Once again, during the forecast extremely hot weather, please ensure your bins are put out on Sunday Night. This is because Greater Cambridge Shared Waste crews are likely to be starting work earlier in the day than usual, to try and avoid the worst of the heat. This means your bins may get emptied earlier in the morning than you…
Waste collections Earlier in the day due to heat – Bins out on Sunday Night Please
During the forecast extremely hot weather, please ensure your bins are put out the night before they are due to be collected. This is because Greater Cambridge Shared Waste crews will be starting work earlier in the day than usual, to try and avoid the worst of the heat. This means your bins may get emptied earlier in the morning…
Automated External Defibrillator
The Parish Council have acquired an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) that has been installed to the right of the front-door entrance to the Village Hall. An AED is a fully automated, easy-to-use, medical device that is used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. It analyses the heart’s…
Ceasing of Agricole Oil’s brokering Service
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.