Future of Great Gidding C of E (VC) School – Extraordinary Meeting of Great & Little Gidding Parish Council

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Future of Great Gidding C of E (VC) School - Extraordinary Meeting of Great & Little Gidding Parish Council

Extraordinary Meeting of Great & Little Gidding Parish Council regarding the possible closure of Great Gidding C of E (Voluntary Controlled) Primary School

At Cambridgeshire County Council’s Children and Young People’s Committee Meeting held on 17th January 2023 a decision was made to commence a 30-day consultation on the proposed closure of the Primary School in Great Gidding.

Download the proposal for closure:

Agenda item 4 – Great Giddings Church of England Primary School.pdf

Appendix 1 – Current financial forecast.pdf

Meeting to include Education Department representatives

As part of this consultation process, the Local Authority have committed to consult with the Parish Council and we as members of the Parish Council wish to ensure we are representing the views of our community. To facilitate this process and provide opportunity for members of the community to engage, Great & Little Gidding Parish Council will be hosting a meeting on Thursday 9thFebruary in Great Gidding Village Hall at 7.45pm. In attendance will be representatives from Cambridgeshire County Council’s Education Department as well as members of Great and Little Gidding Parish Council. In addition, our local MP, County and District Councillors have been invited to attend, as have representatives of each of the Parish Councils/Parish Meetings in the school’s catchment area.

We are keen to ensure that all interested parties have the opportunity to present their viewpoint.

Date of the meeting: Thursday 9th February 2023

Time: To commence at 7.45pm 

Venue: Great Gidding Village Hall

(PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE EARLIER than 7.30PM as there is a prior booking in the Village Hall).

Questions, comments and observations

Questions, comments and observations should be submitted to the Parish Clerk by 5.00pm on Friday 3rd February, these will be given priority at the meeting (we cannot guarantee that any questions/comments/observations received after that deadline will be heard at the meeting)

AGENDA:

  1. A presentation from representatives of the Education Department of Cambridgeshire County Council
  2. Questions from Great & Little Gidding Parish Council to the Education Department representatives
  3. Questions, comments and observations submitted by members of the community. (Any questions remaining at the end of the meeting will be forwarded to the Local Authority)
  4. Reminder of timeline
  5. 9.00pm. Close of meeting.

Chairman: Paul Hodson

Clerk:  Julie Trolove, Great and Little Gidding Parish Council, The Village Hall, Main Street, Great Gidding, Huntingdon, Cambs  PE28 5NU 

TEL: 01832 293 068 (answermachine only) 

EMAIL: ggparishcouncil@outlook.com

Julie Trolove, Clerk to Great & Little Gidding Parish Council
18th January 2023

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Neighbourhood Plan 2023

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Neighbourhood Plan 2023

Neighbourhood Plan covering the Giddings, Hamerton and Winwick

The Neighbourhood Plan Group have joined forces with 4 people in Hamerton / Steeple Gidding and Winwick to create a joint Neighbourhood Plan in 2023 covering the Giddings, Hamerton and Winwick. This is an opportunity for all of us to set out a positive vision of how we would like our community to evolve over the next 15 years to meet the needs and aspirations of both the residents and businesses.

Surveys to be sent out in Spring

The first stage of this will be the surveys, that will be sent out in the Spring 2023. The results of these surveys will form the basis of the Neighbourhood Plan covering such things as what we have now and what we want in terms of amenities, facilities, green spacing, housing and services.

Your chance to influence Council decisions

The Plan will be submitted to Huntingdon District Council after formal approval by you. It is a statutory document and as such strongly influences their decision making about the Giddings, Hamerton and Winwick. Throughout this process we will provide you with regular updates and look forward to your feedback.

You can either leave a comment below or email: hamwicking@gmail.com 

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Newsletter from Sawtry Wellside Surgery

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Newsletter from Sawtry Wellside Surgery

WELLSIDE SURGERY NEWS 

Covid Booster Vaccinations

Thank you to all those pts who chose to attend one of our practice based Covid/Flu clinics.  If you are eligible and still need to have your covid booster, please contact 119 or go online at https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/coronavirus-vaccination/book-coronavirus-vaccination/ to book an appointment.

Annual Flu Vaccinations

If you are eligible for flu vaccination but have not yet had yours, please contact us on 01487 830340 to book an appointment with one of our practice nursing team.

Additional Appointments Available for Our Patients

At the time of writing this, the first weekend of out of hours appointments being provided at the Alconbury hub has just taken place.  The clinic was fully booked and we were pleased that many of these appointments were used by our patients.      Appointments at the hub can be booked via our reception team.  You can request an out of hours appointment if this is more convenient, alternatively you might find that we offer you an out of hours appointment if we are unable to offer you an appointment at the practice due to the pressures of demand.  

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough General Practice Response to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care Thérèse Coffey’s Statement around GP Access – September 2022

General Practice nationally is facing unprecedented pressures, these are not always being well reported to patients via the media.  Unfortunately we are no exception to this current situation.  Our Local Medical Committee has put together a helpful document to help patients understand what is happening in the local area.  You can access a copy of this here – GP-Access-September-2022-Poster.pdf (cambslmc.org)  I would like to assure you that we are working extremely hard to ensure that patients are provided with the services they need.

Hospital Appointments

We are aware that our colleagues in secondary care are also working under exceptional pressures.  As a result, there can be considerable delay between being referred and getting an appointment.  If you need to get in touch to chase up an appointment please use the numbers below:

Hinchingbooke Hospital – 01480 847444

Peterborough City Hospital – 01733 673555

Seasonal Opening Hours

Friday 23rd December – open as usual
Saturday 24th December – Christmas Eve – Closed
Sunday 25th December – Christmas Day – Closed
Monday 26th December – Boxing Day – Closed
Tuesday 27th December – Bank Holiday – Closed
Wednesday 28th December – open as usual
Thursday 29th December – open as usual
Friday 30th December – open as usual
Saturday 31st December – New Year’s Eve – Closed
Sunday 1st January – New Year’s Day – Closed
Monday 2nd January – Bank Holiday – Closed
Tuesday 3rd January – open as usual

During this period, please submit your repeat prescription requests in plenty of time and remember to allow at least two working days for your request to be processed.

On behalf of us all here at Wellside Surgery, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our patients, and their friends and families, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Best Regards,
Mrs Claire Wright
Practice Manager
Wellside Surgery, Sawtry
Tel: 01487 830340

You can also download the newsletter.

https://www.mysurgerywebsite.co.uk/website/D81027/files/newsletter.doc

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Events in Great Gidding marking the Queen’s death

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Events in Great Gidding marking the Queen's death

The death of the Queen was marked by the following events; 

8/9/22 – A single bell tolling on the night of the announcement of Her Majesty’s death.

9/9/22 – Service of Reflection and Thanksgiving 

Led by churchwarden, John De Val.

The service included short extracts from some of the Queen’s broadcasts. It included the following from a broadcast on her 21st birthday in 1947;

 I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service, and to the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong”

and from her first Christmas broadcast in 1952 looking ahead to her coronation the following year;

Many grave problems and difficulties confront us all, but with a new faith in the old and splendid beliefs given us by our forefathers, and the strength to venture beyond the safeties of the past, I know we shall be worthy of our duty.

Above all, we must keep alive that courageous spirit of adventure that is the finest quality of youth; and by youth I do not just mean those who are young in years; I mean too all those who are young in heart, no matter how old they may be. That spirit still flourishes in this old country and in all the younger countries of our Commonwealth.

On this broad foundation let us set out to build a truer knowledge of ourselves and our fellowmen, to work for tolerance and understanding among the nations and to use the tremendous forces of science and learning for the betterment of man’s lot upon this earth.

You will be keeping it as a holiday; but I want to ask you all, whatever your religion may be, to pray for me on that day – to pray that God may give me wisdom and strength to carry out the solemn promises I shall be making, and that I may faithfully serve Him and you, all the days of my life.

The bells of St Michael’s were rung fully muffled before the service. Bells are normally only rung fully muffled (i.e. muffle on both sides of the clapper) on the occasion of the death of the monarch. The bells are rung half muffled for funerals and Remembrance Sunday.

Local ringers Mary Read and Neville Browning were joined by three friends from the Peterborough Branch to complete the band.

10/9/22 – Proclamation of Charles III

Read by John De Val

Video clips taken by Terry Murfitt

18/9/22 – Service of Commemoration and Vigil

This service included the words of the Queen’s last Christmas broadcast in 2021 which was very personal and is worth reading as it can remind us all of some the qualities which she demonstrated during the 70 years of her reign. It can be found at 

https://www.royal.uk/christmas-broadcast-2021

19/9/22 – A single muffled bell tolled on the morning of Her Majesty’s funeral

May she rest in peace.

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Lost dog

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Lost dog

Lost dog description… medium sized, silky black coat, youngish, red standard collar, quite thin.

This dog was running along the Luddington Road in the direction of Great Gidding at 10am yesterday morning and turned into one of the fields on the right. It looked frightened and I then lost sight of it. I reported it on the village WhatsApp site but no one recognised the dog from my description. A few people were looking out for the dog but still no sightings.

I realise it is now 24 hours later, but I wonder if you could circulate this information to see if anyone in Great Gidding has seen the dog, or maybe recognises whose it be from my description.

Thanks,

David Price david@dlprice.com

Date: 9 September 2022

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Election Thanks

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Election Thanks

Thank you to everyone in the Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley ward who voted for Marge Beuttell and me to continue to our work as district councillors;  thanks too for all the kind messages both during and after the campaign.

At around 18 miles north to south and a similar distance east to west, the ward is one of the biggest in the district so to continue being as local and as focussed as possible,  I will remain to be the first point of contact for Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley, Holme, Denton & Caldecote, Great & Little Gidding, Glatton and Connington, with Marge continuing to be the first point of contact for Sibson-cum-Stibbington, Elton, Alwalton, Morborne, Haddon, Water Newton and Chesterton.

The political make-up of the council may have changed but the commitment Marge and I have, to be a strong voice for the residents of north Huntingdonshire, is the same.

To contact me, please email tim.alban@huntingdonshire.gov.uk

Kind regards,

Tim 

Tim Alban 

District Councillor for Stilton, Folksworth & Washingley Ward

(First contact for residents in Stilton, Folksworth &
Washingley, Holme, Denton & Caldecote, Great & Little Gidding, Glatton and Connington).

Tel: 07903 518967
https://www.facebook.com/CouncillorTimAlban 

(If you are a resident of Sibson-cum-Stibbington, Elton, Alwalton, Morborne, Haddon, Water Newton or Chesterton, please contact my fellow ward councillor Marge Beuttell in the first instance via marge.beuttell@huntingdonshire.gov.uk)

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Sad news

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Sad news

We have learnt of the death of David Capp of Winwick. David was a much-loved neighbour of Great Gidding and will be sadly missed.
His funeral takes place on Wednesday 25th May at Huntingdon Crematorium at 1pm.

Michael Keck

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St Michael’s repaired and reopened

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The restoration work to the east end of the north aisle has now been completed and the Church has had a thorough clean and is now open to visitors once again.

St Michael's Church Great Gidding restoration April 2022
St Michael's Church Great Gidding restoration April 2022

Read about the works undertaken

Enquiries

If you have any enquiries regarding the Church or services, please contact John De Val, telephone number: 01832 293417

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