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. 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀
The communications and marketing team monitors the council’s social media channels from 9am – 5pm, excluding bank holidays and weekends. When writing in or 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, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. We may remove posts that breach them and reserve the right to block you if you cannot stick to them:
• Be civil, tasteful and relevant
• Do not post messages that are: unlawful, harassing, defamatory, abusive, threatening, harmful, obscene, profane, sexually oriented or discriminatory against other groups or individuals’ protected characteristics: https://www.gov.uk/discrimination-your-rights
• Do not post misinformation or disinformation
• Do not post content for which you do not own the copyright
• Do not spam or post persistently negative and/or abusive posts in which the aim is to provoke a response
• Do not post other people’s personal information or target individual council employees
• 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/
