Citizens Advice still available

Citizens Advice Oxfordshire South and Vale are still available to help. They are no longer able to offer face to face appointments from their Advice Centres, but you will be able to talk to their Advisers on the telephone.

Advice Line:  0300 330 9042

Monday to Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm

For general advice please visit our website citizensadvice.org.uk

Jeanette Halliday

We’re very sad to report that Abingdon Town Councillor Jeanette Halliday passed away on Friday 17th April who’d been unwell since Christmas.

Our thoughts are with her family at this very diffcult time.

An obituary can be found on the Abingdon Town Council site here: 

https://abingdon.gov.uk/abingdon-news/abingdon-thames-town-council/councillor-jeanette-halliday

Motorcycles for Mikayla - Charity Bike Day

MOTORCYCLES FOR MIKAYLA

CHARITY BIKE DAY

Granting wishes for children fighting cancer

SUNDAY 5TH JULY 2020

11:00AM - 4:30AM

Abingdon Rugby Club

Lambrick Way

Abingdon

Oxon

OX14 5TJ

Classic, On/Off Road, Superbikes and Classic Cars

Everybody Welcome!

Fully licensed bar - refreshments available

Live Music and DJ

Please all to arrange to display new bikes, accessories or trade stands

Alan Hutt

07834506180

alanhutt66@hotmail.co.uk

Supported by the VJMC

Due to the current virus situation this event may / may not happen

Teacher Help offered during Coronavirus

One of the Abingdon Coronavirus Volunteers on the estate is a teacher, and though is in school on a rota basis and running a virtual classroom, is happy to help anyone who specifically needs help with home school stuff.  Contact the Committee HERE and we'll pass on your details.

Sewing Jobs

If anyone has any little mending jobs (hems turned up etc) that need doing during the current virus situation, there's a lady on the estate who is willing to do this for you.  Get in touch with us HERE and we'll pass messages on.

Help available during the virus outbreak

For anyone self isolating at home, who are vulnerable or elderly and can't get out, please get in touch by email or phone HERE as some TFLRA committee members are volunteering to help out and are giving their phone numbers so people can call for a friendly chat.

If you'd like to volunteer to help too, please get in touch and we'll add you name to the list.

There's a Facebook group called 'Abingdon Corona Virus Response' (LINK HERE) with local volunteers who are happy to help those living in Abingdon and are affected  - contact them at abingdoncoronaresponse@gmail.com and they'll put you in touch with someone in your area.

Alternatively you can fill in these online forms for SUPPORT for yourself or someone you know who is vulnerable or elderly, or to VOLUNTEER to help in your area anything you can offer ie phone chats, shopping, prescriptions, medical transport, dog walking etc.

Keep safe.

Covid-19 Support in Abingdon

Some local people have made a website with links to food delivery information and other businesses in Abingdon with their response to this crisis.  It can be found at: https://abingdon.help/ so please pass this to anyone who may need it.

Spring 2020 Quiz amendment

Following the recent print of the current Spring 2020 Newsletter, we've just spotted a couple of errors that were overlooked.  Please note that in the Quiz, question (3) should say 'Harbour' and not harbor, and question (10) should say 'Level' and not leven.

You can also do the quiz online and submit to us too - check it out here on our Quiz Page https://tflra-quiz.weebly.com

Tesco's

From Thursday 19th March Tesco will be implementing the following changes:

• To ensure more people have access to everyday essentials, we are introducing a storewide restriction of only 3 items per customer on every product line, and removing multi-buy promotions.

• In order to allow Tesco colleagues to focus on stocking shelves, helping to provide the essential groceries you are looking for and to avoid waste, we will close all meat, fish, deli counters and salad bars.

• To be able to ensure our stores are clean, that we can replenish stock, and allow our colleagues to rest, we will change our trading hours with all stores closing at 10pm.

• To ensure we are doing everything possible to reduce the risk of infection for both our customers and colleagues, we will be introducing some distancing measures at the checkout and, to make it swifter, invite customers who can, to pay by card.

• To help free up slots for the more vulnerable, such as our elderly customers and those who are self-isolating, we are encouraging customers who shop online or choose Click+Collect for their grocery home shopping, to prioritise shopping in-store where possible.

• To ensure our more vulnerable and elderly customers can shop in-store, we will prioritise one hour every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning between 9-10am (except in our Express stores) and ask that you respect this.

Missing man in Abingdon

Thames Valley Police is appealing for help in locating a missing man from Abingdon.  Robert Wilson, aged 76, was last seen at about midday on Thursday (12/3) in The Holt.  He is of slim build, around 5ft 9ins tall with short grey hair with a beard.  He also wears glasses and usually wears a bright blue rain coat.

Robert has been known to frequent the Radley Road Nature Reserve in Abingdon and the Donnington Bridge area of Oxford.  We would ask anyone with out buildings to please check them.

Investigating officer, Inspector Adrian Lewis, based at Abingdon police station, said: “We are becoming increasingly concerned for Robert’s welfare and are appealing for the public’s help in locating him.  “If anyone believes they have seen Robert or knows of his whereabouts, please get in touch with police by calling 101, quoting Reference 43200084864.”

https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news/thames-valley/news/2020/march/09-03-2020/appeal-for-help-in-locating-missing-man--abingdon/