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Churchyard Survey – Spring 2025
Whilst we are still working on developing the Heritage interpretation of St. Peter and All Hallows with the help of some fabulous local historians in our community, we haven’t forgotten the rich heritage that exists within the churchyard!
In the Spring of 2025 our friends at Somerset Botany Group, in association with the Wilder Churches initiative from Somerset Wildlife Trust and the Diocese of Bath and Wells, will be conducting a survey of the flora and fauna that exists within our beautiful churchyard. We will let you know what we find!
We are also working on some information panels for the churchyard that will provide visitors with facts about the nature that exists within the churchyard, and there will also be an opportunity in June 2025 to take part in Churches Count on Nature (4th to 12th June 2025) – more details will follow in the May edition of the Huntspill News.
Christmas Tree Festival 2025, Theme: Christmas Carols
We had a wonderful response to our Christmas Tree festival in 2024 and lots of visitors delighted in the trees with their imaginative interpretations of the Twelve Days of Christmas. The accompanying guidebook proved to be very popular with our visitors and tree decorators alike!
We hope to be able to put on the Festival again this year – it is never too early to start planning for Christmas 2025 as all those adverts on television keep telling us and I have been asked about the theme already!
Our grateful thanks go to our 2024 sponsors – I was so impressed with the artistic interpretations and the craft skills on display. We have taken pictures of all the trees and will be including them in our project report for the Heritage Lottery Fund. Thanks go to:
- Crafty Cows Collective, West Huntspill
- Creating Harmony Holistic Therapies, East Huntspill
- Crossways Inn, West Huntspill
- Friends of St. Peter & All Hallows, West Huntspill
- Kelly Hernandez Foot Care, East Huntspill
- Morland Community Hub, Highbridge
- West Huntspill Cricket Club
- West Huntspill Horticultural Society
- West Huntspill Methodist Chapel
- West Huntspill Methodist Chapel – Baby and Toddler Group
- West Huntspill Players Amateur Dramatic Society
- Women’s Institute, West Huntspill
The theme for 2025 will be Favourite Christmas Carols and I hope that letting everyone know early enough will start those creative juices flowing! Please let me know if you are interested in taking part in 2025 and if you have an idea for your Christmas carol let me know so that we don’t end up with the same carols! I have already had the first carol in so don’t delay!
We are always delighted to welcome new organisations and community businesses to our annual Festival – this year we had FOUR new tree decorators – so please do contact Ginny Power via powerv23@gmail.com or 07773773228 if you would like to join in. If you have supported the Festival in previous years please do let me know if you would like to do it again as soon as convenient. Thank you!
Community Gatherings
Daily 10am-4pm, Huntspill Hub Honesty Café, West Huntspill
Open daily 10am – 4pm in St Peter & All Hallows Church, West Huntspill.
If you are on a walk to/from the coastal path or just wondering through our beautiful Churchyard, why not pop in to the Huntspill Hub Honesty Café and make yourself a coffee or tea.
All that we ask is that you wash-up your cup and leave it clean and tidy.
Any donation would be welcome.
Monday10.30-12noon Coffee Morning, West Huntspill
Why not come along Monday between 10.30-12 noon and enjoy a cuppa and homemade cake at the Huntspill Hub in St Peter & All Hallows Church, West Huntspill and meet a friend or two.
Volunteers and offers of cakes very welcome.
Let’s bring the community together!
Please note the Village Agent will be at the Café on the first Monday of each month Village Agent
Village Agent
Gina Pring, our Village Agent.
She is here to support you with practical advice and guidance at our regular Monday Talking Café. Talking Cafes provide a local place you can pop into, for advice and support from your local Village Agent on anything that is worrying you, or if you just want a friendly chat.
However, if you are in urgent need, and you need to contact Gina earlier than this then please visit the Somerset Village Agents website for help and advice, and to get support please visit Village Agent
You can also let Ginny Power know if there is anything specific (non-confidential) that you need to raise with Gina, and she will get in touch with her. Just contact Ginny powerv23@gmail.com
IT Support
IT Doctor Dave Paul will be back offering some IT advice! He will help if you have troubles or questions about common problems with computers, tablets, phones and printers. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) if you would like (laptops, tablets, phones) but if you are having issues with a desktop PC or printer we should discuss the issues before bringing it along. Contact Ginny for date of next IT Surgery powerv23@gmail.com
Examples of issues he can address:-
- Errors reported by devices/software
- Slow device performance
- Difficulties with printing
- Backup strategies (i.e. your photos from phone, or computer files)
- Security such as Anti-Virus, VPN
- Cleaning up software clutter
- How to use common software and apps (i.e. Word, Excel, Publisher, Photo editing)
- Discuss purchasing new devices (specification depending on the budget you have
We are also keen to find out if there are any specific IT classes or courses that you would like us to run – we are also open to considering different days and times. Please contact Ginny Power with any suggestions/requests via powerv23@gmail.com