Oct 17
Tuesday 22nd October 7.30pm at the Baptist Church Hall
We are seeking enthusiastic volunteers to help plan and run the Festival next year. You don’t have to sit on the committee although we are seeking a new Treasurer.
Please come along to the AGM with your ideas and hear how we have distributed this year’s funds to local groups. Any help is always appreciated.
The festival next year will run between 20/21st and 28/29th June 2025.
Jul 13
Thank you for supporting this year’s Midsummer Festival. Please find some images and poems from the festival on the following links. If you have enjoyed the festival you can still make a donation for local causes here.
Festival Pictures – Nick Malden
Fun Fest Pop-up photo studio – Paul Bullivant
Music Night Pictures – Paul Bullivant
St Peter’s Fete Pop-up Studio – Paul Bullivant
Jun 21
The Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival starts today with a History Talk at the Baptist Church Hall at 7.30 on Friday 21st June. ‘Fair Rosamund – Myth and Reality’. Refreshments will be served in the Hall from 6.30pm featuring the “Fair Rosamund” cocktail. Donations welcome.
Full details of all the events can be found here Wolvercote & Wytham Midsummer Festival 2024 – Wolvercote.org
And you can download a programme from here 2024-Programme.pdf (wolvercote.org)
May 18
Your mission in the 2024 Festival Treasure Hunt is to identify the ten numbered locations of these images ‘Now and Then’, all of which are accessible on foot via public rights of way or common land in Wolvercote and Wytham.
A map can be found here on which you can mark the numbers of the images in the location you have chosen.
For each picture, there are two questions: ‘Where is this now? ‘ and ‘What was it then?’
The 2024 Festival Treasure Hunt is just for fun but if you would like to receive an answer sheet, please email events@wolvercote.org.
Good luck and enjoy exploring our villages on foot. Many thanks to Amanda Saville for putting this together on behalf of the Festival Committee.
Mar 18
Poetry & Music Evening
Wolvercote and Wytham Midsummer Festivalis on 21–30 June 2024.
This year the Festival theme is ‘Now and Then’, comparing and contrasting our lives and environment over the years.
We are looking for local poets to contribute one or two poems and join us for a convivial evening of readings, music, and wine in a lovely setting.
The Poetry & Music Evening will be held on Monday 24th June.
Time: 7.30-9.30
Venue: St. Peter’s Church Rooms
with access to a very pleasant outdoor courtyard, good for a sunny evening.
Please send by June 1stone or two of your poems on this year’s theme to: Ros Bleach at bleachfamily@hotmail.com and Phillipa Hardman at phillipa.hardman@virginmedia.com
Oct 26
On Friday 20th October, after months of delay, the lawyers at Cala Homes finally transferred ownership of the building to Wolvercote.
Come and look around The Mill – we’re holding an Open Event on Sunday, the 29th, from 11 to 3 pm. Bring a cake to share and we’ll have coffee, tea and squash on offer.
www.thewolvercotemill.org
Sep 07
Good news for the people of Wolvercote. We will soon have a brand new building belonging to our local community!
As part of the planning agreement for the old paper mill, CALA Homes were obliged to provide Wolvercote with a ‘community facility’. So, they will soon hand over their former sales office – a bright, two-storey building and courtyard garden situated at the entrance to the new development, just beside the White Hart pub.
How will the building be managed? After conducting a survey of 300 households and holding a series of public meetings and workshops, a working group evolved of residents of Wolvercote Mill and the surrounding area. The group has now formed a Charitable Community Benefit Society (CBS) to take ownership of the building. This means that the building is now a community asset. Moreover, the organisation is democratic and accountable and welcomes any local resident to join the group and vote at the AGM or stand as a member of the steering group.
The plan is to open this month (the CBS is currently waiting for the lawyers to agree a completion date), offering affordable room hire for your events and parties, a pop-up cafe, co-working, group meet-ups and more.
The vision is to provide a vibrant, open-hearted and flexible space that welcomes, connects and nurtures everyone in our community, whoever you are, whatever your interests.
This is the beginning of our journey. We’re looking forward to discovering the best uses of this building for our community, working together with all local residents, groups and organisations. If you are interested in getting involved, booking a room or just want to find out more, visit www.thewolvercotemill.org or email info@thewolvercotemill.org.
Once we have a completion date, we will also be organising an open house so you can visit us for a cuppa, cake and tour of the building. Watch this space!
