n MANGOTSFIELD RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION Recognising our quiet helpers

IT’S always nice to recognise someone who quietly goes above and beyond to help out in the community.

In July the Staple Hill Partnership and Mangotsfield Residents Association presented Mavis Maybee with an award to recognise her outstanding community service, keeping the borders at the war memorial looking beautiful.

We’ve had a couple of incidents of petty vandalism recently: a bench at the war memorial, a bus shelter and newly-planted trees have been damaged. There have also been a few incidents of antisocial behaviour, one quite serious.

We urge people to report all such incidents to the police via 101, or 999 if it’s an emergency.

I know some of you may well be thinking “what’s the point, as nothing gets done?” but if enough people report things action will be taken, even if it’s not as quickly as we’d like.

Saturday July 29 is our next HAM (Hour A Month) where we get together and spend an hour doing something useful and hopefully noticeable.

There are quite a few things to do, including painting the window bars and door on the Dame School and tending to our planters, some of which are looking a bit sorry for themselves.

Dame School gardening is always on the list, and we thought we might clean up various road signs that look a bit grubby. If you’d like to join us, please get in touch.

Our next Red Lion coffee morning will be on August 2, at 10am.

All are welcome - the more the merrier - and if you are wondering whether to come along then perhaps it would help to know that the cakes are awesome?

We will be holding our AGM in September, on a date to be advised, when we’ll plan events for the next year.

If you want to get involved, please get in touch by email at MangotsfieldRA@gmail.com, via the ever popular Mangotsfield Matters Facebook page or by calling our chair, Clive Heath, on 07507 168700 or me on 07918 701881.