Melbourn Parish Council

Anyone for Ice-cream? As our residents cannot visit the Ice-Cream van at the moment, our Activities Coordinator Laura organised a special Ice-Cream afternoon to bring the ice-cream to Melbourn Springs.

One resident said: “Oh, it reminds me of when I visited the pictures years and years ago – the best bit for me was always the ice-cream at the interval, but I was a bit boring really as Strawberry was always my favourite.

Everyone had a lovely afternoon and Vanilla was definitely the most popular choice – with a Flake of course” Alzheimer’s Society annual cupcake day To mark the Alzheimer’s Society annual Cupcake Day, our Activities Coordinator Laura hosted a classic baking afternoon at Melbourn Springs.

Our residents really enjoyed getting stuck in and by the end of the afternoon there was not even one cupcake left – they certainly were very tasty! “They Matter” fiddle mats donation Hilary Curtis and the “They Matter” Group from the Buntingford U3A have kindly donated a selection of bespoke handmade fiddle/activity mats for our Elstar Memory Lane Dementia Community. The mats make a huge difference to our residents’ lives alongside our empathy dolls and magic table.

Thank you so much to all at the “They Matter” group – we really do appreciate your generous gifts. A winner for Melbourn Springs Home Services Advisor, Dan Amis from Melbourn Springs has been selected out of 2,800 nominations for his dedication, passion and contribution to become the Divisional winner for Community Engagement at the National Care Awards.

As the divisional winner, Dan was also presented with a Certificate and £40 prize voucher by Home Manager, Karen Allen.

Dan has been invited to the Care Awards Finals where the overall winner will be announced on 8th October 2020. This year the ceremony will be a virtual event and the Melbourn Springs team and the home’s community friends are all keep their fingers crossed that Dan will be named the National winner.

Mayor of Royston Rob Inwood shows his support for Melbourn Springs Royston Mayor, Rob Inwood kindly visited Melbourn Springs to meet some of the care home team in the grounds.

The Mayor wanted to show his support with how the home has remained completely free of the virus over the last few months and congratulated the home for being part of a re-testing programme to ensure the home’s community of residents and staff is always kept safe. Rob was also able to meet a family who were visiting their relative during a pre-booked garden visit, and heard directly from them about how the home was the safest place to be right now.

Melbourn Springs Dan Amis of Melbourn Springs National Care Award Winner Prize Presentation by General Manager Karen Allen

Millenium Copse The Millenium copse is an area of open space behind Melbourn Sports Pavilion and is there for residents to plant trees in dedication.

If you are interested in having a tree planted, please contact the Parish Office on parishclerk@melbournpc. co.uk or (01763) 263303 The old Recreation ground Residents may have notice surveying activity taking place on the Old Recreation ground. This is preparatory work connected to the forthcoming science park expansion. Sewage pipes will be laid in trenches and connected to the pumping station situated on the old rec, and then the area will be made good so sport can resume. There will be no other development and the land has not been disposed of. Words from The Parish Chair When we started the last financial year in April 2019, no one would have contemplated the social and economic effects that we have seen around the country. Melbourn Parish Council had to adapt to the prevailing circumstances quickly. Our staff have all pulled together to ensure that we have continued to support the village as best we can. Our office-based staff and our wardens have ensured that as near as possible we have been able to maintain business as usual. Fortunately, we have got in place robust operating processes and procedures and we have largely been weathering the situation well.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our employees for ensuring the continued smooth running of the Parish Office and business under extremely difficult circumstances.

I would also like to thank all of our contractors who throughout have continued to support the village and ensure that the village has remained tidy and clean.

I am happy to report that we have remained on track