Down Ampney

Melanie Fouracre

dastandard44@gmail.com

PARISH Communion will take place at 10 am on Sunday, July 1 at All Saints' Church.  If you would like to be confirmed, the Bishop of Tewkesbury is holding a Confirmation Service on Sunday, November 18 in our Parish.  More details available from the Revd John Swanton, 01285 851309.

MAIN sponsors of the Vaughan Williams Festival, to be held in the village on August 24 - 27 have been announced as follows:  The Big Lottery Fund, The Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust, Poulton Hill Estate, De Vere Cotswold Water Park, Tierra & Mar and Ramsbury along with other private individuals and village organisations.  To find out more about this special event please go to vaughanwilliamsfestival.com.

DOWN Ampney WI will be learning 'How clever is the Honey Bee' at their next meeting on Tuesday, July 3;  when Allan and Gilly Wells will be the speakers at 7.30 pm in the Dakota Room at the Village Hall.

COMMUNITY Gardeners might like to know that the Bug Hotel in the garden has been adopted by a variety of beneficial insects including solitary miner bees and that the new mowing regime has resulted in a number of toads, wild birds and butterflies taking up residence in the garden.  All good to help keep the slugs and aphids at bay.