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CITIZENS ADVICE – new opening times
Dear Parish Councils
We are aware that some of you have our old opening times, I will send you our up to date poster at a later date, due to the current situation we have closed our office for Face to Face drop ins / appointments.
I have attached our poster directing clients how to get in touch with us as follows:-
Many thanks
Kind regards
Claire
Claire Brown. Charity Administrator: Citizens Advice South Hams
Working hours Mon – Fri 9.30 – 1.30
claire@southhamscab.org.uk
BIGBURY MEMORIAL HALL CLOSURE – CORONA VIRUS
In accord with HM Government instructions concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, the hall’s management committee has no option but to close the hall to all activities from today until further notice.
LATEST DEVON INFO ABOUT COVID-19
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS:-
https://www.devon.gov.uk/document/coronavirus-advice-in-devon/
Good Neighbourhood & COVID-19
This message is being sent on the behalf of Devon and Cornwall Neighbourhood Watch
Would you be prepared to help sick, vulnerable and self-isolated people in your community who have no-one else to turn to during Coronavirus? If so, we’d like to hear from you.
We would like to encourage as many groups as possible to make plans to support their neighbours in case they need to check on the welfare of people who have had to self-quarantine or need help. We believe that the key is organising local Good Neighbour Groups now, before more people get ill, so that a local contact telephone number can be delivered to each address BEFORE people become wary of going door to door, or a Lockdown is put in place. From that point, all communication can be by phone.
We are asking you to establish Good Neighbour Groups in your communities to identify vulnerable people, and those who self-isolate, by doing a leaflet drop in the area, inviting people to contact a local telephone number for support. We would expect that local volunteer coordinators will then organise a regular telephone call to check on the welfare of those who ask for help, to check that their basic needs can be met, e.g. for food, medication, electricity etc, until they recover, or to notify the emergency services if required.
Please contact the Police at Launceston to let them know the area your group will cover. We will collate this information and make sure it is shared with your local neighbourhood policing team. Email to launceston@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk
A letter drop leaflet, for you to use:
GOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD GROUP
Due to the currently developing situation with Coronavirus, we are working locally to identify and help vulnerable people who would like support within our local community.
For this area your named contact is: ___________________________________
and their telephone number is: ____________________________________.
Please get in contact if you feel that you or a member of your family are vulnerable and wish to be contacted on a regular basis to check on your welfare, or If you are concerned that you have the symptoms of Coronavirus and are therefore self-isolating for the recommended period of time, please also contact the above-named person for your area. This will ensure that you have someone in regular communication with you, and a team of local volunteers that can ensure that you have any medication or supplies delivered to you whilst you are isolated.
It is anticipated that contacting 111 and 999 will be increasingly difficult. Please consider signing up for virtual doctor consultations via the ‘LIVI ‘app, or other virtual doctor apps, which can be downloaded at: http://www.livi.co.uk/
In an emergency always call 999
Message sent by
David Braziel (NHWN, Communications Administrator, Devon & Cornwall)
Corona virus – SHDC Keeping Businesses Updated
These are exceptionally challenging times for all businesses and we are currently working really hard with Central Government to get clarity over the measures announced in the budget and other emergency measures that are going to be rolled out.
We expect to get advice this week and we will be putting staff in place to make sure that we can administer the emergency measures. Please keep an eye on our website and social media for updates and announcements as they become available.
Measures in the Budget 2020
budgetAs you may have seen, in the Chancellor’s Budget on the 11 March, the Government has announced a series of measures to help certain types of small businesses.
At present, we are still waiting for the details from Central Government and as soon as we have received this guidance, we will be able to confirm your eligibility for the reliefs which have been announced.
Your Current Business Rates Bill
If your business has a rateable value of £51,000 or greater and is not a public house your bill will be correct.
The Government has announced that to support small businesses affected by coronavirus, there will be 100% business rates relief for businesses eligible for the retail discount.
So eligible businesses with a rateable value of less than £51,000 will be eligible for a tax holiday for a year for 2020/21. This applies to shops, cinemas, restaurants and hotels (as long as your rateable value is less than £51,000).
This does not apply to all businesses with a rateable value of less than £51,000. It is only businesses who previously qualified for the retail discount and it has been extended to include some of the hospitality sector.
If you are a qualifying business (your current bill will show one or more of the following reliefs: 50% Retail Discount, Small Business Rate Relief, or £1,000 Public House Relief) you will be sent a revised bill in due course. If the revised bill means you have overpaid your 2020 business rates bill, you will be refunded.
£3,000 Grant for Small Businesses Rate Relief or Rural Rate Relief
Peer ChallengeWe currently have no additional details about the £3,000 grant that the Government has announced for business currently receiving Small Business Rate Relief or Rural Rate Relief.
We are currently waiting for Central Government to issue us with guidance on how to distribute this grant of £3,000 to the businesses which are eligible to receive it.
As soon as we receive the Government guidance on this grant, we will contact the businesses which will be eligible for the grant.
Council Tax – Hardship Fund
The Government has also announced a new £500 million Hardship Fund so we can support economically vulnerable people and households, to be administered by the Council.
The Government expects most of this funding to be used to provide more council tax relief, either through existing Local Council Tax Support schemes, or through similar measures. The Government will set out more detail on this funding, including allocations, shortly.
We will send out further update bulletins as soon as we have more information from Central Government.
TWO PIGLETS
Seen yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 11th March) about 4.00pm, two (Gloucester Old Spot???) piglets running up Drunkards Alley from the Easton to Ashford Road. Nice little porkers!
Any ideas about ownership?
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