The June edition of the Parish Paper has now been published, and your Parish Councillors are out and about popping it through your letterboxes. If you haven’t received your copy yet, you can expect it within the next few days.
As usual, there will be some spare copies available at Wembdon Village Hall. Or you can read it online.
There will temporary traffic lights on Wembdon Rise on two occasions in the next two weeks:
Wembdon Parish Council planted a number of trees last year to commemorate the Queen’s Jubilee. These trees cost about £260 each. Vandals have snapped two of the trees in half. This criminal damage has been reported to the police who are investigating. The CCTV recordings are being examined. This is totally disrespectful behaviour, both to the Queen but also to the Parish Council’s efforts to combat climate change. Anyone who has any information about this crime is asked to contact the Parish Clerk in the first instance on clerk@wembdonparish.gov.uk or 07859911204. This is a picture of one of the vandalised trees
Fly parking by Hinkley Point C workers continues to be a problem in Wembdon. The contracts of all Hinkley workers stipulate that they must not fly park their vehicles before catching the work buses to the site. If you witness fly parking then you can report this to the Hinkley enforcement team by email or phone. You will need to provide details of the vehicle, including registration number, location and time. Ideally you should take a photo of the vehicle and email this to the Hinkley team. There is no need to report this to the Parish Council as we have no powers to prevent fly parking. The important point is that it should be reported to the Hinkley enforcement team. You can phone the below number, or call Sacha on the enforcement team directly on her mobile number of 07813232358.
Following the resignation of a councillor, a vacancy has arisen in the office of councillor for the Wembdon Ward of the Parish of Wembdon. The Notice of Vacancy document can be viewed on this link.
To qualify to stand as a councillor a person must be aged 18 years or older and be a citizen of the United Kingdom, any EU Country or any Commonwealth country and also meet one or more of the following criteria:
There are a number of reasons why a person may not stand for this position. These include if the person:
Any person who is qualified to stand as a councillor, and is interested in applying for this volunteer position, is asked to email the Parish Clerk at clerk@wembdonparish.gov.uk for further details. The new councillor will be co-opted to the council at uts meeting on 10th July. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 5th July.
Somerset Council has issued some very useful information regarding the waste collection service arrangements in May, along with other helpful information about recycling. To view the briefing notice please click on this link.
Your volunteer Parish Councillors have been out in the Spring sunshine delivering the latest edition of the Wembdon Parish Paper. Most Wembdon households have now received their copies, but if you haven’t received your yet, you can be sure it’s on its way.
If you think you’ve been missed, there are some spare copies available at Wembdon Village Hall. Or you can read it online.
Somerset Sight is recruiting volunteers to befriend visually impaired people on a regular basis.
Would you like to help someone in your local area?
They would like you to join their team of volunteers, who help people to remain independent and overcome loneliness and isolation.
Enjoy a free day out when taking your Service User out.
All reasonable and out of pocket expenses are paid.
For more information please contact Somerset Sight on 01823 333818 or email admin@somersetsight.org.uk.
Somerset Sight is a local charity that has been supporting sight impaired people across Somerset for over a hundred years and in 2019 we proudly won the Queens Award for Voluntary Service.
One of the services they offer is the Volunteer Visiting Service, whereby volunteers are matched locally with a sight impaired person for regular visits for company and support and to alleviate their loneliness and isolation.
Volunteer visitors help with a variety of tasks such as reading, correspondence, or making appointments, going out for a drive or just a cup of tea and a chat. Many volunteers get great satisfaction and enjoyment from their voluntary work, many friendships are formed and the people they support very much look forward to their visits, some telling them that it is the highlight of their week. Full training is provided and we cover all reasonable expenses.
They say “We currently have a number of visually impaired people in all areas who would welcome a volunteer visitor, but they are on a waiting list as we don’t have enough volunteers to match them with.”
Further information is available on Somerset Sight’s website.
Please click on this link to find out useful information about the new Somerset Council, and how to contact them..
The Parish Council has received an email from Post Office Limited which states:
We’re writing to update you about the temporary closure of the above Post Office.
For further information please visit our Consultation Hub via the link below:
Consultation Hub – Wembdon TA6 7PX
Wembdon Parish Council is very sad to learn that the Post Office in Wembdon is unlikely to be reopened.
If you have any comments, please make them to the National Consultation Team via the link below;
comments@postoffice.co.uk quoting reference Wembdon TA6 319549
The closing date for the consultation is March 29th.
