Wortwell Parish Council

  • About this website

    This site is provided by Wortwell Parish Council to keep parishioners informed of their Council’s activities and to allow us to better connect with the people living and working in our village. You can read more about what the council does here and you can leave a response on most pages to let us know your views on the subject.

    The village name originates from roughly 1704 when naturally occurring ‘Wort’ was found to spring from a well fed by a water source near to the local river Waveney. When the local brewer was satisfied with the beer brewed from the ‘Wortwell’ he would ring a bell to let the local residents know it was ready for drinking, which also gave the local drinking establishment its name, established as a pub in 1836.

  • Churches

    Wortwell URC

    St Mary’s, Redenhall

  • Fostering in Norfolk

    Please help us help children who need us across the County.

    Probably the most important thing you can give any child is love and security. You don’t need a degree or academic qualifications, just love, common sense a strong sense of wanting to support children who don’t have their own family to do this for whatever reason. We will give you every support to achieve the best for our children who need us.

    Find out more at Norfolk Fostering Service.

  • Freedom of Information Requests

    Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 the council is required to make available to individuals and organisations information on its activities. Such information can be obtained from the Clerk, although the council may charge for providing copies of documents.

  • Accessibility Statement for Wortwell Parish Council website

    This accessibility statement applies to https://wortwellpc.norfolkparishes.gov.uk/

    This website is run by Wortwell Parish Council. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website. For example, that means you should be able to:

    • change colours, contrast levels and fonts
    • zoom in up to 300% without the text spilling off the screen
    • navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
    • navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
    • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

    We’ve also made the website text as simple as possible to understand.
    AbilityNet has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

    How accessible this website is

    We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:
    • the text will not reflow in a single column when you change the size of the browser window
    • you cannot modify the line height or spacing of text
    • most older PDF documents are not fully accessible to screen reader software
    • you cannot skip to the main content when using a screen reader

    Feedback and contact information
    If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

    • email Lua Leggett, Parish Clerk at [email protected]
    • call 01986 788789

    We will consider your request and get back to you as soon as possible.
    Reporting accessibility problems with this website
    We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact the Parish Clerk.

    Enforcement procedure

    The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

    Technical information about this website’s accessibility
    Wortwell Parish Council is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

    Compliance status
    This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard.

    We know that certain aspects of this website may prevent it from being fully accessible:

    PDFs and other documents
    Some of our PDFs and Word documents are essential to providing our services. By September 2020, we plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

    The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they’re not essential to providing our services. For example, we do not plan to fix some financial documents that are scanned images and cannot be read by a screen reader.

    Any new PDFs or Word documents we publish will meet accessibility standards.

    Preparation of this accessibility statement
    This statement was prepared on 2 August 2020. It was last reviewed on 2 August 2020.

    This website was last tested on 2 August 2020. The test was carried out by Wortwell Parish Council.

    We used the self-evaluation approach to decide on a sample of pages to test.

  • Dog Fouling

    Dog fouling in the village is on the increase and owners are reminded that it is offence for a person in control of a dog not to clear up the dog mess immediately on any land that is open to the air and to which the public is entitled or permitted to have access.

    Please also be reminded that Wortwell Parish Council has a byelaw applying to both playing fields and the grounds of the community centre whereby no person in charge of a dog (other than a registered blind person in charge of a dog) shall permit the dog to enter or remain in the grounds.

  • WORTWELL TOWN LANDS CHARITY Covid-19

    The Wortwell Town Lands Charity are able to offer a small amount of assistance to families in the parish of Wortwell affected by the current Covid-19 crisis.
    We may be able to offer you aid in the form of Shopping Vouchers.

    Please apply to our Secretary, Mrs. P. Swinden on 01986 788977 or
    Email [email protected] for an application form.

    Applications will be in strict confidence. At this stage we do not know the level of assistance that might be requested and so cannot give an indication of the value of the vouchers that will be available to applicants.

  • Domestic Bonfires

    South Norfolk Council discourages bonfires as they cause air pollution, upset neighbours and can damage health, particularly of children, older people, and those with breathing and heart conditions.

    There are many ways to dispose of waste without burning it, including garden waste disposal through our garden waste  collection scheme and other items through our bulky waste collection service.

    Most waste, including garden waste, is accepted free of charge at the Norfolk County Council Recycling Centres. There are several located across South Norfolk, please see the Norfolk County Council website to find your nearest recycling centre and check
    their opening times.

    If you do choose to have a bonfire at home, it is your responsibility to ensure it does not cause a statutory nuisance to neighbours.

    The following precautions should be taken:

    • Notify your neighbours in advance so you can ensure your
      bonfire does not interfere with their activities, such as drying laundry and use of their garden
    • Ensure the bonfire is located as far from your neighbour’s
      properties as possible and away from trees, fences and
      anything that could catch fire
    • Burn only dry garden waste and never materials such as
      domestic waste, painted items, plastics, furniture, textiles or
      wet garden waste including leaves
    • Never use accelerants such as petrol to start your fire
    • Check the weather conditions and wind direction so that the smoke doesn’t blow into your neighbour’s properties or hang
      in the air on damp, still days
    • Supervise the fire at all times and ensure it is totally
      extinguished at the end.

  • COVID-19: Social Distancing

    In the past few days Wortwell Parish Council has received a couple of complaints from villagers with regards to social distancing and the lack of respect for the current advice we are all asked to comply with. Subsequently, the Chairman has been in contact with the police to report these issues.

    If villagers have any concerns or issues over people defying government guidelines on social distancing or unacceptable behaviour, they should telephone the police directly on 101, but they need to act when the offence is in progress.

    With regards to the allotments, tenants are being scrupulously careful to stay inside their 250sq perimeter and are using this as their daily exercise. Social distancing is very strictly adhered to and rarely more than three or four plotholders are present at any one time. Gardening and allotments are permitted, indeed encouraged, as they are growing their own food, taking pressure off the supply chains.

     

  • Complaints/concern form

    Occasionally a villager may feel the need to lodge a complaint or simply draw attention to a concern in the village. To enable the Parish Council to deal with this in a professional and effective manner we now have a simple procedure that any villager can follow. The information provided on the Villager Complaint Form will enable us to deal with the matter quickly or escalate to higher authorities if necessary.

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