Blooming Shotley Bridge wins ‘Silver Gilt’

September 17, 2014

Congratulations to Shotley Bridge which has received a ‘Siver Gilt’ Medal in the village category of this year’s Northumbria in Bloom competition. We were awarded 10 more points than in 2013, so we need just 7 more points next year to achieve ‘Gold’ status.

Thank you to the Blooming Committee, the volunteers from the Trust, Shotley Bridge Junior School, residents and local businesses, without whose efforts this award would not have been possible.

Blooming Shotley Bridge Silver Gilt Certificate 2014

NiB presentation 2014

Have a look at the judges comments and marking sheet.

Presentations for the Trust’s own garden and hanging basket awards will be made at the next Open Meeting on Tuesday 21st October.

Fundraising

August 28, 2014

The Village Trust raised £164 at the FunDay last Monday on its ‘Pick a Prize’ stall, for the Blooming Shotley Bridge fund.

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Tickets are now on sale for the next fundraising event in October.  We need to raise £800 each year to continue planting the tubs and troughs in the village.

Race Night

Free FUNDAY

August 14, 2014

The annual Fun Day organised by the Benfieldside, Blackhill, Bridgehill & Shotley Bridge Community Partnership is being held again at the Spa Grounds on August Bank Holiday Monday.

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Lights Out

August 2, 2014

Nationally, the British public are being urged to turn their lights off on Monday evening, to mark the centenary of the outbreak of World War One.

More information is available on the BBC website.

Locally, St Cuthbert’s Church are holding a ‘Vigil of Prayer’ at 6pm that evening. There is an open invitation to join them for silent prayer, to visit the War Memorials in church, to remember people from our community who died in time of war – or just to sit, wish, hope…

MONDAY 4TH AUGUST 2014
6p.m. – 7p.m. VIGIL OF PRAYER
(This is an opportunity also to pay a quiet visit to the War Memorials inside the Church)
Concluding at 7p.m… A SHORT SERVICE OF PRAYERS FOR PEACE

Operation Spoke

July 23, 2014

The Neighbourhood Policing Teams are continuing their FREE Operation Spoke bicycle and scooter marking events.  There are two in the Shotley Bridge area ….

Friday 25th July @ Benfieldside YIAM Event, St Cuthberts Avenue 11am-4pm.

Thursday 31st July @ The Station Yard, Shotley Bridge 10-4pm

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The aim is to increase the chances of having valuable items returned to you should they be lost or stolen, by making the items identifiable and logging them onto the Immobilise website: www.immobilise.com

This site is completely FREE and logs the details of your valuable items, keeping them all in a safe place. Officers are able to search this site when looking to identify the owner of recovered property, so well worth spending a rainy day logging your items.