News from Maidwell – March 2025
News from Maidwell – March 2025
Church Services
2 March Family Service 11:00am
16 March Holy Communion 11:00am
6 April Family Service 11:00am
20 April Easter SundayHoly Communion 11:00am
We are looking for some more people to help with the cleaning and flowers for the church. It would only be once a year. Please let me know if you can help – Amanda 07707 530720.
Interested in a Night Hike? See poster below.
This year we will be having a Village Open Gardens Day, hopefully with a good number of gardens open. Refreshments (tea, coffee, wine, beer – maybe) and possibly activities and /or crafts. Please let Amanda (07707 530720) know if you are willing to open your garden. If we are lucky and get a beautiful sunny day, we will be able to show off our village and all enjoy a pleasant stroll through it. Don’t forget to invite family and friends too. The date will be in June.
The Loder Hall
A reminder that the Loder Hall is available for all your special events, meetings or if you need space to practise something. A very reasonable charge of £10 for the first hour and £5 for additional hours. Heating is extra.
Dates for your diaries:
An evening with the Open Stage Choir – 29 March – doors open at 6.30pm (tickets £8 from David Kent on 07984 411260)
Annual General Meeting – 26 April – 10.30am. All welcome – do come along and share your thoughts.
Quiz Night – 11 October
Christmas Bazaar – 15 November
Please contact Ann on 07939 124521 or Colin 07771 806094 for more details or booking.
Parish Council
Parish Council meetings take place on the second Wednesday of every second month. Everyone is welcome to attend and there is an Open Forum is you wish to raise something with the Council. Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday 12 March at 7.30pm in the Loder Hall.
Please note that the contact details for the Parish Council are:
Clerk’s e-mail address: clerk@maidwellwithdraughtonparishcouncil.gov.uk
Website address: https://maidwellwithdraughtonparishcouncil.gov.uk
Maidwell-being coffee morning
Coffee mornings are on the 2nd Saturday of each month, 10am-12noon. Do come along, especially if you are (relatively) new to the village – it would be great to meet you.
The next date is Saturday 8 March between 10am-12noon, with further dates being 12 April and 10 May. This month please bring along any old photos of Maidwell – several of the newer villagers have shown an interest. We can have a little history lesson about our wonderful village.
Don’t forget the recycling bins just inside the gate at Loder Hall for medicine blister packs, contact lens cases, old pens, used make up and toothpaste tubes.
Contacts: Amanda (07707 530720), Lynne (07785 790265), Paul (07710 096590), Mary (07703 291169) and Fiona (07903 137219)
Maidwell Wombles
A big THANK YOU to the valiant few who wombled in February – Andrew S, Colin, David (Keir), Fiona, Juan Carlos and Tim. They cleared the A508 north of the village, both A14 junctions and Maidwell to Draughton, collecting 18 bags of rubbish. Well done to all!
Would you like to join us? Just coming along to one session would be a big help. Here are the dates (weather permitting):
March Saturday 8 9:00am
April Friday 4 10:00am
May Saturday 3 9:00am
June Saturday 7 9:00am
July Friday 4 10:00am
August Saturday 2 9:00am
September Saturday 6 9:00am
October Friday 3 10:00am
November Saturday 1 9:00am
December Saturday 6 9:00am
Please contact Colin on 07771 806094 to put your name down for one of the dates.
Maidwell Primary School
News to follow in next month’s magazine.
Other Maidwell news
All the Maidwell news above can also be viewed on the Maidwell with Draughton website: https://maidwellwithdraughtonparishcouncil.gov.uk
