Peppard News

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils have a range of roles available for those 18+ at the local elections on Thursday 2 May and overnight into Friday 3 May.

The councils are looking for people to work as:

Overnight count assistants – £14 per hour – at White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre, Abingdon
Overnight runners – £14 per hour – at White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre, Abingdon
Poll clerks – £145 / £155 total – various locations
Presiding officers – £200 / £225 – various locations (previous polling station experience required).

To find out more and to apply please visit whitehorsedc.gov.uk/electionjobs or southoxon.gov.uk/electionjobs

Many thanks

Communications

South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse District Councils

01235 422400

www.southoxon.gov.uk | @southoxon

www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk | @whitehorsedc

Following Matters of Memory day in July, Sonning Common Health Centre are organising three talks/forums focusing on the everyday needs and concerns for those with Dementia and their carers. They will run monthly from February on a Tuesday afternoon at the Health Centre, upstairs in the Palmer room. There will be seating for 20 which will be pre-booked. A booking form will be available mid January, from reception or the Sonning Common website http://www.sonningcommonhealthcentre.co.uk/ or email PPG schcppg@gmail.com

Matters of Memory Talks poster

There will be two speakers at each event who will speak for 15 minutes each, then an hour or so for the audience to ask questions. Tea, coffee, cake and biscuits would follow.

The sessions will start at 14.00 and finish at 16.00

The report on the first two sessions is attached by clicking this link.

The ‘Health Walks’ project was set up by Dr William Bird, a GP in the village of Sonning Common. The aim of the project was to improve people’s fitness, both in body and mind, by encouraging them to use their local countryside for walking. Together with Val Lunn, a local fitness instructor, Dr William Bird promoted the project which has now grown into a very successful scheme that has been adopted nationwide.

Our programme of walks will take a short break over Christmas: there will be no walks between Saturday 15^th December and Tuesday 1^st January (inclusive) We aim to have two trained volunteer leaders on every walk, one to lead the way, and the other to bring up the rear to ensure no-one gets lost. In the event of really bad weather (heavy rain/strong wind/snow) the walks may be cancelled – but it has to be quite bad for that to happen!

Timetables are available from the library the Health Centre and the Herb Farm, or on the website at www.sonningcommonhealthwalks.co.uk/timetable.