From : Elizabeth Threlfall (Wiltshire Councillor for Brinkworth Division)
When you go to vote today, do remember that you need to have photo ID with you. This could be a driving licence or a bus pass, veteran card or similar. A full list is available on the Electoral Commission’s website.
Dear Friend/Supporter
Tetbury Hospital Hike, Estcourt Park – Sunday 18 May 2025
We hope you, your family and friends will take advantage of this exclusive opportunity, to participate in the above 5 or 7 mile charity hike/run in aid of Tetbury Hospital, by kind permission of Juddmonte Farms.
Over the past four years, this charity hike has helped raise over £43,000 – monies raised this year, will go towards a new X-ray machine which has an estimated cost of £250,000. So, please ask all your friends, family and business associates to help support your local hospital, a fantastic facility, which we are all so very lucky to have on our doorstep.
We’re sure it will be another great day out for everyone and a chance to meet fellow hikers/runners in beautiful surroundings on a private estate. Please see the attached leaflet for further information and how to book.
However, if you are unable to attend but would like to support the day, there are opportunities available to sponsor parts of the event or any donations would be greatly appreciated.
If you have any queries, please contact Sue Burton on 0771 4040655 or email tetburyhospitalhike@gmail.com.
Many thanks again for your invaluable support in the past and we very much hope to see some new and old faces again this year.
Best wishes,
Friends of Tetbury Hospital
NB: If you do not wish to receive further emails regarding the hospital services and
fundraising events, please email friends@tetburyHospital.co.uk
Registered Charity Number 1008926
From : Caroline Adams
Spring is well and truly here and so is the new Grapevine !
Download below, or click on their logo on the site homepage, or go to the site Grapevine page for this edition and many previous additions.
From : Susan Mockler
This is a new venture for the Athelstan Museum. This will be the second Saturday workshop, the first was a great success.
It is fun for the adults who attend with their children too !
Susan Mockler
Vice Chair Athelstan Museum Management Team
From : Michael Bromley Gardner (mrbg1@outlook.com)
As most will know, the Local Elections are on Thursday 1 May this year. They include the Wiltshire Council election and the Parish Council election.
Hankerton has 7 seats on the Parish Council, each for a 4-year term. No doubt many of the current Cllrs, and maybe all of them (we will not know until the names are published on 3 April), will decide to stand again – but that doesn’t mean that any other Hankerton resident may not also stand for election.
If you would like to stand, you should look up the following links – https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/guidance-candidates-parish-council-elections-england/resources-candidates-parish-council-elections-england (this is the Electoral Commission advice for parish council candidates and includes a link to the nomination papers that you would have to fill in) and https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/local-elections-candidates (this is the Wiltshire Council information for candidates).
You will need to hand-deliver your nomination papers to the Wiltshire Council offices in Chippenham (don’t blame Wilts Council for that – it is UK law) by 4pm on 2 April. Wilts Council recommend that you book an appointment to have your nomination papers checked by them when handing them in – you can find the link for that on the Wilts Council link above.
If you are interested, by all means contact the Parish Clerk (mrbg1@outlook.com) for further advice of any kind, including how to fill in the nomination papers.
From : Susan Mockler
I put three months of the schedule on the website homepage <here>. To be honest it’s partly for me ! A little late this time I’m afraid but normally there if your house echoes to that weekly question “is it recycling tomorrow ?” like ours does !
From : Shayne Smith (shayneandreasmith@gmail.com)
From 25 February MPCC will start inviting patients to book their Spring Covid Vaccinations in clinics on Saturday 5th and Saturday 12th April.
Patients eligible for the spring 2025 programme are:
👩🦳adults aged 75 years and over
👩🦰residents in care homes for older adults
👨🦱Those 6 months and over who are severely immunosuppressed
MPCC will be vaccinating patients in Care Homes and those who are housebound as well as in clinics.
Eligible patients will also be able to book via the National Booking Service from 18 March 2025.
Hankerton Village 