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VILLAGE NEWS
Burberry Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UY
Tel:
01480 811101
www.
buckdenvillagehall.co.uk
email:
admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk
Bookings
July has been a fantastically busy month here at the Hall and August is set to be busy too with two weddings, a
product launch, a kid’s party and a private party as well as our regular bookings.
Buckden Festival
Thank you to the festival committee for all their hard work in making the Festival Day the great day it was and
also thank you to everyone who came along to join in the fun! Thank you also to everyone who bought a raffle
ticket. Your support is hugely appreciated.
AGM
The AGM of the Trust was held on 5
th
July. For the second year running no members of the public attended.
This is YOUR Village Hall and Recreation Ground. The AGM is your chance to show your support for the work
that the Trustees do and to ask the Trustees any questions you have about the Trust and its finances. It would
encourage all the Trustees if the residents of the village show interest in their efforts on your behalf.
Therapy Room vacancy
The Therapy Room is now booked! Watch this space for some exciting news!!
Your Village Hall needs you!
If anyone living in the village would like to become a trustee and help to run this wonderful building please call
or email me (details at the end of this article). In particular, we still need a Treasurer. It is not an onerous job,
taking perhaps less than 2 hours a week on average. If are interested, please contact John Thelwall on 07831
580625.
How you can help our charity
Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you
could be raising money for Buckden Village Hall Trust? There are nearly 3,000 retailers including Amazon,
John Lewis, M&S, Aviva and Tesco who will donate a percentage of the amount you spend to Buckden Village
Hall Trust to say thank you for shopping with them. It’s really simple and doesn’t cost you anything. All you
have to do is:
1. Go to
www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/buckdenvillagehall
2. Sign up for free
3. Get shopping! Your donations will be collected by easyfundraising and automatically sent to us!
There are no catches or hidden charges and Buckden Village Hall Trust will be extremely grateful for your do-
nations!
Don’t forget that as residents of Buckden you all receive discounted rates on Hall
hire. Please call or email me if you would like to find out more.
Jo Harvey (811101/admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk)
BUCKDEN WI
Members were in party mood on 5th July for our final meeting before the Summer break. In a
belated celebration of Her Majesty's 90th birthday the ladies dressed up in their best, many in
red, white and blue shades and wearing hats. Live music greeted our arrival as Beverley Budd
entertained us royally on the piano whilst during the meal a compilation of tunes from each
decade of the Queen's life was played on our new sound system. One clever table-group man-
aged to list nearly every tune! A splendid buffet was provided by the committee (the president's
pavlovas were to die for!) and a memorable evening was enjoyed by all. There will be no meeting in August so
we look forward to being together on 6th September when Bernice Hardwick will speak on 'Hypnosis and Hypno-
therapy.' The competition theme will be 'A Pendant'. As always, visitors will be most welcome.