News from Maidwell – July/August 2024

Church Services

7 July                Family Service – Pet Service      11:00 am

21 July              Holy Communion                        11:00 am

18 August          Holy Communion                        11.00am

1 September     Family Service                            11.00am

Come and join us for the pet service – any (reasonable) animal welcome. Refreshments after the service.

The family service is for all the benefice and beyond – the more families the better.

The Open Gardens on Sunday 19 May raised £561 for charities supported by the National Garden Scheme and £525 for the church. Thank you again to all who came and supported.

The next open gardens will be on Sunday 21 July 10am-5pm.

 

Save the dates

The annual Ride and Stride (cycle or walk between as many churches in the area as you can – it can be a great family day out) is on Saturday 14 September. Contact Amanda for sponsorship forms – 07707530720.

 

HARVEST SUPPER 2024

Friday 11 October at 7:30pm.       £15.00 cash bar and raffle.

Come and enjoy a great evening in the church.

Help and donations needed.

 

Wreath and Christmas table decoration making. This will be held between 11-2pm on Saturday 7 December in the church. All wreath bases and greenery will be supplied and if you would like to add your own baubles, decorations etc., please bring them.

A light lunch and drink will be supplied. Prices from £15-35, depending on size of wreath or table decoration.  Please let Amanda know if you can come – 07707530720.

 

The Mosaic chamber choir will be coming to perform a wonderful selection of music in the church in December- date to be confirmed. £10 per person. Drinks and nibbles will be served. Tickets from Amanda – 07707530720.

 

The Loder Hall

The Loder Hall is available for hire at £10 for the first hour and £5 per hour thereafter.

The hall is approximately 10m x 5m with a small kitchen (NOT compliant with food preparation regulations), equipped with an electric hob, fridge, microwave and warming oven.

We also have a good selection of crockery, cutlery and glasses which, along with tables and chairs, can be hired out separately.

There is a secure outside area ideal for summer parties with direct access to the Maidwell recreation field.

Contact Ann on 01604 686967 or 07939 124521 or annrabjohn1@gmail.com.

 

Parish Council

Defibrillators

You will all be able to see the new defibrillator on the front of the Loder Hall.  Both this device and the new one in Draughton are registered on The Circuit, allowing the Ambulance Service to direct callers to them in the event of an emergency.  It is great to have the devices in both villages installed now and the Parish Council are delighted to have provided some of the funds for these valuable assets.

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 10 July at 7.30pm.  All residents are more than welcome to attend

 

Maidwell-being

Our last meeting was on Saturday 8 June and we were joined by Keith, who is a volunteer with the “Friends of Brampton Valley Way and Brixworth Country Park”. He shared a lot of ways the volunteers keep both places safe and looking good. They are always looking for more volunteers. If interested please email at hellobvw@gmail.com or find the group on Facebook.

Rita the Refill Van joined us too.

We will not be meeting for July or August and will resume on 14 September. We will have a representative from the West Northants Sustainability Team with information and the “How Bad Are Bananas?” game.

Don’t forget the recycling bins just inside the gate at the Loder Hall.

Contacts: Amanda (07707 530720), Lynne (07785 790265), Paul (07710 096590), Mary (07703 291169) and Fiona (07903 137219)

 

Maidwell Wombles

A big THANK YOU to all those who wombled in June – Amanda, Andrew S, Colin and Fiona. They collected 8 bags of rubbish – well done to all!

If you would like to join us, even if just for one session a year, it would help enormously – please contact Colin on 07771 806094.

The forthcoming dates (weather permitting) are: Saturday 13 July (9am), Saturday 3 August (9am), Saturday 6 September (10am), Saturday 5 October (9am), Saturday 2 November (9am) and Friday 6 December (9am).

 

Maidwell Primary School

We are well into our Summer term now, with our SATs behind us and firmly looking forward to our summer activities. Over the next few weeks we will be enjoying sports day, shuffle-up days (when we meet our new class & teacher for next year), our musical production of Peter Pan and our residential for the children in Key Stage 2.

The summer weather (when it is dry!) allows us to make greater use of our outdoor facilities with lunchtimes on the field and lessons outdoors.

Over this year we have been working closely with our friends at Walgrave Primary and Pitsford Primary and during this term we will also continue to build our ties with them.

All the Maidwell news above can also be viewed on the Maidwell with Draughton website:  https://maidwellwithdraughtonparishcouncil.gov.uk/