NEWS AND EVENTS

​REGULAR EVENTS:

• Meditation Group - every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7pm Abdon Village Hall. Just turn up and give it a try. Free of charge, all welcome. Tea, biscuits and a chat to end the evening. If you are new to meditation please come at 6.45pm. For more info email Guy, Lesley or Ali lesleyvandyke@gmail.com, guyroberts72@gmail.com, ared13@aol.com
• UFO (Un Finished Objects) craft morning - every 2nd Saturday each month at Abdon Village Hall 10.30am to 12.30pm. Bring along your unfinished projects. Join us and learn a new craft skill or teach your craft skills to someone else. Please supply your own materials. Please make a donation for refreshments. 
• Coffee morning - last Saturday each month in Abdon Village Hall 10.30am to 12.30pm (except for December). Join us for coffee, cake and a chat, everyone welcome!
• Church Services - 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month at St. Margaret's Church, Abdon. See the St. Margaret's Church page for details. Please see the latest Corvedale News or Corvedale Parishes Facebook page for updates. 
• Abdon District Community Wildlife Group - See 2024 events programme attached below.
• Women's Institute - 2nd Monday of the month at 2pm, Clee St.Margaret Village Hall. 
• Parish Council meetings - usually the last Thursday in January, April, July and October in Abdon Village Hall. See the Parish Council page for details.
• Brown Clee Patient Participation Group (PPG). For full details follow this link: Brown Clee Surgery - Abdon and Heath Parish - Abdon and Heath Parish, Abdon, Craven Arms (hugofox.com). ​​See leaflet attached below for information on how patients can get involved.
• St Margaret’s Church, Abdon - DONATIONS for LUDLOW FOOD BANK in the church porch. Any non-perishable food, unopened and in date will be very welcome, for example: tinned foods, long-lasting drinks, food cupboard items, condiments and spices. Your donations will a make a difference and help someone. Donations will be taken regularly to the Ludlow Food Bank. *** THANK YOU ***

OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2024 

• Wednesday 2nd October - Abdon Village Hall committee meeting. 7.30pm Abdon Village Hall.
• Sunday 6th October - 6pm Harvest Festival, Abdon Church.
• Friday 11th October - Abdon and Heath Parish Council meeting, 7.30pn at Abdon Village Hall. Agenda attached below. 
• Sunday 13th October - 6pm Harvest Festival, Diddlebury Church.
• 21st to 25th October - Road Closure:  Ashfield Road, Ditton Priors. Capital resurfacing scheme, Shropshire Council. From Monday to Friday 08:00 - 17:00. You can view the closure and diversion route by clicking here:  https://one.network/?tm=139072117 Should you have any queries regarding this closure, please call Customer Services on 0345 6789006, or contact the Street Works Team on streetworks@shropshire.gov.uk.
• Sunday 27th October - 6pm Harvest Supper and Service at Holdgate Church.
• Tuesday 29th October - THE FIRST PPG ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (BROWN CLEE MEDICAL PRACTICE PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP). 7.00pm – 8.00pm (doors open 6.30), Ditton Priors Village Hall. Agenda attached below.
• Rag Rug Christmas wreath making workshop at Abdon Village Hall. Tuesday 5th November 1.30pm to 4pm and Saturday 9th November 10am to 1pm, participants need to attend both Tuesday and Saturday sessions to complete the wreath. All materials and a specialist rag rug tool to use in class will be provided. £20 tuition with coffee/tea and cake. Limited to 6 places per class so book early! Booking essential by Friday 25th October email mabuckingham20@gmail.com. 

GENERAL: 

• Shropshire Hills Conservation Fund is now open for applications. The Fund supports projects which deliver practical conservation work in the Shropshire Hills National Landscape and/or educational and awareness-raising activities relating to the Shropshire Hills and its conservation, especially involving young people. ​From September 2024 we have 2 rounds of funding available:
  • We can support activity over this winter. Projects must be completed by March/April 2025.
  • We can support year-long projects to start in April 2025 and complete by end of March 2026.
• Grants range from £500 to £2,000 and can make a real difference in converting great ideas for nature recovery into sustainable community action for nature. You don’t have to live or work within the Shropshire Hills National Landscape to apply, as long as your project delivers benefits to it. Previous grants have helped Restoring Shropshire’s Verges Project (RSVP), enabled work to support curlew and swift populations, provided woodland education to children, restored school wildlife ponds, conserved ancient trees, monitored river health, and reduced the damage caused by invasive Himalayan Balsam. Further information about the Fund and how to apply is on our website Shropshire Hills Conservation Fund (shropshirehills-nl.org.uk)

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