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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.

EMAIL

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