Neighbourhood News Magazine

4-5 CHRISTMAS APPEAL From FEED food bank 6-7 CHALLENGE YOURSELF THIS WINTER At Marshalswick Library 8!9 THE VICTORY FLIGHT OF THE RED KITE By Chloe Harmsworth 10 COUNCILLOR PROFILE Councillor James Lambert 11 SANDRIDGE PARISH COUNCIL New website launched 12 NOTICEBOARD ! WINTER 2023 Listing of contact points throughout the area 13 WHO DO I CONTACT Useful numbers for many issues that arise 15 BUSHIDO HOMBU DOJO The power of Martail Arts Training 16-20 EDUCATION NEWS Find out what’s going on at your local schools 21 HELP FOR LEARNING AND LIFE From ChrysalisNDT .co.uk 22 PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS 2023/24 Dates of Sandridge Parish Council meetings 23 ALL ABOUT BALLROOM Where dance dreams come true 24-25 PRACTICAL PEOPLE NEEDED! Could you o!er your skills at the ‘Repair Shop’? 27 REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT Of the St. Leonards’s Church Sandridge Lychgate 28 MARSHALSWICK COMMUNITY CENTRE Listing of regular hirers 29 JERSEY FARM COMMUNITY CENTRE Listing of regular hirers 30-31 SANDRIDGE VILLAGE HALL Listing of regular hirers 32 SPENCER HALL Listing of regular hirers 35 FRIENDS OF JERSEY LANE Update on the committee’s work 36-39 LOCAL CHURCH NEWS Find out what’s going on at your local churches 41 MEET YOUR LOCAL GROUNDSMAN Chris Newman 43 ADDRESSING LOCAL ISSUES Marshalswick North Residents’ Association 45 MESSAGE FROM ROBERT VOSS CBE CStJ Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire COPYRIGHT - Items in this publication are subject to copyright. Copying in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. Unless speci"cally stated, views expressed in Neighbourhood News are not necessarily those of the editor or of Sandridge Parish Council. While sponsored by Sandridge Parish Council, Neighbourhood News is an independent publication. The editor reserves the right to shorten, modify or reject submitted material. All advertisements, photographs and artwork supplied to Neighbourhood News are accepted in good faith (free of copyright). Neither Sandridge Parish Council nor the editor can be held responsible for goods or services advertised. Front cover image by Alastair Woodgate Circulation: Over 4,900 homes and businesses in Marshalswick, Jersey Farm and Sandridge. This is equivalent to all of the AL4 9-- postcode area. Contents WINTER 2023 Published for and on behalf of Sandridge Parish Council Published by: LOCAL PUBLISHING LTD Tel: 01727 757475 enq@localpublishing.co.uk www.localpublishing.co.uk Editor/ Advertising: STEFANIE HAYES stef@localpublishing.co.uk Address: Neighbourhood News, c/o Sandridge Parish Council, Marshalswick Community Centre, The Ridgeway, St. Albans, AL4 9TU EDITORIAL DEADLINE If you have an article you would like to be considered for the SPRING 2024 edition, please email it to the editor by Tues 13 th February 2024