L i g h t   U p   T i m b e r s c o m b e 🎄

With events being cancelled this year and nothing feeling ‘normal’, can we brighten everyone’s spirits with some Christmas lights?

From 1st December, you are welcome to join us, putting up a few Christmas lights in our windows and gardens for everyone to enjoy!

This can be just a tea light in your window, if you prefer. 🕯

We think this will be lovely for the children and adults to see and enjoy, during the dark evenings and to spread some Christmas cheer throughout our wonderful village 🎄

Best wishes,

Katy and Hilary 🌈 

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Timberscombe School Friday News 27.11.20  Including a link to a wonderful virtual tour of the school.

Prayer Diary December 2020

Advent Reflection 2020 Week 1

Update from Claire’s Kitchen:

Claire’s Kitchen Take Away Deliveries

Be aware, the criteria are stricter. It’s no longer just about being ‘adversely affected’ – now, you must expect a ‘significant reduction in profits’

On Mon, the third of four Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) grants opens for applications. It covers the 1 Nov-31 Jan period and the amount you can claim has increased since it was first announced – it’s now 80% of avg monthly trading profits over 3mths, capped at £7,500. Yet this time the application criteria are stricter, while those excluded from the first two grants are sadly still excluded. In brief:

• New. This time you must believe you’ll have a “significant reduction” in profits. This can be for one of two reasons – either because of “reduced demand, activity or capacity” OR you’re temporarily unable to trade. We’ve put some of these phrases in quote marks as that’s how the Govt sums it up but there’s lots more key detail – see Can I claim the third grant? for full help.
  
  This is very different from grants 1 and 2, which only required you to have been “adversely affected”. For example, you can’t claim grant 3 if the only impact is increased costs for your business, eg, buying face masks and cleaning supplies. Yet there are still a wide range of scenarios where you may be able to claim, eg, if you’re instructed to self-isolate and it significantly reduces profits.
  
• Only those who were eligible to apply for the first two grants are eligible for the third. In a nutshell, you must have filed a tax return for 2018/19, your avg trading profit must be no more than £50,000/yr, and 50%+ of your income must come from self-employment. See full eligibility help.
  
• Applications open from Mon – but you’re given a slot which could be a few days after. HM Revenue & Customs is writing by Mon to all those potentially eligible to claim. To help its systems cope, you’ll be given a slot between Mon 30 Nov and Fri 4 Dec to apply, though if you miss it you’ve until 29 Jan to claim. You do it via the Govt claims portal and will need your self-assessment unique taxpayer reference, national insurance number, Govt Gateway user ID and password, and bank details. See full info on how to apply.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Casual Vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor on the Timberscombe Parish Council.  I hereby notify all of the recent parish council vacancy.  If you are interested in the position please email the clerk at timberscombepcclerk@gmail.com for the login details to attend the next parish council meeting on Monday 30th November at 7.30pm via Zoom

Research by the History Group focussed in October on the Huxtable family, one of the longest established families in Timberscombe, resident since at least 1742. Please follow this link if you would like to read the interesting article written by Tom Sperling and hear Maurice Huxtable’s audio clip https://timberscombevillage.com/history-group/

Marion Jeffrey