Author: Peter Foster

The Governing Body of Nettlebed Community School is seeking new members from within the community to assist us in driving our amazing school forward. We want someone who cares about our amazing village and the people within it. School governors act as the executive board for a school, working alongside the Head Teacher to develop the school vision and strategy for continuous improvement. You will gain valuable experience, as well as the opportunity to shape the school experience. The Governing Body also supports the school in a range of activities including school trips, performances and within the classroom. All you need to do is volunteer your time; full training will be offered to support you in your new role.  Unfortunately, parents who have children at the school are unable to apply as all parent governor positions are already taken.If this sounds of interest we would be delighted to hear from you, please contact me via email on chairofgovernors@nettlebed.oxon.sch.ukRegards Matt TebbuttChair of Governors...

Now not just the Americans have something to celebrate on the 4th July ! :-) Great news, with restrictions being lifted both The village Club and The White Hart are planning to reopen on the 4th July. The Club is open from 6pm to 11pm with restriction details posted outside the club whilst The White Hart is open 8am till midnight as usual hours resume - again restiction will apply to meet government guidelines. We are sure everyone will be keen to catch up with folks but we encourage everyone to please observe the social distancing rules and follow the instructions of staff :-). ...

Friends of Nettlebed School (FONS) have a tough challenge trying to raise funds for the school when we are going to be struggling to find possibilities for a 'big' fund raising events in the current environment. But here's a little event we could a easily get behind - of course social distancing rules will be in place on the day but mark it in your diary. ...

The Chiltern Society have released their newest versions of their excellent footpath guide maps - indispensable if you want to do a bit of exploring. Get yours through this link https://chilternsociety.org.uk/product/no-02-henley-and-nettlebed/ ...

Nettlebed Creamery is starting a new milk round as of June 18th.  The round will cover Park Corner, Cookley Green, Russell’s Water, Maidensgrove, Stonor, Middle Assendon and Bix. Don’t forget that we deliver to Nettlebed, Highmoor, Stoke Row and Nuffield every Tuesday. Please email : milkfloat@nettlebedcreamery.com for more information: £2.80 for a 2 litre bottle. And of course cheese is available to be delivered too! And kefir! We would be very interested to know if anyone would appreciate the option of a DAIRY BOX - to include butter, bread and eggs? Thank you so much for all your support of Nettlebed Creamery - your local, organic, dairy producer.  ...

In the early hours of Saturday morning (circa 1am on the 25th May) there was an attempted break-in at Nettlebed Creamery. Three men driving a dark BMW forced open the security gates and fled when they saw the CCTV cameras. The incident has been reported to the Police, and the camera footage passed on too - but if you should have seen the car or have dashcam or home security footage could you please check and send us a message so we can pass this to the Police. Below is a selection of pictures which might prompt memories. ...

FUTURE MILK AND CHEESE ORDERS  Building on after our VE Day give away ... If we can find 95 households in and around Nettlebed who could place a weekly order of a two-litre bottle of organic whole milk, we will continue to give 15 free bottles per week to those most in need.  All future milk orders must be pre-ordered by email. Don’t forget to order cheese as well!Payment via card only. An order confirmation with a payment link will be sent to you to confirm the order and you will be added to the milk round.Orders must be received by 9 am Monday for delivery Tuesday and 9 am Wednesday for delivery Thursday.To maintain social distance, deliveries will be left on the doorstep and the doorbell rung. We will do our best to alert the householder that the delivery has been made, but we can’t be held responsible for milk once it has been left.Deliveries will be made between the following...

To celebrate VE Day this Friday, and to try and help the most vulnerable in the community, Nettlebed Creamery is proud to launch its new milk float delivery service by giving away 50 two-litre bottles of organic whole milk. Please nominate a Nettlebed household which you think deserves a bottle of free milk delivered to their door this Friday by emailing milkfloat@nettlebedcreamery.com ...

Hello, everyone here at Nettlebed News Network HQ we are on a mission - we are looking to attract more email newsletter subscribers to our list in the village and we want your help, please? Currently, about 360 people are signed up to receive the village newsletter from Nettlebed News Network but we would like more as there are a lot more people in Nettlebed ... well about double what we have already signed up if you must ... the more we can speak to the better it is for getting out the news, events and information about important village issues, in the future. So if you think there is someone in the village who might be interested then please pass on this email to them and hopefully, they will subscribe too. The more the merrier - and rest assured we don't share email addresses with anyone else so you will only be hearing from us if someone...