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Please find attached a news release promoting one of the One Leisure Active Lifestyles team’s exercise classes, called PSI (Postural Stability Instruction). The class is a strength and balance session aimed at older adults to help with falls prevention.

Update from Huntingdonshire District Council

During the Christmas and New Year period waste collection days will change which can be seen in the table below.  Unfortunately there are four weeks of disruptions which start the week before Christmas

Residents can also download a collection calendar fromwww.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/bins

The household recycling centres will close at 1pm on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day.  A booking system is now in place at all sites so if you are planning on visiting between Christmas and the New Year, book a slot today.  Visit www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk for more information.

Christmas Tree Recycling

We are supporting East Anglia’s Children’s Hospice again this year who will be collecting real Christmas trees for recycling on Saturday 15th January 2022.

To check availability and book your slot visit

just-helping.org.uk/register-tree

Donations received from the Christmas tree collection provide vital funds for your hospice and other local charities.

Real trees can be placed by the side of the garden bin on collection day.  If the tree is bigger than the bin we ask that it is chopped in half.

The Household Recycling Centres will also take Christmas trees.

We will be informing residents of these changes via a bin hanger which will be placed on grey bins in December.  There will be a full page of advice in the Hunts Post.

The Parish Council are looking for volunteers to assist with the village speed indicator device, which monitors the speed of passing vehicles through Kings Ripton. Duties will include charging the batteries and ensuring the devices are calibrated etc. Full training and support will be offered. For further information, please contact the Clerk.

Irene 07866758445

clerk@kingsriptonpc.org.uk

Free online flood incident training is being offered for community flood groups, and people looking to set up, or who have recently set up, community flood groups. CCC Flood and Water Team are delivering these sessions with Communities Prepared as part of CCC’s Community Flood Action Programme.

The training offered takes place on the following evenings across October and November, and residents can sign up using the following links:

12 October, 6:00-8:15 pm – Cambridgeshire: Incident Management – https://bit.ly/CambsCP_IM

19 October, 6:00-8:15 pm – Cambridgeshire: Flood Volunteer – https://bit.ly/CambsCP_flood

26 October, 6:00-8:00 pm – Cambridgeshire: CEV Coordinator – https://bit.ly/CambsCP_CEV

3 November, 6:00-7:45 pm – Cambridgeshire: Crisis Recovery – https://bit.ly/CambsCP_recovery

10 November, 6:00-7:45 pm – Cambridgeshire: Snow Volunteer – https://bit.ly/CPCambs_snow

16 November, 6:00-7:45 pm – Cambridgeshire: Utility Volunteer – https://bit.ly/CambsCP_utility

The initial sessions on 12 and 19 October offer some background to the remaining 4 sessions. These initial sessions have previously already been held for communities in South Cambs however, we are encouraging anyone in South Cambs who missed them the first time to join the offering to the rest of the county.

If you have any questions relating to the training on offer or regarding the Community Flood Action Programme, please don’t hesitate to get in touch using the email address CFAP@cambridgeshire.gov.uk