Since the local elections in May, Cllr Nick Adams-King has been our new councillor on Hampshire County Council. He’s kindly providing his monthly updates to this site, and they can be found from his page here, or directly here.
The continuing tentative emergence from COVID-19 restrictions enables more of the regular activities, classes, clubs and groups at Chilworth Hall to start getting back to something more like normality. The Hall’s committee has just posted a new schedule which is bang up to date, even including a number of sessions that are kicking off in September. You will always be able to find the latest info on this page, so why not bookmark it? There’s another link conveniently placed nearby, which brings up the Hall’s bookings calendar. Take a look now!
If you’re going to Southampton, here’s the bad news. From Monday 21st there’ll be ten weeks of works on the Avenue. Hopefully it’ll all be worth it in the end. For details of closures and diversions, go here.
And the good news? Also from Monday 21st, evening and Sunday parking charges are being lifted. For more information, including a list of locations, go here.
Hampshire Alert, part of the National Neighbourhood Watch Network, has launched a survey to find out if/how attitudes towards cybersecurity and privacy may have changed during the pandemic.
Findings will inform Cyberhood Watch awareness initiatives for the community and draw attention to important cybersecurity and privacy topics to help citizens improve their knowledge of cyberthreats.
The survey takes no more than five minutes to complete: please go here and do it. Continue reading
Perhaps something to be aware of – the police in Romsey have dispersal powers from noon on Friday, 23rd April until 6am on Monday, 26th April. These have been arranged in light of the recent rise in anti-social behaviour incidents.
This ‘Extra Care’ scheme in Romsey is nearing completion. It stems from a partnership between HCC, TVBC and Places for People and includes fifty-four new homes, including thirty-four for affordable rent and seventeen for shared ownership, all for people aged over 55 who have eligible care and support needs. Continue reading
If you live in Chilworth, your normal (brown) bin day would be this Wednesday, 23rd December. As it’s Christmas week, Chilworth’s bin day has been brought forward one day, to Tuesday, 22nd December. Continue reading
This monthly digest of upcoming events in our region was in abeyance for a while – for obvious reasons – but things are starting to happen again (including a lot more online events of interest). If you know of any others that you think are worth including, please send details to the Editor.
This monthly digest of upcoming events in our region was in abeyance for a while – for obvious reasons – but things are starting to happen again (including a lot more online events of interest). If you know of any others that you think are worth including, please send details to the Editor.
Alison’s daughters, Heather and Fiona, have circulated details of the funeral arrangements. Because of COVID-19, numbers attending are extremely limited so if you have not received an invitation from the family then please do not attend the crematorium.
However, we are all welcome to line the route of the cortege as it passes through the village, and to view the live webcast so please feel free to pass this information on appropriately.
On Monday, 19th October, at approximately 1.30pm the cortege will leave Southerly, in Chilworth Ring, and make its way towards Southampton Crematorium via Hadrian Way, Heatherlands Rd, Chilworth Rd, Chilworth Roundabout and Bassett Green Rd. Continue reading