Our CIC registered with Companies House in August 2022, having delivered Kempsey’s celebrations of the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee earlier that year, helped by Kempsey Parish Council, Malvern Hills District Council and Kempsey School’s PTFA.
Bringing our ‘Deeds not Words’ ethos up to date (since the last PACT meeting in August;)
2 September – M3 Floodtec kindly hosted a meeting where the CIC, the PTFA and Bark & Nurd discussed in outline the idea of a Summer 2026 Kempsey Live Festival. Following this a submission was made to KPC floating the idea of siting the event at Plovers Rise Playing Field on 11 July 2026.
21 September – The CIC and Lovely Jubbly Tea Stop worked with St. Mary’s Church, Trim Pets of Kerswell Green and Kempsey’s branch of the Women’s Institute to put on a Fun Dog Show on the KPC owned playing field at Plover’s Rise. Edwards Garage generously hosted the trophies for fourteen different classes. This event had to be postponed from the scorchingly hot Summer Fete held on 21 June and saw the last event to be overseen by Trim Pets’ Julia Pugh. A good day was had by all.
29 September – much success of the CIC comes from our networking, some of which extends westward to the other side of the mighty River Seven. Our relationship with Malvern’s Volunteer Manager gave us the opportunity to grab a large picnic bench which is now installed on Plover’s Rise just outside the playground. It is worth noting that the two benches already in place were bought with some surplus funds following The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
30 September – inaugural meeting for this year’s Christmas Fair to be held at St. Mary’s Church on 29 November. Again our networking yields fruit for Kempsey; sponsorship of Santa’s Grotto by our friends at Platform Housing Group plus Paul Edwards of Platform donning the Santa outfit one more time. We are seeking raffle prizes, bottles and volunteers.
8 November – Currently the biggest annual Community Event in Kempsey, the PTFA Fireworks. By kind agreement with the PTFA and KPC, the CIC’s Lovely Jubbly Pop Up Tea Stop was on hand in the Youth Centre to provide modestly priced hot drinks and baked sweets & savouries. Susan’s Team worked hard throughout the evening and the money generated will go towards the running costs of the CIC.
Our long term Oral History Project continues to make progress and develops quite organically and with great promise. We have recently had very complimentary comments from The Oral History Society and will soon be featured in the Society’s official journal and on their online blog. We have a couple of minor technicalities to resolve and will then be publicising the Project’s interactive website. All credit to our leading team members, Peter Butler and Michelle Abbey. We would love to hear from anyone who can lend images of old Kempsey for inclusion.
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: Daffodil Day 21 & 22 March 2022, all over Kempsey
