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6 Buckden Roundabout
March 2020 Village Notices
FRIENDS IN DEED
Friends in Deed is a voluntary group
which was set up to support people in
Buckden. The help we can provide in-
cludes:
• Companionship – visiting you at
home for a friendly chat. This can be a regular arrange-
ment or a one-off visit.
• Our Community Café runs every month (on the 2 nd
Wednesday) and is open to all regardless of age, gen-
der, faith (or no faith), sexual orientation, colour, be-
liefs. Come along for help and support (if you need it)
or just a cuppa, cake and a chat.
• Practical support - we can signpost to professional
agencies such as foodbank, debt agencies, citizens ad-
vice and have other information available to help point
you in the right direction.
• Local Transport to appointments at the hospital, den-
tist or chiropodist for instance or to village events -
when family, friends and public transport are not avail-
able
To contact us:
Just drop in to the Community Café which we run on the 2nd
Wednesday of each month from 2.30 - 4pm in the Living
Stones Room at St Mary’s Church Buckden. You will be very
welcome.
If you need help or would like to join us as a volunteer, provid-
ing help for others, please contact our co-ordinator Angie tel:
07810 006598
For transport requests, please call our transport co-ordinator
Peter Mount tel: 07914 669967. Leave a message, giving as
much notice as possible and he will call you back.
If you feel you have time to spare we are always on the look-
out for volunteer drivers, please get in touch. There is no fixed
commitment, you only agree on a journey if the date and time
suits you and most journeys are to Huntingdon or St Neots.
You will also receive a mileage allowance.
FOR YOUR DIARY
Wednesday 4th March Winter Tea Party in the Methodist Hall
from 2.30 – 4pm.
Wednesday 11th March Community Café in the Living Stones
Room at St Mary’s Church from 2.30 – 4pm
Everyone welcome.
From Teesdale to Inis Mor
The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust invites
you to this illustrated talk, which will be given by Dr. Pat Doo-
dy on Wednesday 11th March 2020.
Pat is a coastal ecologist and a long-standing member of our
local group, and has delivered many beautifully illustrated
talks in the past.
This evening Pat’s talk will take us on a journey from Durham,
where he did his PhD on Rare Plants of Teesdale, via the UK
coast, where he spent most of his career with Nature Conserv-
ancy and its successors, to the West coast of Ireland. Along
the way he will talk about Ice Ages, nature conservation and
geology, with passing references to climate change. This
should be a fascinating talk that will be of interest to many.
Meetings are held at Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapston
Road, Brampton, PE28 4TB starting at 7.30pm. Everyone wel-
come, booking not necessary.
For more information please contact Alistair Grant
(alistairrgrant@hotmail.com or 07775365507).
Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Registered Charity No: 1000412
ST. MARY’S FUNDRAISERS
CHARITY AUCTION
SATURDAY 14th MARCH
BUCKDEN VILLAGE HALL
DONATIONS BETWEEN 9.00 – 9.45 ONLY
(Please, no clothes, books, out of date computer equipment
or televisions.)
VIEWING BETWEEN 10.00 – 11.00
AUCTION BEGINS PROMPTLY AT 11am
REFRESHMENTS
DETAILS FROM PATSY GRAY ON 810041
All proceeds to St Mary’s Church Repair Fund.
The Children’s Society
Help Needed
Someone is needed to take over as Honorary Local Sec-
retary in Buckden for The Children’s Society. The Society
aims to help the most vulnerable children in our coun-
try, It involves, with a team of helpers, collecting; emp-
tying boxes; counting money; banking it once a year;
then returning the boxes and filling in the required
forms for The Society. If this position would be of inter-
est, please contact Jo McGregor on 810518.