Since the outbreak of the pandemic last year, our bus shelter has provided a valuable additional amenity for our community.
Initially, it was used by St Nicholas Church to collect food donations for delivery to local Food Banks but for some weeks now donations have been collected in the porch at the church.
People have also very kindly made donations of books and other items, such as children’s toys, by placing them in the shelter.
As we make a gradual return to normal life, which will include both more frequent arrival of buses and the possibility of taking donations directly to charity shops or other outlets, the Parish Council recommend that the bus shelter should now be returned to its original purpose.
We will therefore take all the remaining items to either charity shops or alternative outlets during the week commencing 12th April, when ‘non-essential’ retail is scheduled to re-open.
We would ask our community not to place any further items in the bus shelter with immediate effect.
We are also pleased to announce that Councillor, Julia Witcher, has kindly agreed to investigate possibilities for the setting up of a properly managed village library or book exchange in the future. If you have any thoughts on how this could be organised, please get in touch with her at jwitcherchearsleypc@gmail.com
