Parish Council

Buriton Parish Council, the Neighbourcare Group and St Mary’s church are combining forces to help our older residents, the vulnerable and those who are self-isolating.

The Neighbourcare Group already has a small but invaluable team of volunteers – BUT WE NEED MORE.

CAN YOU HELP BY  getting shopping, prescriptions or just offering a friendly phone call?

Sadly some fraudsters are exploiting the current situation with a number of scams trying to take advantage of the crisis. Many instances relate to online shopping scams where people have ordered protective face masks, hand sanitiser, and other products, which have never arrived.

Please be aware of the following scams:

Come and lend a hand on this 'spring clean' Saturday - even just an hour will be a great help …

Please bring gloves and other equipment if you can, and report to 24 Heatherfield (near the Village Inn) where Adam and Hannah will sort you out with a high viz waistcoat and details of where to pick.

Doorstep criminals will use excuses to enter your home to steal, or charge inflated prices for “repairs”.

Common excuses include:

• Energy suppliers, “water board” or council needs to have access to your house
• Youths have lost a dog, a ball, need to make a telephone call, or need a glass of water
• A plain clothes police officer needs to talk to you about a crime
• Builder says he was passing and noticed your roof or garden needs work.

The Police provide the following advice:

Other useful contacts can be found here: easthants.gov.uk/useful-emergency-contacts

Unless the matter is an emergency (dial 999 if a situation is getting violent or if anyone is in immediate danger), please report any other crime you have witnessed or suffered from here: hampshire.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/

Please report any Rights of Way problems via this link: hants.gov.uk/landplanningandenvironment/rightsofway/reportaproblem

Please report Fly-tipping to East Hampshire District Council via this link: easthants.gov.uk/fly-tipping

If you are concerned about a possible breach of planning control and would like the planners to look into it, please use a form via this link: easthants.gov.uk/planning-services/planning-enforcement-complaint-form

Volunteers from Hampshire County Council’s Rights of Way Team and the South Downs National Park Authority came to Buriton on Monday 30 September and reinstated the route of the Hangers Way footpath through our lovely ‘Links’ valley.

In places they were faced with walls of overgrown brambles but they had brought powerful brush-cutters, hedge-cutters and other tools with them – as well as energy and enthusiasm.