August 2022

17 Buckden Roundabout August 2022 Village News Bookings This month we have a 90 th birthday party, a kids birth- day party, the Buckden Gardener ’ s Autumn Show (20 th ) and a NHSBT Blood Donor session (26 th ) among our regular hirers. RightStart classes These strength and balance classes, run by HDC, are proving very popular. These classes combine strength, balance and coordination exercises to target and im- prove mobility, agility and flexibility. The classes take place in the main Hall every Thursday 11am – 12pm. You can pay as you go or book up to 7 days in advance on the One Leisure app or phone HDC on 01480 388111. CCTV around the Hall building With the school summer holidays in full swing, I just wanted to remind everyone that the building does have CCTV cameras covering the entire building, in- cluding the doorways … Bicycle rack Thank you to Buckden Parish Council which has paid for the new bicycle racks out the front of the Hall. They have also installed some in the High Street too. Conference Rooms for hire We have three conference rooms that are great for corporate bookings, plus the main Hall for larger meetings/training sessions. We have reduced hire rates for residents of Buckden/Stirtloe/Diddington so if you would rather walk to your next meeting than get stuck in traffic, please email me! We can also offer refreshments/buffet lunch so we are a one - stop - shop for your meeting needs! How all of you can help Buckden Village Hall when buying online It costs a lot of money to maintain the Hall and of course right now with the utility prices being astro- nomical, it ’ s costing even more. There are two ways in which everyone can help to raise money for the Trust while simply shopping online and it doesn ’ t cost a pen- ny! 1. Go to www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/ buckdenvillagehall 2. Sign up for free 3. Get shopping! It doesn ’ t cost you anything more the online shops make the donations and are collected by easyfundraising and automatically sent to us! There are no catches or hidden charges, and Buckden Village Hall Trust will be extremely grateful for your donations, especially at this challenging time. If you shop using Amazon You can shop and donate to the Village Hall by using www.smile.amazon.co.uk just follow the instructions and then amazon will make a small donation to the trust for everything you buy. Shopping using the smile URL is just the same as using the normal amazon website. Don ’ t forget to select Buckden Recreation Ground and Village Hall Trust as your nominated chari- ty. Donations made via these sites are very much appreci- ated. Thank you in advance! Jo Harvey, Hall Manager (Office hours: 9am – 2pm) Email: admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk Tel: 01480 811101 Please call or email to arrange Hall viewings Burberry Road, Buckden, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5UY Tel: 01480 811101 www. buckdenvillagehall.co.uk email: admin@buckdenvillagehall.co.uk We are so pleased after the last few years to be able to hold our Leaver's Assembly which will be taking place Thursday 14th July at St Mary's Church. Parents will also have the oppor- tunity to stay after the event for tea and cake served by the children. As we didn ’ t want to restrict numbers for families, we are really grateful to Father David for agreeing to hold this service in St Mary's Church to enable this to happen. As we come to the end of term we also would like to take this opportunity to say a sincere thank you to those members of staff that are moving on. They have contributed significantly during their time at Buckden and we will always be thankful for the impact that they have had on the children during their time at our school. They will be missed and we wish them eve- ry success in their new endeavours. We wish everyone a safe and happy summer break and we look forward to seeing everyone in September, no doubt all the children being a little bit taller! (Buckden School continued from page 16)