ALL SAINTS, CHELTENHAM CLEEVE
» As part of Community outreach, All Saints Church is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays 2pm -7pm and Saturdays from 10am -7pm. All welcome to come into one of Cheltenham’s most beautiful Churches for private prayer or just to sit for a moment of quiet.
» The following Organ recital will take place in All Saints Church on the following date, at 7.30pm. October 22, Organist Dr Peter King. Entry £10, at the door. All welcome.
» All Saints Flower Guild are hosting Coffee mornings in All Saints Church on the following dates.
Saturday October 1, 10am-noon. This will be a Harvest-themed coffee morning. Apart from the usual refreshments there will be cakes for sale, plus a small produce stall (donations for both will be very welcome).
For those who would like to, there will be an opportunity to help decorate the church with jam-jar flower and foliage arrangements (no flower arranging experience required).
The next event will be a Christmasthemed coffee morning Saturday December 10, at 11am. Watch this space for more information nearer the time.
» All Saints Bookshop Swap. Coming to a church near you, in October. Books needed now, to swap, read, borrow. Drop off at All Saints, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 2pm - 7pm.
If you feel so inclined, leave a small message in the book you are donating, saying what you thought of the book.
BISHOP’S
» Events at the Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve.
Rendezvous at the Tithe Barn presents, Friday October 7, from 8pm until 11.30pm, Jon Clare and the Fabulous Doughboys playing music from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. Fully licensed bar open at 7.45pm, large free car park. Pay on the door £10.
Friday December 9, Peter Gill & The Good Time Charlies present ‘A Swingin’ & Rockin’ Christmas Evening’, a perfect start to the Festive Period.
Early Bird tickets during September £10 or pay on the door £15. For more information contact Kelvin Freer on 01242 604546 email kelvinfreer@ hotmail.com
» The Methodist Church in Bishop’s Cleeve has launched a Friendship Club. The club will meet in the Methodist Church, off Tobyfield Road, every Monday 2-4pm.
Also, the Methodist Wednesday Fellowship is resuming its regular fortnightly meetings at 2pm, after the summer break. October 12, A Cyprus wedding - or two. October 26, Soroptimists International.
» Bishop’s Cleeve Players next production is Who Shot the Sheriff, a murder mystery by Chris Martin. The play will be performed in the Tithe Barn, Bishop’s Cleeve on Friday October 14, at 7.30pm and again on Saturday October 15, at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.
Refreshments available. Tickets £10, obtainable from George Lewis Shoe Shop or on line www.bishopscleeve players.co.uk
» The Dramatic Villagers are preparing to launch their new Pantomime, Batman and Robin Hood. There are many opportunities to assist with this great production, both front and back stage.
For more information contact 07823 883203, or on-line admin@ thedramaticvillagers.co.uk
» Transition Cleeve are hosting the Big Squeeze at Court Farm on Sunday October 9, noon-3pm. Bring along your windfalls for juicing or gather windfalls in the Community Orchard, Voxwell Lane, at 11am on Saturday October 8. All welcome.
» Cobalt the local Cancer Charity are hosting the following events.
Tuesday October 4, 6pm. Information Evening at Linton House – our popular evenings are back. Join us to find out more about the important work of Cobalt. To book your place please email: fundraising@cobalthhealth.co.uk
Saturday October 8, 10am – noon. Coffee Morning at Linton House – come along to see Cobalt’s 2022 Photography Exhibition and enjoy coffee and cake and browse Cobalt’s Christmas cards and our beautiful 2023 calendar.
» Gotherington, Woolstone and Oxenton WI, host monthly meetings on Wednesdays, in Gotherington Village Hall at 7.30pm.
October 26, Just Gems with Helen Plumb.
November 23, Craft Demonstration and Annual Meeting.
New members welcome. For more details contact 01242 317276.
» The Bishop’s Cleeve WI host meetings in the Tithe Barn on the third Tuesday of each month, 7.15pm - 9pm. October 18, Hilarious hats. November 15, AGM, Auction and competition results.
December 20, 93rd Birthday and Christmas party.
For more information about meetings, contact www.bishopscleeve wi.org.uk or 01242 676647.
» Gotherington Singers have resumed weekly rehearsals at Gotherington Village Hall on Monday evenings 7.459.45pm. New and experienced singers are welcome to come along to meet members of our friendly women’s choir and our new musical director. Please see gotheringtonsingers.co.uk or telephone 01242 317276.
» Cleeve Chorale are welcoming new members, rehearsals are held on Tuesday evenings at Woodmancote Village Hall 7.45-9.45pm and the choir welcomes tenors, basses, altos and sopranos. Please email info@cleeve chorale.co.uk or see cleevechorale.co.uk for more information.
» Bishop’s Cleeve Foodbank. Please can you take any donations to Bishop’s Cleeve Parish Office (next to Tesco’s car park) any Friday morning between 9am and noon. Please refer to the latest shopping list for further details of shortages on the donating food link at northcotswold.foodbank.org.uk
» Badham Pharmacy has a special collection point to tackle hygiene poverty in the UK. Required donations, toiletries, female sanitary products, baby wipes, nappies and laundry products
WOODMANCOTE
» Woodmancote WI, host meetings at Woodmancote Village Hall on Thursdays at 7.30pm.
October 20, The Wonderful World of Latin America.
» Woodmancote Probus Club host meetings on Tuesdays at Woodmancote New Village Hall. Meetings start at 9.30am, followed by the talk at 10.30am. October 4, Terracotta Warriors. October 11, Margaret of Anjou. October 18, Crimean War. October 25, Photography of Mini Beasts.
For more information contact 01242 702573.
» Ann Lewis 01242 702573 maggieann1949@hotmail.com