See, also, Neighbour's Events at Occold, Debenham, Pettaugh, Redlingfield, Thornham and Thorndon.
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All in the Village Hall unless otherwise stated.
May 2024
Thursday 2nd Library Van @ 2 stops 9.50 and 10.10 am Sat to Mon 4th – 6th Flower Festival in St Andrew’s Church 10-4 (11am Sunday) Wednesday 8th Lunch Club 12 noon for 12.30 Advance Bookings Please Saturday 11th Crafternoon 2-4pm Monday 13th Annual Parish Meeting 7pm Monday 13th Parish Council Annual Meeting 8pm Tuesday 14th Hilltop Women’s Group Mystery outing. Depart 11am Wednesday 22nd Geoffrey Kay - "The Festival of Britain 1951" 7.45 pm Saturday 25th Book Sale Coffee Morning 10am @ Highbanks 1 Broadway Tuesday 28th Village Afternoon Tea 2-4pm Thursday 30th Library Van @ 2 stops 9.50 and 10.10 am
June 2024Saturday 1st Village Breakfast 9-10.30am Booking Essential Saturday 8th Exhibition “A Village & its People” 10.00 to 17.00 Saturday 22nd VILLAGE FETE from 2pm on The Green |
Peter died peacefully with his family and friends around him in the church on Easter Day. Peter was a much valued Elder and member of the congregation and also of the village community.
As an Elder in the church Peter held the bishop’s commission so Revd Barbara Bilston, who was present expecting to lead the Easter Sunday service, wrote to our bishops. She received this response from Bishop Martin:
“I am so sorry to hear of Peter’s death. Will you please convey to the congregation my deepest sympathy and thank them for their care of Peter. He will be greatly missed and was a great servant of the church. His ministry as an Elder was deeply appreciated.”
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Village Hall News
We held the Village Hall AGM on Saturday 20th April and heard the report of all the Village Hall activities through the last year. The financial report was received. We elected officers as follows: Chair Jenny Elphick, Treasurer Rosemarie Hayne and Secretary Harriet Bowes. Our thanks go to Jocelyn Bryant who stood down as secretary after many years of valued service. Also, thanks to Katie Durrant and Kevin Knights who both stood down from the committee but who will continue their work as Manager of the Village Fete and Licensee for the Village Bar respectively. In addition, our committee members are Will Elphick, Graham Hayne, Dave Challinor and Mark Little. We are really grateful to all those who work so hard to support the work of our Village Hall which is a great resource for all of us in the village. The Country Dance event was huge fun for the limited numbers who attended and our thanks go to Jayne and Steve Delarre who brought the music and taught us the moves! There was a great deal of laughter and sausage rolls were enjoyed in the interval and the bar was open all evening.
Maintenance of the Village HallThe cost of insurance or the village Hall over the last year was £1328 and we have just renewed the policy. Obviously, it is essential to insure the hall for all the events we hold. We spent £3700 on electricity last year and we are about to change providers in August to reduce the cost. We now have a Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy in place, a copy of which is in the hall on the notice board.
Future EventsSaturday 1st June Village Breakfast 9am to 10.30 Booking essential **See details in a separate advert in this newsletter on page 7. Saturday 22nd June Village Fete - see page 6.
59 ClubRecent winning numbers: Mar – 17; Apr – 33, 47, 32.
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Every Wednesday from 5-6pm, Francesca offers physiotherapist-led Pilates at the village hall.
Pilates is an excellent form of low-impact exercise, that helps to strengthen not only the core, but the whole body and mind, too.
Suitable for mixed abilities; the only necessity is that you can comfortably get on/off the floor.
For queries or booking details, please contact Francesca: francescadavey@outlook.com
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‘Crafternoon’ Saturdays
Whatever your art or craft bring along your current project. Share skills, ideas, tips and techniques. Inspire and be inspired in the company of other creative people. If you have an ‘arty’ or ‘crafty’ friend then bring them too. Next Crafternoon on Saturday 11th May 2-4pm Entry: £2.00 per person (inc. tea/coffee/biscuits).
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During the winter months we have now enjoyed three successful Village afternoons and it has been so good to see so many of us gather together in the hall for a tea of cake, scones and sandwiches with plenty of friendly chat. During an afternoon of relaxed fun, we offer you a choice of games, puzzles and quizzes. We will be holding our next on Tuesday May 28th.
EVERYONE in the village is welcome including children and well-behaved dogs. This is a free event funded by the Living Well in Winter Grant awarded by the Mid Suffolk District Council.
For more information, please contact Jenny Elphick on her email jennymelphick@gmail.com or by text or by phone
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The Flower Festival 2024
The 4th, 5th and 6th May Bank Holiday weekend will see the church full of beautiful flowers again. Open on Sat and Mon 10 to 4 and Sunday 11 to 4. Parking available in field thanks to Alice and Richard Palmer. Do come to enjoy the flowers and have a go at the quiz. Delicious refreshments and a raffle in the marquee as usual. Cakes and/or savouries will be very welcome in the marquee and we could do with a few more volunteers to do an hour there.
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We will be sending out Grand Draw tickets with the June Newsletter.
If you could please start thinking about donations of prizes for the Tombola. Bottles for the « Wine/No Wine » and the « Barrow of Booze »
Also please save your plants for the popular plant stall.
Nearer the day cakes and savouries for the Tea Tent and the Cake Stall.
Also, offers of help on the day and for setting up and taking down.
If you have an idea for a stall or a game you would like to run just let us know.
Katie Durrant, kdurrant.cd@gmail.com
Jocelyn Bryant, jocelynbryant712@gmail.com
Mark Little, mark.little2020@gmail.com
Fundraising for the Church BuildingBook Sale Coffee Mornings Sat 25th May is the next dates. We have lots of new books and jig saws and marmalade for sale with coffee, sausage rolls and cakes to eat in or take away.
What’s not to like? An evening of comedy and music provided by five local people (not from this village). Saturday 29th June at 7.30pm in church with wine and nibbles at half time. £8 per person with under 16s free. Tickets available from Liz 766622, Margaret 767121 and John Evans 781251. Any questions to Margaret or Liz.
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The Suffolk Mobile Library van stops in the lay-by outside the chalet bungalows, from 9.50 to 10.05am. Then outside Haymead House in The Street from 10.10 to 10.25. Next visits – 2nd & 30th May 2024. Why not join the Library for books, CDs ad DVDs. Books on mobile libraries can be borrowed for 8 weeks. It is easy to sign up – just pop into the van on its next visit.
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Names of the winners for the Grand National Sweepstake, in aid of The Friends of St. Andrews:
First prize winners: Annette Chilvers, Dave Challinor, Polly Brown, Caitlin McKie and the Cutting Family.
Second place: Pip Thorogood, Sandra Cornish, Wes Nice, Sue Hollis and the Knights Family.
We raised just under £200 for Friends of St Andrew’s Church.
Thanks to Simon for helping with the collection.
Nigel and Sue Merriam
will take place in St Andrew’s Church at 7pm on 18th April. Please join us to elect churchwardens for the coming year, hear what is happening in the church and offer your thoughts. St Andrew’s is the only Grade 1 Listed Building in our village. The churchwardens, with the PCC members, are responsible for the maintenance of this historic part of the village and they would appreciate your help. We look forward to seeing everyone at the meeting and hearing ideas about preserving this important medieval building – it has served so many generations that we mustn’t be the ones to let it deteriorate.
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The Flower Festival 2024The 4th, 5th and 6th May Bank Holiday weekend will see the church full of beautiful flowers again. Open on Sat and Mon 10 to 4 and Sunday 11 to 4. Sadly, Robert and Rachel Cohen cannot play for us this year after all, but watch this space. There will be refreshments of course, and parking available in their field thanks to Alice and Richard Palmer.
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Wickham Skeith Village Breakfast
Date - Saturday 1st June Time - 9am to 10.30am Venue - Village Hall
BOOKING ESSENTIAL Please complete the form below, cut it out and post it in the Village Hall post box by Friday 24th May. Methods of payment, either
Name of Account: Wickham Skeith Village Hall Sort Code: 08-92-99
MENU (all sausages and bacon will be the best local produce)
Contact Details:
Any Queries to Village Hall treasurer Rosemarie Hayne at wsvh.treasurer@gmail.com
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To download and print a PDF copy of this order form please click HERE.
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New Grant from District Council The Cosy Homes installation project includes funding for loft insulation, cavity wall insulation and draft proofing works. For more information visit: https://www.midsuffolk.gov.uk/web/mid-suffolk/w/mid-suffolk-cosy-homes |
Wickham Skeith Oil Syndicate - how it works
Our village oil scheme has been running for 14 years now and in the last year ordered well over 100,000 litres of discounted oil for its members. if you’re not a member and would like to join, just drop me an email with contact details or give me a call if you don’t have email.
There’ll be five opportunities to place orders over the next 12 months. On or before: - 30 September - 30 November - 31 January - 31 March - 30 June
Before each of these dates I’ll place a reminder in the village newsletter and also send you an email reminder. Then let me know by email (or phone) that you’d like to be included in the next order. I’ll need to know: - address and telephone number(s) - unless you’ve ordered before - quantity required (min 500 litres) - any special instructions - eg concerning delivery
- price - expected delivery date - the company's contact details in case you need to speak to them directly
If you've any questions please ring Jerry on 765908 or email jerrybassett@icloud.com
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Village DefibrillatorAs villagers will be aware our defibrillator was used over the Easter weekend. This sad event has highlighted the importance of this piece of equipment to the village. So, I thought I would remind people about the device.
Defibrillator GuardianI am the Guardian of the defibrillator and as such am responsible for the upkeep of the device and ensuring that it is ready for use. Please contact me if there any problems regarding the defibrillator or if you have any questions. My contact details are: Julie Keable, Hawthorn Cottage, The Street, Wickham Skeith. Tel. 01449 766771 or 07724577383
My contact details will now be in the village Newsletter every month.
Location of DefibrillatorThe cabinet containing the defibrillator is on the external wall of the village hall (next to the car park and emergency exit).
In the event of an emergency - DIAL 999
They will ask you for the cabinet number – 2336 and Postcode – IP23 8LX
These numbers are also on the outside of the defibrillator cabinet. The 999 service will then give you the access code to allow you to open the cabinet. The defibrillator is portable and so can be taken to wherever it is needed.
999 will talk you through how to use the device and, once switched on, the device will also give you verbal and visual instructions.
You do not need training to use the device and once the pads are attached it will tell you when to shock and if NOT to shock.
The defibrillator cabinet also contains a defibrillator responder’s kit, which has cleansing wipes, tissues, disposable gloves, a razor, scissors for cutting clothing and a res-Cue mask if it is needed for CPR.
AFTER USE Please let me know the defibrillator has been used and return it to me. If I am not in leave me a message and, if possible, give the defibrillator to another member of the Parish Council.
DO NOT let the emergency services take the defibrillator with them. I have spare pads and can get the device fully working again. Thank you. Julie Keable
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I have recently taken on the guardianship of the village defibrillator and thought it would be a good time to remind villagers about the device.
Location - the defibrillator is located on the external wall of the village hall (next to the car park and emergency exit).
To access the device you will need to dial 999. They will then ask you for the cabinet number – 2334 and/or postcode of the device - IP23 8LX
These numbers are also on the outside of the defibrillator.
This information will be enable the 999 service to locate our defibrillator and give you the access code to allow you to get access to the device.
The defibrillator is portable and so can be taken to wherever it is needed in the village. 999 will talk you through how to use it and once it is switched on the device will also give you verbal and visual instructions.
No training is necessary to use the defibrillator but it would be useful if some villages have some training. I have contacted someone locally who can provide training for the defibrillator together with some resuscitation training. The cost of the training will be covered by the Parish Council and there are 10 places available for people who live in the village. The training takes about 2 hours and will include the use of a Resus Doll and training defibrillators.
If you are interested, please can you contact me as soon as possible. I can then organise a suitable date and time for the training.
If you have any queries regarding the defibrillator, please contact me. If I don’t know the answer, I will endeavour to find someone who does!
Julie Keable
juliekeable@btinternet.com
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