July 2020

6 Buckden Roundabout July2020 Village Notices and assess the deliverability of projects which may be funded using the Community Infrastructure Levy (for Lucks Lane). The Council ’ s policies and procedures have been updated. Donations to the Village Hall Trust (to support playing fields maintenance) and to the Scouts were agreed. Village Handymen We would like to thank our Handymen for managing to main- tain services despite the challenges of COVID. Appointment of New Chairman Caroline Underwood has been appointed as Chairman of the Council following the resignation of the current Chairman. Council Meetings The next Council meeting will be at 7.30pm on Tuesday 14 th July. The meeting will include a 15 - minute open forum. If you want to speak at the meeting, please let us know what you want to say, by contacting the Parish Clerk. You will get a three - minute slot. This meeting will be an on - line only meeting. If you want to join the meeting please contact the clerk If required, the Council Planning Committee will meet on 23 rd June and 14 th July. These will be online meetings. Agendas for these meetings are posted on the Parish notice boards no later than the Saturday preceding the meeting. Office opening hours The office is currently closed, and the Parish Clerk is working from home. (Continued from page 4) Buckden Parish Council News (continued) • Help with COVID safe trading and risk assessments re- quired especially for businesses employing over 5 staff. • Help with planning the outside of business premises, queuing arrangements and space to queue. Signs and social distancing markers will be set up in High Streets and other key points. • Maintain free parking whilst lockdown eases • Move the markets to create space in our town centres as they become busy • Offer guidance and support to shoppers, by using our Parking Officers as Ambassadors supplemented by tem- porary staffing including Town Council and BID Hunting- don Rangers. • The WeAreHuntingdonshire Hub has been updated with specific advice for risk assessments, link to free mentor- ing, specific advice on temporary relaxation of Planning and Licencing rules. • Additional cleansing • Identifying Hotspots of possible congestion/queuing • Ensuring continued access for anyone with disabilities Cycling and Other Work HDC is looking at enhanced cycle routes to our towns with the County Council and Combined Authority. I have been lobbying to make sure that Buckden ’ s needs are considered and that the excellent work of the Parish Council and many other part- ners, is on the radar with the decision makers at the County Council and Peterborough Council. It is still early stages but the cycle access from Buckden to Hinchingbrooke is now on the priority list for Cycle Paths in Cambridgeshire! I will keep on lobbying and keeping my fingers crossed. Reminders A Link on our main website Huntingdonshire .gov.uk gives help and guidance for business and the self - employed. This in- cludes official guidance for opening safely and steps to keep customers and staff safe. There is also a link to access free business advice available to all business to get assistance if they don ’ t know where to start. Business Grants 2 are live this week – a discretionary fund to assist certain small businesses outside the scope of the previ- ous business grants funding schemes. So far HDC has paid some 2296 businesses in Hunts grants with a value £28,675,000. I hope that this is helpful and wish you all the very best at this time. Hamish Masson (Continued from page 5) From Your District Councillor (continued) Coming in next month ’ s Roundabout Buckden resident Keith Lawrence designed and managed the build of a new school house in Kenya for orphaned children, and the inspiring story of his work there will feature in next month ’ s edition. Two young Kenyan teachers were running a school for 68 chil- dren orphaned by the AIDS pandemic on an island in Lake Vic- toria. When their schoolhouse was destroyed by a hurricane in 2017, they turned to their UK friend David Bale for help, and he provided the funds for them to buy some land in memory of his wife who had recently died. Keith met David and offered to carry out the design work for the school building. This resulted in Keith making three trips to Kenya to assess the plot and to oversee the building work. The series of planned articles will follow Keith on these adventures.