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Village Fête
Buckland Newton Village Fête normally takes place each year on August Bank Holiday
Monday
Buckland Newton Community Website
in the heart of rural Dorset
2020 Buckland Newton Village Fete - Cancelled
Unfortunately, given the current circumstances the Fete Committee, sadly, don’t feel it’s possible to hold the village fete
this year. Obviously being mindful of the government guidance, the concerns that our volunteers might have and the
pressures of timescale.
We agreed it would be nice to support or facilitate some form of village event when it feels appropriate to do so.
We are always hugely appreciative of the support and help we receive from everyone and it will be an event that will be
sorely missed, but we plan to return with renewed enthusiasm next year.
Take care.
Best wishes
Simon, Amanda, Alan, Susan, Kate Parish, Kate Pope
2019 Buckland Newton Village Fete Results
The full report on this year’s Village Fete, including the Financial Results and Allocation of Funds (3 pages) is now
available. Click to view.
August 26th 2019, 12.00pm – 4.00pm at The Gaggle of Geese - Supporting our village!
What a great day!
It had been a tricky year for the fête given that the previous Chair, Treasurer and several of the established committee
members stepped down last year, resulting in a new Chair (Simon Colquhoun) and new Treasurer (Kate Parish). This
meant the formation of a new committee, who made the early decision to move the fête back to the gardens of the Gaggle
of Geese. Overall, we were very pleased with how the event ran and have received lots of positive feedback; it was
fantastic to see so many of the community coming together to celebrate our village.
After accounting for expenses and running costs, we are pleased to confirm that through the hard work of all involved, we
raised £5327 (up from £4538 in 2018). We received 18 requests for funds from the local community and, combined with
the reserves from previous fêtes, we decided to allocate over £6000 to support this year’s selected requests. The details of
the takings, and of the beneficiaries, will be available shortly on this website.
We wanted to take this opportunity to thank all those who helped make 2019’s fête possible, individuals and businesses,
and Buckland Newton Hire for sponsoring the fête programme. Planning is already underway for next year and we would
be hugely grateful to anyone who would like to get involved; particularly those who would consider joining the organising
committee.
Best wishes from the committee: Simon Colquhoun, Kate Parish, Amanda McKenna, Susan Simmons, Alan Simmons,
Kate Pope
Our Fete included
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Cake Competition – Brownies & Cupcakes
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Scarecrows – celebrating our rural community, a fun scarecrow competition. The scarecrows were dotted around
the fete.
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Photography Competition – we are fortunate to live in beautiful surroundings with a thriving village community and
entrants captured this through our photo competition with the topic of ‘Village Life’.
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Entries were displayed at the Fete in the Skittle Alley and the winners chosen by popular vote on the day.
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The winning photos will be included in a Village Calendar with all profits going to the Fete community fund.
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Tug-Of-War
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Dog Competition – the very popular Dog Show returned for another year.