Baydon Village Plan -
Update
We are really pleased to announce that
over 70% of us here in Baydon completed and returned the detailed
questionnaire, which is a really great response rate. Many thanks to you
all
It will take some time to collate all the answers,
prepare analysis of the figures and report in detail, but in the
meantime please
click here
for an early indication of the results of the questionnaire
Click here for a general update regarding
the progress of this important local project.
Click here to see what a Village
Plan is all about, and
click here for the contact details
of the Steering Group
Baydon Parish Council Meeting of 18th
August - Related News Report
Please
click here to see the
full news report of the recent Parish Council Meeting
Aldbourne and Baydon Aid In Sickness
Fund
The Fund benefits the sick or those in financial difficulty because of
sickness. Small grants are offered to residents of the two parishes plus
loans of medical equipment (to parishioners or visitors).
Click here for details
Scene In Baydon - Publication Will
Continue
Brydgette Bryon-Edmond has agreed to take over the work required to
collate news, events, etc and produce the Scene In Baydon going forward.
Please note the new contact details, plus
click here for a related news item
Baydon W.I. - August News Item
Please
click here to see the latest W.I.
news item prepared by Barbara Furber
David Johnson - Obituary
Please
click here for a copy of David
Johnson's obituary recently
written by Barbara Furber. Our condolences are with Enid and her family
Baydon To Get Road Traffic Speed
Enforcement By Wiltshire Police
After various discussions and consultations over a number of months,
the village of Baydon is to get Wiltshire Police road speed enforcement
visits. Please
click here for a related report and
summary of the recent traffic monitoring statistics
Other road safety measures are high on the wish list of those in the
village, such as better indication of entering a 30 MPH area, metal
railings between the pavement and the road outside the school, etc and
these are subject to future negotiations - Watch this space !
Vacancy for local Parish Councillor
Baydon currently has three Parish Councillor vacancies. If you would like
to know more about the role, please do not hesitate to contact one of
the current Parish Councillors, their contact details are on the
Parish Council Page
or alternatively you can contact the Parish Clerk online via the
drop-down menu this website's
Contact Us page. Please also
click
here for a useful guide about the role of a Parish Councillor
Car Crash Outside Baydon School - How
Serious Would This Have Been Just 15 Minutes Later
At 3pm on Thursday 24th July there was a
serious car accident right outside Baydon primary School. It appears
that a black Land Rover coming from the East of Baydon hit a parked car
just outside the school and sent the parked car a long distance across
the road and onto the pavement right outside the school. Had the
accident happened just 15 minutes later there would have been many
pupils and parents on that area of pavement just outside the main school
gate
Both Headmaster Peter Chambers and Baydon
Parish Councillor Tony Prior were on the scene shortly afterwards and
helped control events, with a fire engine, an ambulance, a paramedic
support car, and two police cars on the scene soon after the accident
There have been many concerns re the
speed of the traffic through the village, the need for improved road
safety initiatives, etc and today served as a horrible reminder of this,
and fortunately much due to the timing than anything else no one was seriously hurt in the accident
Please click below to see photos that I
(Mark Austen) took shortly after the accident as I was going to the
school to attend a school concert:-
Photo 1,
Photo 2,
Photo 3,
Photo 4,
Photo 5,
Photo 6,
Photo 7
and
Photo 8
Please also
click here to see a news item
published by the Newbury Weekly News.
Plus also
click here to see a related news
item in the Gazette & Herald
Also
click here for a follow up news report in a subsequent
edition of the Newbury Weekly News
Marlborough Neighbourhood Policing
Team issue the latest July News e-Bulletin
Please
click here to see the latest
news e-Bulletin issued by the neighbourhood policing team, with loads us
useful information and advice
Baydon Parish Council Meeting of 21st
July - Related News Report
Please
click here to see Barbara Furber's
full news report of the recent Parish Council Meeting
Baydon School - Raising Funds Via A
Bags2School Event
Please can we ask villagers/parents to save any unwanted clothing,
shoes, handbags, bedding, curtains and soft toys over the summer
holidays. The Friends of Baydon School (FoBS) have organised another
Bags2School event, and they will collect bags on Wednesday 15th October
from the school playground at 9.00am. Bags will be distributed to
pupils/villagers from mid September, with extra supplies being left with
Debbie in the shop
Earlier this year in February we raised £372 so it would be great if we
could do even better (please
click here for the news report at
that time). The school will receive 30p per kilo so please can we
encourage people to start sorting / collecting. Many thanks for all your
help, Teresa Penny
Yoga and Aerobics - Forthcoming
Classes
With the end of school term now upon us, the Wednesday evening Yoga
classes will restart again in September. Also there will be the
introduction of a new Active Aerobics class in the school hall on a
Saturday morning. Please see the Yoga section at the bottom of the
Clubs Page for
further details
Baydon School - Ofsted Inspection
Our village school gets a boost from the results issued following a
recent Ofsted inspection.
Click here for further details
Baydon Parish Council - Meeting
Minutes and Agenda Issued
The draft Minutes of the 7th July Parish Council meeting, plus the
Agenda for an extra meeting that took place on 21st July have been issued.
Please see the
Parish Council Page for further details
Baydon Parish Council Meeting of 7th
July - Related News Report
Please
click here to see Barbara Furber's
full news report of the recent Parish Council Meeting
Baydon Parish Council - Anti Dog
Fouling Poster Project
The Anti Dog Fouling posters designed by children at Baydon School
as part of a project organised by the Parish Council are now being
displayed around the village. The Parish Council hope this will
encourage all dog owners to be responsible
Village Fete June 2008
We would like to thank everyone who attended, helped and donated
items for the Baydon Church & School Fete last Saturday.
With your support we raised just over £2,000 which was a wonderful
achievement and one of our most successful years. The funds will be
shared between the church and the school.
The weather was great and the sun shone for us all afternoon. Once again
a big thank you to you all.
Pauline & Tony Topp
Baydon W.I. News Report - June
2008
Please
click here to see Barbara
Furber's recent news report giving an account of the June meeting
Baydon Parish Council Meeting of 9th
June - Related News Report
Please
click here to see Barbara Furber's
full news report of the recent Parish Council Meeting
Baydon Parish Assembly 2008 - Related News Report
Please
click here to see Barbara Furber's
full news report of the 2008 Parish Assembly
Baydon Cricket Club - Fixtures and Results
Please see the revised Cricket Club Section within the
Clubs Page
which now has a full list of this
season's fixtures, plus will have the
latest
club results information
John Hollander - Obituary
Please
click here for a copy of John Hollander's obituary recently
written by Barbara Furber, who with his wife back in the 1970's and
1980's used to run the Baydon Stores and Post Office
Baydon Beating of The Bounds - Full
News Report of This Year's Event
Please
click here to see Barbara Furber's
news report together with a photo of this year's annual Beating Of The
Bounds
Baydon Church News Report - March 2008
Please
click here to see the recent news
report giving an update on our village church's finances
Baydon W.I. News Report - March
2008
Please
click here to see Barbara
Furber's recent news report giving an account of the March meeting
Baydon Parish Council March Meeting
- News Report
Please
click here to see Barbara
Furber's news report giving a full account of the 10th March meeting
Appeal for a new Multiple Sclerosis
therapy centre in Swindon
The whole village of Baydon is being encouraged to get behind a
£500,000 appeal for a new Multiple Sclerosis therapy centre in Swindon.
Villagers are being asked to give the same support to this charity as
they did last year to the Starfish Appeal for King's College Hospital in
London.
Click here for further details
Vacancy for a School Crossing Officer
Baydon Primary School is currently undertaking a School Travel Plan
project (see separate news item) and related to this are the issues of
the speed of traffic through the village and children needing to safely
cross Ermin Street. A position of School Crossing Officer is currently
available. The rate of pay is £ 6.77 per hour, with both training and
the uniform being provided. More information with regards to the post
can be obtained from Mr Peter Chambers at the
School
Ramsbury Surgery Announcement About
Opening Hours
There has been a lot in the media coverage recently about the
Government’s plan to extend GP opening hours, and it is likely to become
more of an issue in the coming weeks. The attached report sets out the
situation as the Ramsbury Doctors see it, to explain what they would
like to see happen and to seek your views.
Click here to see the report
Baydon School Preparing a School Travel
Plan
Baydon St. Nicholas Primary School is
currently preparing a School Travel Plan, and further details will
appear here. In the meantime please contact the school if you would
like to know more about the Travel Plan or offer any help.
Click here
to learn more about a School Travel Plan
The Sylvia Mather
Charity
Following the recent article in the Scene Of
Baydon about this charity that helps to provide grants to local students
who are continuing into higher and advanced education, please click
here
for further details about this charity and
its aims
