Solihull MBC have advised that although playgrounds are allowed to reopen from July 4th, along with other local authorities they are advising that their playgrounds cannot reopen before Monday July 6th.

In National Volunteers Week, the Parish Council would like to send out a massive thank you to all of our Dickens Heath Heroes who have been doing so much in recent weeks to help the local community. Thank you to our Pharmacy volunteers who have been delivering prescriptions to self isolating residents, thank you to Tesco and everyone involved in the food bank donations, thank you to our residents who have been planting up the planters, watering our new trees on the Village Green, and helping with litter picking. Thank you to Catherine of the Library for all of your support with the Covid-19 Support Facebook page, and thank you to all other volunteers who are helping in the community – you are all very much appreciated.

Having suspended the April and May meetings due to coronavirus, the Parish Council have decided to hold a virtual meeting, using Zoom, on Tuesday June 9th at 11am.

Along with all of the usual PC business, there are 2 items that may be of particular interest to residents:

1) Although the playground is currently closed, we are already starting to think about the process of procuring a replacement playground – which is likely to include consultation with children at the school.

2) The Parish Council has been approached by the Directors of the Village Hall, with a view that the PC take on the administration of the Village Hall on their behalf, and this is therefore on the agenda for discussion.

The public are very welcome, and if you would like to attend – please contact the Clerk on 07772 469271 or dickensheathpc@hotmail.com  for the meeting details.

We will aim to have the usual public participation session at the beginning of the meeting, but please bear with us – as this is our first virtual meeting, we are all still learning.