Welcome to the Launcells Parish Council Website
Launcells has been an interactive parish since 2013, offering online access to its residents and beyond.
We have just upgraded our website to comply with the new website regulations for 2020.
Please browse and let us know what you think and please tell us if there is anything that you feel the website could add to benefit users.
Thank you
Launcells Parish Council
Launcells Parish Council
Clerk Mrs J Gray
launcellspc@gmail.com
30st April 2024
The Annual Parish Meeting
will take place in the
Parish Hall
on
Monday 13th May 2024 at 7pm
Agenda
- Apologies.
- Confirmation of the Minutes of Meeting held on Monday 4th May 2023.
- Chairman’s Report.
- Reports from local groups in the Parish.
The meeting will be followed by the Parish Council meeting at 7.45pm
Members of the public are invited to attend.
Signed: A Hargreaves, Chairman
Parish Council Meeting 13/05/24
Notice is given that Launcells Parish Council will be holding a parish council meeting in Launcells Parish Hall on Monday 13th May at 7.30pm (following the annual meeting which starts at 7pm).
If you would like to share your views on an agenda item, but are unable / uncomfortable attending, please email your comments to launcellspc@gmail.com no later than midday on Friday 10th May.
A user-friendly introduction to climate change
Please share this with residents and community groups in your area.
Find out about climate change in a free, one hour, online information session for residents, community groups, and town and parish councils in Cornwall. The session will help you learn more, find out what’s happening in Cornwall, and work out how you might reduce your own carbon impact.
One participant has said "this session was pitched perfectly" and helped with understanding what can be done. You can just listen or you can get involved and ask questions at the end.
Sessions are running during May and June. Book a place via Eventbrite or visit Let’s Talk Cornwall for more information on climate change.
No Mow May
As part of the annual sustainability campaign, No Mow May, Cornwall Council’s contractor Cormac will be letting the grass grow – in the right places.
To support biodiversity and conservation efforts, Cormac will leave some areas of green space uncut throughout May. However, certain areas will still be cut for safety, amenity, sports use and to maintain access and visibility for walkers, pedestrians, and road users.
The campaign encourages garden owners and green space managers to refrain from mowing their lawns in May. This gives flora and fauna a chance to grow and thrive, which is essential for biodiversity.
At this time of the year, the soil is warm, and vegetation grows quickly. As a result, some areas may look overgrown, but it’s for a good reason. Cormac’s aim is to achieve the right balance between allowing nature to flourish while ensuring people's safe access to work, rest, and play.
For the last four years, Cormac has also been taking action to encourage wildflowers and pollinators, such as bees and butterflies, to thrive. These efforts throughout the year are resulting in increased in floral diversity and pollinator activity. In August, Cormac will conduct further botanical surveys to monitor the effects of the changes.
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It's Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
Symptoms can be caused by lots of things, which can make ovarian cancer hard to diagnose. It’s important to make an appointment with your GP as soon as possible if things don’t feel normal for you, or if any symptoms continue or get worse.
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Did you know that thanks to the new Pharmacy First service, people aged 12 and over can see a pharmacist for sinusitis?
Pharmacy First enables community pharmacies to supply prescription only medicines for some common conditions. Local pharmacist, Ian tells us more in this short video.
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Davidstow Harvesting
We will be working across the western side of the forest to fell areas of trees that are fully mature or storm damaged. We will be clearfelling these areas, which means removing all the trees at the same time. Clearfelled areas can look stark to begin with, but the area will soon green up and provide important habitat for birds, small mammals, invertebrates and reptiles. The clearfelling process forms part of a sustainable forest ecosystem and marks the end of the timbers’ current life cycle and the start of the next growth stage.
Harvesting trees is an important part of sustainable forestry and well managed forest support more wildlife. We carry out thorough wildlife surveys before starting work. While harvesting timber, we take every care to minimise wildlife and habitat disturbance, adapting our work as needed.
We will rest the ground for a year or two before we plant new trees. We will choose productive timber species suited to expected future climate conditions, such as Sitka spruce, radiata pine and noble fir.
There is more information about this work on our website at https://www.forestryengland.uk/forestry-operations-davidstow-woods
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Measles: it’s not just a kids’ problem
Teenagers, young adults and anyone who has missed their MMR vaccination can get measles.
Symptoms to look out for include:
- high fever
- rash – sometimes starting around the ears
- sore red eyes
- cough
- aching and feeling unwell
If you think you may have measles call your GP first before attending a clinic, or contact NHS 111.
Make sure you have had your 2 doses of MMR vaccine. If you haven’t contact your GP now.
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The NHS and Government have launched a dental recovery plan to give patients fairer, simpler and easier access to dental care.
The plan includes offering dentists 'golden hello' cash incentives for working in under-served areas and taking on more NHS patients.
It will also send teams into schools to treat children's teeth.
You can read the plan on the Government's website.
You can now get on-the-day appointments at primary care hubs if you're suffering from the symptoms of minor illnesses.
The hubs are run by a GP or other healthcare practitioner experienced with minor illness, who can offer advice and onward care including issuing prescriptions.
Contact your GP surgery in the usual way and, if appropriate, an appointment will be made for you at a nearby hub.
The aim is to ease urgent, on-the-day demand for GP appointments, allowing surgeries to focus on their patients with long-term conditions. Hubs are being set up across Cornwall, with at least 8 in place already and more being added.
Find out more about the new primary care hubs.
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Household Waste Recycling Centres
Some of Cornwall’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are trialling new recycling services, including paint reuse, wetsuit reuse, and free DIY waste disposal.
Paint reuse
Truro HWRC has introduced a new paint reuse service. Residents can drop off new or good quality left over paint for others to collect, free of charge. The service will be rolled out across more HWRC sites later this year.
Wetsuit reuse
After a successful launch at St Erth (Hayle) and Newquay, three more HWRCs are now collecting old wetsuits – St Day (United Downs), Falmouth and Penryn, and Bude. All wetsuits are donated to the Wave Project to help support surf therapy programmes.
DIY waste
Charges have now been removed for the disposal of asbestos, plasterboard, soil/rubble, and tyres at eight HWRCs, for an initial six month trial from 2 January. Residents can now dispose of up to eight bags or four sheets of material per week at St Erth (Hayle), Falmouth and Penryn, Truro, Newquay, St Austell, Tintagel (Bowithick), Bude and Saltash.
Please note that during this time Bodmin, Connon Bridge, Redruth (Pool), Helston, Launceston and St Day (United Downs) HWRCs are unable to accept this material.
There’s more information on all these services on www.cornwall.gov.uk/hwrc.
The successful skills training programme Train4Tomorrow has won funding from the Department for Education to boost employment opportunities across Cornwall and Devon.
The programme, led by Devon County Council and delivered in partnership with Cornwall Council, will get £6.4million in 2024/2025 to enable more than 2,000 adults to access Skills Bootcamps in a variety of dynamic sectors.
Skills Bootcamps are available in a range of sectors. New for this year will be Skills Bootcamps in childcare, heavy goods vehicle driving, and creative sectors such as film production, photography, and media.
Did you know that millions of people in the UK are using the NHS App to manage their health the easy way?
From viewing their health records and test results to ordering prescriptions, the NHS App makes managing your health easier.
Find out how you can order repeat prescriptions using the NHS App.
Find out how you can securely view your health records in the NHS App
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Ready, Steady... Grow - bookings open!
Healthy Cornwall now have dates available to book onto their new, FREE Ready, Steady…Grow prenatal and postnatal health and wellbeing programme.
The sessions focus on the health and wellbeing of both baby and you, discussing a variety of health topics such as healthy nutrition and getting active, in a relaxed, informal and comfortable environment.
Sessions are now available to book in a variety of locations throughout Cornwall and online. Head to the Healthy Cornwall website now to book.
Keep an eye out for flyposting
There is no formal definition of flyposting, but it is generally taken to mean the display of advertising material on buildings and street furniture without the consent of the owner.
Unauthorised flyposting on both public and private property is a criminal offence. It can result in fines being given out by the Magistrates Court, or a fixed penalty notice up to £80 being issued by Cornwall Council or the Police.
Please advise local residents of this if you are approached for advice. Also, if you are aware of examples of flyposting and can identify the perpetrator, you can report this to Cornwall Council for investigation using these links:
We are aware of lots of people coming down with coughs and colds and feeling generally unwell. Help stop the spread of germs by taking simple steps to protect yourself and others:
- Use tissues to trap germs
- Wash your hands often with warm water and soap
- Put used tissues in the bin as quickly as possible.
Catch it. Bin it. Kill it.
If you don’t feel well enough to go to work or carry out your normal activities, please try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people. For more information visit People with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Learn First Aid Gestures
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Community Emergency Plan
The community emergency plan document can be found here
It was created in 2018 and distributed to all parish households - some details have changed but the general information is still relevant.
November 2020 -
Covid - 19 Directory amended pdf here
Launcells Parish Defibrillators
The first defibrillator is located at Launcells Parish Hall in Grimscott - EX23 9LS
The second is It is located at the Red Post Inn, by the post box - EX23 9NW.
As before, should you need access to this "self-guiding" piece of equipment, just phone 999 and follow the instructions on the cabinet. You will then be given the access code to open it. The machine then tells you how to use it.
We would hope to arrange another set of training for the use of a defibrillator, once we return to normal, but in the meanwhile, attached is the note that was in the Parish Magazine a while back.