Posted in Project Parwich on Tuesday July 28, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Have laughs galore with the second version of Parwich’s own Rag Mag.
It’s available now and there are a few copies left – contact Paul on 488.
It costs £2.50 and donations from sales will go to various Parwich Projects / Groups, such as the pre-school.
Posted in Memorial hall, News, People, Photography, Project Parwich on Sunday March 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Our thanks to the Ashbourne News Telegraph, for making these photos available to us on PARWICH.ORG.
Please click here to read the full text of their article.
The Horns, Ashbourne. Cheque presented by Jo-anne Jewett and Lorna Etches to Mike Gerard-Pearse, chairman of Parwich Memorial Hall Management committee. Reproduced by kind permission of the Ashbourne News Telegraph. Please click image to enlarge.
Posted in Project Parwich on Wednesday December 24, 2008| 1 Comment »
MERRY CREDIT-CRUNCH-MAS!
FRUGALLY FESTIVE FELICITATIONS
TO ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN PARWICH,
FROM KEVIN AND MIKE
Posted in Project Parwich on Sunday December 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Time is running out to get your own Seasonal Greetings Card posted at PARWICH.ORG, so click on the photo to find out more
Posted in Project Parwich on Saturday December 20, 2008| 1 Comment »
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Posted in Project Parwich on Saturday December 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in About this site, Project Parwich on Friday December 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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Posted in About this site, Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Friday November 28, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Do you have any ideas? Can you help?
The PARWICH.ORG team are looking to make use of the potential of our websites to encourage sponsorship of the new Memorial Hall and use the sites to generate some cash for the redevelopment.
We have dabbled our toes with such as the commission on the Y-Not Festival ticket sales, Christmas Cards and on-line donations. We have lots of ideas, but are inexperienced in what will work best. Also we feel it is important that any advertising does not interfere with using the site or put off our users.
On-line fund raising means we can access a much larger pool of potential donors.
We would be pleased to hear from anyone who can support us through information, advice, ideas or contacts. Speak to Emma S, Jane B, Mike A or Peter T or email parwich@hotmail.co.uk.
Posted in Project Parwich on Saturday October 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The Snail Trail Garden Gate sale due to happen today has had to be postponed to the Spring.
Our sincere apologies to those who have come along to Parwich expecting it to be on.
Posted in 2008, Memorial hall, News, Posts of Note, Project Parwich on Friday October 17, 2008| 4 Comments »
This afternoon’s meeting with Justine Ball, our grants officer for the Big Lottery Fund, was very positive. She met with several of the Project Team: Mike Gerard-Pearse, Brian Beasley, Val Stevenson, Nick Stevenson and Peter Trewhitt. First she looked round the Memorial Hall and the site, and then we moved to the School to access their internet and projection facilities.
We discussed the consultation process, the additional future uses of the Hall that have been identified (e.g. after-school activities and adult education classes) and our strategies to obtain matched funding / in kind donations. Some additional detail was required and several of our outcome measures need rewording to fit into their format, but overall Justine was very complimentary of high standard and thoroughness of our application. (more…)
Posted in Project Parwich on Friday October 17, 2008| Leave a Comment »
We are really sorry to announce that the Snail Trail is being postponed, there are just not enough venues because of the clash with the half term holidays. However, it will definitely go ahead in spring so hang onto all those items and sell them in the Spring.
Posted in Project Parwich on Sunday October 12, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Don’t forget that in exchange for a donation (you decide how much) to Project Parwich we will create a personalised greeting card to be displayed here on the Blog. We will seek to create the appropriate image for any event. All you have to do is email the event and the name of the intended recipient to parwich@hotmail.co.uk (along with some idea of what sort of image you want using).
Here are some examples:
Posted in 2008, Events, Posts of Note, Project Parwich on Sunday October 12, 2008| 10 Comments »
Thank you to all who gave so generously at the Swiss Raclette Evening held on Saturday night. Thirty people attended the Project Parwich fundraiser for the new village hall. The evening raised close to £300. Exact figures will be calculated when Sue and Mike are awake enough to work the calculator!
Thanks to John F-S for the photos.
p.s. Somebody left an umbrella. Just call round for it if it’s yours!
Posted in Classified adverts, Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Saturday October 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Garden Gate Sale now postponed to Spring 2009
due to too may stall holders being away for the half-term break
Posted in Events, Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Friday October 3, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The new date for the fund raising Snail Trail is Saturday 25th October. If you have not already booked in your stall please contact Barbara on 279 as soon as possible. Also can you help publicise this event by printing out posters and taking them out and about with you?
If you can help, click on the poster below to access it as a pdf that can be easily printed out on A4, then select the print icon in the tool bar. Please put the poster up anywhere you visit in the surrounding area where people might be interested (e.g. work places, colleges, shops, garden centres). The more people that know about it the more successful the event will be.
Posted in Classified adverts, Gardens, Project Parwich on Tuesday September 30, 2008| 1 Comment »
Posted in Events, Project Parwich on Wednesday September 24, 2008| 4 Comments »
Well, postponing the previous date because of bad weather was certainly prescient, as we had the worst rain on record and a lot of people were too busy clearing up to have much time for any buying or selling. However a new date is now planned:
Parwich Snail Trail Garden Gate Sale
This will hopefully go ahead on Saturday 25th October
So please keep everything you were going to sell and
pray for a good day!
More details to follow.
Posted in Events, Project Parwich on Sunday September 14, 2008| 2 Comments »
Tickets are now available for a Raclette Evening to be held on the evening of Saturday 11th October in aid of Project Parwich.
The evening kicks off at 7.30pm at Rookery House. Tickets cost £10 for a light raclette supper and the first glass of something enjoyable. Additional drinks will be on sale too!
Please contact Mike and Sue on 334 for tickets.
(more…)
Posted in Classified adverts, Events, Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Friday September 5, 2008| 1 Comment »
Unfortunately because of the weather forecast we are postponing this event, a new date will be arranged. Thank you for all the effort that has gone into this & all your support. Really, really sorry.
Posted in Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Thursday September 4, 2008| 1 Comment »
Ruby Hickmott who has been doing this job incredibly well, is having to resign due to pressure of work. She has made a great effort to get this off the ground so far and has set a good pattern for someone to follow.
Just to remind you, Project Parwich is the umbrella name for all the events that are being organised to raise money towards the rebuilding of our new Memorial Hall. It is even more important now that we have Planning Permission and the final Lottery Bid has been submitted. Lots of great people have organised things so far – things that we can enjoy while we raise money. Briefly the job consists of;-
If you feel that you might be interested then phone Patti Beasley on 390206 to chat.
Meanwhile, if you have already said you are going to organise something can you please contact Patti until someone takes on the co-ordinators role?
Posted in Classified adverts, Project Parwich on Tuesday September 2, 2008| 2 Comments »
Does anyone have a free standing clothes rail that I can use for the snail trail on Saturday?
Cheers!
Debbie W
tel. 568
Posted in Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Tuesday September 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »
The above is a step nearer to happening. As you know we have already received a Stage I grant to help us finalise the plans and gain planning permission. Now after a lot of hard work the Project Group have completed the final Stage II form for our Big Lottery Fund grant application, and Mike G-P took it in person to their Offices in Birmingham this morning.
Well done all who have got us to this stage! Now we wait and keep our fingers crossed.
Also everyone, don’t forget about the fund raising Parwich Snail Trail on Saturday. You can also make donations to the project on-line by clicking in the PROJECT PARWICH box in the right hand column.
Posted in Classified adverts, Events, Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Tuesday August 26, 2008| 1 Comment »
It’s not too late to join the Snail Trail Sale– so far Barbara has 19 people who could be making a small fortune at their garden gate selling all those things too valuable to throw away but too much effort to do anything else about. You can sell anything from antiques, unwanted furniture, Aunty’s Christmas presents for the last twenty years to books, jewellery and toys. Everything will be organised for you – all you have to do is put a table or gazebo up and fill it with your unwanted items. Stall fees will be going to the new Memorial Hall and you can also donate some of your profits if you wish. Contact Barbara Lowe on 390279.
Posted in Out & About, Photography, Project Parwich on Monday July 28, 2008| 11 Comments »
Our mystery photographer took these shots yesterday afternoon, while walking from Parwich to… where, exactly?
If you can name the mystery destination, then our mystery photographer will make a donation to Project Parwich.
But be warned: for every day that the mystery remains unsolved, the size of the donation will decrease by £1.
The twenty shots below are arranged in the same sequence as the walk. Because of lighting conditions, some of them are taken looking backwards rather than forwards. Click on each image to enlarge it, and click on “Continue Reading” (at the foot of this post) to see all twenty images.
When the mystery has been solved, we will publish a photo of the mystery walkers at their final destination.
Please feel free to discuss the clues in the comments box!
Posted in Events, Project Parwich on Saturday July 19, 2008| 2 Comments »
Ever heard the sound of cow bells in Parwich?
We haven’t either…….but this may change on the evening of Saturday 11th October when there will be a Swiss Raclette Evening in aid of Project Parwich at Rookery House. Please make a note in your diary if this appeals.
Posted in About this site, Memorial hall, Project Parwich on Monday July 14, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Before today, the only way to donate to Project Parwich was by attending an event within the village itself. For those of our readers who live elsewhere, this was obviously not always the most practical of propositions! We have therefore added a feature to this site, allowing people to make donations online.
On the right hand side of this page, just below the sponsors’ logos, you will now find a Big Button. If you click on the Big Button, you will be taken to the PayPal page for Project Parwich, from where you can make an online donation to our Memorial Hall fund.
Please note that there is currently no facility for claiming Gift Aid on your donations. We’ll be working on that in the near future.
Posted in Memorial hall, News, Planning, Project Parwich on Tuesday July 8, 2008| 4 Comments »
Ten and more year’s work by villagers is a step nearer achieving fruition with the submission of the planning application for our new Memorial Hall.
The Memorial Hall as it may become (view from the road).
In the 1990s the then managing trustees of the Memorial Hall Charity developed plans to extend the existing building on all sides, even putting storage cupboards in the narrow gap between the building and the ginnel. The ideas embodied in these plans are remarkably similar to the overall design concept of the current planning application. A significant amount of money was raised, but the Millennium Fund Lottery application was not submitted in time. (more…)
Posted in Project Parwich on Sunday July 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Rebecca for having correctly chosen my name. I raised over £100 for Project Parwich. Thank you to Eve from Colchester for drawing my name, Sarah, while she was looking round the Flower Festival this afternoon. Eve and her husband are on holiday in Parwich staying at Croft Cottage for the twelfth time.
Posted in Project Parwich on Saturday July 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Just a reminder that you too can order on-line greetings cards for your loved ones for any special event or occasion at PARWICH.ORG by emailing parwich@hotmail.co.uk and making a donation to Project Parwich.
(Mark the emails requesting ‘cards’ for the attention of Peter T.)
Posted in Classified adverts, Project Parwich on Wednesday July 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »
OK, so this is a long shot – but does anyone has a vinyl or cassette copy of the album Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently lurking in their attics? Although long since deleted (and unavailable on CD), this album not only topped the charts in early 1968, but it even knocked The Beatles’ classic Sergeant Pepper from the Number One position – proving that you should never underestimate the power of a crooner in a cardigan !
If you do own a copy, then please contact Mike Atkinson at parwich@hotmail.co.uk, as I would very much like to borrow it for a few days, in order to assist a friend’s research for a project.
As an added incentive, I will also make a donation to Project Parwich upon receipt of the album.
Posted in Project Parwich on Wednesday July 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »
This fine doll has been made by a Parwich resident to raise money for the Memorial Hall. Most of the names have gone, but a few still remain. If you want a chance to win her contact John & Marion F-S. The winning name will be announced over the weekend.
Posted in Classified adverts, Project Parwich on Wednesday July 2, 2008| 3 Comments »
Copies of this splendid compendium of wit and drollery are available from Paul Burlinson, priced at £2.50. All proceeds go to Project Parwich. Hurry while stocks last!
(For those who might not recognise the name: Paul and his wife Evie used to run The Gate at Brassington. Yes, that Paul!)
Update, Sunday July 6th: Paul writes:
Just printed off another batch of the “Parwich Rag Rag” hot off the press!
Copies available from Paul and Evie, Cottage On The Green, phone 488.
Part 2 under construction!
Posted in Project Parwich, Pub on Tuesday June 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in People, Photography, Project Parwich on Monday June 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Following three weeks of guess-work and numerous wrong answers, the identity of our mystery man has finally been revealed as…
Posted in Events, People, Project Parwich on Monday June 23, 2008| 2 Comments »
In the current (July) issue of The Derbyshire Magazine, you’ll find a decidedly glamorous photo feature on the “Beautiful Fund Raiser” evening which took place at The Horns in Ashbourne last month (raising £300 for Project Parwich in the process). Copies of the magazine are available in the Sycamore shop.
Elsewhere in the same issue, you’ll find an illustrated trailer for a feature in next month’s magazine, in which Jo-anne Jewett will be talking about her work as a top make-up artist.
Posted in Project Parwich, Wakes on Monday June 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »
This fine doll has been made by a Parwich resident to raise money for Memorial Hall. If you want a chance at winning her you must come along to the Wakes Saturday Market and guess her name.
Click here to access the full Official 2008 Wakes Programme as a pdf
Posted in Project Parwich on Sunday June 22, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Julie B for sending in this blog.
I am interested in organising either a regular Youth Club, Drama Club or a Book Club (reading/poetry) for Project Parwich.
Anybody interested in helping me, or just interested, please ring me on 688.
Posted in 2008, Arts, People, Posts of Note, Project Parwich on Friday June 20, 2008| 2 Comments »
‘Poppy Fields’ painting by Ruby Hickmott is being donated to Project Parwich. The original picture will be hung in the new Hall. If any individual/organisation would like to purchase a limited signed print (A3/A2 size) for raising funds etc these will be available upon request. You can e-mail Ruby or ring her on 323.
Posted in People, Photography, Project Parwich on Friday June 20, 2008| 4 Comments »
Well for all of us that still don’t know the identity of Who is this?, here is a further clue:
Posted in Events, Project Parwich, Pub on Monday June 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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