Tag Archives: covid-19

Refuse and Recycling Collections

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SODC and Biffa are suffering from staff shortages, but they are trying to keep the bin collections going as normally as possible.
Their advice is:
·  If the bins in your street are not emptied, please leave them out for up to three days (including weekends) and we’ll try to catch up. If still not emptied, bring them back in and we will empty them on the next planned collection day.
· We are working with Biffa to prioritise critical waste services. To help us with this plan we have suspended some non-essential services, including new bulky waste bookings, new garden waste subscriptions and investigating abandoned vehicles.
· We urge people to sort their waste carefully – food in food waste bins, rubbish in black bins and clean, dry, loose recycling in their green recycling bins.
· We’re also recommending residents wash their hands before and after taking the bins out to practice good hygiene for themselves and our bin crews.’

Coronavirus and Allotment Use

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Following the instructions around movement and gatherings from the Prime Minister on 23 March 2020, and consultation with the National Allotment Society and the Parish Council we can offer the following advice.

It is still permitted to visit your plot, ideally on your own to take daily exercise. It is vitally important that you comply with all the government advice about social distancing and hygiene, particularly those over 70, those with underlying illness or pregnant women.

The following key precautionary measures should be noted;

  1. Any plot-holder who is self-isolating because a household member is ill with coronavirus should not visit the site.
  2. It is essential that no un-authorised people are allowed onto the plots for the duration of this emergency.
  3. Be stringent about “Social Distancing” with each other at 2 metres minimum.
  4. Do not share tools.
  5. Do not wash your hands in water butts.
  6. The communal shed and its contents are off limits
  7. If you use the water taps use hand sanitiser first.
  8. If you catch coronavirus please inform the Hempcroft Allotment Association Committee so that actions to quarantine your plot area can be considered.

We are living through a crisis, the likes of which none of us has experienced before, not since war time has the community spirit that exists on allotment sites been more important.  Please remember to look out for one another during these very difficult times.

Edward Metcalfe Chairman, Hempcroft Allotment Association
(edmetcalfe@yahoo.co.uk)

Play Area closed 24.3.20

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Following the Government's instructions the Play Area on the Recreation Ground off Drayton Road has now been closed and should not be entered.
During this period of closure there will be no equipment safety inspections.
The Parish Council apologises for the inconvenience caused.
Geoff Russell
Clerk, Dorchester-on-Thames Parish Council
07745 311439 Council parishclerk@dorchesteronthames.co.uk

The Dorchester Bear Hunt

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On The Facebook group, the idea of putting a bear in your window has taken off, with several houses around the village taking part.

This is done to help with the coming boredom of many children in the village.  It has spun off from the childrens book ‘We are going on a bear hunt’.

Below is a map that has been created, which I will try to keep updated as new houses get involved.

Best of luck to all you Dorchester adventurers.

For more information on this, you can see the Facebook stream at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/791890544326152/1624054727776392/?comment_id=1625291617652703&notif_id=1584897964773707&notif_t=group_comment_reply