We Have Some Bell Ringers Coming to Ring at 11:45 on the 26Th July
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VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY..BURROUGH GREEN..CARLTON..WESTLEY WATERLESS JULY 2010 THE BULL, BURROUGH GREEN 01638 507480 ALL WORLD CUP GAMES ON BIG SCREEN FOR ENGLAND GAMES – BURGER £2. 50 BRINKLEY FETE ************************ BRINKLEY VILLAGE FETE SATURDAY 3rd JULY SUNDAY 4th JULY at 2.00 pm at THE RED LION ‘VIC & THE VAGUES’ BBQ from 12.30 FREE ENTRY BBQ FROM 6PM TETHERED HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES ********************** (Weather permitting) Disney theme Fancy Dress Competition SUNDAY 1 5TH AUGUST (home made costumes) BUS TRIP TO GREAT YARMOUTH STALLS : COMPETITIONS ADULT £10 CHILD (WITH ADULT) £6 GRAND DRAW : PLANTS : TOMBOLA MEN’S STALL WITH FISHING GEAR DEPART 9.30am STOP ON WAY FOR SNACK & BRIC –A –BRAC DRINK. LEAVE 6pm. BACK FOR 7-7.30pm. GAMES : AND LOTS LOTS MORE ****************************************** TRAD JAZZ FOR THE LIFEBOATS ADMISSION 50p – children under 10 Free SATURDAY 7th AUGUST 2010 In aid of Brinkley Memorial Hall Is the date to bring your friends, with a picnic, to and Brinkley Church the lakeside garden of Robin & Willow Wylie at The Old Rectory, Carlton. LIVE MUSIC IN THE EVENING FROM Music, by the famous JAZZ INCORPORATED DAVE HEGGS HOT DOGS starts at 7.30pm but the gates will be open from 6.30pm. Adult’s tickets cost just £8.00 and you don’t have to pay for children or to park the car. BRINKLEY FETE We are providing large gazebos again this year so you We are still looking for helpers for the fete, morning should all be able to avoid sunstroke. and afternoon. If anyone is willing to help to please Tickets from Peter G Day at 34, Green Park, ring Jim on 01638 507941. Brinkley, 01638 507651, or from Andy Wylie at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pinehawk Kennels, Carlton. SCRABBLE & MAHJONG All proceeds go to the Royal National Lifeboat We meet on MONDAY 12th JULY at 7.30pm in the Institution. Regd Charity No. 209603, which is entirely supported by voluntary contributions and legacies. Community Room at Sheriff’s Court. Come along for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a game or two and enjoy the company, and tea and RADFIELD HUNDRED cake! £2 . Trish 01638 507495 MONDAY 16th AUGUST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7.45pm in Brinkley Memorial Hall BRINKLEY BELLS A Talk And Demonstration by Sean Brady on We have some bell ringers coming to ring at 11:45am HAND CRAFTED PORCELAIN FOR PERSONAL on the 26th July. Love them or loathe them – you have JEWELLERY been warned! New members and guests welcome. Call 01638 507717 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS FROM LINTON VILLAGE COLLEGE St Peter’s Church and Ellesmere Garden Club The change of government has already had an impact present on our local schools and that is no surprise. THE STETCHWORTH VILLAGE SHOW Education was always a political football, used by Sunday 11th July at the Ellesmere Centre, successive governments when they are flexing their Stetchworth muscles and wanting to demonstrate visible change. Barbeque from 12 noon In only a matter of weeks since the election, the Show tent opening at 1.00 pm new primary curriculum has been dismantled, three Also developing diplomas have gone (science, humanities Dog Show, Pimms bar, Climbing wall, Tombola, Cakes and and languages), the international GCSE favoured by preserves, Prize draw, Plants, White elephant etc. some independent schools has been sanctioned for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the state sector and the work that was being done FUNDING FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY on key stage 3 assessment has been put on hold. GROUPS NOW AVAILABLE... Blink and you miss an email that heralds a major East Cambs Community Fund makes grants to not- change of direction. for-profit voluntary or community organisations in The day after the general election, the new East Cambridgeshire. Groups can apply for 70% of government signalled its intention to shake things up. their projects costs (revenue only) up to a maximum The DCSF became the Department for Education, grant of £1,500; your group must find the remaining the old rainbow coloured website disappeared and a amount from other sources. Projects must be new, more starkly designed one replaced it carrying working in one or more of the council’s priority unsettling warnings about existing content not areas, which are: necessarily representing current policy. * Young People A week or so later I received a special letter from * Older People Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, inviting * Rural Communities Linton Village College as an outstanding school, to * People with Disabilities consider Academy Status. We could make the Who can apply? transition by September and there was no Applicants must: compulsion to consult our parents. This is speedy * Be a non-profit group or organisation based in change indeed. East Cambridgeshire I imagine you are wondering if the College is going to * Have a written constitution and mission statement take up this opportunity. Well, frankly so are we. * Have an elected committee We would be unwise not to consider both the * Have their own bank account with a requirement implications of becoming an Academy and also of not for 2 signatures for any cheques written/payments becoming one. There are important principles at made. stake, but there are also practical realities to face. * Be able to provide an up to date copy of their As a Governing Body we have agreed to find out as accounts and any relevant protection policies. much as we can about the implications of Academy * Be a member of Voluntary and Community Action Status and to keep a very close eye on what other East Cambridgeshire. schools in our Authority are doing. Whatever To apply or for more information please contact happens, this decision is not something we would Daniel Schumann (Active Communities Officer) at wish to make at any speed, so I can guarantee that East Cambridgeshire District Council on 01353 if LVC does become an Academy it won’t rush into it 616377 or email [email protected] by September. I can also guarantee that such a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ major change of status for us will be preceded by a BRINKLEY PARISH COUNCIL full consultation with our governors, staff, parents Parish Council Annual Audit and students. As a Village College, we sit at the The Parish Council would like to thank David Smith heart of our community and serving the needs of for completing the Annual internal audit for the that community is a central priority. second year runnning, it is much appreciated. Caroline Derbyshire Dog Bags & Bins Principal John Lawrence still has a supply of free dog bags ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from ECDC, if you would like some, please contact HEDGE CUTTING him on 01638 508976. The Parish Council have now Any property owner who would like boundary hedges had the dog waste bins installed, please make sure cut professionally at autumn time with a multi flail you use them. head machine & tractor please contact: The B C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Group Trust on either 0845 500 40 41 or 07787 VILLAGE WEBSITES 156337 soonest so that we can schedule the work www.brinkleyvillage.co.uk www.burroughgreen.com programme as we get extremely busy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY SERVICES celebrate summer with events that give us an opportunity to enjoy one another’s company, eat Sunday 4th July Trinity 5 plenty of cake washed down with numerous cups of 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Burrough Green tea whilst raising funds for our churches and 9.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Carlton communities at the same time. See you there! 10.30am Morning Prayer Dullingham Isaiah 66: 10-14 Galatians 6: 7-16 Love and prayers, Pauline th Sunday 11 July Trinity 6 [email protected] 01638508990 9.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Brinkley 11.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Dullingham PS Next house group meeting is at Clare Farm Deuteronomy 30: 9-14 Colossians 1: 1-14 Dullingham 7pm on July 21st, do come, we would love to see you. Sunday 18th July Trinity 7 9.00am Family Holy Communion Westley Waterless We welcome into our church family Callum and Jack 10.30am Family Worship Burrough Green Genesis 18: 1- 10a Colossians 1: 15 -28 Hobbs baptised at St Mary's Dullingham on June th 27 . Sunday 25th July Mary Magdalene +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 9.00am Family Holy Communion Stetchworth CATHOLIC SERVICES 10.15am Family Worship with Baptism Dullingham NEWMARKET & KIRTLING. 11.15am Family Worship Brinkley Mass Times Song of Solomon 3: 1-4 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Saturday 6.30pm Newmarket Sunday 9.00am Kirtling +++++++++++ 10.30am Newmarket Dear Friends, Holy Days 9.00am Newmarket By the time you read this letter we will have passed 12noon Kirtling the summer solstice and the year will have turned 7.30pm Newmarket once more. It always seems a bit strange to me that Our Lady with St. Etheldreda, Exeter Road, we begin the slow, languid, descent into autumn in Newmarket June, when the best of the summer – hopefully – is Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling yet to come. Midsummer or Summer Solstice has had Main Address: 14 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 spiritual significance for human beings for thousands 8LT of years. Our ancestors were acutely aware and in Telephone: 01638 662492 Email: [email protected] awe of the incredible strength of the sun and the Brinkley contact, John Conti 01638 508304 divine power that creates life. The Celts celebrated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ with bonfires that would add to the sun's energy and KATY’S BABYSITTING the Christian Church placed the feast of St John Katy Ensch – Aged 14 the Baptist, the precursor of Christ, towards the 01223 291947 end of June as a takeover bid of the celebrations I have passed a babysitting course and a first aid and to link in with the idea of divine power. The course for young children. psalmists too, were in awe of the sun’s power, often ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ using the most extraordinary imagery to describe it.