PROTECT YOUR CAR CAMPAIGN Due to Covid-19 and repeated lockdowns, people haven’t been using their cars as much as they used to. However, car crime remains a pressing problem in the UK – alarmingly, one car is stolen every ten minutes(1). The latest figures from the Police National Computer (3) indicate car crime decreased during Covid-19 restrictions but with the expectation of social restrictions soon easing we could see a surge in car crime. Neighbourhood Watch are launching a new campaign on the 31st March to encourage everyone to keep their car’s safety top of mind. Read more
The Haslingfield Parish planning meeting will be taking place on Wednesday 31 March 2021 at 7:30pm. Note that this is a virtual meeting. To see the agenda, please click: 20210331 Planning Meeting
Food loving villagers – This week we have arranged again a number of food vans providing delicious food in the village hall car park on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 17:00-20:00.
Different cuisines will be catered for from different companies. This Thursday 25/3 will be authentic Greek Gyros from The Cook’s Nest, on Friday 26/3 will be pizza from La Biga (every Friday) and on Saturday 27/3 will be authentic Paella from La Laventina
All vans have covid secure contactless payment options and try to pre-order using the links.….Enjoy!
There will be a bell tolling tomorrow, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 12.01 as part of the Marie Curie Day of Reflection, which marks the anniversary of the first day of lockdown. The tolling follows a minute’s silence at 12 noon.
Good news – We have met the minimum threshold to move into the next stages of the project, which is the Project Review. This stage, which on average takes approx. 4 weeks, takes various things into consideration such as reviewing build costs, looking at existing infrastructure and traffic management. Once all this is complete, this will be presented to Aviva to release the funds and the next stage of build works can commence.
County Broadband are leaving the offer of free standard connection open for residents that still wish to place pre-orders until connection has gone live. Thanks to all those that have supported the project and getting us this far.
Our next service is planned for Palm Sunday 28th March at 9.30am.
Booking will be required for the Easter Sunday Service in order to identify numbers for a Covid-19 safe service. Contact Jennifer Gore churchwardenhaslingfield@gmail.com
Ravenous villagers – This week we have arranged again a number of food vans providing delicious food in the village hall car park on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 17:00-20:00.
Different cuisines will be catered for from different companies. This Thursday 18/3 will be South-African Caribbean from Kerief Catering , on Friday 19/3 will be pizza from La Biga (every Friday) and on Saturday 20/3 will be “dirty” burgers and fries from Apple & Jalapeno
All vans have covid secure contactless payment options and try to pre-order using the links.….Enjoy!
The next East West Rail consultation on route alignments in our area has been imminent since the start of January 2021. We are currently told that it will be out before Easter. Now is a good time to step up the campaign for a fair consultation on the northern approach to Cambridge as well as the southern approach.
The EWR action group in The Eversdens is opening up to invite like-minded people from Haslingfield and Harlton to attend (but also any local village). It’s a Zoom meeting on Thursdays at 8pm on this link. All welcome. This group is well connected with other parts of the CA campaign. Through this group you can get involved with various more specialist teams working on the project.
PROTECT YOUR CAR CAMPAIGN
Here is the report received for March 2021 from Haslingfield’s assigned County Councillors.
