Over the past few years, each household ordering more than 1000 litres in a year from Agricole, the oil brokering service, would earn the village £5 to be spent on community projects; this year the £40 we received went towards expenses incurred in the setting up of the monthly coffee mornings at the Village Hall. Anyone who has been their…
A message from Granta Medical Practices
Dear PPG member Please excuse the long email, but we need your help! Unfortunately, we are currently only able to offer appointments to patients who need to be spoken to or seen urgently. This is due to sickness and staff shortages in both the clinical and administrative teams. We are not offering the service we would like to, and all…
Coffee Morning – 17th March
We will be holding the fourth of our monthly Coffee Mornings on Thursday, 17th March in West Wickham Village Hall from 10.30. As the following day is Red Nose Day all donations this month will go to Comic Relief. Do come along for a tea, coffee or cold drink, meet your friends and neighbours for a good chat and delight…
Green bin fortnightly collections restart 7th March 2022
Green bin collections are due to restart on a fortnightly basis across South Cambridgeshire and Cambridge City on Monday (7 March). The HGV driver and loader absence issues that Greater Cambridge Shared Waste (GCSW) faced throughout February have improved, although we do still have vacancies, and we now plan to restart green bin collections from Monday. Residents should check their online bin calendars to…
South Cambridgeshire District Council green bin collections: Sat 26th Feb 2022
As we catch-up on collections in the district, we’re aware there were some streets in your area we didn’t reach last Saturday. However, we are planning to collect from these missed areas this Saturday. Please check the service announcements page for further updates, or check our frequently asked questions for answers to common queries we are receiving about green bin collections.
Missed Green Bins – rescheduled date (Sat 19th Feb or Sat 26th Feb)
The Greater Cambridge Shared Waste service will be returning to empty the green bins that were not emptied over the past two weeks (the weeks commencing 7 and 14 February) as a result of the staff shortages. If all the green bins in your street were not emptied, please put yours out for collection and it will be emptied on…
Reminder: Resumption of Green Bin Collections Tues 18th Jan
This is a reminder that the green bins will be collected from West Wickham and Streetly End on Tuesday 18th January, along with the Blue Bins.
West Wickham & District Gardening Club
Monday 17 January, 7.30pm: Ferns and companions. Talk by George Lockwood. STOP PRESS. This will now be an online zoom presentation. Please contact the Chairman for details of how to join this talk. See below for contact details Arthur Mawby. Tel: 01223 290474. Email: arthur.mawby@mypostoffice.co.uk
Green Bin Collection Suspended
Our green bin collection has been suspended from Monday 13th December. Our next Green Bin collection will be on Tuesday 18th January 2022, along with our Blue Bin collection. During the green bin suspension, the advice for garden waste is to store this in the green bin or in a pile in the garden, or home compost, until collections resume.…
Greater Cambridge Partnership Transport Consultation
Regretfully this information arrived too late to be included in the Village Voice. The Greater Cambridge Partnership are currently consulting on proposals for greener travel in and around the city of Cambridge. The proposals can be seen and commented upon here – https://consultcambs.uk.engagementhq.com/making-connections-2021 – interestingly, for those villages off the A1307, there is a proposal for a new, more regular,…