There will be Pancakes & Praise in Monxton & Amport Village Hall at 7.30pm on Tuesday 9 February.
This will be the 7th anniversary of our mid-week cafe-style service, which continues to be supported by people from many different churches. Everyone is very welcome.
The Amport School PTA is once again organising a Quiz Night to be held in Monxton and Amport Village Hall on Friday 18th March. Please see the attached flyer for details. Tickets can be purchased from Gemma Pearce and Rachel Dean, or alternatively by emailing the PTA (AmportSchoolPTA@gmail.com).
Last year’s quiz raised over £1,000 and we hope you will join us once more to raise funds which will go towards the refurbishment of the new teaching kitchen in school. As in previous years, please feel free to put teams of 8 together or let us know if you would like to come and we can organise teams. Raffle tickets will be available to purchase in due course with details to follow. 
Defibrillator Demonstration – Wednesday 3rd February, 7.30pm, Monxton and Amport Village Hall
Responding to requests from the community the Amport and Monxton Community Charity have used proceeds from our successful village fetes and have purchased a defibrillator which will be stored in the locked cabinet on the side of The Hawk Inn, to be used in emergencies. Where appropriate, the ambulance service will give the cabinet access code to those in the area who make an emergency call.
Every minute that passes for a patient in cardiac arrest without access to a defibrillator equates to a 10% reduction in survival time. Areas with a dedicated defibrillator programme have been shown to report survival rates of up to 74%, much higher than in areas without one.
The defibrillator is very user friendly and you don’t need training to use it. However, we have arranged for a demonstration from Steve Cartwright who is the Community Liasion & Training Officer for Public Access Defibrillators from the South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. He will show how the defibrillator machine works and when it should be used.
This demonstration will be held in the village hall on Wednesday 3rd February from 7.30pm. If you are interested in attending please let Kate know, so that we have an idea of how many chairs to put out! kate.cavalier@gmail.com
Moviola: Friday 26th February
EVEREST (12a)
Written by William Nicolson and Simon Beaufoy and directed by Baltar Karmakur, this is the story of a climbing expedition devastated by a severe snowstorm.
Since the success of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay many hundreds have attempted this climb and many have died.
In 1996 climbers from 2 expeditions start the final ascent towards the summit of Mt. Everest. A violent storm with one of the fiercest blizzards ever encountered strikes the mountain. The teams must endure the hardest conditions imaginable in an epic battle to survive.
The cast includes Jason Clark and Ang Phula Sherpa
In Monxton & Amport Village Hall
Friday 26th February at 7.30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Tickets: £6
Available from Caroline Unwin (772375), Veronica Bacon (771285), Karin Staines (712061) or Jennifer Richards (710308).
Refreshments in the interval
Dates for your diary:
Tuesday 29 March: The Lady in the Van
Friday 22 April: Steve Jobs
There is a new weekly exercise class starting this Friday 22 January at Monxton and Amport Village Hall. The class is from 1.30 – 2pm.
The programme is an aerobic danced based exercise programme aimed at introducing beginners to exercise or acting as a re-introduction for many people. The sessions initially will be running for 30 minutes and the programme currently is running from January to September 2016. The price of the sessions are £3.25.
There are many benefits of the programme:
For more information please contact Natalie Austin by email or call 07493 160027.
Monday 18th January, Village Hall, 7.30pm
Those of you who read these Neighbourhood Watch alerts will know that scams and fraud feature as frequently as burglaries and thefts.
In response to requests from a number of Monxton residents for more information about the variety of scams; telephone, email and doorstep, currently going around, a presentation by Hampshire Police has been arranged.
This will take place in Monxton and Amport Village Hall on Monday 18th January, starting at 7.30pm. and will be followed by the scheduled Monxton Parish Council meeting.
The object will be to make residents more aware of the types of scam and the approaches and tricks employed by the villains and to help you avoid becoming victims yourselves.
As well as a presentation by our Police Community Support Officer, the session will include time for questions and feedback from residents.
This should be a valuable aid to our ongoing fight against local crime. All are invited and hopefully as many of you who can will take advantage of this opportunity.
David James, Monxton Neighbourhood Watch
The next Monxton Parish Council meeting is on Monday 18th January 2016 at 8.15pm in the Village Hall.
Moviola: Wednesday 20th January
In Monxton & Amport Village Hall
Wednesday 20th January at 7.30pm
Doors open at 7pm
Tickets: £6
Available from Caroline Unwin (772375), Veronica Bacon (771285), Karin Staines (712061) or Jennifer Richards (710308).
Refreshments in the interval
Dates for your diary:
Friday 26 February: Everest
Tuesday 29 March: The Lady in the Van
Friday 22 April: Steve Jobs
There’s a new exercise class starting in Monxton & Amport Village Hall on Wednesday 6th January, called Core Stretch & Tone with Kim Holmes of Athletica Fitness. Classes are £30 for all six sessions – every Wednesday from 9.30am to 10.30am.
We have teamed up with the lovely folk at Good Energy to help raise funds for the Monxton & Amport Village Hall makeover – AND to encourage you make the switch to cleaner, greener 100% renewable electricity.
For every household and customer that swaps, then Good Energy will pay £25 to Monxton & Amport Village Hall to help fund the make-over and renovations. If you have a business that switches to Good Energy then they will pay the Village Hall up to £120 depending on the size of business.
Don’t forget that you are also then helping the environment by buying and using clean, renewable energy, which will help lower pollution, lower your carbon footprint, divest from fossil fuels and help to ensure there is no market for fracking (a very real threat in Monxton & Amport).
Switching to Good Energy couldn’t be simpler. There’s no disruption to your electricity or gas supply and you don’t need a new meter or someone to rewire your home. All Good Energy needs are a few details and five minutes of your time. You can leave the rest to them.
If you call Good Energy to switch (0800 254 0004) then please ensure you quote ‘Monxton Village Hall’ and Affiliate Code GE2331.
Clearly we’d LOVE every household and business in Monxton & Amport to be using cleaner, greener electricity – and not just because it will help to fund the Village Hall. But this affiliate scheme certainly is not limited to just local residents. In fact anyone and everyone can switch to Good Energy and if they use the links or quote ‘Monxton Village Hall’ then we will earn more money! It’s that simple! So please encourage EVERYONE you know to switch!
If you’d like to lower your bills and be more environmentally-friendly then click here for more ways you can save energy and money in your home.
Monxton & Amport Village Hall is proud to work with award-winning 100% renewable electricity Good Energy. By making the switch you can support a cleaner, greener future, help to tackle climate change and protect the beautiful environment that surrounds us.
Good Energy has been providing homes with 100% renewable electricity for over 15 years, matching their customers’ electricity use over the course of a year with power from British sunshine, wind and rain.
The renewable electricity it supplies comes from its own wind and solar farms around the UK and also from a growing community of more than 1,000 independent generators who are making electricity for themselves.
You can trust where your electricity comes from when you’re with Good Energy and you can also trust in its great customer service too.
Good Energy has been voted top of the Which? energy customer satisfaction survey for three out of the last four years, won Martin Lewis’ MoneySavingExpert polls for customer service and has consistently topped Ethical Consumer’s survey as the best green electricity supplier.
Switching is green and simple. Sign up quoting ‘Monxton Village Hall’ or Affiliate Code GE2331. Go online at http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/affiliates/monxton-village-hall or call 0800 254 0004.
Good Energy reckons the electricity you use at home accounts for around 24% of your carbon footprint – and electricity consumption accounts for around 45% of the energy carbon footprint of the average home.
To calculate the contribution domestic electricity consumption makes to your annual carbon footprint, Good Energy first looked at the national breakdown of per capita emissions. They then tallied the total of Domestic and Transport emissions and calculated the reduction that would occur if ‘Domestic Electricity’ resulted in zero carbon emissions.
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