Updates From Teignbridge DC
(An edited version)
Wearing of face coverings on public transport from Monday
If walking, cycling or driving is not an option and you must use public transport, then from Monday you must use a face covering while travelling.
Wearing a face covering on public transport will provide some additional protection to fellow travellers.
Support for small and micro businesses
Companies can apply on line for the recently launched discretionary grant scheme aimed at helping small and micro businesses which were not eligible to apply for the previous Business Support Grants.
One of the key criteria for eligibility is businesses which have high ongoing fixed property-related costs and can show that they have suffered a major fall in income due to the COVID-19 crisis. To qualify, businesses had to be trading on or prior to 11 March 2020.
The first grants will be paid w/c 22 June with fewer allocations being made at fortnightly intervals. Details of the scheme, eligibility and the on line application form are available on our website, together with an explanatory video. Anyone unable to complete the form online can telephone 01626 361101.
Newton Abbot Market reopening fully
With the lockdown restrictions easing, both the indoor and outdoor market are opening their doors to businesses and will be operating from 8am to 4pm daily from Monday (15 June), although not all traders will operate for the full period.
The Food Hall only will be open this Saturday (13 June) from 8am to 2pm.
Full social distancing measures will apply in line with the government workplace guidance
Order now a free Guide for Older Adults to be Active at Home during Covid-19 outbreak
This ‘Active at Home’ booklet has been developed to support older people and those who are shielded to be active and healthy at home, and includes practical guidance on home-based activities.
This is part of the Sport England Join the Movement campaign. The campaign is designed to provide inspiration and trusted information to the public about how to get active in and around the home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Being active is good for our physical and mental wellbeing. This is why we should try to move regularly, including exercises to help stay strong and steady.
This particularly applies to those of us who have health conditions or are older who, during the coronavirus outbreak are spending more time at home. This can be frustrating and upsetting, and it can be harder to be active when you can’t do your normal daily activities.
Download Your Free ‘Active at Home’ Booklet
If you would like a printed hard copy for yourself or a friend, relative or neighbour then email CAN@activedevon.org with your address and it will be posted to you (max two copies per order).
For further advice you can also visit Get Active at Home. Plus, if you are connected online, there is a range of free Online Activity Sessions.
Making it easier for cyclists and walkers
As part of the national effort to encourage the use of different means of transport, Devon County Council’s Travel Planning Team is to free up road space for cyclists and pedestrians by introducing some quick and temporary measures, using the government funded Emergency Active Travel Fund.
Priority is being given to changes in the major population centres in the county as well as allocating funding for which town and parish councils can bid by 19 June Friday.
Newton Abbot will be one of the areas where changes are being made A temporary traffic regulation order will suspend some of the street-side parking and some taxi bay capacity to free-up pedestrian space as well as restricting hours on some loading bays. Temporary crossings will be installed on the Ashburton Road, Jetty Marsh & Exeter Road and temporary cycle racks are being introduced in Courtney Street, Newton Abbot.
Temporary cycle racks are also being introduced at the triangle in Teignmouth.
More funding will be available later this year, which will allow for temporary measures that have been successful and well supported locally to be retained.
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