http://www.troston-village.co.uk Troston Village Community Website Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:55:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After almost 20 years of editing the parish Newsletter, Jeanne Neupert has filed her last dispatch, and we therefore have a "vacancy" for someone with a literary flair to take over the production of the monthly publication. Good language and composition skills (punctuation, grammar, spelling and sentence structure) are a must, ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2008-08-29/editor-required-for-troston-newsletter/ On 15 July members hosted a meeting and social evening to thank helpers with past fundraising events for Church wall painting conservation, and to discuss ideas for the future. Group Chairman, David Corrie, reported the submission of an application for £50,000 with the Heritage Lottery Fund. A decision is due ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2008-07-19/troston-heritage-appeal-group/ At least it didn't snow! But heavy rain and high winds which blew down the tea tent gazebo kept numbers down for the two-day event on 25 & 26 May. All the same, visitors who braved the weather enjoyed the wonderful flower displays inspired by the saints, and ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2008-06-11/troston-church-flower-festival/ At the Annual Parish Council Meeting held on Monday 12 May, councillors appointed Mrs Lynne Fugle to be Chairman for the coming year.  This is in line with councillors' policy of rotating the chairmanship annually.   The outgoing Chairman, Roger Anderson, was appointed Vice-Chairman. Click on the link below, to read minutes ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2008-05-27/appointment-of-new-chairman/ Our second Spotlight focuses on one of the most beautiful, fascinating and flourishing enterprises in this part of West Suffolk. The Kitchen Garden, in Church Lane, is owned and run by Francine Raymond. Francine has lived in Troston for over 20 years, and started The Kitchen Garden about 12 years ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2008-03-09/the-kitchen-garden/ Do you drive? Do you have a little time to spare for others? Then Ixworth Patients' Association would like to hear from you! We operate a Voluntary Driver scheme to enable people to get to and from Ixworth and Stanton Surgeries - people who have no other means of transport. Extra drivers are always ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2008-02-14/voluntary-drivers-needed/ As a result of the Practice Patient Questionnaire, Ixworth Surgery will be introducing a new appointment system to resolve some of the issues raised by patients. The results highlighted that some patients felt it was difficult to book ahead with the Doctor of their choice. The new appointment ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2007-11-19/ixworth-surgery-new-appointment-system-2007/ About 40 people, including residents, parish councillors and guest speakers, gathered together in the Village Hall on Monday 12 November to discuss the usefulness of drawing up a Parish Plan. Approximately one third of parishes across Suffolk are now either considering - or engaged in - the process, which aims to ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2007-11-16/parish-plan-meeting/ The first Spotlight focuses on TROSTON VILLAGE FETE, which was held on the bank holiday weekend of 25 August. After the dullest of weeks, we were blessed with beautiful weather and there was a good turnout of people from Troston and beyond. They came to sample our barbecued ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2007-10-16/troston-village-fete/ Ixworth Patients' Association has joined the 21st century! Those of you who shop online can log onto the Ixworth Surgery Patients' Association Web Shop, at www.buy.at/ipa and see a host of companies who support the ISPA's fundraising, such as Tesco, M&S, Mothercare, Amazon, Sky, John Lewis and ... http://www.troston-village.co.uk/2007-09-11/ixworth-surgery-patient-association-web-shop/