Hatfield Broad Oak Parish Council

05/09/2025

We have an Ordinary Parish Council Meeting next Wednesday the 10th, 8pm at the school.

23/08/2025

The Anne Lees path will be closed this morning between 10-12 for maintenance, apologies for any inconvenience.

22/08/2025

Dear Residents of HBO,

Thank you for welcoming me to your village as your new Parish Clerk, I'm glad to be here.

If there are questions around the governance of the meetings, I would appreciate if you could email me at [email protected] instead of solely posting on social media, as I may not see your concerns on Facebook.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Amy, Parish Clerk

20/08/2025

Apologies to anyone that was intending to listen to tonight's meeting, there was unexpectedly no internet connection at the school so I was unable to start the call.

-Clerk

15/08/2025

There will be an Extraordinary General Meeting on Wednesday the 20th of August, 8pm at St Mary's School

15/08/2025

Today we commemorate VJ Day – Victory over Japan Day 🇬🇧🌺

On this day in 1945, the Second World War finally came to an end. We remember the courage, sacrifice, and resilience of all those who served. We honour the memory of those who did not return, and our gratitude to the veterans who lived to see the peace they helped to secure.

We will remember them.

11/08/2025

Watch out for scam text messages about your Winter Fuel Payment/Energy Allowance. An example is shown below. These messages are NOT from the DWP and the links will lead to malicious websites.

11/08/2025

Small electrical items are collected for recycling weekly with your wheeled bin

07/08/2025

You may have seen some information recently regarding the resignation of our Neighbourhood Plan Working Group. We feel it necessary to correct some assertions made.

Firstly, disappointingly this was communicated via a public Facebook post instead of directly to Councillors. The main reasoning provided is that we did not organise a meeting with the group quickly enough, and that feedback on two documents was not provided on time.

This is a misleading version of events. We offered earlier meeting dates that were declined by the leader of the group. Following the meeting Councillors were given “a couple of weeks” to provide comments on these documents, which would have been exactly 10:30pm last night. The Clerk, who is part-time, was understandably not compiling this summary at 11pm last night. The Clerk also sent reassurance on Tuesday that this was in progress and would be sent as soon as possible. It would have been reasonable and normal to allow a couple of days for the responses to be compiled. Those councillors on the committee knew efforts were being made to get responses.

We appreciate all the work that the group has done, but there has been much toxicity and continuous threats of resignation. We look forward to completing the Neighbourhood Plan ourselves to existing deadlines but the resignations make that harder as will need time to form a new committee and working group.

Councillors are all volunteers who give up their time for the good of the village, something which I think is often forgotten.

05/08/2025

https://consultations.essex.gov.uk/iptu/localbus2025

05/08/2025

Experiences of Frailty and Ageing Well in West Essex

• Are you aged 65+ years old? Do you live in West Essex?
• Do you care for someone with experiences of frailty?
• Is preventing frailty and ageing well important to you?
• How do you think we can improve our local health and social care services?

Who do we want to speak with?
• Residents aged 65+
• Family members, friends, and unpaid carers
• Paid carers and care home staff
• Healthcare and voluntary sector professionals

Our discussion will involve:
• A relaxed conversation where you can share your experiences in a safe space, in your own time.
• All participants will be kept anonymous and any personal information shared will be strictly private and confidential.
• Our conversation should take between 30 – 45 minutes.
• We can talk in-person or via phone, email, or video call.

What will we discuss?
• We will explore topics of ageing well, frailty prevention, and care preferences.
• Your experiences of navigating local health and social care services.
• How the NHS could improve information and resources around the topic of ageing well, frailty and end of life care.
• Anything else you would like to share or discuss.

Why does your voice matter?
• You voice can help improve local health and social care services.
• You can be heard by key decision makers and leaders within the NHS.
• You can help shape and improve the creation of NHS information and resources.
• You can help others by improving healthcare experiences within your local community.

Who are Healthwatch Essex?
• We are an independent charity set up under the Health & Social Care Act 2012. We use your voice to improve health and care in Essex.
• We undertake high-quality research and engagement to uncover your experience of services and use it to shape health and care.
• We can help you find out about and access health and social care services through our Information & Guidance Service.

Get Involved!
For more information, visit our website: https://healthwatchessex.org.uk/2025/06/experiences-of-frailty-and-ageing-well-in-west-essex/
Or email [email protected] or call 07742 072740.

Alongside Healthwatch Hertfordshire, we’re launching a new project to help the NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board to learn about your experiences and understandings of frailty and…

01/08/2025

Draft minutes from the 9th of July Parish Council meeting