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Village Voice April/May 2021
electing a new Chair that evening. We will
include the Annual Report in the June/July issue
of Village Voice.
In a further change to our plans we are
looking to have a ‘Welcome Back Penn &
Tylers Green’ meeting in September with a
speaker and social gathering for anyone keen to
join us.
If you are not already on our mailing list,
please go to our website www.
pennandtylersgreen.org.uk and sign up. We will
also be promoting this September event in
Village Voice and our Facebook www.facebook.
com/PTGResidentsSociety Madalyn Roker
Pride in P&TG
We are fortunate in P&TG that there are
volunteers who regularly give their time to our
community to pick up litter, clear ponds and
other tasks, all of which which makes Penn &
Tyler’s Green a better place for us all.
If you are unable to contribute to these
organised activities perhaps you would consider
tidying the area in front of, or around your
property?
Simple things like sweeping paths, trimming
grass and edges and removing any litter.
Cutting back hedges so pathways are clear.
If something needs fixing report it to the
appropriate authority so action can be taken.
With Spring arriving let’s all get out and show
our pride in Penn & Tylers Green! Mike Morley
Spring Watch on the Common
The first Spring watch on the Common took
place on Sunday 7th March with further
socially distanced watches planned for April
11th, May 9th, and a final outing on Sunday
June 6th. Please come and join us if you fancy,
starting at 7 am from the Village Hall. Walks
usually finish about 9am by the Pond. Bill Sadler
Buckinghamshire Council Update
By the time you read this we are all hoping that
we will not only see the beginning of spring but
the beginning of our lives starting again safely.
As I write this at the beginning of March, over
162,000 vaccinations have been delivered in
Bucks with the help of partnership working of
the NHS and the Council. We have helped to
stand up 20 vaccine centres in Bucks and are
delivering approx. 25000 vaccines per week and
have provided funding from 8 community
boards to enable the Chilterns Dial-a-ride to
offer free transport for those unable to get to
both medical appointments and vaccine centres.
We have been involved in contact tracing, set up
Lateral Flow Testing centres across the County
and completed the surge testing operation in
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green.
The Council have yet again been very much
involved in working to help our residents get
through this pandemic. We have supported more
residents than ever before with many
households being forced to shield, self-isolate or
been furloughed. We have delivered over
22,517 grant payments to businesses with a
value in excess of £128m. We know this hasn’t
reached everyone, but we have done our best to
include as many of our businesses as possible.
We have issued supermarket vouchers to over
10,000 pupils eligible for free school meals over
the holidays and launched our Helping Hand
scheme which is now supporting over 500
households. We have recruited Covid Marshalls
to patrol town centres and parks, providing
advise to businesses and the public. Provided
additional resident support through the national
shielded residents scheme to 17.700 people.
This is only the tip of the iceberg of the work
the Council have been doing in addition to
continuing with all our 'business as usual'.
The challenges we have all faced during these
times have allowed the Council to work in a
more agile and innovative way and to form
more collaborations and working partnerships
than ever before. As a Council we now intend to
take this forward as we plan for the future so
that we can continue to harness all the good
things that the ways of working over the past 12
months have produced.
In the meantime, on 6th May we have
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