Eastington Cricket Club have resumed playing on Saturday afternoons at the Owen Harris Memorial Ground following the winter break. Spectators are most welcome at home games which start at 1.30 pm and last about 5 hours. In June there are home games on 1st and 15th; in July on 6th, 27th and Monday 29th. On […]
Category: Groups
Eastington and Stonehouse Slimming World Groups
After fifteen and a half years I ran my last Slimming World groups on May the 8th. I’ve enjoyed every minute of helping each and everyone of you who have walked through the Eastington Village Hall and Stonehouse Community Centre doors over that time. The groups which I started from brand new with 37 members […]
PROWD – Public Rights of Way Defenders
By the time you read this, the Vernal Equinox (20th March) will have already happened!! So, ‘ Spring ‘ has arrived although we have hardly had a ‘ Winter ‘ as it has been so unseasonably mild, with so many Spring flowers appearing early. It has been a good time for walking our lovely footpaths, […]
Slimming World Groups
Another Spring is springing and we’ve had a fantastic couple of months at Groups. Free food February was a brilliant month of sharing all the wonderful foods we can eat while following our Slimming World Extra Easy plan and the Groups members lost an amazing 44 stones over the month. So what can you eat? […]
Eastington Community Land Trust Ltd. (ECLT)
Providing the homes that Eastington needs ECLT’s project to build 23 homes for affordable rent in Claypits has ticked almost all the technical boxes for the Stroud DC Planners. There remain just a few legal hoops to jump through before planning permission can be officially granted and a start-on-site date can be inked in. At […]
Jolly Joggers
Come join the Jollies! We are a group of friends meeting at least once a week welcoming people of all abilities. Our group is totally free and open to all. Within the beginners we have 3 distinct groups…the brisk walkers, walking to jogging and fast jogging. We offer support and company on these dark nights […]
ECO – Progress at the Children’s Pond
Winter Progress at the Children’s Pond in the Coneygree Community Orchard. The mild weather this winter has allowed significant progress at the Community Pond. The “before” photos shows ECO volunteers re-profiling the area around the pond (we love our big toys). The “after” picture details what is still a work in progress but there’s water […]
Eastington Walking Group
Walkie Talkies presents:- Family friendly walks. Meet on the third Sunday of each Month – 1 pm at the Badger 5-ish miles, 3-ish hours Dogs on leads are welcome – with poo bags Please get in touch for more info. 07806 802540 / 01453 828557 email: cousins.vanessa@gmail.com or keep an eye on our facebook page
PROWD – Public Rights of Way Defenders
Well, as you are all probably aware, the ‘Great Oldbury’ development is going-on at a pace with more and more houses being built. Unfortunately, some of the footpaths are already closed, and some of the other footpaths and bridleways will be temporarily closed from time to time, over the next couple of years!! So, it […]
Jolly Joggers
Jolly Joggers is Back! NEW: Absolute Beginners starting Wednesday 9th January 2018 everyone welcome! As usual ,meet every Wednesday evening outside the Co-op at 7pm sharp. All levels of ability, all speeds catered for, very friendly bunch – Come along, get fit and have fun! You will need a High Viz jacket and maybe a […]
Eastington and Stonehouse Slimming World
Wow haven’t the past two months flown by? Suddenly Autumn is here, Winter is coming and Christmas fast approaching. We’ve had a busy few months across all the groups enjoying the end of summer together and then turning our thoughts and ideas to lovely winter warming recipes we can enjoy through the colder months, delicious […]
Eastington Community Land Trust (ECLT) Ltd
The second Annual General Meeting of the Eastington Community Land Trust will be held on Thursday 20th December 2018, at 7.00 pm in the Village Hall All Members of ECLT are welcome to attend the AGM, you can join on the night – life membership costs just £1. There will be an exhibition of the […]
ECO Community Orchard Group
Community Pond at Coneygree Orchard – by the Junior Section The Monday-after-school group of children, under the eye of Emma of Raffles Forest School, have made great progress in clearing a derelict corner of Coneygree Orchard. Their choice was to create a pond area in the existing stream bed, which they discovered when they cleared […]
PROWD – Public Rights of Way Defenders
Well, we are getting into Autumn now, with colder mornings and earlier Sunsets, but, I’ve got some really good news on our local footpaths. There should be, in the next couple of weeks, two new kissing gates being installed near the A38. One is near Fromebridge (EEA46) and the other one is at Wicksters Bridge […]
Eastington Community Land Trust
23 homes with Affordable Rent for Eastington People, in Claypits Public Consultation in October ECLT will soon be submitting the Planning Application for the Claypits development of affordable homes. We expect that at least one drop-in day of consultation will be provided at the Village Hall during October, which will be advertised in a few […]
Jolly Joggers
Jolly Joggers is Back! As usual every Wednesday evening – meet outside the Co-op at 7pm sharp. All levels of ability, all speeds catered for, very friendly bunch – Come along, get fit and have fun! You will need a High Viz jacket and maybe a head torch for the darker winter evenings. Phone Vanessa […]
Eastington and Stonehouse Slimming World Groups
We’ve had such a brilliant summer at groups. I love my Wednesdays helping everyone to achieve their weight loss goals . We’ve celebrated lots of achievements over the summer. Awards for weight loss achieved, awards for Body Magic which is Slimming Worlds activity awards and also celebrating our fabulous Women of the Year 2018. Congratulations […]
1st Eastington Brownies
We welcomed 3 new girls from Rainbows to Brownies for the first time. Those to whom it really matters – the Brownies – got to see the new programme this week and it was really well received. We looked at the six Themes which are the basis of the new programme and then played a […]
Eastington Crafters
Hope everyone has had a good summer. We will be resuming our evening meetings from October if anyone fancies joining us for a chat about crafting of any kind. Our aim is to encourage each other and give ideas and support. During our September meeting we will have been knitting poppies for the planned church […]
Ladies of Eastington
After a quiet summer, we have plans afoot…. We are planning Eastington’s first ever Goodwill Evening for Saturday 8th December, there will be stalls, a tree to sing carols around, Santa’s Grotto and hopefully a few businesses open . If you are interested in a stall please contact me on the number below. Also we […]
Halloween Walk
The time has come again for the children of Eastington to get their spook on! Our annual Halloween walk will take place 26th October meeting in the garden of The Old Badger at 6pm to begin the trick or treat trail, making our way back round to The Kings Head House where you will be […]
Eastington Craft Group
NEW! – Eastington Craft Group Eastington crafters meet once or twice a month to chat about and show our crafting to others. The idea is to encourage each other and help give each other confidence in our crafting. We have had a group knit to knit hearts for a charity garden, made tea light holders […]
Ladies of Eastington
We would like to thank Tease Salon for the wonderful demonstrations and quz we enjoyed there on 28th June, they taught us how to perform a head and hand massage whilst teaching us a little bit about reflexology and hair. A very fun and informative evening, we all loved it (and the Prosecco and nibbles) […]
Slimming World
Wow what an amazing summer we are enjoying. Long sunny days and beautiful evenings. So at Slimming World we have been sharing lots of lovely healthy meal and snack ideas to help support our continued weight loss goals. From BBQ ideas through to picnics treats , day trips, work days, entertaining friends and socialising. The […]
Eastington Orchard Group
After 8 years, at last a Club Shed for ECO in Brownings Community Orchard Founded in 2010, ECO Group has finally built a shed to call home. Big enough to keep all our bits and pieces, close enough to Alkerton Cross for easy exit to the other community orchards when the bits and pieces are […]
Snakey Park update
Two amazing new additions to the Snakey Park entertainments; one a tuneful xylophone, and the pipes in the backround of the picture deliver an amazing sound when tapped on the open end (forcing air into the pipe) with a soft bat or flip-flop. A portaloo has also been installed for the holidays. It it currently […]
PROWD – Public Rights of Way Defenders
The new kissing gates in Frocester have been installed, thanks to the Ramblers Holidays Charitable Trust generous donation, also the hard work of installing them, by the Cotswold Wardens. Thanks also to Sarah Macaulay-Lowe our County Footpaths Officer for all her help in co-ordinating supplies and liasing with the Wardens and Landowners. Our very own […]
Ladies Of Eastington
At our April meeting we met Ginny and had a very informative and pleasant evening discussing Alzheimer’s and Dementia. We talked about what Dementia was and broke down some of the taboos surrounding it leaving us all with a much better understanding. We have made a generous £40 donation to the Alzheimer’s Society and consider […]
Eastington Walking Group
Dear All We enjoyed two fabulous walks recently. Our April walk took us to Minchinhampton where we enjoyed a hilly and blustery walk of around five miles. Following the path from the car park by the church in Minch we wound our way across the common and down through box and Amberley eventually coming out […]
Slimming World Groups
We’ve had a great couple of months at group. Lots of sharing of recipes and ideas and enjoying our weight loss journey as we head into those summer months. This week we had a brilliant food taster session in all groups – our inspiration was The Royal Wedding.Everyone bought in a plate of food to […]
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