There is now a vacancy on Thurgarton Parish Council. Please click here to see the formal notice.

Thurgarton has a very active Parish Council, which meets each month excepting August and December, on the fourth Thursday of the month. Meeting are currently being held virtually.

If you are interested in joining the Parish Council or would like more information regarding this role please contact me at tina.tsoukatos@thurgarton.org.uk or call me on 01636 830371.

Tina Tsoukatos
Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

Public Virtual Parish Council meeting….the Parish Council meeting was again held as a public virtual (on-line) meeting. Members of the public were able to join the virtual meeting, by sending a request for an invitation to the Parish Council prior to the meeting.

Thurgarton Emergency Plan (TEP)….the revised COVID-safe Thurgarton Road Closure Plan and new guidance for flood wardens and road signage wardens is now in operation. New gloves for the road signage wardens have been sourced free of charge from NCC.

TAAC (Thurgarton Action against Coronavirus)….the village community support initiative started by the Parish Council, the TCA and the WI is now gradually being wound down as the need diminishes. Huge thanks and appreciation are again sent to all TAAC Volunteers who have worked to provide households in the village with shopping, prescriptions and postal services. Please be aware that the TAAC service is being ‘mothballed’ and will return, if required, in the future.

Community Speed Watch (CSW)….has been in operation from 1^st July and has recorded the details of 246 vehicles speeding through the village up to 21^st July. Many thanks are sent to the CSW Volunteers for their efforts in trying to keep the Parishioners safe from speeding motorists.

Village Hall….Village Hall refurbishment work is ongoing and is due to complete, inside and outside, by September. Due to the limitations of COVID-19 some work that had been planned to be undertaken by Volunteers has been added to the building work schedule at additional cost.

Environment….following intervention by TPC the Priory Rd footpath will be repaired by NCC.

Return of the Mammoth Sculpture….watch out for a 23ft, 4 tonne Mammoth sculpture, currently being lovingly refurbished at Yates Engineering.

Date of Next Meeting…The next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 24^th September at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk 

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

A video message from Red 2 (Flt Lt Cambridge) to the children of Bleasby School:

Despite the announcement that church buildings may open for public worship from 4th July, the 7 churches of the Benefice of West Trent will be waiting for better conditions before doing so.

The predominant concern is our ‘duty of care’ towards members of congregations, communities and leaders. In extensive discussions we have addressed our own set of 5 criteria for reopening. A helpful summary and conclusions for each criteria are to be found by following this link:

https://www.beneficeofwesttrent.org/covid-19

This is disappointing but the sensible and right decision. Preparations will be underway with a view to beginning to open up from September.

You are welcome to visit any of the churches which are all open at some point every week. The days/times are to be found on the home page of our website

https://www.beneficeofwesttrent.org

Weddings and funerals can now take place in church but with strict limitations in place.

Every blessing

Phil

The Revd Phil White MA
Vicar – Benefice of West Trent: Bleasby, Halloughton, Hoveringham, Morton, Rolleston, Thurgarton, and Upton, including the village of Fiskerton.

T: 077 200 100 66

E: phil_07@btinternet.com

Public Virtual Parish Council meeting….the Parish Council meeting was again held as a public virtual (on-line) meeting. Members of the public were able to join the virtual meeting, by sending a request for an invitation to the Parish Council prior to the meeting.

Thurgarton Emergency Plan (TEP)….The revised COVID-safe Thurgarton Road Closure Plan was announced. New guidance for flood wardens and road signage wardens will be distributed shortly. Approval was granted for the purchase of new gloves for the road signage wardens.

TAAC (Thurgarton Action against Coronavirus)….the village community support initiative started by the Parish Council, the TCA and the WI continues to serve 31 households in Thurgarton with shopping, prescriptions and postal services. Huge thanks and appreciation were sent to all TAAC Volunteers who are now into their 14^th week of service. If anyone needs assistance or would like to help TAAC Users then please contact me at taac@thurgarton.org.uk

Community Speed Watch (CSW)….are once again in action after a review and adopting a few COVID-safe measures. As before, the CSW volunteers will be physically supported by Police Officers from time to time and it is the Police who decide on any actions taken against motorists who are recorded speeding, by also taking into account any other transgressions within Nottinghamshire Police area. Many thanks are sent to the CSW Volunteers for their efforts in trying to keep the Parishioners safe from speeding motorists.

Parish Council spend in 2019/20….a review of budget figures for 2019/20 was made, comparing these to the actual spends across the various categories – Administration, Emergency Measures, Planning, Highways and Broadband, Village Hall, Communication and Environment. Overall there was very little difference in figures between budget and actual spend with the exception of one extraordinary item – the purchase of a pump for £400 which had not been budgeted for. The pump will be paid for from Community Infrastructure Levy funds.

Village Hall….Village Hall refurbishment work is now well underway and is due to complete, inside and outside, by the end of August.

Environment….Despite the weather, lots of both rain and sunshine, there has been a lot of work and the village is looking very well maintained.

Date of Next Meeting…The next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 23rd July at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk 

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

On 12th June the government announced that church buildings could be  reopened ‘for individual prayer’ with ‘significant limitations’.

Public worship is still not possible, although funerals can be held in a church if applying the same restrictions as for committals presently.

In the Benefice of West Trent we have 7 church buildings, valued for their beauty and interest, their spiritual ambience and meaning. It will not be   possible to reopen them all at the same time, not least because of the cleaning regime required. The last thing we would want is for a church building to be a potential source of C-19, so it is better to err on the side of caution.

Each church has to do a rigorous risk assessment, agreed by incumbent, churchwardens and PCC prior to reopening.

Here are the days/times of reopening around the Benefice as at present.

Bleasby, St Mary’s – Sundays (mid-am to dusk)

Halloughton, St James – Sundays (10am – 6pm)

Hoveringham, St Michael & All Angels – Fridays (day light hours)

Morton, St Denis – Wednesdays (10am – 3pm)

Rolleston, Holy Trinity – remaining closed

St Peter’s Priory, Thurgarton – Saturdays (8am – 8pm)

St Peter & St Paul, Upton – daily (10am – 5pm except Mondays)

You are more than welcome to visit as an individual or in your ‘bubble’,   following the notices in the church to guide you. People are working really hard to reopen but some are awaiting circumstances to change a bit more before they do.

Any questions or comments are welcome to myself or the churchwardens of the church.

Best wishes
The Revd Phil
077 200 100 66
phil_07@btinternet.com

The reopening of church buildings, a link to a letter clarifying about this:
https://www.beneficeofwesttrent.org/

Zoom worship continues…here is a link to see what we’re up to: 
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/1cJ6aLPZ60NITo2K7G_bQvQuFarOaaa81Cgc-PZbzRmdKh09vUrjpUA7L0w-_PUV Password: 7r#ZFbW5

FTCC are reopening the Priory Ground, Thurgarton for senior nets starting Saturday 13th June 2020.

All sessions are pre-booked through the committee. 

The ground remains closed for all other individuals. 

Any questions or problems, please contact Aaman Singh by email at aaman9@hotmail.com

Public Virtual Parish Council meeting….the Parish Council meeting was again held as a public virtual (on-line) meeting. Members of the public were able to join the virtual meeting, by sending a request for an invitation to the Parish Council prior to the meeting. It was agreed that these public virtual Parish Council meetings are working well and will continue in the same format for as long as this is necessary.

Thurgarton Emergency Plan (TEP)….how TEP will work in the new world of COVID-19 was discussed. New guidance for flood wardens and road signage wardens to follow shortly. A clearance of stones and general debris from the Beck may be organised in the near future.

TAAC (Thurgarton Action against Coronavirus)….the village community support initiative started by the Parish Council, the TCA and the WI continues to serve 32 households in Thurgarton with shopping, prescriptions and postal services. Huge thanks and appreciation were sent to all TAAC Volunteers who continue to provide this well needed community support. If anyone needs assistance or would like to help TAAC Users then please contact me at taac@thurgarton.org.uk

Village Hall….Village Hall refurbishment work started as planned on 18^th May and is due to be completed by 4^th July.

Environment….lots of work being undertaken all over the village.

Date of Next Meeting…The next meeting of Thurgarton Parish Council will be on Thursday, 25^th June at 7.30 pm, this will be a public virtual meeting, members of the public who would like to join the meeting should send their details to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk 

Tina Tsoukatos, Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic the March Thurgarton Parish Council meeting was held as a private virtual meeting, this was also as a test to gauge how effective this medium would prove to be. I’m happy to report that this method worked well for Councillors but looking forward, it was agreed that we would have to keep the Parish Council meetings virtual and therefore private to enable the smooth running of the agenda. A consequence of this is that there is now the limitation of no public consultation within the meeting. To address this the Parish Council is asking that all comments, that would have been brought to the public section of the Parish Council meeting, be sent instead in writing to the Clerk to clerk@thurgarton.org.uk and also, if possible, that these comments are discussed with one of the Parish Councillors so that these points can be properly investigated and brought to the PC meeting.

Please also note that it was agreed at the March PC meeting to defer consideration of planning applications until the April meeting when these will be formally considered. Please click here to access the agenda for the April meeting.

Stay home and keep safe!

Regards, Tina Tsoukatos
Chair, Thurgarton Parish Council

tina.tsoukatos@thurgarton.org.uk