A Coxhoe tale, told and acted by Coxhoe people is coming to the Village Hall this October.

Coxhoe Local History Group is bringing to life Coxhoe’s Great War stories as part of a range of events remembering the First World War. The event will take place on 11th October between 7-9pm. Admission is free and is billed as a Welcome Home Music Hall with Hildy Harland playing Miss Marie Lloyd. Please come along the invitation is open to everyone.

The History group needs your help and is looking for some amateur  budding actors and actresses to take part. few acting skills are needed just a willingness to dress up and be prepared to undertake actions rather than words. You will need to be available for rehearsals as well as the evening.

If you are interested please contact John Hepplewhite on 0191 3771366

 

 

 

 

On behalf of our community, Coxhoe Parish Council is saying a massive thank you for all those that contributed to the repainting of the village crossings gate on the weekend of 15th and 16th September.

A total of 7 volunteers worked over the weekend to scrape, sand, prime and top coat to make the gates look brand new. The gates celebrate the Clarence Railway at the north of the village and have been looking in need of some loving care this year. The Parish Council were looking for quotes for the work but a resident wondered whether volunteers might come forward, and they did. Christian, Frits, Claire (the Parish Clerk) and Ian (voluntary web administrator) worked during the Saturday to prepare and prime the gates. They were then joined by Alan, Eamon and Alison on the Sunday to complete the job.

Businesses in the area supported the work with Coxhoe Timber Services providing sanding equipment, Coxhoe Cafe offering refreshments and bacon butties and Ivan and Norma Lowther offering a pint to participants at The Venue.

The community chipped in as well by beeping their horns as they went past showing support and encouragement.

Chairman Stuart Dunn said, ‘We are delighted by the community spirit of the individuals  that came forward to undertake the work in their spare time. The gates look fantastic now and the volunteers ought to be very proud of their work. We are also delighted with the support we got from our local business which are so important to our community. The reaction of residents has been fantastic with well over 100 likes on our social media post. We would like to say a great big thank you to all involved’.

 

The audit for the 2017 – 2018 has been successfully completed, without any issues being raised by the Parish Council’s external auditors.

You can access all the details of the 2017 -2018 on our Financial Information pages.

We have published our Notice of Conclusion of Audit on our Council eNotice Board

A group of volunteers are poised to paint the Village Crossings gate over the weekend, weather permitting.

The Volunteers include Coxhoe residents, the Parish Clerk, Claire Llewelyn and the voluntary web administrator. Claire said, ‘We initially asked for quotes  to undertake the work professionally. However, a local resident responded to our social media publicity to suggest that volunteers might come forward while volunteering himself. We subsequently had a great response to further social media posts and a volunteer team was assembled. The Parish Council is delighted at the response by committed members of our community and thank them in advance for the work they are prepared to do.’

The work involves scraping off flaking paint, sanding the gates down, priming and top coating.

If you pass them at work over the weekend please give them a wave, or a toot if you are driving.

The Agenda for the meeting of the Youth Strategy Group to be held on 20th September 2018 is now available together with the draft minutes for the last meeting held in March this year.

You can access the documents from the following links:

Youth Strategy Group Agenda 20th September 2018

Youth Strategy Group Draft Minutes 222nd March 2018

We have another new entry on our Local Business and Traders page.

Norma and Ivan Lowther have taken over The Venue at Parkhill and we’ve added the details to our growing business directory. Check out The Venue’s new page and learn what it’s got to offer. Why not get along and enjoy great food and drink while supporting  your local enterprises.

You can access the page here. You can access our other business pages via this link.

Not represented on our pages and wish to be, then please contact us via our volunteer web administrator at ianforster176@btinternet.com

The Boundary Commission has submitted their final proposals for boundary reform.

Their review finished when the final report of the Commission’s recommendations was provided to the Government on 5 September 2018. The Government lays the report in Parliament, before introducing a Statutory Instrument containing those recommendations (which may not be amended by the Government) and Parliament will debate the changes. If Parliament agrees the changes to boundaries, the new constituencies will take effect at the next scheduled General Election in 2022.

The proposals show significant changes for our existing constituency. If Parliament accept the proposals it will mean that Coxhoe will no longer be in a Durham constituency it will be in a new Billingham and Sedgefield Constituency.

It would appear that there were around 20 or so individuals in Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill who made their views known to the Boundary with the majority opposing the proposals.

You can view them on the Commission’s interactive mapping site at www.bce2018.org.uk, or see the reports here.

Durham Constabulary are dedicated to making your neighbourhood safer. If you have any issues affecting your quality of life and want to discuss it with your neighbourhood Policing Team then get involved in your local PACT (Police and Community Together) meeting. This is an informal discussion with the police and local partners to resolve the issues where you live.

The meetings are run and are attended by a representative from your neighbourhood policing team and will be specific to your area and individual neighbourhood priorities will be discussed. All members of the community are welcome. There are separate meetings in Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill. You can always find out dates and times of meetings from the Police website.  The next meetings are, however,  as follows:

• Coxhoe – 3rd October, 14th December – CoxhoeMedical Practice 13.00hrs
• Quarrington Hill – 20th September, 19th October and 30th November – Community Centre 18.00hrs

Find out more about the Police here and remember the national crime website that you can access from this link.

 

 

Ron Hogg, Durham’s Police, Crime and Victims Commissioner has published his vision and plan for 2018 to 2018.

You can find out more about the plan and download a copy here.