Posted: Wednesday 24^th November ’21

Posted: Sunday 9^th May ’21

At the request of the Parish Council the Management Committee of the Village Hall has decided to introduce a scheme to enable residents of the Parish to park vehicles at the Village Hall, in the hope that this will address some of the issues raised by the on-street parking situation in Frithelstock Stone.

A limited number of permits will be available to park in the rear (ie. North) car park at the Hall for a small fee of £10 per calendar month paid quarterly in advance. 

Participants should satisfy themselves as to the suitability before committing to taking out a Permit.

On one or two days a year when the Hall is booked for a large function, such as a wedding, the parking spaces might be required to be vacated but notice will be given well in advance. 

The scheme will run initially for 12 months to see whether it is functioning appropriately. 

If you are interested in this opportunity and wish to see the full terms of the permit agreement please contact Adrian Green, Chairperson of the Village Hall Management Committee by ‘phoning 623115 (leave a message and your number on the answer machine and you will be called back.) or emailing adrianmgreen@btinternet.com or contacting a member of the Frithelstock Village Hall Management Committee.

Posted: Friday 5^th November ’21

Notice on Poaching

Posted: Saturday 1^st August ’20

Updated: Thursday 20^th May ’21

The Playing Field is now open following consultation with the Parish Council’s insurers and a Risk Assessment put in place.

There are, of course, some changes to procedures. Guidance as to what measures all users should adopt the Guidance. Click here for Guidance

The key points to note are:

• The play equipment is not being cleaned and parents/guardians/carers are encouraged to take their own sanitiser or wipes and ensure children clean their hands before and after using the equipment.
• Only one child at a time is permitted to use any one piece of equipment – including the multi-use climbing frame and the trampoline – in order to ensure social distancing.
• The picnic tables can be used whilst sticking to current social distancing rules but please do not take any food or drink into the playground area.
• The Gazebo remains closed for the time being but this will be kept under review.
• Please take all your litter home and dispose of it safely.

Thank you for helping to keep our community safe.

Posted: Saturday 25^th March ’23

Parish Council Election Notice 2023

Notice of Election District 2023

Posted: Monday 31^st May ’21

Updated: Monday 7^th June ’21

We would like to thank our DCC Cllr A Saywell and TDC Cllr P Pennington for their generous donation of £150.00 each towards a new recycled plastic litterbin that has just been sited in the Playing Field.  This is a great addition and helps to keep the Playing area free of litter whilst you enjoy the area.

 

THANK YOU!

Posted: Saturday 4^th July ’20

Updated: Monday 7^th June ’21

Healthy Start is programme to help families with young children get free food vouchers to spend on milk, plain fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins for under 4’s (vit A, C and D) and vitamins if you are pregnant (folic
acid and vit C & D). Because we’re indoors a lot of the time at the moment, we might not be getting enough vitamin D from sunshine so a vitamin D supplement will help.

If you have children under 4 or are pregnant, and you or your family receive qualifying benefits you may be eligible – you can quickly find out here.

Applying is easy, you can print off an application form from the Healthy Start website and post it to the Healthy Start office.
Once you are registered, food vouchers are posted to you every 4 weeks and vitamin coupons every 8 weeks.

To make things easier at the moment, vitamins are currently being posted to families – please ask your midwife or Children’s Centre for more information, or text your health visitor on 07520 631721

Get free food and vitamin vouchers from the Healthy Start Programme

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Posted: Sunday 9^th May ’21

VILLAGE HALL HISTORY

The current Village Hall is the converted former Village School, which was built in 1873 at a cost of £419 7s 6d and opened on 7 January 1874. It was only a two-room school-house but by the end of the first year had 88 pupils.

By 1955, however, the school roll had fallen to just 19 and on 19th October of that year notification was received that the school was to close. The last term was the summer term of 1957.

Although construction had been funded by public subscription the building reverted to Lord Clinton, the owner of the land, when it ceased to be used as a school. He offered the land and the property to the Parish Council for £250 with the intention that it be used as a Village Hall.

On February 12th 1958 a Special Parish meeting was held at the Old School to consider the offer and it was unanimously agreed that it should be purchased. Funds were raised locally and grants obtained to acquire the premises and undertake the conversion work which was estimated to cost £2,675.

The Hall was opened by the local MP, Percy Browne, on 13th May 1961. Since then there have been continuous improvements to the Hall and it’s facilities, including a major refurbishment and creation of a permanent bar in 2009/10 which cost over £40,000.

The full story with pictures of notable events can be found in Frithelstock Past and Present written by the late Michael Hearn.