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  1. The Community Chest grants are from the £1million Big Lottery funding that Three Parishes Big Local are receiving over the next 10 years to spend in Weston Rhyn, St Martins and Gobowen. There are no links between this funding and the old LJC grants. You can find out more information about Community Chest grants at http://www.big-local.org/communitychest
  2. We will be awarding the first grants from our Community Chest in November 2015. If you are applying for funding for a Community group, project or activity please get your completed application form to us by 5pm Friday 31st October 2014. For more information - http://www.big-local.org/communitychest
  3. A new walking for health group is starting in Gobowen on Tuesday afternoons. Suitable for most fitness levels and abilities. Meeting point is by the pharmacy in Gobowen at 2pm. For full information contact Liz Evans on 01743 255068 or liz.evans@shropshire.gov.uk.
  4. Local Trust, the organisation responsible for administering Big Local on behalf of the Big Lottery, has approved the Three Parishes Big Local Community Plan. It is over 3 years since the early consultation phases of Big Local in Gobowen, St Martins and Weston Rhyn and the Community Plan is the end result. The Community Plan sets out the projects and activities that the Big Local investment will fund over the next two years. You can find a copy of the plan in the resources section of the Three Parishes Big Local website, www.big-local.org or by contacting the Big Local Co-ordinator, Bridget Laraway, on 01691 656882. Condensed versions of the plan, which contain a summary of the key information and projects, will be available from shops, post offices, libraries and community centres around the villages later this month.
  5. Produce Show and Craft and Hobbies Display, All Saints Church, Gobowen, Saturday 6th September 12noon until 3pm. Church and Hall open 9:00 am until 10:30 am on the same day for staging. Entrants to complete entry form and return to All Saints Church by September 5th. For further information please contact: Margaret Linkins (01691 659557), Sybil Steele (01691 659674) or Vera Ford (01691 661236).
  6. Are you, or do you know someone, who is experienced in working within communities and with young people. Subject to the funding being approved, we are looking for someone to make a real difference within the Three Parishes Big Local area. Full details are on our website: http://www.big-local.org/communityandyouthworker-303
  7. Application packs for the Three Parishes Big Local Community Chest will be available from next week. This is a fund for small grants (up to £500) for Community groups based in, or active in, the communities of Weston Rhyn, St Martins and Gobowen. To register for your pack, or for more details, e-mail communitychest@big-local.org, write to the Big Local Co-ordinator at Qube, Oswald Road, Oswestry, SY11 1RB, or ring Bridget on 01691 656882. You can also keep up to date with Big Local news by following us on facebook - 3PBigLocal.
  8. Join us for tea from 4:30pm, followed by a Christmas concert and singalong with the Ifton Colliery Band. For more information, telephone 01691 661218.
  9. More details to follow.
  10. Macmillan Coffee morning at the Moors Chapel, St Martins Moor. Come along and take part in the World's Biggest Coffee Morning and help raise funds for the fantastic work done by Macmillan Cancer Support. For more information, telephone 01691 661218.
  11. In early August, the Three Parishes Big Local partnership heard that our Big Local area has been successful in our application to be one of 12 Big Local areas involved in UnLtd's first intensive support programme to help develop budding entrepreneurs in the Three Parishes area. UnLtd, the UK's leading provider of support to 'social entrepreneurs', people with energy and passion to make their world a better place, has been working to deliver the Star People programme in all Big Local areas. More details, and information about how to get involved, are available on our website, http://www.big-local.org/socialenterpriseboost-300
  12. Join us for our Harvest Service which will include a talk by Ben Mayho about the work that he does as the Oswestry Schools Christian Worker. All welcome.
  13. St Martins Methodist Chapel. Happy Birthday to the St Martins Methodist Chapel building (Ellesmere Road) – 100 years old this year! An old red brick chapel was demolished and the existing one built in 1914. The foundation stone was laid on Easter Sunday with the official opening on December 17th. We are celebrating the centenary of our building on Sunday October 26th with a service at 11.00 followed by lunch in the School Room. Please come along to join our celebration, especially if you have fond memories of a wedding or baptism in the building. We hope to create a ‘Memory Board’ so look out any old photos or just write down your memories. For more details or to donate towards the Bring & Share Lunch: e-mail Nick Heard on heard@btinternet.com or call Enid Prichard on 01691690289. Looking forward to seeing you all.
  14. Come along to our Harvest Supper. All welcome.
  15. Come along to our Harvest Service. All welcome.
  16. The St Martins Grow It, Make It, Show It show takes place on 27th September 2014 at the St Martins Centre, St Martins. Entries must be booked in on Friday 26th Sept between 5:30pm and 7:30pm Saturday 27th September 9:00am Doors open for exhibitors 11:00am Judging 1:30pm Doors open to the public 3:00pm Prizegiving Full details of the competition categories is available from St Martins Centre or on their website: http://another st.martins website/10.html
  17. Each of the 150 Big Local areas has to publish a Community Profile as part of the development work for their Community Plan. The Three Parishes Big Local Community Profile published today, 23 June 2014, serves several purposes: * It provides a description of the three communities of Weston Rhyn, St Martins and Gobowen * It provides statistical information to underpin the description that will serve as baseline information against which changes in the community over the next ten years can be measured. * It summarises the consultations which have taken place so far within the community. You can find the Three Parishes Big Local Community Profile in the Resources section of our website, www.big-local.org or by following this link: http://www.big-local.org/images/Three%20Parishes%20Big%20Local%20Community%20profile%20June%202014.pdf Three Parishes Big Local would like to thank the community members who have contributed to the development of this Community Profile.
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  19. Big Local is keen to make it as easy as possible for people to find out about Big Local news and to get in touch with us. Having a separate section on CO would certainly increase the visibility of Big Local on here. To keep you up to date on our timelines, we are looking to get our plan submitted in the next month, and hopefully approved by the end of September - ready to launch asap after that. Some elements, such as the Community chest that we have announced, will go live earlier than that so any channels that we can use to get our message out there and encourage people to come forward and apply for funding can only be positive from a Big Local perspective.
  20. Strawberry Tea at St Martins Methodist Chapel, Ellesmere Road, St Martins 3:30pm - 4:30pm Adults £3.00 Children £1.50
  21. Three Parishes Big Local have published a Communication Strategy "Getting the message out there". The document can be downloaded from the resources section of our website. http://www.big-local.org/resources We would welcome any comments - either post a reply to this topic, or email info@big-local.org . Thank you.
  22. Fundraising event in aid of Severn Hospice. Live music, stalls, games and competitions. Refreshments, snacks and cakes. The fun starts at 10am!
  23. A fun day out for all ages with plenty of attractions, including: * Car Boot Sale * Stalls * Grand draw * Lunches, Cakes, Drinks * Photo Contest * Games and other attractions * Performance by Gobowen School choir at 12 noon Lunch served from 12:30pm. Lunch tickets available from Vera on 661236 or Sybil on 659674
  24. 3 Parishes Big Local have published The Community vision which is available on our website. Compiled from the consultation programme, the Community vision sets out what the 10 year programme hopes to achieve. More details will be published in the next few months. http://www.big-local.org/community-vision-293
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