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Zoom or Teams. There will be time set aside for public participation at the
DORSET COUNCIL- WEST PURBECK REPORT beginning of the meeting. This will last for a maximum of 30 minutes, with each
parishioner having a maximum of 3 minutes to speak. Anyone who has an issue
to raise or would like to submit a comment about an agenda item can contact
Coronavirus the Parish Clerk at clerk@briantspuddle.info or by calling 01305 849596 if they
prefer.
We are currently in the front line of this
programme implementing a variety of The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place at 7pm on Wednesday the
government initiatives and schemes and 13 th May. Please check the Parish Council section of the Community
the situation is very fluid, changing daily. Website nearer the time for the agenda and information about how to join the
I am loathe to write a report that is very meeting.
out of date by the time it appears in
print! As a result, I have been writing Sue Jones, Chairman
progress reports every few days to Parish
Council clerks and others, leaving them Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle Parish Council – Contact Details
to forward as appropriate.
We have instituted weekly update meetings with Dorset Council’s (DC’s) MPs and Parish Councillor/ Email Address Telephone
me, the leader, the Chief Executive and others as required. These have proved Clerk number
very useful and all the MPs have commented as to how effective and proactive Anna Bendall – Parish Affpuddleandturnerspuddleclerk@outlook.co
DC is. We are using our MPs to act as a focal point on our behalf and we have Clerk m
Simon Hoare (North Dorset) arguing our case for funding to meet the additional Sue Jones - Chairman Sue.jones@silversands.co.uk 01929 471375
duties placed upon us and Chris Loder (West Dorset) as the focal point for
improving Digital and Superfast Broadband coverage. We are also answering a Charles Barter – Vice Charles.barter@thewatercresscompany.com 01929 463663
lot of their questions because we are strangely in a situation where we are Chairman
sometimes better informed that they are! In addition, the DC Coordinated
response Team are working with the major voluntary Sector Organisations who Lizzie Guinn lizzieguinn@hotmail.com 01305 848916
have also publicly stated their satisfaction with the arrangement, but as always, Graham Lightfoot glightfoot@glightfoot.plus.com 01929 471498
still much more to do.
Sarah Lowman sarah@keepings.plus.com 01929 472702

Community Shield Stuart Chorley Schorley30@gmail.com 01929 472869
Obviously, the key and most important element of DC’s response to the Corona Trevor Poole Trevorpoole100@hotmail.com 01929 471496
virus pandemic is how we help reduce the impact and spread of the infection.
Government has passed many responsibilities down to Councils to achieve this.
Laura is leading on this and has been holding daily meetings to manage and MILBORNE MOVIES
coordinate our response to support those individuals and families that are
extremely vulnerable and need to shield from face-to-face contact for a
minimum of twelve weeks. Every week we hold a video conference for all our The lock down has stopped Milborne Movies but it will be back as soon as
Councillors and at these meetings Peter answers all the written questions that possible. We have some very good films already planned for showing, including
Judy, Downton Abbey, Rocketman, and Blinded By The Light. If you haven’t
Councillors have submitted, and Laura updates the Council on the sterling work
she is doing. She has also been appearing on TV, Radio and Social Media, in her thought of coming to one of our shows, why not give it a try, once we are all
allowed to mix together again – perhaps come with some friends: it’s fun to have
effort to get the message across.
a drink or icecream from the bar at the interval, and talk to others if you are
There are potentially 6700 vulnerable people, although this number is growing. We feeling sociable.
are conducting a phone assessment with everyone on the list, with teams stood
Sarah Ryan

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