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CHILDREN from two schools in Thame will be taking part in a world record-breaking attempt next month (February, 2011) for the most people signing and singing a song simultaneously.

Pupils from Barley Hill Primary School and John Hampden Primary School will be joining in with the Sign2sing event being organised by the charity, SignHealth on Wednesday, February 9.

Steve Powell, Chief Executive at SignHealth, said: “More than 380 schools have signed up and we?re delighted that Barley Hill Primary School and John Hampden Primary School are involved with the event too. The schools taking part range in size from 30 to 800 pupils, which means more than 50,000 schoolchildren nationwide will participate in total.

?The current world record is 13,418 people so it looks likely that we?ll smash this, while also raising awareness of deafness and the work we are doing at SignHealth. The event will also be a fundraiser for the charity through sponsorship from businesses and a suggested donation of

Tues 1st Give Blood. A Blood Donor session will be held on Tuesday (1.30-3.30pm and 4.15-7.30pm) in the Village Hall. New donors need to arrive at least half-an-hour before the end of a session to give time for registration.

Wed 2nd Simply Walk. Meet at Banks Park car park next Wednesday (10.30am) for a walk lasting about 1

AN annual Buildings Design Awards event is being held once again, in order to promote the Chilterns Buildings Design Guide and good practice and excellence in design of new buildings in the AONB, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

The competition is being organised jointly by the Chiltern Society and the Chilterns Conservation Board and entries are invited from within the AONB as well as the wider Chiltern Society area.

Each year about 20 entries are received that cover all sorts of different building projects. Past winners include a converted barn and an artist?s studio.

Entries can be submitted up to the beginning of March and awards are given out at a special event that takes place early in the summer.

Information and an application form can be downloaded here: LINK

A man from Thame has been banned from driving for eighteen months, following an offence committed on December 5, 2010, in Thame Park Road, Thame.

Andrew Jones, 21, of Chinnor Road, Thame, admitted drink driving. When tested, he had 75 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35mg.

Andrew Jones was also fined

ANYONE looking for volunteering opportunities in and around the Thame area need look no further than the Thame branch of Citizens Advice Bureaux. It now has a Volunteer Point with full details of many local organisations in need of help.

Opportunities include Age Concern, Scouts, Environmental groups, driving elderly people and others to appointments etc.

Details of these and many other volunteering possibilities in Thame, Long Crendon, Haddenham etc are also available at the Chinnor Village Centre and the libraries in Haddenham and Long Crendon.

Thame CAB’s opening hours are:
Mon, Thurs & Fri 9.30am 4pm

Tues, Wed 9.30am – 1pm. Call: 01844 217186 for more information or if YOUR organisation would like to be added to the Volunteering Point.

ADVERTISING FEATURE – A unit has become available on the most recent industrial development in Thame.

This most attractive corner unit is now available, following the restructuring of the current tenant?s business. The accommodation provides a warehouse of approximately 12,400 sq ft plus modern and fully-fitted Offices of around 4,800 sq ft.

There are a host of tenant?s improvements to entice a new occupier, including air-conditioning and carefully planned Warehouse lighting and heating.

It is unusual for a building of this quality to become offered in the market, with its prominent location and excellent car parking.

For full details, contact the agent, Fields, on 01844 261121, email holi@fields-property.co.uk or website
http://www.fields-property.com/

TAKE advantage of a series of Housing Benefit and Rent Surgeries designed to offer help and advice tackling outstanding Housing Benefit or rent issues.

Soha Housing and Housing Benefit Advisers will be holding joint surgeries from 10am to 12pm at Thame town hall on:

A brand new opportunity for an Account Handler has arisen with STW, a company based in Thame, Oxfordshire.

For more details of the vacancy please visit their website at www.stw-online.net/jobs.

THAME Cattle Market Action Group (CMAG), which campaigns to make sure that any redevelopment of Thame Cattlemarket includes community facilities, has now updated and relaunched its website.

www.thamecmag.co.uk includes up to date information on the organisation, recent news and links to other relevant websites. Particularly useful at this time is a link to SODC?s Proposed Submission Core Stragtegy document page. This document includes a reference to
the need for further community facilities in Thame. Members of the public are invited to comment before Friday, January 21, 2011 ? this would be an opportunity to write in support of such a facility!

Find the link on CMAG?s News page.

CMAG?s main concern is to ensure that, once the cattle market moves, future plans for the town centre site include community facilities for the benefit of the residents of Thame. CMAG?s action plan includes
dialogue with local councils and interested parties as well as consulting with the people of Thame and the surrounding area about their ideas for the Cattle Market.
Visit the website or email thamecmag@yahoo.co.uk to find out more.

A man’s watch was been found in Griffin Road, Thame, yesterday (Tuesday, January 4).

If you think you may be the owner, email: editor@thame.net and we will put you in contact withe the finder.