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Guidance for the Christmas period

One of our village residents is undertaking a project to try and identify as many footpaths around the village as possible. Please see below and if you are able to help, please contact Steph directly via the details provided.

Please help!

Can you help to register the village walks for future generations?

We need residents 20 years+ to tell us of the walks they have always done and complete a simple form. Also needed are enthusiastic villagers who might be newer to the village but would like to help.

Please contact Steph at 07747613256 or steph@paulandsteph.co.uk

Making a Christmas bubble with friends and family

The Parish Council office will be closed on the following dates over the Christmas period. If your enquiry is urgent and can’t wait until the office re-opens then please contact a Parish Councillor. Their Contact details are on the website and in the Willingham News.

Tuesday 22nd December 2020 – Thursday 24th December 2020 (incl)

Tuesday 29th December 202 – Thursday 31st December 2020 (incl)

•In an emergency, phone 999

•MH Crisis – First Response Service- Call 111, option 2

•Lifeline 0808 808 2121   2-11pm daily •Support the person to access their GP

•Self-referral to Psychological Wellbeing Service (for low to medium level depression/anxiety) – 0300 300 0055

•CPSL Mind www.cpslmind.org.uk

Signs that someone needs more help…

•Experiencing significant levels of distress over longer period

•Day to day functioning is being affected

•Thoughts of suicide or self harm

•Signs of unusual behaviours – ie hearing/seeing things that others can’t; unusual ideas and beliefs; muddled thinking

Further to a meeting this morning with Govia Thameslink, there has been a slight change to the opening time for the new Huntingdon station access tomorrow morning (Friday 11 December). The new access from the A1307 will now open at approximately 11am. Please note, the existing access will now close shortly after, at approximately 12pm on Friday 11 December

Cambridgeshire County Council have put together a toolkit which focuses on activities and ideas that people can do to the run up to Christmas whilst staying Covid-safe. There is also a special video from Father Christmas – See below and have fun.

Covid-safe Winter Toolkit – Phase 2.pdf

I am getting in touch to let you know about some upcoming work in your local area.

We have work to do at Over Water Recycling Centre

We are investing £380,000 in a project to upgrade the existing water recycling centre off Furtherford Rd. To do this, we will be creating a new and above ground underground storm tank within our site boundary; allowing a larger volume of water to be stored in the event of heavy rain fall.

This means our engineers will be working in your area starting January 2021 for approximately 10 weeks.

Things you need to know

How will this impact me during site set up?	Before we start work, we will set up a temporary compound within our site boundary. During this time, you may notice a minimal increase of vehicle movements while we get equipment to and from site.
How will this impact me during construction?	Vehicle movements typically decrease after the first few weeks, but you can expect deliveries throughout our work. As this work is taking place within our existing site, we expect disruption to you and your neighbours to be minimal. During our work we will need to use large machinery and equipment. Due to the width of the roads in the area, clear signage will be in place to notify road users that our site is active.
What hours will your team be working?	Our working hours will vary. You may see us in the area from 07:00am, but we won’t start before 07: 30am.We will always aim to be finished by 17:30pm. There may be occasional weekend working between the hours of 08:00 and 13:00.
How will this affect my water/ sewerage services?	There are no planned interruptions to your services during our works.

Why are we doing this work?

We are required by the environment agency to meet a standard level of overflow water for all our sites. This is just one of many projects that demonstrates our commitment to reducing flooding and being environmental custodians.

Because we invest millions in used water treatment processes such as this one, our river water is the cleanest it’s been since the industrial revolution. Nearly 90% of our region’s bathing water beaches have ‘Excellent’ or ‘Good’ water quality.

Want to know more?

To find out more about this project and to keep up to date, please go to anglianwater.co.uk/yourarea or scan the below QR code.

Please ensure once you have typed your location in the top right search bar, that you click Maintenance and Improvements on the Key; this will bring up the post.