Annual Parish Meeting 8th April
Find out the latest on the Longparish Community Project
The annual parish meeting is the time when villagers can hear what the Parish Council has been doing in the previous year, ask questions and raise any matters they wish. This year's meeting will be on Monday 8th April at 7.30 in the Longparish Village Hall.
The formal part of the business will be short to give time for a presentation of the latest on the Longparish Community Project. The project was founded to address three main issues
- The village hall is almost a century old and at least a hundred thousand pounds would be needed to repair and refurbish it. Even then we would be left with a fundamentally old fashioned building, badly sited on a dangerous corner.
- The two temporary classrooms at the village school are on their last legs. The school is badly in need of a hall and vehicle access needs to be improved.
- The Playgroup has to meet in a cramped, ageing Portacabin.
There is a new development which will have a significant impact on how
we solve these problems. The school has unexpectedly been advised to bid
for funds for a school hall as well as replacement classrooms. This is
excellent news. We still need a good new modern village hall but this
means that we can explore options other than building between the school
and the church. People in Longparish and Hurstbourne Priors can read more
in the flyer in this Hill and Valley. Please come to the Parish Meeting
to hear about the options open to the school, the playgroup and the village
hall and make your views known.
Jeremy Barber
Chairman Longparish Parish Council
JUMBLE SALE
in aid of the Nick Jonas Chemotherapy Ward
in RHCH on Saturday 13th April at 1pm
in Longparish Village Hall
All contributions, jumble, bric à brac and raffle prizes will
be gratefully received.
Please ring to arrange collection if necessary or bring to the hall on
Saturday morning.
Please contact Maureen 01264 720062, Jo 01264 720391 or Iris 01264720381.
Services for under-fives in Longparish Church
The
services take place monthly and usually fall on the 3rd Monday of the
month. They start at 2.15pm and finish in good time to collect children
from school. There will be bible stories, singing, making music, craft
and refreshment in a relaxed atmosphere
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PRAYER FOR CHURCH AND VILLAGE
We are meeting in St Nicholas church once a month, to pray specifically
for our church and village - especially for how we at church can best
serve our village. This will usually be on the 3rd Monday evening of each
month from 8pm to 9-15pm. However, just for April, it will be on the 2nd
Monday, April 8th at 8pm. Do come and join us, there is no pressure at
all to say anything, or pray out loud - just God's guidance and blessings
on our church and village.
Nona Harrison
LONGPARISH VILLAGE HALL AGM
Monday 22nd April 7.30pm
in the Committee Room.
All welcome. Support your village hall and hear the latest on the Longparish
Community Project.
REFRESHMENTS after the meeting.
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
MONDAY 24TH JUNE 2002
In aid of The Longparish Community Project and The Magpie Cancer Centre
Campaign at R.H.C.H. Winchester.
If anyone would like to join in a friendly tennis tournament to be held
on several local courts on Monday morning 24th June, please get in touch
with - Rosie Lowry 01264720325 or
Margaret Johnson 01264720441