This is the latest information from South Cambridgeshire District Council.
From one minute after midnight on Wednesday 2nd December, we enter Tier 2 (High Alert). This is for areas with a higher or rapidly rising level of infection, where some additional restrictions need to be in place. The Tier 2 restrictions are as follows:
You must not socialise with anyone you do not live with or who is not in your support bubble in any indoor setting, whether at home or in a public place
You must not socialise in a group of more than 6 people outside, including a garden or public space – this is the ‘rule of 6’
Places of worship remain open but you must not socialise with people from outside of your household or support bubble while you are indoors there.
Pubs and bars must close, unless operating as restaurants. Hospitality venues can only serve alcohol with substantial meals. They must provide table service only in venues which sell alcohol, close between 11pm and 5am and stop taking orders after 10pm.
you cannot meet someone in a private dwelling who is not part of your household or Christmas bubble
You should travel to meet those in your Christmas bubble and return home between the 23rd and 27th December. Anyone travelling to or from Northern Ireland may travel on the 22nd and 28th December.
A fixed bubble is a sensible and proportionate way to balance the desire to spend time with others over the Christmas period, while limiting the risk of spreading infection. However, the more people you see, the more likely it is that you will catch or spread coronavirus (COVID-19). You can spread coronavirus to others even if you and the people you meet have no symptoms. You and the other people in your Christmas bubble need to consider these risks carefully before agreeing to form a bubble. Remember, hands, face, space.
Barton Parish Council presents the 2020 Christmas programme:
10th December – a Christmas tree will be erected on the village green. Parishioners are cordially invited to make and hang a decoration on the tree before 18th December.
11th December – 10am – the children of Barton Primary School will be a-carolling in 3 village locations. This is weather dependent. The backup date is the 14th.
12th December– 3.30pm-6.30pm – let’s make Barton shine with Christmas magic. The tree will be lit to the sound of some old favourite songs – please come and admire Barton’s Christmas tree creativity, respecting social distancing of course!
19th- 21st December – a treat for the children. A small surprise for children will be hidden throughout the village (first come, first served! Please only take one per child). Happy hunting! Also, the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ will be on display around Barton in gardens, hanging from trees or gates. They can be viewed from pavements. Can you find all 12?
Many thanks to all who have donated to this festive fun!
We remain under the rules of the national lockdown. From one minute after midnight on Wednesday 2 December, we will enter Tier 2, along with the rest of the East of England. We don’t anticipate that the way your community support is being delivered will need to change under the Tier 2 measures but, as ever, please contact your patch lead if you have any queries or concerns.
Information that you may find useful about the new measures:
If you want to look up which Tier another area is in, you can use the Government’s look-up tool with a post code (this was not working well yesterday because of the amount of traffic trying to access the tool, but it does now seem to be working OK).
One area that may have been causing some confusion is how the previous ‘rule of 6’ would work under the new Tier system and with the Christmas bubbles. The guidance set out above makes it clear that, in Tier 2:
you must not socialise with anyone you do not live with or who is not in your support bubble in any indoor setting, whether at home or in a public place
you must not socialise in a group of more than 6 people outside, including in a garden or a public space – this is called the ‘rule of 6’.
Webinar: Community organisation and social enterprise leaders
The Institute for Voluntary Action Research (IVAR) is running free zoom sessions for leaders of community organisations and social enterprises. The focus of conversations is generated by the participants, who can shape what this needs to be, to ensure that the sessions are useful for them. Past attendees have valued hearing other leaders’ experiences, having a safe space to offload and time to pause and reflect. These sessions are available throughout the winter and into early spring.
Webinar: Fundraising in rural communities
Cambridge Council for Voluntary Sector (CCVS) is running a free webinar aimed at fundraising for community groups working in rural areas on Thursday 10 December, 6pm to 7.30pm. The Co-op will talk about their role in creating local forums to share resources and support communities to make things happen. And the event will also touch on social finance and community share schemes which some communities have been able to utilise to save community assets. You can book via Eventbrite.
Hearing aid maintenance in Cambourne and Fulbourn
Cambridgeshire Hearing Help has limited re-opening hours for its hearing aid re-tubing service (for NHS hearing aid users). If you know someone who needs their hearing aid cleaning/maintaining, they could use the new drop-off and pick-up 30 minutes later service, by appointment.
Cambourne Hearing Aid Maintenance Centre, The Hub, High St, Cambourne, CB23 6GW – open every Tuesday, 10.30am to 3.30pm
Fulbourn Hearing Aid Maintenance Centre, The Swifts Meeting Room and Library, Haggis Gap, Fulbourn, CB21 5HD – open every Thursday, 10.30am to 3.30pm
For further information or to book an appointment call 01223 416 141 or email .
Bill Handley
Lead Cabinet Member for Community Resilience, Health & Wellbeing
South Cambridgeshire District Council
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The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough contact tracing service launched this week.
Cambridgeshire County Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council will be working closely with NHS Test and Trace to contact people who have tested positive for Covid-19, giving them help, advice and support to self-isolate, in a further bid to crack down on the pandemic.
Both councils have staff who have undergone special training in contact tracing and who will be following up on people who have tested positive for Covid-19 but have not responded to a call or email from the national service, asking them for details of their close contacts.
Council staff will initially make contact by phone, text or email asking people to call a local number. If this fails, staff carrying local authority ID will make house to house visits to reach those people who have tested positive. They will be given advice and support on how they can stay isolated to break the chain of infection, and prevent it spreading to their household contacts. They will also be asked to share details of others they have been in contact with. Anyone who is concerned by being contacted can call the council or local community hub to check the identity of the tracer on 0345 045 5219.
We know that the quicker we can reach people who’ve tested positive and get them to isolate – and get them to share details of who they’ve been in contact with – the quicker we can break the chain of infection.
Information will be provided by the local team about the support available for those who need to isolate, including the £500 payments that are available for people who have been asked to self-isolate, where this has led to a loss of income.
If the national NHS Test and Trace service is unable to make contact after 24 hours with anyone who tests positive, they will refer the details into our new, local Cambridgeshire contact tracing team
The local team will receive this information daily, seven days a week
The Cambridgeshire team will contact people, initially by phone/text/email, and this will show up as a local number or come from an official council email address. The person will be asked to contact a local number
If they can’t be contacted by phone/text/email after another 24 hours, we will send a council member of staff to the person’s address to speak to them personally
We will provide advice to them, get details of their ‘contacts’ and then update the national system with this information
The national process and service will then take over and contact the close contacts of the people we’ve been in contact with. The loop currently ends there for us in Cambridgeshire
When our colleagues make contact we will also see if people need any support or help – this could be financial support if people are unable to work, or support to shop for food, get medication or undertake essential household chores etc.
Enabling safe and effective volunteering during coronavirus
On 13 November, the Government published guidance for people who run volunteer-involving organisations or groups, or manage volunteers, to help organisations understand how to safely and effectively involve volunteers during the coronavirus outbreak.
Updated guidance on opening community facilities
The Government updated its guidance on Tuesday for those managing community centres, village halls and other community facilities on safely using multi-purpose buildings in line with national restrictions. If you need support please email .
Funding for parish council and community groups
We recently issued grants to parish councils and community groups to help with your Covid response. If you are a parish council, please ensure when using this grant that you are adhering to parish council legislation. For example, using the Power of Competence / using s137 funding. The National Association of Local Councils (NALC) issued helpful guidance in their bulletin LTN31 on 14 May 2020, which is available online to Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Association of Local Councils (CAPALC) members.
Innovate & Cultivate Fund
The next deadline to apply for Cambridgeshire County Council’s Innovate & Cultivate Fund for £2,000-£15,000 is 1 February 2021. The fund supports initiatives that strengthen communities and reduce pressure on the County Council’s adult social care and children’s services. The fund is open to voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations, and public sector organisations in Cambridgeshire.
The County Council strongly advises organisations to seek pre-application advice on their project ideas before submitting an application – you can book an advice slot for Thursday 10 December on Eventbrite.
Application guidance is also available to run new projects such as Mobile Warden Schemes and Digital Inclusion Projects – or for Timebanks, Good Neighbour Schemes, Dementia-Friendly Communities and Men’s Sheds. You can find guidance on how to apply for a start-up grant for each of these projects on the Cambridgeshire Insight website.
C3 hot meals scheme – update
We mentioned last week that we are able to relaunch the hot food scheme with C3 Church. Please continue to let us know if you are aware of individuals or families in your community who would benefit from a weekly meal top up, please email .
free LED bulbs, radiator panels and draught proofing (including fitting for disabled customers)
help to understand tariffs and meters, and to find the cheapest energy tariffs (saving an average £250 per year)
referrals for funding for home improvements such as loft insulation (even in rented accommodation we can partially fund improvements)
free replacement fridges, freezers, washing machines and electric cookers (if over nine years old and broken, through the HEART scheme)
to register residents for a Warm Home Discount (£140 off their electricity bill), a Social Water Tariff, and Priority Services Register.
The service is available to anyone that either is already in, or is at risk of, falling into fuel poverty. It is open to all types of householders – homeowners, private renters and social housing tenants. You can check the eligibility criteria on the LEAP website.
Job role: Community Connectors
We are aware of 10 Community Connector roles which are being recruited to by the County Council and, as you have been working to perform such a similarly supportive role during 2020, we thought it may be of interest.
It is critical that we all follow the rules so that we can start December in the lowest tier possible and have the best chance of being able to spend the festive season with friends and family. Please do remember that we are here to help you in your ongoing efforts to support your community – don’t hesitate to contact your patch lead with any queries or requests for support.
Bill Handley
Lead Cabinet Member for Community Resilience, Health & Wellbeing
South Cambridgeshire District Council
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A number of properties on Cambridge Road were burgled during the night of Wednesday 11 November 2020. Thefts and attempted thefts were from garden sheds. Access appeared to be from garden to garden.
Please make sure your sheds are locked and well protected from entry. Ideally have them alarmed with CCTV overlooking vulnerable areas.
Check that attempts have not been made to break in to your sheds and outbuildings and phone the police if there are signs.
Please be vigilant and report any suspicious behaviour.
Sarah Pitchford Area Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator
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Residents who are at the most risk from coronavirus – those who are Clinically Extremely Vulnerable – are being asked to take extra precautions during the new national lockdown. This group of people is not as large as the group identified under the previous shielding scheme; for example, there is not the need for everyone over 70 to stay at home.
Everyone who is in the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable category has been sent a letter from Government to advise them what they need to do to stay safe. We are working with Cambridgeshire County Council to follow this up with a further letter/email/text with local information about support available. This will include how support can be accessed from local community groups.
In South Cambridgeshire:
6,500 people are in the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable category at the moment
3,200 registered on the national support website, or by phone, in the first phase of the virus
Of those who registered, 750 people had a need for some form of support (many of which were helped by community groups)
Along with colleagues at the County Council, we will also be calling people on the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable list who are most vulnerable and received support last time. This is so we can be sure they have what they need. Part of that conversation will make it clear we will share their information with a community group if support can be provided by them, such as shopping or the collection of prescriptions.
As we are now over seven months into the pandemic, the national systems such as online supermarket priority are far more developed. People are also much more aware of the amazing support available to them in their community. As this is the case, we do not plan to share the data we provided to community groups during the initial lockdown. We would encourage groups to remind everyone in their village they are still there to help, including using the grants we have offered to send an updated leaflet, if possible. We will be contacting you about people who say they need your help.
Co-op Food Fund
Co-op Food Fund grants of £2,000 to £10,000 are available to local charities, community organisations, parish and town councils, school PTAs, churches and other religious organisations for local programmes that tackle food poverty. Eligible expenditure includes food banks, holiday hunger schemes, redistributing surplus food, providing access to balanced meals and upskilling people on low cost meal solutions. The deadline to apply is 13 November 2020.
Business support
It’s going to be another tough time for local businesses, and our Business Support team is ready to help. If any of your local businesses are unsure about what they can/cannot do as part of new lockdown measures, or if they need support or advice on where to go for financial assistance over coming weeks and months, please remind them that they can contact our Business Support team. Email for general support and guidance, or for queries relating to Local Restriction Support grants.
We are also encouraging businesses to sign up to our regular business newsletter and check out our webpages for all the most up to date information and business advice.
Friends of Barton School (FOBS) is organising a family scavenger hunt over the half term holidays (w/c 26th October) around Barton. FOBS are asking for a donation, and are suggesting £5 per family, but any amount would be welcome!
For details about the event, email or go to FOBS Facebook page:
Sorry that there are so many posts on the topic of East West Rail but this is important for Barton and South Cambridgeshire. Anthony Browne MP hosted a meeting of over 35 people Thursday evening (15 October 2020). East West Rail had members of their team present to answer questions and to address concerns. There were lots of good questions from an engaged and constructive audience.
Main points:
EWR are developing routes and will consult in January.
Cambridge North is not an option. That was decided some time ago based on cost, time and future development potential.
Cambourne North is an option. EWR will look at that. Big push from Cambourne, Anthony Browne and others. Cambourne is likely to develop on the other side of A428 so a station would end up in the middle of the town if on the North Side. EWR route would still be through Option E to Cambridge South.
Roads would be crossed and railways would be crossed. No roads cut off. Public right of ways maintained.
Made clear to EWR and Ashton Cull (representing the Mayor) that an integrated transport system is essential.
High speed passenger line so freight unlikely.
Start with 4 trains per hour. Frequent enough for people to jump on a train at Cambourne to travel into Cambridge.
Traction type not fixed. May start with diesel but looking at electric, battery, hydrogen. Anthony stated that it could not be diesel. Government would not allow it.
Cycle track alongside to be included if possible.
Myths busted: 24/7 NO; noisy, polluting NO; wedge through communities NO
If you have any questions please contact our Clerk.
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East West Rail have launched their Community Hub. This is where you can register to express views and be involved. The link pulls up the email with additional information.
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Cambridgeshire police would like to highlight a recent series of car key burglaries, which are taking place across all force areas.
Please be alert to suspicious activity at homes or addresses with high powered vehicles such as BMWs, Audis, Volkswagens, and Mercedes. Burglaries are being committed to obtain vehicle keys as improved security means that these vehicles are more difficult to steal without a key.
We are encouraging residents to remain vigilant during the day, lookout for any unusual people or vehicles paying attention to the driveway of a house where a desirable car is parked, even if it is not there at the time, similarly late at night, if you are coming or going be on the lookout for unusual activity.
Owners of high value, desirable cars are advised to take extra precautions:
Never leave vehicle or other keys in open view of your letterbox or ground floor window where a potential offender could easily access them by fishing them out with a device, consider installing a cage or security device to keep the letterbox secure.
Always lock windows and doors.
Fit a steering wheel lock / or after market security device.
Aggravated burglary is rare in Cambridgeshire, but if the thief is persistent enough to break in, it’s best they take the keys and leave.
The safety and protection of people should always come first.
If you have a secure garage you can park your car in overnight, do use it.
Set burglar alarms and any other security devices you have installed, consider a driveway alarm to give you early warning of someone approaching on your drive.
Consider fitting a tracking device, if your car is stolen there is a greater chance of it being traced.
Be alert to who is around and where your keys are.
Report suspicious activity or interest in these types of vehicles to police on 101, or 999 in an emergency. Without putting yourself at risk, try to obtain a description of anyone you saw, and registration numbers of vehicles this can be passed on to police to aid investigation.
Criminal activity can also be reported to Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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