HDC Services
COVID-19 dedicated advice:
Impact on waste services:Due to the coronavirus outbreak and potential increases in staff sickness levels, some recycling and waste services may be impacted. This may result in general rubbish being prioritised, other services being suspended at short notice, such as organic waste, recycling or bulky waste collections.
Are you up for fun, adventure, incredible experiences and making new friends? Are you looking for something to give you the edge in life? Then join the RAF Air Cadets. Better known as the ‘Air Cadets’, they are a UK-wide cadet force with more than 40,000 members aged between 12 and 20 years. Sponsored by the Royal Air Force, the Cadets can give you hands-on experience of activities and courses that will challenge and develop skills to help you succeed in whatever you want to do. HRH The Duchess of Cambridge is the Honorary Air Commandant!
The RAF Air Cadets is made up of two areas:
• The Air Training Corps
• The Combined Cadet Force (RAF)
Their aims are to:
• Promote and encourage a practical interest in aviation and the Royal Air Force among young people
• Provide training which will be useful in the Services and civilian life
• Encourage the spirit of adventure and develop qualities of leadership and good citizenship
And it’s all a lot of fun!
Ready for a challenge? Cadets can find themselves on adventurous training and camps, sometimes overseas and can enjoy competitive sports, drill, shooting, music, abseiling and engineering projects. The list of activities is long, varied and open to all.
Although not a recruiting organisation for the RAF, cadet membership can put you ahead of the competition if thinking of a Service Career. Many cadets go on to great success in the RAF (and the other Services). Around 40% of officers and 50% of all aircrew (including pilots, navigators and engineers) in the RAF now are ex-cadets. Research shows that they do better in basic training and stay in the Service longer than their colleagues. Likewise, if a civilian career is your choice, research proves you can go on the great things….employers recognise the skills and experience that air cadets offer.
Let’s face it – where else could you be given the opportunity to fly solo in a glider or powered aircraft when you’re 17? Whatever you do with your life, at the end of your time as a cadet you’ll be self-motivated, confident and ready for anything.
Contact: Sam via the following
https://www.facebook.com/2500sqnatc/
https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircadets/
PLEASE CLEAR UP AFTER YOUR DOG
Apologies for having to raise this issue – BUT dog nuisance is becoming a problem again at Saxon Green and on the Recreation Ground. Please remove your dog faeces (poo) and carry a suitable bag for picking up and disposing of it. Remember, offenders may be issued with a fixed penalty notice of £100 or a fine of up to £1,000 if prosecuted under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
Those good ladies of the Farndale Avenue Housing Estate’s Dramatic Society have kindly agreed to perform for us again. This time they promise plenty of murder, mystery and perhaps, not a little mayhem, as they present their latest and cunning whodunnit, “Murder at Checkmate Manor”.
So, get ready for plenty of bumps in the night, ambitious staging, and oodles of dramatic interpretation as we try to follow the twists and turns of the fiendish plot! We are confident that Mrs Reece, doyenne of the group, will rise above the slings and arrows of outrageous dramatics to save the situation and provide the final inventive twist. If not, well, just take it all home and ponder at your leisure.
Presented, with some trepidation, by The Offord Players and directed with alacrity and occasional hysteria, by Sarah Hogben.
Expect the unexpected. Anything can happen – and probably will!
Poster enclosed – Ad2-Farndale
Please support your mobile post office service. This visits Great Paxton every Tuesday afternoon between 2-4pm. You can see from the following timetable how lucky we are to have it.
The Parish Council is very pleased to announce that from 14th January 2020, a new Mobile Post Office will be making weekly visits to Great Paxton. It will be parked in The Bell Car Park, 50 High Street, Great Paxton, close to the Community Shop.
This is a travelling Post Office, located within a mobile vehicle which will bring Post Office products and services to the local community. The Mobile Service is provided directly from the vehicle which is carefully designed with a fully fitted Post Office counter inside which means customers will be able to carry out a wide range of Post Office transactions. There is a step into the Mobile vehicle, but an electronic tailgate is available to facilitate easy access for wheelchair users and those with disabilities. Please can I encourage you to use this new service.
The Mobile Van will visit Great Paxton every Tuesday between 2-4pm!
The Parish Council would like to thank the mystery person who repaired the Dog Waste Bin on the Recreation Ground. It was thought to be beyond rescue so your action has saved the day and the need to spend some precious funds on a new one for the moment! Much appreciated by all Great Paxton Councillors.
The County Council’s Dragon Patch Machine will be operating in London Lane from 11.30am to 2pm TODAY. It will be repairing the potholes that have been identified in that location.
Please go and have a look. The operator will be available to explain how it all works between 12 noon and 1pm
PDF HDC Volunteer Recruitment Poster
The District Council looks after several nature reserves and parks across Huntingdonshire and rely heavily on support from volunteers. They are currently looking to recruit new volunteers at all of their sites. Please see enclosed poster for details.