The Three Parishes April 2019
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The Three Parishes April 2019 Your local grapevine Ardley with Fewcott, Fritwell and Souldern 1 DIARY & CONTENTS APRIL PAGE 21 AwF Gardening Club Annual Show ----- 20 3 Time to Talk Coffee Souldern VH ---------- 23 SEPTEMBER 4 Souldern Horticultural Soc AGM ------------ 24 28 Macmillan Coffee Morning Ardley -------- 10 7 Fritwell Open Mic Night ----------------------- 21 9 Fritwel Village Hall AGM ---------------------- 21 For Church Services see p15 9 Forget-me-Nots trip to Malmesbury-------- 22 11 Ardley-w-Fewcott Gardening Club ------- 20 11 Souldern Village Hall AGM ----------------- 23 CONTENTS 13 Ardley Churchyard tidy-up ------------------ 18 Diary & Regular events ---------------------- 2 16-17 Rising Stars Academy Ardley --------- 19 Editorial ----------------------------------------- 3 17 Bucknell WI meeting ------------------------- 26 Useful information ---------------------------- 4 18 Maundy Thursday meal --------------------- 16 Voluteering opportunities -------------------- 4 19 Bicester Walk of Witness ------------------- 17 Practical matters ------------------------------ 5 19 Fritwell Cushion Club ------------------------ 21 School ------------------------------------------ 6-7 20 Souldern Chapel Easter Supper ---------- 24 Fun stuff to do --------------------------------- 8 24 Bingo Fritwell VH ------------------------------ 21 28 Family Church, Messy Church ------------ 16 Crimewarch ------------------------------------ 9 MAY Opinion ------------------------------------------ 10 1 Time to Talk Coffee Souldern VH ---------- 23 Venue hire ------------------------------------- 11 2 Local elections @ your village hall Charity Focus ---------------------------------- 12 4 Souldern Choir popular songs -------------- 17 Support services ------------------------------ 13 7 The Forum with Hope Price ------------------ 16 Church message ------------------------------ 14 7 Fritwell Open Mic Night ----------------------- 21 Church services ------------------------------- 15 11 Fritwell Scouts Jumble Sale ---------------- 21 Church events --------------------------------- 16-17 12 Ardley-w-Fewcott Gardening Club ------- 20 Ardley news ------------------------------------ 18-20 13 Fritwell Parish council AGM and APM--- 22 Fritwell news ---------------------------------- 21-22 18 “Pango-Gin” Party Ardley VH -------------- 8 Souldern news -------------------------------- 23-24 29 Bingo Fritwell VH ------------------------------ 21 Front Row Festival & competition --------- 25 JUNE Outdoors ---------------------------------------- 26 14 AwF Gardneing Club AGM ----------------- 20 Walkies! ----------------------------------------- 27 16 Fritwell Open Gardens----------------------- 21 Adverttising ------------------------------------- 28-38 29 Front Row Festival Fritwell ----------------- 25 Magazine information contacts etc ------- 39-40 JULY WEEKLY EVENTS Mondays • 8pm ‘Thirsty Thursdays’ Fritwell VH • 09.30-10.30am Tai Chi Ardley VH • 2pm Tea and pancakes at Fewcott House • 7.30pm Faith in Art Group Heyford Park Chapel • 2pm Social Bridge Highfield Club Bicester • 7.30pm Pilgrim course Heyford Park Chapel Tuesdays • 9.30-5pm ‘Getting into work’ Bicester Library Fridays • 9.45 & 11am Rhyme Time Bicester Library • 9.30-5pm Careers helpdesk Bicester Library • Coffee Morning Ardley VH 10.30 • 10-2pm Coffee Adderbury Library • 9am Stay & Play Fritwell School Wednesdays • 11am coffee & cake White Lion Fewcott • 10-2pm Family history helpdesk Bicester Library • 5pm Fridays Beavers, 6.15 Cubs , 8pm Scouts • 10am Char Char Chimps Fritwell VH Fritwell Scout Hut, Fewcott Rd • Ardley Bin collection day Thursdays • 9.30-5pm ‘Getting into work’ Bicester Library • Fritwell and Souldern Bin collection day • 10am Rhymetime Adderbury Library Front page photo credit: Editor. Splendid laid hedge (possibly Souldern? Can’t remember) 2 EDITORIAL Three Parishes CIC end of year report 2018/19 February marked the one-year anniversary of port, since the money that Souldern PCC was the new Social Enterprise company that manag- looking after did not come through in time for es the 3Ps magazine. Here is a brief summary our year-end. But I can report that we raised about the company and what it has achieved so £1947 from advertising and spent £1395 on far. printing costs. As you already know, Souldern It was agreed at a meeting of 3Ps PCC has given £2000 to each of the church “stakeholders” in the summer of 2016 that the PCCs, Souldern, Fritwell and Ardley with Few- ringfencing of 3Ps finances inside Souldern cott to be given to local organisations. Don’t Parochial Church Council’s accounts was un- forget to approach your church PCC if your satisfactory for a number of reasons. It was organisation needs a bit of a financial boost for agreed that to set up a non-profit making Com- a special project. munity Interest Company (CIC) to look after the Now that the transfer of monies from Souldern magazine’s affairs would be a good way to pro- PCC has been carried out, we are in a position ceed. For the aims and objectives of the com- to be looking for someone to act as Treasurer pany see page XX of the magazine. The ring- for the Company. If you are interested in this fenced bank account looked healthy, so once voluntary post and have the relevant skills the CIC was set up with Companies House, one please contact any of the Directors—details on of the first decisions the Directors made was to page 39. stop charging a subscription fee for the maga- We are very much looking forward to the future zine and to distribute it to all households in the and would like to wholeheartedly thank every- three parishes area free of charge. This helped one who supports us, either by voluntarily deliv- with one of the CIC’s objectives which is to alle- ering the magazine, or by contributing or adver- viate loneliness and isolation by providing infor- tising with us. mation about events, services and groups to Vicky Hibberd, Ken Langdon and Helen everyone. Metcalfe We co-opted Nick Johnstone and Christine Directors Kane on to the editorial team. Nick has done sterling work in promoting and marketing the magazine and Christine acts as proof reader and is the contact for the cartoons. The next thing the directors considered was how to pay for the magazine going forward with- out using up too much of the reserves. It was decided that, since the readership had effective- ly doubled and if the magazine was spruced up, small and printed in colour, it was likely to be much more attractive to advertisers. We looked at the prices for advertising (which had not changed for at least 6 years) and at the adver- tising rates in similar publications locally. We decided to increase the prices, and approach many more local businesses for their support. The great thing about this kind of publication is that, while advertisers do get business from it, they also like to be seen to support our values. As a result of all this, we have retained the vast majority of our advertisers and have attracted some new ones as well. We continue to look around for advertisers who fit our business. Our grateful thanks go to Val Day for her untiring work relating to the adverts. In terms of accounts, there is not much to re- 3 USEFUL INFORMATION FRITWELL VILLAGE HALL, Fewcott Road, OX27 7QA WHITE LION PUBLIC HOUSE, Fewcott, OX27 7NZ ARDLEY VILLAGE HALL, Playing Fields, OX27 7PA FOX PUBLIC HOUSE SOULDERN, High Street, OX27 7JW Bicester Community Hospital OUT OF HOURS MINOR INJU- RIES UNIT Saturday & Sunday 8:30am–11pm / Monday—Friday 6–11pm Piggy Lane, Bicester, Call 01865 903976—please call before you set off. No x-ray facilities out of hours—for breaks, go to A&E or call 999 USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS Age UK 0800 055 6112 Library (Adderbury) 01295 810545 Bicester Good Neighbours 07849 799530 Mains Water 0800 316 9800 Bicester First Aid Unit 01865 903976 Member of Parliament 01869 233685 Bin Collection (Cherwell DC) 01295 227003 NHS non-emergency 111 Bus services (CDC) 01295 257930 Parish Council Ardley 01869 346996 Carers support Oxfordshire 0845 050 666 Parish Council Fritwell 01869 345830 Church benefice office 01869 233687 Parish Council Souldern 01869 345931 Cherwell District Council 01295 227001 Police non-emergency 101 Citizens’ Advice 08444 111 444 Police station Bicester 01865 841148 Comet bus Service 01865 768329 Roads and Verges 01295 227007 Counselling (Samaritans) 116 123 RSPCA 0300 1234 999 Counselling (children) 0800 11 11 School (Fritwell) 01869 345283 GP—Deddington Surgery 01869 338611 Street Lights 0800 317802 Driver Volunteers service 0300 30 30 125 Suicide helpline phone 0800 068 4141 Electrical Power Cut 08000 727 282 Suicide helpline text 07786 209697 Environmental Health 01295 227001 Victims of Crime 0300 1234 148 Financial Hardship help 0800 138 1111 Village Hall Ardley 01869 346632 Floodline 0845 988 1188 Village Hall Fritwell 01869 346624 Food Bank 01869 357181 Village Hall Souldern 07812 501604 Good Neighbour Scheme 07849 799530 Waste water/sewerage 0800 316 9800 Housing (Cherwell DC) 01295 227004 Weather—Met Office 0370 900 0100 Library (Bicester) 01869 252181 Weelchair loans 01869 345269 Library (Banbury) 01295 262282 VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 3 Parishes CIC management are looking for a Treasurer. This is likely to take up around 1 hour per month with an emphasis on year-end returns in March. (see page 3) Souldern Village Hall is looking for committee members (see page 23) Volunteer Drivers for the volunteers driver service (see page 12) 4 PRACTICAL MATTERS FREE COMET BUS SERVICE