CHADRA

Hello and welcome to the autumn edition of your village newsletter.
It always amazes me just how much goes on in our village; there are so many lovely things to look forward to in the coming months from Puppet Shows and Talent Shows to Fireworks and Xmas Fairs. A veritable harvest with something for everyone.

The CHADRA Team would like to wish Rosa Gunning (a former editor of CHADRA) a belated but very Happy Birthday. Rosa turned 100 on 22 July.

[Graphic: Charfield Memorial Hall & Playing Fields]

Presents …
Charfield's Got Talent!

FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER
DOORS & BAR OPEN 6.30PM 7PM START
SUITABLE FOR ALL AGES!!
REFRESHMENTS AND LICENSED BAR AVAILABLE
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM
STEVE'S SHOP AND THE GARAGE,
FROM TUES 12TH NOV.

ALL PROCEEDS TO CHARFIELD MEMORIAL HALL
CHARITY No 301482

[Graphic: Shopmobility (South Gloucestershire)]

Free Daily Hire
For South Gloucestershire Bus Pass Holders
Otherwise a £4.00 Scooter Hire Charge Payable
(Wheelchairs £1.00)

Shopmobility is based at Yate Library
Opening times

Tuesday & Friday 9:30am–4.00pm
Thursday & Saturday 9.30am–2.00pm

Telephone 01454 86xxxx or Mobile 07999 57xxxx

We can deliver and return a Scooter/Wheelchair to your car, local bus stop, taxi or community transport within the shopping centre. Longer-term hire is available subject to availability. It is advisable to book in advance. Times subject to change

Also Funded By
South Gloucester Council • Yate Town Council •
Dodington Parish Council • Quartet • Sodbury Town Council •
Members Donations
Registered Charity No. 1107379

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Next Copy Date – 12 January 2014

If you would like to write an article for the next issue, or make comments on articles published, please e-mail these to xxxx @ gmail.com

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It's time to sign up for this year's Bacon Butty morning on 10 November. We can only cope with a limited number of butty orders, and have the massed ranks of the Scouts with us again this year, so we advise EARLY BOOKING to avoid disappointment!

See you there!

Many, many thanks.
Your CHADRA Committee

[Graphic: Poppy wreath]

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For more info please call: 01453 84xxxx or visit the website for more details: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/newark-park

These Momentary Traces, an exhibition by Zoe Heath
4th September–1st November. 11am–5pm. Normal admission charges apply.
Discover the archives of Newark Park in print, painting, video and sound.

A Walk from the Park
20th October and 26th October. Meet at 10am. Free event.
A guided 5 mile walk with the Cotswold Wardens to experience the autumnal colours in all their splendour!

Tiny tots toddle
30th October. Meet at the House at 10:30am.
£5.00 one adult + two children. £1.00 per extra child.
An interactive guided walk specially designed for the under 4s. Bark rubbing and scavenger hunt with a free cup of tea or coffee for mum or dad.

Half term Pumpkin Trail and Spooky fun
26th October–1st November. 11am–5pm. Normal admission charges apply.
Pumpkin trail in the house, mask making, bat activity and creepy crawly outdoor trail

Ghostly Tour: Newark by Night and Candlelight
31st October. Two tours at 6:30pm and 7:45 pm. £13 pp. Booking essential.
A tour featuring our best ghost stories connected with the house. Enjoy a complementary glass of wine or soft drink during the interval.

Christmas at Newark Park
7th December and 8th December. Normal admission charges apply.
Our House will be open and filled with wonderful decorations. Outside you can enjoy a brisk walk on the Estate. Have a warm drink, a mince pie and get some lovely gifts among the craft stalls ready for this festive season with a stunning backdrop of an ancient house with spectacular Cotswold views!

How was the summer in your vegetable garden? What a contrast to 2012! Last year my squash plants died soon after being planted out, the beetroot, leaf beet and chard all disappeared and the runner beans didn't produce anything worthwhile until September. This year the squash plants went wild and I have ten large squash stored. The beet have done quite well and the various climbing beans came early but suffered in the heat.

I volunteered to trial some seeds for Gardening Which? Three different varieties of sunflower have all flowered well. The real star has been the variety of outdoor cucumber called ‘La Diva’. Five plants from five seeds produced 46 succulent cucumbers about 6 inches (15cm) long. How much this is down to the warm summer and how much to the variety is open to question. If I can get the seed again, I would like to try it in a more average summer.

Most of my other vegetables have done reasonably well. Some, like cabbages, are remarkably tolerant of different weather conditions. The broad beans and peas were good. In my present vegetable garden, leeks have usually been small. This year some of them are looking more promising. Is this because they are rather shaded by shrubs, or is it because they are planted where I grew 5courgettes last year? I put a lot of my ‘compost’ under courgettes, so perhaps the leeks have benefited from that in the following year.

Now (late September) many of the vegetables have been harvested and the plot looks untidy and bare. The compost bin is getting full and, given fair weather, in late autumn I shall be preparing ground for next year. My target date for sowing broad beans (variety Aquadulce) is 5th November. So, the new gardening year begins.

John Acton

PS Vegetable Plot Needed

Over the years I've grown vegetables on parts of five different gardens in Charfield where the owners had spare land. I've had my present plot for nine summers, but the house is now on the market. So I'm looking for somewhere else. If you have an area of garden that is a nuisance to keep tidy, and you would be happy for me to grow vegetables there for my own use, please ring me on 01453 84xxxx.

John Acton

I was listening to the Today programme on Radio 4 as I drove to work the other morning, and there was a piece on how the nation will be running out of grave-space in the next twenty years. And I felt a gentle glow of pleasure and pride on behalf of the Parish Council as I considered how we have taken care of that business in Charfield, for at least the next fifty years and beyond. The burial ground at Churchend is developing nicely, and with some help from volunteers including the “Clean Up, Green Up Charfield” group the site is prepped for winter. Having somewhere for Charfielders to bury their dead was always important to me, and to all the members of the Parish Council. It's a part of being a sustainable community that we don't have to ship our folk out of parish.

Sustainability is a word that's very much in use under the new Localism Act. Development has to be ‘sustainable’. I ask myself if the word is being mis-used, and ask myself exactly what is sustainable about building ever more houses on fields that were previously growing food for a growing population. But that's a philosophical argument that will come to nought for now. On the other hand, right now, there are companies out there seeking to build ‘sustainable development’ in Charfield.

But how sustainable is it to almost instantly grow the village by a third? To build three hundred more houses in a village that previously had a thousand and took hundreds of years to get that large? Am I scare-mongering? Maybe. But you ought to know there have recently been two separate expressions of interest in building in Charfield and at least one of them is for up to 150 houses – you can see the one from Planning Prospects that was presented at the last Council meeting, on our web site. The other developer who held an open day in Charfield a little while ago suggested a development far smaller at Day House Leaze, but rumours suggest that may have changed since then! You can find his plans (then) on the web site too. Click on Planning in the web site category list.

As a Councillor and Chair of Council, I must not pre-judge any planning application before it is presented to the Council for comment. To do so prejudices any comments the Council may make to South Gloucestershire (who make the actual decisions). I am not pre-judging here, but I am deliberately putting questions into the minds of the parishioners I serve, about how sustainable a massive increase in houses would be. I am urging you to take an interest, to keep an eye on upcoming 6planning applications and to consider them for yourselves, and perhaps make personal comments as is your right, online to South Gloucestershire or in person at the Parish Council meetings.

If there were 33% more houses in Charfield, how would that affect the road infrastructure we have? One main road through, busy already, perhaps 600 cars leaving and entering the village each day? Where would the children go to school? Where would the parents work? Where would they shop, see the doctor, the dentist … already most of us go out of county for the most basic services. Shops, doctors surgeries and the like can perhaps all be built into any proposed new developments, but will they be? Only when the planning application is in can we find out.

I'm possibly over-egging the situation, and deliberately so. But the terribly small return on the recent Housing Needs Survey suggests we don't all have the same priorities. If this village changes drastically over the next few years and you did nothing, assuming someone else would, you'll just have to say ‘I was fine with this’.

I started this column by referring to our burial ground wherein lie some of our beloved dead. Let me now finish by mentioning our ‘glorious dead’. As we move through autumn and into the time of remembrance, let me remind you our Remembrance Parade and Christian Service will be held on Sunday 10th November. The Parish Council will have the road closed and will manage the short parade from the Memorial Hall to the War Memorial. Do please come and join us. Also, in order that the village look its best for the Parade, the village autumn Litter Pick will be on Saturday 9th. Please, please, come and give an hour or two of your time. Councillors and Clerk will be in the Hall car park with gloves, bags and pickers, and will be available to discuss any parish matter as well …

… In particular how you feel about the future of the Village with regards development … as you are aware the Parish Council in conjunction with S Gloucestershire Council and the Village Plan Group have carried out a Housing Needs Survey following on from the Village Plan and now we are being asked to submit ideas to S Gloucestershire Council about what sort of development if any we would like to see (and this doesn't have to be houses it can be other amenities). This will make up the Places Sites and Policy Development Plan Document which will sit alongside the Core Strategy and create the new Local Plan for the next 15 years … and it will be the Local Plan that future planning applications will be assessed on (so quite an important exercise)!

We are in the season of harvest. We do get out what we put in. Oh, and by the way, we still have a vacancy for a Parish Councillor! Have a splendid autumn.

Mark Rosher – Chair
Charfield Parish Council
www.charfieldparishcouncil.org.uk

As this article goes into print we will hopefully have celebrated another successful CADS show and be on to our family Panto. Last season we brought a script in, and were met with mixed reviews. However as a group we preferred to perform a home grown show for the people of our little village.

As we experienced one of the hottest summers I can remember and the smell of BBQ filled the air, I was busy at my lap-top putting together our next panto.

Jack and the Beanstalk
Family Panto
February 7th and 8th 2014

7We always try and push the boundaries and make every show we do a little bit bigger than the last, and Jack and the Beanstalk is no exception. We all know the story of a poor widow and her foolish son Jack who sells their last cow for a bag of magic beans. But did you know Jack had a brother called Simple Simon? That the King had a daughter Jill? and an aide called Barron Landscape?, whom Jack and Simon's mum has a massive crush on? Or that the real baddie up in cloud land is not the giant at all but an evil creature called Flesh-Creep? who does all the giants dirty work.

Told and performed the only way CADS could, (lots of laughs, singing and the occasional line from the script) we are proud to bring you the biggest family Panto Charfield Village Hall has seen in years. If you haven't been to one of our shows before you are missing out on something magical.

We are a non-profit making group run by a band of volunteers who love writing and performing shows to bring back a bit of community feel to our village. So come and show your support and get your laughing tackle ready for plenty of he's behind you.

Performance dates are 7th and 8th of February 2014 – tickets will be on sale from Steve's shop January 1st 2014

Steve Picking

By the time you read this, we'll be well into planning for the services in the run-up to Christmas. The first of our special services is for All Souls' Day and this will be held on Sunday 3 November at 7pm. There will be paper at the back of church in the weeks before the service for you to write down the names of those you would like to be remembered. These will be read out during the service. Sometimes it's just nice to hear a loved one's name spoken out loud again.

This will be followed by Remembrance Sunday, 10 November, with the service of remembrance at the War Memorial at 10.50 and then in church.

We then go on to the Christmas Fair on Friday 22 November, between 6pm and 9.30. This was a huge success last year with a full complement of stands selling a wide range of Christmas gifts. I bought home-made sweets, a wooden name sign for my house, lovely earrings, and a cheese board made of a melted coloured glass bottle!

The churches in the wider area are looking at setting up a book club. We wouldn't necessarily be reading theology, but novels, biographies and such like and discussion would include how they relate to Christian themes. If you'd like to join in, let Chris Mason know (number below).

Christmas starts with the Christingle service and goes on through to Christmas Day with a range of different kinds of service:

* Christingle Service
1 Dec 4pm with Christingles for the children (oranges studded with sweets and with a candle, which the children carry round the darkened church)

* Carols by Candlelight
Saturday 21 Dec, 7pm at St. James's, with mulled wine and mince pies after.

* Carol Service
Sunday 22 Dec, 4pm at St. John's

* Crib Service
Tuesday 24 Dec, 4pm

* Midnight Mass
Tuesday 24 Dec, 11.30pm

* Christmas Morning
Wednesday 25 December, 9.30am

For this issue, I have interviewed Chris Mason, who moved into the Rectory with his wife, Bronwen, in August last year as 8Associate Priest for Charfield and the four other parishes in our benefice.

[Photo: Rev Chris Mason]

Q What was your background before ordination?
“I wasn't ordained until I was 43, so that's a lot of background! My first job was as a Social Worker in Lancashire and then I moved to Peterborough for a job teaching in further and higher education. My students were mainly adult learners – teachers, nurses, teaching assistants – but I found teaching young students with special needs hugely rewarding.”

Q What prompted you to go for ordination?
“I guess there was no one, particular thing, but a gradual and developing awareness of God's presence in my life. Of course, I resisted, like many people do, but in the end I had to give in and say, “Look God, if you want me and all my weaknesses, I'll turn the handle but you'll have to push open the doors for me!” Needless to say, doors were opened and after training for three years, I was ordained in 1994 in Peterborough Cathedral.”

Q What do you enjoy most about being a parish priest?
“The best thing is not having a timetable and marking! I enjoy the independence and freedom, the opportunity of meeting a great variety of people, being with them and sharing in moments of joy and sadness … but most of all the immense privilege of accompanying them in a journey of faith when we can be truly ourselves.”

Q Where were you based before coming to Charfield and its sister parishes?
“I lived in Peterborough with my wife Bronwen. Our adult children, Chantal, Rob, Gareth & Bryn have all ‘flown the nest’. I was attached to a city church, St Mary's, within 5 minutes' walk of the city and cathedral.”

Q What would you like to achieve in Charfield during your time here?
“My leisure goal is to stay reasonably fit and learn to play a decent game of golf! But on a more serious note, I would like to feel that by the end of my time in Charfield, more people will come to find a home in St John's and delight in being part of a living, thriving Christian community.”

Don't forget the church is open every day for prayer or if you just want a quiet place for personal reflection. There are also books and the world's best jams and marmalades available. See our notice board for a list of church services and contacts.

Sue Thorn – PCC member

Hello my lovelies.

Firstly many thanks to those of you enquiring after my dodgy knee. Yippee, it's healed. I can now walk downstairs, not backwards. I have gone back to tapdancing but am doing selective moves AND bearing in mind the doctor's words that the knee is a WEIGHT BEARING JOINT.

Keith had to go over to Yate, so I asked him to come back with a cheap toaster. We were going to Ilfracombe in our camper. Off we set with a slick black piece of kit for a tenner. We are the third owners of our moveable home and I can 9tell you now the oven looks gleamingly brand new. I certainly wasn't going to start messing it up.

We took the local bus and went to Croyde Bay, Barnstaple, and Westward Ho. It was a bit drizzly one morning so out came the toaster. The lead wouldn't quite reach the plug point. OK you cry, we should have spent £20!!

We'd called into several charity shops and I'd bought Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction. Beautiful quality of paper and quite a thick book. Excellent for propping up the toaster. We don't have a proper aerial for programs, etc, but do have a little TV and a selection of DVDs. Keith wanted toast but I was in the middle of a brilliant laughable chapter of A Mole so propped up Keith's breakfast catering with Ice Age 2, Return to Madagascar and Wallace and Gromit.

I was reading an article about Julian Barnes, Winner of the Man Booker prize. It said that his book was laced with trademark precision, dexterity and insight and that it was the work of one of the world's most distinguished writers. Oh lucky him, I thought.

I was in NatWest, Chipping Sodbury, when an extremely well dressed man came in. His mobile phone rang. It was so loud. “Apologies,” he said, “I have to hear it over the tractor.” He was having a chat and then I heard him exclaim, “Yes I know the b..... cows have got out.” It's moments like that, that are absolute gems.

Well dear folks, I'll sign off now.

Best wishes, love Maz xx

The newly formed team have been working very hard. There is a lot of planning before we can do anything practical. We have lots of ideas and big ambitions but we also want to put changes in place that are well thought out, sustainable and reflect what Charfield wants.

As most of the spaces we are looking at are public spaces and border the main road we have to get a lot of permissions in place before we can do anything – the Council, StreetCare, the Highways Agency etc all have to be consulted. There is also the small issue of funding!

We are quite well advanced in realising our first plan so look out for some signs of change in Spring 2014 but I am giving no more clues than that!

We are holding our AGM on the 11th November 2013 in the Sportsman's Lounge, Charfield Memorial Hall at 20.00 hours – we would love to see you. It will be a short and relaxed affair.

We were thrilled to have loads of entries from the scouts, cubs and beavers in the competition to design our logo. They were of a very high standard and we are in the process of incorporating a number of their ideas into our new logo.

During the winter when you are sorting out your sheds and greenhouses please give us a thought – any left over garden materials like lawn edging, tree stakes, chain link fencing, fencing wire, exterior paints and stains, surplus gardening tools, large pots, excess compost, decking etc could be very useful to us. Please email us and let us know what you have spare. Any ideas or offers of fund raising would also be very welcome. Donations towards plants would be a great way to remember someone or to 10celebrate an occasion like a wedding anniversary.

We don't have any specific projects in mind but if anyone is or knows of artists, sculptures, poets, designers based in the village please let us know. We want our projects to be based on local talents and resources and to really reflect the spirit of the village.

Finally a big thank you to those people who have already volunteered to help. More volunteers are always welcome and you don't need any previous horticultural experience just enthusiasm. To find out about upcoming events where you can volunteer, or to see our progress, go to our webpages at www.charfieldparishcouncil.org.uk/#### or log onto our Facebook page.

Yvette Andrewartha – Chair CUGUC
xxxx @ gmail.com

Rural Arts show Puppet show for children in the Memorial Hall
on Saturday 7th December 2.30

Nobody Rides The Unicorn – superbly crafted puppets, original live music, lyrical words and songs, sound effects and moments of unexpected magic blend to tell the touching tale.

Recommended for ages 4 +.
Adults £8, OAP's £6, children £5, family ticket £24 (2+2)
For more info call 01454 26xxxx

4 Exercise Groups Launch In South Glos in support of World Mental Health Day

South Gloucestershire Council, the Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust and the University of the West of England (UWE) have joined forces to provide a weekly programme of group activities for exercise and positive mental health under the title ‘Exercise SG’. The new groups will meet weekly in Thornbury, Bradley Stoke, Kingswood and UWE (Frenchay campus), joining a pre-existing group that meets in Yate.

Exercise SG has been established for people who use mental health or wellbeing services or feel unable to access mainstream activities due to their mental health issues. Each session will consist of group exercise, socialising and appropriate support from a trained professional. Those taking part can choose from a range of fitness activities from racquet sports to walking.

The Thornbury group will meet each Monday from 11am to 1pm at Thornbury Leisure Centre. The Bradley Stoke group will meet each Monday from 2pm to 4pm at Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre. The Yate group meet on Thursdays and their next session takes place on Thursday 10 October (World Mental Health Day) from 11am to 1pm at Yate Leisure. The UWE group meet every Friday from 11am to 1pm at the University's Centre for Sport, and the Kingswood group also meet on Fridays with their session taking place from 2pm to 4pm at Kingswood Leisure Centre.

Brian Gardner, South Gloucestershire Council's Active Lifestyles Manager, said: “The Mental Health Foundation informs us that one in four people will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year. It is well reported that exercise has a positive effect on our mental health – endorphins raise our 11mood, we feel a sense of achievement and it's fun!”

Exercise SG has been made possible by a grant from South Gloucestershire Council and the generous support of all three partners.

Self-referrals and referrals from mental health workers and other health professionals are welcome. Please visit www.southglos.gov.uk/#### to download the referral form or call 01454 86xxxx for further information.

As ever, things continue to be very busy at the hall. Our improvement and modification plans continue, but we also still have to spend money on urgent repairs. In August we had a leak on the mains water pipe serving the hall. This has now been fixed and most of the costs were covered by our insurance but the report from the company who fixed the leak is that the whole pipe – from Wotton Road up to the hall – needs replacement. This, as you can imagine, is not cheap and is money we simply do not have. This point illustrates how old and tired the hall & facilities are, and also illustrates how clever the trustees must be to manage the meagre resources at the hall whilst still providing the community facility we all want to see.

Luckily we have a great committee and our team has been supplemented in the last few weeks by a new caretaker, Chris Earley. Chris is already really getting stuck into the role and is proving a real asset to the hall. Welcome Chris!

What is also really pleasing is that hall use generally, and particularly bookings for private parties, continues to grow. The private parties are a real asset to the hall – the bar takings alone providing a much needed boost in revenue to allow the repair, improvement and modification plans to be pushed on with.

But we don't rest and look smug, as our own fundraising efforts are continuing right through the Autumn. By the time you read this we will have hosted a Gnome Hunt and Fascinating Rhythm – the local ladies a cappella singing group. We will also have happily hosted the latest CADS production. Through the rest of the year we have an antiques valuation night, the Charfield Talent Show and a Rural Arts Puppet show. Please look out for the details of these events advertised in the usual spots around the village.

Finally, the usual broken record plea. The Memorial Hall is the only independent community facility your village has. It is used by young and old alike for recreation, entertainment and meetings. It is important. It can only survive with your help. Whether it is organising a one off event or joining the committee on a longer term basis, we would love to meet you and hear your ideas for ways to improve the hall and generate the funds required to achieve those aims.

Hope to see you in or around the hall soon.

Tim Hill. – Chair

A big welcome to all our new starters, we're delighted that they're all settling in so well.

We still have a few places available in certain sessions, so please call Debra on 07966 61xxxx if you would like to chat about registering your child as a new starter, or about extending your existing hours. We have also opened up some of our sessions to welcome children from 2 years old (no potty training required!), so again please call or e-mail us (xxxx @ gmail.com) for more details.

Well … where did those summer holiday go?

12Over the summer we spent the rest of our 2013 budget on a minor make-over for our beloved Pre-School room, which included a fresh coat of paint all over AND some completely new flooring! It looks FANTASTIC. We would like to thank those parents and family members that helped move furniture to enable the painters and flooring people come in and complete the job in time. We would also like to thank Bryan Grantham and the trustees of The Foundation Room for their generous donation towards the cost of the carpet, and Keith Spill and Chris Davis for their expert and reliable services, at great value for money! We would like to say a huge thanks to all our fantastic team of Committee members for all their hard work at each and every event.

We would like to thank our new committee members who came and supported our AGM on Wed 18th September. We would like to welcome our new ‘Secretary’ – Sam Jones who steps into the position from the general committee.

Once again, The Pre-School would like to say a big thank you to Wotton Accountancy Associates for their continued invaluable support by performing an Independent Review of the year end accounts for 2012/13.

We would like to say ‘MASSIVE’ thank you Peter Elliott, who has spent the summer months doing all our “odd jobs“, working his way down a maintenance list in order to bring the building and our lovely garden back up to scratch! Peter is our very own unsung hero – he works tirelessly for our Pre-School, very often behind the scenes and we can't thank him enough for the time and dedication he continues to show us.

We are DELIGHTED to announce that we have been awarded a grant funding of a WHOPPING £1,350 towards our new Interactive Learning Journey project. This is a really exciting project to introduce iPad devices, upon which both the staff and children can take photos and videos to be uploaded into their Learning Journeys – bring on the iPads!!

We have some tough challenges ahead of us this year, as the numbers of children registered are down again, this year we will be relying heavily on fundraising and marketing the Pre-School in and out of the village … So Why not join our Lottery Club? Enter our monthly prize draw and win a cash prize! This is a great way for grandparents, aunties/uncles and family friends to support Pre-School every month … as the saying goes, “you have to be in it, to win it”!

In time for the Christmas Shopping season, we are re-launching our “easyfundraising” campaign, aimed at those who buy things on the internet. As the name suggests, it's a REALLY EASY way for the Pre-School to raise funds. Please visit www.easyfundraising.org.uk and sign up as a ‘Supporter’. You can really make a difference … simply by shopping.

JINGLE BELLS! Finally, Santa is already booked to tour the village on his float on Sunday 15th December, we are planning on roaming the village from 3pm this year … Keep your eyes and ears peeled for those sleigh bells, and a little elf ringing your doorbell with a collection tin in their hand!

Have a great Autumn term,
Karen Stainthorpe. – Chair

House-to House Collection
Our main annual house-to-house collection was held in early July. The total amount collected throughout the GL12 post-code area plus North Nibley was £2382 (best result yet); the amount raised in Charfield was £402.

13I would like to thank all of you who contributed, and also take this opportunity to thank the 3 regular collectors in Charfield without whom the amount raised would have been very much smaller.

We will be collecting again in early July next year. Offers to help with the collection – particularly in Charfield, but also anywhere else – will be most welcome! Even if you can only offer a couple of hours, this could fill a piece of the jigsaw.

Open Garden
In August, by kind permission of the owners (Martin & Jane Keay) we held an Open Garden event at Crowell Brook Mill near North Nibley. The house is a converted mill building with a mill pond to the front. Doverte Brook runs through the grounds to the rear – where there are a further 3 ponds. Pebbled & grass paths lead through the garden – which changes from a formal area (with neat lawn) near the house to less formal (including woodland) areas that attract wildlife.

The weather proved as kind as the Keays and the event was well attended. While I spent most of the time directing parking (which was quite hectic at times), I know several people came from Charfield and I thank you for supporting this event.

Bristol Channel Lifeboat Appeal
This year, all funds raised by the Branch will be going to the Bristol Channel Lifeboat Appeal. This has two initial prime aims:

• To provide funds to improve the facilities at Weston-super-mare.
• To provide funds for a new lifeboat and lifeboat station at Portishead

The Weston-super-Mare lifeboat station (currently the nearest RNLI lifeboat to us in Charfield) is situated on Birkbeck Island – from which the boat can be launched regardless of the state of the tide. However, to get to the boat, the crew need to cross the derelict Birkbeck pier, which can be an “adventurous” trip – especially in the dark and in driving rain!! Furthermore, the lifeboat station dates back to 1902; it has limited facilities and the launching slipway is itself in need of repair.

The new RNLI lifeboat station to be built at Portishead (near Portishead Quays Marina) will replace the lifeboat operated by the independent Portishead Lifeboat Trust and follows their approaching the RNLI for adoption. The current lifeboat operates from a small and cramped prefabricated building with no facilities (they have to get the boat out even to get to their clothing) and from a slipway from which launching is difficult at spring low tides. The new lifeboat station will allow the boat to be launched more quickly and regardless of the state of the tide. It will also provide facilities to provide primary care (warmth, hot drinks, etc) to those that are rescued.

Education Update
During the house-to-house collection in Charfield in July, I was asked – by a young mother – whether I had made a recent presentation on the RNLI and safety at the sea-side to the children in Charfield School; it seemed her daughter came home and kept talking about it. In this case, the presentation was made by a newly-recruited education volunteer, but I made sure to pass this feedback to him.

Barry and I are both part of a limited group of local education volunteers going into schools and youth groups to talk about the RNLI, beach safety etc. The group covers not just the immediate locality of Charfield, but also Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Newent, Malvern, Swindon, etc. There are other groups operating in Bristol and Bath.

Christmas Cards and Souvenirs
We will again be selling Christmas cards and souvenirs at the Wotton Charities 14Fayre in the Civic Centre, Wotton on Saturday 30th November.

Branch Website
The Branch now has its own web-site (http://wuernli.btck.co.uk/). This identifies the committee members, gives details of our activities (eg events to which we take the souvenir stall), shows some photographs of Branch events (including the talk by Captain Harper and the previous talk by Miranda Krestovnikoff, and provides a means of contacting us.

John Barnett – 01453 84xxxx (Charfield)

Shoe Box Bacon Rolls Morning
Saturday 19th October, 10.30–12 noon There will be bacon rolls, cake, coffee and tea available. All proceeds will go to our Christmas Shoe Box Appeal

Crafts for Christmas
Saturday 7th December, 12–2pm Come along to our family afternoon of crafts. Something for all the family – from jewellery making to creating cards and designing gift labels. Tea, squash and biscuits available.

Carol Service
Sunday 15th December at 11am, friends of the Chapel – Ben Huddleston and Phil Webley will be taking the service. There will be a bring and share lunch after the service – all welcome. Please just let me know numbers.

Sunday Services
We aim to present a mix of traditional and contemporary worship, and our great desire is to encourage more families and young people to join in our activities and worship. See our noticeboard for details of chapel services.

Organ at Charfield Chapel
We are also looking for someone who may like to play the organ from time to time at a Sunday service – if you think this could be you – please do get in touch.

Senior Citizens Lunches
We have had 2 senior citizens lunches so far and both have been a great success. The lunch follows on with some great entertainment from – Gods Grampys. If you would like to put your name down for the next lunch – then feel free to get in touch.

Youth Cafe – coming soon
Preparations are under way, lots have been going on behind the scenes and we plan to start shortly.

If you would like further information on any of the above, please contact April on 01453 84xxxx or email xxxx @ hotmail.co.uk Come along and see how great the newly refurbished Chapel looks – a very warm welcome awaits.

During 2013, willing helpers at Charfield Chapel have been covering shoe boxes with festive wrapping, 300 shoe boxes have now been covered and the filling of boxes with goodies has now started. Our helpers take great delight knowing that they bring a little pleasure into the life of underprivileged people (children, adults and elderly)

Shoe Boxes are filled to the brim with items such as toothpaste, a toothbrush, bar of soap, flannel, comb, bag of sweets, toy, notepad and pens and 2 warm items of clothing (we like to give hats, scarves or gloves). This year our shoe boxes are being sent to Moldova, where there is great need. We support the charity Blythswood Care (www.blythswood.org), who combine the Christian message with practical help for those in need.

It would be wonderful if you felt able to take part in the shoe box appeal this year. The gifts that are given mean so much to those who receive them. It helps them realise that they are not forgotten and that 15someone really cares. Please note that shoe boxes are collected late October / early November.

Please contact April Palmer on 01453 84xxxx or email xxxx @ hotmail.co.uk for further information.

Many thanks
April. – Charfield Chapel

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Would you like to make your area a better place to live, work and play? Then why not get involved with your local Safer Stronger Community Group? It works with the Council, Town/Parish Council, Police, Fire & Rescue and Health Authority to do just that.

You can:
• come along to a meeting
• find out what's happening in your area
• go on-line at: http://####.southglos.gov.uk.
• call your Community Engagement Officer on 01454 86xxxx
• email: xxxx @ southglos.gov.uk
• or call the Chair of the group on 0781318xxxx or 01453 84xxxx

The next meeting for the Charfield, Cromhall and Tortworth Group is:

Thursday 23rd October 2013, 7.30 pm,
Sportsman Lounge, Charfield Village Hall, Charfield

Updates on issues from the last meeting to include among other things:

Applications for funding to SSCIF
Carriage way repairs
Road safety concerns due to overgrown verges

So slowly does the mist of darkness fall
Upon the tired mind,
That minutes seems like hours,
The hours endless time.

Time that cannot see or hear,
Is never seen or heard,
Yet moves around with some strange power,
That leaves the mind disturbed.

Time stands still when movement is required,
Yet when the need to stop is there,
It moves as though inspired.

Time is a word so very small,
That some ignore its powers,
But the greatness of this tiny word,
Means more than timeless hours.

Before our World became awakened,
As it was intended,
Time stood still within a void,
Until Earths sleep had ended.

With the end of Earths long slumber,
The Sun was seen to shine,
And the darkness that engulfed the World,
Became controlled by time.

All things are ruled by times demands,
Yet time has no known master,
And even if it gives us peace,
It can create disaster.

As darkness falls we lift our eyes,
To see the stars that shine,
But this privilege is only ours,
By courtesy of time.

It's taken many million years
To prove the stars existence,
16But the stars we see may not be there,
Because of time and distance.

All things will age within this World,
When the time to age is due,
Yet in every second of each hour,
Time remains as new.

There is no way that time can age,
Though a billion years may pass,
If a billion more are still to come,
Time will those years out last.

If time was made for time to think,
And rest the weary mind,
There would be more time for making time,
Time to live with time not timed.

Time now rules our complex World,
With man a groveling slave,
Yet time was made from man's own mind,
Now it drives him to his grave,

When times long truce with Earth runs out,
And the partnerships been destroyed,
All life and time will be as before
When our Earth was just a void.

Poem by Ken Parker

Rising gas and electricity prices have become a major concern for everyone across the UK.

Fuel bills are set to continue rising and will likely bring more financial worries to residents of South Gloucestershire.

In order to combat this South Gloucestershire Council is working in partnership with other local authorities and the Severn Wye Energy Agency to help communities stay warm, lower fuel bills and reduce carbon emissions.

Set up in 2001, the local Warm & Well scheme has helped thousands of residents improve the energy efficiency of their homes and consequently reduce their fuel bills.

Building on this success Warm & Well has now been remodelled to incorporate the new national schemes, such as Green Deal and the Energy Company Obligation. This means that through the dedicated local energy advice line our residents are able to access free impartial advice tailored to their specific needs. From ground source heat pumps to draught proofing, Warm & Well will be able to advise which financial scheme will be the most appropriate for them.

For more information about the Warm and Well scheme or other energy efficiency initiatives contact the local Energy Advice line on 0800 500 30 76

Congratulations to the organisers of the concert performed by local ladies' barbershop group “Fascinating Rhythm” on 5 October to raise funds for the hall.

FR (about 30 of their 51 members) filled the hall with the most wonderful sound; a very varied choice of songs arranged in close harmony for four voices – bass, baritone, tenor and lead. The balance and blending of voices, the clarity of articulation, the choreography, the emotion, the focus, all were a joy to witness. Such fun to tune into the various individual voice parts whilst listening to the whole. The obvious joy they put into 17and no doubt got out of their performance left the audience thrilled.

A special unexpected treat was the appearance of ‘Havoc’, a quartet of ladies who were national champions in 2007.

It is lovely to be entertained so wonderfully without having to drive miles to a venue.

More, please!

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Revenue Grant 2013 Applications open 14 October

Applications close on 18 November 2013

Are you a voluntary group working in South Gloucestershire? Do you serve your local community to make their lives better? And would a small grant from South Gloucestershire Council help you do it?

All our grants are designed for volunteer groups that want to develop projects and provide activities that meet local needs. They can include art and culture, children and play, community safety, developing communities, enhancing the natural and built environment, learning activities, promoting equality and tackling poverty, sports, and supporting vulnerable people.

You can make your online application from Monday 14 October onwards, and have 5 weeks until 18 November to complete it.

Revenue Grants can help your group with basic running costs and the buying of small pieces of equipment. Examples would be help towards room hire or insurance, putting on a community event or producing a newsletter.

Tip: register on the Grants Website now and receive reminders and updates about all our grants.

More information?

Grants Helpline 01454 86xxxx Mon-Fri 9am–4pm
Grants Website http://tiny.cc/####
Email enquiries xxxx @ southglos.gov.uk
Minicom 01454 86xxxx
SMS text 07950 08xxxx
CVS South Gloucestershire www.cvs-sg.org.uk

Free internet access is available at all South Gloucestershire libraries.

I am sure that many of you will have noted the recent press coverage regarding the rural superfast broadband project which was criticised by the chair of the commons select committee saying that the project being delivered by BDUK was liable to overrun by two years, would not reach enough of the rural communities and the contract process appeared to favour BT. In response the Coalition Government stated that the project was essential for the rural areas, offered value for money and BT was awarded contracts as there were few who could tender for the work.

So where does this leave us, The superfast Broadband project is a priority for South Gloucestershire Council and they are well aware of the importance to residents and local businesses and they are working closely with BT to ensure that 18the rollout of fibre broadband across the area is delivered on time and on budget.

BT have designed and will deliver the new network in a structured and planned way to ensure that there will be no budget or time over runs. South Gloucestershire remains one of the first areas in the country to benefit from this substantial infrastructure project and as a result of their early proactive work, will be one of the few areas to meet the Governments delivery target.

Work will commence in laying the fibre to the cabinets in the spring of next year in Charfield and delivery of the service should be available late 2014 or early 2015. the process is to lay fibre to the green cabinets and use the existing lines that run to properties to enable a greater line speed, there has been some confusion with Charfield being close to the county boundary that there are some residents who are served by cabinets that are in the Stroud District, fortunately Gloucester County Council are rolling out the same project which is on a par regarding time scales so there should be no reduction of service for those residents.

On another point I have asked the editor to include in this issue information on the South Gloucestershire Council revenue grants, these are small grants designed for voluntary groups who are working to benefit the community. The application process is open from the 14th October and will close in November, have a look at the criteria and see if your group could qualify.

In September we decided the capital grants process at the Severn Vale Area Forum and I am pleased to say that many groups from Charfield were successful in obtaining grant funding for their groups and projects.

John O'Neill

Hello from The Friends! Well it must be Autumn, not only is it blowing a hoolie and pouring with rain but it's also time for The Friends AGM!

I cannot believe that we have come to the end of another fundraising year (our New Year starts on 1st September in line with our accounts – don't ask!) and what a successful one it's been!!

The AGM is a great time to review the year and to share with everyone in the community what has been achieved through the hard work of a committed group of parents and helpers. It seems a long time ago since we were celebrating the opening of the first phase of the replacement adventure playground with our grand opening last September – the rain certainly didn't dampen the children's spirits!!

In terms of the money raised from each of our core events, i.e. Fireworks Night, Christmas Fair, Christmas Tree Sale, Charfest and Sports Day teas we raised just over £4,555.00. In addition to this we were very fortunate to benefit from community grants and awards generously donated by National Grid and Charfield Parish Council totalling just over £1,425.00, we would again like to say a huge THANK YOU to these organisations for their support. Adding to this, is the £840.00 raised by our Easy Fund Raising Account (please continue to support us through our www.easyfundrasing.org.uk/ causes/ friendsofcharfieldschool link. For those of you like me without a mathematical brain, this makes the total sum of money raised in 2012/2013 by The Friends £6,820.00!!!

Whilst you are probably thinking how well The Friends have done you are probably also wondering how much money we 19have spent and on what, well the answer I am delighted to say is ALMOST ALL OF IT!!! The /items The Friends have helped purchase this year are as follows;

• Tools and equipment for Maz's Gardening Club
• Christmas Presents and Crackers for school Christmas parties
• Netball Equipment
• Tag Rugby kit
• Year 6 Leavers presents
• Outstanding payment for the first phase of the replacement of the adventure playground equipment.

The cost for all of the above totalled £6,700.00

In addition to the above I am delighted to report that following on from our application to the South Gloucestershire Severn Vale Forum for a capital grant we have been awarded the amazing sum of £6,000.00 to help towards the £11,000 or so needed to replace the centre section of play equipment for the adventure playground.

Being awarded this grant means we can now proceed with preparing designs for the children to vote on and then get the adventure playground completed which, bearing in mind a total project cost of £22,000 is a real testament to the hard work of everyone involved with The Friends in addition to the school's and community's continued support.

Whilst it's good to reflect on another successful year we need to look forward to our new year of fundraising, starting with the ever popular Fireworks Night. This is going to be held on Friday 1st November, there will be the usual mix of excellent hot food as well as a fantastic professional fireworks display by Chinnick Theatre Services so make sure you get your tickets early before they all sell out!!!

In addition to Fireworks Night we will be holding our Christmas Fair and Christmas Tree Sale (don't get your tree from anywhere else!!!) at a date to be confirmed (although I can tell you it will definitely be in December – watch this space!!).

Whilst I have been able to reflect on another excellent year of fundraising I am disappointed to have to tell you that I am writing my last CHADRA article as Chair of The Friends. I have enjoyed my time immensely since getting involved with The Friends coming up to 3 years ago, but have decided it is now time for some fresh faces to get involved. In addition to myself standing down, some of the other longstanding committee members will be hanging up their Smurf outfits and bright orange T-shirts and I would like to take this opportunity to say a massive THANK YOU for all of their hard work and for their tireless commitment in helping raise so much money for Charfield Primary School and for enriching the children's learning experience at the school.

I wish the new committee every success in continuing The Friends legacy!!!

Tim Skuse – Chair The Friends of Charfield Primary School.

Here we are again at the start of another school year. The summer holidays were great fun with lots of different activities and weekly visitors to the club including Zoolab, the Sort It team from South Glos. Council and volunteers who showed the children how to make mosaics, Indian cooking, and rag rugging. A big thank you to everyone for taking the time to come to the club.

There have been some significant improvements to the Foundation Rooms over the summer. The room has been painted and has new flooring and display boards. This work was done in partnership with the Foundation Rooms 20and the Preschool so thank you to them. And thanks to a grant from South Glos. Council we've also got new tables and chairs. The room now looks fantastic.

We would like to welcome several new families to the club which continues to be busy and fully booked on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons. We have said goodbye to our student Play Assistants who got great results in their exams and are off to university, we wish them luck for the future. We would also like to say a warm welcome to 2 new student Play Assistants who have recently joined us.

We had great fun at our recent fundraising event, the Gnome Hunt, which was a great success; a fantastic afternoon was had by all! The event raised £418 which will be split between the Out of School Club and the Village Hall. Thank you to everyone who supported this event. We also secured a grant from South Glos Council which will enable the club to purchase a new wall mounted TV.

The Out of School Club AGM was due to be held on 10th October. Yvonne Kershaw the current Chair has stepped down after 3 years in the role. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Yvonne for all her hard work; she has done a wonderful job. The Treasurer and Secretary have both stayed on. By the time you read this article the club will hopefully have a new Chair and more general members. If not we will have to call an EGM.

Bookings are now being taken for half term, so if you need childcare or even if your children would simply like to play in a structured and caring environment please contact the club for a booking form. The theme for half term will be Halloween.

Don't forget our club is open to all children attending school up to the age of 13. During term time we are open from 07:30 until the start of school and after school until 18:00. Check out the school website for more details www.charfieldschool.org.uk and follow the links. Please give it a go, we are sure your children will enjoy it and you will be impressed!

Finally we would like to say a big thank you to all our staff who continue to do a fabulous job.

The Out of School Club Committee

1st Charfield Rainbows
5 years–7 years old.
We have been looking at Ancient Egypt, and have had a great time with all our new Rainbows.
We are always looking for helpers so if you know anyone with an hour to spare please get in touch.

2nd Charfield Brownies
7 years–10 years old.
We have some spaces coming up at Christmas, call to put your daughter on the list.

We are in need of more helpers if anyone is interested?
We meet Tuesdays term time from 5.30pm–7pm.
Leader Nicki Brain: mobile 0774311xxxx or xxxx @ msn.com

2nd Wotton Guides
Wotton Baptist Hall (Autumn Term) for girls 10 years–14 years old.
A group of Guides from Wotton have returned from four days of high-adrenaline activities and live music at Wellies and Wristbands – a fantastic festival-style event exclusively for Girlguiding members.

13 members of 2nd Wotton Guides travelled by train to Foxlease in Hampshire to join more than 2,000 21Guides and members of The Senior Section for the action-packed girl-only extravaganza over the Bank Holiday weekend (23–26 August). Thrill-seekers had their pick of the adventurous activities on offer at Foxlease – one of Girlguiding's Training and Activity Centres – including zip wiring, abseiling, a high ropes course and the crate challenge, which sees fearless participants build a huge tower of crates while harnessed to a rope.

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The Guides also had the chance to relax, with live music from local acts, street dancing, a beach village, cinema and pamper zone complete with hot tubs set up on the 65-acre site for the occasion. Among the activities the Wotton group, all aged 11 to 13, chose to try out were rafting, whizzing through the trees on a zip wire, having a go at archery, and setting the record for the longest time on a bucking bronco! Charlie, 11, said: Wellies and wristband was brilliant because there was workshops you could do, crafts, hot tubs and the activities were fun. The staff on the activities were kind and helpful. I hope to come back next year!

Guide leader Sarah Cocker said: “Wellies and Wristbands was a great experience for the girls and leaders – there was a real festival-style atmosphere and it was extra special because it made us realise the scale of Girlguiding across the UK and the importance of a ‘girl-only’ space. We were all sad to leave!

Contact xxxx @ hotmail.com

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CHARFIELD OPEN DAYS
Is your child starting Primary School in September 2014?

Come and see Charfield Primary in action

We are holding Open Days 9:30–10:30 & 1:30–2:30
Monday 21st October
Wednesday 23rd October
Monday 2nd December
Wednesday 4th December

Contact us on 01454 26xxxx or xxxx @ charfieldschool.org.uk to book a place. Please let us know if you want us to use Braille, large print or receive information in another language.

CHARFIELD ACADEMY CONVERSION COMPLETED

The Department for Education's Academy Conversion for our school took place on 1st September. As such Charfield Primary's OFSTED category was removed and we are now part of The Castle School Education Trust (CSET) The conversion process has resulted in very little visible change to Charfield. There have been no changes to the school name, uniform or staffing as a result of becoming an Academy. The principle difference is the way in which the school is funded and governed. We have exciting new links that we can draw on to enhance our school further and continue to build on the significant improvements the school has already made.

22The children continue to receive the same high standards that are expected at Charfield.

Throughout the year opportunities for parents to meet CSET board members will take place. The first of these will be during our parent's evenings in November. Melanie Warnes will be at the evenings to answer any related academy questions.

CHARFIELD ACHIEVES
The school celebrated impressive results in July, achieving the best results ever in KS2 SATs and improved KS1 results for the 5th consecutive year.

When put in comparison with the averages for South Gloucestershire Local Authority (LA) and Year 6 National Results it really emphasises what a successful year the school had.

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Have you received your Electoral Registration form? Electoral Services have started their annual canvass to obtain details of all eligible electors living in South Gloucestershire. Details taken from registration forms will be used to compile the next Electoral Register on 14 February 2014.

Around 111,000 forms have been sent out across South Gloucestershire to arrive on doorsteps from 20 October 2013.

There are quick and easy ways to advise South Gloucestershire Council of NO CHANGES to your household details. Don't delay; use the automated service today and save your council money on printing reminder forms.

Using the two part security code on your registration form, you can confirm your details by:

Freephone – 0800 197 xxxx
Internet – www.registerbyinternet.com/southglos
Text – 80212

If there are any CHANGES to your details, you will need to return your paper form by post using the freepost envelope provided. Remember, if you're not on the register, you cannot vote. Getting personal credit may be difficult too. You may have problems getting a mortgage, credit card or even a mobile phone, so make sure you are registered. If you have lost your form or need help, please call 01454 86xxxx.

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October
18th Pre-School Xmas Shopping Event Village Hall 6.30–10pm
19th Shoe Box Bacon Rolls Morning Chapel 10.30–12pm
23rd Mobile Library
24th Cash In The Attic at Village Hall 8pm With Philip Taubenheim of Wotton Auction Rooms. Village hall run event.

November
1st Primary School Fireworks Night
9th Litter Pick meet at Village Hall 10am–2pm
10th Remembrance Sunday Brunch, Parade & Service – Memorial Hall & Church
11th Village Fair 2014 meeting Village Hall 8pm
11th Clean Up Green Up Charfield (CUGUC) AGM 8pm Village Hall Sportsmans Lounge
12th PC Meeting
22nd Christmas Fair 6–9.30pm St John's
30th Wotton Charities Fayre

December
7th Crafts for Christmas Chapel 12–2pm
7th Rural Arts Puppet Show 2.30 Village Hall
9th PC Meeting
15th Jingle Bells Santa Pre School from 3pm
25th Christmas Day

Both St John's Church and Charfield Chapel are holding many services throughout December; please see their articles for details, or jot the details below so you don't forget.

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If you wish to alter the entries below, please telephone Isabel on 01454 26xxxx
or email xxxx @ gmail.com

British Legion
David Millman (Hon Sec) 01454 26xxxx

CADS (Charfield Amateur Dramatics Group)
Steve Picking 07583 56xxxx

Charfield Pre-School
Debra Davidson (Manager/Admissions) 07966 61xxxx
Email:- xxxx @ gmail.com
Katherine Edwards (Chair) 01454 26xxxx

Charfield Primary School
Dafydd Lawday 01454 26xxxx

Childminders
Hazel Stone 01454 26xxxx

Church – Congregational
Nicky Lanyi 01454 26xxxx

Church – St. John's
Rev Chris Mason

Clean Up Green Up Charfield
Vanessa Cole
Email

Council – Charfield Parish
Hannah C Saunders (Clerk) 01454 29xxxx
Email clerk @ charfieldparishcouncil.co.uk

Council – South Gloucestershire
John O'Neill 01454 26xxxx
Email xxxx @ southglos.gov.uk

Cricket Club
Chris Shearwood 01454 77xxxx

Crimestoppers 0800 555 111

Friends of Charfield Primary School
Tim Skuse (Chair) 01454 26xxxx

Foundation Room
Bryan Grantham 01454 26xxxx

Junior Football Club
Nigel Cloke 01454 26xxxx

Keep Fit Club
Christine Parfitt 01454 26xxxx

Luncheon Club for the Elderly
Jane Higgins 01454 26xxxx

Memorial Hall
Bookings 07774 41xxxx
Email www.charfield.org
Chairman Tim Hill 01454 26xxxx