Kingsway Villagers

The Kingsway Residents Association will be holding another annual Halloween Event for local children. We will be setting up camp outside of Tesco and this year we are holding a Fancy dress Competition for Under 11 year olds.
We are also available for “Trick or Treat” goodies and - with the (as always) generosity and help of Coco Coffee Lounge, will be offering free hot drinks for adults.

Make a diary date for this year’s Big Lunch: Sunday June 1st from 12pm to 4pm.

We (The Residents Association) are appealing for volunteers to help set up and/or clear away, and help running stalls on the day… Please let us know if you can lend a hand.

Previous Big Lunch events have been excellent:
2013 Big Lunch Review.
2012 Big Lunch Review.
2010 Big Lunch Gallery).

Do try and make it this year, it’s a great day out.

 
On 21st and 22nd December 2013, the Residents Association - in conjunction with Asda and Tesco Express, arranged for four charity carol singing events to take place in Kingsway, to raise money for Gloucester Royal Hospital’s Children’s Ward… (more info’).

Asda also offered to add gifts collected as a part of their Give A Gift campaign to the donation.

Tesco Express also sold raffle tickets to shoppers to bolster donations, as well as donating the prizes and giving away sweets and mince pies over the weekend.

We were lucky enough to get several sponsors to donate towards the fund: Miller Homes, Guinness Hermitage Housing Group, Oxbode Housing (GreenSquare Group), Asda (Quedgeley) and Tesco Express (Kingsway).

Numerous local children joined the choir, along with various members of the KRA.

Richard Graham MP, Cllr: Fred Wood and Conservative candidate Dave Norman also took part in the event.

L to R: Cllr: Fred Wood, Santa, Vicky (Tesco Express manager)

The total raised (£811.30 plus the gifts from Asda), was presented to Hospital Play Specialists Liz Cubbins and Louise Danter, at the hospital, on Wednesday 22^nd January:

L to R: Liz Cubbins, Lois, Michelle(KRA), Joanne, George, Gill (KRA), Louise Danter, Dawn Brockbank (Asda)

Jo Harvey (Lead Nurse / Modern Matron for Paediatric Inpatients and Outpatient Department at GRH Children’s Ward) said:

“On behalf of the Directorate of Children’s Services, and especially all the children on the Paediatric Unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, we would like to thank you for taking the time to visit us and for your extremely generous cheque for £811.30.

I understand that your Association raised this money by organising carol singing events around Gloucester prior to Christmas. This is a fantastic sum of money for you to have raised and I am sure that you must all have worked extremely hard organising these events. I would, therefore, be grateful if you could pass on our thanks to all those members who participated.

Once again, thank you so much for thinking of the babies and children who spend time with us – it was very kind of you.”

Steve Brooks (KRA) said:

“Kingsway Residents Association’ would like to take this opportunity toward thanking all those who took part in the event - along with those within our community who made donations for such a worthy cause - raising £811.30, and gifts for the children of: Gloucester Royal Hospital’s Foundation Trust Children’s Ward.”

You can see more pictures from the event in our Kingsway Carols – 2013 Gallery.

Christmas Carols from Kingsway Village

Sung by the children of Kingsway to raise money for GRH Childrens Ward.

December 21st & 22nd: 12pm to 2pm

At Asda & Tesco - Kingsway Village

Come along - and see Santa too!

Contact Gill White (Kingsway Residents Association) on 07868-983441 for details, or if you would like your child(ren) to join the choir(s). (With 2 venues and 2 days, there will be plenty of apportunity for children to take part in at least one performance).

Practice at Waterwells School on Wednesday 18th December at 3:30-4:00pm.
(Please check back nearer the date incase the times are adjusted).

Looking forward to Halloween 2013, Kingsway Residents Association will once again be out and about in the community. This year we’re running a costume competition for local children:

Ages 2-5 will be judged at 6:30PM
Ages 6-10 will be judged at 7:30PM

THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR CATEGORY WINNERS

Hot drinks will also be available for adults.

Note: If you are new to Kingsway you may be interested to know that we usually get a lot of local children “Trick or Treat-ing”, so if you will be in on the night and you don’t wish to participate, it’s probably a good idea to put a sign in your door or window, (or switch off all your lights and be prepared for many interruptions)!

I would like to thank Miller Homes and the Kingsway Residents Association for all the hard work they did in setting up and judging the Gardening competition.

We were quite flattered in winning the above competition and will have endless enjoyment with the prize so kindly donated by Miller Homes thank you.

Perhaps next year we will get more entries to have a go which in turn will only enhance the surroundings we all call home.

Kind Regards.
Mr K. Mumford & Mrs J. Gardiner.