Editorial Welcome to the July issue of Meldreth Matters. Congratulations to all of the organisers of the village’s fantastic Jubilee celebrations. I've included some reports and photographs of the events on pages 6-10. If you have a few hours to spare and would like to volunteer your time for a local group or organisation, then 1st Meldreth Rainbows, Speedwatch and Royston and District Community Transport are all appealing for volunteers in this issue. Finally, I would like to give a mention to Julie Draper, who along with the late Jim Eggleton, began contributing a gardening column to Meldreth Matters in September 2008. Julie is now, as she puts it, “hanging up her boots” so the article on pages 24-25 of this issue is her last. Thank you, Julie, for sharing your knowledge and tips with us over the years. If anyone else would like to share his or her gardening know-how with our readers, then please email meldrethmatters@hotmail.com with your ideas. Kathryn
Ukrainian Refugees in Meldreth There are currently five families in Meldreth hosting refugees from Ukraine, with two more families awaiting visas, and there are many others from neighbouring villages. In fact, South Cambridgeshire has the highest number of Ukraine visa applications and host families of any district in the country. To help our guests settle in, we meet every Tuesday at 3.30pm in the Meldreth Church Meeting Room. These meetings give our guests a chance to meet each other and also give our hosts a chance to help each other with all the tasks (and forms) that our guests need to settle in. If you are hosting already, or thinking about doing so, please join us on Tuesdays. Rachel Fry rachelfry1@outlook.com 3
