First in-person community day since COVID, hailed a great success!
Plans to market a part of Seaton’s seafront for redevelopment has been given the go-ahead
Claim your £150 council tax rebate, if you haven’t received it already
Community celebrate official opening of Exmouth’s newest skatepark
An important update for Exmouth public toilets
News and updates:
First in-person community day since COVID, hailed a great success!
A special Sidmouth community day was a great success, celebrating Lymbourne residents with a big spruce outdoor up.
An amazing ‘Social Value Community Event’, organised by East Devon District Council (EDDC) and contractors Ian Williams, was attended by supported accommodation tenants, the Ian Williams’ team - including a handy man and local EDDC councillors with officers.
The day included a big spruce up of the grounds, building planters, putting in new plants, painting benches – which was all done with the help of Sidmouth in Bloom and the Probation Service who rolled up their sleeves to help out in the sunshine.
Residents were also given the opportunity to use free skips.
Claim your £150 council tax rebate, if you haven’t received it already
More than £5million has been paid out to 75 per cent of the eligible East Devon residents, living in an A, B, C or D band property.
The first phase of the £150 council tax (energy) rebate was rolled out in April – seeing payments made to more than 34,000 direct debit holders.
The second phase of the projects will see letters sent to all other eligible residents from next week (beginning Monday, 9 May).
An online claim will soon go live allowing all residents who do not pay their council tax by direct debit, including those whose bank details EDDC was not able to verify, to claim their rebate.
Plans to market a part of Seaton’s seafront for redevelopment has been given the go-ahead
Plans to market a part of Seaton’s seafront for redevelopment has been given the go-ahead by East Devon District Council’s Cabinet.
The Seaton Moridunum site on the Esplanade was originally included as part of the now expired Seaton Seafront Enhancement Scheme.
The site is made up of a former toilet block with the ramps either side and public realm space above. The authority approved a number of recommendations on Wednesday evening (4 May), including that the new development will retain the public realm space.
The recommendation emphasised a desire to work with the developer of the Fosseway Court flats to the rear of the site, where work has already begun.
Community celebrate official opening of Exmouth’s newest skatepark
L to R: Cllr Eileen Wragg, Simon Kennedy, Cllr Joe Whibley, Cllr Geoff Jung
The official opening of Exmouth’s newest skatepark took place this week, after its £365k Olympic-standard revamp.
Dozens of park goers, coming from far and wide, attended the big skate jam event which included professional riders, music and competition at the Phear Park venue, on Saturday, 30 April.
The £365,000 project was funded with £240,000 from East Devon District Council and £125,000 from Exmouth Town Council.
This included East Devon District Councillors Eileen Wragg, StreetScene deputy operations manager Simon Kennedy, Cllr Joe Whibley and Cllr Geoff Jung (pictured).
The park was designed and constructed thanks to contractors Maverick Industries, who also helped to hold the big opening event.
Imperial Rec, Orcombe Point and Maer have now been reopened for the season.
Unfortunately due to recent vandalism to Manor garden toilets in Exmouth, the following are shut for repair:
Disabled toilet
Mother and baby changing room
Second gents cubicle
The first of many 'Responsible Dog Owners’ roadshows
The first ‘Responsible Dog Owners’ roadshow was held in Exmouth on Tuesday, 3 May. It comes as part of a series of events being held to tackle complaints about fouling, dog-on-dog attacks and out-of-control dogs in East Devon.
Come along to our 'How on Earth' webinars taking place this month!
Do you want to reduce how much plastic you use but just don’t know where to start? Worried it will cost a fortune or be too difficult?
In advance of the EDDC ‘live plastic free challenge’ being held in June, come along to our ‘How on Earth’ webinars being held in May for some hints and tips from local expert, Sarah Allen.
Celebrate the French Open with a night of tennis in Exmouth
Join the team at Exmouth Tennis & Fitness Centre on Friday, 27 May, 6.30pm - 8.30pm, to celebrate the French Open with an action packed night of triples by numbers, French fancy dress and delicious food.
Tickets are available to 18 years+ only for £5 per person and include a French refreshment.
Speak to a member of the team next time you visit for more information and to book your space!
Seaton and Sidmouth Eats Boutique returns for 2022
Our much loved and ever popular street food markets are back for 2022!
We’ll bring you global flavours, you bring your friends and join us on the Jurassic coast in a ritual as old as time. Enjoy world cuisine made for you by local people, often using local ingredients. Our market directly supports up to 10 small businesses and a number more that supply us.
This year we’ll be launching our pop up pub The Salty Arms, as well as raising a glass to Her Majesty on 3 June with her favourite tipple, and taking part in the Taste East Devon festival on 9 September.
Seaton Eats Boutique is returning to its usual first Friday of the summer months, starting 6 May.
Free to enter.
Location: Jubilee Gardens.
Time: 4pm until sunset on 6 May, 3 June, 1 July, 5 August and 2 September.
East Devon District Council also produce regular newsletters and news on different topics, in the last week we have issued the following which may be of interest:
Over the next week the following East Devon District Council meetings are taking place. Any public meetings will be streamed live to the Council’s YouTube channel, and in the event of difficulties these will be streamed on our Facebook page instead.
There are no meetings taking place next week. The next meetings are:
Be a Super-recycler and squash your small pieces of aluminium foil into a larger ball. This helps the plant in our depot separate out aluminium foil, to make sure we can recycle all of it, along with your other aluminium items such as cans, aerosols and trays
Aluminium is the most valuable material we collect at kerb-side and it can be recycled over and over again.
Join over 30,000 people using our smartphone app and get simple personalised collection reminders, the latest collection updates and tell us about a missed collection.
Thelma Hulbert Gallery
Plein Air Painting Workshop
Join artist Debs Last for a painting workshop outside in the landscape of the THG garden.
Thursday, 9 June, 11am to 3pm.
Materials and refreshments provided. Please bring a packed lunch.
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NHS in Devon is extremely busy - here's what you can do to help
Devon’s NHS services are extremely busy, due to high numbers of people requiring hospital treatment. People are being urged to do their bit to support the NHS by using the most appropriate service for their condition and keeping the emergency department for life threatening conditions.
Those with family or friends who are ready to be discharged can help by picking them up as soon as they are ready to go home. This frees up the bed for other patients who need them.
There are other ways people can support services. These include:
Using your local pharmacist for minor conditions such as insect bites, ear ache and skin rashes.
Using NHS 111 – online or by phone if you need advice or medical treatment quickly and can’t wait to see your GP. If you need to be seen by a Minor Injuries or Emergency Department they can book you in.
Getting vaccinated against Covid-19. Have both jabs and your booster if you are eligible.
Staying away from hospitals if you have Covid symptoms or diarrhoea and vomiting
Using the HANDi paediatric app for advice on common childhood illnesses and when to seek help.
Calling all parents and carers living or working in Devon. We need your help this summer!
Whether you currently use childcare or not, your voice counts. The answers you give in this short survey will help the early years and childcare team at Devon County Council to plan and make sure that there is enough childcare available in Devon.
Even if you have participated in previous surveys, it is important to get your views now, so we can look at changes to childcare demands over time.
Take part in the #80MilesinMay Challenge by walking, running or jogging 80 miles over the month in order to raise funds for the Mental Health Foundation. To take part in the challenge and receive your FREE water bottle, please join the Facebook group here.
Use the hashtag #IveBeenThere to share your own experiences of loneliness.
We plan to send out our next bulletin on Friday, 13 May 2022.
Please forward this email to anyone you think would find it useful and encourage them to sign up.
You can also can share this update on social media and in any online groups you're part of by using the view it as a web page link at the top of the page.
