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	Calor Hampshire Village of the Year 2004
	Glass Recycling
	Borough Grants
	Flood Plan for Sherfield-on-Loddon
	James Christmas Educational Foundation

Calor Hampshire Village of the Year 2004

Sherfield-on-Loddon was named

Calor Hampshire Village of the Year 2004

Calor Village of the Year Website

... the village was also competition runner-up, Information Technology Category

See the press article, reproduced with kind permission from the Basingstoke Gazette (please note this may take 2-3 minutes using a 56k modem

... and went on to become

Regional Winner, Southern and South East England

See the press release

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Glass Recycling

To recycle bottles, please note that the nearest bottle banks are now located at Wyevale Garden Centre

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Borough Grants

BOROUGH COUNCIL GRANTS

Readers may be interested to see the current list of Borough Grants, available both to organisations and individuals.   More information at the BDBC website, www.basingstoke.gov.uk or tel. 01256 844844:

• Borough Amenities Grant Scheme - Claire Wilkinson
• Community Centre And Village Hall Grants - June Balcombe/Sandy Pearcey
• Historic Building Grants - Marion Brinton
• Disabled Facilities Grants - Chris Stagg
• Home Repair Assistance - Chris Stagg
• Community Safety Grant Scheme (Capital & Revenue) - Zoryna O'Donnell/Paul Green
• Coaching Bursary Award - Steve Welsh
• New Initiatives For The Arts - Lee Price
• New Initiatives For Sport Grant Scheme - Steve Welch
• Tall Ship Experience - Mike Nicholls
• Environmental and Regeneration Grants – Paul Johnston
• Landlords Grants - Chris Stagg
• Grants Linked To Service Agreements - Helen Overton/Lesley Murphy/Mark Thorpe
• Renovation Grants - Chris Stagg
• New Initiatives For Young People - Mike Nichols
• Community Enhancement Grant Scheme - Mark Thorpe
• Locally Managed Play Scheme Grant Fund - Marion Short.

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Flood Plan for Sherfield-on-Loddon

1.0     TYPES OF FLOOD THAT COULD AFFECT SHERFIELD

1.1       Flash. Due to overloading of ditches, culverts, etc.

1.2       Fluvial. Due to the River Loddon and Bow Brook bursting their banks.

1.3       Water run-off due to poor drainage.

2.0    LEVEL OF RESPONSE

2.1       The level of response from authorities will depend on what is flooded or what is at risk of being flooded. There are five priority categories:

2.2       So far no lives have been put at risk through flooding. However, some houses and the White Hart Public House have been affected.

2.3       It should be noted that any properties, etc., that continually flood will not receive any assistance from local authorities. Occupiers must make arrangements to protect their properties.

3.0     AUTHORITIES INVOLVED

3.1       The following organisations may be involved in direct action during a flood. Property owners are listed as it is their responsibility to protect their own property from flooding.

(1)        Environment Agency
(2)        County Council
(3)        Unitary Authority
(4)        District Council
(5)        Parish Council
(6)        Fire Service
(7)        Water Company
(8)        Electricity, Gas and Telecommunications Companies
(9)        Property Owners

4.0    ACTION LISTS

4.1       ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/)

The principal actions of the EA are:

• Issue flood warnings;
• Receive and record details of all flooding incidents;
• Monitor the situation and advise other organizations;
• Deal with emergency repairs and blockages on main rivers and own structures;
• Respond to pollution incidents;
• Advise on waste disposal issues.

4.2       COUNTY COUNCIL

The principal actions of the County Council are:

• Co-ordinate emergency arrangements;
• Maintain safe conditions on the roads;
• Put flood warning signs on the highway;
• Organise road closures and traffic diversions;
• Clear blockages on highway drainage systems;
• May take action to protect property from flooding by water from the highway where there is a failure of the highway drainage system.

4.3       DISTRICT COUNCIL

The principal actions of District Councils are:

• Co-ordinating role for own area;
• Floor warning dissemination (by local agreement with EA);
• Emergency assistance (S138 LGA 1972) - provide sandbags;
• Clear blocked watercourses, etc (Land Drainage Act powers);
• As County Council for highways (Highways Agency areas only);
• Environmental health issues – pollution;
• Block road channels and gully gratings - street cleaning;
• Emergency planning support groups.

4.4       TOWN AND PARISH COUNCILS

The principal actions of Town and Parish Councils are:

• Flood warning dissemination (by local agreement with EA);
• Distribute sandbags from District Council stockpiles.

4.5       FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE

The principal actions of the Fire and Rescue Service are:

• Rescue;
• Respond to all emergency incidents as required;
• Assist the populace where a need is identified and the use of fire service personnel and equipment is relevant.

4.6       WATER COMPANY

The principal actions of Water Companies are:

• Emergency overpumping or tankering at pumping stations;
• Clearing blockages in public sewers and outfall grills;
• Repairing burst sewage and water pumping mains;
• May take action to protect property from flooding by water from the public water mains or discharges from the public sewerage systems;
• Provision of portable toilets in some cases.

4.7       ELECTRICITY, GAS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES

The principal actions of the electricity and gas companies are:

• Attend to emergencies relating to their service at properties putting life at risk as a result of flooding;
• Attend to flooding emergencies at their own service installations.

4.8       LARGE INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES

The principal actions of large industrial companies are:

• Protect own premises and installations;
• Source of resources which could be hired.

4.9       PROPERTY OWNERS

The principal actions of owners of property at risk of flooding or which is flooded are:

• Move to a safe area if life is at risk;
• Prevent water from entering property if possible;
• Switch off electricity and gas supplies at mains;
• Move valuable possessions above floor areas liable to be flooded.

5.0       CONTACTS AND COMMUNICATION LINKS

  5.1       CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBERS:

6.0       FLOOD RISK AREAS

  PROPERTIES AT RISK IN SHERFIELD-ON-LODDON:

(Use the Environment Agency's site to check your postcode)

7.0     SANDBAG PROVISION

Sandbag provisions will be held at Little Bowlings Farm, Goddards Lane, Contact: Richard Gaiger (Tel. 01256 882424) or Kathleen Gaiger (Tel. 01256 882223)

8.0     FOLLOW UP ACTION

The Parish Council will supply the following follow-up action during and after a flooding incident:

• Keep people informed of what is going on and implement media plan when appropriate
• Provide information to local authority emergency planning support groups to enable them to assist and advise affected property owners
• Maintain action and financial records
• Investigate flooding and record information including flood levels
• Supply details of properties flooded, the extent of flooding and flood levels to the environment agency
• Inform piparian owners of remedial measures needed to watercourses
• Identify schemes to alleviate serious flooding of property (if applicable)

9.0       LOCAL CO-ORDINATION DETAILS

• Flood Co-ordination Cell - Village Hall
• Incident reports to:  Richard Gaiger, Bruce Batting, Local Authorities
• Flood Risk Areas (see Section 6.0)
• Sandbag Stockpile Location (see Section 7.0)
• Method of passing information:

Richard Gaiger (Tel. 01256 882424/810766)
Bruce Batting (Tel. 01256 882605)
Village Noticeboard

Adopted 10 June 2003

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James Christmas Educational Foundation

In spite of the passing of time and the changing economic situation the foundation still has a small income, which is distributed at the discretion of the Trustees, and any child living in the Parish of Sherfield-on-Loddon, who has a particular educational need, may make application, in writing, for consideration by the Trustees, to the Honorary Treasurer.

Applications will also be considered from any organisation catering for the educational and leisure welfare of village children.

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