Proud of Our Past
Enriched by our Natural Environment
Enjoying Life in our Community
Parish Council AGM 2024
Complete set of Reports from all Active Groups
HERE
Dr Kinlin's Focus Session
The Digestive System Part 3
The small and large intestines
@Fovant Village Hall
19 Dec 4pm
Live Music
Piano & Lights with
Charlie Hooper-Williams
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Fovant Village Hall
Sat 7 Dec 7.30pm
Tickets £10
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Contact
celiahaselgrove@btinternet.com
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“Lovely… really special, immersive show”
Elizabeth Alker, BBC Radio 3
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“Complete genius and sonic exquisiteness… wonderful”
—Adam Walton, BBC Radio Wales
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'Focus'
Church Newsletter
HERE
from
Revd Joanna Naish
Bring Your Own...
Beverage of choice,
A glass to drink it from,
Your choice of nibbles
& be ready to socialise with your friends from the village from
6 - 8pm
Fri 6 Dec
Fovant Village Hall
£1 Entry pp
Thank You
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A big thank you to all the splendid people who supported the Fovant 50/50 Club for 2024!
We have been given £911 towards the expenses of keeping the Church building going and we are enormously grateful to Liz Daw and Sharon Knight who organise the administration and monthly draws.
We know the next big task will be to attend to the internal decoration but with all the recent expenses we just try not to look up. It will be too expensive for the present. The most immediate tasks now are the replacement of some missing tiles on the roof, repair of two roof coping stones and a hopefully more efficient outside lighting system. At present the lights are inclined not to go on when we want, and then having been switched on they don’t want to go off!
Thank you from all the members of the Parochial Church Council. F Pinder
Rubbish Collection
over Christmas
Check Here by entering your postcode. A chart will display general, recycling and garden waste collection over Xmas
Fovant Youth Club Trustees invite
5 - 12 year olds for
Xmas Crafts
Sun 15 Dec
2 - 4pm
£2
includes Drink and a snack
To book a place email
fovantyc@hotmail.com
JOIN IN
Arts & Crafts Group
@ Waterside Youth Club
Every other Monday 2- 4pm.
Next session 9 Dec
£2
Bring along a current project; knitting, painting, drawing, patchwork, sewing & work alongside fellow enthusiasts.
ALL ARTISTS & CRAFTERS WELCOME
Pop UP Market
'Sale of Sales'
Fri 31 Jan
Coombe Bisset Village Hall SP5 4LU
10am - 3pm
Admission £4
Cafe
Recycle Your Xmas Tree for Salisbury Hospice Charity
Collecting 10 - 12 Jan
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Register Your Tree by 6 Jan
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charityxmastreecollection.com
Marking 100 years
since the War Memorial at St George's church was placed in 1924
What's On in Salisbury?
December
Christmas Markets
& More
Click Here
Darkness to Light Services @ Salisbury Cathedral
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Fri 29 Nov - Sun 1 Dec
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FREE
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Salisbury Cathedral Spire Climb
The hair-raising ascent to the top of the Spire on YOUTUBE
Recently, Gary Price (the Cathedral’s Clerk of Works), accompanied by Joiner, Richard Pike, and Conservator, Arthur Needham, braved the climb to the top of our famous Spire to change the four aircraft warning lights.
Watch Gary’s incredible body-cam footage as he reaches the top of the Spire, 404ft above the ground.
Salisbury Cathedral
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named one of Britain’s most beautiful buildings
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Salisbury Cathedral has been named one of Britain's most beautiful buildings.
It was ranked the ninth most beautiful building on the UK following a recent poll, having made the top ten alongside other iconic buildings like The Shard, Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey.
St George’s 50/50 Lottery Club
The winning numbers in the November Lottery draw are:-
£35 118
£20 111
£15 67
This is the FIRST draw of the new ‘Lottery Year’.
Many thanks for your support. The number of shares sold this year were more than last year, so we are pleased that we have been able to increase the prize money.
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Liz Daw 714362 and liz.daw1@btinternet.com​
Fovant History Interest Group
FHIG
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If you would like to learn more about the history of your village...consider purchasing the excellent publication
'Fovant History'
written & researched by members of FHIG
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if you would like obtain one.
Saturday 7 Dec
Saturday 4 Jan
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Can you spare a little time on the first Saturday of the month?
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Meet @ 8.45 am - 10 am to tidy the Churchyard in Fovant.
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Contact: Blair Agnew 714414 or just turn up
Dogs, Dogwalkers & Gamebirds
Many of you will have noticed the young game birds on some of the footpaths you regularly walk, and whilst most dog owners are very good at keeping their canine companions under control, there is a natural instinct in many to chase, catch and sadly kill. This is not good for your dog or the gamekeeper, Steve. Please can walkers keep to the footpaths (Walking route 6A in the Local Walks booklet HERE) and keep your dogs under control, thank you.
Fovant Parish Council
MOBILE LIBRARY
Clay's Orchard PROMPT on
Tuesdays...
13.50- 14.10
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10 Dec
7 Jan
4 Feb
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Crowdfunding Campaign for Tisbury Croquet club
We have raised £25,000 in the last year to repair and restore the building and the lawn and we just need to the final £5,000 to complete the project. We urgently need support as the campaign has only another four weeks to run. We are doing well so far with over 40% raised but we would very much like to reach our target.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/campaign4croquet
Dinton Primary School
NEWS!
Congratulations to the girls football team. They came 3rd at the Salisbury Festival winning 4 out of 5 of their matches. They even won a match 11-0. Well done girls, we are really proud of you!
CHILMARK
'DELIA HALL' REDEDICATION​
by the
Bishop of Ramsbury
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There was a terrible tragedy in Chilmark in 1989 when 3 sisters lost their lives in a fire at their home, the then vicarage. One of sisters, Delia ,was a pupil at the primary school.
A tree was planted in Delia’s memory but when building work took place in the 2000s the tree was sadly lost.
The building work resulted in a new school hall which is very much the heart of the school today.
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After consultation with Delia’s family, the wider community and the school council it was decided to rename the school hall as the Delia Hall.
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The Right Reverend Dr Andrew Rumsey, Bishop of Ramsbury, visited the school to lead a service of reflection and remembrance when a new plaque was unveiled.
Delia’s brother, Joseph, who was also a former pupil, attended the service and played the piano and worship leaders , from Year 6, assisted Bishop Andrew during the service.
It was a moving occasion and comforting to know that Delia’s memory will live on in Chilmark Fonthill Bishop CofE Primary School.
Fovant Bus Timetable to and from Salisbury
Weekdays - Leaving from Fovant High Street
7.50 (No 27) 9.15 (No 27) 10.04 ( No 26) 10.55 (No 26) 12.55 (No 26)
Returning from Salisbury (outside M&S) to Fovant
10.40 (No 26) 12.40 (No 26) 14.15 ( No 26) 17.12 ( No 27) 18.23 ( No 27)
Saturdays
To Salisbury - 7.52 ( No 26A) 9.56 ( No 26) 12.05 ( No 26) 14.55 ( No 26)
To Fovant - 12.55 ( No 26) 15.00 ( No 26) 16.40 ( No 26) 17.50 ( No 26A)
Sundays - NO service
Just £4 return for an Adult
Police Beat Officer
for FOVANT
Neighbourhood Team
PS Joe SADWOSKI - josef.sadowski@wiltshire.police.uk
PC Georgina Russell -georgina.russell@wiltshire.police.uk
PCSO Stew Hunt - stewart.hunt@wiltshire.police.uk
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warminsterAreaCPT@wiltshire.police.uk
OR
Warminster Police Station, The Avenue, Warminster
101 Ext 32320
DD 01225 256636
Yoga Classes
with
Hannah
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@ Village Hall
Tuesdays 6 - 7pm
&
7 - 8pm
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Come along
&
Be Refreshed
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£10 per session
Bonfires
Whilst we are all aware of our rural setting and that bonfires are part of country life, respiratory illness in all generations is a growing trend, with bonfires causing exacerbation in diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructed airways.
Please could we ask that if you’re considering having a bonfire, you resist lighting it until after dusk when most residents will have closed windows and doors.
Your kind cooperation would be gratefully appreciated.
Fovant Parish Council
FOVANT & WILTON
FOOD BANK
Every Friday
12:30 to 2:30
Wilton Community Centre
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from
2 Feb onwards
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Open for tea/coffee, a listening ear and a warm discreet space as well as accepting food bank vouchers
PILATES CLASS
@ Village Hall
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Wednesdays
10am - 11am
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£12 per session
​WEDNESDAY
JUNIORS
CLUB
3.30 - 5pm
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ALL 5 - 11 year olds WELCOME.
Great range of activities and crafts for young people in the village.
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If you are a parent and/or would like to volunteer, the youth club would be very pleased to hear from you.
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Contact Julie Wallis
Every
Saturday Morning Breakfast in
Village Hall
Our ever popular Village breakfasts! Eat in or Takeaway. From 9am - 11am in the Village Hall
Tap Class
Mondays
7.45-8.45pm
Village Hall
Come along and join in with our very friendly and inclusive class which meets weekly.
Fovant ORGAN APPEAL
at St George's Church, Fovant
At last! The work on the organ is beginning after such a long wait, during which it has enjoyed making some very peculiar noises and occasionally having a mind of its own. We think there has only been one overhaul in all the 98 years it has been working so it will be great not to have organists politely indicating that we should be doing something about it!
Although many people and organisations have been very generous and we are enormously grateful, we shall still have to make up the final part of the funds needed from savings, so if anyone feels they would like to contribute “PCC Fovant” would welcome a contribution.
Account No: 02981591, sort code 30-97-41, reference Organ Fund.
There is something pretty special about the sound of a good organ in a Church so let us look forward to that day when all is back together again without the dust and bat droppings!
Felicity Pinder
