WELCOME TO FELSTED
Located in north-west Essex and with a population of around 3,000, the Parish of Felsted has at its heart the historic village of Felsted, surrounded by Greens and Hamlets, in a beautiful rural setting.
Felsted retains the underlying charm and attraction of a rural parish, with the community and village at its heart. This is what attracts people to the area and what we as the Parish Council see as our historic duty to protect. Preservation of our heritage is balanced with a duty to ensure that the Parish thrives and meets the future needs of our community.
Winner of RCCE Village of the Year 2015
“One of the best places to live in the East of England” – The Sunday Times (2013)
LATEST NEWS
8th May: VE Day Commemoration
Whilst it was not possible for the many VE Day Celebrations on 8th May to take place as planned, we could rely on the residents and businesses around Felsted to make sure this important day did not pass without being marked for all to see.
On behalf of the people of Felsted we pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the entire Second World War generation, from British, Commonwealth and Allied Forces to evacuees and those who served on the home front
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Felsted Focus Magazine April 2020
We are very pleased to say that issue 2 of Felsted Focus is now available.
It can be read online by downloading here.
As we are still unable to safely deliver to all addresses, we will also be placing paper copies at the same collection points used for issue 1, with additional copies where they ran out last time, here:
- Outside village shop
- Opposite the Primary School (next to bus pull in)
- On the Braintree Road at Gransmore Green (next to the bus stop)
- On the Rayne Road at the junction with Bernstie Road (in Bannister Green)
- Outside the Memorial Hall (they have a notice board on the wall outside).
- In the former red telephone “book box” in Garnets Lane.
- By the temp. notice board in Chelmsford Road adjacent to the old telephone exchange
- On the grassy triangle at the end of Mill Road
- By the Felsted school main gates in Stebbing Road
- Outside the Crix Green Mission
- Hollow Road junction with Mole Hill Green
- Abbeyfields delivered (20 copies)
- Willows Green Main Road junction with Evelyn Road
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24th April: Uttlesford District Council Update
Please see the following update from Uttlesford District Council regarding service availability:
UDC has:
- Reinstated and promoted the return of the bulky waste collections and online booking process:
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/bulkywaste
- Put together a resource page of information for self-employed people:
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/6657/Self-employed-support-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak
- From resources supplied by Essex County Council, signposted and built a section for bereavement support and local contacts specifically targeted at resources in the West Essex CC area (covering Uttlesford):
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/6668/Bereavement-support-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak
- Put together and promoted a page for Essex Youth Service to promote their daily ‘Zoom’ activities for young people in lockdown:
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/6660/Activities-for-young-people
- Added a page on grants information for charities and other sectors:
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/6645/Coronavirus-COVID-19-sports-and-arts-organisations-grant-funds
- Compiled a resource area of links, maps and information promoting local walking and cycling in Uttlesford during the outbreak:
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/article/6658/Walking-and-cycling-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak
- Put up an online version of ‘Taxi Chat’ to provide up to date and topical information for the local taxi and private hire trades:
www.uttlesford.gov.uk/taxi-chat
Community hub
See email and infographic attached.
Support for businesses
As of 24 April, we have given out £14.1m in cash grants to 1,150 local businesses. There are currently about 470 grants to process.
However, about 300 businesses spread across the district which are eligible to receive a business support grant have not yet registered. We are therefore urging all businesses to check the eligibility criteria and to register for the grant funding. Our team is keen to process all the submitted forms as quickly as possible. Details of the grants and the criteria can be found at www.uttlesford.gov.uk/covid19-business-grants-fund. The online application form is available at www.uttlesford.gov.uk/business-grant-fund-application-form.
It would be appreciated if you could help to spread the details of the grant funding schemes as widely as possible within your parish. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact ku.vog.drofselttu@ssenisub.
State of Life survey
We have been asked to share the details of a tracker survey being conducted by Active Essex and the University of Essex. The survey aims to find out how life has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic, who is most affected and why. The results will be compared to other national surveys and used to figure out what support is needed in communities during and after lockdown. The project organisers would like as many people as possible, over the age of 16, to sign up and complete it regularly.
The survey can be accessed here: www.stateoflife.org/2020tracker.