Thank you Abbots Bromley

Dear Abbots Bromley and Surrounding Areas

We started in August 2012 with an idea or two to raise funds for St Nicholas Church. To coin a phrase, “If we build it, they will come” and you did! Thank you.

We have tried to entertain you, feed you, ply you with drink….(only joking), and we asked
for your support. And support you did! And it is just good news that I want to convey.

St Nicholas Church is an expensive “old dear” to keep. But, I can tell you our church wants for nothing. St Nicholas is well maintained and in good order throughout. Keeping the Church open all year, with our own resident Vicar, including all services is a very costly mouth to feed.

No doubt, without your recent efforts over the past 8 months, the financial state of affairs for our church would be dire. Yes, that bad. BUT………together we made a difference, and that was always my objective when we formed a fund raising committee……….To Make A Difference.

I am so happy and pleased to announce that in 8 short months we have raised more than
………………..£8000. And there’s more! We have a full programme of events for the
remainder of 2013 and I am sure, together, we will move into £5figures raised.

So, on behalf of Abbots Bromley PCC, we THANK YOU!

Martin Godfrey

Uttoxeter Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter – April 2013

The latest issue of the newsletter is now available (see link below) and contains useful advice on bogus callers and protecting your mobile phone.

Uttoxeter Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter: April 2013 (85.2 Kb)

Regards,
Dave Jones
Community Engagement Officer
Neighbourhood Watch
Email: david.jones11219@staffordshire.pnn.police.uk
Tel: 01785 238243

Parish Council Meeting – 24 April 2013

Note that the meeting will start at 7:00pm and will take place in the Village Hall, Abbots Bromley. Agenda items are:
1. Apologies for absence
2. Public session
3. Updates on Village Hall Field and Lichfield Road Sports Field
4. Declarations of Interests
5. Minutes of Previous Meetings
6. Matters of report
– Parish Assembly
– Councillor Vacancy
7. Planning
– Applications
– Decisions
8. Financial Matters
– Report on payments and receipts
– Finance Report to 31st March 2013
9. Group Reports
10. Correspondence, bulletins & reports
11. HS2
12. Mini bus
13. Agenda items for the next meeting
14. Date and time of next meetings
– Parish Assembly 6.30pm Wed, 8th May 2013 – Village Hall
– May Parish Council Meeting 7.00pm Wed, 15th May 2013 – Village Hall

The full meeting notice is available on these pages

The Bagot Arms Indoor Picnic, Abbots Bromley

We packed the local pub and our thanks go to Lisa & Dave for giving us the opportunity to “take over” and turn the pub into a country picnic. Everyone received a picnic basket filled to overflow with sausage rolls, pork pie, sandwiches, chicken, wraps, cheese slices – I could go on!

Finishing with trifle and cream cakes of all and every variety.
All washed down with lashings of ginger beer, cloudy lemonade and the old favourite dandelion and burdock (although some of us did have a pint!)

A calorie count was not a good idea!

We had 15 raffle prizes and 3 auctions as part of the evening too.

People gave very generously and we raised a total of £818 on the night.

A massive thank you to all those people who gave so generously towards the evening with donations of prizes and foods for the hamper and also to those who helped in the
background to the make the event as good as it was. Thank you!!

Martin Godfrey