BROAD TOWN NEWS – AUGUST 2024
Keeping everyone in touch with what is going on in and around our parish.
BROAD TOWN CHURCH
Services for August
Sunday 4th August Communion at 10.30am
Sunday 25th August Evensong at 6pm
Everyone is welcome at these services.
Congratulations to the Reverend Richard Holness who was ordained in Salisbury Cathedral at the end of June. We look forward to him leading some of our services in Christ Church.
COMMUNITY COFFEE MORNINGS
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO COFFEE MORNINGS IN AUGUST – WE WILL BE HAVING OUR USUAL ANNUAL BREAK - thank you to everyone for your support over the last year! Our fundraising coffee morning on July 10th was very well attended, and we managed to send a donation of £250 to our village school. The money will be spent on funding an activity day for the children in September which will include a caving activity, archery, an inflatable assault course and bushcraft skills inclung fire making and cooking. The school have thanked us for our donation and the children are very much looking forward to this day next term. Thank you to everyone who came along, and also to those who helped in any way whether that was setting up tables, manning the kitchen or selling raffle tickets, your efforts were very much appreciated.
Our next one will be on Wednesday September 11th, so please make a note in your diary.
Save the Date: Saturday September 14th. The village will be holding a Macmillan Coffee Morning in the village hall from 10 – 12 noon. Further details in the next newsletter but there will be lots of cake, hot drinks, Philip Male’s photographs, and Ray’s popular bottle tombola! In light of this, we would like to ask if you would consider donating a bottle or two please, as we need to collect 100 Bottles? During August we are hoping that people will be able to donate bottles which can be any type and size at all including drinks both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, sauces both sweet and savoury, bubble bath, shower gel, etc, or anything else you can think of in either glass or plastic. Please give your bottle(s) to Ray & Margaret Manley, Annie & Nigel Crocker or Helen Greer, or bring them to the village hall on a Wednesday morning or Friday evening. Thank you for your generosity!
Coffee mornings are always on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month (except August), from 10 – 12 noon in the village hall, so come along to enjoy delicious homemade cakes, sausage rolls, coffee, tea and hot chocolate – but please come early if you would like a sausage roll as they always disappear quickly! Everyone welcome, and if you’re new to the village, it’s a great way to meet some friendly faces, so please give it a try!
‘MADE IN BROAD TOWN’
Coffee Morning Stall - Our stalls at the fundraising coffee morning on July 10th and the one at our own MIBT session on the 17th, resulted in an additional £64.50 being raised. This money added to that raised previously, means that in total £375 has been raised since May, which has now been sent to our two charities, Dressability Swindon and Julia’s House Children’s Hospice. We have received letters of thanks from both charities. Thank you also to Linda B and Carol W for running a stall at the Broad Town School concert where the money raised was donated directly to the school. Thank you to everyone who has supported us at all our sales. We’ve had a lot of fun both making and selling items, whilst raising money for several good causes in Wiltshire. Hand Painted Cards - On July 17th Carolyn demonstrated her painting skills and showed us all how to create hand painted cards and gift tags using acrylic paints. It was a fun morning and thank you again to Carolyn for running the session and helping everyone to improve their painting skills. Some of our efforts are shown below: August Meetings - We will be continuing our sessions during August and our meetings will take place on Wednesdays the 7th and 21st, from 10 – 12 noon in the village hall, all welcome, the £2 suggested donation is voluntary. Our sessions are always on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday mornings of the month, new crafters and hobbyists are always welcome! Please email us if you have any questions.
Email: Linda Boyden lindaboyden12@gmail.com Helen Greer hjgreer1@gmail
CHURCHYARD
Unfortunately, the July work morning was cancelled due to bad weather but everything is still rapidly growing. The next work morning will be on 3rd August, 10.00 – 12.00. and more Volunteers are still desperately needed. Please just turn up and we will find something for you to help with. Refreshments provided.
FOODBANK
Thank you to everyone who donated to our July collection The next Village collection will be 7th & 8th September 9.30am – 4.00pm at the Village Hal
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Fish and Chips at the Village Hall 5pm – 8pm on the last Friday in the month. 26th July, 30th August, 27th September
25th October, 29th November and 20th December
PARISH COUNCIL UPDATE
Keep up to date at https://www.broadtownparishcouncil.org.uk
We would like to offer a big “Thank You” to local residents Keith and Allan Hillier for generously mowing the grass verges along the main road, and also to those residents who cut the grass around the barrel planters and weedkill along the kerbside. This all contributes to enhancing the village outlook and making Broad Town a pleasant place to live. We will also be making a request via the MyWilts app for a street sweeper truck to visit to clear up the straw which has accumulated along the roadside. Hopefully this can be done before rain washes it into the drains. The Parish Steward does a good job each month digging out grips and drains and mending potholes, and next month will be busy removing ragwort from the verges. If anyone sees anything which would benefit from his attention please contact the Clerk at btpcclerk@outlook.com – more information on the tasks the Steward can undertake are listed at : https://www.broadtownparishcouncil.org.uk/your community/parish-steward Next PC Meeting - Monday 12th August The next Parish Council meetings will be at 6.30pm in the village hall on 12th August. All are welcome and the agenda will be posted on our website and on the notice boards in due course.
WHAT OUR S.I.D. SAW LAST MONTH
The SID has been located at the Chapel Lane monitoring Northbound traffic (heading to RWB) The SID counted 26,767 vehicles passing which equates to approx. 923 a day. 11% of vehicles were speeding
WILTSHIRE AND SWINDON PCC LINKS
https://www.wiltshire-pcc.gov.uk/my-office/news/2023/oct/more-community-groups-receive grants-through-the-pccs-community-action-fund/
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