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 3 January 2024

Latest News from South Hams District Council

Keep safe during the cold weather

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A cold weather health alert across England is in place until midday on Wednesday 8 January 2024. 

Please look out for family and friends who might be vulnerable to low temperatures. 

Because of the forecast, we have activated our Severe Weather Emergency Protocol, which when temperatures drop below a certain level, we put in place additional accommodation for homeless people to prevent harm and death. We will review our protocol again on Saturday 4 January.

If you know of anyone who is sleeping rough, or if you are concerned about a rough sleeper, please contact a member of the Housing Team on 01803 861234. For outside of office hours, you can call us on 01803 861539. You can also connect with StreetLink, a service for reporting concerns about rough sleepers.

The latest advice on keeping warm and well in cold weather can be found on the UK Health Security Agency webpage

For weather updates, please visit the Met Office website for the most up to date information. 


New Year waste and recycling dates

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Your waste and recycling collection days will be different over the New Year period until 11 January. 

Click here to find out when your waste and recycling collections will take place over the next few days.


Are you taking down your Christmas cards?

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Are you taking down decorations and cards after Christmas?

You can recycle cards with no glitter, stuck on bits or shiny bits - but you can't recycle glittery cards, cards with shiny bits or stuck on decorations.

You can also save old cards to reuse them as gift tags next year.


PayByPhone goes live from 12 January

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Have you downloaded the PayByPhone app yet?  From Sunday 12 January,  you’ll need to use the PaybyPhone parking app if you want to pay for parking through your phone (currently RingGo) at one of our Council owned car parks.  

But don't worry, you can still pay by cash at our machines in the car park if you prefer.

If you haven't yet downloaded the PayByPhone app, you can: 


New year, new role?

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Looking for a new job this new year? 

We've got plenty of exciting vacancies, including...

  • Markets Officer

  • Mobile Localities Supervisor

  • Carpenter

  • Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

  • Human Resources Business Support Officer

Find out more and apply online at www.southhams.gov.uk/recruitment

 

Click here to find out more