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Many households and businesses were impacted by Storm Henk between 2 to 12 January 2024. West Berkshire Council understand the challenges you're facing, and are here to offer support through various flood recovery grants.
Here's a summary of the assistance available but please note each grant has a different deadline date: 1. Flooded households in eligible affected areas, who can apply for up to £500 cash to help with immediate costs. 2. Households and businesses significantly affected, who will be eligible for 100% council tax and business rates relief for at least 3 months. 3. Small-to-medium sized businesses in eligible affected areas, who can apply for up to £2,500 from the Business Recovery Grant to help them return quickly to business as usual. 4. Eligible flood-hit property owners, who can apply for up to £5,000 to help make their homes and businesses more resilient to future flooding via the Property Flood Resilience Repair Grant Scheme. 5. Farmers who have suffered uninsurable damage to their land will be able to apply for grants of up to £25,000 through the Farming Recovery Fund towards repair and reinstatement costs for farmers adversely affected by exceptional flooding. If you're a resident or business in West Berkshire and believe you qualify, please visit our website for further information and to complete the necessary forms: Flood Grants - West Berkshire Council. We're here to support you through this challenging time. The information about the grants including eligibility and the forms are on the Councils website: Flood Grants - West Berkshire Council. Any queries in relation to the grants etc should be directed to the following email address: [email protected]. (monitored office hours only)
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 The Parish Council have recently replaced the old bench at Wickham with a lovely new bench and have moved it to a new location just by the bus stop. The new bench is made to last without any maintenance. The dense recycled plastic material is extremely robust and will never rot. The Parish Council are committed to ensuing all the facilities are safe, welcoming and up to date. Thank you to AMT Services for installing the Bench. Funding for this project came from both the Parish Council and a grant from West Berkshire Council. Our thanks to our District Councillors and West Berkshire Council for supporting this initiative. A notice of election has now been published so that people living in West Berkshire will be able to vote for their next Thames Valley Area Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) on Thursday 2 May.
PCC elections have been held every four years since 2012, apart from 2020 when they were delayed for one year by the pandemic. It’s an important election, as the job of the PCC is to ensure the policing needs of communities are met effectively and to oversee how crime is tackled in the Thames Valley. Nigel Lynn, Police Area Returning Officer (PARO) for the Thames Valley and Chief Executive of West Berkshire Council said: “It’s time to start thinking about who you want as your next Police and Crime Commissioner. They are elected by you and answerable to you, so you have an important role to play is selecting the right person.” We will be accepting candidate nominations for the PCC election from Monday 25 March-Friday 5 April. Anyone interested in standing should email [email protected] with their name, stating whether they are a prospective candidate or agent, and give contact email address and telephone number(s). More information can be found here https://www.westberks.gov.uk/pcc-election-2024 The list of candidates standing for election will be published on Monday 8 April, then electors will be able to read the PCC candidates’ manifestos from 10 April at www.choosemypcc.org.uk Anyone registered to vote will be eligible to have their say in the election. The voter registration deadline for the PCC election is 11:59pm on Tuesday 16 April. The result of the election will be announced on Saturday 4 May at Newbury Racecourse. To find out more about the PCC role, visit www.thamesvalley-pcc.gov.uk You may also find this short video on the role of the PCC useful https://youtu.be/7rD_-GtxPrQ For more information about the TVP area PCC election visit https://www.westberks.gov.uk/PARO2024 Registering to vote only takes five minutes at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote Sadly, the winter just keeps on giving at the moment with a lot of rain today and more unsettled weather expected in the coming weeks The current situation is set out below. There are also flood alerts starting to go on in the Oxfordshire area of the River Thames.
Council Activities: We are still in effect responding to incidents as and when they arise but we are also progressing the debriefs and the investigations as to why properties flooded (section 19 investigations). Grant Administration: We have got the information and processes in place in relation to Grants for flooded properties. All the details, including the qualification criteria, for residential, commercial and farmers are detailed on the website: Flood Grants. Please do share it with your communities. Anyone who needs some help can call into customer services on 01635 551111 and one of the staff will take people through the form or email: [email protected]. West Berkshire Council reporting:
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