It’s Jamaican Street Food at Today’s Farmer’s market!

Nally’s Jamaican Street Food is coming to the Farmers’ Market at The Hall Today

Due to a change of plan there will be a great opportunity to make the most of today’s glorious weather by enjoying some alfresco dining with fantastic Jamaican street food from Nally’s Jamaican Jerk and Grill along with a non-alcoholic Jamaican fruit punch from the bar (alcoholic beverages will be available also!)

Buy your BBQ essentials for the Bank Holiday weekend from Lark’s Meadow Farm as well as lots of other foodie treats! (For full list see below).

Stall holders include:

Pizza for Supper at May’s Farmers’ Market this Thursday

May’s Farmers’ Market will be held at The Hall on Thursday May 1st at from 18.00 – 20.00

Local meat including venison, fresh vegetables, olives and various craft stalls will be among the stallholders at The Hall this month. 

See below for a list.

It’s pizza for supper provided by Luca Loves Pizza, so why not eat in and catch up with friends at our licensed bar at the same time.

Note: It’s the Local Elections too – so don’t forget to bring ID if you intend to vote.

Stall holders include:

Pop Up Plant Sale – Spare Plants and Seedlings Gratefully Received!

There will be a Pop Up Plant & Home Produce Stall on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th May at Cherington Mill in aid of Shipston Home Nursing.

Barbara Babbage will be hosting this year’s sale. See her message below.

If anyone has any spare plants, seedlings or produce, I would be grateful for any donations to raise funds for this well deserving charity.

I have lots of pots that are spare for anyone to use.’

Thank you.’
Barbara

If you can help Barbara please contact her on barbara@cheringtonmill.com

Don’t Forget to Join the Feldons Wildlife Group Nature Walk and Talk from The Hall this Sunday

Nature Walk and Talk from the Hall with Local Herbalist Katie Beswick from Little Bird Soaps, Shipston on Sunday 27th April from 2 – 3pm

Meeting at The Hall at 1.45pm with refreshments beingserved afterwards.

For further information or to confirm your attendance please contact Sue Williams  01608 686414 /gpwilliams20@sky.com

Donations on the day towards the cost of the Walk and Talk would be much appreciated.

Minutes from Community Meeting re Flooding and Sewage Issues held in March

Minutes from the meeting convened by local MP, Manuela Perteghella, on March 14th relating to flooding and sewage Issues in Cherington and Stourton, can be found here.

A follow-up meeting is scheduled for July 2025, where Severn Trent and other agencies will be asked to report back on their actions and next steps.

Cherington and Stourton Parish Council Meeting – Tuesday April 22nd

The next meeting of the Cherington and Stourton Parish Council Meeting will be held at The Hall on Tuesday April 22nd at 7.30 pm.

For agenda items see below. For full agenda see here

For previous minutes and agendas – click here

For Planning Applications click here

 AGENDA

  1. To accept apologies for absence
  2. To record declarations of interest from members in any item to be discussed
  3. To approve the minutes of the last meeting 17th February 2025
  4. Open Forum                                         
  5. Matters arising
  6. Planning
  7. Finance
  8. Correspondence
  9. Any Other Business
  10. Date of next Parish Council Meeting

Coffee Shop and Theatre Tickets at The Hall this Saturday

Coffee Shop this Saturday April 12th from 10.30 – 12.00 at The Hall

Come along to a sociable morning at the Hall and enjoy delicious home baked bacon baps, coffee, tea, hot chocolate and cake.

You will have a chance to buy tickets for the next Theatre Night at The Hall – ‘Into The Breach’. See poster below and link here.

There will also be an Easter raffle and Bring and Buy in aid of playing field funds.

If anyone would like to join the rota to help out please contact Christine Dudfield on ‭07866 127409‬.

Request for Volunteers to Help Progress The Hall Aspirational Plan This Sunday and an Update

See report below on the status of The Aspirational Plan for The Hall from Chairman Jim Walton, and a request for volunteers to help with the final touches to the Playing Field this Sunday April 13th from 10pm

Message from Jim Walton, Hall Chairman:

‘Work on delivering the Aspirational Development Plan for the land behind the Hall and the Playing Field continues. With safety of the young ones in mind a picket boundary fence has been built around the playground equipment to keep any temptation to run onto the road at bay.

Further tidying of brambles has been carried out thanks to a few willing volunteers and most of the concrete posts and rotten timber fence has been removed to the former boundary between the Hall land and the Playing Field. Volunteers are needed this Sunday 13th, from 10am for an hour, to finish off with seeding the grass to the bare area.  It is hoped that this will soon green up to give the intended appearance of a single community facility.

A planting scheme is to be put together for the autumn, however the most expensive parts of the development plan we hope to be able to commence soon after the Cherington & Stourton Show (1st Saturday in August, don’t forget).  This will hopefully include additional car parking to the rear of the Hall and land drainage for both fields so that they are less waterlogged particularly in the winter.  Fund raising will be necessary to achieve the objectives set out in the development plan, so donations will be gratefully received.  More on this in due course.

Jim Walton

Easter Family Prize Bingo at The Hall this Saturday at The Hall

SHWP hosts an Easter Bingo Bonanza at The Hall on Saturday April 12th from 7pm

This Saturday evening, 12th April, come and join the fun at the Easter Family Prize Bingo at The Hall organised by Stour Health and Wellbeing Partnership – SHWP

  • Doors and Bar open from 7pm
  • Eyes Down 7:30pm!

All Welcome.

Join Feldons Wildlife Group for a Nature Walk and Talk on Sunday 27th April

Nature Walk and Talk from the Hall with Local Herbalist Sunday 27th April from 2 – 3pm

Katie Beswick, herbalist from Little Bird Soaps, Shipston, will lead the walk.

She will talk about the plants we come across, their healing properties, and how to incorporate them into modern living.

If you are interested, please meet at The Hall at 1.45pm. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

Donations on the day towards the cost of the Walk and Talk would be much appreciated.

For further information please contact Sue Williams  01608 686414.