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Our purpose as a council is to make all kinds of decisions on issues that affect the local community whilst campaigning for better services and facilities
In doing so we hope to be improving the quality of life for all of our community
The Parish Council also accepts the challenge that annual reductions in Grants from Central Government have made.
Your next Parish Council Meeting will be on Wednesday 4th November, 2020
Firsdown Parish Council Meetings are held at Winterslow Village Hall.
Members of the public are welcome to attend but please be advised that we are following government guidelines with regards to social distancing, this means that:
- Councillor tables and chairs to be 2m apart
- Members of the public chairs to be 2m apart
- Doors and windows to be open (fun in the winter!)
- All surfaces that we touch – door handles, window handles, tables, chairs etc to be sanitised before and after use.
- Face coverings to be worn, unless you have a pre-condition eg asthma which means you are exempt.
- Hands to be sanitized on entering and leaving the building
Please refer to “Meeting Dates” in the drop-down menu for more details.
Information Regarding the new NHS COVID 19 Track & Trace App and the replacement App for “MyWiltshire” to “MyWilts”
NHS COVID-19 App launching this week The NHS COVID-19 app will launch in England on Thursday 24 September. In the run-up to the launch, the council is engaging with businesses and venues across the county to provide guidance for those required by law to print and display posters to help users of the app check in […]
Wiltshire Police ( Salisbury CPT ) Area Board Briefing September 2020
Wiltshire Police has had a decrease in the volume of recorded crime by 5.8% in the 12 months to July 2020 and continues to have one of the lowest crime rates in the country More detail available in the attached newsletter
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Download: SalisburySeptember2020 (969 KB)
August 2020 Data Results from information received from the Speed Indicator Device ( SID ) in Firsdown
Attached information providing an analysis of average and maximum speeds through Firsdown 16th – 29th August 2020
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Total Attachments: 1
Download: 2020-08-16_2020-08-29_Firs Road - eastern end (202 KB)
Wiltshire Police ( Salisbury CPT ) Area Board Briefing August 2020
Wiltshire Police has had a decrease in the volume of recorded crime by 4.6% in the 12 months to June 2020 and continues to have one of the lowest crime rates in the country. More details in the attached News Letter
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Total Attachments: 1
Download: SalisburyAugust2020 (003).pdf (466 KB)
Work Wiltshire Courses August,September and October 2020
Work Wiltshire has been busily designing FREE interactive courses to help you negotiate these tricky times. If you want to access learning for yourself or your family, they have support for you. Some courses are delivered live in an online classroom at a stated time, some courses will have some live group sessions and then […]
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Total Attachments: 4
Download: Develop Wellbeing Courses and Dates Aug, Sept and October (1,005 KB)
Download: Boost Courses and dates for Aug Sept and October v2 (5 MB)
Download: HMCTL Courses and dates for Aug, Sept, Oct V2 (959 KB)
Download: eSafety Courses and dates for Aug, Sept, Oct v2 (518 KB)
Zoom Virtual Meeting Wednesday July 15th Firsdown Parish Council
THERE WILL BE AN ORDINARY MEETING OF FIRSDOWN PARISH COUNCIL ON: WEDNESDAY 15th JULY 2020 VIA THE ZOOM CONFERENCE PLATFORM THERE IS AN OPEN FORUM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING SO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE VERY WELCOME TO ATTEND.PLEASE CONTACT THE CLERK FOR THE ACCESS DETAILS NO LATER THAN 6.45PM ON THE DAY […]
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Total Attachments: 1
Download: Notice of meeting (50 KB)
Wiltshire Police Area Board Briefing June 2020
Wiltshire Police has had a decrease in the volume of recorded crime by 4.1% in the 12 months to May 2020 and continues to have one of the lowest crime rates in the country. More information in the attached document
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Total Attachments: 1
Download: SalisburyJune2020 (790 KB)
Young Work Wiltshire: A new service has been launched that aims to support 16 & 17 year old’s who are not in education, employment or training.
Three dedicated Education, Employment Advisers will be getting alongside our young people to help them access opportunities to help them towards successful working lives. These young people may face multiple barriers preventing them from participating in EET and need a different type of support. For some young people support is provided by other Local Authority […]
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Total Attachments: 3
Download: 202006 Hot Opps Bulletin Edition1 (370 KB)
Download: DM20_456 - EET service flyer ONLINE VERSION (65 KB)
Download: DM20_457 - EET service offer leaflet ONLINE VERSION (87 KB)
Notes regarding July 2020 Parish Council Meeting
Despite the recent relaxation of the Lockdown Recommendations, including the opening of community and village halls, the Parish Council is still unable to hold public meetings whilst the Government’s restrictions on social distancing and meeting of groups of people indoors remain in place. As a result, the meeting due to be held on Wednesday, July […]
Data Results from information received from the Speed Indicator Device ( SID ) in Firsdown
Attached are Graphs and Bar carts indicating the average and excess speeds recorded in Firsdown Date Range February 29th to March 15th & Date Range May 24th to June 7th
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Total Attachments: 2
Download: 2020-05-24_2020-06-07_Firs Road - eastern end (220 KB)
Download: 2020-02-29_2020-03-15_Firs Road - eastern end (219 KB)