Bishopthorpe News and Views

Bishopthorpe Millennium Trust  

Annual General Meeting - Wednesday 6th June 2007

Important local diary dates to make a note of in the next few weekd:

Saturday 30th June: Bishopthorpe Gala, from noon at the Palace

Sunday 1st July: Walled garden open day

Tuesday 2nd July: Parish Council vs Petanque Club boules match from 7.00 at the Marcia

Sunday 22nd July: Parish Council vs Ebor Players cricket match from 2.00 at ferry Lane

Any more dates?? 

At its recent AGM, the Bishopthorpe Millnnium Trust set out its proposed way forward. 

In future the Trust will be concentrating on setting up and monitoring the remainder of the Crossroads scheme. Having made grants to village clubs and societies totalling over £16 000, its grants programme has now come to an end.

Plans are in hand to transfer “ownership” of the Youth Award scheme, the Sensory Garden and the Pinfold, to the Parish Council. John Bettridge is standing down as Chair and Trustee after seven years. A s a result, special meeting is to be held on 25th July.

The agenda for the special meeting would include: a new structure for the Trust; the Trustees Annual Report; the accounts for 2006/7; proposed changes to the Trust Deed; the election of Trustees for the new structure; and the appointment of Chair from 25th July 2007.

Charlotte Drummond Trust Secretary    

Archbishop's Walled Garden

Sunday 1st July

from 1.00 pm

Admission £1 to include cup of tea

Stalls withe organic plants and goods


Please note: there is limited disabled parking only at the Walled Gardens,
we advise you to park in the village and walk down.

The Gala is on at the Palace grounds this Saturday - and so are a whole bunch of weddings at St Andrews church. 

Bish Dot Net has been asked to recommend that you do not try to park in the church car park and to avoid Church Lane might be a good idea too. It might be convenient to use the church car park, (especially as City of York Ward, that is your, money paid for about a third of its recent tarmacing over), but probably best not to on this occasion.

Better still, leave the car at home, walk, and take the kids to the pub on the way home!