We're the district council for north Oxfordshire, providing services including: waste and recycling collections, planning, leisure and culture, housing, regeneration, environmental health, benefits and street cleansing. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
The communications and marketing team monitors the councilโs social media channels from 9am โ 5pm, excluding bank holidays and weekends. When writing in o
r commenting on our posts, please afford our staff the same courtesy we offer you. Our social media pages are a safe space for people to find out about the council and its services. Having regard to our equalities, diversity, and inclusion commitments, we take our duty to ensure our pages are civil and welcoming very seriously. https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/5/your-council/1109/equalities-diversity-and-inclusion
By using our pages, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐. We may remove posts that breach them and reserve the right to block you if you cannot stick to them:
โข Be civil, tasteful and relevant
โข Do not post messages that are: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented or discriminatory against other groups or individualsโ protected characteristics: https://www.gov.uk/discrimination-your-rights
โข Do not post misinformation or disinformation
โข Do not post content for which you do not own the copyright
โข Do not spam or post persistently negative and/or abusive posts in which the aim is to provoke a response
โข Do not post other peopleโs personal information or target individual council employees
โข Do not advertise products or services
Do not impersonate someone else or use an offensive profile picture or offensive username. These rules are in place to help ensure respectful online interactions and to support community cohesion in the district. We cannot reply to, endorse or engage with any party-political content. If you wish to discuss party political issues contact your local councillor: https://www.cherwell.gov.uk/info/188/councillors-mps-and-meps/
