Cropwell Bishop Village Parish Plan

'Children in Need' needs you (12-10-10)

CKOB Club has been up and running for nearly a year now. We started from nothing but now, through the help of small businesses, charities, Cropwell Bishop Parish Council and very kind individuals, we are now running a very successful club for children from 10 to 18 years old. Volunteers run the club and it is going from strength to strength.

Now it's our turn to pay back! CKOB Club wants to help Children in Need. We have arranged an evening with lots of fund-raising activities to do. Our aim is to make the children in CKOB aware of others who are not as fortunate as them. Our Club has been fortunate in the help that it has been given: now we want to demonstrate our willingness to help other less fortunate.

We plan to have a raffle at the CKOB Club on the night of 'Children in Need' day, Friday 19th November. That way we hope to make a substantial amount of money for Children in Need.

But first we need prizes. These could come from local business people or even individuals. Do you have contacts with a local business that might help—or maybe you run a business. Would you as an individual like to donate a prize? Can you help us, in any way, to get prizes? They could be anything from simple stationery to a weekend away! Everything helps.

Will you help? Please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you
Lisa

You can contact Lisa via Jacki at: cbparishclerk@aol.com

CKOB (13-9-10)

Welcome to all our new members of CKOB Club: we hope you are enjoying your time with us on a Friday evening.

Its an exciting time as we have a packed diary this year, including baking, Internet safety and the Groundhogs Dance Troupe will be back. Look at the poster below for more details.

CKOB Club is starting to be a huge success with our Year 6's and above. However, the Club is run by volunteers and, as the club gets bigger, we are desperate for more help to enable us to continue on a regular basis.

It is our policy to have the club supervised at all times but, in addition, Health & Safety regulations specify the number of volunteers that must be on site.

Would you be willing to help—even on a small basis? You will be made most welcome and your help will be appreciated by us—and the Kids.

To offer your help, or just to find our more information, email: ckobyouth@btinternet.com

Thank you

Lisa & Jo

Friday for food, fun and photos (16-7-10)

Friday night—it must be CKOB at the Old School.

Thanks to the great efforts of a small number of adults from the village, our younger members of the community can relax after a week of school and enjoy a variety of activities between 7pm and 9pm.

This evening they had the opportunity to be creative with fruits, vegetables and drinks.

Whilst a blender whirred and a chocolate machine slurped, the Key Stage 2 children were able to carve shapes into vegetables. They also had the opportunity to taste unusual fruits as well as sup a smoothie.

To follow there were computer games on the big projector screen as well as the TV monitor.

As part of a CKOB photo competition, children took photographs at the Celebration Weekend earlier this month and tonight they were on display.

Some of the photos are shown on the right and below.

The winning picture (top right) was taken by Libby. The picture in second place (right) was by Jasmine.

Runners up were Alex and Amy. They were all awarded prizes.

Also shown below are pictures of the creative food they enjoyed.

If you are an adult I am sure that your memories of Youth Clubs are not as colourful and exciting as this.

Tony Jarrow

Cropwell Young Farmers Club (25-6-10)

Cropwell Young Farmers Club has recently started up again. The youth group are in the process of a recruitment drive, attracting new members and getting existing members to come back and get involved with Young Farmers events.

Cropwell YFC was crowned club of the Year in 2007 (see photo right) when the Club won overall exhibits at Newark Show going through to the National finals in both ten pin bowling and basketball, competing against other counties across the country.

The Club hope to start the 2010/2011 year at the Village Hall in Cropwell on the 20th September 2010.

At present the Club has started meeting at for Business and Social evenings to put a strategy together to bring in new members, if you are intrigued as to what we get up or know someone that would be interested in joining please get in touch.

"You don't have to be a farmer, to be a Young Farmer!" is the National Moto and its' true; very few members are from farming backgrounds. So if you are aged between 10-30 and want something fun and interesting to do on a Monday evening, get in touch with Cropwell through the County Office on 01636 672633 or email us through our website www.nottsyfc.co.uk.

Vicky Brightmore

Support Your Local Youth Group (15-6-10)

Cropwell Bishop Youth Group (CKOB - Cool Kids Of Bishop) has entered into the Kerrygold Community Awards project.

The Kerrygold Community Awards have been set up to recognise and reward community projects in the UK, where groups of individuals have worked together to achieve something in their community.

From the beginning of June until the end of August, each of the Kerrygold tubs and packs of butter will contain a unique number. All you have to do is buy special packs of Kerrygold butter, and enter the unique number from the pack on our website.

By doing this, you'll be giving 10p to the Community Awards fund. You can then vote for your favourite community project. The more people who enter their unique number on the website, the bigger the fund, and the more money we'll give away!

Kerrygold will be sharing out the fund so the project in each region with the most votes will win an equal share of the fund (this makes 9 winners). As well as this, a judging panel will be selecting the 'judges' choice. This will be a project that hasn't won in it's region, but the judges feel stands out and is still worthy of being recognised and rewarded. In total, there will be 10 winners, who will equally share the prize fund.

Please buy a pack of Kerrygold Butter and vote for us using the unique code on the pack by visiting www.kerrygoldcommunityawards.co.uk and search for Cropwell Bishop.

Youth Website
The Parish Council is currently reconstructing its website and there will be a new Youth Section providing lots of information on activities in the village for young people.

Visit www.cropwellbishop-pc.gov.uk
(RE-LAUNCH END OF JULY)

CKOB - Dates and reminders (31-5-10)

CKOB Club: next meeting ...
Friday 4th June, 7.00 - 9.00pm
at the Old School

Come and join in at CKOB Club as we have a packed night:
• The Vale Dragons will be demonstrating Tae Kwondo, self defence in the form of martial arts.
• PCSO Heaps will be showing and talking about internet safety
• Chris our PC whiz will be talking about CKOB Clubs new, nearly ready web page. Chris will be asking all for your input on the site, as its your own page. So get your thinking caps on.

Please would anyone that hasn't brought membership forms and photograph consent forms back, please bring them back to the next meeting. If they are lost, we have some more—just ask.

Future dates coming up:

Friday 18th June - No official CKOB Club this night as its been turned into a family night to watch the World Cup and have a BBQ. See the 'Diary' page of this website for more details

Friday 2nd July - CKOB Club has changed to Saturday 3rd at the Old School.

Friday 16th July - Fruit Night, How many ways can you have fruit? Cocktails, kebabs, smoothies and much more. Also judging of the photograph competition from Celebration day on the 3rd July.

Friday 30th July - Sports night at the Memorial Hall Playing fields.

Friday 13th August - Old School Games. Come and join in the old fashioned games that used to be played.

Sunday 15th August - Bridgfest. A day out for CKOB Club. Details will follow later.

Cropwell Bishop Celebration Day
Look out for the Youth Activities day on Saturday 3rd July, 10.00am to 2.00pm. The day will include:

• Adult and children's bouncy castles

• Photograph competition

• Arts and crafts

• Segways

• Breakfast Baps and refreshments

• Youth Council Bus And much much more.....

Please note ...
Volunteers are still needed in CKOB Club. Please email back for information.
If your happy to receive these emails then thank you.
If your not happy to receive these emails I will take you off the activities list.
If you know anyone else that may be interested in receiving the Youth Activities, then please let us know.

CKOB (10-5-10)

CKOB stands for 'Cropwell Kids Of Bishop' - that is the name that our youngsters have come up with for their youth group.

On youth activity nights, as many as 35 youngsters meet to take part in activities, learn new skills, listen to guest speakers, enjoy sports, etc.

A good mix of adult volunteers contribute to these nights; Tracy Berridge, Simon Barlow, Jo Wroughton, Lisa Simpson, Clare Burton, Mel Stanley, and Peter Walters have all been involved in helping to make these nights safe and entertaining.

To find out what events are planned, click on the Youth Page and look for CKOB.

The listed events are for Year 6 (and above) but on these evenings Year 9 (and above) are invited to meet in the upstair's room at the Old School. Come along with your friends to chat, chill, play games and listen to your music.

It costs just £1 for members to enjoy a CKOB evening. Non-members pay £1.50. Membership forms are available on the night.

All events are supervised at all times. For more information please contact Jackie at cbparishclerk@aol.com