On Sunday at 10.30 we have our Harvest Festival.  Donations of flowers, fruit and veg, packets and tins to decorate the church will be very welcome on either Friday or Saturday morning.  The tins and packets will go to the Food Bank in Faringdon and the fresh fruit and veg will be very welcome towards lunches provided by the Baptist Church.
 
We hope you will all be able to come and help us celebrate the bounty we have here in the village.
 
Our next service on 22nd will be our postponed Songs of Praise, when we will be including our six or seven favourite hymns.
 
On 3rd October there is a talk at St Mary's Church, Buscot, by Roger Vlitos to raise funds towards needed repairs to that church.  Entitled 'The Story of Two Riverside Cousins', it tells the story of Buscot and Inglesham Churches.  Admission is £15 and can be paid on the door.
 
Over the next month or so, there will be three exciting concerts in the church.  The first on 14th September at 7pm is part of the Great Barn Festival and features Aleksei Demchenko and Lynette playing piano pieces for four hands.  On 28th September, also at 7pm, Sebastian Mueller returns to play violin accompanied by Lynette on the piano.  Next month on the 20th Derek de la Bernardie will give a cello recital at 4pm.
 
Below is the link for more information about these concerts, and to book your tickets, or feel free to reserve them with Lynette or pay at the door.  
 
Some of the proceeds will go towards the artists' fees, and the rest of the money will go towards the Friends of St Giles Charity.  
 
https://www.whitehorseconcerts.co.uk/stonevaleconcerts
 
We hope to see many of you at one or more of these events.

Harold Peter Turner, passed peacefully at home on the 10th August 2024, aged 89 years. He will be greatly missed by Betty, Geoff and all his family and friends.

Funeral service to take place at South Oxfordshire Crematorium, Garford on Wednesday 4th September 2024 at 11:00am. Family flowers only please but donations if desired to The Fire Fighters Charity.

Donations can be made online via haroldpeterturner.muchloved.com or c/o J Godfrey & Son Funeral Services, 20 Gloucester Street, Faringdon, SN7 7HY.

CLOSING DATE FRIDAY 23rd AUGUST
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OCC are writing to seek your views on the proposal to introduce a 50mph speed limit on the A420 Swindon to Oxford road in place of existing sections of 60mph National limit in order as to create a continuous limit between Bourton & Hinton Waldrist, joining up with the section eastwards to the start of the Southmoor/Kingston Bagpuize bypass. Additional speed limit amendments will also be made on roads adjoining the A420 in order to help facilitate continuity of the new limit; Faringdon Road (Watchfield), Fernham Road (Little Coxwell), Park Road and London Street (Faringdon), and the A417 Stanford Road from Faringdon).
 
The proposals are being put forward for road safety reasons and are part of the County Council's commitment to ‘Vision Zero’, which includes the elimination of deaths & serious injuries from road traffic collisions in Oxfordshire by 2050. The Vision Zero programme aims to ensure the highway network is safely designed, implemented and maintained. Vision Zero focuses on a whole safe system approach, rooted in the belief that every death reflects a human failure in the system. This ensures that the programme is not just a technical solution but also encourages a behaviour change and cultural shift towards a more human-based approach to road safety. Further details are available here.
 
Details are available to view on the Councils consultation portal at the address below:
 
https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/shrivenhamfaringdon_a420corridor_speeds2024
 
Any objections or other representations on the proposals should be submitted by Friday 23rd August 2024.
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Dear all,
 
We have three exciting concerts coming up in Great Coxwell. Two in September, both evening concerts, and one in October. Underneath is the link for more information about these concerts, and to book your tickets, or feel free to reserve them with me, and pay at the door.  
 
Some of the proceeds will go towards the artists' fees, and the rest of the money will go towards the much needed Great Coxwell Church Charity.  
 
https://www.whitehorseconcerts.co.uk/stonevaleconcerts
 
Hope to see you there.
 
Best wishes,
Lynette

We have added a Welcome page for people moving into the village - it pulls together useful information for villagers new and old.

Any feedback please [email protected]

Regards,
GCPC

Great Barn Festival is back 13th -15th of September this year. By now you should have had a flyer through your door with details on village festival discounts as well as advice on getting tickets for Sunday evening at the barn which will be free to villagers from 5.30pm. Please get in touch at [email protected] or call me, Ainslie, on 07774 459046 and I can help arrange tickets or answer questions. 
 
Stonevale Concerts will be in the evening on Saturday the 14th in St Giles, a return of piano for four hands with Aleksei Demchenko and Lynette Stulting following their sell out concert earlier in the year. There will also be a classical guitar recital with Fernando Aguera on Sunday morning in support of the church roof fund. Other villagers will feature in bands on both Saturday and Sunday. Come along and cheer them on, see who you can spot! 
 
If you would like to get involved there are always things to lend a hand with (rewards given in the bar) or if you would like to perform, exhibit or sell at the event it’s never too late!
 
With around 200 performers, that’s over 30 individual musical acts, three stage plays, storytellers, Punch and Judy, a Flea Circus, craft, nature and science activities, workshops and even a medieval village we hope we have something to get everyone involved.
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On Saturday morning, starting at 9.30, some of our younger villagers will be sweeping the church path, clearing the way, ahead of the wedding taking place in the afternoon.
 
We thought we’d make this a fun event, and raise some money for the church roof fund at the same time.
 
The kids will be knocking (gently) on local doors and asking (politely) if anyone would care to sponsor them – any pledge will help!
 
Thanks for your support – bring a broom yourself on Saturday if you’re in the mood……..
 
Russ Payne

The following documents have been added to the website:

Parish Council Meeting Minutes- July 1st 2024
Reading Room Meeting Minutes - July 1st 2024
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