A Great Place to Live
Everyone at the Lisa May Foundation would like to say a sincere ‘Thank you’ for all the donations. These are the FOUR short videos which, Nick Ransom compiled on their behalf. The work still continues. The volunteers we helped to support return to the UK today, Look on the Lisa May Facebook page for all the updates of their work out there. The first video is the latest update/
Date for your diary …..
Bagshot Events along with St Anne’s Church will be organising an event to celebrate HM Queen Elizabeth II becoming the longest reigning monarch of the UK/GB on 9th September 2015 –
History lesson …
Victoria of the United Kingdom 20 June 1837 to 22 January 1901 23,226 days 63 years, 216 days
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 6 February 1952 Present (today) 23,109 days 63 years, 98 days and counting
9th September falls midweek so we are looking at Sunday 13th September – as QEII is Head of the Church of England – there will be a short church service followed by a ‘Right Royal Do’!
So keep the flags flying in Bagshot and watch this space. Valerie White and Tina Carney will keep you posted!!
With thanks to our wonderful Nick Ransom, we have a brilliant video of the celebrations in Bagshot for VE Day – 70 Years on!!
Richard Hallam
What is remarkable about Richard is that he has Asperger syndrome, which is a form of autism. Richard uses a combination of photography and software to create his unique pictures. Like this one of a local Bagshot scene.
The Rails by Richard Hallam
Here is Richard’s message
“I’ve got a condition called, Aspergers Syndrome. Creating digital paintings, helps me emotionally.Taking photographs is another interest. The photographs are brought into the Ipad, for use as a template, for my paintings.
Being able to utilise an Ipad, is very empowering.
‘Asperger’s can make communication complicated but not when I paint – it’s less challenging. My hope is that one day my work will sell and raise awareness’.
I hope you enjoy viewing all of my work, as it means a lot”.
More of Richard’s work can be seen and purchased at:
http://www.theautismtrust.org.uk/collections/vendors?q=Richard+Hallam
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/aspiecharacters
To send a message to Richard – please use this email James.Jordan@ccilsurrey.co.uk
We also hope that some of Richard’s work will be available to view in the village – watch this space!!
A Message from Bagshot Business Association
It’s that time of year again when Bagshot Village comes together and celebrates the very real sense of community that we have in Bagshot. It’s the Village Street Party celebrating 70 years since victory in Europe, this Saturday from 12 – 5, in Bagshot High Street.
We are known for our fun and fabulous street parties, so come along and bring all the family and enjoy the day come rain or shine.
Every business in the high street will be involved with lots of activities so make sure you check out the pubs and shops along the way.
Please share this post, we would love to see lots of people there helping us celebrate
Thank you
Marie Curie Fields of Hope
In the autumn the local fundraising group for Marie Curie Cancer Care will plant a Field of Hope in the grounds of St Anne’s Church, Church Road. If you would like to donate money to buy bulbs in memory of a loved one then please print the order form attached and return it to St Anne’s Church Office, 45 Church Road, Bagshot. If we are closed, please put it through the letter box. Thank you.
Sandhurst Military Wives Choir
We are very excited because Sandhurst Military Wives Choir is coming to St Anne’s on Saturday 30th May at 7.30pm. perhaps you would like to come and join us? Tickets are £8 and include a glass of wine/soft drink. Tickets are available at the door.
Lynne Cowley
Parish Administrator
01276 850576
Bagshot Scouts’ latest newsletter shows the fantastic range of activities the Group offers. The Group needs more leaders, so if you are up for an adventure and fancy learning new skills then 1st Bagshot would love to hear from you
2015 Summer Newsletter now available – click here to get an overview of what the 1st Bagshot Scout group have been up to since the last newsletter! 2015 Summer Newsletter v4
This morning some of this group of smiling people set off on the long journey to Nepal, taking with them as much of your donations as they could possibly carry. The rest will be going later! Cheryl, (who is in the centre in the purple jumper), travelled to Gatwick airport this morning to wave them all off. It is unlikely that we will get much feedback once the group arrive at their destination, as communication from the remote areas is very limited. Your donations of items will make a significant difference in the short term to some families, who just over a week ago were getting on with their daily lives. The money donations will enable The Lisa May Foundation to source more items to help rebuild lives in the long term. Once again – thank you – you have made a difference.
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Many, many thanks to all the wonderful people who kindly gave donated items or money to the Bagshot Village/Lisa May Foundation Nepal Earthquake Appeal these last few days . As I type the items of food, bedding and shelter, have all been collected from the The Cedar Tree, and are now being sorted and packed so they can begin their journey to Nepal with a group of local Nepalese doctors and volunteers on Sunday.Our thoughts are very much with them as they make this very tough and emotional journey to give help in a situation few of us can begin to imagine.
We have once again been overwhelmed by the generosity of the people of Bagshot Village – you are all truly amazing to say the least! We have now finished our collection of ‘goods’ for the time being, but we will continue to collect money in the special purple Lisa May cans around the village for a few more weeks. We envisage that our Bagshot Village campaign will finish at the end of June, but The Lisa May Foundation will continue to accept cash donations and continue to support the rescue work in Nepal for as long as it is needed.
On a separate note the wonderful Bagshot Infant School held a mufti day today and raised an astounding £650 for our appeal. This is an incredible amount of money and we are totally humbled by the generous donations by the children and their parents. They are all stars of the week!
A special mention should go here to Cheryl D’Cruz at the The Lisa May Foundation (now based at St. Anne’s House in Bagshot), who has coordinated so many aspects of this whole appeal and held it all together. She is a truly amazing person, who has probably had about 12 hours sleep this week. We should also be very proud of our very own Bagshot lad Nick Ransom, who as well as studying for his ‘A’ levels has produced three incredible videos for the Earthquake Appeal – (see them on the Lisa May Facebook page). Lots of us have been popping in and out and doing bits and pieces, but Cheryl and Nick are inspirational and totally dedicated to The Lisa May Foundation.
Just a smidgen of the items donated and left at The Cedar Tree
Thank you all once again – Bagshot is amazing!! Tina C
Bagshot Village 