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All welcome to a Macmillan Coffee Morning - 27th Sept.
Helmdon Primary School are hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning in the school hall on Friday 27th September from 9.40 until 11.00. Everyone is welcome.
If you would like to donate a cake that would be much appreciated.
Any leftover cakes will be sold at the end of the school day (3.15pm) on the playground.
Posted: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 01:05 by Richard
ADVENT WINDOWS – VOLUNTEERS NEEDED PLEASE!
We are very much hoping to turn Helmdon into a Living Advent Calendar for the fifth time this year with windows throughout the village decorated and 'opened' each evening between 1 December and Christmas Eve. In order to ensure everyone knows their date in good time to plan, we need to be clear by mid-October that we have enough participants so we would be very grateful for quick responses.
You can... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 07 Sep 2019 12:13 by Ross Vicars
All welcome to the 200 Club AGM
The 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Helmdon 200 Club will be held on Tuesday 3rd September at 7.30pm in the Fat Landlord.
Anyone who is interested in seeing how this village charity is run would be most welcome.
Roger Miles (Chairman)
Posted: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 20:10 by Richard
Harvest Festival at Helmdon Church, 15 Sept, 11:15 onwards - All Welcome
All are welcome to this year's Harvest Festival Service at Helmdon Church on 15th September at 11:15am
The Service will be followed by a 2-Course Lunch at 12:30 (£5), followed by Auction of Produce and Promises
Contact Bill Elkington or Wiggy Smith for more information.
If you would like to offer a 'Promise for Auction' then these will be gratefully accepted - please contact Bill Elkington or Wiggy... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:40 by Richard
2019 Helmdon Hurler - The Bank Holiday Event!
The 10th Helmdon Hurler took place on Monday 26 August 2019 with 128 runners completing the event.
First Male and First Under-18 Male was Fergus Scott in a time of 23:53. This is the second year that Fergus has won both categories.
First Female was Louise Balloch in a time of 30:02.
First Under-18 Female was Josie Clarke in a time of 42:54.
Congratulations to all who took part in this 10th Anniversary... Read More »
Posted: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 21:45 by Richard
200 Club Results for August - have you won?
The 200 Club for August took place on Sunday at The Fat Landlord, results can be found here. Congratulations to all winners...
Posted: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 10:17 by Ross Vicars
Helmdon Hurler - Bank Holiday Monday
The Tenth Helmdon Hurler will take place on Bank Holiday Monday, 26th August. This 4.3 mile event starts (at 11.31) and finishes by the Fat Landlord pub in Church Street, NN13 5QJ.
The Fat Landlord is very pleased to be supporting the Helmdon Hurler.
Open from 0930 serving breakfast baps and hot and cold drinks until 12 and then staying open throughout the day, with all your BBQ favourites available... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:30 by Richard
TADD: Volunteer drivers needed
TADD is a long-established local charity operating a door to door community transport service for people in our parish and across the SNC area. The service enables the elderly and disabled to attend medically related appointments and services, is affordable and helps retain independence in the absence of suitable public transport and avoid reliance on family, friends and neighbours.
This year, TADD... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:29 by Helen du Bois
Northamptonshire Health, Care and Wellbeing Plan: Join the conversation and have your say
In January 2019 the NHS launched its Long Term Plan, which sets out its ambition to make sure everyone has the best start in life, receives world-class care for major health problems and gets the support they need to age well.
Locally, our county's health and care organisations are working together through Northamptonshire Health and Care Partnership (NHCP) to shape our local response to this, called... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 09:20 by Helen du Bois
From this week: changes to the bus stops for the Thursday Banbury bus
Due to the current closure of Station Road, the Thursday bus to Banbury will only be able to stop at one location in the village which will be at the entrance to Hintons Close - the bus is not able to come further into the village.
For this week and next [22nd & 29th August], Cheney Coaches are also providing an additional mini bus which will visit the two usual pick up points at the top of Cross... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 11:24 by Helen du Bois
