September 2026
Remembrance Sunday Service
This year’s Remembrance event will take place on Sunday 8th November 2026 at the village war memorial.
The service will begin at 10:45 am and will conclude with the national two-minute silence at 11:00 am. Please save the date
New Village Hall Sign Coming Soon!
Our current wooden Village Hall sign is unfortunately starting to rot and has reached the end of its days. Keep an eye out over the next month — a brand-new sign will be installed to freshen up the entrance!
Blood Pressure Monitor Loan Scheme
Blood pressure monitors are now available to borrow from libraries across Cambridgeshire.
Around 1 in 12 adults in Cambridgeshire are estimated to have high blood pressure without experiencing any obvious signs or symptoms. That’s equivalent to around 45,000 to 50,000 residents living with an undiagnosed condition. High blood pressure increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, but it can often be lowered through simple lifestyle changes. The new loan scheme helps residents to check and understand their blood pressure, while empowering them to make informed choices about their health.
The blood pressure monitors are available to loan from all 33 libraries and three mobile libraries. Any library member aged 18 or over can borrow a monitor for three weeks (or five weeks from the mobile library). It’s free, and you don’t need a GP referral.
To borrow a monitor, simply visit your local library and speak to a member of staff. Please bring your library card. If you are not yet a library member, you can join at the library or online.
HDC Local Government Reorganisation – Further Update
As you may be aware, the Government has announced a review of plans for Local Government Reorganisation, following updated legal advice. The review is intended to ensure the process is robust and aligns with the new government’s priorities.
This means that plans for the ‘tranche three’ areas, which includes Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, will be reviewed and paused while this work is carried out.
Decisions on reorganisation in Essex, Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk, which were announced earlier this year, have also been withdrawn in light of the new legal advice.
We will share further information as soon as it becomes available.
Cllr Ian Gardener Chairman, Grafham Parish Council
The next Parish Council meeting is on Tuesday 6th October at 7:30pm in the village hall