There are just a few tickets left for the Race Night next Saturday. Thank you to all the local businesses who have sponsored the races or provided a raffle prize and those who have donated bottles of wine or ticket money. We are aiming to raise £700 for the ‘Blooming’ Shotley Bridge fund. It should be an entertaining evening.
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.
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.
The Village Trust raised £164 at the FunDay last Monday on its ‘Pick a Prize’ stall, for the Blooming Shotley Bridge fund.
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.
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.
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
Shotley Bridge Village Trust 