Over Village News is proud to be supported by a number of local businesses who help make it possible for our volunteer-led organisation to continue to serve our village. Over the coming weeks, we’re excited to feature these local businesses in our ‘Business Spotlight’, to share a little more about their work and their place in our community. For the full list of local businesses supporting Over Village news, click here. Introducing local business: Visual Creations Limited Visual Creations is a small local firm, offering a complete design solution to realise a client’s dream for their home. They create bespoke solutions to improve the quality of living space, through architectural…

December 2024 meeting.  Around 30 members attended the AGM.  After the formal AGM proceedings three Swavesey residents gave short presentations, each relating to the late John Shepperson, History Society’s president, who died aged 93, on 27 September 2024. Selwyn Richardson reported that John was born on 22 July 1931 in  the farmhouse at Boxworth End Farm.  He  was the youngest of four children, and with the three others being girls his parents were absolutely delighted and enormously relieved to have a boy at last.  In February 1960 he married Ann Woodward.  Ann, John’s wife, died 6 years ago, in early 2019.  John spent just about his whole working life as…

You might have noticed something different this week: the Over Village News weekly round-up email newsletter is now scheduled to reach your inbox on Friday evenings. We hope this change will mean that details of local events reach you ahead of planning your weekend, as well as providing the chance to catch up on local news at leisure. Thank you for your support this year – we hope you continue to find the Over Village News a valuable service to our community, and as always, we appreciate any feedback – you can reach us at submit@overvillage.co.uk. Wishing you all a lovely Christmas and New Year ahead!

December 2024 SCDC contacts hundreds of South Cambs residents who could be claiming Pension Credit    As mentioned in last month’s report, recent government changes have restricted access to the Winter Fuel Payment with only pensioners who receive a means-tested benefit, such as Pension Credit, now able to receive it. It is estimated that as many as 880,000 eligible households in the UK are currently not claiming the benefit. As part of its continued cost-of-living support for residents, SCDC is using innovative software to better target its support and advice to residents, using data that they have already provided. Using this software, the council has now contacted nearly 300 households who…

Our club restarts after the Xmas break on Thursday 9th January 2025 7pm – 9pm. We are always keen to encourage new members to join and pride ourselves on being a very friendly, welcoming club with activities to suit all abilities. We will have some great guest speakers at some of our meetings covering a variety of subjects eg. Travel, wildlife, architecture, landscape, and creative photography. We also have internal and external competitions. There will also be members nights covering various topics – so something for everyone! The full annual subscription this season (September 2024 – June 2025) is: Adult £68 (Pro rata) Concession £55 (Pension age) (Pro rata) Youth…

At our last meeting we welcomed back Naomi Wallen who cam to give us an Introduction to Line Dancing. Naomi runs a Dance school called DANCE MATTERS. Her school is  for people of all ages and abilities giving them the opportunity to experience the joy of dancing in a relaxed and supportive environment. The age range of her pupils is from 2 to 80. The evening turned out to be a fun and very enjoyable one. with many members getting on their feet and learning some basic steps to perform two dances. The remaining members where encouraged to participate from their seats and did so heartily. During the ‘rest time’…