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Cheddar Flower Show AGM is on Monday 10th February at 7:15pm, venue tba. We are planning the 40th Anniversary Show in August 2025. Afterwards some Committee members are retiring, so new members are needed.
If you enjoy entering exhibits in the Flower Show or attending it to admire green fingers and craft skills, and wish it to continue, please come along to the AGM, and meet the committee with a view to joining in, and take an active part in helping the Show to flourish in the future.

Weston Hospicecare wishes to say a VERY BIG THANK YOU to Wedmore and Axbridge Community Health Fund CIO and the Wedmore Friends of Weston Hospicecare for enabling us to purchase: 4 state of the art syringe drivers and an Avoset pump.
Many thanks to everyone for all your wonderful and ongoing support, we so appreciate everything that you do.

Volunteers needed to save toads in Winscombe, Webbington & Priddy.
This January we are training up volunteers for the local toad patrols to save toads becoming roadkill during the annual migration. The patrol is completely weather dependent but generally operates during warm, damp or rainy evenings from the end of January to the beginning of April. The toads are migrating from their winter hibernation sites to their spring breeding grounds, a perilous journey they make every year. 

Somerset Sight recently arranged a talk by Fraud Protection Officer from Avon and Somerset Police to help people to avoid scams. 30 people, all with sight impairment, attended. 
Somerset Sight will arrange further talks in the New Year, at the many social groups across the county.

Axbridge District Rotary Club latest news…

Volunteers needed to save toads in Winscombe, Webbington & Priddy

Help is needed to prevent toads being killed on our roads during the annual migration.
Organised patrols operate on suitable evenings during peak traffic time.
Training offered in January, sign up now…

Would you like to join a friendly local group of talented artists, potters, photographers, jewellers, printmakers, sculptors, makers etc. and exhibit with us at next year’s Cheddar Walking Arts Trail, in May?
See your work profiled on our website, printed leaflet and social media and meet many 100s of visitors over the 3-day weekend, with great opportunities for commissions/sales/contacts.
Closing date for joining is 31st December 2024.

Cheddar Gorge Visitor Information Centre closing for winter – After another successful season the Visitor Information Centre (VIC) will close on 4th November, reopening for February half term in 2025. The volunteer-run centre saw a significant increase on the 26,000 visitors seen in 2023 (final figures awaited). Working at the VIC is enjoyable and rewarding for anyone with reasonable local knowledge who likes meeting people from all over the world and helping them make the most of their visit to Cheddar. There is good support and hours are flexible.

Cheddar Vale Lions Club will be launching the annual TREE OF LIGHT at the beginning of November. The Tree of Light gives members of the local community the chance to sponsor a light in memory of a loved one. The project is in its twelfth year and has been well supported.
The dedication service and lighting ceremony will take place at the Bath Arms on Monday 9th December, from 4:30pm. The names of those remembered will be placed on a board beside the large outdoor Christmas Tree. A replica tree, hung with stars depicting the names of all those dedicated during the service, will be displayed in the window of Woodbury Insurance, opposite the Bath Arms.