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Owing to the high infection rates of covid at present we have decided to have the AGM on line again. It will be on Monday 22nd November at 7:30pm. A Google Meet link will be sent out closer to the time.

The major agenda items are to elect a new treasurer and co-ordinator and confirm the committee members who wish to continue. Anyone interested in joining the committee can be voted onto it during the AGM.

The Treasurer’s and Co-ordinator’s report will be presented.

Please remember that you need to be a member of FOQ to vote at the AGM. All annual membership fees are due in November. Details of how to pay and how to contact us with any queries are on our website.

Holy Trinity are holding a series of Teatime Recitals during November. They will take place at 1500 in the Church on the following days:

Saturday 6th November, 3pm: Dominic Scott (Piano), Laura Biron-Scott (Clarinet).
Saturday 13th November, 3pm: Quarry Wind Quintet (debut performance!)
Saturday 20th November, 3pm: Rosie Tweddle (Organ)
Saturday 27th November, 3pm: Dvorak Wind Serenade, with members of the Oxford Sinfonia.

They are free, with a retiring collection to raise money for the church building fund.

Each recital will be followed by refreshments in church. More details are available on the Holy Trinity Website

Headington Action are encouraging residents to light up Headington’s residential streets through November, December and into early January.

To encourage you, a free set of LED battery lights (with batteries included) can be obtained by emailing them.

More information is available on their poster.

The County Council have started consultation on Resident’s views on their proposal to amend various parking restrictions within the Headington Quarry (east) area of Oxford.

The proposals are being put forward following concerns raised by local residents & the local County Councillor, and will see:

a) the introduction of and removal of sections of ‘No Waiting at Any Time’ (double yellow lines) in parts of Gladstone Road, Trinity Road & Quarry High Street

b) new sections of ‘Two-hour parking bays (No Return in 2 hours) Mon-Fri 9am to 5pm’ introduced on Green Road, Pitts Road & Trinity Road, creating approximately 8 new parking spaces in the area. 

The following consultation documents are available on the consultation website:

• Public Notice,
• Statement of Reasons
• Consultation Plan(s),
• Draft Traffic Regulation Order.

The proposed Traffic Regulation Order was scheduled to be advertised in the Oxford Times on Thursday 14th October 2021.

As stated on the notice, any objections or other representations on the proposal should be submitted by Friday 12th November 2021.

The Co-op has decided to sell its single-storey premises in London Road, and it is part of the Co-op’s policy of changing its estate by renting smaller supermarkets.

Cantay Estates, the new owners of the Co-op Supermarket site in London Road, are holding a public exhibition on Wednesday, 20 October at St Andrew’s School, London Road, Headington, between the hours of 5 pm and 8 pm.

Once the new building with a ground floor supermarket and “limited” service hotel on three and five-storeys has been built, the Co-op has agreed to re-instate the Post Office (which is now effectively Headington’s only bank).

A leaflet with further information has been circulated to 2,000 households and businesses in the central area of Headington.

We will be holding another bulb planting on Saturday 30 October from 1000. We will be planting 500 tulip and daffodil bulbs in the Beaumont Road green area.

All members of the community and membership are welcome, together with your children. Please bring a spade and dress appropriately for the weather.

We hope that you are able to join us on the day.

Headington Market is returning to London Road with a celebration market from 0900 – 1400 on 18 September 2021. More details are available on the attached poster.

Headington Action, with support of residents groups such as Friends of Quarry,  is promoting a ‘Neighbours Day’ in Headington on 18/19 September.

We wish to encourage residents to organise street events such as street parties, informal street meets in gardens, plant swaps, artistic displays, or anything which captures the imagination.

More details are available on the flyer.

Oxford City Council has started the process of producing the Local Plan 2040. OCC are offering an early opportunity to get involved in the development of the Oxford Local Plan 2040. 

The Local Plan can help tackle many of the issues that the city faces, such as our environment, inequalities and climate change.  It will set out where and how new development can happen. It will look at what development is needed in the city and try to provide for that. At the same time it will try to keep hold of the things that make Oxford a special place, and see where things can improve to make it a better place to live, work and visit.

OCC have begun to identify issues that they think the Local Plan could help to address. These are set out in an Issues Paper, supported by a series of topic papers containing more detailed background information. The Issues Paper and topic papers are on the OCC website.

In addition, OCC have prepared a Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report, a Duty to Cooperate Scoping report and are running a call for sites exercise. Details are on the webpage as above.

Comments can be made using the questionnaire, which does not require reference to any other documents, or using the Issues Paper Questions to help guide your responses to the issues paper. Links to both are on the webpage as above

Oxfordshire Community Foundation is inviting donations of unwanted laptops, tablets and phones for refurbishment and reuse. If you are able to help, there is more information below.

The pandemic has highlighted that lack of online access is a serious issue that limits people’s life chances and wellbeing. We are now appealing for the public and local businesses to donate laptops for school children, isolated older people and others in need.

Without appropriate devices, adequate data and connectivity, or the digital skills needed to get online, it is estimated that up to 40,000 people in Oxfordshire could continue to be isolated, even as lockdown measures ease.

OCF initiative Getting Oxfordshire Online is now inviting donations of unwanted laptops, tablets and phones for refurbishment at newly created hubs in Oxford and Didcot. Community partners will then work to help give users access to the best deals on data, and deliver the skills training needed to make the best and safest use of the devices.

If you have old laptops you would be willing to donate, please have a look at our website to find out whether they meet the required specification, and get contact details for the donation hubs.

If you don’t have a spare laptop at the moment, you can still support our initiative by making a financial donation.

If you have a suitable laptop and are not able to travel to Aspire in Osney Lane, please contact Friends of Quarry by email before 14 July and we will arrange to deliver it.