Chairmans Statement 23rd March
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​CORONA VIRUS – COVID-19 EMERGENCY

ASHFORD SOCIETY – HELPING HANDS NETWORK

​During the current emergency, the Ashford Society has formed the “Helping Hands” network – a local support group of up to 30 helpers who have registered to provide villagers with a wide range of practical assistance – from friendly chats by phone or email to home-baked cakes to shopping, deliveries, collecting prescriptions, dog walking, and so on. If you contact us (see below), we’ll do all we can to help while minimising risks.
As well as helping, the Ashford Society gives regular email updates – so (if you are not already a member) do register and join the society.
Register and get further information from Dale Hall (549453 or 07771 847768 or dale@ors.org.uk).
The farm shop at Garden centre operates a preorder/collect later system that minimises contact. Also they will in deliver to a central point or in extreme cases to individual houses. www.thegoodstores.co.uk    01271  324294


GT ales who are the drink providers at our pop up pubs will deliver free to residents   www.gtales.co.uk  01271 267420


Robert Withecombe butchers in Barnstaple will deliver to the village. 01271 346132

Savona Food Service situated at Mullacott Cross Tel 01271 862569  or email help@savona.co.uk

John  Patts Ltd are offering local deliveries of fruit, veg, milk, eggs and bread.  Ordering can now be done online at johnpatts.co.uk and product ranges are increasing. In addition telephone orders can be taken on 01271 830088 (answer phone after 1pm) 
Slees of Braunton offer home deliveries of a variety of items.  Call them on 01271 813111.  They will phone you back for an order, and take card payment over the phone. 
​Local Farm Box offer veg and dairy plus other items for delivery or collection.  Tel 01271 869191
​Philip Dennis are selling meat to the public for collection at various locations. This company rather like Savona are normally trade only to catering trade. Tel 01271 311150 and on Facebook.

North Devon Council Information
As of today, Wednesday 25th March;  the following service changes will be happening:

  •   Lynton House is closed to the public and a video phone has been installed outside for emergencies. We continue to offer a phone service but on reduced staffing
  •  Car park charges have been suspended in all NDC car parks to reduce the risk to our wardens
  •  All NDC public toilets are closed for public health and safety
  • Almost 100 staff have been enabled to work from home thanks to the dedication of our IT team
  •  A footer will be added to all outgoing emails to explain our service reductions and how people can contact us in an emergency
  • Waste and recycling crews will go down from three people per cab to two people per cab for their protection
  •  Customers are being asked to separate their glass from the rest of their recycling and put it in a separate container to speed up the recycling rounds
  • Two members of SMT will come in every day – one at Lynton House and one at BEC and all will be available via email at all times
  •  A new community support page has been set up on our website, pointing people to where they can get support in their community – please let us know if you know of anything that’s not listed
  • Customers are being advised we won’t be investigating complaints unless they are deemed to be critical
  •  We have provided the Foodbank with a £6k grant to help them support our most vulnerable customers