The Patient Participation Group has some great ideas to help you keep fit and healthy into the New Year, and you can read all about them in their latest newsletter PPG News January 2025.
The draft minutes of January’s Parish Council meeting are now published and available on the website.
The approved minutes of October’s Parish Council meeting are now published and available on the website.
The majority of Stokenham Parish residents are registered at Chillington Health Centre, but not all will be aware of our excellent Patient Participation Group, which is there to represent them and ensure they get the best from our local medical facility. The PPG’s latest newsletter is packed with useful information and makes essential reading. Get it here: https://stokenham-pc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PPG-November-24.pdf
Tonight’s meeting of Stokenham Parish Council has regretfully been postponed due to illness. The meeting will be reconvened for Thursday 28 November at 7.30.
A new Banking Hub has opened at 5-9 Victoria Street, Dartmouth. The Hub offers a counter service operated by the Post Office, where customers of all major banks can carry out regular cash transactions, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm. It also offers a Community Banker service where customers can talk to their own bank about more complicated issues on the day their bank is in the Hub. Community Bankers are available in Dartmouth on the following days:
Monday: HSBC
Tuesday: NatWest
Wednesday: Lloyds
Thursday: Barclays
Friday: Santander
In a consultation launched on 12 November, Defra are inviting the public, community groups, environmental groups, farmers, businesses and local authorities to share their views on modernising bathing water regulations to ensure a more flexible approach to designation and monitoring.
The proposed changes, which will benefit cold water swimmers and other water sports enthusiasts, include:
Click on the link above to go direct to the .gov.uk site and have your say on this important topic!
The Devon & Torbay Local Transport Plan 4 is now out for consultation. This is an opportunity for everyone to make their views known on the Councils’ plans for investment in local transport infrastructure that will affect all our lives for years to come. Don’t miss your chance to comment – click here to have your say!
Living Dart: The Saltmarsh Project is now in its third year. Our small ria saltmarshes that sit between the sea and the land have experienced 12,000 years of evolution since the last ice age – what could the future for this resilient ecosystem look like, and how can we play a part in that?
The workshop is about knowledge exchange – we will:
– Get a project update from key team members from the Environment Agency, South Devon National Landscape, Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority and ParkLife SW
– Think together about adaptation and the impact of climate change on habitats like saltmarsh. What kind of health indicators can be monitored both by experts and citizens? How can we stay connected to each other and the saltmarshes beyond the life of the project?
– Discuss next steps for saltmarsh restoration involving sister rivers the Erme, Yealm and Avon, and the Salcombe/Kingsbridge Estuary
– Hear from The Saltmarsh Artist Collective about their work about–and for–the Dart’s saltmarshes
Click here for your free ticket to this unique workshop event.
