Thanks to everyone who came along to the meeting and Table Top sale
today. We made some plans for next year (a street party for the Queen's
90th birthday is on the cards...watch this space...)
We also
planned a Village Carol Singing event - SATURDAY DEC 12th from 6 -
7.30pm around the village, followed by some mulled wine and a mince pie
in the Church hall to warm up. Everyone's welcome. Just turn up at the
Church Hall at 6pm. If you know someone in the village who'd like us to
sing to them, let us know and we'll try to fit you in our itinerary.
Saturday, 28 November 2015
Saturday, 31 October 2015
Know Your Neighbours meeting and table top sale
Saturday November 28th between 10am and midday, in Seal Village Hall.
As well as our KYN meeting we will also be holding a mini table top sale , to kick off some fund raising for any KYN activities to be held in 2016. If you wish to book a table, please email Marion as soon as possible, as there won't be a huge amount of space, so it will be first come first served. The cost of a table will be £7.
The Seal Village Association will be able to consider awarding some funds for local causes, as there is a small surplus of around £600 in their funds. If you represent a local organisation in need of funds, please make your application by emailing barbara.s.martin@btconnect.com
by Monday November 23rd.
We look forward to seeing you on Sat 28th to hear your ideas for events for 2016.
Sunday, 20 September 2015
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: The scarecrows are back...
St Peter and St Paul, Seal: The scarecrows are back...: Seal Church blog has a few of the scarecrows I have found so far as I have walked around Seal. As you can see there is a huge variety of entries....
Monday, 6 July 2015
Sealfest is nearly here...
Free music. Food to buy or bring a picnic. 12noon to 7pm.
Monday, 15 June 2015
Sealfest is nearly here!
Sealfest is less than a month away - July 11. Put the date in your diary and plan to be there! We need help with refreshments and bouncy castles, as well as with general setting up and packing away. If you can help, please let me or Marion Gilchrist know. Please share the poster ; if you can print it out and display it that will help. There will be more details of the line up in about a fortnight.
Sunday, 14 June 2015
Update on Sealfest, and other news
You will be pleased to hear that the funding for the above
event is now in place, and we are ready to roll. Please remember to save the
date for this free community musical and fun event, which will take place
on Seal Recreation Ground on Sat July 11th from midday.
There will be live music throughout the afternoon and early evening, representing many genres. Messy Church will be available for all children wishing to have fun, get creative (and, of course, messy!). There will be a hog roast, BBQ, Indian delights, beer tent, or if you wish to make it an entirely free fun-time, bring your own picnics. There will also be teas and cakes for sale in the pavilion between 2pm and 4pm.Remember to bring your own seating, rugs, gazebos or sun shades if wanted.
Please remember to email me if you can spare a bit of time to set up and clear away for this event. Your help will be very much appreciated. The Church is also looking for volunteers to help with the beer tent and tea rooms.
In the meantime, Seal Church will be celebrating their Patronal Festival, by holding a Strawberry Tea in the Vicarage Garden at 4pm, where delicious sandwiches, cakes and cream teas will be served at the cost of £5 for adults and £2.50 for children. Everybody is welcome to this lovely summer event. Just email priest@sealpeterandpaul.com, or tel 01732 763585, or sign on the list at the back of Church, to let us know you will be coming.
There will be live music throughout the afternoon and early evening, representing many genres. Messy Church will be available for all children wishing to have fun, get creative (and, of course, messy!). There will be a hog roast, BBQ, Indian delights, beer tent, or if you wish to make it an entirely free fun-time, bring your own picnics. There will also be teas and cakes for sale in the pavilion between 2pm and 4pm.Remember to bring your own seating, rugs, gazebos or sun shades if wanted.
Please remember to email me if you can spare a bit of time to set up and clear away for this event. Your help will be very much appreciated. The Church is also looking for volunteers to help with the beer tent and tea rooms.
In the meantime, Seal Church will be celebrating their Patronal Festival, by holding a Strawberry Tea in the Vicarage Garden at 4pm, where delicious sandwiches, cakes and cream teas will be served at the cost of £5 for adults and £2.50 for children. Everybody is welcome to this lovely summer event. Just email priest@sealpeterandpaul.com, or tel 01732 763585, or sign on the list at the back of Church, to let us know you will be coming.
Seal Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, are still looking desperately
for leaders. If you enjoy working with children, having lots of fun, and have
enthusiasm and energy, please contact me and I will point you in the right
direction
You will probably be aware by now that today sees the first day of PYO strawberries at Stonepitts! Here's to a long season!
One last request! We are looking for a volunteer to assist the local library with a home delivery service to a couple of people who cannot make it up to the library themselves. We have a lovely lady who has been delivering this service on behalf of Know Your Neighbours for some years, but now finds herself stretched a little thin. If you feel you are able to assist with this project, please don't be shy!! Send me an email and we can have a chat about what is involved.
Looking forward to hearing from MANY of you! All your efforts are always greatly appreciated, and this community would not be able to thrive without them.
You will probably be aware by now that today sees the first day of PYO strawberries at Stonepitts! Here's to a long season!
One last request! We are looking for a volunteer to assist the local library with a home delivery service to a couple of people who cannot make it up to the library themselves. We have a lovely lady who has been delivering this service on behalf of Know Your Neighbours for some years, but now finds herself stretched a little thin. If you feel you are able to assist with this project, please don't be shy!! Send me an email and we can have a chat about what is involved.
Looking forward to hearing from MANY of you! All your efforts are always greatly appreciated, and this community would not be able to thrive without them.
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Notes from the KYN meeting April 25th
Firstly,
many thanks to those of you who came out to either or both of the meetings held
this week.
The plans for this year's Seal Fest are well under way, and I will combine notes from both meetings in this 1 email.
Dates for your diaries for events within the village over the next couple of months:-
Saturday May 9th Midday to 3pm - Seal School Wild West Mayfair.
Friday May 15th 7.30pm Music Quiz at Seal School - proceeds to Seal Fest set-up costs. £6 adults £3 under 16s. - Ploughmans' Supper included.
Thursday May 21st - Seal Parish Council Annual Meeting at Seal Pavilion - 7.30pm. AGM, followed by informal meeting with refreshments.
Sunday May 31st - Seal Allotment Society 90th Anniversary - Open Day, Bring and Buy of plants and flowers and refreshments.
Friday June 12th - 7.30pm in Seal Church Hall - Fun Bingo Night - £5 adults £3 under 16s, to include Jacket Potatoes and Chilli.
Wednesday June 25th 2pm - Fun Bingo Afternoon in Church Hall to include cream tea and sandwiches - £5 per head.
Sunday 28th June 4pm - Strawberry Tea in the Vicarage Garden to celebrate Seal Church Patronal Festival.
Saturday July 11th Midday onwards - Seal Fest - A free family day out with live music, festival foods or bring your own picnic, and Refreshment rooms and beer tent. Activities for the children.
Scarecrow Festival - Saturday September 27th - Saturday October 4th.
As you can see, there is quite a lot planned throughout the summer months, but we do still need more people to come forward with offers of help. People are now beginning to say they can help in many ways, but more hands are still needed. Please don't be shy, and come forwards and speak to , or email, either myself, Anne Le Bas, or Jennifer Kent. It doesn't matter how small a contribution you can make - all hands on deck make a much easier ride for everybody!
Last year, the Big Lunch/Seal Fest, was a really popular event, and we want to make this year's as memorable as that event. Relf is already busy putting together the musical acts, we have the insurance being sorted and are looking for funding through local councils, etc. This is offered as a free day out for all the community (apart from food and drink), and feel sure you would agree if you came last year, that it is great to have this when so much else costs vast amounts of money for families to attend and enjoy. There are set up costs, as you may well imagine, and this year we are attempting to ensure all these costs are met before the event takes place. Please do try and come along to one of the fund-raising events to help with this. Another suggestion was put forward at Saturday's meeting. This is to ask anybody living in the village or surrounding areas, to offer to donate a few pounds toward this. This would be particularly helpful for those of you who will not be able to support the fund-raising events. If you would like to offer a donation towards these set-up costs, please contact either Anne Le Bas, or me, and we will ensure that your money is put to good use!
Parking for Seal Fest will take place in Seal School Car Park. Jenni Pascoe will be co-ordinating the parking and the marshals. If you could spare an hour on the day to be a parking marshal, or to make some parking signs beforehand, please let either Jenni or me know.Donation buckets will be taken around the parking area to help raise funds for Seal CE Primary School.
We went on to discuss ideas for activities for the winter months. We would be really keen to hear your ideas for this.
One idea we talked about, was to set up a board game/card game/ crafts 'club', where people can get together during one afternoon each week, to enjoy other peoples' company. This would be a great way to reduce social isolation for many people within our community. However, the few of us that were present at this meeting, admitted than none of us had the time to commit to facilitating this group. Therefore, if you have a couple of hours to spend each week, to bring this together, we would love to hear from you. It would probably involve setting some tables up, meeting and greeting and maybe making the teas.
We also talked about the fact that there had been no Christmas carol singing for a couple of years, and several people had said that they missed this. So...... watch this space!
Moving on even further ahead - we have already booked Seal School Hall for Saturday April 23rd 2016. This is to put on a celebration of St George's Day. We hope to have a hog roast, real British ales, and traditional British activities! Please keep this date too!
The next Know Your Neighbours meeting will be held on Saturday June 13th from 10.30 to midday. Venue to be confirmed, but the Village Hall if it is available.
Meanwhile, please join us for as many of the above dates as you can, and remember, any donations to myself or Anne Le Bas. Cheques can be made payable to Seal Village Association.
Look forward to seeing many of you at some or all of these events,
Marion.
The plans for this year's Seal Fest are well under way, and I will combine notes from both meetings in this 1 email.
Dates for your diaries for events within the village over the next couple of months:-
Saturday May 9th Midday to 3pm - Seal School Wild West Mayfair.
Friday May 15th 7.30pm Music Quiz at Seal School - proceeds to Seal Fest set-up costs. £6 adults £3 under 16s. - Ploughmans' Supper included.
Thursday May 21st - Seal Parish Council Annual Meeting at Seal Pavilion - 7.30pm. AGM, followed by informal meeting with refreshments.
Sunday May 31st - Seal Allotment Society 90th Anniversary - Open Day, Bring and Buy of plants and flowers and refreshments.
Friday June 12th - 7.30pm in Seal Church Hall - Fun Bingo Night - £5 adults £3 under 16s, to include Jacket Potatoes and Chilli.
Wednesday June 25th 2pm - Fun Bingo Afternoon in Church Hall to include cream tea and sandwiches - £5 per head.
Sunday 28th June 4pm - Strawberry Tea in the Vicarage Garden to celebrate Seal Church Patronal Festival.
Saturday July 11th Midday onwards - Seal Fest - A free family day out with live music, festival foods or bring your own picnic, and Refreshment rooms and beer tent. Activities for the children.
Scarecrow Festival - Saturday September 27th - Saturday October 4th.
As you can see, there is quite a lot planned throughout the summer months, but we do still need more people to come forward with offers of help. People are now beginning to say they can help in many ways, but more hands are still needed. Please don't be shy, and come forwards and speak to , or email, either myself, Anne Le Bas, or Jennifer Kent. It doesn't matter how small a contribution you can make - all hands on deck make a much easier ride for everybody!
Last year, the Big Lunch/Seal Fest, was a really popular event, and we want to make this year's as memorable as that event. Relf is already busy putting together the musical acts, we have the insurance being sorted and are looking for funding through local councils, etc. This is offered as a free day out for all the community (apart from food and drink), and feel sure you would agree if you came last year, that it is great to have this when so much else costs vast amounts of money for families to attend and enjoy. There are set up costs, as you may well imagine, and this year we are attempting to ensure all these costs are met before the event takes place. Please do try and come along to one of the fund-raising events to help with this. Another suggestion was put forward at Saturday's meeting. This is to ask anybody living in the village or surrounding areas, to offer to donate a few pounds toward this. This would be particularly helpful for those of you who will not be able to support the fund-raising events. If you would like to offer a donation towards these set-up costs, please contact either Anne Le Bas, or me, and we will ensure that your money is put to good use!
Parking for Seal Fest will take place in Seal School Car Park. Jenni Pascoe will be co-ordinating the parking and the marshals. If you could spare an hour on the day to be a parking marshal, or to make some parking signs beforehand, please let either Jenni or me know.Donation buckets will be taken around the parking area to help raise funds for Seal CE Primary School.
We went on to discuss ideas for activities for the winter months. We would be really keen to hear your ideas for this.
One idea we talked about, was to set up a board game/card game/ crafts 'club', where people can get together during one afternoon each week, to enjoy other peoples' company. This would be a great way to reduce social isolation for many people within our community. However, the few of us that were present at this meeting, admitted than none of us had the time to commit to facilitating this group. Therefore, if you have a couple of hours to spend each week, to bring this together, we would love to hear from you. It would probably involve setting some tables up, meeting and greeting and maybe making the teas.
We also talked about the fact that there had been no Christmas carol singing for a couple of years, and several people had said that they missed this. So...... watch this space!
Moving on even further ahead - we have already booked Seal School Hall for Saturday April 23rd 2016. This is to put on a celebration of St George's Day. We hope to have a hog roast, real British ales, and traditional British activities! Please keep this date too!
The next Know Your Neighbours meeting will be held on Saturday June 13th from 10.30 to midday. Venue to be confirmed, but the Village Hall if it is available.
Meanwhile, please join us for as many of the above dates as you can, and remember, any donations to myself or Anne Le Bas. Cheques can be made payable to Seal Village Association.
Look forward to seeing many of you at some or all of these events,
Marion.
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