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ECO CHURCH

The yearly mow of the churchyard is nearly upon us!  Meet at 11:00 on Saturday 5th September at the churchyard  – please bring your own strimmers and rakes.  If you think you’ll be able to help strim, rake or bag please let Debra know.  As has become our custom there will be a ploughman’s lunch at 3 Main Street after the mow;

Support Fair Trade Fortnight (21st September to 4th October).  Considering people, the planet and pay the theme is “Do it Fair” supporting fairer pay, sustainable practices and climate justice.  When shopping look out for the Fair Trade logo as on our tea and coffee in church – more information available from the Fair Trade Foundation; and

To mark the astronomical start of autumn join us on a short walk at Prior’s Coppice on Wednesday 23rd September at 4:00pm.  Please let Debra know if you intend to come so we can organise a car share.  Light refreshments available afterwards.

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RIDLINGTON TALKS CLIMATE

People’s Emergency Briefing: to be held on Thursday 24 September at 6:00pm in the Church of St Mary Magdalene and St. Andrew, Ridlington – all are welcome.

Record heatwaves, parched fields and grass, shrunken reservoirs, threat of wildfires – for many of us, this has been our summer this year.

The People’s Emergency Briefing starts with a 50-minute public information film in which leading experts present evidence on the climate and nature crisis. It is followed by a facilitated discussion so that everyone gets the chance to reflect on what it means for us as individuals and for society.

The People’s Emergency Briefing is independently commissioned: it’s not a party-political initiative, nor is it faith-led.

Its central purpose is
– to raise awareness
– to create conditions in which communities can collectively find a way to make better-informed and compassionate choices about the realities we face

You won’t be expected to be an expert. You are very welcome to contribute observations, questions, reflections or just listen.

Just bring your curiosity to know more and talk about what the nature and climate crisis means for you.

Join us in Ridlington Church (by kind permission of Revd. Peter Collins) on Thursday 24 September at 6:00-7:30pm.  Refreshments will be provided!

To RSVP or for more details, contact either Sarah Tyerman at sarahtlondon@aol.com or Lisa Klein at lisak5403@gmail.com.

 

 

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VILLAGE HALL – BEING CHARGED FOR BIN COLLECTION

All Village Halls in Rutland have heard that from September 1st they will be charged to have both the black & grey bins emptied. This amounts too £364 pa ( £14 pw ) for the black bin. Grey bin is £313 pa (£12 pw). This collection would presumably be done at the same time our house bins are collected as happens at present.

A week ago the question was asked if this was to be a yearly charge or per bin collection.  The case of most small village halls like ours the bins only get put out after an event such as teas or coffee mornings which in our case is single figures each year. As yet no reply from Catmose,  or even being told of these charges directly. I only found out from Empingham VH Committee a couple of weeks ago.

A campaign is being organised by Empingham VH Committee supported by other Village Hall Committees to try and get the County Council to drop these charges. This includes a petition which I have for people to sign. If you wish to sign it, let me know and I will bring it round to you.

To sum up what this will mean for the Village Hall’s finances our Hall hire income for last year was £770 which is about the same the County Council is saying we should pay to get the VH bins emptied each year.

Kind regards,
Dave Roome – Chairman
Ridlington VH Committee /Trustees
01572 821416

SCOTT & SCOTT POP UP SHOP – AUGUST 29TH

Hi Everyone,

We are having our next pop-up shop on Saturday, August 29th.  We would normally have it on 1st Saturday in September but due to various other events locally we have decided to go for this coming Saturday.  If anyone prefers to come on September 5th or any other day please feel free to ring or text me and you will be most welcome.

We have fresh venison lined up for this coming Saturday, also Pork and Apple Burgers, Beef and Minty Lamb Burgers will be available from the freezer.  We will have fresh homemade sausage, Bacon, and eggs – that’s breakfast, brunch or BBQ sorted!.

There will also be a limited amount of freshly baked sourdough from the AGA, feel free to order to secure your loaf.  Our usual selection of Beef, Lamb and Pork will be available from the freezers, as well as Ready meals and some sweet treats.

If you would like to order fresh venison, please let me know your bespoke requests by this Wednesday evening so I can ask our butcher to prepare the cuts. As always any orders welcome, any queries or questions, please do not hesitate to drop me a message or call me.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 29th ONLY…….10% OFF SHOULDER OF LAMB, ASSORTED SIZED JOINTS AVAILABLE.

With kind regards,
Sue
Scott & Scott (Ayston) Ltd
Home Farm
Preston Lane,
Ayston
Rutland, LE15 9BL
Tel: 07803 000 465

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FOOD BANK COLLECTION – NEXT DATE

Please continue to support this very worthwhile local charity – if every household donated one item a month the boxes would be full by each of the collection days – the next one is on 19th August. 

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PEOPLE’S EMERGENCY BRIEFING

PEOPLE’S EMERGENCY BRIEFING is a film, compiled by climate and nature experts, intended to provide a catalyst for a public conversation about the growing climate emergency. After the recent heatwaves, it seems like the ideal moment to have that conversation! With the Rector’s agreement, Lisa Klein and Sarah Tyerman are hoping to  organize a screening in our Eco church. Exact date to be fixed very soon.

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WITH THANKS

 

Thank You to the many folk who kindly donated in July to the Food Bank collection; it is so important that we continue to support this vital service;

Thank You to all those who helped set up, made, baked, served, and washed up at the Afternoon Tea on 12th July – funds raised will be shared between the church, playing field and village hall; and

Thank You to Jacky for organising the Osprey walk at Lyndon Nature Reserve on 18th July.

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ECO CHURCH

Can you spare 15 minutes to count butterflies?  We’ll participate in the Big Butterfly Count again this year – meet at the churchyard at 14:00 on Sunday, 9th August and we’ll then move onto the playing field.  Citizen science at its best – who doesn’t smile when they see a butterfly?

The yearly mow of the churchyard is nearly upon us!  Meet at 11:00 on Saturday, 5th September at the churchyard  – please bring your own strimmers and rakes.  If you think you’ll be able to help strim, rake or bag please let Debra know.  As has become our custom there will be a ploughman’s lunch at 3 Main Street after the mow.