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Dear all,

Please find the latest information bulletin below which we are circulating ahead of the Bank Holiday.  (Please note: These bulletins are designed to replace our monthly e-newsletter for the time being, with Covid related information at the top.)

COVID Vaccinations 

• *NEW* HOW College Redditch for 16 and 17 year olds to “Grab a Jab” – 16 and 17 year olds are invited to attend a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic next week at Heart of Worcestershire College, Peakman Street, Redditch, B98 8DW.  The clinic will be open on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd September from 9am to 5pm.  No need to book, but photo ID is required.  Just turn up to get your Pfizer jab.  Further details in press release:  Grab a Jab clinic at HOW College Redditch for 16 and 17-year olds | Worcestershire County Council  Please help promote to all 16 and 17 year olds. 

• *NEW* Vaccine Safety – There are various video clips providing information on vaccine safety including this one where Dr Nighat Arif explains why 16-17 year olds should get the COVID-19 vaccine – Department of Health and Social Care – DHSC – Dr Nighat Arif on the COVID-19 vaccine and safety | Facebook

• Over 16’s can now receive a Covid-19 vaccination.  Anyone aged 16 or over who are registered with a GP surgery in England can book their first and second vaccination appointments.  Go to: Book or manage your coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination – NHS (www.nhs.uk) or call 119.

• Anyone not registered with a GP Surgery can do so for free and further information can be found at: How to register with a GP surgery – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

• Can’t find your NHS number to book an appointment?  Then use this link:  www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/online-services/find-nhs-number/

• Need to know more on Covid Vaccinations?  Further information can be found on the NHS website at: www.nhs.uk/covid-vaccination

• Guidance relating to children and young people aged 12-15 years – At the current time, children 12 to 15 years of age with severe neuro-disabilities, Down’s syndrome, underlying conditions resulting in immunosuppression, and those with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD), severe learning disabilities or who are on the learning disability register are considered at increased risk for serious COVID-19 disease and should be offered COVID-19 vaccination.

REMINDER – COVID Testing – Rapid Lateral Flow Tests – for people who DO NOT have any symptoms

Everyone can access FREE regular rapid tests.  Regular, twice weekly rapid testing is encouraged, even if you have been vaccinated.  Around 1 in 3 people with COVID-19 do not have any symptoms.  Getting tested regularly finds hidden cases, ensuring you don’t pass it onto family members, friends or workmates.  If people test positive and self-isolate, it helps stop the virus spreading.

You can book at test, order online or simply pick up home testing at a range of local venues.  Your employer may also offer free rapid lateral flow testing.  The tests give you a result in just 30 minutes.  Further information, including FAQs, can be found here.

Have symptoms and need a PCR test?  Further information on both types of tests can be found here.

COVID Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme (includes eligible parents/guardians)

Since Monday 16th August 2021, changes to self isolation rules have affected who is able to claim a support payment.  Redditch and Bromsgrove residents can find out more on eligibility and how to apply at:

https://www.bromsgrove.gov.uk/money,-education-skills/benefits-help/nhs-covid-19-test-and-trace-self-isolation-support-payment.aspx

https://www.redditchbc.gov.uk/money-education-and-skills/benefits-and-help/nhs-covid-19-test-and-trace-self-isolation-support-payment.aspx

REMINDER – Public Health Worcestershire – latest Vaccination / COVID data and messages

• Worcestershire COVID-19 Vaccinations Dashboard – The latest Worcestershire vaccination data is publicly available online and includes a District and MSOA (middle-layer super output area) breakdown by age group.

• Real Time Worcestershire Coronavirus Data – is publicly available.  The live dashboard shows the numbers of new cases Worcestershire wide and also by District.  Further information about COVID-19 cases in Worcestershire can be found through the LG inform data website.  There are also interactive maps covering all of the UK can be found on the gov.uk website.

• COVID-19 Self Isolation – Guides available – Please follow this link to download the Covid-19 Self Isolation guide produced by Public Health Worcestershire to help anyone who needs to self‑isolate.  There is also a family version of the guide available using this link.  They explain why it’s important to self-isolate when required, highlights help available (including financial support), provides advice and tips, and answers frequently asked questions.

• Please see the Worcestershire Public Health pages – for any local messages around restriction updates, vaccinations, advice and guidance.

REMINDER – The Local Community Responses aimed at supporting residents through the Covid-19 pandemic  

Further details on the local community responses aimed at supporting residents through the Covid-19 pandemic is attached but basic contact details are listed below.  Please help ensure all local residents are aware so everyone is directed to and receives the support they need during this time:

• Support Bromsgrove – www.supportbromsgrove.com – Tel: (24 hr answerphone) 01527 306490 or Email:  (poster attached)
• Redditch East Stronger Together (REST) – Tel: 01527 919869
• Support Redditch Emergency Network (SREN) – Tel: 01527 359008 or Email: 
• Here2Help Worcestershire – www.worcestershire.gov.uk/here2help – Tel: 01905 768053

Service / Support – Information Updates

• Volunteers needed at local Libraries – Bromsgrove and Catshill Libraries are looking for volunteers.  Posters are attached so if you are able to promote, it would be appreciated.  If you require any further information, contact Nicki Hitchcock at 

• #MORSE – Operated by YSS – Funded by the Police and Crime Commissioner, the MORSE project is aimed at providing support to individuals to help prevent them committing offences on our roads.  Service users work with a Link Worker to provide holistic support and they are offered an opportunity to take part in a Safer Driving Programme which uses a behaviour change model.  Information is attached and any of your service users might benefit and you would like to find out more, please contact Chris Cosgrove at YSS direct at 

• Worcestershire Jobs Website – please find attached a flyer which gives more information about the Worcestershire Jobs website.

• *Reminder* Impacts of Covid-19 JSNA report – In 2020 the Worcestershire Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) Annual Summary report described the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of the population of Worcestershire. As well as the direct impact of the virus on health, the report also looked that how the pandemic has impacted on other factors that influence people’s health and well-being, for example, their social and economic environment.  As part of the report, a series of tables were published listing the impacts identified. In early 2021 there were re-visited and tables updated using a variety of evidence. The updated tables can be found on the JSNA website at: JSNA Summaries | JSNA Summaries | Worcestershire County Council.  The process of developing the 2021 JSNA Annual Summary is now underway. This intelligence report will be published later in the year and will revisit the impact of COVID-19 on health and well-being using the most up-to-date information.

Training

• OP AIDANT Regional Training Programme – open to all – This is aimed front line professionals, practitioners and Police AND parents/carers too (where applicable) and offers FREE awareness training around sexual exploitation and other forms of hidden harms and wider vulnerability.  The different short training sessions vary from 45 minutes to 2 hours in length and are scheduled to be held on different dates and times between 6 September and 14 September.  Further details are attached.

Events

• Kooth Online Information Session – Parents and Carers – 6 September 4-5pm – Kooth is a free online platform available to young people from 10/11+ to access free advice, support and guidance, therefore supporting their mental health and wellbeing.  This FREE session on 6 September for parents will provide a full overview of Kooth, a short demonstration of the site and informal Q&A.  Please help promote to parent and carers.  Further details including how to book, please use this link: Kooth Parents & Carers Information Session (Open Session) Tickets | Eventbrite

• Dementia Friends Online Event – 22 September at 3-4pm – Care UK are hosting a FREE one hour online event covering a number of topics to help us understand what it might be like to live with dementia so that we have that knowledge when working with our local residents.  Further information is attached.

• Rubery Festival on 5 Sept – Please find attached details of the Rubery Festival planned to take place on 5 September 11am – 5pm at St Chad’s Park in Rubery.  Please help promote.

Funding

• *Final reminder* Bromsgrove and Redditch Covid-19 Recovery Grants Scheme – there is a pot of funding (£20k for each area) currently available to statutory sector, VCS and education sector organisations to bid for funding for projects which help tackle issues created by Covid-19 and mitigate its impact.  Guidance for the grant and the application form are attached to this email.  The closing date for applications is Thursday 2 September at 4pm – applications can be returned to 

• Countywide Covid Impact Fund – Worcestershire County Council and Worcestershire Community Foundation are offering grants of up to £10k for projects offering support on a range of themes, please see the website https://www.worcscf.org.uk/grants/covid-impact-fund/  for more details and how to apply.  The deadline for submission of applications is Thursday 16 September.

Other Newsletters

• Healthwatch Worcestershire News Bulletin – latest edition attached.
• NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Clinical Commissioning Group (HW CCG) – Communications Update – please see latest emails attached.
• Herefordshire and Worcestershire Involvement Network Update – latest attached from HW CCG.
• DWP – Touchbase & Weekly Update – Latest attached for information.
• Worcestershire Growth Hub – Business Support – Latest newsletter attached for information.

We hope you find some of the information above helpful.  Please let us know if you would like any information put into these bulletins by emailing us at  .  We are currently sending out bulletins fortnightly.

Kind Regards,

Della McCarthy & Helen Broughton

Bromsgrove Partnership / Redditch Partnership

Email: 

Application for Temporary Road Closure #1070625 APPROVED

re. Temporary Road Closure Application #1070625 of 23/06/2021

We have approved the application detailed below:

Please note that your application is approved subject to legal processing.

Streetworks Team
Worcestershire County Council

Graham, Veron <>
13:16 (24 minutes ago)
to Veron

Hello all,

Firstly, for those who do not know of me, I work for the contractors bmJV carrying out the above scheme on behalf of Highways England.

For those I have been in touch with, I take this opportunity to thank you for your co-operation and information.

Either way, please see the details below on the scheme’s progression to the next phase, also Highways England’s current tyre checks campaign.

If there is someone else you know who would benefit from this information, please have them contact me to be added to the distribution list.

If you have any questions or do not want to receive future updates, please let me know.

Scheme moves into the next phase of work

As our overnight survey work draws to a close, our team’s busy gathering the final pieces of information needed to inform the design of the interchange upgrade.

As part of the next phase of work, we’ll be clearing vegetation and installing temporary ducting for cables. When we start to build the main scheme, the ducting and cables will help us link signs, signals and cameras so we can manage and operate the network safely and efficiently.

We’ll continue to work at night time, when the road is at its quietest, where we can. However as some of this work will be noisy, to minimise disruption we’ll carry out work during the daytime too.

How will the work affect motorists, residents and businesses?

To keep everyone safe and help our team work efficiently, we’ll need to close sections of the hard shoulder and some lanes while we work. We’ll keep one lane open on each carriageway at all times and take a ‘traffic count’ before we close lanes, so if the traffic levels are too high, we’ll delay our work until they reduce.

The hard shoulders and all lanes will be open as usual outside our working times.

When and where will traffic management be installed?

Overnight, between 9pm and 6am:

lanes will be closed from the M40 junction 16 to M42 junction 3a, in both directions, until 6 August
lanes will be closed from the M42 junction 3 to junction 3a, in both directions, from 9 August to 13 August
lanes will be closed from the M42 junction 4 to junction 3a, southbound, on 13 August only
lanes will be closed from the M42 junction 3 to junction 3a, in both directions, from 16 August to 20 August

24 hours, weekly from Monday 1am to Saturday 6am:

the hard shoulders will be closed in 1km (0.6 miles) lengths at a time from the M42 junction 3 to junction 3a and to the M40 junction 16, eastbound and then westbound, from 20 September to 10 December

On Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays between these dates, lanes 1 and 2, eastbound and then westbound, will also be closed overnight from 9pm to 6am.

We’ll put in place signs to inform and remind drivers of the upcoming closures.

We apologise for any inconvenience this work may cause and advise everyone travelling through the area to allow extra time for journeys.

Please note these dates and times may be subject to change due to poor weather or for operational reasons.

M40 M42 interchange map

Contact Us

For information about the surveys, please contact our customer contact centre on 0300 123 5000 or email: .

If you would like more information about the scheme including planned closure details, please visit:

www.highwaysengland.co.uk/our-work/west-midlands/m40-m42-interchange-smart-motorway/

Summer Tyre Checks Campaign

Finally, please be informed of Highways England’s current tyre checks campaign to support safety – its “number one priority.”

The campaign’s background and objectives, also ways you could support it, are available online. The webpage includes key messages, posters for print and digital use, plus web banners and a series of 1-minute films on car care. It can be found at https://highwaysengland.co.uk/tyrecheck-resources/

Thanks

Veron

Veron Graham MCIPR
Customer & Stakeholder Manager – M40-M42 Interchange

SMP Alliance

Survey Site Compound, The Chestnuts, Beoley Ln, Beoley, Redditch, B98 9DP

Mobile: 07881 847 401

Working in partnership with Highways England

Highways England Customer Service Contact Centre
0300 123 5000

www.highwaysengland.co.uk