The Next Equine Table Top Sale & Dog Show will be held on Sunday 28th April, 11am to 1.30pm at Albury Village Hall, Ware.
Entry £1
What to expect… – The Dog Show (entry £2 per class with rosettes for 1st to 5th place) – Refreshments, including homemade sausage rolls and cakes – A raffle with some great prizes – And lots more!
All monies raised will be going to Love UnderDogs.
Find out more about Love UnderDogs by visiting their website HERE.
If you would like a table, it is £10 (with table provided). Get in touch with Gail on 07747300095.
The 3 Churches Foodbank Hub is in need of donations, specifically:
Marmalade
Chocolate spread
Soap
Toilet rolls
Biscuits
Honey
Small jars of coffee
Rice pudding
Steamed puddings
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.
From now until 31st December 2024 a single bus journey will cost no more than £2 on most routes across Hertfordshire.0 The Department for Transport (DfT) have extended the £2 fare cap scheme nationwide and are working in partnership with operators who have signed up for the scheme.
The bus fare cap is designed to support families through the cost of living pressures, enabling millions of people to access affordable bus travel. To find out how you could save more search ‘Help for Households’.
Arriva, Bishops Stortford Community Transport, Carousel Buses, Centrebus, Central Connect, First Essex Buses, Metroline (excluding Service PB1), Red Eagle, Redline Buses, Stagecoach, Sullivan Buses (on Service 84 only) and Uno.
A2B Bus and Coach, Britannia Coaches, Grant Palmer, Landmark Coaches, Little Jim Buses, Lucketts of Watford, Marshalls Coaches, Red Rose Travel, Reg’s Coaches, Richmonds Coaches, Sullivan Buses (on all services except 84), Vale Travel, Vectare.
What type of journeys and tickets does the scheme apply to? The £2 fare cap applies to single journeys regardless of length of journey. It does not apply to weekly, monthly, annual or multi operator ticket products.
Note that services that only operate on schooldays and/or where the primary purpose of the bus is to transport school children are excluded from the fare cap scheme.
Can I use my Hertfordshire SaverCard? If you are using a SaverCard and the fare you would have paid is higher than £2 then the fare will be reduced to £2 to align with the fare cap scheme.
Does the scheme apply to the HertsLynx Service? HertsLynx is participating in the £2 fare cap. From 16th–31st December, passengers who are pre-booking trips for January can use the discount codes to reduce their fare to £2.00.
From 1st Jan, all single fares will automatically be capped at £2. If a SaverCard user or a child (10 years and under) is travelling 0–2 miles only, they will need to select the discount as normal to ensure their fare is discounted to £1.50.
SaverCard holders or children who are travelling over 2 miles will not need to use any discount codes as the £2 fare will be less than their original discounted fare price.
Information for Bus Pass holders You will be able to use your bus pass as normal. The £2 fare cap will apply to bus travel outside of the English National Travel Concessionary Scheme time restrictions; i.e. before 0930 and after 2300 outside of Hertfordshire.
Please note this a Department for Transport facilitated scheme in partnership with operators. Please refer to DfT guidance for further information. ↩︎
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.
The Three Villages 