Hemyock

The Elections are taking place on 7th May.

Parish Councillors will be at the village market on Saturday 21st February and Saturday 21st March.

Come along and find out about becoming a parish councillor

This coming Sunday, 1st February, will see the Bishop of Exeter at the Parish Church when five people are confirmed into the Church of England.

The service, when the congregation from Culm Davy, Clayhidon and Culmstock will join Hemyock parishoners, will start at the earlier time of 10.30a.m. and will included Holy Communion.

All are welcome to join us

Below is a note from Devon County Council

Public transport review

To help meet the £50 million budget reduction required by Government spending cuts next year, we now face making savings of £1.7m from our annual public transport budget. It will be the first time that we have proposed making service reductions for four years.

Most bus services in Devon are run commercially by bus companies at no cost to the Council. However, we spend £5.376m a year to support nearly 200 public bus services, carrying around 4.5m passengers every year. These services would not run without this support.

We also manage the National Bus Pass Scheme for 175,000 pass holders in Devon. This costs us more than £9m every year. Efficiencies have already been achieved across the wider Transport Coordination Service to meet previous savings.

We need your help

Barn Dance 7th February

Click here for agenda for Longmead Management Group committee meeting on 26th January at 7pm 

 Many thanks for those that dressed their houses and business premises and made Hemyock look festive.  Click here to see results.  Winners will receive their prizes shortly.

Tonight seasonal illuminations will light up the trees and outer walls of our parish church prior to the annual carol service at 7pm which will be followed by mince pies and mulled wine.  Do come and join us.

Advance notice for  Saturday 20th December -  come and sing carols in the Square (by Pump)  at 6pm .A collection will be taken  for Sam's Legacy in memory of Sam Allen

St Mary's annual Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 6th December at the Parish Hall from 2 - 4pm

Traditional stalls, raffles, refreshments and lots of other goodies including a visit from Father Christmas will be on ofer.

The following afternoon at 4pm a Christingle service will be held at the parish church.  This is a time when families are  very especially welcome.

Hemyock School choir will be singing and oranges with a central candle representing Christ as the Light of the World will be distributed.

We look forward to seeing you

Devon County Council's 'Tough Choices - help shape your local services'  have several public consultations on-going.

Click here to link through to the Tough Choices website where you can find links to the Highway Services consultation (ends 5th December) and Budget Spending Priorities 2015/2016 consultation (ends 30th January 2015)