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Do you fancy whiling away some long summer evenings playing rounders on the community land? A small but growing group of locals do. And you never know – if we have enough people, we may one day challenge another village! First things first though – if anybody has any spare equipment eg balls, bats and bases, or wants more information, please get in touch. Littlehempston Lottery is funding equipment to get us going.

A first swing of the bat will take place on Wednesday 1st May at 7pm. All are very welcome, so whatever your age and ability (children and Zimmer frames welcome) just turn up and give it a go. The pitch is rough, so no high heels, please!

The formal notice of the European Parliament Election has now been published. You can read it by clicking on this link to the Notice of European Parliament Election. If the election is contested, the poll will take place on Thursday 23rd May. The notice explains that nominations to stand in the election must be received by the 24th April, and applications to register to vote must be received by 7th May. The notice also sets out details about postal and proxy voting.

Littlehempston Youth Club is celebrating a year of twice-monthly Friday evening sessions, in its current incarnation – led by Asher Levin, with the incredible support of Val Hoare.  Asher says “Val has been both a rock for the management of the youth club and brings a wonderful, youthful, energising input that contributes immensely.  Thank you, Val, and Ali for dealing with finance and admin behind the scenes.  Another much appreciated contribution is from Anna, a teenager whose voluntary work is contributing to her Duke of Edinburgh award. She has not only helped with activities and refreshments, but also provided feedback and suggestions and a mature influence.”

Asher is proud that the youth club uses no electrical gadgets for the activities, and all phones are off throughout the evening. The focus is on active games and challenges (the photo captures a moment in a very active game – they’re not asleep!), group co-operation, action songs, acrobatics and circus skills, and all enjoyed an arts and crafts session before Easter – blowing (“blowing up” in some cases) eggs for painting and making pop-up chick beak cards. It was a really enjoyable, satisfyingly messy and creative session!

In the summer term, we will be outside in the community field, weather permitting.  And we continue to have use of the community church space when shelter is required.  We meet again on Friday 10th May, then fortnightly after that (see Events page for details). The youth club is for 7 to 11 year olds and there are still a few places for new members. Please get in touch for more information.

Many thanks to Asher for this item and also for all his hard work in providing such amazing activities and making the Youth Club such a success.