Stratford District Council have issued the following information for residents who may have questions about the new bin collections:

An enormous amount of work has gone into getting us to the current position with constant work of dedicated officers from both councils working together to address issues, resolve problems and quite simply getting the service operational with minimal disruption. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those involved that have worked under difficult and stressful services to ensure that every resident gets their household waste collected from the 1 August. This has involved:

• 40 different delivery calendars being produced and delivered to the correct households
• the purchase of over 60 new vehicles
• the delivery of over 300,000 new bins to residents across the two districts, including food caddies, food bins and new wheeled recycling bins (in Warwick).

It was always known there would be teething problems along the way, as is inevitable with the mobilisation of any big service change. What is important is how these problems are dealt with. As such we have put steps in place to deal with the anticipated issues in addition to programmed daily meetings with contractors and officers involved to constantly assess the situation and to plan accordingly.

Key messages for residents:

• Regardless of any teething issues all residents will get their waste collected even if they have not received the correct bin at the time of their first collection.
• Deliveries of the food caddies and blue-lidded recycling bins (for WDC residents) are ongoing, but delivery is currently slightly behind schedule. Deliveries will carry on over the weekend and into next week
• Some residents have not received their bins and calendars
• Priority is being given to the delivery of food caddies and the Council is working hard to deliver all of these by 1 August with the additional help of Biffa.

Responses to help with current concerns:

1. I have not received my bins yet – they only need to report this once by emailing 123collections@stratford-dc.gov.uk. One of the problems we are having is residents reporting things several times and it is taking us a considerable time to sift out repeated details. All enquiries go through to the SDC contact centre.  Please encourage everyone to email rather than try to ring as the current volume of calls is incredibly high.
2. I have not received my food caddy – food waste can be put into the garden waste (green) bin temporarily if they’ve subscribed to the garden waste subscription service. Otherwise, food waste can be placed in the grey bin until the new food caddy arrives.
3. I have not received an information book or calendar – you can view the information, collection dates and the schedule on the Council’s website – Bin Collection Information | Stratford-on-Avon District Council

Further information:

• It’s as easy as 123+ with our new app!

You can download the relevant Council app on the App Store or Google Play. Collection dates will be in there from 1 August. Please encourage residents to download the app

• Use the app from 1 August to get bin collection reminders, find out what you can put in which bin, or report a missed collection all in one place.
  Though you can download it now, some features including waste collection dates and notification reminders will only work from 1 August 2022 when the new waste contract is in place.
• Two press releases have been issued this week explaining again what the new service entails and most importantly telling residents what to do if they haven’t received their new bins:
  • 123+ bin deliveries update for residents SDC
  • J26352_123+ 8pp_leaflet_SDC_updated JUL 22_v1
  • The new 123+ refuse and recycling service starts on 1 August SDC

This year’s Open Gardens took place on Sunday 10th July with over 200 visitors to the village. £2,314.20 was raised for NGS and £203.85 for the Parish Council towards the planting of the tubs in the village.

The new bin collection day for Avon Dassett from 4 August 2022 is THURSDAY.

Refuse (grey bins) will be collected every three weeks

Recycling (blue bins) and garden waste (green bins) every two weeks

Food waste (green caddies) every week

Please see our events calendar with details of which bins will be collected each week.

Stratford District Council have created an app which will prompt you to put the correct bins out. For more details see: https://www.stratford.gov.uk/waste-recycling/waste-and-recycling-app.cfm

Stratford upon Avon Job Fair
Fred Winter Centre
41 Guild St, Stratford upon Avon CV37 6QY
Wednesday 27th July
10:00am till 2:00pm
Various employers onsite covering a variety of trades
Full time & part time positions available
Disability confident employers

Do3 operates the open water swimming sessions held at Compton Verney each Tuesday and Thursday night as well as on Sunday mornings.  We are a triathlon coaching company that also does pool based swim squads.

We are organising a triathlon that takes place on Sunday 31st July at Park Farm, Compton Verney.  There are two races of different distances, as follows:

On The Edge – https://www.do3.co.uk/on-the-edge-triathlon c70 participants

A middle distance race featuring a 1.9km swim in the lake at Park Farm, an 86km bike ride around the Warwickshire countryside and a 21km run around Compton Verney/Combrook, on the trails and local roads

A zoomable map for the routes can be found here:

Bike https://www.strava.com/routes/2783747359314340432

Run https://www.strava.com/routes/2927244529547543890

Compton Verney Sprint Triathlon – https://www.do3.co.uk/compton-verney-sprint-triathlon c210 participants

A sprint distance race featuring a 400m swim in the lake at Park Farm, a 21km bike ride around the Warwickshire countryside and a 5km run around Compton Verney/Combrook on the trails and local roads

A zoomable map for the routes can be found here:

Bike https://www.strava.com/routes/2819955789911069372

Run https://www.strava.com/routes/2923924748954485966

We have sought permission from the landowners where we will be using the public footpaths, and the local highways agency for the use of the roads, as well as farmers whose livestock may be affected.

There will be marshals on the routes to assist, we have a private first aid company with two ambulances and a bike breakdown vehicle.  There will be signage for where a marshal isn’t required.  The race is being overseen by British Triathlon and we will have a technical official present at the event.

Foundation welcomes applications for £10k grant to fund community projects in Warwickshire

Organisations and community groups in Warwickshire are being encouraged to apply for a grant of up to £10,000 from the Prime Foundation to help towards local projects or initiatives.

The Foundation invests in communities where Prime has built new facilities by utilising a proportion of profit generated, ensuring that money is invested locally for good causes with each new build.

Prime has developed the 1,600-space surface level car park at University Hospital, Coventry and is now accepting applications from all Warwickshire postcodes. Warwickshire-based projects matching one or more of the foundation’s aims – advancing education outside the classroom, promoting good physical and mental health and/or furthering the enhancement of social wellbeing through recreation – will be considered for full or part funding.

This will be the Prime Foundation’s first grant rolled out in Warwickshire. In 2020, Grosvenor Road Studios (GRS) in Birmingham received funding to update their community-accessible recording suite. Carol Pemberton MBE, Managing Director at GRS, said, “The Prime Foundation has enabled Grosvenor Road Studios to upgrade its resources to improve and widen access for young people who create music outside of mainstream routes and where there is little or no provision for their urban genres.

“Following a free training session, the young people can use our updated facilities to develop their knowledge, skills, and values. This equips them for new opportunities and increases their confidence to meet the challenges they face in life”.

Most recently, the Prime Foundation funded sensory and musical equipment for a local Special Education Needs School in Worcester, where Prime is based. Margaret Jones, Grant Administrator, said, “We were desperately in need of upgrading and adding to our musical instruments across the whole school. We were able to purchase enough equipment to provide all 21 classes with a selection of new percussion instruments.

“For our children who are non-verbal, music opens up a new range of techniques that can be used to encourage their communication skills, where they can have fun and begin to articulate and mimic sounds”.

Hannah Cashmore, spokesperson for the Prime Foundation, said: “We look forward to hearing from the Warwickshire community and to donating funds to local projects and initiatives that dedicate their time to helping others.”

Applications for funding are open from now until the 1^{st of} September 2022. For more information or to make an application visit www.primeplc.com/foundation/apply.

About Prime

Prime plc enables health and care providers to make the most of their spaces so everyone can experience better care. We unlock complex estate management challenges with leading industry-specific legal, financial and property planning solutions, and work with your partners to see the projects through master planning to delivery. For more information, please see www.primeplc.com

Mid-England Barrow have been awarded a grant from WCC from the loneliness and social isolation fund.

They have donated the use of our business space, ’The Safari Tent’ so that they can run 2 hour sessions where people can come along to very informal groups for a chat, cuppa, slice of homemade cake, and, if they wish to, to learn a new skill. It’s situated in the beautiful English countryside, is very pretty and peaceful.

They are hoping that the group will evolve to cover topics of interest to those who come along. The first group will incorporate paper flower making, and jigsaw puzzles, so that they can then tailor-make future sessions.

Places are limited, so booking will be essential.

The proposed dates are:

7th July
14th July
4th Aug
1st Sept
8th Sept
15th Sept.

The sessions are run 1-3 at ’The Safari Tent’, Fenny Compton Road, Farnborough OX17 1FA, and people are welcome to book for all or some of the sessions.

For further information contact:
Sarah Smart
Director, Mid-England Barrow Ltd
Tel: 07791807970
www.mid-englandbarrow.co.uk
info@mid-englandbarrow.co.uk

Eight Avon Dassett Gardens are open on 10 July from 1-5 pm.

For more information and to book: https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/17913

The Dogs for Good Warwickshire & Coventry Supporters Group who are holding a Fun Dog Show on 17^th July 2022 from 2-4 pm at The National Herb Centre, Warmington OX17 1DF (on the Gaydon – Banbury Road). All are welcome. Please reserve the date, come along and have some fun whilst supporting a very worthy charity.

Also please follow us on Facebook, where more details will appear soon, https://www.facebook.com/Dogs-For-Good-Warwickshire-Coventry-Fundraising-105078074665508