• T H E • T H R E E • V I L L A G E S • News & Information covering Great Amwell, St Margarets and Stanstead Abbotts •
On Friday 1st April between 15.00 and 16.30 at The Ashlea Room, Stanstead Abbotts Parish Hall, your local police officers will be available to speak to members of the public about any worries or concerns they may have. You can also sign up to the Online Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. We hope to see you there.
Check out the Facebook page for more information.
The event has been organised by Stanstead Abbotts Parish Council.
The 3 Churches Benefice welcomes families to celebrate Mothering Sunday on 27th March by coming along to a family service. You can choose from:
9:00 am
St John the Baptist Church
St Johns Lane, Great Amwell
OR
10:30 am
St Andrew’s Church
Cappell Lane, Stanstead Abbotts
See the poster for more information.
To mark Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we would love to showcase some of your stories and memories of The Queen in the next issue of The Three Villages Magazine.
Do you have a photograph of or with The Queen? Do you have any special stories of events/occasions you have relating to Her Majesty? These can be anything that occurred during The Queen’s 70 years of service: royal weddings, street parties, memorabilia etc.
Please send your photos and memories to print.threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com by 3rd April.
The 3 Churches Benefice is supporting the National Day of Reflection on 23 March, the first anniversary of the UK lockdown, to commemorate this tragic loss of life and to stand together with everyone who’s grieving.
Organised by Marie Curie, the National Day of Reflection looks to reflect on our collective loss, support those who’ve been bereaved, and hope for a brighter future.
Join us at St Mary the Virgin, St Margarets for a Midday Service of Reflection. It will be a short service of prayer, music and reflection.
Everyone welcome!
Rev’d Dr Sarah Forrest
For more information about services and events running across The 3 Churches Benefice, visit our benefice page.
A Charity Match in aid of MIND, organised by Tony Smith, is being held at St Margaretsbury FC on Saturday 9th April. Kick-off is at 11:00 am.
Everyone is invited and the £3 entry fees are all being donated to MIND. Under 14 free entry.
Please do go along and support this event if you can!
We are looking for skilled, local photographers, both amateur and professional, to enter our
photography competition.
The winning photograph will appear on the cover of the next issue of The Three Villages Magazine. We are looking for a seasonal photograph that showcases our beautiful local landmarks within the three villages.
If you would like to enter and showcase your work, please email threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com.
The deadline is 3rd April 2022.
Our ambition for the Awards is to recognise and celebrate inspirational people engaged in activities that enhance and protect the Hertfordshire countryside and its rural communities.
After pausing our awards in 2021 due to the pandemic, we are delighted that the CPRE Hertfordshire Awards are back. With a closing date of 31st May 2022, we would love to receive nominations for projects which
Nominees might be volunteer-based projects or events, community groups, individuals, or small businesses.
And we have an exciting new category, ‘Made in Herts’ which will recognise excellence in sustainable farming and local foods, products using local materials, or traditional craftspeople and artists, in particular working in rural areas or with rural themes.
We also hope to make an Award for an outstanding project or activity run by or on behalf of young people (up to the age of 21) in the categories above.
Find out all the details by visiting our website: CPRE Hertfordshire Awards – CPRE Hertfordshire (cpreherts.org.uk), be inspired by past Award recipients, and make a nomination today!
Some important information from our Herts Police and Fire Service…
For more information about the OWL App, visit www.owl.co.uk/herts
We are very happy to announce that Issue 1 of The Three Villages Magazine has published and is now available at various locations across the villages, including:
St John the Baptist, Great Amwell
St Mary the Virgin, St Margarets
St Andrew’s, Stanstead Abbots
The Village Pharmacy
The Red Lion
The Maltings Coffee House
Stanstead Abbotts & St Margarets Village Club
The Jolly Fisherman
Thank you to everyone for their hard work in getting the magazine off the ground. It has not been without its difficulties, but we are pleased to be able to share the publication with you now.
A digital version of the print magazine will be available to view on the Magazine Archive in the coming weeks.
The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, which invites people from across the United Kingdom to ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee’.
Whether you’re an individual hoping to plant a single sapling in your garden, a community group planting a large tree or a City Council intending to plant a whole avenue of trees to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the QGC website provides all the information you need to plan and deliver your project. For more information, check out the QGC website.
The best time to plant trees is from October to March, which is when you can pin your Jubilee tree to the QGC map. Upload your planting and inspire others to get involved.
Here at The Three Villages, we would love to hear about any trees planted as part of this initiative, so please do be in touch with any stories/photos.
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