Kingsway Villagers

It has been a long time in the discussion, but Kingsway is about to get its very own Children’s Centre. This will be based in the grounds of Kingsway Primary School and together these two organisations will offer much needed services for children and families, in your community.

On Wednesday 3rd February from 5.00 – 7.00pm, the plans will be on display at Kingsway Primary School for any interested residents to view. Key personnel will also be present for any of your questions and for hearing your ideas for shaping our services to your community. We will also invite you to have a look around the school and to meet the Headteacher too.

Without the support of this community, others will shape the services that are offered which may not be what you would choose. Please do come along and help us get this right. Please pass the message on to any residents you think will be interested in this event.

Thank you,

Mrs Needham (Headteacher of Kingsway Primary School)

I attended a meeting of the RA Committee on Monday evening and one very important point was brought up:

Public Meeting Dates And Venue
1. The public meeting due on February 12th has been changed to February 26th.
2. The venue for all 2010 (public) Residents Association meetings was mistakenly reported as the Quedgeley Community Centre, when they will in fact be held at the Kingsway Comunity Centre.

In addition we discussed many plans for local events and future meetings which information will – when ready – be reported at the public meetings.

I must add that it’s very refreshing having so many committee members this year and I have very high hopes for the future of both the RA and the Kinsgway Community in 2010.

Year 6 pupils from Kingsway School are getting together with the year 10 pupils from Beaufort School in a joint project to produce a "News Program" about Kingsway School & Kingsway Village.

The program will feature children and staff from the school as well as local parents and residents, and Mrs Bennett has asked me to invite local residents to take part, saying:

"We’re looking for input and opinions from anybody interested in giving positive feedback about the village and local area, and how we can work together to improve the local community."

If you’re interested, please call Kingsway School on 01452-881800 and let them know that you’d like to be involved.

We are short of distributors in a number of roads in Kingsway and despite a number of attempts few people have come forward. As you probably know, everyone who helps QN does so as a volunteer, no one is paid. However, distributing the magazine each month will take no more than 30 to 40 minutes and will help people to get to know their neighbours and build community spirit.

The roads we are currently having problems with are:

• Goose Bay Drive
• Lakenheath
• Locking Drive
• Systerton
• Uxbridge Lane
• Wattisham Road
• Fylingdales Gardens
• Mona Avenue
• Shawbury Avenue
• Digby Green
• Halton Way

We are also seeking someone who could drop of bags/boxes of QN each month to around 10 to 12 distributors in Kingsway. Again this would only involve an hour or so each month.

If anyone can help they can email me or ring me:
editor@quedgeleynews.com
Sandra Hughes: 01452 549899

…Meet at

Kingsway Community Centre – Naas Lane,
Every Friday Evening: 19:45 – 21:15
 
(Editors Note: These meetings are no longer taking place – See Comments).

On the 16th October 2009, we opened this new venture with a Service of Dedication and were thrilled at the number of friends who came to support us.

We had a very good attendance and would like to thank all for their support and encouragement and hope that word about us will spread.

With a varied program of services; workshops, development, clairvoyance, philosophy, discussions and more, we hope that there will be something for everyone. Why not come along and see for yourself.

Anyone interested in what we do is quite welcome to attend any of our meetings. We welcome both established Spiritualists and those who are interested in finding out or wish to know exactly what we do.

We try to provide a place where we can leave behind the worries and troubles of our everyday life to spend a time of “‘Peace, Quiet and Harmony”. in a Haven of Light, to discover and explore our Spiritual selves, and we guarantee all a very warm welcome with a cuppa and biscuit afterwards.

Editors Note:
<snip>… Contact details removed on Feb’ 1st 2010 – Following a message to say that the Church is no longer operating… See comments for further details

Hi Neighbours

Clare posted the following:

Hi Clive
I’ve just spoken to the council and there will be no rubbish collection this week until Friday. They can’t catch up so just aren’t bothering to try!!
Can you post this up somewhere people can see it?
Thanks,
Clare

(For the benefit of those reading this in the future), “catch up” obviously refers to the fact that last weeks collection was missed due to the snow… Nothing unusual for this time of year, in fact it’s becoming something of a habit! The same thing happened in Christmas 2008 and Easter 2009!