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E-BULLETIN No 7From Cllr Nigel Hartin

CLUN DIVISION

'Support Bubble'About 11 million people living alone oras single parents will be allowed tocombine with another household to forma “support bubble” . In England, singleadults living alone - or single parentswhose children are under 18 - can forma support bubble with one otherhousehold. The second household canbe of any size. For further details see:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meeting-people-from-outside-your-household

More Shops to Open.All shops in England selling nonessential items will re-open from 15thJune. Zoos and animal parks will alsobe allowed to open. Social distancingregulations will apply.

SchoolsThe Government have now backtrackedon their requirement for schools toopen. Locally, most primary schoolshave had some limited opening. Checkwith your school if you want your childto attend. Attendance remainsvoluntary, no parent will be fined if theirchild does not attend school.

Bars and RestaurantsThese MAY be allowed to open from4th July depending on the situation.

Places of WorshipPlaces of worship may re-open forprivate prayer from 15th June.

COVID-19 has struck our economy hard locallyas well as nationally. Help our local shops,businesses and economy - BUY LOCAL!

LOCKDOWN LATEST

Make sure no one misses out on theinformation in this Bulletin!, If you know ofsomeone who isn't online, would youconsider printing off a copy of this andpopping it through their letter box?

Tel: 07583 962292 E-mail: nigel.hartin@shropshire.gov.uk

BUY LOCALHELP OUR LOCAL SHOPS AND BUSINESSES

Cllr Nigel Hartin E-Bulletin No 7

Cllr Nigel Hartin E-Bulletin No 7

NHS TRACK AND TRACE SCAMA new telephone scam is coming to light .... callers contactresidents saying they are from NHS Track & Trace, tellingthe resident that they have been in contact with someonesuffering from Covid 19 and need to have a test sent out tothem. This is swiftly followed with a request for theresident's bank details; the caller states that the test andresults cost £500. Currently, coronavirus test kitsare provided by the NHS so they are thereforefree of charge.

The NHS Test and Trace service will NOT:� Ask you for details of card or bank account numbers� Ask you to set up a password or PIN number over thephone� Ask you to provide or fill in social media login details� Ask you to download anything� Ask you to call a premium rate number, such as thosestarting 09 or 087

Scam text messages often encourage the recipient to click alink that redirects them to an unsecured website wherepersonal information may be stolen.

You will only ever be called from the number 0300 0135000, or you will be texted from “NHS”.

VTPRINTS in Bishop’s Castle now have a rangeof solutions to meet the challenges of COVID-19 toensure customer and employee safety.All Hygiene, physical barriers and social distancingproducts are online athttps://www.vtprints.co.uk/covid-19-solutions

Would you like to help with research intogarden wildlife by joining The British Trustfor Ornithology’s Garden BirdWatch Survey.Gardens are really important habitats for wildlife,but we need to understand how and whypopulations of garden birds and other wildlifeare changing, and how we can help them.You can help by keeping a simple list and tellingus which species visit each week, helping uslearn about how wildlife uses the food, shelterand other resources in our gardens.The more we can understand about how birdsand animals use our gardens, the more we canimprove our cities, towns, villages and individualgardens for wildlife.

For more information go to:https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/gbw

BIRDS IN OUR GARDEN

GROW LOCALThe 'Marches Grow Local'initiative has been started withthe help of ‘Tamar Grow Local’, avery successful community-runproject in Devon. They arecurrently in the exploration phaseto see if there’s a need and thedemand to help join up thepeople with spare land withthose who want to grow (or keepbees, or help others), with thosewho can teach best practice thatwill enhance our soil and increase biodiversity while alsohelping to sequester carbon, all in the aim of producing good,nutritious local food. The absolute key to this is that whateverwe create is there to support existing local producers and helpothers who want to become producers to do so.

QuestionnaireThe purpose of the questionnaire is to gain a deeperunderstanding of how our local Marches food systemoperates find out if there's the appetite here to create a similarfood network. The link for the questionnaire is:-https://survey.sogosurvey.com/r/fFIQyHor call Mike and Louise on 01588 640 520 for a paper copy.

Above: Starling feeding a fledgling in Cllr NigelHartin’s garden in Bucknell

Take A Stand Against Scams:Friends Against Scams aims to protectand prevent people from becoming thevictims of scans. Seehttps://www.friendsagainstscams.org.uk/

COVID 19 SYMPTOMS

The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

� High temperature – this means you feel hot totouch on your chest or back (you do not need tomeasure your temperature)

� New, continuous cough – this means coughinga lot for more than an hour, or 3 or morecoughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usuallyhave a cough, it may be worse than usual)

� Loss or change to your sense of smell or taste– this means you've noticed you cannot smell ortaste anything, or things smell or taste different tonormal

Most people with coronavirus have atleast one of these symptoms.

Urgent advice:Use the 111 online or phonecoronavirus service if you have any of the abovesymptoms

Do not go to places like a GP surgery, hospitalor pharmacy.

IN BRIEF

Do you know of anyone having problems with illegal moneylenders? Contact 0300 55 2222 orreportaloanshark@stoploansharks.gov.ukhttps://www.stoploansharks.co.uk/

Covid 19 continues to circulate inShropshire albeit in fewer numbers thanin April and early May. We all still needto take extra care and follow guidanceissued by the Government.

NEW COMMUNITY GRANT SCHEMESRCC (Shropshire Rural Community Council ) have opened a‘Community Resilience’ fund aimed at small charities, village hallsand other Covid-19 responses including any costs associated withgetting services back up and running again. Further details can befound at https://www.shropshire-rcc.org.uk/services/community-groups/funding-and-grant-advice/

CLUN BRIDGE TO CLOSE FOR REPAIRSClun Bridge will close for repairs from 18th June until approxi-mately 3rd July. The repair work will involve taking down andrebuilding a 7m length of displaced parapet and cutwater to theupstream left side of the bridge, general repointing to the insidefaces of the parapets and repairs to the kerb build-out at thebridge. Access over the bridge for pedestrians and dismountedcyclists will remain available throughout the work

GETTING OUTSIDE DURING COVID-19The Ordnance Survey has worked with Natural England tocreate a site that brings together current advice fromgovernment, councils and other outdoor organisations, so thepublic can decide where to go and what to do outside:https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/covid/

Shropshire Council has produced a new toolkit for businessesoffering advice about reopening as lockdown measures are eased.It’s designed to provide a quick and simple guide to a lot of theinformation and resources you need to help support your businessduring these challenging times.See: https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/business-support/reopening-your-business-in-shropshire-a-toolkit/

REOPENING YOUR BUSINESS TOOLKIT

SHOPS AND SERVICES

BucknellBucknell Stores: AM only Monday - Sat-urday 09.00 - 12.00 - Veg Boxes & localdelivery available Tel 01547 530834Lance Philips Butcher Bucknell: 08.30-5.30 Tues & Thurs, 08.30 - 01.00 Weds,08.30 - 03.30 Sat. Closed Mon.Greens Garage Bucknell: Mon - Fri 07.30- 05.30 Sat 07.30 - 05.00 Fuel, newspa-pers confectionery etcBucknell Nurseries: Collection servicestill available Tel 01547 530606

ClunClun Spar Shop & Post Office: Mon - Sat07.00am - 08.00pm - Sun from 08.00am.Bright FlowersClun Phone orders for fruit, veg, milk,bread and basics to deliver in Clun. ClosedWednesday Call 01588 64054Proper Good DairyClun Car Park 2-2.30 Mon & Fri Turn up orcall 07733 480348

OtherBikold in Ludlow - Payments acceptedonline. now delivering food in our area.http://www.bikold.co.uk/ - 01584 877866bulk supplies ideal for sharing with neigh-bours.

SOURCES OF HELPACROSS OUR AREABUCKNELLPRESCRIPTIONSMike Starr (01547 530179 or 07577549896) willbe the liaison point for Leintwardineand Knightonsurgeries; and Geri Jackson (01547 530137) has taken Clun.GROCERIES and OTHER ‘LIFE ISSUES' (e.g.non-groceryshopping, dogs, etc): Jenny White (01547 530107) haskindly taken on this as a 'signposter' - pointing people inthe rightdirection, making introductions to some of theYounger/FaceBook folks.CLUNCall Clun Good Neighbour Scheme on 01588 640016,Chrissie Verduyn 07976 733164, Mary Eminson 640921Jane Kent 640642 or Joan Kerry 640401 email:clunvgn@gmail.comGood Neighbours Scheme runs a helpline - 640016 everyweekday morning. In the current crisis, they are planning toextend this to include weekends. Good Neighbours can helpwith a range of tasks, such as collecting prescriptions,shopping and offering support.Clun Community Larder Food bank the larder is operationaland can the administrator can be contacted on 01588640401 or through the Good Neighbours helpline 01588640016 at any time.

BETTWS Y CRWYNContact Val Whately on Tel: 01547 510681 Mobile: 0797064493 Also Facebook:www.facebook.com/groups/649752072494803/

CLUNGUNFORDClungunford Parish Council will be organising assistance toaffected residents.The aim of the Parish Council and thePCC is to set up a rota of volunteers to help by gettinggroceries,collecting prescriptions, dog walking.ContactJonathan Roberts on 01588 660673: Clungunford House,Clungunford, Craven Arms SY7 0QL andjonathan.roberts@morgoedestates.com

NEWCASTLE ON CLUNA newsletter has been set up by Cllr Burge which has a emailcirculation which can be subscribed to via the Parish Councilwebsite See www.newcastleparishcouncil.org.uk

Pubs doing takeaway services etc:The Baron at Bucknell: Providing Lunch- time "Meals on Wheels" Hot lunches for around £5 a day Contact 01547530549 - Menu at Baron at Bucknell website: www.baronatbucknell.co.ukSitwell Arms Bucknell: Evening Takeaway service 4.30pm - 8.30pm Order from the Sitwell on 01547 530213White Horse Inn, Clun. Doing takeaways from 6 to 9pm. Large menu plus drink.Ring 01588 418149 to order.Sun Inn Clun also do takeaways 5.30- 9.00pm. Ring 01588 640559Maltings Cafe in Clun are doing takeaway lunches every day except Wednesday.Hundred House Inn Boxes £20 – Tues–Sun, varied fruit, veg, bread, eggs, extras on request if available Call 01588660541The Crown Inn, Newcastle Boxes £20 Fruit/veg/eggs/ milk/bread etc Order by Wednesday, delivery SaturdaysCall 0777 2621344The Crown Inn, Clunton Boxes £25 – fruit, veg, milk, bread, eggs; can add meat, frozen fish, (fresh if available).Pick up Tues & Fri order by 10am day before. Call 01588 660265