Welcome to the Parish Plan Web Page and wish you all a very happy 2010!

Despite the current economic climate - we are going ahead with all our events again this year. We are also working closely with other village groups to ensure that we have lots of regular cost-effective activities going on this year which we can all enjoy!

The Parish Plan events for 2010 have been discussed and the dates are shown at the bottom of this page, so you can now update your new diaries and calendars!

One thing we know for certain is that this year's events might be wet and rainy, but they certainly wont be wetter than last year's and we will try to put contingency plans in place!!

Please be aware that some of our dates need to be confirmed but we will update these as soon as possible.

All the best

Sharon, Parish Plan Team

Our team at the moment consists of:-

Sharon Humphreys, Jo Walshe, Lin Garrett, Jacky Priddle, Dave Burwood, Carole Creaser & Jane Rippon

Each member of the team gives up their time voluntarily - we meet about once a month for a very relaxed evening, where we chat and bounce ideas around and work together to organize the various events.

We also enlist help in smaller working teams for events such as the street parties, bonfire and firework display and the 10k and fun run. If you would like to help on one of these working groups we would be delighted to enlist your support! Just let one of us know or send us an email via the website.

To put into action the requirements of the Parish Plan publication, work with the Parish council and the local community and to give the residents of Shepton Beauchamp the events they asked for!

We have a fantastic community spirit here in Shepton and we work towards enhancing this and recognize the importance of putting on events which everyone, young and old, can participate in and get enjoyment from.

This year we hope to update the Parish Plan to show the things which we have already achieved in the past 5 years, give advice on ongoing village projects and invite your views on what other things you would like to see happen here in Shepton.

We are frequently being asked where the money goes that is raised at the various events and would like to give a brief explanation below.

Every market we run and every event we put on for the village helps to raise a small amount of money. This money is put into a separate Parish Plan Account held at the Post Office - an account which is monitored by the Parish Council and to whom we report monthly on the money raised and the events which are up and coming.

All the money raised is put back into the village and helps towards subsidising all future events we put on.

In 2008, the funds were used :-

1) On St Petroc's Day: to purchase all the Caribbean picnic accessories, such as the inflatable palm trees and themed cups; to pay for bar drinks and bar licences and to buy in the BBQ food.

2) For the Fun run:- to buy all the medals and mugs; to purchase water supplies and medical kits; to hire in the huge inflatable start and finish line; to purchase balloons and bunting.

3) For Bonfire Night: to hire in the experts and subsidise the firework display; to buy the BBQ food and other refreshments; to pay for the bar licences; to print off brochures and buy in raffle prizes and sparklers and to buy diesel for the generators for lighting in the field.

We also donated some money to Shepton Beauchamp First School to buy new equipment, we bought a microwave and coffee-making machine for use in the village hall; we paid for new shelving to be built in the storage room at the Rec Pavilion and we donated money to the Lethbridge Recreational Team.

This year we will be donating a hardwood bench to the Cowleaze Meadow project to provide seating.

In addition to the two large gazebos, the Parish plan now owns its own PA sound system, a large BBQ, spotlights for outdoor events, a large tea urn and fluorscent marshalls jackets - all these items are used for all the various events put on by different groups in the village.

The Parish Plan does rely at times on sponsorship to help finance some of these events, so if you are able to help in some way, even in supplying a raffle prize or a few packs of sparklers, we would love to hear from you!

Maybe you have other ideas of things you would like to see happen in the village? We have our own ideas but please let us know what you think, your views are important to us and will help to make our village even more special.

SEH

EQUIPMENT FOR HIRE

If you would like to use the Parish Plan gazebos for an event you have at home, borrow the large BBQ or the inflatable palm trees, we would be happy to let you use them - all we would ask is that you return them in the same condition you found them and make some donation towards the Parish plan funds!

All proceeds will then go towards subsidising future events in our village.

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