Minutes - 17th September
Minutes for St. Andrews Management Committee
Wednesday 17th September 2025 at 7pm
Present: David C, Angela, Ray, Doreen, Debbie, Mo, Dave H, Frances
Apologies: Jane, Richard
Approval of previous minutes: Approved
Treasurer’ Report Balance on the account is £2310
Outgoing costs for this period include £67 for the purchase of Pimm’s, fresh fruit and glasses for the recent Pétanque event. Donations from this event brought in a further £20.
The Produce sale held in the hall on 12th September raised £99.20
Past Events
Thank you to everyone who attended the Pétanque & Pimm’s on the Green event. The weather was in our favour on the day and after six hours of talking, playing pétanque and drinking Pimm’s, the winners of the competition were Ann & Richard Burbidge.
The committee have agreed that due to the events success, this will again be held next year.
Upcoming Items
Halloween Quiz Night with Fish & Chip supper
31st October – Friday 7pm
Due to past successes with the quiz evenings, this year’s event will be Halloween based. As before, the first period will start at 7pm, fish & chip supper follows at approximately 8pm and the second period will continue at 8.30. There will be a free glass of wine (or soft drink) for everyone but please bring your own drink and nibbles to last the evening. There will be a raffle as well as a prize for the quiz winners. £10 per person to be booked via Debra McMillan on 07716 965856. Frances to ask Jeni if she can again provide the flyers for distribution throughout the village.
Location: The Parish Hall. Action: All
Other Items for discussion
Parish Hall Kitchen Update
Frances had raised concerns over the quality of some kitchen furniture ie. Cupboard doors, drawers etc. Having received some feedback, this item is ongoing as the amount of work necessary to bring the kitchen area up to standard is proving to be a little more costly than anticipated. Frances will continue to make inroads with the Trustees and/or donations. Action: Frances
Race Night
Date still to be decided. It is believed the necessary hardware is now available for this event and a date will be arranged for early Spring time. Action: All
Gin Tasting Night
Date still to be decided and this item will be discussed by the committee at a later session. However, a tentative date has been pencilled in for “World Gin Day” on 13th June 2026 but this remains subject to change. Action: All
Any Other Business
Phone Box
It remains unclear as to the future of the phone box located next to the Village Stocks. Although some work has been undertaken by BT, from an ownership and ongoing usage perspective, the committee would like to know who is currently responsible for taking this forward. The Parish Council Management Committee will be approached at its next meeting on Monday 22nd September for their input. Action: Dave H
Parish Hall Storage Shed
The shed located behind the hall is in poor repair and requires looking at in order to protect its contents. This will be carried out as soon as possible. Action: Dave H & David C
Garden and Path tidy-up
It was brought to our attention that the garden and path in front of the hall was currently in need of a little TLC. Offers were received to carry out the following but if anyone else would like to take part for an hour or so to help out, please feel free to do so. Works include: mow the lawn, trim the borders, remove all decaying foliage from along the fenceline, weed the path etc. Action: All
Macmillan Coffee morning
11th October – Saturday 10.00 to 12.00. There will be a coffee morning held in the village hall where all funds received are on behalf of Macmillan Cancer Support. On the day, if anyone would like to donate a cake, a bottle of wine or anything that can be raffled in aid of this worthy cause then please bring it along where it would be very much appreciated.
With no other business to be discussed, the meeting was brought to a close at 20:10
Date of Next Meeting
The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 19th November at 7pm.