To the many folk who kindly donated in September to the Food Bank collection; it is so important that we continue to support this vital service and we will again support this charity at our Harvest Home on 4th October; and
To the churchyard mowers – Claire, Mitch, Tracey, Richard A, Jenny, Jacky, Debra and Richard T. Thanks also to Jacky and Debra for laying on the mid morning drinks and snacks and the delicious ploughman’s lunch.
Have you ever heard of “Repair Cafés”?
Established in 2007, there are now over 2500 Repair Cafés worldwide. The Rutland and Stamford Repair Cafés are part of the Repair Café International Foundation network.
They are a network of volunteers that can repair broken items. Repair Cafés are held monthly in the area of “Stamford, Uppingham and Oakham in turn”. If you would like to attend one of their events, the next one will be held in Stamford on Saturday, October 17th from 11:00 – 14:00 hrs.
Want to know more about the work they do and other projects that are taking place locally, such as Community Fridges in Rutland, then click on the link below to find out more.
A full list of dates for 2026 can be found plus general information about the Cafes.
https://www.rootandbranchout.co.uk/repair-cafe.html
Alternatively, if you would like to get in touch, please send an email to info@rootandbranchout.co.uk
Many thanks to everyone who attended the screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing in the Church last Thursday, September 24th. The event was attended by up to 50 people from Ridlington and around.
There was a very lively engagement from the audience, after watching the 50-minute film in which scientific experts highlight various aspects of the climate crisis that confront us. In the feedback session afterwards, people expressed feelings of frustration, anger but also hope.
Virtually everyone agreed that we should discuss further how best to take action as a community. In addition, thirty people signed the petition asking our local MP to join the parliamentary call for government to hold televised briefings on the climate and nature crisis. We will be delivering the petition to her shortly. If you were unable to sign the petition, you can always email Alicia Kearns soliciting her support at alicia.kearns.mp@parliament.uk.
A date for the next meeting is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 14th in the Village Hall. Stay tuned for more details.
We invite you to join us for Afternoon tea, coffee and cake at Ridlington Village Hall on
Sunday, November 1st 2026 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm 
To view the minutes taken at Ridlington Parish Council meeting held on Monday, September 21st in the Village Hall, please click on the link below.
Alternatively these can also be viewed on the website under Minutes, Agendas and Accounts 2026-2030.
First, and again with thanks to Margie for this one, “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” by Gabrielle Zevin – a book for all book lovers, celebrating books and those who read them. Each chapter starts with a book recommendation from the protagonist – a grumpy bookshop owner whose life is a mess (recently bereaved with a failing business) when it is all turned upside down by the arrival of Maya: you’ll need to read it to learn more!
Another recommendation (one of Sarah and Lisa’s) “Painter to the King” by Amy Sackville, a fictional biography of Diego Velazquez, the painter to King Philip IV of Spain. Took me a while to get into this one (not helped by the lack of punctuation – absence of speech marks) but have enjoyed it.
My recommendation for the month is “A Tidy Ending” by Joanna Cannon, a former hospital doctor specialising in psychiatry. Narrated by Linda who is good at solving puzzles but otherwise lives a very ordinary life: will you anticipate the twist?
Please come and join us for the ‘Curry Night’ on Saturday October 3rd 7.00 – 11.00pm. Delicious, spicy and tasty all lovingly prepared by Jan Powley. We will start with nibbles, followed by two choices of main course curries followed by dessert. Please bring your own drinks.
Places are limited to 35 for comfort. Please book your places early as it will be a sell-out. £15.00 pp payable in advance to Pat Roome (01572 821416).
As many of you know Lisa Klein and Sarah Tyerman are organising a community screening of “The People’s Emergency Briefing” on Thursday, September 24th 6:00 – 7:30pm in our Church, and Jacqueline Ike and I are helping out.
The event is open to everyone, including friends from Uppingham and surrounding villages. This is a free event and refreshments will be provided.
To help us get an idea of how many will be joining us, we’ve created a simple online ticketing system to help with registrations (see link).
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/ridlingtonpeoplesemergencybriefing/2397278
For those who are not online, we will be putting up posters with our contact details on so we can add them to the VIP list too! We will be promoting this on the Parish website, and please feel free to share this link far and wide with your friends and family.
Thank you.
Jamie
