Thank you to everyone who joined us for the defibrillator training this weekend! Whether you could make it or not, please take a couple of minutes to watch this short YouTube video https://youtu.be/Yxo1ulTZd9A showing how to operate the parish’s two life-saving devices.

In an emergency, every second counts. Here is exactly where to find them:

1. The Playing Field: Look for the yellow cabinet on the brick electrical box. 📍 What3words: ///aquatics.bravo.strutted
2. Upper Moor: Mounted on the wooden lamp post opposite the lane leading to the Church Lane footpath. 📍 What3words: ///lifelong.info.strutting

Would also suggest downloading Mapa AED which is an app that shows your nearest AED logo attached

Applications for the Wychavon Resilience Grants are now open.  The scheme provides £500,000 total funding designed to support voluntary and community groups to become more resilient, help improve the energy efficiency of community buildings and to boost biodiversity.

 

The main Community Resilience element focuses on support for voluntary organisations and community groups to become stronger and less reliant on local authority funding in the longer term.  This includes areas such as leadership and governance, strategic, business and succession planning, financial planning and budgeting, skills development, such as project management, digital and marketing skills and Volunteer and staff management.

 

The Community Building Energy Resilience part of the fund is to support community building owners and managers to reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions.

 

The Wychavon Natural Networks element of the funding is for small grants for communities to make biodiversity improvements in their local areas and commission biodiversity audits and management advice from the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust.

 

Applications are open in three rounds with deadlines in August 2026, then February and July 2027.   For more information, please visit our website. Applications can be submitted online – Wychavon Resilience Grants – Wychavon District Council

 

Please note Parish and town councils can apply for community building energy resilience and biodiversity improvement grants but not community resilience grants.  Please pass the message on to any groups who you think may be interested.

 

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Tracy Perkins .

Engagement Officer

01386 565517

www.wychavon.gov.uk

 

Hill and Moor Parish have entered the annual Wychavon Parish Games once again and are looking for a few people to take part as follows

Rounders.   2/3 ladies events takes place on the 26th June at 9.15am

Ladies Darts. date/time tbc.  3 ladies

Skittles. 1 or 2 Men and 1 or 2 Ladies   4th September

The games are fun, and played in a semi-competative but friendly spirit

 

Anyone interested or for any more details please contact David Saunders :

email address dssalesmanagement@googlemail.com

or call David Saunders on mobile number ( 07977 499643)

For information:

• The Worcestershire County Council elections are going ahead and will take place on 1^st May this year. The Count will be done the following day at 10am at Pershore Leisure Centre (and obviously other locations around Worcs for the other Districts).

• We have 12 County divisions in Wychavon – there has been a boundary review since the last election in 2021 but the changes for our divisions are relatively minor. For more information – and to see an excellent interactive map – please see the LGBCE’s website here: Worcestershire | LGBCE

• Each division elects one candidate each on a first-past-the-post system – we’ll know the candidates standing after 4pm on Wednesday 2^nd April

Many thanks

Regards

Jon Morgan (AEA Cert.)

Electoral Services Manager

Wychavon District Council

Civic Centre

Queen Elizabeth Drive

Pershore

WR10 1PT