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PARISH NEWS March 2024

Gigabit Broadband

The free community hub service was installed in the Village Hall on the 21st February, and has been routed through to the Shop and Pub. All seems to be working well.

MVAS

For February, the MVAS’s were located by Home Close (outgoing towards Buckden/Perry) and in Breach Road, by the Cinnamon (outgoing towards Ellington).

New MVAS volunteer needed – The current volunteer is standing down and a new volunteer is needed.  The Parish Council would like to express their thanks to the previous volunteer for all of their work over the last couple of years in regularly taking down and putting up of the MVAS units.

Our two MVAS units have proven to be an effective way to encourage motorists to comply with the speed limits, and we would like to ensure Grafham continues to enjoy safer roads. To ensure optimum effectiveness, the two MVAS units need to be relocated once a month, and have their batteries replaced. A new volunteer is being sought to help assist with this. So, if you are interested in taking on this role, please contact the Parish Clerk for further information.

Children’s Play Area

The Parish Council has now replaced all of the swing seats in the children’s play area which had deteriorated over time due to general wear and tear. The moss under the swings and other equipment has also been treated and will be removed in due course.

School Holiday Parish Sessions

Grafham Parish Council have been approached by the Sports Development Officer at Huntingdonshire District Council about the upcoming School Holiday Parish Sessions.

Sessions are delivered by qualified Sports Activity Officers and Leaders and involve multi-sport activity adapted to suit the needs of the community. The focus is on providing fun games and opportunities, to try a variety of sports and allow the children to socialise and keep active in the holidays. Some of the sessions potentially offered are: Tag rugby, dodgeball, football, cricket, hockey, tri-golf, boccia, rounders, archery, capture the flag, athletics & more. The age range for these activities is 5-11 years old.

If the Parish Council were to fund one session a week for a 2-hour period over the school summer holidays making the session free for participants is this something residents would be interested in attending? If this is something you feel you would be interested in, please can you email your details to the Clerk at: [email protected]

Village Hall Drains

The drains / gully’s have now been cleaned out around Grafham Village Hall and The Grafham trout Village Pub removing years of silt build up and debris.

Save the Date

Don’t forget the ‘Spring Clean Litter Pick’ will take place on Saturday 27th April 2024, 10.30 am. Anyone interested in joining this event please meet at the Village Hall, Brampton Road

The next meeting is on Tuesday 2nd April at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.

For more information about your Parish Council’s activities, please see the village website.
or contact a member of the parish council or the parish clerk, details below.

Cllr Ian Gardener

Chairman, Grafham Parish Council

Lisa Hazel Parish Clerk  [email protected]

The Parish Councillors are listed below and can be contacted through the parish clerk or directly by using the details below.

Ian Gardener Chair   01480 812821      [email protected]

David Russell   [email protected]

Patrick Curran     [email protected]

Carole Baber  [email protected]

Sunil Gogna  [email protected]

Diana Thomas [email protected]

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