Coxhoe Parish Council Youth Clubs are again providing face to face activities. These are limited in numbers due to measures to protect against the coronavirus, therefore it is essential that each young person is booked into each session.

For further details  Coxhoe Youth Clubs offer face to face activities again

The Parish Council will hold its Annual Meeting on Wednesday 19 May 2021 at 6.30pm.

You can access a copy of the agenda from the following link:

Agenda for the Annual Meeting of Coxhoe Parish Council on 19 May 2021.

The press and public are welcome to attend this meeting. However due to current restrictions and risk assessment related to the coronavirus pandemic, numbers in the Village Hall will be strictly limited. If residents wish to raise a matter, you can also do so by emailing the Clerk at clerk@coxhoeparishcouncil.gov.uk  (by 5.00pm on Tuesday 18th May) who will take the matter to the meeting on behalf of the resident.

Measures will be in place to keep everyone present as safe as possible from Covid-19. No one must attend this meeting in person if they have any symptoms of coronavirus or should be self-isolating. All present must maintain social distancing of at least two metres and will be required to wear a mask or face covering, and follow any directions from Parish Council staff.

The Parish Council’s planned Annual Meeting on Monday 17 May has been rescheduled. It will now take place on Wednesday 19 May at 6.30pm at Coxhoe Village Hall.

The agenda for the meeting will be available on Thursday 13 May along with details for press and public participation.

Coxhoe Parish Council Youth Clubs are again providing face to face activities. These are limited in numbers due to measures to protect against the coronavirus, therefore it is essential that each young person is booked into each session.

Further details  about the club sessions are available by visiting the Coxhoe and Quarrington Hill Young People Facebook page. To access the zoom links you will need to join the private groups. The clubs are also on Instagram: @coxhoeqhillyouthclub.

We can appreciate how hard the young people are finding the restrictions in place. Our youth team are passionate about supporting young people. They can be contacted by emailing youthclubs@coxhoeparishcouncil.gov.uk or call the team on 07900492126.

There is more information about our youth clubs on the Young People’s page.

The Parish Council has published its Risk Assessment covering risks related to Covid-19 and the control measures the Council will take to reduce and eliminate the risks. The Parish Council continues to implement the control measures and the risk assessment is reviewed and updated regularly. Those highlighted yellow are the measures which are likely to mostly apply to the Parish Council’s Youth Clubs.

The Risk Assessment in relation to Covid-19 risks updated to 16 July 2021 is here.

If you have any questions about the risk assessment please contact Us..

The Parish Council has published its Annual Return for the financial year 2019 to 2020.

This is part of the process of Auditing of the Parish Council’s Accounts for the last financial year. You can access the Annual Return and supporting Documents from the following links:

Annual Governance and Accountability Return 2019 to 2020

This includes:

• Annual Return Internal Audit Completion 2019 to 2020
• Annual Return Section 1 Annual Governance Statement 2019 to 2020
• Annual Return Section 2 Annual Accounting Statement 2019 to 2020

Bank , Cash and Investment Reconciliation as at 31 March 2020

Trial Balance for Current Year

Explanation of significant variances

Internal Audit Report 2019 to 2020

The Annual Return and supporting documents for the year ending 31 March 2020 which are published on this website are unaudited until such time as they are approved by the Council’s external auditors:

Mazars LLP, Aykley Heads, Durham, DH1 5TS

C Llewelyn

Clerk & Responsible Financial Officer

Anyone can be a victim of scams.

Scams affect the lives of millions of people across the UK and it is often the most vulnerable members of society who are targeted. People who are scammed often experience loneliness, shame and social isolation.

The aim of Friends Against Scams is to inspire action, highlight the scale of the problem, change the perceptions of why people fall victim to scams and make scams a local, regional and national topic.

Friends Against Scams aims to protect and prevent people from becoming victims of scams by empowering communities to take a stand against scams.

Would you benefit from a Friends Against Scams session? Please contact Julie Egan, Projects Officer for Friends Against Scams, at Julie.egan@durham.gov.uk tofind out more.

By attending a Friends Against Scams awareness session or completing the online learning below, anyone can learn about the different types of scams and how to spot and support a victim. With increased knowledge and awareness, people can make scams part of everyday conversation with their family, friends and neighbours, which will enable them to protect themselves and others from scams. Anyone can be a Friend Against Scams and make a
difference in their own way.

Check out the Friends against Scams E learning.

 

Coxhoe Parish Council have agreed to delegate some decisions it makes to its Parish Clerk.

This follows best practice and allows certain non – controversial decisions to be made without issues needing a report to committee. This frees up the Parish Council and its committees to concentrate on the most important decisions. It also speeds up some decision making. Details of the nature of delegated decisions available to the Clerk are set out in the Council’s Delegation Scheme. This was approved at the monthly meeting of the Parish Council in December 2019

You can access a copy of the Delegation Scheme December 2019