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Spring Services in the West Downland Benefice
7th March 10.45am Zoom Church 14th March Mothering Sunday 10.45am Zoom Church All Day Posies & Prayers in the churchyards 15th March 11am Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth 21st March 10.45am Zoom Church 22nd March 11am Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth Passiontide & Easter Services 28th March Palm Sunday 9.00am Open Air Matins at Fawley 10.45am Zoom Church 29th April 11am Seated Holy Communion at Chaddleworth 1st April Maundy Thursday 8pm ‘Remembering Gethsemane’ in Chaddleworth Churchyard 2nd April Good Friday 9.30am The Passion Reading & Prayers in Welford Churchyard 10.30am Café Church Open Air Storytime at Great Shefford 2.30pm ‘Standing at the foot of the cross’ in Brightwalton Churchyard 4th April Easter Day 6.30am ‘Christ is Risen’ Open Air Holy Communion in Leckhampstead churchyard 10.00am Zoom Church Special please note the earlier time 5th April Bank Holiday Monday No seated Holy Communion this week Zoom Links We want everyone who attends our Zoom services to feel safe and welcome. Please use these links to invite family, friends and neighbours to join you for these services, but do not share them on social media or other generally circulated media. Mothering Sunday 10.45am Join on your computer, laptop or device https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85991215455 Dial in on your landline 0131 460 1196 United Kingdom 0203 051 2874 United Kingdom 0203 481 5237 United Kingdom 0203 481 5240 United Kingdom 0203 901 7895 United Kingdom Meeting ID: 859 9121 5455 Easter Day 10am Please note the earlier start time Join on your computer, laptop or device https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86178722900 Dial in on your landline 0131 460 1196 United Kingdom 0203 051 2874 United Kingdom 0203 481 5237 United Kingdom 0203 481 5240 United Kingdom 0203 901 7895 United Kingdom Meeting ID: 861 7872 2900
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Sunday 20th December 2020 6.30pm in Brightwalton All Saints Churchyard Let’s keep everyone safe! We are delighted that we shall be able to sing carols together as long as households and bubbles are socially distanced from one another. Please come wrapped up warm and bring a torch! If you have Covid-19 symptoms, or are self-isolating, please do not attend. Please download your service sheet in advance and bring with you on your phone or printed - thank you. Open Air Carol Service Sheet  From 15th November we’ll be returning to Zoom Church at 10.45am every Sunday another ‘good thing’ that showed us week by week that we are part of a community who with God’s help and his love in our hearts will pass through this season with hope for new beginnings.
Remembrance Sunday & Armistice Day Acts of Remembrance will take place, but with this, from the Government website, at the forefront of our minds: “For the avoidance of doubt, the following people are legally permitted to attend events to commemorate Remembrance Sunday as participants. Attendees should observe social distancing at all times. Attendees should also take advantage of opportunities for wreath layers to represent wider groups. · people attending as part of their work (such as local councillors, local faith leaders, the local MP) · people attending in a voluntary capacity on behalf of a recognised organisation · members of the armed forces · veterans of the armed forces, and/or their representatives or carers Members of the public are legally permitted to stop and watch the event as spectators, but event organisers should take reasonable steps to discourage the public from attending events, and be mindful of the risk that such events pose, especially to veterans who are often elderly.” In order to enable every member of our communities to honour those who left our villages to serve but who never returned, we are encouraging all those who do not fall into one of the authorised groups to hold a ‘Doorstep Remembrance’ at home at 11am on Sunday morning. You may wish to observe the silence in your own way, perhaps lighting a candle, laying a wreath or poppy; you may prefer to listen to the radio coverage from London, or you may wish to use the short order of service I am attaching to this email. I hope that in much the same way that ‘Clap for Carers’ offered us an opportunity for a collective thanksgiving ‘Doorstep Remembrance’ will be a poignant collective pause to remember that the service of every one of the Fallen began on the doorstep as they left their home and is remembered by us. I am grateful to our Parish Councils and all those who have been working with me to interpret and enact the most recent regulations and accompanying advice. The following Acts of Remembrance will take place subject to Government Regulations Remembrance Sunday 8th November Leckhampstead War Memorial 10.50am Welford &Wickham War Memorial 10.50am Armistice Day Wednesday 11th November Brightwalton War Memorial 10.55am On 11th November (Wednesday) we shall be gathering on Zoom for ‘Prayers for Peace’. In a troubled world this will be an opportunity to pray for peacemakers and peacekeepers of all sorts and from all nations and communities. The Zoom link is in this week’s pew sheet Revd Miriam Keen Despite the cancelled fete, the Parish Council would still like to go ahead with the competition of dressing the front of the village houses and, or gardens in honour of all the heros for VE Day. There is a prize for the winner, pictures can be posted on the Facebook page and also shared for the website and Brickleton News. Please email to brightwaltonpc@btinternet.com Judging will take place on Sunday 10th May , we look forward to seeing the display!  Tickets on sale now for the Brightwalton Summer Ball at Green Farm, in aid of the ASPIRE project .  Enjoy a magical, uplifting performance from The Newbury Rock Choir  the UK’s favourite contemporary choir as featured on BBC, ITV SKY & Radio 1
Saturday, 28th March 2020 7pm at Brightwalton Church Followed by a fish and chip supper & a drink £15 p/p £7 for under 15 yrs Ticket inc. a drink. There will be a bar Proceeds will go to the Choir’s chosen charity Bucket List Wishes, and the village ASPIRE Project Contact Gill Judge for tickets: dgmsjudge@gmail.com The Brightwalton Quizmasters invite you to challenge your general knowledge in a
wide-ranging, fun quiz. Friday, 24 January 2020 7.00pm arrive for a 7.30pm start at Brightwalton Village Hall Come as a team of eight, or come along and make up a team Everyone welcome Prizes for the winners Bring your own picnic supper Tickets: £10 per person which includes a welcome drink This event is held in aid of the Aspire project, which is working to develop the church building for greater and more varied use by the community RSVP Please reserve your place by replying to dgmsjudge@gmail.com On a cold winters evening in December, a handful of hardy souls gathered at the village hall for an evening of carol singing around the village.
Judith Orpen led the band of enthusiastic singers to Butts Furlong, Dunmore Meadow and along Ash Close to Saxon Acre and then ending up for some much-needed refreshment at the Halls Craggs, who go kindly and generously hosted us for some mulled wine and mince pies. Thanks to everyone’s generosity, we raised over £120 on the night, split between the Two Saints Homeless Charity in Newbury and the Brightwalton Aspire Project (this portion will be match funded thanks to the generous matching grant from Greenham Trust). Our thanks to everyone that came and took part as well as everyone who kindly made such a generous donation. Carols by Candlelight at Catmore
We are pleased to announce that due to the overwhelming success of the Carols by Candlelight Christmas Eve service at St Margaret’s Church in Catmore, Rev Miriam Keen will offer two services this year. The two services will give as many people as possible the opportunity to enjoy this magical start to Christmas Eve that has become a significant event in our calendar due the ongoing commitment of David and Carolyn Gardiner. Services will be held at 2pm and 3.30pm and tickets need to be booked via: visitchurches.org.uk/Christmas. Everyone attending will need to bring proof of booking. If you are unable to book online please contact the Churches Conservation Trust on 01179291766 or email: west@thecct.org.uk. You may have already seen the flyers around the village for our big fundraiser. We managed to raise a fabulous £5,000 last year from ticket sales, donations and various match funding. This amount made a real difference to our school, enabling the construction of the Wellbeing Garden and it is also shared with the Church’s ASPIRE project. The stunning route is about 5km, part of which goes through the privately owned Woolley Estate. There is a shorter walk for those with younger children, a nature trail and odd sweet treat en-route. There will be a BBQ and refreshments at the village hall pre and post walk. The walk will start from the village hall from 10.30 to 11.00. Tickets are £5.00 per person or £15 for a family ticket. Please contact Miranda at mikeandmiranda@hotmail.com If you are unable to attend and would like to make a donation, you can make a BACS payments via the Brightwalton Friends Account: - Lloyds TSB – A/C 63857860 – Sort Code: 77-95-05. Please quote Walk We look forward to meeting as many people as possible and thank you in advance for your support. Do spread the word and help us make this the memorable event of October. Happy Walking Miranda mikeandmiranda@hotmail.com  Annual Working Party – Sunday 20th October 10am at the Village Hall
We are keen to see some new faces along with the regular supporters for the Annual Village Working Party on Sunday 20th October from 10am. Even if you can only spare an hour, please join us and take pride in the village in which we share. It is a family occasion where all help is welcome, with refreshments, cake and hot dogs for all the workers. Tasks include hedge cutting, weeding, sweeping and general tidying at the War Memorial, Dunmore Pond and Playground. Please bring what tools you have available. Tasks can be found for all abilities! We look forward to seeing you there – thank you Brightwalton Parish Council West Berkshire Climate Conference - Tickets available on 16 September
West Berkshire Council will host a Climate Conference on Monday 28 October at Newbury College from 10am until 4pm. The event has been organised by West Berkshire Council following its declaration of a climate emergency last month. It's one of the first initiatives to come from a new Environment Board established by the Council which will create a new Environment Strategy and coordinate and oversee environmental projects to help work towards carbon neutrality in West Berkshire by 2030. The conference also supports the Council's priority to maintain a green district as set out in the new West Berkshire Council Strategy 2019-23. It will look at how residents, communities, organisations and the council can help tackle the climate crisis and will be opened by Richard Benyon MP for Newbury, former Parliamentary Secretary at the Department of Environment and Wildlife Minister (DEFRA). The Keynote speaker is Tom Heap, the Rural Affairs Correspondent of BBC News. The television and radio reporter and presenter is best known for his contributions to the BBC One programme Countryfile, the Panorama programme, and the BBC Radio 4 programme Costing the Earth. Tom will be speaking specifically around the challenges facing West Berkshire. There will be break-out sessions covering the Science of Climate Change, Climate and Land use, Sustainable Transport, Renewable Energy, Green District, Circular Economy and Waste and more. There will also be an exhibition and a chance to shop with some of West Berkshire's eco-friendly businesses. A number of speaker led session and information exchanges will take place throughout the day. West Berkshire residents are invited to attend the conference by booking admission in advance but numbers will be limited to four tickets per application. Tickets will be available from noon on Monday 16 September on our West Berkshire Climate Conference - Tickets page. Speaking about the conference, Councillor Steve Ardagh-Walter, West Berkshire's Executive Member for the Environment said: "We're excited to be hosting this event, which will bring together academics, industry figures, local organisations and residents to discuss how we can tackle the climate crisis here in West Berkshire. "Climate change is an important issue that affects us all and about which our community feels very passionately. For this reason, we feel that the conference will be a great opportunity for local people to be involved with our work and to contribute their views, ideas and experiences as we look at shared solutions we can adopt in the district. “We have an impressive line-up of speakers for the day and a great chance for everyone to join together to enable real change. I would encourage people to book their places as soon as possible." Steve Masters, Councillor for Newbury Speen said: "I welcome the conference and would encourage members of the public to attend. The challenges we face locally and internationally are grave and only through wider understanding and action can we move forward. "If we as a council are to take the public with us on this journey we must engage in a two way dialogue. Communication is vital and this conference not only allows the council to speak to the residents of West Berkshire but also offers an opportunity for residents to speak directly to the council. As a council we must first listen and then act." Adrian Abbs, Shadow Environment Spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats seconded the motion to declare a climate emergency. He said: “The conference is an essential step in what needs to be a rapid program of both near term tactical steps and the setting of a strategy that will have implications across West Berkshire for the coming decade. “To achieve carbon neutrality by 2030, it is essential to engage the public and business and I want to encourage as much participation in this event as possible.” More information about the conference will be published in the coming weeks on our website at www.westberks.gov.uk/climateconference and on our Facebook and Twitter pages.  SUNDAY 23rd JUNE 2019
2pm – 5pm Entry £5.00/adult, under 16 yrs/free Start at Brightwalton Village Hall to collect your programme. Home produce to buy in gardens There are a few local events coming up in the West Downland Benefice villages: Saturday 15th June, the Beenham Wind Quintet is at Leckhampstead church assisting in raising funds for the St James roof appeal 7.15pm for 7.30-9.30pm. £10, children free; drinks and canapes in the interval, with an update on the project. RSVP 01488 Saturday 15th June is the Chaddleworth Vintage Fayre in the paddock of Chaddleworth House 12-4pm. Sunday 23rd June Brighwalton Open Gardens, Walk and Games take place from 2 - 5pm starting from the village hall, £5 entry (under 16's free).This supports the Brightwalton ASPIRE project. 
Saturday 29th June at 10am
Following all the tree work at the Old Churchyard, we need some help to tidy up. All volunteers are welcome to take firewood in return for their help! Please meet at the Old Churchyard with tools - chainsaws, strimmers, rakes, gloves etc. All help appreciated. Thank you Brightwalton Parish Council The usual team effort of setting up marques ready for the fete will take place Saturday 4th May from 10am on the playing field.
If you are available please come along to help - many hands make light work!! Thank you  Village Tree & Hedge Planting Courtesy of the Woodland Trust we have received 135 tree and hedge saplings ready for planting. Please join us for an hour on Saturday 23rd March at 10am on the playing field to help plant! Please bring spades and gloves - perfect activity for all the family! We are intending to fill the hedge gaps around the playing field and add trees around Dunmore Pond - if you have any other suggestions for areas within the village please come along with your ideas!  BRIGHTWALTON VILLAGE FETE
Sunday 5th May 1pm – 4pm Brightwalton Villlge hall and field, RG20 7BN • Wantage Silver Band • Peasemore Ukulele Group • Brightwalton School Maypole Dancing • Garston Gallopers Morris Dancing • Barbecue, Bar, Teas • Fun Dog Show - enter on the day • Grand raffle, Bottle stall • Local produce and crafts, Cakes, Plants, Books • Side shows, games and lots more for all the family Free Parking & Entry Lots under cover if it rains!  Come along on for a stroll around some of the village’s gardens.
There are competitions to enter and then enjoy tea and cake at the village hall £5.00 per adult, under 16s free Raising money for the ASPIRE Project What better way is there to spend a Sunday afternoon?  West Berkshire Heritage have just published their Spring / Summer What's On Guide.
It includes lots of family events, workshops, exhibitions, theatre and concerts. To download a copy click here: What's On The village hall AGM will be on Tuesday 5th February at 7.30 - all welcome, the agenda can be downloaded below
The annual Walk for Parkinson’s at Welford Park is taking place on Sunday 28th April. The walk helps Parkinson's UK to raise vital funds and awareness for Parkinson’s which is essential in helping them to find better treatments and a cure, whilst supporting everyone affected by Parkinson’s.
If you would like more information on the walk - visit Parkinson's UK BRIGHWALTON VILLAGE FETE - Sunday 5th May.
We are looking for stallholders! If you would be interested in having a stall at this year's fete, please contact the Parish Clerk in the first instance and we will pass on your details to the organisers. |
AuthorThis is written by the Parish Clerk with input from the village. Planning ApplicationsClick here to find out more about the planning process and to view all the current planning applications in Brightwalton. Archives
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