20 June 2024 - Mission Hall news
Dear all,
Reminders of some Mission Hall events:
- Friday 12th July - Talk by Joanna Quinn, the author of the best-selling novel "The Whalebone Theatre". 7.30 p.m., at the Mission Hall. Admission £5 - tickets from Sue Cottam, 833582 or
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . This should be a really interesting event - see the poster below. - Friday 5th July - Village Coffee Morning, 10.30 at the Mission Hall. Come and discuss the election, or maybe find some better topic of conversation!
- Sunday 30th June - Village BBQ. Sadly, this event is CANCELLED .
- Next Wednesday, 26th June - Mission Hall AGM - 7.30 p.m., at the Mission Hall. Documents for the AGM are available here:
- Agenda
- Minutes of last year's AGM
- Proposed Constitution changes
- Annual Report and 2023/24 Accounts
- 2024/25 Budget
Best wishes,
Bill
17 June 2024 - IT'S SCARECROW TIME AGAIN!
This is a summer of sport, with the Olympics in Paris, the Tour de France and the football Euros, so this is the perfect opportunity to be really creative with our sporting theme.
I am looking forward to seeing lots of lycra, shorts and swimwear!
The event runs from 1 July to 2 August, when photos of the entries will be displayed at the regular coffee morning in the Mission Hall. Although this is not a competition, the much coveted scarecrow trophy will be presented to the entry which receives the most likes!
If you would like to join in the fun and display a scarecrow, please contact Liz Balfe with your name, address and phone number, so that your entry can be put on the map
Phone/text: 07816415212
Or put a note through the door of Little Acorns, Puddledock Lane
J & S on behalf of Liz Balfe
13 June 2024 - Subscriptions and Upcoming Events
Our treasurer wants to move us into the 21st century and try out receiving Society subscriptions by bank transfer. I know - radical!!
As you can imagine with lots of people paying identical amounts of money, including a useful reference so that Andy can track who has paid is crucial. We don’t want to annoy you by knocking on your door asking for subs when you’ve already paid.
As you can imagine with lots of people paying identical amounts of money, including a useful reference so that Andy can track who has paid is crucial. We don’t want to annoy you by knocking on your door asking for subs when you’ve already paid.
The bank details are as follows:
Account name: Sutton Poyntz Society
Sort code: 60-23-35
Account number: 06822584
Reference: please include your surname, house name / number and road name. Include as much as you can before you run out of space!
Sort code: 60-23-35
Account number: 06822584
Reference: please include your surname, house name / number and road name. Include as much as you can before you run out of space!
And of course it's £5 per household (or £2.50 if you live alone) for the period April 2024 - April 2025.
The more folk who pay by bank transfer, the less door-knocking we’ll have to do later in the year.
Thanks for your help.
The more folk who pay by bank transfer, the less door-knocking we’ll have to do later in the year.
Thanks for your help.
And just a word now to remind you of upcoming events:
June 26th - Mission Hall AGM
June 30th - The Mission Hall Summer BBQ
All July - Scarecrow Competition, theme "Sport"
August 2nd - Coffee Morning and voting / judging the Scarecrows
August 10th - Cream Teas in the Mission Hall garden
I believe any funds raised from these last two events will be in aid of Air Ambulance.
And if you want to look further ahead, there'll be a Murder Mystery evening in September and a Village Quiz in October. Watch this space!
J & S
11 June 2024 - Ladies' Lunch
Maureen asks me to remind you... that if you are a lady who would like to lunch, then you are invited to join other like-minded ladies at The Springhead, every 3rd Thursday of the month, at 12.30pm. The next one will be on June 20th and just a quick phone call to Maureen (835533) or Lesley (319212) will secure your place for a pleasant socialising - and something nice to eat that you won't have to prepare yourself.
J & S on behalf of Maureen
06 June 2024 - Village BBQ - Sunday 30th June
Bill
The Mission Hall are running a Village Barbecue on 30th June, in the Mission Hall garden, starting 12.30. Tickets, £10 (£5 for children), can be obtained from Maureen Morris (telephone 835533 or emailThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). Bring your own meat/fish/whatever to barbecue, and your own booze - we will provide salads, sweets, and a starting drink, as well as barbecues to do the cooking. (If you have a barbecue you would be willing to lend for the event, please contact Bill Egerton on 833728 orThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). Proceeds for Mission Hall funds.
Also, advance notice that Joanna Quinn, the author of the best-selling novel "The Whalebone Theatre", will give a talk at the Mission Hall, on the evening of Friday 12th July (start time to be confirmed). Tickets, £5, from Sue Cottam (telephone 833582 orThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ). Joanna was brought up in Dorset, and is just in the process of settling in Sutton Poyntz. The Whalebone Theatre, her first novel, was published in 2022 and quickly became a best-seller both in the UK and US. The novel is set in Dorset.
5 June 2024 - Northern Lights and then Coffee
A couple of reminders:
Firstly to look towards the north of the village at 21.45 on Thursday evening to see the Beacon being lit to commemorate D-Day.
And secondly to come to the Coffee Morning at the Mission Hall on Friday at 10.30 for left-over fish-and-chips and prosecco. If not there's sure to be cake...
J & S
25 May 2024 - D-Day Lighting and Telephone Box
Final Reminder - D Day Beacon Lighting - Thursday 6th June
If you are hoping to join us for our D Day Beacon Lighting this is your last chance to book your Fish and Chips and Prosecco. The cut off day for ordering is Sunday 2nd June. Remember BYO extra drinks.
Contact Sue Smith on 07813 267788 or Shirley Davies on 07988 163121 for tickets priced at £10.
Telephone Box Library
The library is looking a bit thin on the shelves – those books worms must have been working overtime. If you have any spare unwanted paperbacks please put them in the library to keep those bookworms satisfied.
Thank you - H
21 May 2024 - Mission Hall building works
Dear all,
In our previous newsletter (12 April), we told you about our plans for a variety of improvements and maintenance works that the Mission Hall Committee are planning to do. As a first step, we have just put in a Planning Application for replacement windows for the main hall. This application can be viewed on the Dorset Council website (https://planning. dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/plandisp. aspx?recno=405424) or via the village website Planning page (https://suttonpoyntz.org.uk/ index.php/our-village/ environment/planning). We intend to replace the timber single-glazed windows with double-glazed UPVC windows, to the same format as the originals but with the upper panes top-hinged and opening outwards which will be a much more satisfactory arrangement. This will improve safety as well of course as making the building snugger and more energy-efficient.
We hope you will agree with us that this is a worthwhile improvement to the building. It is very much your Village Hall, so please feed comments, whether for or against what we are proposing, via the County planning system.
This is the first of a number of works that we have in mind. Since the last newsletter, we have been successful in winning another grant, meaning we can do more than we had expected; the next Committee meeting will look at priorities.
Can I remind you of the Mission Hall's AGM, on 26th June - an opportunity to hear more about these and other developments. We have vacancies on the Committee, so please get in touch if you want to learn more about what the Committee does.
Best wishes,
In our previous newsletter (12 April), we told you about our plans for a variety of improvements and maintenance works that the Mission Hall Committee are planning to do. As a first step, we have just put in a Planning Application for replacement windows for the main hall. This application can be viewed on the Dorset Council website (https://planning.
We hope you will agree with us that this is a worthwhile improvement to the building. It is very much your Village Hall, so please feed comments, whether for or against what we are proposing, via the County planning system.
This is the first of a number of works that we have in mind. Since the last newsletter, we have been successful in winning another grant, meaning we can do more than we had expected; the next Committee meeting will look at priorities.
Can I remind you of the Mission Hall's AGM, on 26th June - an opportunity to hear more about these and other developments. We have vacancies on the Committee, so please get in touch if you want to learn more about what the Committee does.
Best wishes,
Bill