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This is an invitation from East Devon District Council: Dear All, We’d like to invite you along to our FREE annual “Working Together for the Future of East Devon” 2019 event, which is taking place on: Thursday 24 October, 9.30am to 2.30pm At West Hill Village Hall near Ottery St Mary The event aims to bring local agencies together to improve communications between the voluntary and statutory sectors. There will be knowledgeable speakers on a variety of useful topics. Topics will include: · How to recruit and keep volunteers · How to successfully find grant funding, including funding available from East […]

Please see attached for future roadworks and closures 28 Jan – 31 Oct 2019 Payhembury is shown on the list and further information can be seen on https://devon.roadworks.org/

Our shop is unquestionably one of the greatest assets that Payhembury has and it is a complete triumph that for the last seven years it has been run entirely by volunteers. The village is extremely lucky to have a superb team of loyal and outstanding parishioners who do an exceptional job every day keeping the shop alive, and we owe each and every one of them a huge debt of thanks. However, the harsh reality is that I spend time on the phone every week trying to fill the vacant slots on the shops rota. We need more volunteers to […]

To read about the consultation and the questionnaire click http://dsfire.gov.uk/SaferTogether/ServiceDeliveryConsultation/TakePartInTheConsultation.cfm?siteCategoryId=18&T1ID=211&T2ID=460.

To find out all the latest on our local policing please click https://www.devon-cornwall.police.uk/your-area/teams/Honiton/news. This includes the Connectivity Plan for Honiton – Honiton Connectivity Plan June 2019.

A reminder to you all that this is now in operation. If you are in a medical emergency situation and need extra immediate help such as someone to fetch the defibrillator or assist with chest compression, ring this number and a village volunteer will respond. REMEMBER TO RING 999 FIRST VETS 01404 565605 I have heard that a number of people immediately threw out the yellow slip with the number on it that was with the parish paper, thinking it was an advertisement for an animal doctor! More are available in Payhembury Provisions. Tim Cox

The defibrillator is now commissioned and ready to use. It is situated on the pillar of the Payhembury Provisions porch. Please note the emergency phone is a small box just above the defib. All you do is press the button to be connected to the 999 operator and they will give you the code for the box. The purpose of this is to make sure the ambulance is called. Nearly forty people attended the Defibrillator Awareness evening in the hall given by Tina from Community Heartbeat. Everybody found it stimulating, non-threatening and entertaining, being pitched at just the right level. […]

The closing time at Honiton MIU is now 8pm every day instead of 10pm. The reduction in hours has been caused by staffing difficulties, and the situation is due to be reviewed before the end of the year. Meanwhile, the future of inpatients beds at the hospital is threatened by an NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group’s proposal to close them. A steering group of objectors has been formed in Honiton to fight the proposal