Community Event

A Brilliant Time Was Had By All At Our Latest Fish & Chip Friday!
A Brilliant Time Was Had By All At Our Latest Fish & Chip Friday! 1600 1488 Liz Matthews

The fish and chips from Thames Avenue were a huge hit as always and a big thanks to Asda for generously providing delicious desserts too.

We had a blast with the entertainment from ‘Kiddley Divey’ with her interactive singing session keeping us occupied and energised all afternoon.

An amazing community event thanks to everyone who came out! Keep an eye out for details on the next Fish & Chip Friday coming in a couple months. You won’t want to miss it!

Join Us For The Great British Spring Clean
Join Us For The Great British Spring Clean 1167 875 Liz Matthews

Protecting the Environment is Everyone’s Responsibility

This year, #KeepBritainTidy is spreading awareness that the environment belongs to all of us. Hundreds of thousands of volunteers from different communities are coming together to tackle litter – some of which has been present in our environment for decades.

Volunteers often find old litter that was dropped many years ago, but it’s still harming our environment today. As this litter slowly breaks down in our soil and water, it releases greenhouse gases, contributing to the climate crisis.

The good news is that anyone can make a difference by picking up litter. It immediately and visibly improves the environment where we live, work, and play. Most people who participated in last year’s campaign agreed that they felt they had made a positive impact on their local area and were part of a national movement addressing litter.

So, if you want to protect wildlife and the places you love this spring, join your Parish Councillors in the Great British Spring Clean.

#GreatBritishSpringClean Events in Haydon Wick

Date Time Meeting Place
March 15 12pm-2pm Voyager Drive Play Park
March 17 10am-12pm White Eagle Play Park
March 23 10am-12pm

2pm-4pm

 Taw Hill, Park near Shops

Oakhurst, Outside Oakhurst School
March 24 10am-2pm

2pm-4pm

 Mouldon Hill Car Park

King George V Play Park
March 30 10am-12pm

1pm-2pm

 Haydon Wick Skate Park

Seven Fields Car Park @ Kennet Ave
March 31 10am-12pm Tawny Owl Car Park
STEAM Team Visit Memory Café

The Memory Café welcomes a visit from the team at STEAM
The Memory Café welcomes a visit from the team at STEAM 1328 1317 Liz Matthews

On Wednesday 13th March, the Memory Café welcomed a visit from the team at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, who shared stories and memorabilia about Swindon’s railway history. It was delightful listening to the residents reminisce about growing up in Swindon years ago, as they shared tales and showed pictures of seaside trips and Coate Water back when it had a diving board and people swam there. It was wonderful seeing the residents open up about their lives, including how they managed during wartime with food rations and limited washing facilities, even repurposing old clothes into small rugs.

The café session wrapped up with a trivia quiz specially designed for those living with dementia.

Thank you to our lovely volunteers for always being so supportive of our residents and provision of the Memory Café.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Find out more...

Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Wednesday 3rd April 2024
Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Wednesday 3rd April 2024 400 400 Liz Matthews

 

Welcome to Haydon Wick Parish Council’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt!
Join us for a fun-filled hour of hunting for colourful eggs and enjoying the festive atmosphere. 

We have 2 FREE events running this year:

King George V Play Park
High Street, SN25 1HX  (What3Words: ///emulating.distorts.stylists)
10.30am – 11.30am

Voyager Drive Play Area
Oakhurst, Swindon, SN25 2HR  (What3Words: ///expectant.lamps.develops)
12.30pm – 1.30pm

Please complete the form below to request your child’s place at this event. Places are limited and are allocated on a first come first served basis. Children must be under the age of eleven and live in the Haydon Wick Parish to qualify.

Easter Egg Hunt
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Mark your calendars and bring your friends and family along. Don’t miss out on this egg-citing event!

The Over 60s Afternoon Tea on Saturday was hugely appreciated by all who attended.
The Over 60s Afternoon Tea on Saturday was hugely appreciated by all who attended. 480 488 Liz Matthews

We welcomed over 25 residents to our pop-up tearoom set up with our beautiful China tea sets and delicious afternoon treats. Parish Councillors Rebecca Ross, Paul Park and Adam John along with the Community Development Team were on hand to wait on our guests and ensure they had a lovely time. The tea had a lively friendly atmosphere with many of our guests’ meeting others for the first time.  Thank you to Asda for their donation of refreshments, and to one of our lovely Volunteers who is always happy to help.

If you’d like to find out more about these types of events in your parish, please contact Sean on: communityandyouth@haydonwick.gov.uk or call 01793 722446

  • Georgina Morgan-Denn

Haydon Wicks Over 60s Afternoon Tea
Haydon Wicks Over 60s Afternoon Tea 800 800 Georgina Morgan-Denn

“We are so lucky to live in a Parish that cares so much about us and who put on events like this”.

 

Saturday 9th September 2023 saw another fabulous, free event for over 60s in the community of Haydon Wick. The afternoon tea organised by Haydon Wick Parish Council was part of the Council’s Community Choices initiative where ideas are chosen and voted upon by the residents in the parish to deliver projects throughout the financial year. For the second year running, the community chose to focus on reducing loneliness and isolation in the parish, and this event did just that!

 

The afternoon tea was hosted in the Parish Council Offices on Thames Avenue and saw around 30 wonderful attendees join in for a fabulous afternoon. There were some faces which the staff recognised from the Council’s fabulous Haydon Wick Haven (every other Monday from 11.00am – 1.00pm) and the valuable Community Bus (daily service with subsidised fares), it also welcomed some new faces.  The Council is looking forward to welcoming them back for more exciting activities and events which they have to offer.

 

The beautifully decorated room was set up with vintage chinaware and table clothes. There was lots of lovely food available, from sandwiches, to cream cakes and freshly prepared scones with clotted cream, jam and fresh fruit. It was satisfying to hear snippets of the conversations shared between old and new friends, of lovely stories about passed loved ones, childhood memories, upcoming trips and funny tales of past experiences.  Some of the lovely quotes from attendees were as follows:

 

“We don’t want to leave; we’ve had such a lovely time.”

“We have put the world to rights today, we’ve spoken about everything.”

“We are so lucky to live in a Parish that cares so much about us and who put on events like this.”

 

As always, the event was well supported by Councillors and other wonderful volunteers, who helped to set up, pack away and look after our residents. The Council is proud to see the impact these events are having on this targeted community. They are helping with their mental health and wellbeing simply by giving them a change of scenery for the afternoon, offering tasty cakes and lovely company for a good old fashioned chin wag!

Councillor Rebecca Ross, Chair of the Community Development Committee at Haydon Wick Parish Council had this to say about the event:

 

“What a wonderful time was had by everyone who came to the Over 60’s tea on Saturday. This is always a popular event and is aimed at reducing isolation and loneliness in the older generation, so it was great to see everyone chatting and enjoying themselves. A huge thank you to everyone who helped with the event. The food as always was superb!”

Councillor Paul Park said these words about the event: “I was completely blown away with the work everyone had put in before we even showed up! And I am truly grateful to have such amazing people working for the parish”.

 

To keep up to date with upcoming events and news from Haydon Wick Parish Council, visit our website and follow us on social media. Alternatively, subscribe to the Council’s monthly news bulletin using the following link: https://haydonwick.gov.uk/latest-news/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Georgina Morgan-Denn

Summer Spectacular – Thank You from the Chairman
Summer Spectacular – Thank You from the Chairman 800 800 Georgina Morgan-Denn

I wanted to take this opportunity to personally thank everyone for their help and support of this year’s Summer Spectacular held on Saturday 15th July 2023.

The day was a great success as we still managed to attract a good footfall of residents, despite all the pesky rain showers and strong winds!

We were blessed to have the Majorettes open our event with a march into our event arena. The beat of their drums and intricacy of routines was a perfect way to kick off the day. My thanks go to the performers, their families and friends for turning up to support their children.

Shortly after this, we had the fun family dog show and what a crowd puller that was! We saw owners bring their four-legged companions along to try and win a rosette and cuddly toy. The event was overseen by one of our wonderfully talented Memory Café volunteers Keren Price and the prizes were kindly donated by Thameswood Veterinary Clinic. I had a great time judging the categories, with lots of audience participation, and I was thrilled to see so many dogs (and their owners) enjoying their toys and rosettes awarded.

During the day we saw brilliant demonstrations from BEST – Be A Better You who also a ran penalty shootout, football skills and boxing taster sessions throughout the day. BEST and The Kelly Foundation are the two charities chosen by the Council this year to help raise awareness of their great causes and to raise much needed funds. I will have a fundraising total of how much we raised to share with you very soon.

Craig Hiscock the Operations Manager at ‘BEST – Be A Better You’ told us “We really enjoyed attending the Summer Spectacular. We really felt part of the community. Lots of children tried boxing for the first time and were very interested in attending the summer sessions in Haydon Wick”.

John Stooke, Founder of The Kelly Foundation said “Despite the weather, we met a number of people who were interested in engaging with the charity in different ways, thanks for inviting us … and the samosas were great!”

Along with the entertainment, wellbeing talks and lovely stalls, there was a wonderful variety of food on offer. From the delicious hog roast, food from around the world, yummy ice creams, sweets, cake sale from the 1st Haydon Wick Guides and so much more…

I was so happy to be a part of this event and I did my part in raising some funds for both of our charities by putting myself in the stocks and having wet sponges thrown at me!

It was a real shame that we had to bring the day’s programme to an early close because we missed out on delivering some magical outdoor yoga and hearing some uplifting entertainment from our local church gospel choir, jazz band and specially chosen entertainer…so until next time!  To this end, everyone I have spoken to enjoyed the event and they would like us to repeat it every year, so watch this space!

My heartfelt thanks again go out to all of our Team, Councillors, Sponsors, Suppliers, and Volunteers who, without all of your help and support, means we wouldn’t have delivered such a successful event.

Myself and the Council look forward to working with you again in the future.

Best wishes.

Cllr Vinay Manro

Chairman of the Council

Haydon Wick Parish Council

  • Georgina Morgan-Denn

Haydon Wick Summer Spectacular
Haydon Wick Summer Spectacular 429 290 Georgina Morgan-Denn
The Council is excited to announce the Haydon Wick Summer Spectacular
A fun family event with free entry that is being held at King George V Playing Field on Saturday 15th July 2023, 10am – 5pm
Bring some pennies for ice cream, stall purchases, cakes and other fun activities.
For more information, please contact Kate at:
youthandcommunity@haydonwick.gov.uk / 01793 722446
  • Georgina Morgan-Denn

The Council’s newest venture, the ‘Haydon Wick Haven’ enjoyed a typically British Cream Tea, to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III.
The Council’s newest venture, the ‘Haydon Wick Haven’ enjoyed a typically British Cream Tea, to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III. 800 800 Georgina Morgan-Denn

Following on from the Council’s previous Warm Spaces initiative, which was introduced at the beginning of the winter months as a safe and warm place for residents to come amidst the cost of living rises, it transpired that those attending would benefit from an interactive, drop-in style, informative café and thus the Haydon Wick Haven was created.

The sessions are designed to offer a warm and welcoming environment which allows residents to enjoy some refreshments, have a friendly chat, meet new people and discuss any local issues with their local council. Since the beginning of the Haven, suggestions have seen the attendees take part in board games, puzzles and crafts.

With the upcoming celebrations beginning to take place to commemorate the momentous occasion of the Coronation of King Charles III, the Haven wanted to join in the fun. Attendees were welcomed to a royal themed room, vintage china and freshly prepared scones with jam, cream and strawberries.

All attendees thoroughly enjoyed their treat and reminiscing about the Royal Family over the years, as well as decorating their own Coronation mug and suncatcher. Some of the wonderful feedback that the Council received after this session included; “How lucky we are to have the opportunity to enjoy this in good company, rather than being sat within our own four walls”, “What a fabulous way to mark the Coronation” and “I am not attending any celebrations for the Coronation, so it has been lovely to come here and be amongst new friends”.

Listening to the conversations that occur during the sessions is a very heart-warming experience and shows just how beneficial and important small gatherings like these can be for individuals to improve feelings of loneliness and isolation.

The Parish Council is pleased to be able to offer its community bus to bring attendees living within the Parish to and from the Haven. If you or someone you know would like to attend, please contact the organiser, Darry, on admin@haydonwick.gov.uk or 01793 722446.

To see the upcoming dates of the Haydon Wick Haven and other events, visit the Council’s event calendar or social media (@HaydonWickCouncil).

Alternatively, you can now click here to subscribe to see the Council’s monthly news and upcoming events.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Georgina Morgan-Denn

BEST offer young people in our community the best start in life
BEST offer young people in our community the best start in life 800 800 Georgina Morgan-Denn

As part of the Council’s aim to reduce Loneliness & Isolation and to continue the fantastic Youth Development Programme, this year’s Easter holidays saw another fantastic set of free, enrichment sessions delivered by BEST- Be A Better You.

The sessions offer a fantastic opportunity for young people to try out a new sport that they may not have had the opportunity to trial before. Its heart-warming to see the sportsmanship, support and kindness that each individual shows to their peers throughout the sessions. As the age range varies from five years old through to sixteen, the older ones offer a great role model figure to the younger ones and all attendees seem to enjoy the mix of ages, abilities, and personalities.

Team games and mini football matches were played using a foam ball, which made it impossible to play with any skill whatsoever. These games caused fits of laughter and the scores were being exaggerated as everyone was finding it hard to score a real goal.

Attendees had a go at Tachiai and Kick Boxing which requires a lot of self-control. These demonstrations were followed with some fun ballet moves which again, had all attendees engaged and enjoying their time there.

As always, the boxing is something that is really enjoyed by all. The drills that the attendees learn during these sessions are becoming quicker and more controlled with each meeting.

Haydon Wick Parish Council has worked alongside BEST for a couple of years now and the sessions have seen lots of returning faces. The growth in confidence over this time from some of the attendees is amazing and really goes to show the amazing job BEST do to help guide young people in our community to have the best start in life and guide them away from some of the worrying issues we are facing in today’s society.

Operations Manager at BEST- Be A Better You, Craig Hiscock had this to say about the Easter enrichment sessions:

“It was great to get back into Haydon Wick parish to provide holiday activities again. BEST has seen record numbers of children attending the sessions. Everyone that attended had a great time and it is lovely to see the children laughing and enjoying their time with us. BEST is grateful for Haydon Wick Parish Council’s continued support”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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