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December 2013/January 2014 1 Issue 110
Grafham Gossip
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
December 2013/January 2014 1 Issue 110
Grafham Gossip Issue 111 Deadline: Midnight Thursday 16th January
Save All Saints
Burns’ Night Supper
Saturday 1st February 2014 Grafham Village Hall 7.45pm for 8pm
Bring your own choice of drink
Tartan encouraged An annual sell-out event
Music and dance to entertain you Addressing the haggis
A traditional Scots three course meal Toasts and entertaining speeches
Ticket £15.00
Seventy tickets only available from 1st December
don't delay and contact Karen 01480 810961
or Margaret 01480 819477
Carol Singing around Grafham Wednesday 18th December
Come and join the SAS to
Sing and Celebrate the
Christmas Season
Carol-singing tour of the village
Meet at All Saints Church at 6.30 pm
Finish about 8.00 pm
with mince pies and mulled wine
Collection for Save All Saints Fund as we go
Carol song sheets provided
SUPERFAST BROADBAND IS HERE!
Read all about it on page 5!
Editors’ note… Another year has almost passed; we wonder what the New Year will bring for us all in Grafham? Superfast Broadband is already here! We’ll just have to wait and see what else is in store.
The next newsletter will be the February issue, so any information of interest that we receive over the next cou-ple of months, we‘ll post on the village web site, so re-member to take a look every so often.
Thank you to all who contributed to the Grafham Gossip
this year, and a very big thank you to everyone in-
volved in making sure it is delivered to every house in the village.
Have a lovely Christmas and a happy New Year!
Keep on gossiping! Ed. [email protected]
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
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Grafham All Saints - Services 1st December (1st Sunday) 11.00 Family Service Advent Sunday
8th December (2nd Sunday) No service at Grafham but
11.00 Eucharist at Ellington
15th December (3rd Sunday) 11.00 Eucharist
22nd December (4th Sunday) 4.30 pm Carol Service
24th December (Christmas Eve) 4 pm Crib Service
25th December (Christmas Day) 11.00 Eucharist led by
The Venerable Hugh McCurdy
29th December (5th Sunday) 11.00 Group Eucharist at Ellington ___________
5th January (1st Sunday) 11.00 Family Service
January 2014 Services
5th (1st Sun) 11.00 Family Service
12th (2nd Sun) No Grafham service
19th (3rd Sun) 11.00 Eucharist
26th (4th Sun) 8.00 Holy Commun-
ion
Jonathan’s farewell service, before
he retires, is on 2nd February at
Easton at 11.00
Contacting the Clergy
Fr Jonathan Young (Rector) The
Rectory, Ellington,
PE28 0AU 01480 891695
Churchwarden -
Hazel Powell 01480 810326
View from the Pew! It is always a joy when our church is used for happy events and weddings are one of those. There have been three this year start-ing with Laurie and Iain, previously reported.
On 26th October it was the turn of Claire and Robert. With the church gloriously decked with flowers in autumn colours and the organ play-ing ‘Romantic Wedding March’ by Mi-randa Wong, based on Wagner's Brid-al Chorus, Claire arrived in a very styl-
ish ivory gown with her veil gently floating on the breeze. Her bridesmaids looked a picture in their gorgeous coral red dresses and pretty posies. We wish Claire and Robert good health and good fortune for a long, happy marriage. Then it was all change on 2nd November for Becca and Alan where there was an exotic, tropical theme with pea-cock feathers and canna lilies. Becca's dress was prettily appliqued with tiny flowers and her bridesmaids looked lovely in their brilliant emerald green. The congregation enjoyed the singing by Natalie, Amy and Felicity. We wish Becca and Alan God's blessings on their marriage for many years to come.
During November the Remembrance Sunday ser-vice was led by Jill Dighton. We are most grateful to Jill for helping us at this time. On 17th Novem-ber Jason Taylor preached during the Eucharist
service. It was a great pleasure to welcome Jason and his wife Jeanette to Grafham. We look forward to seeing more of them both next year following Jonathan's retirement when Jason takes over the care of Grafham and Ellington.
We now look forward to Advent and at our service on Advent Sunday, 1st December the first Advent candle will be lit to signify the light of Jesus coming into the world.
On that day our travelling nativity will begin its journey round the
village. Please give Jill a ring on 810157 if you would like to have the nativity box in your house during December for your children to enjoy.
On Saturday 7th December, the new style Christmas Fayre will take place in the village hall from 11am until 6pm. Don't miss this special pre-Christmas event in our
village to browse the stalls and enjoy the coffee and mince pies in the morning or the cake and mulled wine in the afternoon.
The Flower Club will be decorating the church in time for our Carol Service on 22nd December at 4.30pm (not 4pm as previously stated). Stay after-wards for Christmas cake and mulled wine provid-
ed and served by our kind helpers, Pat, Frances and Diana.
The Crib Service especially for children of all ages (from 0 to 100) will be on Christmas Eve at 4pm. All those knitted figures will be scattered around the church for the children to gather up and return to the crib. There will be instruments to shake, rattle and roll and lots of fun for all the family.
We are pleased to announce that our Archdeacon Hugh McCurdy has agreed to take our Eucharist Service on Christmas day so do come along and help us welcome him to Grafham.
On the fifth Sunday in December, 29th there will be a Group Eucharist at Elling-ton at 11am. The service on the first Sun-day of January, 5th will be a Family ser-vice with the theme of Epiphany.
Jonathan's last service in post will be on 2nd February at Easton church at 11am. We are all welcome to this special good-
bye service for Jonathan and the refreshments afterwards. Please contact Hazel 810326 for any further details.
Next year we look forward to a new era in the life of Grafham church. Our major repair works on the roof, struc-ture and drainage will begin in April. When the arches have been strengthened and the roof repaired the damaged plas-terwork will be redecorated making the walls look fresh and clean. Fund-ing is still coming in from some of the charitable organisations we have approached and we are close to achieving our shortfall to balance the books.
With that note of optimism, we at All Saints wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year!
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
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Councillors Peter Downes and Patricia Jordan and/or John Morris are available at the village hall from 11.15 to 11.45
on the first Saturday of the month.
At other times contact:
[email protected] tel 398082
[email protected] tel. 457802
[email protected] tel. 458818
Twitter: @johnmbrampton
PARISH NEWS November 2013
Planning news An appeal has been lodged against the decision to refuse the application to erect 3 wind turbines at Bicton Farm near Kimbolton.
The local development plan is under consultation. There are no develop-ments planned for Grafham, but one
site is planned for Brampton to give 10 houses in Thrap-ston Road. Details can be found on the planning web-site.
Outline planning approval has been granted to the Al-conbury Weald redevelopment site.
Cllr Downes reported the outcomes from the meeting of safety services held in the wake of the recent chlorine leak and asked what would be the information point for Grafham to advise as many as possible about potential hazards to its population. We have a facebook page called Grafham Village Friends which has 100 members. Information is often posted to this page and we ask that the members of the group let their neigh-bours know of anything important. News can travel quite quickly in this way.
Further complaints from surrounding areas have been received about the size of the cycling event and the
number of participants taking over public roads. The organisers have spoken with Cllr Watson and expressed concern about the complaints. This particular event is not annual and will not take place again until 2015. Other events are planned for next year and, as usual, discussions will take
place with a safety advisory group comprised of Cam-bridgeshire Highways and the police. A New-Year’s Eve event with 300 participants is planned. The clerk will email the organisers to get full details concerning times and routes and publish these as soon as they are
available. Peter Downes will find out about the potential for road closures and ask if eventers are briefed about riding safely through residential areas.
County and District Council budgets are currently being planned. £151m of savings must be found over the next 5 years. Ser-vices which will no longer be provid-ed, must potentially be taken over by Parish Councils or volunteers and Parish Council precepts will have to be raised to cover any additional expenditure.
There are a few trees around the vil- lage which are probably in need of some attention. If you think you can identify any such trees, please let a Parish Councillor know so that work can be arranged.
The Parish Council are planning to upgrade the kitchen in the village hall. Plans have been received from Howden Joinery and from Wickes. At some point, the coun-cil is likely to need the services of carpenters, plumbers, electri-cians etc. and would like to hear from you if you can provide any of these services.
It is planned to register the playing field as a QEII Field in Trust. This move will protect the field for future gener-ations against any future plans to move or to develop it.
The Parish Council has agreed the lease of part of the car park at the village hall to Grafham Community Shop Ltd. for ten years.
The date of the next Parish Council meeting will be Tuesday 10th December 2013.
The next County/District Council surgery will be held on the morning of Saturday 7th December 2013, at the village hall.
Margaret Life, Parish Clerk 01480 819477 [email protected]
Full minutes can be read on the village web site www.grafham.org.uk
You may contact your parish councillors through the clerk or directly by using the details below.
Philip Allingham Chairman 01480 811516 [email protected] Ian Gardener Vice Chair 01480 812821 [email protected] Andrew Duckworth [email protected] David King 01480 812430 [email protected] Alastair Watson [email protected] Kevin Sharp [email protected] Jenny Barnes 07788 545197 [email protected]
Grafham Oil Syndicate Update
The syndicate continues to
grow, keeping more money in
the village. Remember, it's
FREE to join and we must
keep a bulk order attractive enough to attract a
discount, so simply email Simon at
[email protected] or call 819663.
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
December 2013/January 2014 4 Issue 110
GRAFHAM VILLAGE HALL has a Public Entertainments Licence for music, dancing, performing arts and can accommodate 92 guests seated in rows or 150 at a dance/disco - an ideal venue for children's and family parties. There is a playing field for sports activities and the hall has small changing rooms with shower facilities.
Contacts: Pat or Alan Watson 01480 811166
Grafham Social Committee invites you to a Coffee Morning at
10.30am on Wednesday, December
11th with Diana Thomas, Wesley
House. This is an informal social occa-
sion for village residents. Please come
along for a cup of coffee and a chat.
Grafham Church Flower Club We are available to decorate the church for weddings and other church occasions.
Floral arrangements for:- pedestal, altar, font, windowsills, pew ends, pillars.
Please contact Hazel Powell on 01480 810326 for details
and quotes.
If anyone in the village has foliage in their garden that they would be willing to donate for church decoration for festivals, please let us know, we would be very grateful.
Ellington and Grafham W.I. Join the growing team! We meet on the
first Tuesday in the month. Ring: Sue 896139 or Ann 891372 for details
Grafham Sewing Group Village Hall, Wednesdays 2 - 4pm For those who enjoy needlework of any sort, quilting, tapestry, knitting or anything else requiring the use of needles!
Complete beginners also welcome.
Our purpose is threefold, to provide a focus for your needlework, to allow the exchange of ideas and
expertise, and last, but not least, it is an opportunity to get to know like-minded people.
A small charge is made to cover the hall hire.
For further details contact Barbara Williams 01480 812905 or [email protected]
Grafham and Ellington Art GroupGrafham and Ellington Art GroupGrafham and Ellington Art Group http://grafhamandellingtonart.weebly.com/
Grafham Village Hall, Every Tuesday 1.30-4pm
Calling all who want to meet and paint with like minded people on a regular basis.
Beginners and those with more skills are all very welcome.
Cost: About £2 to cover hall hire/refreshments. Come along with your paints and equipment! Please ring me if you’d like further details.
Jackie Woods 01480 890279
Do you enjoy reading? We would like to welcome more residents to join us for informal social evenings.
We usually meet on the last Tuesday of the month. For further information on dates and venues please contact Tina 07711 012957 or Val 07761 137012
Babysitters Emma 17yrs 860632
Nicci 14yrs 811279 Meri - 15 yrs 811192
Kate 17yrs - babysitting course 812179
Livvy 14yrs - babysitting course 819708
Kirsty 18yrs - babysitting course 810550
Georgie 14yrs - babysitting course 432688
Caroline 17yrs - works in reception class 812179
Holly 18yrs 810867 babysitting and first aid courses, works with children aged 3-7. Harriet 16yrs 810043 Olivia 23yrs - BA Early Childhood Studies 811831
Felicity 22yrs -Grade B GCSE Child Development 812328
Bryony 17yrs experienced with newborn-14yr olds 812354
Do you have an event to advertise? Email the details to [email protected] and copy to
We’ll print them in the Grafham Gossip and add them to the Village Diary on the web site.
The Mobile Library Rescheduled times
over Christmas Monday 16th December
Normal day resumes in January Route H24 visits Breach Road, Grafham on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 10.40 to 11.00. The January visit is on 22nd.
For renewals/enquiries call 0845 045 5225 or click on https://cambridgeshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/
spydus.exe/MSGTRN/OPAC/LOGINB
Grafham Wildlife and Conservation Group Regional winners of the BTCV Green Award 2006 & 2007 invite you to carry out woodland conservation. Contact Sam Malt 01480 810844 daytime, 01480 811654 evenings http://www.grafhamconservationgroup.btik.com
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
December 2013/January 2014 5 Issue 110
Photos by Mark Heath
SUPERFAST BROADBAND FOR GRAFHAM We have some very exciting news to share with everyone!
Thanks in no small part to the enthusiasm shown by you all in the recent campaign to bring Superfast Broadband to the village and the consequent very high level of registrations, we’re delighted to tell you that the FIRST superfast cabinets in the county that went live under the ConnectingCambridgeshire programme were launched here in Grafham.
There was an official “ribbon cutting” ceremony held at the cabinet on Monday 25th November and a media event followed that in the village hall, which you may well have already seen or heard about.
Just in case you still aren’t sure, the cabinet we refer to is the shiny, new green box recently installed on the corner of Brampton Road, opposite School House, right next to the yellow grit bin.
More importantly for everyone reading this, is the news that the cabinet is now able to accept orders for superfast broadband so there’s now nothing to stop you getting fibre-based broadband
installed before Christmas.
So, what do you and your family and friends do, now that superfast broadband is available here in Grafham? We expect that there will be lots of questions about how best to proceed, so we have put together a short set of questions and answers below, which we hope will go some way to clarifying the situation and avoiding any confusion. There is also a fuller and more detailed set posted on the Grafham Vil-lage web-site, www.grafham.org.uk/broadband
If, after reading through these, you still have questions that aren’t covered, or you’re confused by any of our answers, or you’re unsure what this actually means for you, your property and your family, then please email either of us and we'll do our best to clarify things as soon as we can [email protected] or [email protected]
Also, join us at the Christmas Fayre in the village hall on 7th December. Hear about the superfast services that are now available in Grafham. Discuss your queries with us. Talk to early users.
Alastair Brydon and Chris Bulow – Broadband Champions
Questions and Answers:
Q: Do I automatically get superfast broadband?
A: No. This is a new service and has to be ordered by you.
Q: Do I have to order superfast broadband from BT or
have to stay with my existing supplier?
A: A lot of suppliers offer superfast broadband in the UK. However, not all of them may choose to provide services here, so you will need to check which ones offer this ser-vice using this list http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/buy-it-now/Default.aspx - tab2. You will find a useful dis-cussion of factors to consider when choosing a supplier at http://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/which-fibre-isp and a couple of comparison sites are: http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/ and http://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband-offers.html.
Q: Will it cost me lots more money to get this much faster service?
A: No. Superfast services will cost a little more, but prices should not be substantially higher than you currently pay.
Q: Will I need to commit to a new minimum term con-tract?
A: Probably yes. A lot of the companies may ask you to sign up for 12 or even 18 months. Shop around though.
Q: OK, so which of these companies would you recom-mend to us?
A: Sorry, we can’t and we don’t recommend specific companies or services. However, we know that broad-band can be a confusing subject and that everyone has different needs. For example, you may live alone, share broadband with other family members, or live in a multi-tenancy property. Some of you may run businesses from home. We are happy to talk through your choices if you’re unsure.
Q: What speed will I get?
A: The maximum download speed you can currently get from the FTTC service is around 76Mbps, while the up-load speed can be up to 19Mbps.
All being well you should be able to obtain close to 76Mbps if you are within 300m of the new cabinet. Even people at the very edges of the village should see a speed improvement over the level they see now. For ex-ample, 1km away from the cabinet, the download speed should be around 28Mbps.
Q: How long will it take from ordering until I benefit from superfast broadband?
A: Even if you need to order a new line into your property (if you don’t already have a telephone line), it’s likely that
this will take between 8-10 working days.
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
December 2013/January 2014 6 Issue 110
Activities at Local Libraries Buckden Library St Neots Library Huntingdon Library and Archives E: [email protected] T: 0345 045 5225
Engage in the Afternoon - afternoon club for over 50s
Free regular activity. Huntingdon First Thursday of the month 13:30-15:00. Regular monthly activity for older peo-ple with an interesting speaker or topic each month and the opportunity to socialise. Tea and coffee provided for a small donation. Engage in the Afternoon St Neots - 4th, 5th week of the month on Friday. 14:00-15:30.
Anyone for drawing? - Engage in the Afternoon Huntingdon Library, 5th December, 13:30-15:00 Free
Try you hand at drawing with local artist David Brown
Seasonal Saturdays - Huntingdon 30th November to 14th
December, 10:30-15:30 Free. For children accompanied by parents / carers. Join us in Huntingdon Library for Christ-mas themed Family Craft Sessions
Computer Buddying Free regular activity. Hun-
tingdon - Mondays 10:00-12:00 Wednesdays 10.30 - 12.30 and 4.30-6.30 Engage Computer Buddys - St Neots - Monday, Thursday, Friday
10:00- 12:00. Help with computers and basic IT skills
aimed at beginners over 50yrs. One hour sessions. Book-ing required.
St Neots Knitting Group Free ongoing regular activity. First
and third week of the month. On Fridays 13:00-16:00.
Storytime - Free regular activity. Buckden Library Tues-
day afternoons 2.15-3pm. Storytime Huntingdon on Wednesdays 10.30am - 11am for pre-school children with a parent or carer. Bring your child along to listen to some stoies and join in with colouring fun. Find out what the li-brary has to offer you and your child. Just turn up - no
need to book. Christmas Storytime - St Neots Sat 14th
December 11am Christmas Stories and Rhymes Hunting-don 30th Nov to 14 Dec 14:30-15:00
Rhymetime for Toddlers St Neots preschool
children 18mths + on Mondays 2pm
Rhymetime Free regular activity. Huntingdon
on Fridays 10.30am - 11am. Rhymetime - St Neots
on Fridays 10:00 and 11:15. For babies and toddlers aged up to 18 months with a parent or carer. Join in with excit-ing action rhymes and find out what the library has to offer you and your child. Just turn up - no need to book.
Cinnamon Bar and Indian Restaurant
Shamim is now taking bookings for 'Office Christmas Parties' - reserve the
whole restaurant for a lunchtime event or book tables for any evening.
Thursday Night is 'Banquet Night' and remember to just drop in to the Bar for a
drink and a poppadum anytime.
Call 01480 812211
Across the Churches Bible Study
We are a small group meeting twice a month (Tuesdays 7.30pm) for bible study, prayer and fellowship. We come from different churches and are always happy to welcome new members.
For more information, please contact Rob or Jean Clark 01480 890033.
Send your news, views, gossip and photos to:
Please make sure that people in your photos have given
permission for them to be printed in the Grafham Gossip
and posted on the village web site. Ed
Advance Notice!
Spaldwick’s Youth Group Friday evenings in Spaldwick see
http://www.grafham.org.uk/Escape Youth Group for more details
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
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Your Beavers need you! Beaver Scouts are the youngest section of the scouting community. 1
st Southoe and Buckden Scouts are looking for new adult volunteers (18+
years old) to help run the Beaver Colony for 6 to 8 year old children. We meet on Mondays between 18.00 -19.15 (term time only) at the Scout Hut in Buckden.
The wide ranging program we offer to our Beavers means that anyone is capable of being a Beaver Leader whatever your skills or background, and there are training opportunities availa-ble for Leaders to enhance or learn new skills.
The roles are fun and rewarding and you don’t need to be available every week as we operate a rota for leaders.
Sadly, without new adult helpers the Colony will face the possibility of closure in Spring 2014.
If you can give a couple of hours a week to help run evenings please contact: Aidan Joy (01480 810347) or Michelle Duckworth (01480 819461) or email: [email protected]
1st Southoe and Buckden Beavers is the closet Beaver Scout Colony to
Grafham, new members are always welcome (subject to availability).
“What bin when?” or “Has the bin man bin Mam?”
Darker evenings - burglary prevention Police across the county are reminding residents to take secu-rity precautions as the evenings draw in. A few simple steps can help keep homes and the possessions they contain more secure. This advice is part of the force's award-winning 'Get Closer' campaign which aims to reduce victims of crime.
Burglary can be an opportunist offence so temptation can be removed by keeping possessions out of sight and making a home look like someone's in. Security alarms and lights can be a worthwhile investment to deter offenders and could save a
lot of time and inconvenience in the long run.
Police are offering the following advice:
Invest in a security light and alarm to deter burglars. Burglar alarms are shown to be the number one deterrent.
Use a timer switch for lights when you are not in, so your home looks occu-pied.
Make sure you lock your front and back doors and secure all windows, including upstairs, before leaving.
Beware of bogus callers. If somebody knocks at your door, be wary. Most utility companies do not cold call. Ask to see photo ID and call the company for confirmation. Genuine callers do not mind calling back another time or for you to make an arranged appointment with the company.
For more information about security contact your local com-munity safety team on 101 or visit the force website at http://www.cambs.police.uk/
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
December 2013/January 2014 8 Issue 110
Choose Well This Winter Residents in Huntingdonshire are being reminded to find the right health service for their illness or injury this winter.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commis-sioning Group (CCG) who commission health services in the area are asking local residents to familiarise themselves with the range of local health services and which illnesses and injuries they can treat. Last year it cost the local NHS £2million treating people in A&E when they could have used a different service. This could have treated 500 heart attack patients or bought 250 hip replacements.
Here’s a reminder of what local NHS services can treat.
Pharmacies can help with bugs and viruses, skin conditions, allergies, and help with stopping smoking.
GPs can help with back ache, ear aches, painful coughs, mental health conditions and any illness or injury that won’t go away. There’s also an out of hours GP service which can be accessed by calling your usual GP practice number and following the instructions.
The Walk-in Centre in St Neots at 24 Moore's Walk can help with minor burns and scalds, bites and stings and strains and sprains.
Or you can look after colds, coughs, sore throats, hangovers, stomach upsets, grazes can all be treated at home with a well-stocked medicine cabinet.
Dr David Irwin GP in Buckden and Little Paxton and from Hunts Care Partners Local Commissioning Group said, “Winter brings more coughs, colds and flu so it is a good idea to be prepared and to make sure you have a supply of remedies at home to help care for you and your family over the holiday period. If you need a regular prescription for a long term condition, please check now to make sure that you have enough to last you over the holiday season, and go to your GP or pharmacist to collect any prescriptions in good time before the holidays.”
For more information please visit www.cambridgeshireandpeterboroughccg.nhs.uk/choosewell
WE NEED YOU! Cambridgeshire County Council needs you to help change the lives of local children and young people. Foster Carers provide a stable family support network for local children and young people when they are unable to live with their own family. Every year we have over 425 children and young people looked after by Cambridgeshire County Council.
The shortage of Foster Carers means that children and young people are placed with (independent foster carers or residential units some outside of Cambridgeshire) they may also be looked after within the county chil-dren’s homes. We need to recruit more Foster Carers in order to give them the best possible future.
Foster Carers come from all different kinds of back-grounds. It may be that you have your own children or you may have worked with children before. You may have no experience of children or possibly considering a career change?
Every child is different so we need different Foster Car-ers, if you can offer stability, security and the positive experience of a loving family then we want to hear from you.
You might be: • Married, in a civil partnership, single or living with a partner
• From an ethnic background • In a same sex relationship • In work, unemployed or retired
Recruiting local people will mean that children and young people can live in their own community, continue to attend the same school and maintain contact with their family and friends.
We offer generous allowances including a start up pack-age, 24 hr support and full training.
Call our freephone number on 0800 052 0078 or email [email protected]
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
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James Snell 07951 069 565 email: [email protected]
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH We have two reminders this month.
Although there have been no reported items in the village the Police have alerted me to the fact that there has been a huge increase in bike thefts in and around the Huntingdon areas. They have asked that anyone with a cycle should ensure to always lock it up, leave it in well-lit public areas, remove per-sonal items and consider making a permanent mark and registering on Immobilise or BikeRegister - full details are on the Cambs police website.
Remember not to leave packaging of new goods outside property during the festive season as it will
draw attention to the fact there are new goods on site.
All emergencies 999 Non-emergencies 101 Cambridge Constabulary HQ 01480 456111 Minicom for hard of hearing 01480 422493 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 (anonymous) Anti-social behaviour 01480 388379 To stop unwanted mail 0845 703 459 9 To stop unwanted phone calls 0845 070 0707 To report anti-social behaviour in Grafham 01480 388379 / 387097 or e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]
December 2013/January 2014 10 Issue 110
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Tel: 01480 810381 Mob: 07795663168
Desktop PC Repairs & Upgrades
Virus Removal
Laptop Repairs & Upgrades
Data Transfer & Recovery
Slow Computers Made Faster
Wireless Broadband Issues Solved
Grafham Plumbing and Heating Services Clint Thomas-Morgan
All work guaranteed - 24hr call-out Professional, friendly and reliable
01480 812590 - 07799 640476 [email protected]
Oftec trained and registered technician New high efficiency condensing boilers fitted
New bunded oil tanks fitted, including concrete bases Disposal of old tanks
Boiler service (standard or condensing) Improve your central heating system now - save money in the future
Paul's Private Hire and Chauffeur Service Van Diemens Way, Grafham,
Huntingdon, Cambs. PE28 0GB
Tel. 01480 811594 Mobile 07795 296281 Email [email protected]
Travel in style via Mercedes cars to your destinations
BSM Driving Instructor DSA Approved, Pass Plus Registered Living locally in Grafham Call John Sisseman for details
Tel. 07806 941675
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Healthwatch Cambridgeshire; your spotlight on health and social care Healthwatch Cambridge-shire is the new champion for people using local health and social care services; we launched in July 2013. We work to ensure that people’s voices are heard in making important decisions about local NHS, social care and public health services.
We talk to people in the local community about their
experience of the care they receive to help us under-
stand how well local care services are working. We
make sure we feed this information back where it mat-
ters to the people buying, providing and regulating
local care services.
Tell us about your health / social care experiences We want to hear about the good and not so good, as this feedback can help improve care for everyone.
Join our Consultation Network, which will connect you with organisations that should know about your experi-ences and opinions of care in Cambridgeshire.
Get problems resolved… We can make sure you know where to go if you need to sort out a prob-lem with a local care provider. We can give you infor-mation about how different complaints systems work and who can help you get your complaint resolved.
Find out about local care. We are developing a Sign-posting & Information Service, to help you find out about your choice of health & social care services.
Find out more about Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and get involved by calling us on 01480 420628, emailing [email protected] or visit our website www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk
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at Healthwatch Cambridgeshire
More older and vulnerable people are requiring homecare to en-sure they feel safe, happy and independent. To achieve this, the County Council is recruiting compassionate and caring people to start a career in care through a unique apprenticeship programme that enables them to “earn while they learn” by supporting them to get a job with a local homecare provider whilst being paid the standard rate of a care worker.
If you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives and would be interested in a career in care, contact Emma Laskey-MacRae, Apprenticeship Project Coordinator on 07917 615360, email [email protected] for more information about this unique apprenticeship programme. Your age and background doesn’t matter, if you are looking for a career in care somewhere in your community there’s a job you can do to help others.
Did we get it right? The Cambridgeshire Health and wellbeing board has reviewed local pharmaceutical services – services that help you get and use medicines or medical equipment safely. Our views are written up in the Pharmaceutical Needs Assess-ment. We want to know if you agree with what we’ve written.
We are asking for your feedback during 4th December 2013 – 14th February 2014. You can complete a questionnaire, either at your local pharmacy, dispensing doctor surgery, or online at
www.cambridgeshireinsight.org.uk/JSNA/PNA
Christmas Shoe Box Appeal - 2013 To all of you who donated Christmas shoeboxes and monitory contributions, a very big THANK YOU on behalf of Samaritan’s Purse. As a village, we collected 32 boxes this year and your generosity will bring a smile to underprivileged children in Kosovo this Christmas.
I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and wish you all a very happy, healthy and peaceful New Year. Moira Young
Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected] Opinions expressed in the Grafham Gossip, including past issues, are those of the writer and not the editors.
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