Garthorpe and Fockerby parish council Notice Board

Best kept village awards 2024
We got a Highly commended well done everyone 👏👏

This Friday

Local election

Anybody know anything about this 🤷‍♂️

Planning meeting

Tomorrow 30th April

Unbelievably ! there is someone letting their dog foul in our village graveyard!
It’s very upsetting for those who have visited to place flowers and find ( dog poo ) on the grave !!

Anglian Water have cancelled the planned closure on Doncaster Road for works that were due to start from 7pm tonight, Tuesday 12 March. 🤦

Update - Anglian Water have cancelled the planned closure on Doncaster Road!

Anglian Water are carrying out emergency repairs on Doncaster Road in Scunthorpe from tomorrow, Tuesday 12 March, from 7pm.

Due to a burst water main the road will be closed from Tesco's roundabout at Gallagher Retail Park to Berkeley Circle.

Diversions will be in place and the road is currently expected to re-open at 7pm on Wednesday 13 March.

For info 🤷‍♂️

Brown Bins not emptied today apparently only 2 wagons working out of 6 operating, last time they were collected was 6th Dec I’ve sent them a email and copied Andrew Percy in complaining about the standard of service in general don’t hold your breath for any improvement but I’m sure you all will be paying your 4.9% increase in April 😡

Just info don’t panic 👍😂😂

Don’t forget it’s still only burgundy bin on Wednesday North Lincs still on Christmas holidays 😡😡

Please see attached the new bus timetable for the Isle of Axholme 97 service.

For information

Part time job !

Garthorpe and Fockerby parish council are looking for a gardener for the village church yard , if you are interested in this part time post which is mostly grass cutting with a few flower beds, all equipment supplied in container on site . For details of pay /wages and job description please contact..

[email protected]

Nothing to panic about but a heads up warning 🌊🌊

The small roundabout in the playing field has been taken out of commission due to some damage/ware to the plywood floor. Please bear with us until we can get it repaired. Not easy over the Christmas period. 🎅🏼

At Friday's Parish Council meeting we had two representatives from open reach to explain the possible rollout out of full fibre broadband to the Eastoft exchange. Which would give the village a faster and more reliable broadband. As a parish council we fully endorse the scheme, and want to assure the people of Garthorpe and Fockerby it's not a scam. So I will list a few of the questions that came up

Q:- will it cost individual house holder money to be connected
Answer:-no the scheme is payed for by the goverment voucher scheme and open reach, open reach get £4000 per household that sign up to the scheme People in other areas have found that they can get faster broadband cheaper than what they are paying know.
Q;- do I have to sign a broadband deal with open reach
Answer:- No you are free to select your broadband provider as you do now BT,Sky,Virgin,Voderfone etc
Q;- Will there be any disruption in the Village
Answer:- No they will use exsisting telegraph poles the fibre will just replace your existing coper cables
Q;- what has to be done to individual properties
Answer;- The fibre will come into your house just as the copper cable does now it just replaces it.
Q;-Will there be any telecommunication towers as seen in Eastoft and Crowle
Answer:- No they are 5G and this is pure broadband open reach don't do 5g the exciting green box at the end of Margrave lane should be sufficient
Q:- why should people sign up
Answer:- They have to guarantee a Percentage of properties to the government so the funds can be released. And the people that sign up with be given preference if the scheme goes ahead.

Please encourage your neighbours to check their eligibility at: www.openreach.co.uk/connectmycommunity and pledge their vouchers also. Terms and Conditions apply to every voucher pledge see details here.​

If you have any questions or concerns please ask.

Connect My Community Your postcode is associated with more than one of our community schemes. However, your address will only be part of one scheme. Please select the community scheme that you wish to pledge for, from the list below. You will then be able to select your address and pledge your voucher. Only one voucher....

Tonight 🎅🏼🤶🎶🎶🎶🎶

2023-2024

This is Max in .. The Vuelta Grand Tour .
Over the years Garthorpe & Fockerby parish council were able to help support Max in his early youth racing years with the SSE renewables micro grant . And through his own hard work and sheer determination he is now a professional and competing internationally.
Well done Max