Sutton Bonington
RAFFLE Local businesses came forward to support the recent raffle organised by the Sutton Bonington School PTA Raffle to make it one of the best organised by the group.
It was staged as part of the very successful car wash, cakes and uniform sale and which helped to enable the group to give £2000 towards the recent event to reinstate the school pond which over its ten years of life had become almost derelict.
The superb community effort supporting the pond event involved children, parents and staff and had a superb end result in providing the school with a new feature that originated from at least ten years ago but which over the years became almost obsolete because of lack of attention.
It was in the earlier part of this century that a pond was created in the grounds of the school but it became overgrown and many people did not realise it was even there.
Year Four teacher at the school Richard Ives with support from some of his fellow staff spearheaded the pond revival effort which resulted in headmaster Lee Shilton .saying he was absolutely overjoyed that the pond and surrounding area at the rear of school had been utterly transformed within a week thanks to the support and help of an amazing team of children -- present and past --, parents, staff, governors, and other volunteers.
The pond itself has been renovated, the greenhouse area tidied, the raised beds weeded and the damaged outdoor classroom area removed.
Firms supporting the PTA raffle included Captcha Photography, Rapharls wood fried pizza, Elms Farm, Tonic hair and beauty, Landsmiths solicitors, East Leake Fish Bar, Love and Piste, Heat Indian restaurant, Manor Farm Park and Woodlands, Googies Chopsticks House, ‘my’ dentist, Grayston electrical services, the Barber Shop East Leake, LC Fitness, Bryers, The Pyjama Party, Gallery119, he Greengrocer East Leake, East Leake Hardware and DIY, Something Special, F4F, Boots and the Co-Op.
YOUTH WORK With the reduction of Covid restrictions, families and youth work has re-started at Sutton Bonington Baptist Church.
Church members are asked to get in touch with Helen Ison via the church website if they would like more information about the toddler music group called Little Seeds or about the monthly Family Services on Sunday afternoons.
The Rock Solid Youth Club on Tuesdays at 7.45 pm for school years Seven to Nine and the Revelation Club on Sundays at 12 noon for school years seven to 12 have re-started in the church building. Families interested in the group are asked to contact Brian Beach or David Drury through the website. RESTRICTIONS Covid precautions, such as the wearing of face masks for services, hand sanitiser and social distances, will continue to apply at services at St. Ann’s and St. Michael’s Parish Churches in Sutton Bonington.
St. Michael’s will continue to be open for visitors every day and services will continue in St. Michael’s at 11 am on Sunday mornings. Some singing may be introduced soon.
St. Anne’s Church will remain locked, except for the Wednesday morning Communion services each week at 9.30 am.
All matters relating to services will be discussed at the next meeting of the Parochial Church Council.
Sutton Bonington has two medieval churches, a result of the merging of the two original villages of Sutton and Bonington - they are St. Michael’s Church the Bonington church and St Anne’s Church the Sutton church located down St Anne’s Lane. St Michael’s is the larger and much taller of the two churches.
The two ancient ecclesiastical parishes of Sutton and Bonington were united for civil purposes in 1829 and combined in 1923 into one ecclesiastical parish with one rector appointed from 1950. Currently there is no Rector in post. HARVEST SERVICE After last year’s virtual harvest service, parishioners at St. Michael’s Church in Sutton Bonington are hoping for “a more traditional” Harvest service in the church this year.
The service will be on
Sunday 3rd October and the church will collect food for the Friary Charity in West Bridgford and if an auction of produce for Water Aid is not possible, there will be a collection.
Founded in 1988, the Friary was created to meet the needs of the homeless in Nottingham. Originally it was a drop-in café in West Bridgford to help the hidden homeless and vulnerable in the neighbourhood.
Open in those days just once a week and run by volunteers with its founder Ann Bremner the Friary is now a UK registered charity maintaining its distinctly Christian ethos to serve the poor and opens its doors on the Musters Road HQ 6 days a week.
Responding to the ever-changing complex needs of the homeless, the charity has tailored its services into the extensive provision of today. They continue to meet people who are hungry. In addition to the very real housing and financial problem the charity says there are “individuals often face a host of other challenges including mental and physical ill-health, substance misuse and addiction, social exclusion to further compound these difficulties, unemployment, illiteracy and sometimes domestic abuse.’
Over the years the charity has extended its services to enable access to a GP, dentist, podiatrist, in-house IT services to give support with online benefit claims, CV writing and job applications, access to mental health professionals and a specialist nurse to assist rough sleepers.
As well as their work at 46 Musters Road, the Friary has launched a new advice centre on Musters Road. This new venture is about preventative work, helping people before they become homeless.
WaterAid has teams in 28 countries across the world, working with its partners to transform millions of lives every year by improving access to clean water, toilets and hygiene.
Since 1981 the charity has reached over 27 million people with clean water.
In the last 40 years, has “gone from strength to strength to become one of the most respected organisations dealing solely with water, sanitation and hygiene issues.”
While installing taps and toilets is an essential to the charity’s work, they say they do “so much more.”
The charity’s leaders said :” We convince governments to change laws, link policy makers with people on the ground, pool knowledge and resources and rally support from people and organisations around the world, making lasting change happen on a massive scale.
Donations for Water Aid can be collected at the Harvest service at St. Michael’s Church or can be delivered to Beth Clarke at 16 Gables Lea in an envelope clearly marked “Water Aid.”
WALKIES Dog owners in Sutton Bonington, and the many people who visit the village to walk their animals around, are being asked by the parish council to remember to pick up after their pet if it fouls.
In recent months there seems to have been an increase in the number of fouling instances and the council are giving a reminder to all dog owners and walkers to pick up after their pet if it fouls.
“Whether you own a dog or not, dog poo affects everyone and there have been reports of increased fouling on the playing field,” say the council.