Published by Rothay House, Mayfield Road, Eastrea

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No 21: May 2010

THE EASTREA CENTRE — FINALISING THE DESIGN AFTER many delays the Village Hall

Trust has finally been given full

ownership of the land and we have

now managed to obtain a design

that matches the original concept.

In addition, the arrangements for

our funding are in the final stages.

When we lost the opportunity for

the original £1,000,000 hall through

the delays in planning permission,

we asked Rose Homes (our devel-

opers) to produce a design for our

village hall but at half the cost.

Then the Trust went back and asked

them to reduce the build cost to

less than one-third of the first

budget, and Roses managed to do

this too. They have now come up with a

design we can afford. A sub-committee

has made their choice of colours

(below).

These now have to be submitted to

Fenland District

Council for ap-

proval. A public

meeting of Eastrea

residents will be

held at the Nag’s

Head public house

at 7.00 p.m. on Wednesday 12th May

2010. The plans will be available and

the developers on hand to answer any

questions that villagers wish to ask.

Residents will be able to approve the

2010 executive committee. Many of

the current committee have said they

are willing to stand again.

Residents of the village can vote to

appoint the board of trustees. The

next stage is agree all the building

regulations. This complicated legal

procedure should take most of the

summer and building the hall should

then be able to start.

VOLUNTEERS BUSY IN 1977

EASTREA SPORTS AWARD

Ms Becki Suckow from Kelful Close (right) has been given a sports equipment award by The Storers to join the junior women’s team in the White-water Rafting World Championships in the Netherlands in July. Becki was presented with her certificate and cheque by Mrs Jan Ford, clerk to the Storers. Says Mrs Ford, “Each year grants are offered to students and this year we have been able also to make this new sports award.” The ancient Storers trust, also known as the Herds and Bulls Grass Fund, was founded in 1717 and they host the annual Eastrea senior citizens’ lunch (see next page). Mrs Ford reminds all Eastrea residents, “The Storers can also make financial grants to villagers facing hard-ship, or towards a specific project. All personal support grants are always kept completely confidential.” Phone 350 888 for further details.

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Village Progress and the 2010 Senior Citizens’ Lunch

Contact by telephone: 350888 Email: mail@eastrea.net

THIS year The Storers, the ancient

Eastrea charitable trust, will award one or

more student grants to residents of the village.

The main award each year is The Storers Bur-

sary (more than one can be made in each year)

and additional student support grants may also

be made.

These awards are announced to the press, and

they are reported in the local media (see a

cutting from the Cambs Times, right).

For students, these are important awards and

they feature in their CVs. The award-winners

from previous years range from a doctor to a

lawyer. Students of any age can apply. Each

candidate must submit the following docu-

mentary evidence in support of an application:

1. A formal statement with name, address,

phone and email details. This document

should also set out out all academic, scholas-

tic, voluntary and social achievements. This

should include work experience, spare-time

activities in the community and all existing

examination results. A photocopy of GCSE

certificates that have already been obtained

should be included.

2. A list of anticipated grades for the A levels

in the summer. A photocopy of the school’s

document will suffice.

THE STORERS 2010 STUDENT AWARDS

Remember that applicants can be of any age.

Most of the award winners are off to college

from school, but we have had applications

from mature adults and we encourage any

Eastrea students to apply.

All papers should be delivered to Rothay

House, 6 Mayfield Road, tel 350888.

Note that the closing date for student

applications is 30 June 2010.

Ms Annette Coles (above left) of Faraway Art, Yaxley, has printed all the posters and tickets for the fund-raising race night planned for Friday 7 May at the Nag’s Head pub. The organiser Ms Tina Arnold (right) says, “Annette charged us a special

rate, to support our fund-raising efforts. In fact the price she charged was discounted by 80% on the other quotes we were given.” At the Nag’s Head last month the senior citizens’ Storers lunch was attended by thirty-four Eastrea residents (below). The lunches take place in Easter week.

Mrs Chris Turner (above), administrator to Eastrea Village Hall Trust, signs the contracts to finalise the construction of the new hall. Our solicitor, Mr Peter Haynes of Buckles in Peterborough, is also pictured. The Village Hall Trust have been provided with extensive additional legal advice by Buckles free of charge.

3. A summary of

the candidate’s

current financial

position must also

be included.

4. All applicants

should send a letter

of recommendation

from their head

teacher, head of

department or year

tutor (as appropri-

ate). This can be

sent separately to

the Trust.

5. We also require the phone

number or email address for

an independent referee who

is conversant with the appli-

cant and their activities and achieve-

ments. Our assessors will need

to be able to speak to

the referee nominated; but we do not

need a written testimonial.

6. We will require a photocopy of the

letter of acceptance from the college or

university where students intend to study

and copies of any A-level certificates

when they are announced in July.

Anna Maddiss of Mayfield Road receiving the first Storers Student Bursary ten years ago from resident Dr John Slade. Anna did her law degree at Leeds Metro.