If you love a good quiz and want to support a fantastic charity, why not try SpeedQuizzing for Marie Curie!
The event details are as follows… Date: April 18th Thursday Place: Stanstead Abbotts & St Margarets Village Club Time: 7pm to 10.30pm (doors open at 5pm) Price: £5 per person (over 18s only and teams of up to 6) All proceeds to charity: Marie Curie
This Easter, we’re celebrating an important first anniversary. It’s a year since we first started ‘Make Lunch’, a club for families who need extra help in the school holidays, whether in terms of finances and food, or space to be together and find support. The 3 Churches Benefice partnered with a national charity ‘Transforming Lives for Good’ or ‘TLG’, whose aim is to help churches to work in their communities to combat poverty and improve the lives of children and young people. We started in the Easter holidays last year, running lunch and activity sessions twice a week for anyone who wanted to come.
So why not come and join us over this Easter Holidays? Every session is different in terms of who comes and what kind of day it is, but we always have an activity and a theme, a two-course hot meal, time to sit together and eat, and to get to know each other and build relationships. We have 16 volunteers signed up and try to have at least 6 or 7 on each session, working in the kitchen, cooking and washing up, or out front coordinating activities or chatting to folk.
Join us at Make Lunch Club over the Easter Holidays for fun, friendship and some yummy food. See the poster below for all the details.
The 3 Churches Foodbank Hub is in need of donations, specifically:
Rice puddings
Custard
Small jars of coffee
Biscuits
Peanut butter
Chocolate spread
Toiletries
Donations can be dropped off on Wednesday morning between 10.30–11.30am at St Margarets Parish Church or to Sue Webb at 8 Miller Lane, Stanstead Abbotts.
The Three Villages Committee is looking for some new members! Are you interested in being involved in this joint project between the Parish Councils and The 3 Churches Benefice, which aims to build community, one issue at a time? If yes, then get in touch!
We would love to hear from you if you are keen to give back to the community, have some ideas about how we can increase our reach in the local community, have experience in marketing or are keen to help us share, showcase and support our three villages!
If you would like to know more, please email threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com.
The 3 Churches Benefice have a number of services running over Holy Week, starting with Palm Sunday and ending with Easter Sunday. They look forward to welcoming you!
PALM SUNDAY ~ 24th March 9am Eucharist at St John the Baptist 10.30am Holy Communion Service at St Andrew
HOLY WEEK ONLINE EVENING REFLECTIONS Monday 25th March~ Compline Tuesday 26th March ~ Lent Group Wednesday 27th March ~ Meditation 7.30pm on Zoom Join us by using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2701785021 You can also join in on an ordinary landline phone by ringing any of these numbers +44 131 460 1196, +44 203 051 2874, +44 203 481 5237 with the meeting ID: 270 178 5021
MAUNDY THURSDAY ~ 28th March 6.30pm Benefice Supper at The Wilshere Hall, St Andrew 7.30pm Tenebrae Service at St Andrew
GOOD FRIDAY ~ 29th March 10.30am Walk of Witness from St Mary the Virgin to St Andrew 2pm The Way of the Cross, a Passiontide Service at St John the Baptist
EASTER SUNDAY ~ 31st March 5.30am Dawn Vigil Service at St Andrew 9am Eucharist Service at St John the Baptist 10.30am Holy Communion Service at St Andrew
The Next Equine Table Top Sale & Dog Show will be held on Sunday 24th March, 11am to 1.30pm at Albury Village Hall, Ware. See the poster below for all the information.
Along with the Dog Show (with rosettes for all classes up to 5th place!), there will be refreshments, homemade sausage rolls and cakes, a raffle with some great prizes and lots more.
All monies raised will be going to RATS (Rehoming Animal Telephone Service). Find out more about RATS by visiting their website HERE.
If you would like to book a table as a seller, it is £10 (with table provided). Get in touch with Gail on 07747300095.
Our core objective at The Three Villages is to share local news and information, showcase local talent and support local businesses. All those who choose to advertise within our magazine (both online and in print) are able to reach potential customers in our local area, become recognised as a trusted local trader and are also supporting our work in building community, one issue at a time. We have some advertising spots available, so why not join us?
We are offering the chance to win a FREE full-colour, full-page prime advertising spot within the next print issue to everyone who advertises with us. See the inside back cover of the March issue, which is out now, for our first winner: The Red Lion.
ADVERTISE WITH US TO ENTER THE PRIZE DRAW
The annual fee for the rest of the year is now only £90 and includes a slot within every remaining 2024 issue of the print magazine, and inclusion in our advertisements directory and scrolling adverts panel (that appears on every page) on the website.
Sign up now to advertise with us for the rest of the year and be entered automatically into our prize draw!
Email us for more information: threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com.
Remi LS Beauty – Stanstead Abbotts based beauty business – is excited to announce that it has been shortlisted in the UK Hair and Beauty Awards in the following THREE categories:
Nail Technician Of The Year Beauty Therapist Of The Year Make Up Artist Of The Year
‘This is probably the proudest I have been for my little business so far, I couldn’t be happier to be part of this!’(Remi Hodges)
The UK Hair and Beauty Awards community come together each year to celebrate the hair and beauty industry in style. The annual VIP Red Carpet event entails of a once-in-a-lifetime experience with celebrity guests, hosts and entertainment, and can only be attended by invitation only.
The UK Hair and Beauty Awards mission is to support businesses of all sizes, and expose all candidates to new opportunities via social media and in the hair and beauty world, no matter their financial or social status. HBA are breaking down barriers to support smaller industry businesses, helping contestants build followings and recognition – even if they don’t win. That’s why they’re celebrating the entire process of the competition and all the amazing talent that has entered.
The March 2024 issue of The Three Villages Magazine is here and available to purchase for £1 across the three villages. Be sure to pick up your copy!
You can find it at a number of locations including, but not limited to:
The Village Pharmacy, Stanstead Abbotts St John the Baptist Church, Great Amwell St Mary’s Church, St Margarets St Andrew’s Church, Stanstead Abbotts The Bridge Shop, Stanstead Abbotts
In this issue, along with all our regular features, you will find the latest in our Local Historic Faces & Places series; a charity focus on Bobtails Playgroup & Teddy Club; updates from our local Girlguiding and Scouting groups; a delicious Simmel cake recipe and much, much more.
We also have a fantastic new PRIZE DRAW offering the chance to win a FREE full-page, full-colour advert in a prime slot within the next print issue!
If you are struggling to get a hold of a copy, please do get in touch and we will see how we can help.
Thank you for your continued support, The Three Villages Team
The Three Villages 