The St Breward Credit Union Service Point is reopening this Wednesday 12 August 10am – 12 noon at Gwerty Koth (old Shop), Row.
For more information about Credit Unions do call in or contact Denis Lusby 01208 850517 denis.lusby@btinternet.com

NHS 111 – making the right choice for urgent healthcare

NHS 111 is a system for urgent – but not emergency – healthcare. This way of accessing urgent care in Cornwall is to make sure everyone stays as safe as possible during the pandemic.

If you need urgent care, visit www.111.nhs.uk/ or phone 111 to find out where you should go and when. You will be directed to the most appropriate treatment. Accessing services in this way will help to prevent long waits and reduce the risk of infection in waiting rooms.

Arrangements have not changed for people with serious or life-threatening illnesses or injuries. Please continue to dial 999 as before.

£1,500 per household to upgrade rural broadband

People in Cornwall whose home or business is not covered by the current Superfast Cornwall programme plans for receiving fibre broadband could be eligible for up to £1,500 towards reliable superfast broadband in the next year, as part of the Government’s Broadband Upgrade Fund.

People can find out if they’re eligible for funds by entering their details on the Broadband Upgrade Fund website and registering their interest. Registration for funding closes on 30 September 2020. 

The Government is urging as many local households and businesses as possible to sign up for Government help in installing superfast broadband. Please share this information with people and businesses in your area so they can register for funding.

Spreading the word about The Cornwall We Want

Could you help Cornwall Council spread the word about The Cornwall We Want? The Council wants to hear from as many people in Cornwall as possible about what they want for Cornwall for future generations.
Only one in ten of Cornwall’s residents want things to go back to the way they were before the coronavirus pandemic. The Council wants to develop a shared vision for the future of Cornwall so that Cornwall’s recovery leads to a ‘better normal’ than before the crisis.
People can join in the discussion online at letstalk.cornwall.gov.uk or send their views through the post.

The Council wants people to share their views on:

• Their hopes and fears for the future
• Their experience of the lockdown
• Whether the lockdown made them think again about what matters in their life
• What changes they want to make
• What the ‘new normal’ to looks like for them, their business or their community
• What they see as the challenges and opportunities to achieving those aims

Anyone who’s not online can write to the Council at: Cornwall Council -The Cornwall We Want Room 4S New County Hall
Treyew Road Truro  TR1 3AY

PA20/06061
Proposal:  Application for works to a tree subject to Tree Preservation Order namely fell one large Lawson Cypress
Location Darrynane House St Breward Bodmin Cornwall
Applicant Mrs Angela Clark
Grid Ref 209299 / 76356

1. You can access the application on which Cornwall Council are inviting your comments using the following link: http://planning.cornwall.gov.uk/online-applications
2. Retrieve the application by entering the reference quoted above and then
clicking the “Search” button.
3. Details can then be found by clicking the “Documents” tab and then selecting
“View Associated Documents”.
4. If possible, Cornwall Council would prefer that comments are submitted online by registering then selecting the “submit comments” icon and completing the online form
which will immediately update our database and ensure that your comments are made available to the public.                                                                                                             If your response is likely to be longer than the equivalent of one side of A4 paper,
please also submit a short executive summary of your comments.
If you are unable to submit comments online, any views you may have on the
application should emailed to planning@cornwall.gov.uk quoting the relevant reference number.

Cormac Highways & Environment teams are gradually getting back to normal after scaling back their work activities due to government COVID-19 guidelines.

Highways:  initial focus is on the maintenance of the main routes. Surfacing, surface dressing and some site-based programmes started at the beginning of June. They are also keen to take advantage of lower traffic volumes and public footfall in some areas, as this minimises disruption for everyone, particularly local residents and businesses.

They will be carrying out essential surface dressing across the county over the next few months. Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation they won’t currently be posting letters to individual households. Signs will be put up well in advance to notify local residents of the need to move parked cars to allow the work to be done without any delays.  Roads often have to be closed to provide enough room for works to be carried out safely.

Verge management: this year, Cormac have reviewed their programmes and have significantly reduced the areas of rural verges cut. Like many councils across the country, they cut highway grass in rural areas for’safety reasons only’, to preserve visibility for road users and to provide a safe space for pedestrians. This allows Cormac to fulfil safety requirements while fully committing to protecting wildlife and the wider environment.

Keeping updated: the highways updates are posted on the Cormac website programming pages so that you can see what’s happening in your area and when.

Staying connected: Cormac wish to ensure that communication line are kept open so that problems can be reported and dealt with. To report a highway or footpath problem (including potholes) please contact the highway services and fault reporting . 

To read the whole newsletter from Cormac, please click here.

Citizens Advice Cornwall  is asking  for your opinion on how to improve  their services in the longer term. Their Chief Executive, Gill Pipkin, said:

“We know the demand for independent, accurate and free advice is going to massively increase after the lockdown and it’s vital that people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly have somewhere to turn to. That’s why it’s essential we start planning now.”

How You Can Help
Citizens Advice is part of the community and we need your suggestions about how we can reach more people in your area. We can consider running more outreach services, making use of technology to deal with more cases online or via webchat and social media, finding new ways to reach more remote rural areas and making sure people know how to access our services.
We may need to recruit new volunteers but we need to find safe places for them to work and to meet clients confidentially. Our annual budget is reducing so are there any ways you or organisations you work with might be able to support us? Email your comments to gill.pipkin@citizensadvicecornwall.org.uk

For further details and to read the whole newsletter, please click here

Contacting Citizens Advice   Although our offices and outreach operations are closed during the Covid19 restrictions, we are still continuing to offer our services to the public:     

Text ADVICE to 78866 or for debt issues, text DEBT to 78866 and we’ll call you back within 48 hours (excluding bank holidays and weekends).

Call us on 03444-111444 Mondays to Fridays between 10am and 4pm

Check our website at www.citizensadvice.org.uk for useful, up-to-date information on a wide range of subjects and to take part in a webchat session.                                                                         

Cornwall Council’s Early Years teams have created a new guide for preparing children for Early Years transitions, such as starting reception. There is support for parents and carers, as well as information and advice for settings and other professionals. There are resources for all children with specialist and targeted information for children with SEND. Visit www.supportincornwall.org.uk/startingschool

Ban on evictions extended by 2 months to further protect renters Find out more

Cornwall-based Shallal Studios has been awarded emergency funding for Picture Post, a new art activity project linking isolated artists during COVID-19, partnering with Project Ability to build a creative community. A weekly activity pack with ideas and inspiration for making art will be available to download via the Picture Post website.  Shallal Studios is encouraging people to get involved with the project online.

DEVON and CORNWALL – DWP have updated their resource sheets aimed at people facing redundancy. Access them here

Parish Magazine Summer Special
With the easing of Lockdown the Parish Magazine for St. Breward, Helland and Blisland with Temple are pleased to announce a ‘Summer Special’ available the first week of July.

We know that many Local Organisations aren’t able to meet and many Spring and Summer events have been postponed so the Parish Magazine would like to highlight the many and varied things that have been, and are, being done in these challenging times.

Could those of you who live in the parish please send photos to the Editor at editorparishmag@outlook.com showing some of the things that have been done during Lockdown. Things that have made you laugh, cringe, cry or are proud of would all be of interest. We are looking for photos of families doing Lockdown activities which have been fun, different, new, etc. The more photos, the better and they should be in jpeg format with the photographer’s name and brief details of who is in the photos. The deadline is Saturday 20th June.

We have had photos of the fantastic Scarecrows in recognition of key-workers, and are busy working through them to include as many as possible.

Items for the St Breward ‘Down your Way’ section: what your group has been doing to stay in touch, or thanking certain individuals/organisations who have gone above and beyond, please send to St Breward Parish Magazine contacts stbparishmag@hotmail.co.uk by 6pm on Wednesday 17th June.

The Raj at Wadebridge
Deliveries from the Raj at Wadebridge are changing to twice a month; Kirsty Hewitt has kindly offered to co-ordinate orders/deliveries from The Raj to the Camel Trail Car Park at WenfordBridge . Please contact Kirsty by text on 07748 803280 (phone if you are unable to text) if you are interested in having a delivery. No commitment to having a regular delivery.