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AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM SHEPPERTON RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (SRA)

Dear Resident, As, I’m sure you are aware, for the last couple of years, the SRA has struggled to collect subscriptions due to lockdowns and lack of personal contact between our road stewards and residents. This is to be understood given what we have all been through. Over a normal year, the SRA needs funds of around £3,000 plus, to maintain its running costs; Open meetings in Village Hall, SRA newsletters and administration costs therein. We also donate some of our surplus to various local charities and institutions. At present our funds are low, and we have to look at what we need to enable us to continue operating. Our road stewards will continue to try to offer a service but, in all honesty, the number of road stewards is diminishing with time.

We need to raise the yearly subscription to £5.00. This is in line with other Residents Associations in the area. This fee is per residence … not per person.

Where possible, we would encourage you to pay by bank transfer, once a year, to our subscription bank account – which is:

Shepperton Residents Association Nat West Acct. No. 06013163

Bank Sort Code: 54 41 51

When you pay, please add your Postal Code, road and door number, as example below, in the “payment reference “box with your payment (eg. TW17 6FR. 43, Royal Lane)

In this way we will know that you have paid, and we will not turn up at your door unnecessarily! You will then, of course, continue to receive the Newsletters in the usual way.

If you do not use online banking or are not happy to pay in this way, you can still pay by cash or cheque, either to your road steward in the usual way, or directly to Bernard Troop at the Residents’ Association, who collects and monitors subscriptions. We will be updating our database to indicate those who pay in this way.

Frankly, this money is needed now, so we can continue to provide a service in monitoring local council and planning decisions and report them back to you – as we have done to date. I hope you can understand and agree with this request. The change is much needed.

Shepperton Residents Association committee.

SHEPPERTON RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION OPEN MEETING SHEPPERTON VILLAGE HALL 8.00pm. Monday 21st November 2022

Guest Speaker: Lisa Townsend, Surrey Police Commissioner. Local councillors will be present. All are Welcome – Come and ask questions / Air your views. It’s your Village. Also, if you haven’t already done so, please bring your £5.00 members subscription fee with you – and any additional donation you may care to make.

Mrs Kaye Patel (fully insured & DBS checked – based in Shepperton) purrfectathome826@gmail.com call on 07903 657539

The December issue closes on November 14th

Email monica@villagematters.co.uk

Or call 07979 808991

I wonder what St Nicholas church means to you. Maybe you got married there. Maybe your parents or grandparents did. Perhaps the family christenings or funerals took place there. Or maybe it just makes a beautiful photo, a little piece of history in Shepperton, which is a symbol of the village and of our community. Well the reality is, St Nicholas church urgently needs some costly repairs to keep it going for the next many hundreds of years, and they are entreating residents of Shepperton and the surrounding area to help them. Their fundraising kicked off last month with a “Gift Day”. The “gift” wished for was money. That was it! And the community gave generously. This was a soft launch, a chance to start telling people how much their help is needed. The reality is that the church needs to raise a phenomenal £200,000. Every penny is gratefully received. It all adds up! A team has got together to apply for grants and sponsorship, hoping to attract some chunky donations. But on a more local scale, they are planning a raft of fund raising activities. We will be keeping you updated in future issues so watch this space.. First up, the Winter Fair is on 26th November in the village hall from 10.30-1pm. There will be gifts galore so do pop along and support them. There is also rumour of a ceilidh, as well as concert events and quiz nights, and possibly even some St Nicholas church merchandise. The parishioners of St Nicholas are energised to do all they can to raise the much needed funds and the feeling so far is that the wider community is equally as enthusiastic to do their bit.