaign, #Banbury2JR, click here.

‘Knit and Stitch’ starts again this Thursday…

knit-and-stitch[1]Come along and find out about the Church Kneeler restoration project

Knit & Stitch starts again this Thursday 12th January, at 7pm in the School Room.  All are welcome to come along with your knitting, sewing, mending etc.  We have a project underway for 2017 which is to restore the Church Altar Kneeler .

Anyone wishing to join in with this, either at the group or at home, please contact Alison Carr on 730102.

The first of the ‘The Horley Winter Talks’ is on January 13th 2017…

The Michael Hardinge Trust are holding the first of a series of fundraising talks at the Old School on Friday 13th January at 7.30. There will be a series of these talks throughout the winter by local people. The next one, ‘Digging up the Dead’ (see below) by Dr Druin Burch  will be on Friday March 3rd.

Any young person from the village who currently qualifies for a Michael Hardinge grant can attend free of charge.

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Oh Come …. Carol Singing Tuesday 20th

Oh come, oh come…

moving-carol-singingand join in with our annual village carol singing in support of the Children’s Society.

The plan is to meet at the Old School at 6pm, sing carols around as much of the village as we can, with a stop at the Red Lion on the way and enjoying the generous hospitality of many of our villagers.

Supported by Horley Christmas Community Choir this promises to be a great evening, raising money for children who aren’t as lucky as ours and helping us to get even more into the spirit of Christmas.