Northumberland County Council’s garden waste kerbside collection service for 2021 will resume in March. For a single annual payment of £43, the service offers the opportunity to receive 20 garden waste collections over the main growing season, running from early March through to late November. For details, visit Northumberland’s garden waste page. The green waste that is collected is composted and the compost is available to buy. If you want to make your own compost, Northumberland County Council offers a range of bins with getcomposting.com. As well as standard compost bins for garden waste, the range includes wormeries and Hot Bins which you can use to make compost out of waste food.
Census 2021
The Office for National Statistics is hiring field staff across England and Wales for the 2021 Census. It is looking for individuals who have a good knowledge of their communities, with time to spare in March and April this year, for temporary Census Officer roles. We have not been able to establish whether jobs are available in this particular part of the county, but we have been told that it can be difficult to find suitable candidates to cover the more rural areas, so there may be opportunities that are within reach of those who live in Carham parish. To apply or to register your interest in this or another Census 2021 job, visit the census recruitment website.
Road Works
We have been advised of a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order as follows: 120401471 C20 Mindrum Mill Jnct to Cornhill Jnct.
Details of the disruption can be viewed here
Parish Council Meeting
The Parish Council will be meeting on Tuesday 12 January 2021 at 6.30 pm. You can find the agenda on our Meetings page.
This meeting is being held online, via Zoom. If you would like to attend, please contact the Parish Clerk for log-in details.
Christmas Church Services
The churches of St Cuthbert, St Helen and St Paul have published details of their Christmas church services including information about how Covid-19 restrictions will be met. In Carham there will be a carol service at St Cuthbert’s at 11.00 am on Sunday 20 December, and a Communion service at 9.30 am on Christmas day. Both services are open to all people, of any faith or none. For further information, contact the Church Warden, Peter Straker-Smith, on 01890 830 316.
Parish Council Meeting
The Parish Council will be meeting on Tuesday 10 November 2020 at 6.30 pm. You can find the agenda on our Meetings page.
This meeting will be held online. If you would like to attend, please contact the Parish Clerk for log-in details.
Hampers for Christmas
Glendale Connect is asking for help in identifying people in our community who might benefit from receiving a hamper this Christmas. If you know anyone in Carham parish who is going to be on their own at Christmas, or is finding life difficult at the moment, or is isolated, and you think they would be cheered by receiving a hamper, please contact the Parish Clerk.
Carham 1018 Conference
The Carham 1018 Society is holding a virtual conference on the afternoon of Sunday 15 November. Topics will include the recent archaeological and geophysical investigations at Carham, Carham and the Anglo-Scottish border, and Carham and the St Cuthbert connection. This conference was to have taken place earlier this year, but had to be postponed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. For the full conference programme and joining instructions, please email Clive Hallam-Baker.
Road Works
We have been advised of a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order as follows: 119186297 C23 County Boundary to East Learmouth.
Details of the disruption can be viewed here
Annual Assembly 2020
Carham parish’s Annual Assembly was held on 8 September. The meeting agreed the minutes of the previous year’s Annual Assembly, reviewed the Parish Council’s internal audit, and approved its financial accounting and governance statements and its certificate of exemption. All of these documents can be found on the Meetings and Standards pages on this website. If you have any questions about them, please contact the Parish Clerk.
