Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill Community Website
Welcome Everyone
Welcome to the Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill Community Website. It is packed with new and up to date information about the Parish Council and the area we serve.
Parish Plan 2
The Parish Council considered and approved Parish Plan 2 Draft for Consultation at its monthly meeting on 4th April 2012. It intends to consult on the plan before making a decison whether to 'adopt' the plan. Consultation details will be announced here shortly as well as in in the June editions of the Coxhoe Chronicle and Hill Talk.
The Parish Council previously produced headline survey results documents which it delivered to all households last December. You can access these documents in advance from the links below as well as accessing the more detailed documents we have received from Durham Rural Community Council. you can access these from this link.
To share the results and to engage volunteers in developing the action plans events have taken place in both Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill.
New podcasts available
As part of our improvements we are doing a pilot of providing podcasts. We want to know what you think before we develop it further. Contact the Parish Council if you feel they are a good idea. We have added them to our facebook page. You can access and hear previous podcasts from this Coxhoe podcasts link.
Limestone LinX - 'Virtual Tours' now available
We are continuing to develop a page on the website to celebrate and inform you of the ongoing development of brilliant walks and cycle routes around Coxhoe, Quarrington Hill and adjoining villages. These have been developed in partnership with a range of nearby communities, Durham County Council and others and are known as the Limestone LinX. We have now developed a full set of' 'virtual tours' for all four routes. These are available in Our Photo Gallery from the navigation bar to the left. If you are unable to use the route and want to see what its like or you want to choose what route you want to take then check them out visually on-line. Check out more details of the Limestone LinX here
It's Up 2 U - Thousands of Pounds up for grabs
Community groups and projects can apply for a share of £60,000 t
hat has been allocated to a grants scheme. The East Durham Rural Corridor Area Action Partnership (AAP) has set aside half of its £120,000 budget for 2012-13 for the Its Up 2 U initiative. Funds will be allocated using participatory budgeting which will see the public vote for successful applicants at a community event in July. Check out more information here
Coxhoe Village Green Development Working Group to meet soon
The next meeting of the Coxhoe Village Green Development Working Group will take place on Thursday 7th June 2012 at 4.00pm. The meeting will be held in Landsdowne House, Landsdown Road Coxhoe. Why not come along and help develop improvements to the village greens?
Whats on at the Active Life Centre @Coxhoe
Find out the latest information about what's happing at the Active Life Centre @ Coxhoe by clicking on this link. Also why not check out photographs of what the centre has to offer in Our Photo Gallery
New Police Telephone Number for non emergency calls.
There is now a new Police telephone number to help you report crime locally. 101 is the number to call when you want to contact your local police - when it’s less urgent than a 999 call. 101 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Find out more by following this link
Changes to waste collections service
The County Council will commence rolling out a more efficient waste collection service from April this year. This means that recycling will be collected one week and recycling collected the next. The normal day of the visit may also change.
All households in the County will receive a new grey wheeled bin with a blue lid for recycling. You will need to use this for your reycling items rather than the green bag you have now
. The following can be placed in the new grey bin:
- mixed paper and card;
- mixed plastic;
- food tins and drink cans;
- cartons; and
- aerosols
Bottles and jars will still be collected in the green plastic box that you currently use. You will need to leave the new grey bin out with the green box one week and the existing waste bin the next week.
In Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill the new recycling bin will be delivered between April and May. You will receive details of the collection day with the delivery of your bin. The new service will then start in mid June although you can use your recycling bin as soon as you get it. If you have a green bag you can either re-use this in or around your home or if you cannot find a new use for it just put it in your new erecycling bin.
Visit www.durham.gov.uk/bins to find out more or call 03000 261000
Opening times for Parish Council Offices
Please note that we have changed our opening times for the general public. In future we will not open on a Tuesday and Thursday morning. Instead we will be open for visiting members of the public on Wednesday between 9.30am and 12.30 pm and 1.30pm and 3.00pm. The office will be open between 6.00pm and 6.30pm on the evenings of Parish Meetings. Please note that the Offices will be closed on 16th and 6th June due to holidays.
Equality Act 2010
The Equality Act comes into force on 6th April 2011. Have you a view about how we meet our duties and responsibilities from an equality and diversity point of view. The Parish Council wants to hear from anyone in its community, and particularly from anyone who is a person who shares a relevant protected charactersitic due to age, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Find out more here.
Check out the local crime website
If you are interested in knowing about crime rates in your area then the Police have developed a nwebsite to let you access this information quickly. The site provides information about the type of crime as well as local police contact information. Why not check out the site by clicking on the following link and typing in your postcode or address?
Local crime information
Next Parish Council Meeting
The next Parish Council Meeting will take place on Wednesday 30th May 2012. This month it will be held in Landsdowne House, Lansdowne Road, Coxhoe and will immediately follow the Annual Parish Meeting which starts at 7.00pm. Members of the public are invited to attend both meetings and at the beginning of the meeting there is the opportunity for you to have your say. Please come along. You can access the agendas and minutes of previous meetings as soon as they are publicly available.
The Parish Council would particularly like to encourage people to attend our meetings who might feel missed out because of age, disability, gender re-assignment, pregnancy and maternity, race religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
What the Parish Council is about
Coxhoe Parish Council is an ambitious and aspirational council. You c
an find out what makes us tick here. We have been implementing our Parish Plan since 2004 and we have now started work on 'Parish Plan 2' . You can find out all about our work from this link
If you have any queries comments or suggestions about the site please do not hesitate to contact us on ianforster176@btinternet.com
Young People's Page
We have included a page for young people and we would like to build upon what we have done. If you have any ideas or have any activities for young people to promote please let us know. We would particularly like to hear from young people. Check out our young people's page here . We are even on facebook. See the link below.
We are on facebook and twitter. Check out our facebook page at Coxhoe Facebook page Check out our group pages at Coxhoe on facebook. Follow us on Twitter at CoxhoePCouncil
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