Village organisations

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Memorial Hall,

Senior Citizens Christmas Party,

Tetsworth Trust,

Tetsworth School,

Magic Roundabout Pre-School,

St. Giles Church,

Parish Plan,

Sports & Social Club,

Tuesday Coffee Shop

Tetsworth Parish Council

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MEMORIAL HALL

We are raising funds for improvements of the toilet facilities and to install disabled toilets, this work is essential for the hall to remain open.

We will be hosting a number of events to raise the money needed for the improvements, your support is vital to the future of the hall.

To hire the hall contact:

Chris Bishop on 01844 281645

Hire Rates

Saturday: up to 1 pm £25 / 1 pm - 6pm £25 / 6pm onwards £60.00

Friday: up to 1 pm £25 / 1 pm - 6pm £25 / 6pm onwards £50.00

Sunday - Thursday: up to 1 pm £25 / 1pm - 6pm £25 / 6pm onwards £30.00

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Tetsworth Senior Citizens Christmas Party

We fund raise to hold an annual Christmas party for the 80 senior citizens of Tetsworth.

We would like to thank the many people that support & help us throughout the year, and make donations, who make this event possible.

Entry to our events is at the risk in all respects of the ticket holder. The organising committee on behalf of themselves and others attending the event accept no responsibility for loss or damage to possessions or for the death or injury to any person however occurring

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Tetsworth Trust

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Tetsworth School

Tetsworth Primary School Association

The Friends of Tetsworth School organisation has been running for a number years, in support of the school, but there has, at times, been some confusion over the organisation’s role in the wider community. In a bid to address this, the current committee has recently decided to rename ourselves as the Tetsworth Primary School Association (TPSA), so it is absolutely clear that our work is linked to the school.

We are essentially a fund raising body that supports the school in every way we can by raising funds, supporting school events, and increasing awareness of the school and its developments, within the local community. We focus on raising funds for school equipment and more importantly school trips and luxuries that the children otherwise wouldn’t get in the day to day running of the school. Our group is run entirely by volunteers and we rely on the parents, teachers and villagers to support us in our endeavors.

Our work is all the more important now with the school extension plans firmly on the horizon. There are a number of things we are now preparing to fund raise for in earnest! We are looking at a list of new equipment that the school may need, with the extra space they will gain, and are also looking at sponsoring the proposed new library area. This would be an ideal project for us as it will benefit each and every child, and for years to come.

In line with our new name, we recently ran a logo competition amongst the children at the school, asking them to design us a logo. This is currently being judged by villager Helen Hobdale, who is well known to the school for her work with the Art Den club. Once we have the logo agreed and artworked we will include this on all our correspondence and event communication.

We have a number of events in the pipeline which we would ask you to support in any way you possibly can, details of which will be listed in the Tetsworth newsletter. We are always looking for local sponsors to help with these events, so if you are willing to help, in any small way, please do get in touch.

If you have any queries about our work, our role in the community, or our forthcoming events, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Petra Eden-Parish
Chair – Tetsworth Primary School Association
01844 281446
Petra_ep@yahoo.co.uk  
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MAGIC ROUNDABOUT Pre-School

At Tetsworth Memorial Hall (term time only)

Sessions (Mon-Fri): 9.00 - 11.30

Lunch club (Mon-Thu): 11.30 - 1.05

Accompanied Toddler Group (Fri): 10.00 - 11.30

For further information, please contact the Pre-School during opening hours on:07871 613418 (voicemail).  

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St Giles Church

SERVICES

The congregation of St Giles would like to extend a warm welcome to you to any of our services, which through the month aim to cater for all needs.

All services start at 10.15 a.m.

We have a monthly cycle of services, which is as follows:

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PARISH PLAN

Two meetings have now been held towards designing the future for our village. At the inaugural meeting 65 villagers with a further 16 apologies agreed to support the production of a ten year plan.

It is apparent that although the plan is supported in principal most people are reluctant to commit too much time towards its construction and subsequent implementation. Based on the adage that "Many hands make light work" it is vital to combine short commitment times for the majority with slightly more effort from group leaders. In this respect the youth of our village are to be congratulated for leading the way. They came to the first meeting full of enthusiasm and ideas; they have appointed three competent leaders as representatives on the steering committee.

Looking forward to the continued well being of the village there are young people prepared to research on environmental and housing issues as well as their own special interests. Topic areas to be developed for the paper plan and for action in both the short and long term are agreed as:

1) YOUNG PEOPLE AND LAND BEHIND THE VILLAGE GREEN

Not only by the youth but the majority of those present could see the importance of providing for the future through the younger members of the village.

It became apparent that the requirement of some form of "meeting house" with the eventual "Skate park" or "dirt pile" for mountain bike activities was a priority. With the provision of one or all of the above, so many of any problems with the youth would go away.

The land behind the village green has not been used in the past as no person on the Parish Council had the time to project manage any development that was necessary. Alan martin is now prepared to investigate the situation and take on the project but this must be with the blessing and authority from the Parish Council and any other responsible bodies.

2) SOCIAL EVENTS

"Nothing to do" came-up several times as a negative comment about village resources. The major identified problems indicated a lack of communication around the Village and also fund raising for what-ever need or organisation is fragmented and always targets the same pot of money.

Consideration should be given to provide all event advertising, news and information etc to the editor of the Tetsworth Newsletter.

It was also considered that the Social Club might be able to provide a wider scope of activities and the Green be provided with more seats and rubbish bins. It was pointed out that the Basketball area required painting and the cracks in the tarmac repaired.

3) COUNTRYSIDE AND ENVIRONMENT

Important points raised for this topic area had widespread support, these included:

Bringing back the monthly skip, and provide a bottle bank clean up the footpaths. Look after the Church yard and the Jitty path, Tree planting and Village gates at the start and finish of the village.

4) TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

Public Service (Buses) received the most comments. Speeding through the village, parking in the village, speed cameras etc were to be considered but the priority would be to clarify "Buses on demand" and ensure that Tetsworth was included in the proposed provision of dial-a ride buses in association with the Oxford tube service from Lewknor..

5) HOUSES AND SERVICES

The comments in this category ranged from sewage, Village shop through to low cost new housing and the possibility of building even more executive style homes.

A full copy of the report from these meetings and the next step in the plans and where your help is needed can be found on the village website at www.tetsworth.org.uk.

Contact details: Alan Martin: alan@fcsl.freeserve.co.uk 281202 or

Marjorie Sanders: marjsanders@supanet.com 281208

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TETSWORTH SPORTS & SOCIAL CLUB

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The Tuesday Coffee Shop

Every Tuesday

2pm – 4.30pm

At The Memorial Hall, Back St, Tetsworth.

ALL WELCOME.

Tetsworth Parish Council

The Parish Council meets on the second Monday of each month in the Memorial Hall. Meetings start at 8pm and are open to the public. Details of meetings are posted on the notice board outside the Memorial Hall.

Your current Parish Council representatives, if you need to contact them are:

Chairman Jenny Kellond 281378

Councillor Karen Harris 281544  

Councillor Marjorie Sanders 281208

Councillor John Thompson 281266

Councillor Alan Martin 281202

Councillor Hazel Bottone 281626

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SODC Councillor Dorothy Brown 214229