Our Disability and church inclusion group has arranged to have a disability audit take place at All Saints' Church, Westbury on Saturday 10th October. We have invited our Diocesan Disability advisor to come and conduct this for us, accompanied by her husband. This will probably take the whole morning. She will be looking at our facilities for those with a diverse range of needs and abilities, in our church building, our services, events and activities. She will then write a report and let us have it when it’s ready.We are very grateful to her for agreeing to do this for us. It will provide us with some ideas and actions for how we can improve our facilities for those with particular needs, and we hope to make our building and events more accessible for a wide range of needs. This will be presented to the PCC in due course, for their consideration.
Each month a YouTube video is created with members of the team and it is sent out with the Monthly Newsletter.This month it is all about Mothers Union - the national picture, the local programme and celebrating its 150th Anniversary. To join or to find out more, contact:Westbury Branch - Jean JaneDilton Marsh Branch - Jocelyn Short (narrator of the video)
WHAT IS WHCH? Westbury Parish Hall is the home of the White Horse Community Hub. They are a new charity which has been set up to focus on making improvements to the hall; to increase the bookings, its useability and implement a modernisation plan. The overall aim is to care for and secure the hall for future generations to come! The trustees are members of the general public who have kindly stepped forward to volunteer and work together. There are also four church trustees on the WHCH committee, which includes Rev’d Rebecca.GRANT: The charity has received two grants in the last few months from Westbury Lions and the Westbury Town Council. These funds will support the ongoing renovation activities.CURRENT USAGE: WHCH is working with the Team Administrator (in the Parish Office) to increase the number of bookings, as it is an underused space in the community – which still needs to pay for itself.HALL BOOKINGS: Contact the Parish Office.
