Thank you very much indeed for your very generous contributions for the shoe box appeal and to those who have made up a box. It’s so lovely to be part of a collective effort which enables St Mary’s to help to bring joy into the homes of under privileged children at Christmas.
You can continue to donate anything off the list at any time: pencils, pens, colouring books, crayons, notebooks, drawing pads, toothbrushes, toothpaste, hats, scarves, gloves, small cuddly toys/other small toys, games, puzzles, small balls, soap and sweets dated January 2024 or later.
Suggested items for the next 4 weeks are:
8/10 Â Games, puzzles, any small toys
15/10 Small balls, any small toys
22/10 Soap
29/10 Sweets (dated January 2024 or later)
Thanks to wonderful support from a family on Hall Road, we have lots of Christmas paper, but we still need shoe boxes if you have any you can donate.
Please place items and shoe boxes in the red box at the front of church, or I can arrange collection.
Thank you once again for a tremendous effort so far.
Deadline, Sunday 29 October.
Concessionary Bus Passes – are you eligible?
Brewers 10k Fun Run
Advanced notice of this year’s Brewers 10k fun run can be found in the following document along with temporary road closures.
Reporting problems around the village
Do you know who to contact if you spot an issue? We all have the responsibility to notify someone if we see something that needs repairing or could be dangerous but finding the right contact can be a challenge and make a huge difference to the speed of the issue being addressed.
As a general rule:
Contact the County Council at www.staffordshire.gov.uk to report any issues with highways (e.g. potholes), pavements or flood prevention.
East Staffordshire Borough Council has responsibility for planning matters, refuse collection and some recreational facilities such as Brook Hollows. They can be contacted on www.eaststaffsbc.gov.uk
The Parish Council maintains our play parks, open spaces, footpaths and more local amenities such as the planters on Burnside and benches around the village. They can be contacted on rollestonondovepc@outlook.com
All Councils have many more responsibilities and a full list can be found at https://rollestonondovepc.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Responsibilities-Leaflet.pdf
Remember – in an emergency always contact the emergency services by dialling 999. Â
If you spot it – report it. Together we can make a difference
Rollestonian of The Year!
Congratulations to Graham Jacks, Rollestonian of The year 2022. Graham collected his award at last night’s Parish Council meeting from the Chair, Clare Stewart.
Autumn Parish Council clean up morning at Meadow View play area and Craythorne Woods
Burton Model Railex 2023 exhibition at Rolleston Scout Headquarters
St Mary’s Church – Shoe Box Appeal for Christmas 2024
We hope that you will be able to make a contribution to this year’s Shoe Box Appeal. It would be lovely for St Mary’s to play a part in bringing joy into the lives of under privileged children overseas at Christmas.
You may find it easier to bring items to church and place them in the box provided. We will then make up the boxes in time for the deadline.
You can bring anything from the list below and put them in the box at any time, but the suggested dates and items may help you to plan regular donations , if you wish to do this.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPARE SHOE BOXES AT HOME, OR LEFTOVER CHRISTMAS WRAPPING PAPER WHICH WE CAN USE, PLEASE BRING THESE AND PLACE THEM IN THE BOX.
Even the smallest donation will help.
If you would like to fill your own shoe box, the deadline is Sunday 29 October.
If you have any questions, would like to fill your own shoe box or to help out with the assembly of the boxes, please contact Vivien Sharples on 07772447727.
Sunday 27 August Pencils, pens
Sunday 3 September Colouring books, crayons
Sunday 10 September. Notebooks, drawing pads and/or any of the above items
Sunday 17 September Toothbrushes, toothpaste
Sunday 24 September Hats, scarves, gloves
Sunday 1 October Small cuddly toys, any small toys
Sunday 8 October Games, puzzles, any small toys
Sunday 15 October. Small balls, tennis balls, any small toys
Sunday 22 October Soap
Sunday 29 October Sweets (dated after Christmas)
New footpath bridge at end of Forest School Street play area onto Craythorne playing field installed
We are pleased to announce that the new bridge at the end of the footpath from the Forest School Street play area onto Craythorne playing field has been installed by our Contractor. This much stronger and robust bridge replaces the rather old original one.
The next task will be to level up the surface from the end of the footpath bridge onto the playing field and to extend the path to join up with the footpath from Craythorne Woods,
Additional drainage will also be put in place in the playing field area near this bridge, which currently becomes extremely muddy and waterlogged whenever it rains heavily!
New kissing gate from Craythorne Car park onto the playing field has been installed
We are pleased to announce that the new kissing gate from Craythorne car park onto the playing field to replace the old stile has now been installed by our Contractor.
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