Rainbow junktion are staying open as much as possible over the Christmas period. Under the Covid rules this will be for pay as you feel takeaway food and a pay as you feel shop only. They will be trying to make it a festive experience though 🎅🎅
All welcome
“Councillors will see the results of this consultation before they make a final decision on the budget in February 2021. Your views will help to make sure the final decision is in the best interests of the city and its residents. To help you consider your responses we will provide a summary of the key points from our proposed budget throughout the survey. If you’d prefer to look at the Proposed Budget in full, you can read this in our 16th December Executive Board Agenda here at Item 6.Like many councils across the UK, Leeds faces significant challenges with next year’s budget. This is due to the impact of COVID-19 and reduced funding from central government.
By law we have to address the £119 million gap we have estimated in the budget for the next financial year (2021 to 2022), so we have developed a series of savings proposals that our Executive Board has been considering at its monthly meetings since September 2020.
We must look again at how Leeds City Council delivers services to residents, and we want these decisions to be informed by your views and opinions.
We also want to hear how you’re coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, to better understand the concerns of Leeds residents and the people who work in and visit the city.
The survey should take you 10-15 minutes to complete. Thank you for taking part. Your views are very important to us and by participating you’ll help shape Leeds services in the future. Please complete the survey before 13 January 2021.”
Changes to the relaxations of covid rules were announced at the weekend – reducing the time you can meet with other households to just one day on December 25. Parts of south-east England and London were put into a new tier 4 and there is no relaxation of the rules for people living in those areas.
For other areas, a summary of the new rules is below (Leeds and West Yorkshire are in Tier 3)
Three households can still meet up to celebrate Christmas on December 25.
It means that the current Tier 2 and Tier 3 restrictions, which prevent people from meeting indoors with those from outside their household, will be scrapped for 24 hours on Christmas Day.
All Christmas bubbles must be exclusive. It means that if three separate households meet up on Christmas Day, none of the groups can then see anyone else from other households.
The full rules can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-a-christmas-bubble-with-friends-and-family/making-a-christmas-bubble-with-friends-and-family
The Shows must go on brings us a matinee performance of the timeless classic ‘The Railway Children.’
Monday 21st December at 2pm and available for 48 hours
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN: E. Nesbit’s cherished novel is brought to life in this Olivier award-winning adaptation from York Theatre Royal. This production about a family forced to move from London to rural Yorkshire near a railway line was captured live by Genesius Pictures at the National Railway Museum. Directed by Damian Cruden, Artistic Director of York Theatre Royal, The Railway Children features the original locomotive from the much-loved 1970’s film and explores themes of justice, the importance of family and the kindness of strangers.
Newcastle’s Live Theatre presents five new short and alternative festive plays online as part of its Live Wired response to the closure of theatres forced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
They say: Christmas has come early as we are thrilled to announce that our #5PlaysofChristmas are NOW ONLINE for your viewing pleasure! Sit back, relax, pour yourself a festive tipple, crack open the mince pies and enjoy this selection box of short plays.
This weekend from The Shows Must Go On, the the smash hit musical, Kinky Boots!
Starring Matt Henry and Killian Donnelly and written by the incredible duo of Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein! Charlie is a factory owner struggling to save his family business. Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair learns to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy stilettos unlike any the world has ever seen.
Premieres at 7pm tonight (Friday 18th December) and available for 48hrs
The Government announced today that Leeds and the rest of West Yorkshire will remain under Tier 3 restrictions until at least the end of December.
A brief overview of the Tier 3 guidelines are:
This will be reviewed on 30th December 2020.
Different rules apply between 23 and 27 December when there will be some relaxation of the tier guidelines.
A full statement from Judith Blake, Leader of Leeds City Council is here https://news.leeds.gov.uk/news/statement-following-government-announcement-that-leeds-will-stay-in-tier-3
If you need to have your prescription medication delivered a lot of pharmacies will do this for free but a few of them have started to make a charge for this service. So, if you are paying for presciption deliveries, it might be worth speaking to a different pharmacy to see if you can your medicine delivered free of charge.
There is an national volunteers service that patients can call if they have problems collecting prescriptions. This is not usually available same day but could be useful if your presciption is not urgent. The number is 0808 1963 646. Or Caring Together members could call us and we may be able to help.
Finally, there is a scam that currently happening around this issue. Scammers are contacting patients directly to tell them the government and local pharmacies have now started charging for prescription deliveries and they are taking payments over the phone. Pharmacies will never contact patients in this way so please do not give out any payment information – and speak to your pharmacy (making sure you are using the correct number, not one given to you by someone who contacts you).
