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VILLAGE NEWS
BUCKDEN VILLAGE HALL TRUST
Burberry Road, Buckden, PE19 5UY
Telephone: 01480 811101
Email:
Registered Charity No. 302629
Bookings
June is a very busy month for the Hall. Every Saturday and Sunday is booked, and during the week we will be
host to nine business meetings as well as our usual events.
Great news – new exercise class for older adults!
We are very happy to welcome a new exercise class for older adults and those requiring additional support to
exercise, starting in the Millard Suite on 8th June 1:30pm – 2:30pm. These friendly ‘RightStart’ classes will be
run by Huntingdonshire District Council, initially for a trial period of 8 weeks, and are a great way to meet other
people with similar health and fitness concerns. Friends In Deed will be offering lifts to anyone who needs
transportation.
Vandalism
As many of you may be aware, our children’s climbing frame has unfortunately been mindlessly vandalised.
This will cost the Trust the best part of £1,000 to mend and has meant that many of our youngest residents
haven’t been able to play on it. By the time this goes to print, the damage should have been mended.
The Valley
Some villagers have expressed concern that there are brown rats running around by the Valley. In order to
make the area less ‘rat friendly’, please can anyone who feeds the ducks try to ensure that most of the food
goes into the water rather than being left on the banks as it is the rats that eat it!
Lost property
There was a girls/ladies Raleigh bike left outside the library for several weeks. This has now been taken by
the police and put into the police property system. If it does belong to anyone, please contact the local police.
We also have a pair of girl’s prescription glasses that were handed in to the office. If these are yours, please
call me!
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
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
Buckden Football Club would like to thank the following for their
sponsorship and support during the 2014/15 season:
Barry @ Cost cutter
Colin @ CANDO Roofing
Chris @ The Barbers Shop
Graham @ Dampfix
Graham @ GPR Cars
Keith @ Independent Safety Training
Monty @ Monty Decorating
Richard @ Move With Us
Simon @ S.Picking Building Services