Dear Readers, We bring you a little colour in these grey February days – a brief look back at the super job all of you did who supported the Eastington Christmas Tree festival. Well done to all concerned. Looking ahead, in this issue we feature more of the big village events that are coming up […]
Firstly some great news. Over the Christmas period the PA raised £2,500 to support the school. This is a significant increase on last year’s total and wouldn’t be possible without our brilliant committee and all those who contributed including the people who; manned stalls, donated items for hampers, baked cakes, promised items for the auction, purchased […]
Following discussions with Stroud District Planners, Ecotricity have been advised that their original proposal would not fly and so have amended their planning application. It retains the original planning reference S.16/0043/OUT The planning application no longer includes any employment/business park and the proposed Nature Conservation Area to the west of the M5 has been removed. […]
The building of the new ‘spine’ road continues apace, to the point where it is already hard to remember exactly what Grove Lane looked like before they started. As reported last time, the Planning Application for the first phase originally submitted by Redrow, was rejected mainly for non-compliance with provisions in the Masterplan for buffer […]
Owen Harris Memorial Ground and Eastington Community Centre Regular Activities Monday: 7 – 8 pm (Main Hall) Zumba with Holly Tel: 07891785277 www.facebook.com/zumbawithhollyAS/ 7.30 – 9 pm (Upstairs) African Drumming Monday 29th January & fortnightly thereafter. £7 to include drum hire. Booking essential. Tel: 07549 624669 facebook: Eastington African Drummers Tuesday: 7 – 9 pm […]
Firstly I want to mention a big to my friends and fellow consultants Sarah and Ali who have been looking after our lovely Groups while I’ve been recovering. The support you have shown to me and our fab groups has been fantastic. I’m looking forward to start returning to groups from 24th January. So what […]
We are looking for football players – boys or girls. All Levels of players welcome. Wanting to Join a team ? Then we want you ! We have age groups from 4 years old , who train with the under 7s and we have age groups all the way to under 12s All of our […]
“Save the date” for this year’s village egg hunt ! It will take place on Saturday 14th April, from 10am – 5pm throughout the whole village. The theme this year is Children’s TV programs and characters – there will be lots of fun and games for all.
Here we are at the start of another year, hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. Planning continues to be the main area of work for the parish council, five applications received in the first two weeks of January. The biggest one is the revised Ecotricity plans, application reference S.16/0043/OUT – the […]
February sees a Café Church closely followed by the Messy Half Term event a few days later; the theme for the 11th March Café Church will be “What does it mean to follow Jesus”. One of the things that this means is trusting in God’s love and provision for us. As some of you know, […]
Chairman’s and Treasurer’s Reports for 2016/17 Chairman Tom Morrison and Treasurer Lynne Farnden provided detailed reports of the first year’s activities. The Chairman’s conclusion was “ECLT Limited has had a very active and successful first year as a registered Community Benefit Society. Feasibility of our site and ideas has been proven, a dozen technical reports […]
Burns night was duly celebrated in style at the Badger – with Haggis, wee drams of whisky and a real piper. We even saw Julie dancing! An excellent evening all round – Thank you Julie and all the team. The photo shows Tom Low delivering the traditional ‘Address to the Haggis’
A huge thank you to all the businesses, organisations and individuals who took part in the Christmas Tree Festival in December and helped to make it such a massive success again. Without the support and help of the village it would not have happened – another success for Eastington! The trees, installations and creativity involved […]
Feb 2018 The Great Oldbury development, previously known as West of Stonehouse, is continuing apace, with planning applications for Reserved Matters, which include layout, house design, landscaping, and buffer zones have started to arrive on the Planning Officer’s desk at Ebley Mill at a faster rate than before. These applications are being submitted by individual […]
A huge thanks to Anthony, Jamie and all the team at The Kings Head for hosting the first ever Ladies Of Eastington Wine tasting evening! It was informative, delicious and fun, I’m sure I’m not only speaking for myself when I say I now feel more confident when it comes to choosing wine, thank you, […]
The Village Agents scheme has been replaced . As usual with something new there is a plethora of confusing new names, responsibilities, websites and phone numbers. As far as your editor can work out, this service is still run by Gloucester County (as ‘Community Connectors’) , but is ‘provided’ by a company called ‘Independence Trust […]
We have a new Neighbourhood Warden, Andy Beamish. Stroud District Council Neighbourhood Wardens work to create a safer, cleaner and greener district by engaging with the local community and actively responding to community issues. They will help to support vulnerable people, can offer free home security and crime prevention advice and can advise on dealing […]
Regular activities at the Village Hall:- Monday: Clog Dancing Cello Groups Tuesday: CrazyK9s Dog training classes Tel:07748 183739 Wednesday: Slimming World with Lorna tel: 07974 937830 all welcome. Thursday: Second Thursday of each month, 7pm – Parish Council Meeting everyone may attendand there is a session at the beginning for ‘public’ voices to be […]
Firstly, we would like to start this newsletter by thanking the many local businesses that very kindly donated prizes for our amazing raffle at our Christmas Nativity. We were overwhelmed by the generosity from everyone and from the proceeds we will hopefully be able to restore our allotment with bark chippings, top soil and mend […]
Working Party On Saturday the 17th February we will be having a working party in the park. We have a few jobs to get done ready for spring, including: Planting trees Arrange top soil Fixing up willow tunnels Gardening Sign cleaning Littler picking We will be meeting at 10a.m. at the park and absolutely everyone […]
Here, at Eastington Primary School, class two have been learning how to become Super Heroes! We want to be great thinkers with good mental health. We learn to ‘bounce back’ and as this is not necessarily an innate skill; we all need to practice. Through thought provoking and exciting activities, we are encouraged to develop […]
Calling all babies, toddlers, children, parents, grandparents, friends and carers! Come along to a Teddytunes session near you and release your ‘inner child’ (or your outer child if you like). Every Thursday during term time we meet at Frampton Village Hall 10am for musical merriment, cordial capers and fabulous frolics. All washed down with good […]
Eastington Methodist Church Regular Hall Bookings Sunday 10am – 11am Music Group rehearsal for the service 11am – 12:30pm – Main service, followed by refreshments (C) 6:00 – 7:00pm (on 1st Sunday of month) Sunday Night Praise (C) Monday 10:00 – 11:30am – Eastington Baby and Toddler Group (C) 6:00 – 7pm – Eastington Rainbows […]
Heritage Lottery Fund Bid On the 30th November last year, a bid was submitted to the Heritage Lottery fund for £9.8 million towards restoring the canal between Stonehouse and Saul Junction. The project known as Stroudwater Navigation Connected, will cost a total of £23.4 million, including volunteer input. The bid, led by Stroud District Council, […]
Hello Everyone, we live in Eastington and organise a weekly Monday Music evening at the George in Frocester. It takes place in the couch house , separate from the pub itself and performers and spectators alike are welcome to our acoustic ‘open mike ‘ sessions. We ask a small contribution of £1 per person for […]
Cress Green Cattery; The Next Chapter After 40 years of successful business we have taken the baton and are the new owners of ‘Cress Green Cattery’. What for some locals and clients was a surprise, was for us a well supported transition. Steve has been popping in, getting to know the previous owner’s procedures for […]
FREE EXERCISE On your doorstep – Pay no Gym Fees Come and help us build Brownings Community Orchard Easy walking distance of anyone in the village – here’s Alkerton Cross ……. And here’s the new orchard, down the lane and 50 metres across the field (you might need wellies) No orchard skills needed – we […]
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