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Buckden Roundabout
March 2019
Village Notices
FRIENDS IN DEED
Our Winter Tea Party was held in the
Methodist Hall on 13th February with a
total of 40 people attending. Everyone
seemed to enjoy themselves and our
thanks go out to Brenda Steadman for
organising the event. Many thanks also to all our members
who helped out on the day, providing a variety of delicious
cakes, hosting, transporting guests, and assisting in a very
busy kitchen! We were also able to run the Community Café
at St Mary’s on the same afternoon and that too was well
attended. However, in future the Summer and Winter Tea
Parties will not be on the same day as the Community Café!
For those who live in Buckden, Friends in Deed can offer prac-
tical advice, emotional support or just someone to visit your
home for a bit of company. This can be on a short or long
term basis, depending on the needs of the individual. It is not
easy asking for help but why struggle when there are people
happy to help or listen. Everything is in the strictest confi-
dence. If you need transport to medical/hospital appoint-
ments (NB Buckden Surgery has its own transport scheme) or
other village social events, and have no other means of
getting there, we have volunteer drivers, registered with Cam-
bridgeshire County Council, who may be able to take you. Call
the Coordinator, number below, for more details.
If you enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, homemade cakes and a
good chat join us at the next Community Café in St Mary’s
Church (Living Stones Room) on Wednesday 13th March from
1430 to 1600. The Café is open on the second Wednesday of
every month so do come along, and transport is available on
request – see below – you would be most welcome!
For help or information contact:
Coordinator: Jane Scott 07810 006598
Requests for transport: Andy Scott 07914 669967.
Please leave a message and include your contact details
http://www.buckdenroundabout.info/friends-in-deed
Buckden Neighbourhood Watch
Scams are never far away by telephone call or letter. This
month we will write about policing in general and finish with
good news.
A total of 2,030 people responded to a police survey asking
for their views on increasing the tax precept. Among respond-
ents 61 percent said they were prepared to pay an extra £2 a
month for policing. This will generate an extra £7.6 million in
funding. The new council tax rate will come into effect from
April 1.
What does this mean? The extra money will be used to re-
cruit 50 new warranted officers, and whilst Cambridgeshire is
a safe county, police now have to spend more time tackling
‘hidden crimes’ such as domestic abuse, child sexual exploita-
tion and modern day slavery.
The police will help and spend time helping those in a mental
health crisis which means resources can be stretched. The
country’s population is set to rise by 20 per cent by 2031.
There is need to have enough resources to police our county.
GOOD NEWS
We can all be victims of crime. We need to protect our prop-
erty and be on the lookout. That is why I am pleased to read
that a stolen motor car has been located with possible links to
a series of burglaries that have occurred across 5 counties in
the last few months. The police are carrying out forensic ex-
amination of the recovered car. Last month’s group of crimi-
nals has been sent to prison for a total of 71 years for burgla-
ry.
Please keep up the good work, and report any vehicles that
may have been parked up for long periods. Or if you see
something that doesn’t look quite right than it probably isn’t -
call 101 or 999 if an emergency.
To contact the police: 999 in an emergency; 0800 555 111
Crime Stoppers; 0300 123 2040 Action Fraud.
burglarycrackdown@cambs.pnn.police.uk
or visit
www.crimestoppers.uk.org
If you are not online you can tele-
phone 101
RICHARD WEST Village Coordinator 01480 811467
working with CLIVE WILLIAMS 01480 811828
All You Wanted to Know About Bats
The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trust invites
you to our next talk on Wednesday 13
th
March. As usual this
will be held at Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapston Road,
Brampton, PE28 4TB, starting at 7.30pm.
Our speaker will be Aidan Matthews, who works for the Wild-
life Trust as the West Cambridgeshire Reserves Manager. He
is also an active member of the Bedfordshire Bat Group. Ai-
dan has an extensive knowledge about this group of mammals
and for this talk, he will focus his attention on the many differ-
ent bats found in our region. Aidan will also demonstrate the
technology that is used for monitoring bats and will be
pleased to answer any of your questions.
Anyone who is interested is most welcome to attend. Booking
is not necessary. The entrance charge is £2.50 (accompanied
children free). For more information please contact Tim on
01480 457795.
Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire
and Northamptonshire. Registered Charity No: 1000412