We are currently recruiting volunteers for our very successful Speedwatch team.
Do you have a few hours to spare per month to help keep our villagers safe?
Full training given by Cambridge Police with constant support.
Please enquire to cliffrichmond99@yahoo.com
A Giddings resident has some garden furniture for sale in time for summer. The contact telephone number is 01832 293178.
Dan says:
Amazing!!!!!!!!!! No more marathons!!!!!!!!!! Your turn!
I’m over the moon about my time (3hrs 54mins) let alone finishing. Thanks to everyone for the kind words of encouragement and support, but more importantly the amazing generosity with sponsorship, which goes towards helping young people with problems most of us can’t imagine. I’ve had an amazing experience.
Thanks for your support. Beer and bath!
Last call for online donations! Visit Dan’s Just Giving page
Short video of the C.E. Primary School in Great Gidding shot by Catalyst Video Services. The video footage was shot on Friday 25th March at the request of the school governors. Catalyst also produced a video survey of the school bell tower to check it’s structure.
Aerial video of Great Gidding School
Dan would like to let the people of Great Gidding and surroundings know what he is doing, as the few people who are aware have been extremely generous in their donations towards Dan’s target of £1800. Currently Dan has raised just over £750 via Facebook, friends and family.
If you would like to read more about Dan’s story and to help Dan reach his target amount of £1,800 for Barnardos visit his Just Giving page
The Virgin London Marathon 2016 takes place on on 24th April
An excellent turnout for the annual trim and tidy of the pathways and hedges around the Jubilee Wood. Another is planned for next week, 30th January from 9.30 am.
The first cycling Tour Of Cambridgeshire took place in June 2015 The route on public roads that were closed specifically for the race to happen. Around 5000 cyclists were reported to have signed up to take part. So on a stunningly glorious day we watched and waited to see what 5000 cyclists looked like speeding through the village. What a spectacle apart from the heads down first few hundred who were on a mission to win the great mass of riders responded in kind to the roadside cheering and reserved clapping that Brits do so well. It was a grand spectacle and is to be repeated in 2016 on the same route. A Gran Fondo is a cycling event on closed roads for mass participation.
It should be noted that there were a few grumbles and the notification process before hand could have been more robust. The idea of the roads closed for 12 hours was a nonsense and should never have been allowed to be displayed, despite rectification the die had been cast. Hopefully the organisers will take this on board and make bigger efforts to contact affected buisnesses on route and make it clear that nobody is trapped in their homes.
The plus side of all this is Gidding is on the map and not some backwater beyond Sawtry and Stilton. It provided grand entertaiment on the roadside at no cost and no doubt charities were the biggest winners.
Why not give the new book…
MORE GREAT GIDDING HISTORY
AND
The reprinted 2001 book…
A Millennium History of Great Gidding
Both available now from the shop in Great Gidding.
The Parish Council are looking to appoint a new Clerk and RFO.
This paid role is for 6.5hrs per week which includes 1 evening meeting per month.
If you are interested and would like some more information, or even an informal chat about the role, please contact:
The Parish Clerk, giddingspc1@btinternet.com or call 01832 293068.
Closing date: 17th December 2015
Download GG Clerk RFO Job description (PDF)
Download GG Application form for Clerk RFO role (PDF)