Category: News

Wixford Village Hall has unexpectedly been awarded a massive £75,000 by the Peoples Postcode Lottery! This windfall has come about because a group of ticketholders in the B49 postcode in Alcester have won £1,000,000 between them.  Charities within a winning postcode area can also benefit from the win. Those who have recently received funding from…

Breaking News! The Wixford Village Hall Committee are absolutely delighted to advise you that they have been awarded £175,000 from the Warwickshire CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) Funding pot.  This is a complete game changer for the new Village Hall Project, although we still need approximately £150,000 to complete the project.  However, we have submitted several…

The Rural Services Network in partnership with the Citizens Advice is running a Rural Cost of Living Household Survey. HOW WILL THE RESULTS BE USED? Results from the survey will build on the Rural Cost of Living research we commissioned last year and help us to lobby Government Departments, MPs and other policy makers for…

To boost Village Hall building project funds, the Committee has created a very special tea towel of our village using the concept of a tube map – and all Wixford properties appear on it. You can buy the tea towel towels for £9.50. They are printed on good quality cotton and measure 70cm x 47cm…

The full list of 69 projects set to receive funding from the Green Shoots Fund was announced on 30 July 2021 and the replacement of Wixford Village Hall project received one of the highest awards, receiving £24,066. Read more here: WCC link

In the beginning of August we were delighted to hear from the Masonic Charitable Association that we were to receive a £1,000 donation from the Freemasons. Apparently, the Freemasons not only support their own members through charitable giving but also the wider community. The cheque was received by the Wixford Village Hall Committee last week…

It is important that all text scams are reported. We have received this directive from Aadil Hussain from Warwickshire Police: “Due to the increase in phishing attempts made to individuals and businesses as more people are working remotely during COVID-19 the following simple ways of reporting have been put together to be shared with all…

The following information has been issued by theWarwickshire Trading Standards and Warwickshire Police Beware of Telephone Scams Warwickshire Police and Warwickshire County Council Trading Standards are aware that criminals are trying to exploit the national coronavirus crisis and take advantage of innocent people. Fraudsters purporting to be from the police or your bank are targeting elderly…

Councillor Mark Cargill informs us that the first tranche of Business Support Payments will go out this week for those they have bank data for. You can register by using the secure online form on their website. You can access by clicking on the link below. Stratford Small business Grant