It is National Volunteer’s Week 1 – 7 June 2022.  Coxhoe Parish Council wishes to thank all of it’s fantastic volunteers who help out at the Coxhoe and Area Community Pantry sessions. We are really lucky here at Coxhoe to have so many willing and helpful members in our community to help us run the Pantry as without them we would not be able to carry on. Our volunteers help out at the sessions by welcoming our users, bag packing, deliveries to users and collections from Sainsbury’s at Sedgefield. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer please have a look at the Community Pantry page or you can email us at pantry@coxhoevillagehall.com.

 

Coxhoe Parish Council is looking for one or two Auxiliary Youth Workers, employed on a casual basis, to help deliver our services for children and young people.

You can find out details of the Youth Auxiliary Workers’ posts on the opportunities at Coxhoe Parish Council page.

If you are interested and meet our person specification, then we would love to hear from you. All the documents you need are available through the link.

Coxhoe Parish Council prides itself that it has high standards of financial management and governance. We believe in the principle that if it is worth doing it is worth doing well.

We have responsibilities for looking after your money and spending it wisely while achieving value for money. We are committed to achieving quality and high standards in everything we do in order that we can achieve and continually improve.

If you would like to know more about the Parish Council finances, please visit the Finance, Audit and Risks page.

The draft minutes of Coxhoe Parish Council’s October Ordinary Meeting have been published. The draft minutes can be viewed through the following link:

Draft minutes of Ordinary Meeting held on 6 October 2021

The Youth Strategy Group Committee met on 16 September 2021. Among other things the Committee discussed the action plan for the Council’s Youth Clubs.

The draft minutes for the Youth Strategy Group Committee meeting on 16 September 2021 are available.

The Events, Environment and Finance Committee also met on 16 September 2021. The Committee discussed events including the fireworks display, the Council’s budget and various areas of land, as well as the tender for the grounds maintenance programme which is due for renewal in April 2022.

The draft minutes of the Events, Environment and Finance Committee meeting held on 16 September 2021 are available.

It is with great and deep sadness that we acknowledge and come to terms with to the death of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Born on 10 June 1921, Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant. After being educated in France, Germany and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with distinction in the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets.

After the war, Philip was granted permission by George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was created Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became queen in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was formally made a British prince in 1957.

On behalf of our communities, the Parish Council sends its deepest sympathies to the Royal family at this time of great sorrow.

Regrettably, due to coronavirus restrictions we are unable to set up physical books of condolence at this time. However, an online book of condolence is available to sign at the website of the Royal Family.

Out of respect, the Union Flag in Coxhoe Village Hall Memorial Garden is being flown at half mast.

There is no official arrangement for giving donations in memory of The Duke of Edinburgh. However members of the public who wish to make a donation as a tribute to His Royal Highness are encouraged to give to a charity of their choosing or one of the charities or organisations which The Duke of Edinburgh supported in his public duties. Over the course of his life, The Duke of Edinburgh was patron or president of some 992 organisations. Some further information is available on the website of the Royal Family.

The Period of National Mourning will continue until 8pm on Saturday 17 April, the day of the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh which will start at 3.00pm at St Georges Chapel, Windsor Castle. There will be no lying in state but there will be a one minute silence at 3.00pm on 17 April.