HONINGTON AND SAPISTON PARISH NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2025
PARISH COUNCIL
Following our recent meeting, Councillors were informed of bus timetable changes to accommodate local road-works. Please see the updated timetables within the bus shelters for further information. Thanks to Cllrs Patterson-Parker and Cllr Williams for updating.
Reports of increased Dog Mess around our beautiful villages have been received. Dog owners/walkers please act responsibly and clear up after your pets.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Monday 10th November 2025 at 7.00pm in the Village Hall.
VILLAGE HALL
Hi all. We are moving into the festive time here at the village hall with the Christmas Market and Santa’s Grotto on Sunday 16th. Doors open at 11.00 – 16.00. Come along and support the hall.
Christmas dinner on Saturday 29th starts Christmas proper at the hall.
We have just heard that Sequence Dance, who have been using the hall for over 30 years, have decided to stop their Monday nights at the hall which is very sad indeed. The last night will be Monday 15th December. Thank you, Peter and Jackie.
We have a few spaces for future group hall hire. If you know of someone who might be interested, please pass on hall info website www.hsvh.org.uk
Community Lunch will be on Thursday 6th this month and I will be cooking Hunters Chicken and Beef Casserole, followed by Deep Apple Pie. To book please call 01359 789195 or email me [email protected] on or before 11.00 on Monday 3rd November. Doors open 12.30 lunch 13.00. £8.00.
VILLAGE HALL CHRISTMAS MEAL
We look forward to welcoming people to our Christmas Meal. Dress code is smart. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. and meal will be served at 7 p.m. We will be having our usual chocolate and bottle draw and are grateful for any donations either to Linda Howe or left with Ian at the hall. If it is possible to put prizes in a gift bag that would be wonderful. Thanks, Linda Howe.
CHRISTMAS MARKET
Hi everyone. We need some sweet and savoury goodies to sell at the Christmas market. If anyone would like to kindly make and donate some, pop them up to the Hall on the 16th November. We would be very grateful. We also need raffle prizes! These can be given to me at Homelea, Church Road, Honington or left at the Hall. Many thanks Annette.
BLACKBOURNE TREE GROUP
We did the essentials in October, felling trees that had fallen in the wind. Normal path clearing. We were donated a hazel tree from Cel and it has gone into the line of more established trees in the field, with two other smaller oaks replacing dead ones. Our last meeting of the year will be 1st November at the sewage works, 9am. All welcome. GS
CHURCH NEWS
The Money Draw winners from last month were Nettie Mendez, Robin and Linda Howe and Giles Smith. If you would like to take part with the new subscription of £15, to start in December, please contact Marion Cusworth tel. 269492 as soon as possible. We will be holding our monthly Coffee Morning on Tuesday 4th November at 10.30am when we would love to see you. We are having a stall at the Christmas Fayre on 16th Nov. and would be very grateful for any cakes, pickles and jams for us to sell. Christine Congdon will be there to receive any donations from 10am onwards on the day. There will be the usual Remembrance Service held in Honington Church on Sunday 9th starting at 10.50am.
Dates for your diaries - Carol Singing on Honington Green starting at 6pm on Friday 19th December, with mulled wine and mince pies. Also, a Crib Service in church on Sunday 21st December. We are still hoping that someone will volunteer to be our bell ringer on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.
HONINGTON CEVCP SCHOOL
The year 6 class at Honington Primary School have been afforded the opportunity to visit the Houses of Parliament on a guided tour at the end of November. This is an excellent opportunity for the children to deepen their citizenship learning and understanding of British values. However, we are struggling to find enough funds to cover the cost of transport to and from London as coach travel has become so expensive. As a result, the class is currently trying to fundraise enough money to be able to go on the trip. They are currently doing a sponsored 46-mile run (broken up into daily miles). We have an online donation page setup at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/honington-cevcp-6 or I am happy for anybody to contact me directly at [email protected]. We are very grateful for any support the village is able to give.
Equally, if you personally know anybody who may be able to help us, I would be very grateful if you would pass this message along.
On November 11th, Year 6 would like to invite the village to a Story Morning. We have been writing stories and would love an audience to perform them to. There will be tea, coffee, and other refreshments available, so it serves like a coffee morning as well, running from 10.00 to approximately 11.30. We will be fundraising at this event for our trip to London. Year 6 are really looking forward to reading their stories to you all! Thank you. Jonathan Daniels, year 6 teacher.
CAMERA CLUB
Our October meeting was a combination of September’s and October’s tasks and what a great evening it proved to be.
An excellent selection of images covering all the tasks with some very creative image taking with wonderful back stories to many of the images.
Our next meeting on November 18th has "Shadows" and "Leading Lines" as our tasks. If you are interested then please come along to the village hall for a 7 pm start. Howard King.
FOR THE LOVE OF ART
Hope you’re all OK and planning some lovely autumn paintings! Some sad news, one of our lovely ladies is leaving us and moving to Kent next month! We all send our best wishes and will miss you, Sue!
HONINGTON & SAPISTON WEBSITES
Remember to keep looking at the village Hall website https://www.hsvh.org.uk and the Parish Council site https://www.honingtonandsapiston.com as there are new sections and lots of useful information! Including a Buy, Sell & Giveaway page and things to do Out & About …. And if there is anything you think should be on the website please do get in touch [email protected]
If you wish to receive this newsletter by email, please email [email protected].
NOVEMBER 2025
PARISH COUNCIL
Following our recent meeting, Councillors were informed of bus timetable changes to accommodate local road-works. Please see the updated timetables within the bus shelters for further information. Thanks to Cllrs Patterson-Parker and Cllr Williams for updating.
Reports of increased Dog Mess around our beautiful villages have been received. Dog owners/walkers please act responsibly and clear up after your pets.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Monday 10th November 2025 at 7.00pm in the Village Hall.
VILLAGE HALL
Hi all. We are moving into the festive time here at the village hall with the Christmas Market and Santa’s Grotto on Sunday 16th. Doors open at 11.00 – 16.00. Come along and support the hall.
Christmas dinner on Saturday 29th starts Christmas proper at the hall.
We have just heard that Sequence Dance, who have been using the hall for over 30 years, have decided to stop their Monday nights at the hall which is very sad indeed. The last night will be Monday 15th December. Thank you, Peter and Jackie.
We have a few spaces for future group hall hire. If you know of someone who might be interested, please pass on hall info website www.hsvh.org.uk
Community Lunch will be on Thursday 6th this month and I will be cooking Hunters Chicken and Beef Casserole, followed by Deep Apple Pie. To book please call 01359 789195 or email me [email protected] on or before 11.00 on Monday 3rd November. Doors open 12.30 lunch 13.00. £8.00.
VILLAGE HALL CHRISTMAS MEAL
We look forward to welcoming people to our Christmas Meal. Dress code is smart. Doors open at 6.30 p.m. and meal will be served at 7 p.m. We will be having our usual chocolate and bottle draw and are grateful for any donations either to Linda Howe or left with Ian at the hall. If it is possible to put prizes in a gift bag that would be wonderful. Thanks, Linda Howe.
CHRISTMAS MARKET
Hi everyone. We need some sweet and savoury goodies to sell at the Christmas market. If anyone would like to kindly make and donate some, pop them up to the Hall on the 16th November. We would be very grateful. We also need raffle prizes! These can be given to me at Homelea, Church Road, Honington or left at the Hall. Many thanks Annette.
BLACKBOURNE TREE GROUP
We did the essentials in October, felling trees that had fallen in the wind. Normal path clearing. We were donated a hazel tree from Cel and it has gone into the line of more established trees in the field, with two other smaller oaks replacing dead ones. Our last meeting of the year will be 1st November at the sewage works, 9am. All welcome. GS
CHURCH NEWS
The Money Draw winners from last month were Nettie Mendez, Robin and Linda Howe and Giles Smith. If you would like to take part with the new subscription of £15, to start in December, please contact Marion Cusworth tel. 269492 as soon as possible. We will be holding our monthly Coffee Morning on Tuesday 4th November at 10.30am when we would love to see you. We are having a stall at the Christmas Fayre on 16th Nov. and would be very grateful for any cakes, pickles and jams for us to sell. Christine Congdon will be there to receive any donations from 10am onwards on the day. There will be the usual Remembrance Service held in Honington Church on Sunday 9th starting at 10.50am.
Dates for your diaries - Carol Singing on Honington Green starting at 6pm on Friday 19th December, with mulled wine and mince pies. Also, a Crib Service in church on Sunday 21st December. We are still hoping that someone will volunteer to be our bell ringer on the 1st and 3rd Sunday each month.
HONINGTON CEVCP SCHOOL
The year 6 class at Honington Primary School have been afforded the opportunity to visit the Houses of Parliament on a guided tour at the end of November. This is an excellent opportunity for the children to deepen their citizenship learning and understanding of British values. However, we are struggling to find enough funds to cover the cost of transport to and from London as coach travel has become so expensive. As a result, the class is currently trying to fundraise enough money to be able to go on the trip. They are currently doing a sponsored 46-mile run (broken up into daily miles). We have an online donation page setup at https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/honington-cevcp-6 or I am happy for anybody to contact me directly at [email protected]. We are very grateful for any support the village is able to give.
Equally, if you personally know anybody who may be able to help us, I would be very grateful if you would pass this message along.
On November 11th, Year 6 would like to invite the village to a Story Morning. We have been writing stories and would love an audience to perform them to. There will be tea, coffee, and other refreshments available, so it serves like a coffee morning as well, running from 10.00 to approximately 11.30. We will be fundraising at this event for our trip to London. Year 6 are really looking forward to reading their stories to you all! Thank you. Jonathan Daniels, year 6 teacher.
CAMERA CLUB
Our October meeting was a combination of September’s and October’s tasks and what a great evening it proved to be.
An excellent selection of images covering all the tasks with some very creative image taking with wonderful back stories to many of the images.
Our next meeting on November 18th has "Shadows" and "Leading Lines" as our tasks. If you are interested then please come along to the village hall for a 7 pm start. Howard King.
FOR THE LOVE OF ART
Hope you’re all OK and planning some lovely autumn paintings! Some sad news, one of our lovely ladies is leaving us and moving to Kent next month! We all send our best wishes and will miss you, Sue!
HONINGTON & SAPISTON WEBSITES
Remember to keep looking at the village Hall website https://www.hsvh.org.uk and the Parish Council site https://www.honingtonandsapiston.com as there are new sections and lots of useful information! Including a Buy, Sell & Giveaway page and things to do Out & About …. And if there is anything you think should be on the website please do get in touch [email protected]
If you wish to receive this newsletter by email, please email [email protected].