In the heart of beautiful Northamptonshire
If you’re between six and eighteen years old, come and join us for a fun evening of crafts and snacks.
All taking place in the Village Hall on Tuesday 20 October between 7.00pm and 8.30pm. So grab yourself 50p, and come on down!
Service Six is offering online internet safety courses for Parents and Carers of young children.
If the young person is neurotypical, the relevant course is in October. There is also an online course for parents of children with SEND in November (SEND children often access the internet differently).
Both courses are free to attend and the registration is via Eventbrite.
These links will tell you more:
Target Online Safety Session for Parents/Carers (for neurotypical children)
Online Safety Session for SEN Parents/Carers
NB: there is a lot of information on these links, so if you have any questions, it might be wise to contact Jess Cox (Youth Specialist) on 07813 366257 or by email at jess.cox@servicesix.co.uk (on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays only).
This year, taking place in Kettering, this is intended to be a celebration of the county’s history, culture and visitor attractions, and will span multiple locations across the town centre.
Focusing on the Market Place – and coinciding with the full reopening of the Alfred East Art Gallery and Kettering Library – Kettering Leisure Village and Wicksteed Park will also join in the celebrations.
This year’s event will include:
– Community groups, arts organisations and sporting partners coming together to celebrate the county
– Family activities and children’s entertainment throughout the day
– Heritage exhibitions celebrating local history and community stories
– Live performances in the heart of Kettering town centre
– Historic venues opened for exploration and activities
– Vintage and heritage bus experiences linking key attractions, and
– The chance to visit Wicksteed Park and Kettering Leisure Village.
Hopefully, you have all received your copy of July’s printed newsletter – hand-delivered to every household in the village over the past week or so.
If you haven’t received your copy – or it’s been torn to shreds by your cat, pet parrot or over-zealous puppy – you can read an online PDF version here. (Once there, scroll down to the ‘Previous newsletters’ section – you can print from this version too.)
According to Causeway one. net, Moulton Road will be closed for four days while Anglian Water carries out ‘new connection’ work. This is to connect the proposed new development on the left-hand-side just after the westerly end of Back Lane.
Assuming this really is a ‘road closed’ situation, it means that anyone aiming for Moulton will have to go via the Sywell Roundabout and the A43. Or, possibly, via Brixworth.
Calling all budding thespians – ever fancied being in a real-life drama?
The West Northamptonshire Council Emergency Planning Team is looking for individuals to play the role of evacuees in a realistic emergency scenario. This is your chance to experience how major incidents are managed in real time and play a vital role in making the exercise feel genuine.
Date: Wednesday 2 September 2026
Location: University of Northampton, Waterside Campus, NN1 5PH
Timing: 9.30am to 4.00pm
What’s involved?
You’ll be taking on the role of someone evacuated from their home during an emergency, interacting with real responders and seeing how support is delivered on the ground. No acting skills required – and refreshments are included!
To give you an idea of what an emergency exercise looks and feels like, check out this YouTube video (Dublin, 2018). And if you’re interested, please complete this registration form.
And HURRY! Places are going fast!
The Holcot Summer Fete is taking place on the Green by the Church on Sunday 12 July.
And we’re calling all princesses, clowns, super heroes, dinosaurs, cartoon characters, monsters, unicorns, fairies… and, oh… anything else you can think of!
Get Mum and Dad to help you create your favourite outfits! Tell them they need to get their imaginations into gear, and dig out some of those funky outfits they used to strut around in 20 years ago (that they hoped would come back into fashion). Yeah… as if!
Then they need to cut them up and sew them back together to create something NEW and FAN-TAS-MA-GORICAL! For YOU to strut around in!
The main event starts at 2.00pm, and to take part in the fancy dress competition, you MUST register your name by 3.00pm.
So come on Mum and Dad – time to step up!
TIME.
It takes just four minutes after a human heart has stopped before internal organs begin to stop working. A frightening prospect.
Most of us would be out of our depth. A mixture of panic and ‘little knowledge’ would prevail. Valuable time would be lost. And a well-meaning but untrained physical response might cause more harm than good.
Enter the St John Ambulance CPR and defibrillator team.
On Thursday 18 June, in the Village Hall, nine parishioners were educated and entertained by Chris and Cayti from Kettering St John Ambulance. They benefitted from 90 minutes of CPR demonstration and defibrillator use – with hands-on practice on the very compliant Annie (a plastic ‘body’).
While none of us would now claim to be expert, we have at least a foundation of knowledge that would, hopefully, enable a quick and appropriate response in an emergency.
A very worthwhile session and I urge you all to look out for the next training opportunity and come and join us! You can find out more about how to do CPR here.