Panther Taxis Transport Support
Panther Taxis Panther Taxis are offering FREE* transport (up to the value of £10 each way), in partitioned vehicles, to those without transport; who are vulnerable or need ‘door to door’ assistance and/or financial support to get to their vaccination appointment simply and safely. You can take advantage of this free transport offer in […]
Urgent Request for Volunteers
CAPALC News Urgent Request for Volunteer Support Due to the large number of Vaccine Hubs, urgent support is required at one of our testing hubs within the region. The roles range from queue management, registration assistant (welcoming people to the testing site), test operative (actually processing the testing sample, in full PPE, training provided), result logger […]
COVID 19: Vaccine Fraud
Government Counter Fraud Function Criminals are using the COVID-19 vaccine as a way to target the public by tricking them to hand over cash or financial details. They are sending convincing-looking text messages letting people know they are eligible for the vaccine or phoning people directly pretending to be from the NHS, or local pharmacy. […]
Winter Grants Fund Available
Dear Residents, Barton Parish Council (BPC) have received a small Winter Grants Fund to help families who may be in need of some emergency help with food, fuel or other essential services. This fund has to be allocated by the 31st of March or returned to South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC). If you are a […]
Parish Council Notes
Parish Council News The last Parish Council meeting was held 5th January. Cycling on the Pavement Cycling on the pavement between the gap between cycle paths on New Road and Comberton Road was discussed at the last Parish Council meeting. The Parish Council would like to remind cyclists that it is illegal to ride on […]
Twelve Days of Christmas
Parish News Did you find all twelve days of Christmas? On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me Twelve drummers drumming, eleven pipers piping Ten lords a leaping, nine ladies dancing, eight maids a milking Seven swans a swimming, six geese a laying, five gold rings Four calling birds, three French […]
National Lockdown COVID Guidelines
Covid-19 update – 7 January 2021 Dear members, volunteer coordinators and parish councillors Happy New Year to you all. I hope everyone had a chance to take some time off and recuperate and that the news about the national lockdown hasn’t affected you and your families too badly. Please do take a look at the […]
COVID Vaccination Scam
Cambridgeshire Police News Sadly, scammers continue to take advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to commit fraud on unsuspecting victims. We’ve had reports of fraudsters sending fake text messages, which claim you are entitled to a dose of the newly-approved vaccine. The bogus message states that you are entitled to a vaccine and to receive more […]
Twelve Days of Christmas
Have you found all the “Twelve Days of Christmas” dotted around the village? The twelve days starts on 25th December with a “Partridge in a Pear Tree” and finishes on 5th January with “Twelve Drummers Drumming”. Keep looking if you haven’t spotted them all. Happy New Year from all Barton Parish Councillors.