…with the Holby City ambulance to raise awareness and funds for their trips with decommissioned NHS ambulances packed full of medical supplies to Ukraine. They will be here next Sunday 15th May so come along and talk to the volunteers who will be heading off soon.

So we went on a Fairtrade hunt, starting with coffee, chocolate and sugar, to see which brands have Fairtrade certification. We were delighted to find dozens of examples, including all Cadbury’s chocolate bars and bags, and many other familiar names – Terry’s, Mars, Lindor, Maynard, Whitaker and Haribo for instance. Look out for Clipper teas […]

We raised a total of £2026 with £1590 coming from the raffle and £436 from donations – including the AGM bar donations (£243.50). Congratulations to all the winners. The full list of prize winners, prizes and donors can be found here. We’d like to thank the two fabulous Ilmington pubs – The Red Lion and […]

(We dodged the dodgy weather by staging our celebration on the last day of April!) It was a real treat for Molly and Grace, whose family is renting in Ilmington this year and who were sent on the burger run. A treat too, for the post-lockdown locals, walkers and Cotswold visitors who told us how […]

Local butcher Robbie Walker is doing the honours for our May Day BBQ – and yes we know it’s only 30th April! You don’t need to book: just come along from 12 noon on Saturday for a delicious beef, chicken or veggie burger at only £5 a piece. We’ll be serving drinks and cakes too, […]