Points of interest from the meetings held in August 2021. Local skills needed: The Parish Council are investigating the feasibility of removing the old Recreation Hall which is at the end of its life and replacing it with a new multi-purpose community space. This is at the very early stages but if you are local… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in July 2021. BMX planning help needed – a message from the Working Party This group of volunteers are asking if there is anyone local with planning knowledge who could assist them with the process that would be required for applying for planning permission for a track to… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in June 2021. Saturday 12th June 10.00 to 12.00 litter pick Thank you to all the volunteers and Cllrs who turned up for the litter pick. We had a good turn out and managed to remove a lot of rubbish. Our thanks as always to Allbuild Building and… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in May 2021. Join us Saturday 12th June 10.00 to 12.00 to keep the Parish tidy Please add this date to your diary to join us for the annual litter pick. Details will be on our website/FB page or available via email to the Clerk. Thanks Grant awarded… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in April 2021. Grant funds for WARP for washpool improvements We are so pleased that the WARP Volunteer Group (Washpool Area Restoration Project) managed to secure a grant from the Wiltshire Community Fund to improve and replace sections of the boardwalk, improve signage to the site, update their… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in March 2021. New Councillor Co-opted The Parish Council is pleased to welcome Jon Jackson as our newest Parish Councillor. Jon has lived in Badbury since 2018 with his wife and is interested in being able to help shape the future of the parish and community whilst maintaining… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in February 2021. New Councillors Co-opted We are pleased to announce that 1 new Councillor was co-opted on Monday 8th Feb at our Full Council meeting. Danielle Simpson has lived in Draycot Foliat for 2 years with her partner. She moved to the area for work and decided… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in January 2021. We have a Food Waste Hero in Chiseldon! I’ve been made aware of a scheme where shops provide their food that is shortly going out of date but fine to eat to local “Food Waste Hero’s” who can then distribute in their local community. We… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in December 2020. Fibre Broadband Update. Openreach are proposing a scheme to lay high speed fibre for broadband within certain areas of the parish. Currently residents who wish to benefit and subscribe to any such new service are being asked to pledge their vouchers towards this scheme. A… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in November 2020. Faster Broadband Update. We are still waiting to hear back on the update of improved broadband to the parish. An update is expected in a few weeks’ time but the BT OpenReach Gigabit Fibre scheme is still expected for the parish. This is not to… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in September 2020 Tender for works The Parish Council have released a tender document for and end-to-end project for the construction of 2 new laybys in the Parish. One for Draycot Close in Draycot Foliat and one in Windmill Piece in Chiseldon. This will be a 2 year… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in August 2020 New Road – Road resurfacing. The Parish Council had good feedback from resident’s supporting the proposed plan to request Swindon Borough Council re-surface New Road which would involve a temporary road closure. The results will be sent to SBC for consideration. Our Ward Cllrs are… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in July 2020 Welcome to Cllr Andy Rogers The Parish Council welcome our new Cllr Andy Rogers who was co-opted on Monday 8th June into the council. Andy lives in Hodson so it’s excellent to get one more area of the parish represented by a resident. We are… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in April/May/June 2020 Welcome to Cllr Andy Rogers The Parish Council welcome our new Cllr Andy Rogers who was co-opted on Monday 8th June into the council. Andy lives in Hodson so it’s excellent to get one more area of the parish represented by a resident. We are… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in April/May 2020 History Board outside the Church Update The Parish Council have given their support in assisting the Chiseldon History Group erect a visual history board outside Holy Cross Church. A grant was £700 was awarded this month to go towards their costs. The group hope to… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in December 2019. VE DAY Friday 8th May 2020 Update The Parish Council are organising a community event on the Recreation field for the 75th Anniversary of VE Day. We have so much booked for this fantastic event. Musicians, stalls & games, food and drink; plus the boring… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in September 2019. Memory Café The next memory café is Friday 25th October at the Church Hall from 10.30am. Everyone who has Dementia, and those caring for someone with Dementia is welcome to attend. There is a relaxed atmosphere with singing, and music from local musicians. There is… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in November 2019 Welcome to our new Cllr The Parish Council welcomes Steve Duke as our newest Cllr. Steve has lived in Draycot Foliat for over 20 years with his family, and has served full time and now part time in the RAF for nearly 40 years. He… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in October 2019 Memory Café The next memory café is Friday 25th October at the Church Hall from 10.30am and is the one year anniversary of this volunteer scheme. Everyone who has Dementia, and those caring for someone with Dementia is welcome to attend. There is a relaxed… read more
Points of interest from the meetings held in August 2019 Memory Café The next memory café is Friday 30th August at the Church Hall from 10.30am. Everyone who has Dementia, and those caring for someone with Dementia is welcome to attend. There is a relaxed atmosphere with singing, and music from local musicians. There is… read more