November, 2009

You can now find out about the latest news and events of the Play Park Action Group by visiting www.catonvillage.org.uk/play-park-action-group

If you don't know what it's all about, then pay our web page a visit!

A feast for the imagination will await you in St Paul's Church on Saturday 19th December when decorated and themed Xmas trees from village organisations and local businesses will be on show between 10.30am and 3.30 pm. If we haven’t contacted your organisation yet to ask you to bring along the tree you have, or to create something for the display, please do!

Everyone is warmly invited to the village tree lighting event, with carol singing, in the War Memorial Gardens at 5.00 pm on Saturday 12th December. Thanks to the Parish Council for welcoming this celebration with fundraising for the play park!

We are delighted to hear of success in round one of the National Lottery Community Spaces grant applications. There is lots of work to be done now applying for the few grants available all of which are very competitive … and our own fundraising to support the bids.

On Friday 4th December the school will be holding their annual Christmas Fair at 6pm. This is a fantastic event with lots of stalls for the young and old and there will even be a visit from Santa! 

Is there anyone in the village who could spare some time to keep the IT centre open? However small it would be greatly appreciated by many in the community who use it.

Please contact David Coltman on 771235, Vernon Williams on 770098 or Barbara Dearnley on 770085 if you can help us.

We will be holding our Playgroup Nativity on Tuesday 15th December at 10am at St. Paul's Church, Brookhouse. Everyone welcome. There will be refreshments served afterwards in the Church Hall and a raffle.

A successful texting scheme which sends crime prevention messages to farmers' mobile phones is to be rolled out across the Lower Lune Valley by the local community Police team from Caton Police Station during the winter months. The Farm Watch initiative already has over 130 members in Carnforth and the upper Lune Valley and it will now be expanded to strengthen the scheme even further.

The Village Carol Service will be held on Sunday 20th December at 6.30pm, in St Paul's Church.

Please come along to our Christmas Fayre on 4th December from 3.15pm to 5.30pm. There'll be refreshments, gift stalls and a chance to meet Santa himself in his grotto. Everyone is invited to join in the fun.