Merry Christmas

Abbotswood Christmas event photos

Thank you to everyone who came to the Abbotswood Christmas event on Saturday - we estimate that around 350 people attended. Thanks go to all the organisers, the school choirs, Keynsham Brass band, the stallholders, the police and Santa - plus of course the evnt sponsors yate Town Council and Dodington Parish Council.

Local residents taking part in the Christmas story

Fayre and tombola

The crowd starts to gather

Santa arrives escorted by police

Santa giving gifts to local children

Keysham Brass Band performing for the crowd

Abbotswood and Wellesley Primary School choirs
perform to an appreciative audience

Santa presses the big red button to switch on the lights
with Beat Manager PC Harry Baynham

Abbotswood Christmas Event this Saturday

The 3rd annual Abbotswood Christmas Event will take place on this Saturday, 26th November.

There's something for all the family!

4.00 pm - Christmas Fayre in St Nix
4.30 pm - Keynsham Brass band
5.00 pm - Father Christmas arrives
5.30 pm - Local schools choir
6.00 pm - Switching on the Christmas Lights

Planning ahead for the Christmas Event on 26 November

Date for your diary, the 3rd annual Abbotswood Christmas Event will take place on Saturday 26th November.

We are planning a fayre in St Nicholas church as part of the event. If you are interested in a stall please can you email us with an expression of interest with details of the stall you wish to have and we will get back to you with the next 2-3 weeks, the cost will be £5 per stall.

Further details of the event will be posted shortly, watch this space.

Annual General Meeting - Abbotswood Action Group

ALL WELCOME

Annual General Meeting - Abbotswood Action Group
Thursday 20th October, 7.30pm, St. Nix Family Centre

Everyone will be very welcome and we invite you to have your say - bring your views of the area, your ideas for the future, and perhaps even volunteer for upcoming projects.

There will also be elections for the committee and even free refreshments.

See you there?

Press coverage of Abbotswood Autumn Apple Day

Abbotswood Autumn Apple Day has got some online coverage in the Gazette: "Crowds flock to Abbotswood for Autumn Apple Day" and it's in the printed edition dated 10 October 2016.

And here's "Apple Day - The Movie":

Apple Day The Movie from Paul Hulbert on Vimeo.

Abbotswood Action Group - Calendar of Regular Meetings and Events Throughout the Year

Meeting	Date and Time	Location
Monthly Management meeting	Usually on a Tuesday evening @ 7.30 pm	Abbotswood Inn
Open / Main meeting	Every 3 months usually on a Tuesday @ 7.30 pm	Abbotswood Inn
Annual General Meeting	Towards end of October

Month	Date	Event
January
February		WOW Clean Up Day
March
April	On a Saturday in April    10.30ish to 3.00ish	Workday (Clean Up)
May
June		Summer Event
July		Abbotswood School Fete
August
September	All Month	Sustainable September
October	Saturday in October 11am-3pm	Autumn Apple Day
		AGM
November	Saturday in late November- early evening	Christmas event
December

Monthly / Weekly Groups

Weekly / Monthly	Day / Date / Time	Event	Contacts
Weekly	Fridays                  1:30pm – 3.00pm	Gardening Group	Ruth Ward
Weekly	Thursdays	Supper Club	Nessa Jarman
Monthly	2nd Sunday            10:30am	Gardening Group	Caroline Jacques

To find out more about any of these events, please email community.aag@gmail.com

Notes from recent Open Meeting

On the 5th July there was an open meeting of the Abbotswood Action Group held at Abbotswoid School, here are the minutes of that meeting for anyone interested, all welcome at the next open meeting which is our AGM on 20th October at St Nicholas Church.

Autumn Apple Day - please help!

Abbotswood Action Group is preparing the next community event -

Autumn Apple Day
Saturday, October 1st

BUT WE NEED HELP!!

Can you spare an hour or two to help make the event run smoothly?

Perhaps you could -

• help serve cake, tea, coffee, juice, apples
• oversee games for the children
• set up tables and chairs before the event
• clear up after the event
• be a general helper

If you would like to be involved in this very popular community event, please contact

Rob Elliott, Community Development Worker
07890569196 or email: community.aag@gmail.com

Planning ahead for Autumn Apple Day - your ideas please!

We're planning ahead for the annual Abbotswood Autumn Apple day which will take place on Saturday 1st October. We would welcome your ideas about what would it be good to include, who might take part, and the activities would people like to see.

Maybe YOU could you help to make all this happen? We're having another Apple Day meet-up on Tuesday 19 July at 7.30 pm in the skittle alley of the Abbotswood Inn. We would love to see you there.

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Open meeting of Abbotswood Action Group Tuesday 5th July

Everyone is welcome to an open meeting of the Abbotswood Action Group at 7.30 pm on Tuesday 5th July at Abbotswood Primary School. Come and find out about the events we have planned, and to talk about what we can do together to make our area a better place!

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Safer Stronger meeting coming up

The next Yate and Chipping Sodbury Community Engagement Forum - formerly known as the Safer Stronger Community Group - will be held on Monday 4th July at 7pm in the St Nicholas Family Centre, Chargrove, Yate BS37 4LG.

Please come along and meet local councillors and council staff, the police, Avon Fire and Rescue and others to discuss local matters of concern and to try to come up with solutions.

Before the meeting - from 6pm - there will be a “Have a Safer Summer” event with advice from such agencies as the Police, Fire Brigade and Crime Prevention.

Could YOU be a local councillor?

Dodington Parish Council is currently looking to co-opt a Councillor in its North West Ward (the Shire Way / Rodford Way area)

If you are a community minded person over the age of 18 who lives in this area of Yate or nearby, the Parish Council would like you to apply to join its team of dedicated and committed Councillors.

This is an unpaid voluntary position. Meetings take place at the Council Chamber in Dodington Parish Hall on Wednesdays from 7:30 pm.

To find out more, please contact Mrs Hannah Saunders, Clerk to the Council:
Telephone 01454 866546
Email dodingtonpc@southglos.gov.uk
Website www.dodingtonpc.org.uk

ABBOTSWOOD UPDATES

NEWS FROM ABBOTSWOOD ACTION GROUP

Queen's Birthday Picnic Sunday 12 June

About 80 local residents attended Abbotswood Action Group's community picnic on Sunday 12 June to celebrate the Queen's 90th birthday. Threatening clouds drove the picnic indoors into the St Nicholas Family Centre, but the friendly and fun event was enjoyed by people of all ages. When the weather cleared the children enjoyed games outside in the Community Garden.

The picnic really brought the community together. The team worked really hard and produced a great event.

We've got lots more in store for the rest of the year, including the Abbotswood Autumn Apple Day in October, and a litter-based art project in a local school after the summer holidays.

MORE DIARY DATES FOR ABBOTSWOOD ACTION GROUP

Next Meeting of Abbotswood Action Group (AAG)

Tuesday 5 July 2016 7.30pm at Abbotswood Primary School
Open meeting - details to follow, plus updates from local councillors and time for discussion. Come and find out what we've been planning for the rest of the year. Please come and join us!

New Notice Board

Please check out our new notice board for details of forthcoming events.

 
Community Updates

Since Friday 13 February 2015 Youth Centre activities have resumed with sessions running on Tuesdays from 7 pm to 9 pm, for ages 7 - 11 and on Fridays for ages 11 - 18, entry 50 pence.

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