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September 23, 2022
Play your part in community climate action during the Great Big Green Week
A week of community events will give residents the perfect chance to get involved in tackling the climate emergency. The Great Big Green Week, from 24 September to 2 October, is a nationwide campaign of community action highlighting the need for urgent action to protect the climate and nature. To mark the occasion, […]
September 23, 2022
Ideas wanted following this year’s successful Didcot Garden Party
Over 1,200 people are estimated to have joined this year’s successful Didcot Garden Party to watch free performances, play cricket, football and rounders, and take part in skating sessions in Didcot and surrounding villages. To help families facing rising costs, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils hosted a series of fun, free […]
September 14, 2022
Council services on Monday 19 September
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils will be closed on Monday 19 September – the public holiday to mark the occasion of the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
September 10, 2022
The Proclamation of King Charles III
Given at St. James’s Palace this tenth day of September in the year of Our
Lord two thousand and twenty-two.
September 8, 2022
Paying tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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September 6, 2022
Homes urged to respond to voter registration reminder
Households across South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse are being urged to respond as soon as possible if they receive a reminder to update their voter registration details. Over the summer, South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils sent a ‘Canvass Communication Form’ to all homes asking the occupants to check […]
September 5, 2022
Grant to help improve the quality of life for people and communities
Voluntary and community organisations in South Oxfordshire can now apply for up to £75,000 of Capital funding for projects that help improve people’s quality of life. The funding comes from the latest round of the South Oxfordshire District Council Capital Grant Scheme. The council has a total budget of £320,000. Projects can receive a minimum […]
August 24, 2022
Fly-tipper caught thanks to litter-pickers’ social media appeal
A man has been ordered to pay more than £1,300 after admitting responsibility for garden renovation waste which was fly-tipped near Thame. He was caught after local litter pickers posted an appeal for information about the incident on social media. Henry Quilter-Wood, 31, of Main Road, Lacey Green, Princes Risborough, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court […]
August 18, 2022
District councils to be temporarily based in Abingdon
South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils will soon be moving on from the office building that has been our home for the past seven years. At the end of September, to significantly reduce unnecessary costs, we will be moving to some temporary office space in the Vale’s Abbey House building in the […]
