To be held at the Donkey Field, Puddleduck Lane on Sunday October 9th between Midday and 2 PM.

In order to recognize the plight so many donkeys and mules worldwide endure our 2 donkeys ,,Dora and Kevin, both of whom have endured considerable ill treatment will be walking round their field at Puddleduck Lane - hopefully a few times - and would enjoy the company of anyone who would like to join them.

You are welcome to bring a picnic Any donations will be given to Island Farm Donkey Sanctuary  at Brightwell Cum Sotwell which is the Donkey Breed' Society's West region 's Charity for 2022.

Please contact us  pjscal@gmail.com  or 01367 240163 if you will be joining Dora and Kevin.
Peter and Angela Scales. 
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Thank you everyone who has adopted foxgloves for bringing back the deep pots! Now there is a full stock at Green's Farm House again, left of the porch, please take as many as you would like,

As they are rather heavy to carry, I'll be glad to deliver. Just put a note through the porch door or send an email to gilmour.lauren@gmail.com
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Come and join us for a magical evening of music in our beautiful old church followed by delicious canapes and bubbles.
 
Friday 7th October 7 o'clock onwards.
 
Tickets £15
 
Available from
Pam 240233
Pauline 243140
 
All proceeds to St Giles Church
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Please come along and meet our consultants who are working to produce a feasibility study into connecting all our houses in the village to low carbon hot water for heating and hot water. Known as a Heating Network, it is very standard in Scandinavian countries but pretty innovative in the UK. I’m sure you have lots of questions and Monday’s meeting is set up for you to have them answered.
 
This will be their only visit so please join us. 7pm in the Reading Room.

​Best wishes
Annabelle (Chapel House) and Ken (Danes Court)

web: www.greenergreatcoxwell.com
mail: info@greenergreatcoxwell.com

Greener Great Coxwell Limited is registered in England as a registered society under the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014. 

Registration number: 8761

Dear all,
 
It is time for another Stonevale concert again, and as some of you know already, it will form part of the Great Barn Festival like last year.  Sebastian Mueller (violin) (Professor at the Vienna Conservatoire, as well as Chethams and Guildhall)  and I have a fantastic programme lined up, including Beethoven's Spring Sonata, as well as works by Dvorak, Enescu and perhaps a composer that some of you have not even heard of - Porumbescu!
 
Piano Gallery is moving my grand piano to the barn again for this occasion, and the acoustics in the barn proved to be fantastic for piano and violin.
 
This piano and violin recital will be on Sunday 18th September at 11 am.  If you live in Great Coxwell, you can contact Ainslie Williams directly and get your ticket discounted.  We would love to see you there and please forward this email to anyone you think would be interested.

Separately Ticketed Performances – Great Barn Festival
 
https://greatbarnfestival.com/barn-performances/
 
Best wishes,
Lynette
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Final few tickets remaining for Saturday 27th August Helen and Douglas fundraiser at Clayton Villa. The weather looks great, bar is well stocked and the reviews for Sun and Moon’s production have been outstanding.

Tickets available online at

Much Ado About Nothing Tickets, Sat 27 Aug 2022 at 18:00 | Eventbrite

or call Ainslie (Danes Cottage) 07774459046.
 
Many thanks
Ainslie
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A celebration for the life of Bill Haine will take place on Wednesday 24th August at 2.30 at All Saints Church, Faringdon, and afterwards there will be refreshments at Sudbury House Hotel.

All are welcome.

I have received the following appeal from Olly Fox, who is the organist at Coleshill and Buscot, and has played here on many occasions and at the Barn Service at Christmas.  If you would like to help, please contact Olly direct on the email address included in the text.

Many thanks

Pat

Churchwarden, St Giles

Dear all,

As many of you know, I help to run a wildlife education and conservation project in The Gambia, West Africa, that has been studying the birdlife of the region including a large number of migratory species which spend their winters in Sub-Saharan Africa after the breeding season in Europe. Throughout this time we have built up a strong team of local conservationists and ornithologists who run the project all year round.

On the many trips I have made to the region since 2005 I have got to know several families in the villages where we work and often stay with them while travelling. Therefore, over the weekend, I was very shocked to hear from one of our team members about a younger member of their family, an 8-year-old boy, who, on Friday, had been involved in a serious accident where he was hit by a speeding car and had incurred a number of life-changing injuries. Unfortunately, the level of healthcare available in that part of Africa is still woefully poor and families have to cover all the treatment costs themselves.

The family cannot even begin to provide the rapidly rising amounts requested by the hospital and have reached out to me for help with the treatment costs. We would like to move the boy, Muhammed Gassama, to a better hospital in the capital Banjul, where they have more experience of orthopaedic surgery required to set the bones that have been fractured in the boy's legs and arms. Clearly, it's crucial that Muhammed receives the best care he can now otherwise there is a real risk that the rest of life will be heavily impacted by what has happened.

As a result of these worrying developments, I am hoping to carry out some fundraising locally so that we can help out my colleague's family with the increasing hospital costs for treating Muhammed. If anyone in our local congregations and church family feels able to donate a small amount then please let me know by email at oliver.jl.fox@gmail.com. I will coordinate the transfer of the money to the hospital and provide regular updates on the progress of Muhammed's recovery. 

Love and best wishes, 

Olly 
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Dr OJL Fox 
Kartong Bird Observatory