Eynsham's Covid-19 Response Guidance - Sources of help - How you can help - Innovation - Light relief - Closures - News - Gallery Please send in your updates or use the Comment form below. Information Roadmap out of Lockdown - Spring 2021. For up-to-date official information visit 111.nhs.uk/covid-19 or call 111. Track Covid cases week by week on this interactive map: search by postcode then click on an area. Every Mind Matters - looking after your mental health. Eynsham Police Office has published advice and contacts with regard to domestic abuse. The District Council Covid-19 page is very comprehensive - sign up for business mailings. Eynsham Medical Group has a guide to bereavement and end-of-life decisions. Village access restrictions due from 10 August 2020, have been withdrawn. Parish Council Play Area reopening was finally completed in February 2021. Where to get help Eynsham Good Neighbour Network offers practical help to anyone in need within the village - call 07443 564 516 or email their partner group. Eynsham Community Larder (Eynsham food bank) can support anyone struggling to make ends meet, on a regular or one-off basis. Email [email protected] or call Bob Thiele on 07738 063 083. Eynsham Consolidated Charity can make grants to help local people who are in need. Many food & drink suppliers offer free delivery, as does Evenlode DIY; cafés, pubs & restaurants offer takeaways. How you can help Book your Covid vaccination, order prescriptions and free up the surgery with the NHS app! Stay at home, protect the NHS, save lives: national restrictions from 04/01/2021 - view BBC guidance. Thames Valley Police invites individuals / businesses with CCTV to register with their new new Digital Evidence Management System, in case footage is needed in the future; read more. Volunteer with Eynsham Car Scheme, taking clients to health care appointments with Covid-safe precautions! Call 07469 764 174 Eynsham Medical Centre now requires visitors / patients to wear a face mask. Can you make a batch for them? Face coverings are compulsory on public transport. Check Stagecoach guide to social distancing | face covering FAQs. There will be queues at Dix Pit waste recycling centre! Continue to minimise waste / recycling and avoid driving if you can. Bulky household waste can be collected for a modest charge. Eynsham Heroes Community Network has 10 local WhatsApp groups- email your address & mobile number to get involved. Donate to their community support fund - shared between Good Neighbours and the Community Larder - and / or drop off food donations at Eynsham Co-op or Spar Supermarket or The Market Garden. Be a good neighbour! Bonfire smoke brings added risk to people with respiratory concerns. Innovation 2020 GreenTEA report on our transport behaviour under lockdown calls for more EV charging points NOW. Eynsham Country Market is open every Thursday morning in the Market Square, rain or shine. Eynsham Primary School PTA raised the bar with a virtual May Day, followed by a Halloween spooktacular. Eynsham Pre-School Halloween Trail supplied a nice community alternative to trick or treating. Eynsham Baptist Church runs services via Zoom, St Leonard’s via YouTube (open for private prayer on Sunday & Wednesday 09:00-18:00 from 28 June); Saturday & Sunday masses at St Peter’s have resumed. Glass artist Ros Duffy is drawing inspiration from rainbows. The Creative Embroidery Group is meeting weekly via Zoom. Well done all entries to the scarecrow festival! Donations still welcome to the Pre-School fundraiser. Denise Witchalls has online classes for strength & balance - plus yoga and pilates to music. Soma clinical pilates is streaming via Zoom. Bump to One is meeting via Zoom - please pass it on to any new mums in the village! Eynsham Parish Council is also meeting via Zoom - call 0203 481 5237 to listen in. Walkie Talkies has new videos to entertain the little ones on Tuesday - join the group. Rotary Club of Eynsham is meeting online - details from the Secretary. Bartholomew School is producing PPE visors for Eynsham Medical Centre and other NHS front line staff. Light relief Bartholomew Players keep in touch with Zoom - The Sequel. Eynsham Day Centre members enjoyed a chat and singalong with the Woodentops in The Square. There will be sweets and balloons on 4 July! Love from Starter Upper. x Newlands Soundsystem ‘Epic Eighties Extravaganza’ on 20 June - fundraising for Oxfordshire Mind. Eynsham Rocks - again! Leave a decorated stone inside the railings round the Cross in Market Square. The Eynsham Lockdown blog is up and running - add your memories to the bank. Get creative with Marta Biro’s community quilting project. Get involved in Eynsham's Nature Recovery Network! Make the most of your time outdoors with one of the Parish Council maps. Download free E-books and audio from the library via the Libby app on Overdrive. Enjoy the movement to ‘Bring a little light to our dark’ - join in if you can. Eynsham Shirt Race is postponed but keep an eye out for updates... Eynsham History Group is still compiling reminiscences of VE Day. Eynsham News Group has a colouring corner - contributions welcome too! Oasis cancellations will be followed by a celebration day. The Great Indoors is a collection of activities for families at home, not just for Scouts!
Closures & cancellations 2020 The Annual Parish Meeting due on 21 April is postponed for the duration. District Council recycling banks in Back Lane car park closed 20 April. Further restrictions on Stagecoach services from 5 April - see our Public Transport page. Gatehouse Volunteers’ deliveries are on hold until further notice The History Group outing to Mottisfont is cancelled, check back for future visits. Eynsham Carnival 2020 is cancelled but don’t go away... Eynsham Car Scheme cannot take clients to health care appointments from 24 March. Cafés, pubs & restaurants - delivery service ONLY from 23 March. Parish Council play areas closed from 23 March; view update 14 May. Eynsham churches - closed entirely from 23 March. St Leonard’s doors open only for dignified access to the graveyard. Halls for hire - closed from 23 March Bartholomew School explains which children should come in and support available from 23 March. Eynsham Library (including smartcard access) closed from 21 March. Bartholomew Sports Centre closed from 20 March. Eynsham Day Centre and most social groups are cancelled. Eynsham Medical Centre - limited face-to-face access.