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St Michael and All Angels, RoxwellParish Information
Priest in charge: Reverend Karen BestTel: 01245 248157 e-mail: [email protected] mobile: 07845243586
Church WardensMrs A. Page Tel: 249 089Mrs M. Brookes Tel: 248 230Flower OrganiserMrs M. Brookes Tel: 248 230Sunday ClubMr R. Woolley Tel: 248 365Parochial Church CouncilSecretary: Mrs P Bruce Tel: 237 381Treasurer: Mr M. Roper Tel: 249 033Cooksmill GreenCongregational ChurchMrs. L. Bridges Tel: 248 208Mr. P. Aston Tel: 248 685Roxwell Primary SchoolHead: Mr P. Wadsworth Tel: 248 229Caretaker: Mr E. Murkin Tel: 248 603Reading Room BookingsMrs Pam Page Tel: 248638Friends of Roxwell SchoolChair: Mrs Katie DayTel: 01277 896082Secretary:Mrs Kathy HadleyTel: 07815614426
Memorial HallChair: Mr W. HandsBooking Secretary:Molly Howlett Tel: 248 714E-mail: [email protected] ClubMiss E. North Tel: 248 311Women's InstituteMrs M. Brookes Tel: 248 230Social ClubMrs. K Scott Tel: 248 829Roxwell Arts GroupChris & Barry Dixon Tel: 248 026BrowniesMiss L. Smith Tel: 07856615621Youth Activity GroupMrs B Murkin Tel: 248 603Pre-school GroupMrs. M. Gray Tel: 248 049
Parent Toddler GroupMrs Mel Shipley Tel: 07889998927Dance ClubMrs H. Buckley Tel: 248 177
Parish Councilwww.roxwellpc.org.ukChair: Mr C. PavittClerk: Mrs L.Green Tel: 01206 384 159Footpath rep: Mr M. Page Tel: 248 638Allotment warden: Mr K. Childs Tel: 248 676Chelmsford Borough CouncillorMrs. N. Chambers Tel: 456 719Essex County Councillor Mr. J. Aldridge Tel: 421 524Neighbourhood WatchMr D. Revell Tel: 248 541
Village AgentMs Jo MetsonMobile: 07540 720 609V A Freephone: 0800 977 58 58
PoliceNon-emergency number 0300333444Chelmsford Police Station Tel: 491 212Community Policing Team Mob: 07970 765 437 07817 454 525Mobile libraryWednesdays fortnightly: 9.10-9.30 @Boyton Cross (Maskells)Thursdays fortnightlyCooksmill Green 10.30-10.45St. Michael’s Drive 11.05-11.20Memorial Hall 11.25-11.40
Articles for the June 2011 edition of the Roxwell Recorder should be sent,no later than Friday 20th May-, to the editor Glynn Eastman - at‘Red Gables’, The Street, Roxwell, CM1 4PETel: 01245 248 228 E-mail: geastman@supanet. com
Roxwell Websites; www.roxwellpc.org.uk www.roxwellvillage.co.uk www.cooksmillgreenchurch.org
Roxwell Recorder is published by Roxwell Church, supported by village organisations and distributed free of charge to all homesin Roxwell. Non -residents/visitors are requested to make a 25p donation for each edition
From the VicarThe Boss’s’ Leaving Party: From January to June, in myhouse, as a child, there was a birthday to celebrate nearlyevery month, (6 of us children and mum and dad), and thenas the family has grown, the celebrations have grown withthem. I am sure yours is the same.The church has its fair share of celebrations and the nextcelebration for us is Ascension Day, when we mark themoment when Jesus returned to heaven. If you have everexperienced a lovely spiritual/divine moment, religious experience, whatev-er word you like to use, you will know how difficult it is sometimes to retellthe story, but the ascension of Jesus’ ‘disappearing into heaven’ is record-ed in Mark, Luke and Acts in the bible.If I were to comment on it using modern parallels, I would say, that atascension the writers were describing the leaving party for Jesus, minusthe streamers, balloons and cake. All the farewell speeches had alreadybeen said, Jesus had already told the disciples to expect him to leave. Hehad already prayed for them and encouraged them to keep the firm goingand he had given them precise details about how to do that. Instead of thedisciples sending Jesus off with a present, Jesus had left instruc-tions and left a present that he told them would arrive a little afterhis absence, and that they should wait!! That’s a tough ask.Company: JC & Friends. Company Motto: “That they may all be one”. Soare we talking here about one nuclear family, one extended family, onenational family, one international family or one cosmic family.My relationship with Jesus tells me that Jesus was speaking about a cosmicunity with all creation, because when the ‘present’ finally arrived, ie theHoly Spirit of God, it just happened to come when everyone was around.[Here I am straying into the territory of the next church celebration ofPentecost]When the Holy Spirit came they were all gathered together in one place.Then there is a long list of different cultures and peoples, with differentlanguages, and all the types that human beings come in. They were thereon that day ‘devout Jews from every nation under heaven’ as the bible putsit, and many more others beside.Maybe, you are thinking of the next present for someone in your family,hoping that you make the right choice, in order to bring some happiness onthe birthday, anniversary, baby birth, graduation, exam success, healthimprovement etc etc.Jesus’ life showed us that he too wanted to ensure that we should be‘happy/blessed’ in our lives, and he demonstrated this by his own life. Howto live and love, how to die, how to rise above and how to live out the firm’smotto. As I say, it is a tall ask, and clearly we have a lot more growing todo in achieving this oneness, but it’s okay, because typically of God, thebible tells us that Jesus is with us anyway, through His Spirit and at somestage he will return to restore all things and claim you. Until then, wecontinue to bless and be blessed.
Love and blessings, Karen
Number 5 Volume XXX1 May 2011
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Forthcoming ServicesMay 2011
A WARM WELCOME TOALL AT ALL SERVICES
15th MayEASTER 4
8am Holy Communion (BCP)Officiant: Rev’d Karen Best
10am All Angels Service for All AgesOfficiant: Rev’d Karen Best with Canon Richard MoreReaders: Ruth Dibbens Tony LuxfordIntercessor: Angela PerryAltar Flowers: Josie Beckwith
A Prayer service is held at 9.30amon Thursdays, except festival days.Use the Prayer Board in church tolet us know of your prayer needs.
1st MayEASTER 2
10am Family CommunionOfficiant: Rev’d Karen BestReaders: Glynn Eastman David ClarkIntercessor: Ruth DibbensAltar Flowers: Judith Woolley
8th MayEASTER 3
10am Holy CommunionOfficiant: Rev’d Karen BestReaders: Michael Roper Karen BestIntercessor: Glen MeyerAltar Flowers: Glen Meyer
22nd MayEASTER 5
10am Holy CommunionOfficiant: Rev’d Michael HallReaders: Shirley Moody Karen BestIntercessor: Ann PageAltar Flowers: Liz Towns
29th MayEASTER 6
10am Holy CommunionOfficiant: Brother LawrenceReaders: Ann Page Richard WoolleyIntercessor: Michael Roper
6.30pm Evensong UNITED SERVICEw. Highwood, Writtle and Cooksmill Green
2nd JuneASCENSION DAY
7.30pm Holy CommunionOfficiant: Rev’d Karen BestReaders: Julie Robinson Steve RobinsonIntercessor: Richard Woolley
5th JuneEASTER 7
10am Family CommunionOfficiant: Rev’d Karen BestReaders: Glen Meyer David ClarkIntercessor: Marie BrookesAltar Flowers: Betty Deakin
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PRAYERS IN THE SUNSHINEThank you Lord, for the benefits we enjoy in the sunshine and warmermornings. It is so lovely to wake up to the music of the song birds – farmore pleasant than John Humphrys on a dark winter morning! Now thatmaybe we find it easier to get ourselves up and about, it would be good tooffer some prayers in the sunshine, whilst we amble around the village.If anyone would like to join me for prayers in the sunshine – we shallleave the church at 7.30 am and pray for just 30 minutes at variousvenues throughout the village. Bring the dogs if you would like to – themost important thing is to pray. All sorts of prayers allowed!! Silent orspoken. You may wish to bring a symbol of your love for God eg a crossor a stone/flower/icon etc or something that speaks to you about ourcreator and use this as your prayer offering in the 45 minutes we spendtogether. [Come for a short or longer time as suits] Please see belowthe praying places for the month of May 7.45 am – 8.30 am:
Tuesday 3rd : Church LawnTuesday 10th : Green Lane Bus stopTuesday 17th: The ChequersTuesday 24th: The SchoolTuesday 31st: St Michael’s Drive
ASCENSION DAY SERVICES AT ROXWELL CHURCHAscension Day Service at church on Thursday 2nd June at 7.30 pm.This service will be a traditional said Holy Communion Service withsermon, using the modern Anglican Communion Service book.After this service at 8.15 pm – 9 pm, there will be a reflective,meditative service using lots of candles, and silent and spoken prayer,taize chants, bible readings and spiritual reflections on ascension.Chairs will be available, but you are welcome to bring your own cushionfor informal seating in the carpeted side chapel area if you wish. Bringyour own small candle and stand to contribute to the setting also, if youwish.Everyone is welcome. Come and celebrate in some way the ascension ofJesus who is seated at the right hand of God and who has not abandonedus to the insecurities of the world, but is always with us and continuesin heaven to pray for us. Come to one or both services, whichever is yourpreference.
The Next Open Forum Meeting is on Thursday 9th June at RoxwellVicarage at 7.45 pm – 9.30 pm‘Pentecost: Living in the Power of the Spirit.’
Yesterday I was clever. That is why I wanted to change the world.Today I am wise. That is why I am changing myself. Sri Chinmoy
No emails or texts in sight, just conversation and discussion about spiritual, philo-sophical and theological issues in a friendly context. Session opens with a short intro-duction to our theme and concludes with refreshments. Tea, Coffees/Herbal Drinks.Contact Doug Kingsley 0777 550 4648
Our next coffee morning will be on Friday 13 May for Christian Aid.This will be the last until September as cream teas will be taking placeon a Sunday afternoon on the Church lawns.Looking forwarding to seeing you all on 13 May, 10 - 12 in the ReadingRoom . If you haven't been before please come along for a coffee andhomemade cake and enjoy a morning with friends and neighbours.
Robbie, Angela, Eileen & Greta
Our All Angel Services are at 10am on15th May: What does God want me to do in his Church?
19th June: Celebrating Father’s DayThese Sundays offer an alternative style to our regular communion servicesalso held at 10 am. The All Angel Services are around 45 minutes long and puttogether to help us think about our relationship with God in creative ways; theyare usually participation led rather than a sermon and we aim to make itcomfortable for all the family, all ages are always welcome!
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“A tractor as a fashion accessory” isnot a headline you see very often –even in women’s pages! However,that may be about to change. Lastmonth Ongar YFC organised a charitytractor run – you may have seen uschug through the village. One tractor,owned and driven by an attractiveyoung lady, had had a serious makeo-ver. It was a 1950’s Ferguson TE 20 orlittle grey Fergy, as they are popularlyknown, but this one had had a spec-tacular spray job and whilst still sport-ing the traditional grey engine and rearaxle, its mudguards and bonnet werefinished in a delicate Lady Penelopepink - and inlaid with silver glitter. Thiswas repeated in highlights to the oilfiller, and dipstick and created a dra-matic effect that just had to be seen.No doubt it will feature at the YoungFarmers Country Show next month,just across the road at Boyton Hall. Ifyou STILL have not been, make a datefor 22nd May - and see the new fashionicon, alongside lots of fascinatingcountry things.
The chestnut trees are bursting intocandle along with the whitethorn, ormay flower, to provide nature’s annualspectacle; surely, the most beautifultime of year, even more beguiling withthe sunshine upon it, how I love thisseason. However, should that sun stillbe relentlessly shining when you readthis then something serious will begoing on down on the farm. Comment-ing here on a prolonged spell ofweather is sure to change it beforepublication, and I sure hope that hap-pens this time! Writing this on MaundyThursday, the weather is literally a hot
topic. Glorious sunshine day after day,it feels more like July than April, and isprobably the fairest spring I can everremember; but it is getting very dry. Noreal rain for two months and we arenow into the period when crops growmost rapidly and need lots of moistureto take up nutrients and sustain thatgrowth. This morning BBC Essex in-terviewed Robert, my nephew andfarming partner, about how the dryweather was affecting the crops. Hequite rightly said that on our heavy(high clay content) soils, crops areholding up well so far, but farmers onlighter, gravely soils were already see-ing drought stress. My father oftensaid ‘it’s a pity fine weather does anyharm’, but it does if prolonged, andshould we continue into May withoutrain, farmers around Roxwell and in-deed England, will be in unknown ter-ritory and deeply troubled. We do notknow how a drought this early in thegrowing season will affect things. If wesee no rain for a further month thencrops will be literally dying in the fields,unable to take up fertiliser or form aseed head. Leaves of cereal crops willfirst curl up in a tube shape to mini-mise further moisture loss but thenmust wither and die. Spring sowncrops with shallower rooting systemswill be first to suffer, but if wheat cropssown last autumn should follow, whatprice then a loaf of bread? Not onlyfarmers, but also life on earth dependson summer rain of some sort. Withoutany we are in deep shtuk. Anyway,let’s hope plan A, above, works!If you want to contact me on anythingagricultural, or contribute an article,email me at [email protected] or call07973 627452. Ralph Metson
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Open Meeting for all the CommunityMonday 16th. May at 7.30pm in church
How can the church serve Roxwell better Come and tell us how best your church might help you and dis-cuss with others ways in which the church can serve everybodyin our community better, and that includes you! Please come .Look out for a detailed letter at the beginning of May.
It will be great to see you on the evening of 16th May.
An Historian Looks at the BibleThursday, 26th May at 7.45pm in the Church
The Bible is an unequalled historical source, covering aperiod of more than 2,000 years and containing a mass of
information about past events and the people involved in them. Buthow are we to interpret that past and what does it tell us for today?As part of the Church's celebration of the 400th Anniversary of theKing James Bible, Michael Roper will explain how he applies histraining and experience as an historian to the study of the Bible.Join us and hear how that approach can shed new light on someof its familiar stories.
COMING AGAIN SOON !!CREAM TEAS ON THE CHURCH LAWN
Note the following Sundays26th June, 10th and 24th July, 7th and 21st August
The annual roxwell revealed walkTakes place this year on the afternoon of Sunday June 4th
We’ll start around Boyton Hall and finish at Skreens Lodge going viaGreat Newarks and Newlands Hall. Again this year there will be an
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Final details are not yet available and as there will not be anotherRecorder before the walk PLEASE phone or e-mail your intention
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How is Roxwell going to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubileenext year? How are we going to better the celebrations we hadfor the Silver Jubilee in 1977 and the Golden Jubilee in 2002?Come along to the Memorial Hall on Tuesday 17th May at7.30pm when, under the auspices of the Parish Council we’ll bediscussing what we want to do and how we’ll be doing it. Comealong as a keen individual or as a representative of your Groupor Club and let’s really get the planning started. Also availableon the night will be material showing how we celebrated in ‘77& ‘02. See you there!
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INTER-VILLAGE OLYMPIC GAMES???‘In view of the national excitement that will surround the 2012 London Ol-ympics, it is proposed that local villages might hold an ‘Inter-Village Olym-pic Games’, thereby strengthening our sense of community and having alot of fun together’.Is this a suggestion you agree with and would like to help develop?A number of people have discussed how this might work and are liasingwith neighbouring parishes to gauge interest there too. Current thoughtsare events would start in spring 2012, some maybe taking place on the cel-ebration day for the Queen’s diamond Jubilee, and would culminate on aGrand finals day on 7th July at a giant BBQ party.
Possible village groupings considered are– Roxwell village with Boyton Cross; Willingale, Berners Roding, Beauchamp Roding;
Good Easter, High Easter, Chalk End,Margaret Roding Highwood, Radley Green, Cooksmill Green, Newney Green;
The sporting and other activites could include whatever people wanted to do.There’s already an interest in cricket, football, tug o’ war, bridge, badminton,running, equestrian, bowls, tennisNot all events need be seriously competitive, but rather be inclusive, family-orientated and fun. Already scheduled and annual events in various villageswhich take place around this time could be given an Olympic spin andincluded in the events programme, thereby drawing the villages together.The local schools would have a key role, as would the Churches, andhopefully, most local organisations. What a marvellous opportunity for thenew web site too! EXCITED? Eager to get involved? Like to organise one of the sports? Notsure yet whether you want to get involved? Or even think it’s a daft idea?GET IN TOUCH AND GIVE YOUR VIEWS TO HUGH DIBBENS Tel. 01245 248 173 e-mail [email protected]
Roxwell Craft CircleThere have now been 3 very successful Tuesday afternoon meetings of themonthly craft circle. Typically there are about 10-13 people at each of themeetings. The craft circle is an opportunity to get together informally and sharedifferent crafting ideas, have a chat and enjoy a cup of tea. The crafts haveincluded knitting, sewing, applique, crochet, rag-rugging, card making etc.If anyone else is interested in attending, either for the whole afternoon, or justto pop in for half an hour or so, then please contact Jan on 248644.
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March 23rd. We had an afternoon of Bingo and Quiz as our plannedspeaker had to change dates. After tea and biscuits served by Valerieand helpers, we had the raffle. This was given by Pauline Spink andChris Clark. The sweet jar was won by Sheila Johnson.April 13th. We all went by car to Hylands for lunch. It was a lovely dayand we were well looked after by the staff. As we were out there was noraffle or sweet jar this week.We have a few outings coming up and would welcome any new orprospective members to join us. Come and give us a try!
Chris Clark
This year as well as making scarecrows during the summer holidays inpreparation for The Roxwell Village Fete on Saturday September 3rd,there will be also be a STAR PRIZE of a bicycle for the person that hasgrown the tallest sunflower. It could be you !! It will be fun as well asbeautiful to have so many sunflowers on show in Roxwell and thesurrounding villages, so we hope you will take part in the competition.It will cost £1.00 to enter and you may do this by completing a registra-tion form available at the Chequers or Village Shop and returning toCarol Lake at The Chequers before the last day in May.You are welcome to get your own seeds but Carol has seeds & instruc-tions for those that would like them and are free of charge when youhand in your form. Seeds should be planted by the end of May, but thesooner you plant them the sooner they will start to grow.The tallest flowers will be measured by a judge on 31st August so be sureto keep your recording slip which is included when you register tomeasure the height of your sunflower a few days before that day andhand it to Carol in time. The winner will be announced on the day of the feteSATURDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER.We are all looking forward to seeing lots of your beautiful flowers.
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I can remember when I was quite young on a dayout with my family and being allowed for the firsttime to spend a little time apart from my parentsand to meet up at an agreed time and place.Adults sometimes forget what it is like to be younger and so if youfeel you can help me with those memories – I would love to hear fromyou. Thanks. KarenI hope that you feel that Roxwell Church is there for you and wewould love to know what else we can do to make sure that you alwaysfeel this way. Adults were asked to fill out a census in March. Hereis a short questionnaire for you, the younger members of our village.Please answer where you can, and please post the replies to thevicarage................................................................................................................................Do you ever think about God?
Do you find it helpful to think about God?
Do you have your own bible?
Would you like to learn more about the life of Jesus?
Could you tell us how you would like to do this?
Thanks so much for answering these questions. It will be a greathelp to know what you think. If you want to include your name – thatis fine, but it is not necessary. Finally, please check with yourparents that it is okay to complete this..Please post to: The Vicarage Roxwell
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Essex County Winter Champions 2005-2006Essex County Summer Champions 2007 & 2009
We now have the full details of the completion for the Winter League,Division one West and despite a great effort from our bowlers we managedto finish in only Fourth position. I say “only” but the final figures show ourbowlers grafted hard to finish only five points behind Chelmer Village whofinished in first position and only one point behind Purleigh and Pleshey asthe League Table shows:
So all the signs indicate that the bowling skills are increasing across theDivision One West and we need to be part of it. We have increased ourstrength in bowlers over the last year or so and those more recent inclusionsare already showing good skills. However, we still need more bowlers andthe increase in new residents in the village may provide some new bowlers.The old patter still applies as follows;if you’re interested in Carpet Bowling then pop into the Village Hallon any Monday night, which is practice night. You can have a try atbowling or just enjoy watching. Enjoy a drink at the bar or have achat with the bowlers. Hoping to see you there, Jim Harrington
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SUCCESSFUL COFFEE MORNING THANKSThank you to everyone who came to our very successful coffeemorning on 25 March. This time we raised £185.20 for the Curtis RultonFund. Curtis needs frequent special physio and hopefully this will go alittle way to helping with this.Robbie, Angela, Eileen & Greta
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The April and May Recorders were devoting pages to letters from potentialRoxwell Parish Councillors explaining why they think we should vote for them.Last month we had 3 prospective Councillors write saying who they were andwhy they wanted to represent us. Unfortunately, since then, nominations closedand once again not enough people had been nominated to require an election.Also unfortunately those who did seek nomination but hadn’t responded to theinvitation in the March and April Recorders for them to write in, seemed toconsider it unnecessary to write and explain to all Parishioners who they are andwhy they want to represent and what they want to achieve for Roxwell over thenext 4 years. Hopefully they might like to correct that for next month’s Recorder,space will always be allocated for personal aims and Roxwell connections ofCouncillors who will be managing a budget of virtually £14,000 collected fromresidents this year.In fact there will still be vacancies for Parish Councillors when the new ParishCouncil meets for the first time on May 11th at 7.30 in the School. The newParish Council has powers to adopt people onto the Council if they wish, so ifyou are interested in becoming a Councillor and yet failed to get your nomina-tion papers in on time or were just nervous of being on a ballot paper, write tothe Clerk of the Parish Council, Mrs. L. Green, 23 Glebe View, West Mersea,Colchester, CO5 8GH expressing your interest in being co-opted, - but do itNOW to ensure the letter gets there before the 11th.Have you noticed the original lamp posts along the street did get painted byECC at last following the campaign last year? Along our 300m Street we nowhave 6 black lamp-posts(one still awaiting a new light) 12 green ones, one silverone and one concrete one. Nice!And the nice new tarmac path from Church Green to the Street that ECC hasat last repaired. Shame that in one section the weeds are already lifting thetarmac presumably because the contractors didn’t prepare the base correctly!But at least the new path is just in time for the grand re-opening of the shop!Best wishes to Maria and Dave in this most important endeavour for the village.Please support them as much as you can so that they can win back the PostOffice and the National Lottery soon. It’s fantastic that they’ll be open 7 days aweek and open ‘til 8pm on Mondays to Saturdays. GOOD LUCK!!Finally, you’ll haveread in the last 2Down on the Farmarticles by RalphMetson about thevintage tractors go-ing through the vil-lage. Thanks toDavid Clark for thispicture of the eventfor all of us whomissed it.
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Hatfield Broad OakSt Mary’s Church47th Flower Festival,Sat.28th,Sun.29th,Mon 30th May‘Famous Folk’ is the theme of the47th annual Flower Festival in StMary’s Church and churchyard. Thespectacular floral displays in churchand art exhibition are inspirationalwithin the historic setting of this12th century Church. Come and en-joy a fun-filled festival with a varie-ty of activities that ensures a greatfamily day out. Follow us on Twitterfor all the latest news:www.twitter.com/HBO_FlowerFest
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Please make a note of the new Neighbourhood Policing tele-phone number 07817 454525.
Scams – I am sure you are as fed up as I am with all the unwantedtelephone sales calls, email offers, doorstep sellers and junk mail etc.The best way to deal with all these problems is - If you have not invitedsomeone to contact or call on you, SAY NO THANK YOU and sendthem away.
You may be asked by unscrupulous people for your bank or credit carddetails by phone or email. Again the best way to deal with this is – Ifyou did not invite someone to contact or call you, SAY NO THANKYOU and send them away.
The next Rural Neighbourhood Action Panel meeting is to held inRoxwell Primary School on Wednesday 8th June at 7.00 pm. If youwish to hear what is happening in your area, discuss any issues, orraise any concerns about your village or surrounding area, please feelfree to attend. You will be very welcome.
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The launch of www.roxwellvillage.co.ukA Roxwell Village website has been talked about for some time. Weare pleased to say that with a few very committed individuals the site isnow live and we want your feedback!With any website, it is only as good as the content on the pages. Thisis where we need your help. We want to make it a real hub of informa-tion and the first place you go to (alongside the Roxwell Recorder) forinformation on the village, to find out what’s going on, and who to con-tact if you need anything.
� Every group within the village has a page to make use of asthey wish.
� If you have something to tell the village, make sure we knowabout it - it’ll go in the Recorder and on the website from justone notification!
� We will also be using the site to gain feedback from you onevents and on ideas for future events.
Please, please send us your views. The more people we can get in-volved, the better the village will prosper and benefit.We will also be welcoming any local businesses that would like to ad-vertise on the site. Due to a very smart web designer, it will certainlyopen up your businesses to a wider audience outside the village onGoogle searches. If you already advertise in the Roxwell Recorder,we’ll be making arrangements for them to also appear on the site.www.roxwellvillage.co.uk will be a showcase, a shop window for thevillage we love. Please help us to make it a great shop window! Whynot make Roxwell your home page and then always be up to date withwhat’s happening in our village.
Wanted: One Roxwell Revealed project just beginning is to make afilm/DVD of Roxwell life over the last 60 years, we’re hoping to complete itin time for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee. But we need help - have you anyvideos or movies of Roxwell or it’s events that we could copy and edit ?What about videos or super 8 movies of Pantomimes, Festivals, Floods,School plays, Sports events? Please speak to Glynn Eastman on 248228 totalk about what you have and how we can use it
Roxwell Revealed’s Sloe gin competitionDid you make your Sloe Gin last autumn? Or any other RoxwellHedgerow Drink? The Judging for this will now take place at theChurch Garden Fete on 18th June, so bring your samples along for
public recognition and a prize!Didn’t get round to making any? You’ve still just got time to makenettle beer, dandelion wine or elderflower fizz with this springs
flowers and enter it in this competition!
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From our County CouncillorBig Society Fund:If you or your Community Group thas applied to the County Council forcommunity project funding, there has been a change of name to the BigSociety Fund. It builds on the success of the Community Initiatives Fund, RetailEnterprise Fund and Making the Links Project Fund, and is designed to:
o create or develop new community assets;o enhance existing community assets;o create or sustain initiatives and services that strengthen communities in
Essex towns and villages.The Big Society Fund has been developed to be more flexible and responsiveto the needs of the community as it now allows for some grants to be givenquickly to meet immediate needs while placing over 50% of awards under thecontrol of local communities. There will be three pathways to funding viz:
o Big Society Community Fund (capital)o Quick Response Capital Fundingo Quick Response Revenue Funding
To apply to the Big Society Fund, please contact the County Council’s GrantCoordinator on 01245 437 887 or complete an Expression of Interest Formand email or post it back to the Grant Coordinator. Full details of the BigSociety Grant Fund can be found in the Guidance Document on the ECCwebsite www.essex.gov.uk/bigsocietyfundResponsibility for Concessionary Fares to Transfer At the end of last year the County Council announced that it was taking overthe management of concessionary travel for the over 60’s and disabled peoplein Essex. This new arrangement started on 1st April and the County Councilhas been working closely with District and Borough Councils to ensure thetransition is as smooth as possible for residents. As well as the statutoryminimum requirements set out by the Department for Transport, the pass willalso have two discretionary elements viz:
oFree travel between 9am and midnight from Monday to Friday and allday at weekends and on Bank Holidays
oA companion pass (for holders with severe disabilities) to allow freetravel on registered local bus services for one extra person accompanying them Existing pass holders can continue using their passes as normal and they willremain valid until the expiry date on the front of the pass. Renewals and newpasses can be obtained by collecting application forms from Chelmsford Bor-ough Council who will continue to process application forms and deal withqueries. Chelmsford Borough Council’s Concessionary Fares Office can becontacted on 01245 606400.
If you have any problems about County Council matters please let me knowon 01245 421524 or [email protected]
Cllr. John Aldridge - April 2011
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What’s on in RoxwellDate Event Group Venue
Sunday 8th May2.30pm
Songs of Praisewith Tea
Chelmsford WelshSociety
Church
Tues 10th May7.30pm
Roxwell MemorialHall AGM
Memorial Hall Man-agement Committee
Memorial Hall
Weds. 11th May7.30pm
Parish Council Meet-ing
Parish Council School
Fri. 13th May10-12
Coffee Morning forChristian Aid
church Reading Room
Mon . 16th May7.30pm
Public Forum reChurch
PCC Church
Tues. 17th May7.30pm
Public Forum re Dia-mond jubilee
Parish council Memorial Hall
Sun 22nd May3pm
Indian Buffet w.entertainment
RRAGE India Lounge
Sun. 22nd May10 - 5
Young FarmersShow
Essex Young Farmers Boyton Hall Farm
Tues 24th &Thurs 26th May
Open Garden10am-5pm
National GardenScheme
“Dragons”
Thurs 26th May7.30pm
Talk An historianlooks at the Bible
PCC Church
Mon 30th May10am - 5pm
Open Gardenlunches &teas
Cooksmill GreenChurch
1,Chapel LaneCooksmill Green
Weds 8th Jun19.00
Rural NeighbourhoodAction Panel
Local Policing Team School
Thurs 9th Jun7.45
Open Forum Meeting Vicarage
Sun 12th Jun Parish Walk Roxwell Revealed Boyton Hall toSkreens Lodge
Fri. 17th Jun Summer Ball Roxwell Pre-school tba
Sat 18th Jun12.30 -4pm
Garden Fete Church Old Mill House
Sun 26th Jun2-4.30
Church Teas PCC Church Lawn
Sat 3rd Sept Village Fete tba
ROXWELL PARISH CHURCHproudly presents a
Gardenfete
at
OLD MILLHOUSE
Stonehill Road, Roxwellon
Saturday 18th June12.30 to 4pm
Admission £1 adults, children free
SLOE GIN COMPETITION FINALS
STAL
LSICE CREAM
GAMES
RAFFLES
PONY
RIDES
FUN DOG SHOWBARBCUE
TEAS
SIDE
SHOW
STOMBOLAS
