Saint Mary Parish Church

The Blessed Virgin Mary Templecombe

Rector:
Revd Kevin Rogers	01963 363832
	revkrogers@gmail.com
Chruch Wardens:
Mr Jeremy Pratt	01963 371485
Mrs Gemma Shave-Smythies	01963 371555

St Mary's Church Restoration Fund
Christmas Tree Festival
on 8th & 9th December raised £518.60
The Parish Lunch
on 17th February raised £261.54
Songs for Sunday
on 10th March raised £183.00
The Shreen Harmony Spring Concert
on 21st March raised £169.00
Da Vinci Massed Bass Concert
on 5th May raised £91.30
The Parish Lunch
on 19th May raised £107.50
The Summer Fete
on 8th June raised £700.00
The Flower Workshop
on 21st June raised £90.00

Thank you to all those who supported these events.

DEFIBRILLATOR

We have one defibrillator freely accessible to everyone 24 hours a day. This has been provided kindly and thoughtfully by Thales and is located on the main gate to their business premises in Throop Road (SatNav BA8 0DH).

Easy to follow instructions are with the unit.

Wincanton Fire Station hold training sessions for CPR and defibrillator use. They are free and last about two hours. They advertise their sessions on their Facebook page, numbers are limited and you only have to drop them a message and they confirm if you are on a session.

Community Speed Watch
UPDATED MESSAGE FROM
TEMPLECOMBE COMMUNITY SPEEDWATCH GROUP
24th November 2018
We have now been operating for two years. We are a small group of volunteers and our role, under Police supervision and guidelines, is to monitor and report on traffic speeds through our village.

During the time we have been operating we have expended some 480 man hours over 250 sessions monitoring over 70,500 passing vehicles of which 13.6% (many repeat offenders) have been reported to the Police for exceeding the designated speed limits. In the 20mph zone we only report those travelling at 25mph or above and in the 30mph zone only report those travelling at 36mph or over.

It would be nice to say that all those speeding were visitors to the village but unfortunately that is by no means the case!

Hopefully our presence does encourage drivers to slow down and make our village just a little bit safer for everyone.

If you would like to know more about how to volunteer for this community service please send an email to: clerk@abbasandtemplecombepc.org.uk

Out and About

THE COUNTRYSIDE CODE

Lots of common sense information but well worth a read and a reminder.

Open or download your copy here

Sticky Fingers Pre-School
We are a charity preschool run by a Committee. We are always looking for people to join and support with fundraising & help in the running of the preschool to maintain success and keep it an outstanding setting.

Sticky Fingers Website.

You do not have to be attached to the preschool, so if you're willing to give some of your time to Stickys, and if you feel you can bring some value such as fundraising ideas, or business knowledge to our committe team, please send us a message and get in touch.

email: stickyfingersps@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: 07742 895967

Abbas and Templecombe
Primary School

Head Teacher: Mr James Webb

Primary School Web Pages

Telephone: 01963 370481

Recreation Ground
Managed by the Parish Council, the area boasts two full-size football pitches (Sports Club/Community Association) and tennis courts which are available at low rates to hire.

Please contact the council clerk for details:
clerk@abbasandtemplecombepc.org.uk
Please help keep the Recreation Ground
litter and graffiti free

United Reformed Church
High Street, Templecombe.
Services: Every Sunday 11:00am unless otherwise stated.

Templecombe Village Hall
School Lane Templecombe

Rates of Hire: The hire of the hall is split into sessions. Morning,afternoon and evening. The current rate is £15.00 per session (£20.00 to include heating).
The hall does have a starter rate of £8.00 (£10.00 to include heating) for organisiations/groups that only want the hall for a short time.

To book the hall please contact the booking secretary:-
Tina Chapman 01963 370527 email: chap.mans@hotmail.co.uk

Community
Accessible
Transport

To find out more or to book a ride:
Tel: 01963 33864

CAT Website

Poor Roads
If SCC Highways are not aware of a problem we can't expect them to fix it.
There is a very easy to use form on their website for letting them know about "A Problem On The Highway". This includes pavements

The form allows for all sorts of damage to be reported including road markings, hedges, drains, graffiti and all the usual issues which can cause concern.