June Full Council Agenda published
The agenda for June’s meeting of Stokenham Parish Council, to be held on Thursday 19 June, is now published and available here.
Online booking for this summer’s Holiday Activities and Food programme is now open
Parents and carers can now book places on the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme this summer.
The Government-funded scheme provides activities and nutritional meals over the holidays for children aged five to 16 who receive benefits-related free school meals. And if your child is not eligible for benefits-related free school meals they still may be able to access activities under our ‘extended criteria.’
You can find more information about our extended criteria on information for parents and carers on our children, families and education webpage.
And now, to make it easier, you can view and book activities online. The new EEQU system displays all the holiday activities on offer, with links detailing where and when the activity is, how to get there and other important information.
Once you’ve applied the booking system will carry out an instant assessment of their eligibility to attend. If eligible, you will receive a confirmation of the booking and you will be sent reminders ahead of the session.
And if you need to cancel its easy to do and will free up the slot allowing those on the waiting list the chance to book.
Annual Parish Meeting – draft minutes published
Draft minutes of the Annual Parish Meeting of 14 May are now published and available on the website here.
Annual Governance Statement
Stokenham Parish Council’s Annual Governance Statement is now published and available via a permanent link on the website here.
May news from the Patient Participation Group
The latest PPG newsletter is full of useful health tips and advice. Get it here.
Stokenham Churchyard Records – a fascinating treasure-trove of historic information
Records of burials at St Michael and All Angels church in Stokenham dating back as far as the seventeenth century have been meticulously maintained by a crack team of volunteers, and are now available for perusal by members of the public in search of relatives, ancestors, or just a bit of light genealogical research. We’ve put a permanent link to the churchyard records in our Community segment, here. Can you resist the temptation to have a look?
Draft Council Minutes Published
The draft minutes of May’s Annual Meeting of Full Council are now published and available on the website.
Don’t throw it away – get it fixed at the Repair Café!
Do you know about the Repair Café movement, a not-for-profit community project that brings clever fixers together with broken household objects to mend them for free? This brilliantly simple idea actually began in Devon and has now become a nationwide movement. The next Repair Café is taking place in Kingsbridge on Sunday 25 May, from 10:00 to 13:00, at Kingsbridge Care Hub, beside Quay House next to the library. Bring along your broken household objects – clocks, small appliances, even bicycles – and see if new life can be breathed into them. No guarantees are given, but the skilled team at Kingsbridge Repair Café will do their best!
Free webinar – How invasive species are reshaping our shores
The Rock Pool Project are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 20 May at 7pm. Get your tickets here.
