The Community Centre is now closed until at least the end of May. The Trustees will be constantly reviewing the situation and will make a decision based on Government advice.
Palgrave Community Response to Coronavirus Crisis
March 25, 2020
Palgrave has mobilised a group of Volunteers from in and around our Parish...
A group of people from different organisations from around the Parish, has been formed to help people in and around Palgrave: whether it’s those who are self-isolating, or those who are struggling to obtain essential supplies or medication, or anyone else who might need something we can help with! This group is being co-ordinated by Sharon Cousins-Clarke.
COVID-19 : PCS :
The Palgrave Community Support group to coordinate support to Palgrave village during the uncertainty of the COVID-19 outbreak has been set up. The group is comprised of representatives of the Parish Council, the PDCC, Neighbourhood Watch and others in the community.
The aims of the Palgrave Community Support group are
:• coordination of the many volunteers - several people have kindly offered their services and we are keen to expand our pool of volunteers. If you feel able to help either by being a first point of contact, or by assisting with tasks such as shopping or by giving neighbourly support over the phone, please contact Sharon on qtrell@hotmail.co.uk
• we have door knocked every household in the parish to determine who needs support. This is now followed up with a contact card to those identified vulnerable people, which is being distributed through the letterbox. If you haven’t received one and are classified as vulnerable, please contact Sharon on qtrell@hotmail.co.uk or call on 01379 309401.
Where to go for information and advice: We will add links to useful websites on the Parish Council website/ Coronavirus page as and when we have them;
To view our up to date content please click on this link
Identification of vulnerable people in the village
March 24, 2020
Thanks to our fantastic volunteer door knockers we are well on the way to identifying almost all of the “vulnerable” people in Palgrave, although we haven’t quite finished the door knocking! Now we are getting ready to move to the next stage of our emergency plan.
To do this we need volunteers willing to post a note detailing telephone numbers that people should phone for help with specific tasks. A number of volunteers previously let the Parish Council know that they would be happy to post offers of support through their neighbour’s doors. If you are one of these volunteers and are prepared to offer support to your vulnerable neighbours in this way, please email Sharon (qtrell@hotmail.co.uk) and let her know the road you live in. She will allocate you no more than 10 addresses each.
Please don’t feel that you have to do this, it is a big ask, we know. Sharon will be receiving print outs of the note found here, if you are happy to be the point of contact can you to fill in your details (when you receive the print-outs, unless you have your own printer and can print your own) and post them through the doors of the vulnerable people identified in your area.
This activity is allowed during the lockdown period as it comes under the heading “supporting vulnerable people”.
Please let Sharon know as soon as possible if you can help. The situation has escalated very quickly because of the lockdown and we have a number of people who are vulnerable because of age or health conditions – we need to ensure that everyone of them feels supported in these difficult times. At the moment the vast majority of them don’t need help but they do need to know there is someone there for them if and when they need it.
Operation Door knock!
March 20, 2020
The PDCC, Neighbourhood Watch and the Parish Council have collectively formed a task group to help our village to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic by identifying people in the village who are vulnerable in some way, either because of age, or underlying health conditions etc.
To do this we have divided the village up into small areas and have got volunteers to identify villagers who are vulnerable.
These volunteers will be out and about this weekend, knocking on doors to identify vulnerable people who may need support over the coming weeks.
If anybody has any queries, please phone Sharon Cousins-Clarke from the Parish Council who will be happy to answer any questions or concerns. She can be reached on 01379 309401
Palgrave Emergency Plan
March 18, 2020
The Parish Council are preparing a plan to provide a village-wide response to Covid-19 in Palgrave. This will be part of the Village Emergency Plan.
To deal with the immediate emergency of the Coronavirus, our objective is to put in place structures to support the community over the coming months.
The plan has 4 main elements:
1.The Parish Council will co-ordinate responses via the clerk and Cllr Cousins-Clarke with the help of other community bodies.
2. We are establishing neighbourhood 'cocoon' groups across the village. These will be composed of up to 25 households. The idea is that neighbours can support each other making sure that nobody is left isolated and without support, food or medical care. Communication within the cocoons can be done by telephone, internet of just shouting over the fence!
We must look after each other.
3. We will cluster the cocoons into areas - the village will be divided into a number of administrative areas. Each will have an area co-ordinator. They will link to the co-ordination team (clerk and a.n.others still to be nominated) and will allow us to pass information up and down the structure ensuring support is directed where it is needed.
4. If necessary, we will establish a capability to supply food and medical supplies through the cocoon / area co-ordinators as it is found to be necessary.
We will work with the Church and other community groups to ensure that there is social and spiritual support for residents. Using telephones and social media will help provide support to the community.
VOLUNTEERS!
We need you to complete the survey as a matter or urgency within the link below so we can coordinate the responses.
We need you to volunteer as an area co-ordinator or Neighbourhood cocoon organiser.
We need you to volunteer as a possible deliverer of food / medical supplies.
Take care of yourself and our neighbours.
Latest News on COVID-19 and how it affects you in Palgrave
PDCC News
Palgrave Star
The Palgrave Star will not now be distributed until further notice, we cannot ask our volunteer distributors to carry out their work, as some may be in self-isolation or if not we they may be exposed to unnecessary contact.
We will however be printing a limited number of copies that will be available to pick up from the Church porch and we will be publishing an electronic copy as normal, on the website. www.pdcc.co.uk
We intend to keep going with the Star and welcome any news, stories or articles that you would like us to share to residents to help get them through these difficult times.
Please contact the editor on thepalgravestar@gmail.com
We will also be utilising the website to broadcast updates to the village on the Covid19 outbreak and what is being organised locally to help and assist residents, in partnership with the Parish Council.
Palgrave Wildflower Project
The Trustees of the Palgrave and District Community Centre have taken the decision to do what they can to bring the natural world that little bit closer to inhabitants whilst at the same time both reducing our carbon footprint and furthering our general sustainability. This will involve opening up those areas of the playing-field that over the years have become lost to scrub and brambles, by planting a collection of grass and wildflower seeds to create a species-rich habitat that may in time encourage invertebrate life for all ages to investigate and enjoy. A lot of groundwork has been completed this winter, with the brambles and scrub being cut down by tractor-mounted flail in November.
A small band of volunteers is now clearing the site to remove the debris in preparation for further mechanical cultivation in the summer. The seedbed will then be prepared and seed applied by hand or by the use of a pedestrianised seed & fertiliser spreader. Our aim is to complete this stage of the process by mid-September. The areas can then be left to establish and consolidate through the autumn and winter.
The establishment of a wildflower meadow will take some years, but it will offer a diverse and exceptionally attractive habitat. Plant diversity attracts insects and other invertebrates (including butterflies, bees, spiders and millipedes), birds and mammals and the flowering species will add a changing palate of colour to our local environment throughout the seasons, for the pleasure of young and old alike.
The project is being managed by a small working group reporting to the Trustees. However we want more people, both in the village and the surrounding area to get involved. We believe that active involvement of the local community in managing the site will encourage ownership values to be fostered. Opportunities for education and recreation abound (ranging from nature studies to art lessons), and although designated areas for seeding have been chosen, we are encouraging the community to get involved in a variety of activities to actively help with the ongoing design, planning and management of the site as we progress.
If you would like to get involved in any small way, either preparing the site over the spring and summer or giving input into the future design and management as the project moves forward, then the Working Group would love to talk to you. You can contact Phil Dyer at phildyer2114@gmail.com or Ian McClintock at iwt.mcclintock@gmail.com for more information. We will be keeping everyone up to date on progress through The Star and on the web at www.pdcc.co.uk
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January 2019
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