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2 July Morrismen Come to Austrey
Two groups of Morris dancers performed outside the Bird in Hand watched by an enthusiastic crowd. The men, in their full regalia, were the Dolphin Morrismen from Northampton & and the Packington Morrismen from Ashby. Thank you lads, come back again soon
June 2010 Hanging Baskets Awards
1st Prize - Pat Chapman
2nd Prize - Joy Davis
3rd Prize - Chris Moss		  
19 June School Summer Fair

This year's Summer Fair, organised by FACES, raised  £1,052.61. Thank you to everyone for supporting the event by donating items for the stalls, buying raffle tickets, manning stalls and coming along on the day.

  
June 10 Austrey Village News - Click on button to view our latest edition June 10
May 10 American Evening in the Village Hall
 Well done to the Committee for another successful event, in which a total of £504 was raised towards new windows for the Hall.  Full report on Village Hall page.		  
April 2010 WI Panto Fund Raising Success
The WI are pleased to report  that they raised nearly £500 for Rainbow's Children's Hospice, Austrey Village Hall Fund and Warwickshire Air Ambulance from the raffles held over the 4 production nights of the panto.  Our thanks must go to all WI members involved in the Pantomime, not all on stage, but front of house, serving food, preparing food, organising the bar, serving tea etc.  All desserts are made and donated by WI members.  Well done ladies for another superb event.   For more information on this year's panto, please go to WI and click on the link.		  
April 2010 New Community Walks
 Blessed with sunshine a dozen villagers turned out for the first community walk led by Stephanie from NWBC.  Following registration and a photo call the intrepid group set off for the Bishops.   This was only an introductory walk which took around 30 minutes.  Discussion were held on where to go next.  It was also thought that some future walks may include a pub en route.  If anyone has ideas for a local walk please contact Beryl Grix.
March Austrey Village News - Click on button to view our latest edition March 10
Mar 2010 New  Community Walks
 Starting on 16 April at 10am from the Baptist Church Hall for a trial of 12 weeks we are inviting you to get out those walking shoes/boots and come and join us for a walk.  It will last between 30 minutes and a hour and a half and a cup of coffee or tea and a biscuit or two will be available at the end. 		 
Dec 09 Christmas Victorian Evening with Gemma
Gemma sang a variety of Christmas songs with some audience participation.  The evening was merry as the mulled wine flowed and Christmas cheer filled the room. Well done to the committee for another excellent event which raised £374 towards the Village Hall fund. 
Dec 09 Austrey Village News - Click on the button to view our latest edition December 09
1 Dec 2009 Village Hall Trust
A very big thank you to all the many volunteers who are making such a magnificent job of the renovations and thanks to everyone who has supported the fund raising during the year. £3,500 from villagers fund raising and donations in addition to £15,000 from various grants.  See Village Hall page for more information.		  
13 Nov 2009 Gardening Society Quiz Night
This popular annual event was again a success with 13 teams taking part.  The top 3 teams were: 1st No Hopers, 2nd North Warwicks on Tour and 3rd The Flavell Flyers.  Thank you to all those who helped prepare the food and set up the room.  		 
7 Nov 2009 ACG Village Bonfire
Another successful bonfire with £3000 being raised for a new mower.  Thanks to all those who helped out both before and during the event.
30 Oct 2009 £747.86 raised for The County Air Ambulance
as a result of the Fabric sale which was held in the Village Hall. Thanks to Janet Morrison and all who helped and support this event		  
24 Oct 2009 WI Big Clean Up
On Saturday afternoon a group of Ladies from Austrey WI spent time collecting litter from the lanes around Austrey.  This was a National WI event.  The Ladies, using equipment supplied by the Borough Council, collected 19 bags of rubbish.  Thanks to Yvonne Davies who supplied us with bacon rolls and also Sam Goldney-Neate for her assistance during the afternoon.		  
25 Sept 2009 Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support - Thank you to all who supported this event,  over £300 has been raised.  
8 Sept
2009		 Austrey receives another award
On Tuesday evening 8th September, members of the Parish Council and other villagers went to Newton Regis Village Hall to receive the Calor Village of the Year 2008 award for the Central Regions best village in the 'Communications' category. The certificate was accepted by Sandra Duggan on behalf of the Parish Council. A cheque for £500.00 had already been received by the PC.
Sandra Duggan & Barry Truman gave a presentation on the work and background involved for our entry in the competition.
This years winner of the Warwickshire Calor Village of the Year competition was Long Compton.
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14 July 2009

Austrey is the Best Village in Warwickshire.
At a presentation in the Shire Hall Warwick, Austrey won three awards confirming our place as the best village in Warwickshire. Mac Collins, the Parish Council Chairman, was presented with the awards for "Best Communications", and "Business in the Community". These two wins guaranteed our place as the Overall Winner of the Best Village. Mac also received from the chairman of the Warwickshire Council, a large Rose Bowl trophy plus a further framed certificate plus a cheque for £400.00. The Rose Bowl and certificate will be on view in the Village Shop for all to enjoy. We are also to receive the Warwickshire emblem the "Bear & Ragged Staff". This will be placed in a prominent position in the Village.
Austrey beat forty other Warwickshire villages for the prize.
                               WELL DONE AUSTREY

  

 
 
11/12 July 2009

 

  Open Gardens this year was held on the weekend of 11th & 12th of July. Saturday was overcast and dull with a few showers which seemed to keep the visitors away. Sunday, however was much better, with over 200 people enjoying the gardens on view. Sixteen gardens were open this year and the comments from the visitors was very encouraging. Refreshments were served in several gardens with Pimms, BBQ, strawberries & cream and a chocolate fountain on offer. Total figure for the money collected is just under £2000.00. Well done everybody. Special thanks to ACG for donating the BBQ food.

Please click on the link below to see more photos of Austrey's Gardens.

      

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7 July 2009 Hanging Basket Competition.
The best hanging basket awards this year were presented to:-

First Prize          Pat Chapman
Second Prize       Mr & Mrs Rouse
Third Prize         Mac & Sue Collins
Highly Commended certificates were awarded to Barbara Tomkins  and Frances Jones.

Prize money for the winners is donated by the Parish Council.

  
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24 April 2009 Calor Competition Result
We tried our very best but on the day we were beaten for the title of Calor Regional Village of the Year. The competition was very competitive, but the overall winner is  Hathersage in Derbyshire. However we still have a chance of winning one of the five regional categories that we entered. These will be announced later in the year. Our presentation in the Village Hall was stunning, with all the societies and clubs putting on a remarkable display. Many thanks to all who made this event a success. Special thanks to the Calor Competition organisers for all their hard work in the planning.

  

 
3 April 2009 A big day for Austrey in the Calor Competition
Judges and representatives of Calor came to see and discuss the village over a 2 hour period.   All residents should be proud of the displays and presentations held in the village hall by village organisations.  In addition the Judges visited our village shop, school and playing field/allotments finishing back at the hall for a scene from the Vicar of Wobbly Bottom followed by a question and answer session.   The standard of displays and mini presentations were excellent.  It would be hard to imagine them forgetting Austrey in a hurry!		  
28 March 2009 Chuckles from a packed Village Hall! 
The arrival of the Vicar of Wobbly Bottom meant another success for the WI.  "Excellent", "the best yet" were some of the comments from the audience.  There was the usual banter between the audience and actresses all the way through which the photos are unable to catch.  See WI for photos and more information.
13 March 2009 Austrey School Children and Staff raised £105 for Comic Relief by wearing their pyjamas and red hair- well done to all those who took part.
February 2009 The Borough Council needs your views
There is currently a 6 week consultation programme giving local residents and groups the opportunity to:
Help shape a new Sustainable Community Strategy for the Borough.

Highlight key issues and services in their local area that makes it a good place to live and point out what most needs improving to make it even better.

The web page also gives details of other consultation events planned around the borough to give people the opportunity to have their say.

The 'link' below will take you straight to the live consultation page on North Warwickshire Borough Council's website.

www.northwarks.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents info.php?documentID=799		  
November 2008

More Awards for Austrey
Austrey has won even more awards following our win as the 'Best Village in Warwickshire'. We have now won the award for both Environment and for Communications.  There were accompanied by a cheque for £150 which is going toward the shingle roof for the bus shelter. 

Parish Council Chairman, Mac Collins, receiving the prize from the Warwickshire Rural Community Council
     
October 2008 The Village Hall now belongs to Austrey!
The ownership of the village hall has now been transferred to the Austrey Old School Hall Trust. More information can be found on the Village Hall pages.
It’s taken forty years or more, but October 10th 2008 finally became the date on which the transfer of the ownership of the Old School Hall in Austrey was passed from the Diocese of Birmingham to the village. 		  

 

 

 
September 2008 Austrey is the Best Village in Warwickshire - it's official!
Not one, not two - but three awards were won by Austrey in this year’s Calor Village of the Year competition. Austrey is the first North Warwickshire village ever to win the award and congratulations have been coming in from across the county.
The competition, unlike the Best-kept Village competition, was based on community activities and focuses more on what the village is like as a community, rather than how the village looks.
Austrey was singled out for three awards – coming first in the Medium-sized village category, first in the Environment section and finally being awarded the prestigious title of 2008 Village of the Year for the whole of Warwickshire.  
The judges made special mention of the action this year by the Austrey Community Group in setting up allotments at the

playing fields, all of which have been taken up by residents.
Austrey now goes through to the regional competition with another four categories to compete for and a judges’ visit to prepare for.