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National Trust – Reopening update

https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/

We’re reopening the places you love, gradually, safely and in line with government advice.

We’ve started opening some gardens and parks in England and Northern Ireland, but through advance bookings only.

We have to limit numbers to make sure that visitors and staff will be safe. These limited advance tickets do go quickly, and many of our most popular places are now fully booked up to 14 June.

But every Friday we release new tickets for the following week, so it’s worth checking back regularly. We’re also opening more gardens and parks every week and increasing the number of tickets available for those places that are already open. 

More than 200 coastal and countryside car parks are also open. For now, all houses remain closed, as do all places in Wales in line with Welsh government advice. 

Follow this link to find out when Hughenden Manor is open, how to book, and what to expect from your visit. Please always check before you travel.

Thanks for your patience and support. We’re really looking forward to welcome you back.

HVRA Annual General Meeting 2020

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2020 will be held as soon as is practicable under Covid-19 lockdown regulations.

The position of Chair has been held jointly by Angus & Janet Idle for the past six years and they have now decided to step down for a well-earned rest.
Consequently, we are looking for a new Chair or joint Chairs who can inspire us with good leadership qualities and can drive forward the aims and objects of the HVRA.

Nomination papers are available from the Secretary (secretary@hughendenresidents.org), also on the HVRA web page (https://hughendenresidents.org/ ) & published in the Hughenden News.

Full details are here.

Message from the Chair of Hughenden Parish Council

National Volunteer Week
5th June 2020

Dear Volunteer,

The arrival of the pandemic to our shores has bought so much unhappiness to countless families but it has also bought out the volunteer spirit and opened a stream of kindness across the UK.
There have been so many helpful neighborly acts by residents, be it as part of the organized support groups that have sprung up across the Parish or as individuals, that it is not possible to personally thank you.
In National Volunteer Week I would like to thank you all on behalf of the Parish Council for your help to our community.
Hopefully we are on the slow steps back to normality from this awful situation but even so there will still be a need for your ongoing support for some time to come as many residents will continue to require your help.

Thank you once again for your kindness.
Stay safe

Paul
Paul Nicholls
Chairman
Hughenden Parish Council

Trading Standards alert over ‘test and trace’ scammers

Virus lockdown has seen an estimated 40% increase in reported doorstep, phone and email scams across Buckinghamshire, and Trading Standards say their priority is to protect residents from potential text, email and phone frauds based on the new NHS Test & Trace system. More detail here.

Contact tracers will:

  • call you from 0300 013 5000
  • send you text messages from ‘NHS’
  • ask you to sign into the NHS test and trace contact-tracing website
  • ask for your full name and date of birth to confirm your identity, and postcode to offer support while self-isolating
  • ask about the coronavirus symptoms you have been experiencing
  • ask you to provide the name, telephone number and/or email address of anyone you have had close contact with in the two days prior to your symptoms starting
  • ask if anyone you have been in contact with is under 18 or lives outside of England

Contact tracers will never:

  • ask you to dial a premium rate (09 or 087) number to speak to them
  • ask you to make any form of payment or purchase a product or any kind
  • ask for any details about your bank account
  • ask for your social media identities or login details, or those of your contacts
  • ask you for any passwords or PINs, or ask you to set up any passwords or PINs over the phone
  • disclose any of your personal or medical information to your contacts
  • provide medical advice on the treatment of any potential coronavirus symptoms
  • ask you to download any software to your PC or ask you to hand over control of your PC, smartphone or tablet to anyone else
  • ask you to access any website that does not belong to the government or NHS