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May 2021
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Welcome to the latest edition of our online newsletter for residents.
Keep playing your part
After months of lockdown more of us are venturing out and meeting up with friends. If you are out shopping, socialising or enjoying the district's many attractions, please follow the rules and remember the basics of hands, face, space.
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Please take up your vaccine
When you are called for a vaccine, please take up the offer. Vaccines are safe and are one of the ways to keep ourselves, our loved ones and community safe.
Did you know one in three people with Covid-19 have no symptoms at all? That's why Public Health experts are recommending you take a rapid flow test twice a week. You can do this by visiting one of their test sites, through your employer or using a home testing kit.
Information about how to get a rapid flow test is available on the link below.
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If you do have symptoms...
It is still important to recognise coronavirus symptoms such as a high temperature, a new, continuous cough, or a loss or change to sense of smell or taste.
If you have any of these symptoms you should get a standard PCR (polymerase chain reaction) test even if you feel well and your symptoms are mild.
If you have symptoms, you and everyone you live with must immediately self-isolate.
Book your test by calling 119 or clicking on the link below.
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Help if you need to self isolate
If you test positive for Coronavirus or have been identified as a contact by NHS Test and Trace, you must now self-isolate by law.
A new £500 lump sum self-isolation support payment is available to help people on low incomes who are unable to work from home if they are told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace and will lose income as a result.
Worcestershire's Here2Help community service is available for people who may need assistance. More inforation can be found on their website.
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Use your vote
On Thursday (6 May) residents in Wyre Forest will go to the polls to have their say in local elections.
There will be elections for Kidderminster Town Council, Worcestershire County Council and West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner and also a by-election for one seat on Bewdley Town Council.
The polling stations for the election will be open between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 6 May.
Anyone voting in person must wear a face mask as it is a legal requirement, unless they cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering because of any physical or mental illness or impairment or disability.
If you have a postal vote please return it as soon as possible - we must receive it before 10pm on 6 May. If you don’t manage to post it in time you can hand in completed postal ballot packs to your normal polling station.
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Museum prepares for MacDonald Sisters exhibition
Bewdley Museum is to stage a major new art exhibition later this month, featuring works of national significance highlighting the lives of four extraordinary Victorian women.
The Macdonald Sisters, due to open on Monday 17 May, tells the stories of Alice, Georgiana, Agnes and Louisa Macdonald.
Born into an unremarkable Victorian family, they went on to forge connections with some of the most celebrated artists and thinkers of their time including William Morris, Ford Maddox Brown and John Ruskin.
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Investing in apprenticeships
For the ninth consecutive year, we have pledged our support for employers within the district with an Apprenticeship Grant Scheme to financially support employers to recruit an apprentice.
Our Apprenticeship Grant Scheme has supported more than 70 local employers, many of which have continued to employ their apprentice once they completed their programme.
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Burlish car park
A new visitors’ car park at the popular Burlish Top nature reserve opened on Thursday 1 April.
The car park has 50 free car parking spaces and is located on the old Barhale compound off Kingsway, Stourport-on-Severn giving visitors easy access to the nature reserve, woods and Burlish Meadows.
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Looking for a job in Worcestershire?
If you are looking for a new job, a training course, or want to find further educational options in Worcestershire, then why not use the new Worcestershire Jobs website! It allows you to search the local job vacancies, training courses and more from one easy to use place. You can even filter your results based on your interests or skills.
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