For all previous Parish Council Coronavirus updates please select the Covid-19 Category on the News Page of the Westbury Website http://westburysubmendip-pc.gov.uk/category/covid-19/
A Christmas message from our community shop
Dear Friends and supporters of Westbury Shop,
I am sending you a list of goodies available to order and collect from the shop. You can choose from Burn’s, Chew Valley, Hector’s, Jon Thorner’s, Times Past Cheese and Miles Tea and Coffee as well as Seager’s fresh vegetables.
This year is going to be a very different Christmas for all of us, but we really hope you will take the time to have a look at the wonderful selection of local produce which you can have delivered almost to your door!
Ordering from your community shop will certainly help us, but far more important, it will support the amazing group of local suppliers who, when normal life ground to a halt earlier this year, made sure we didn’t go short when some basic household essentials were almost impossible to buy.
The list is by no means exhaustive so please ask if you think we might be able to source something for you. If you have time, please come and have a look at some of the other Christmas gift ideas, cards, gift wrap etc in the shop.
The deadline for ordering poultry from Hector’s Farm shop is Monday 14th December and the last date for ordering from Jon Thorner’s is Monday 21st December.
I hope you will be able to access the Excel spreadsheet and order form, but paper copies of both are available in the shop, if you prefer. Order forms can be printed off and brought to the shop or emailed to westburyshoporders@gmail.com.
With best wishes,
Penny and the shop team
Vaccination in Somerset.
The Covid vaccination programme has started in Somerset as elsewhere in the country with the first patient receiving the jab on Wednesday in Yeovil. This video gives more details as well as asking people not to drop their guard at the moment. The virus is still very much with us but the hygiene and distancing rules can make a big difference to keeping us safe.
What we can do in tier two.
In case anyone is getting confused (which would be quite understandable) this is a summary of what we can and cannot do at the moment while we are placed in tier 2. We are making no predictions about what tier we might be in after the government reviews the arrangements on the 16th December but we will wait for that decision before sending out our next update. If there is any change we will then circulate the relevant guidance as quickly as possible.
People may be finding the regulations about ‘bubbles’ particularly confusing as there is more than one sort of arrangement allowed. This guidance gives an explanation of the different sorts of bubbles and when they might apply.
Letter from the Chair of the Parish Council
The regular letter from Sue Isherwood, chair of the Parish Council is here. In it Sue describes the bid that the council is thinking of making to the Somerset Climate Emergency Fund and asks for further ideas.
Sue Reece (870618) Mick Fletcher (870531) on behalf of the Parish Council