It’s only a few days until Halloween so we’d just like give you a few bits of advice beforehand.
If you’d prefer to not have an trick or treaters, please download the poster from our website and display it in your window: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/search/?q=halloween+poster
Halloween can be a lot of fun for children and young people, but it can also be distressing and intimidating for older people. If you are going to go “trick or treating” please respect and consider others and follow COVID-19 guidelines, that way everyone can have a safe and enjoyable time. Children should always be with a responsible adult and respect that some people may not want trick or treaters.
Work is ongoing at Tuffley Park, to repair the damaged section of wall, and to plant wildflowers. The gates will also be replaced as part of the works.
Kids can eat for just £1 during half-term, at the Club at Tuffley Park. One discounted meal can be had from the menu above, with every adult meal purchased, during the hours of 2 – 4.30pm.
There is a fundraising event for Changing Creations art group, on Sunday 7th November at 7pm at the Club at Tuffley Park. Details of how to purchase tickets are on the poster above.
Work has taken place recently at Milton Avenue for the wildflower meadow planting.
In response to some concerns over the chemicals used, I contacted the council officers in charge of this project for a briefing:
“In order to prepare the ground for the wildflower seed it is necessary to eliminate the existing hardy grass and weeds. This was done with a herbicide application. The Contractor used Rosate 360 in which the active ingredient is Glyphosate. The Contractor has informed us that they erected signs around the area prior to spraying, and that they remained on site until the application was dry – the product is inert and fine to walk on once dry, which would have been a very short time after spraying given the warm conditions. The Contractor has highlighted section 11 of the product data sheet that states:
Skin corrosion/irritation: Not irritant. Not classified as a skin irritant under Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Serious eye damage/irritation: Slight irritant. Not classified as an eye irritant under Regulation (EC) 1272/2008
Respiratory or skin sensitization: The product is not classified as a respiratory or skin sensitizer in animal studies
Germ cell mutagenicity: Not classified as mutagenic on the basis of mixture component information
Carcinogenicity: Not classified as carcinogenic on the basis of mixture component information
Reproductive toxicity: Not classified as a reproductive toxicant on the basis of mixture component information
