Greetings to you all from St Mary Magdalene’s Church  God bless our gracious Queen,  I hope you are all well and looking forward to all the Jubilee celebrations. It will be a lovely sight to see gardens and villages decked with royal bunting. I hope you all have a lovely

PLATINUM JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS:  A separate flyer with the details of our village celebration on Friday 3rd June at the village hall, will have been delivered through your letterbox.  A special commemorative tree planting with a time capsule buried beneath it will take place during the celebration.  VILLAGE HALL NEWS:  We

VILLAGE HALL:  The 2022 AGM re-elected Adele Stainsby, Chair, John Saunders, Treasurer and Sue Cunnington, Secretary. Adrian Forsell, Peter Foster and Tom Klimes all continue as committee members. Linda Barker continues as Caretaker. New volunteers are both needed and welcome, as there will be some changes in the management committee in 2023. Please do

Easter Greetings from St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Essendine.  I hope you are all well and managing to stay warm and enjoying the Easter holidays. It is so lovely to see all the lambs out in the fields. I’m sure we are all looking forward to some warmer weather so we

Twice recently Anglian Water have had to deal with sewer blockages in Bourne Road. In both cases they were caused by a build up of wipes which had completely blocked the sewer, causing raw sewage to overflow into residents’ gardens.  Please put all used wipes and cotton wool pads, no matter

VACANCY  Parish Council Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer  Essendine Parish Council  Salary £11.08 per hour Part Time (4 hours per week) Home Based  Essendine Parish Council is looking to recruit a Parish Clerk who will also act as the Responsible Financial Officer.  Working from home the successful candidate will agree

ESSENDINE PARISH COUNCIL OPPOSES MALLARD PASS SOLAR FARM.  “Essendine Parish Council strongly opposes the proposed Mallard Pass Solar Farm development” is the resolution passed by the Parish Council in December 2021.  As a council we oppose the development based upon the voiced concerns of the Essendine population and the overwhelming

THANK YOU TO IAN AND LISA for volunteering to deliver newsletters in response to our plea! .We are most grateful. THE VILLAGE HALL will be closed for the Christmas period, staring on the 23rd December and will reopen on Tuesday 4th January.  BROWNIES AND GUIDES IN ESSENDINE: We have a

DO YOU LIVE IN GLEN CRESCENT OR STATION ROAD?  We have had no offers to deliver the newsletter to these roads, so sadly they will not receive copies after this issue unless volunteers come forward. Neither road is large—could you spare 10 minutes once a month to deliver to one of

APPOINTMENT OF PARISH COUNCIL CLERK AND RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL OFFICER  Salary £11.08 per hour Part-time (4 hours per week) Home Based  If you have a genuine interest in helping our forward-thinking and energetic Parish Council, have a familiarity with Essendine and its surroundings and wish to develop and deliver timely, quality

MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING: Thank you to all those people the dropped in at the hall last month to support the fundraising efforts for Macmillan Cancer Care. It was lovely to see everyone and a magnificent £494.42 was raised! We are especially grateful to many of the local businesses that supported