I am in the process of setting up the church cleaning rota for 2024 and I'm looking for volunteers to cover the gaps left by people who have moved away. Volunteering is not difficult or time consuming; about an hour once a year is all it takes. The visitors' book always has comments on how … Continue reading Church Cleaning Rota Volunteers

As we enter the New Year and reflect on the old, the Revd Kenneth Cross, priest in charge of the Grabbist Hill Benefice, has written a letter on Christian love, compassion and reconciliation. Click here to read it in full.

Your invitation to join for 2024 will be on the village website next week. Thank you to all who are happy to print an application form at home. You have to BE IN IT TO WIN IT so please deliver your completed applicationto Nicky or Daphne, or leave it in the box in the Villagers' … Continue reading Wootton Courtenay 100 Club Notice

Free TV/display screen up for grabs: 46 inch commercial display. Very bright, good for viewing in daylight. Will need a wall mount or a stand. Not the best internal speakers, but has an amplified output that can power two 8omh speakers. Remote control will be posted if someone has a use for it. To be … Continue reading TV Free to Collector

We’ll know better next year! Apologies for the lack of some basics when we reopened after Christmas. Having run down perishables before we closed, the realisation that most suppliers weren’t delivering until after the New Year became a reality. However, the milk has been delivered and we now have some bread, sausages, bacon, cheese, etc. … Continue reading Shop Shortages

With all the details of local church services until Epiphany, this week's newsletter from the Grabbist Hill Benefice may be read here.

There is no service at All Saints’ Church, Wootton Courtenay, this Sunday, 31st December. The Grabbist Benefice newsletter lists a ‘Songs of Praise’ service here, where there is none! Many thanks, Amanda

Our First Village Talk of 2024Save the date: Tuesday 9th January! You may remember Anne Scullard and David Pitts, who lived in Rose Cottage. Anne is passionate about working with nature in a sustainable way, and I was always fascinated by the way she would forage rhubarb stalks from our garden and use them to … Continue reading Anne Scullard Talk

The Wootton Courtenay Village Trust (WCVT) was set up in 1998, with the full agreement and co-operation of the Villagers Stores directors, to act as a vehicle to hold assets donated to the Trust. It was envisaged that these assets would largely consist of Villagers' Stores debentures and shares, which have no immediate or significant … Continue reading The Wootton Courtenay Village Trust

Changes to waste collection days are on the way ‘Look out for your letter’ is the message from Somerset Council as recycling and rubbish collection days change for more than 120,000 households in western parts of the county in February. New collection routes are being introduced for many homes in the former Sedgemoor and Somerset … Continue reading Changes to Waste Collection Days