18th November 2021
Town Council councillors and staff were delighted to welcome Mandy Sturdy to the team when she started her new role on Monday. Mandy joins the Town Council from Lord Williams’s School, where she held the post of Head of Facilities for the last 13 years. Mandy commented ‘having lived in Thame for 11 years I […]
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11th November 2021
Thame Town Council is currently running two surveys and would like to hear your thoughts. Elms Park improvements survey Thame Town Council’s Open Spaces Working Group (OSWG) is reviewing designs to deliver improvements to Elms Park. The park is an important component in the historic town centre and conservation area of Thame and the OSWG would […]
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8th November 2021
Look out for the Town Council’s ‘calendar of events’ booklet that will be delivered to homes in Thame over the next few weeks. It will take all month to get round the town, so don’t worry if you don’t get one straight away. Additional copies will also be available from the Information Centre in the […]
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8th November 2021
Last Friday (29th October) the Town Council said goodbye to another of their car parking attendants, David Reed who has been employed for the past 6 years working on Thursdays and Fridays, plus covering additional days as and when required. The Town Council would like to thank David for all his hard work and cheerful […]
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5th November 2021
As many of you will know, from 1 November Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) have taken over parking enforcement in Thame. With the change to enforcement OCC are aware some people are raising concerns regarding outdated restrictions and impending enforcement in areas where they have become used to parking in contravention near to their homes and businesses. Working with Thame Town […]
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8th October 2021
With nature under threat as never before, the volunteers of Thame Green Living, the architects of the Thame Green Living Plan (adopted and supported by Thame Town Council), have been busy putting into action some of the plan’s many ideas. Two projects underway, designed to improve Thame’s biodiversity and support pollinators and the natural world, […]
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8th October 2021
At its meeting, on 5 October 2021, Thame Town Council reviewed an independent report, which recommended the best site for a new Community Youth Centre in Thame. Acanthus Clews Architect was commissioned, earlier in the year, to review all potential sites and to list their strengths and weaknesses. The review also benefited from community contributions, […]
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30th September 2021
Thame Town Council has started work on setting its budget for 2022-23 and will be agreeing that budget at the Council meeting on 18 January 2022. The average household (i.e. Band D) currently contributes £3.14 per week (through the precept portion of Council Tax) towards the funding of all the projects, functions and services that […]
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30th September 2021
After a 2½ year break, the twelfth Thame Town Awards ceremony took place on 29 September 2021 at Chinnor Rugby Club marquee, who kindly offered the venue free of charge for this community event. The Mayor of Thame, Cllr Paul Cowell welcomed this year’s winners and their guests, members of the Town Awards panel, councillors […]
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23rd September 2021
Following the successful Advent Calendar last year, we’re in the process of creating another festive guide of the activities and events that will be taking place in December in Thame. If you are organising an event/activity which you would like to be included, please email info@thametowncouncil.gov.uk. There are also a limited number of sponsorship opportunities available […]
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2nd September 2021
The Town Council would like to welcome Amanda Sturdy to the team. She will be starting on Monday 15 November 2021. Amanda joins us from Lord Williams’s School, where she has held the post of Head of Facilities for the last 13 years. She has a great background in leadership and building successful teams, whilst […]
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26th August 2021
David Gander, Thame’s longest serving car park attendant has finally decided to hang up his feather to spend more time on his beloved allotment and retire to the coast. David was well known for wearing various different feathers in his cap whilst carrying out his duties, but yesterday carried out his last tour of the town […]
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