Saltford Community Association

22/07/2024

Just a reminder that this coming Friday, in time for a bit of summer fun, we are showing the classic film Mamma Mia from 2008. Its the story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the timeless ABBA (and the less timeless singing of Pierce Brosnan!) and featuring the sun-kissed beaches of Greece.

Starring Meryl Streep, Colin Firth and Amanda Seyfried (and the aforementioned Pierce Brosnan), this is not officially a singalong version but with the subtitles switched on, no doubt everyone will want to join in…..and why not?

Showing on your doorstep at Saltford Hall on Friday 26th July at 7:30 pm. Drinks and ice creams will be available from 6:45pm.

Tickets are only £6 and can be purchased in advance via https://www.tickettailor.com/events/scaevents or just turn up and pay on the door.

See the official trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RBNHdG35WY

21/07/2024

Last night around 140 people enjoyed a fantastic evening of entertainment at Saltford Hall by the Park Lane Big Band.

Here are a few photos.

Big thanks to everyone who supported and all the volunteers who made it possible and of course Park Lane Big Band.

21/07/2024

Please find below, details on upcoming free courses for families run by the Healthy Families team, including Cook It, HENRY and Fussy Eating and Food on a Budget workshops.

19/07/2024

Saltford Repair Cafe in the morning

Just a reminder that our next monthly Repair Café will be at Saltford Hall tomorrow (Saturday 20th July) from 11am – 1pm to repair your items. We are doing this in conjunction with Share & Repair who are a charity in Bath and North East Somerset. Their aim is to help local people save money and the planet through reduce, repair and reuse.

Please pop down with your item needing a helping hand or simply come along and say hello. As well as being able to get your broken items looked at, we will also be running our community café alongside offering our legendary Newton Farm bacon rolls, as well as other rolls, home-made cakes and Fairtrade tea/coffee.

If you're looking for something to do with your Saturdays, why not volunteer with us? We are always looking for repairers to give a hand at our Repair Cafes.

19/07/2024

Just a reminder that our next monthly Repair Café will be at Saltford Hall tomorrow (Saturday 20th July) from 11am – 1pm to repair your items. We are doing this in conjunction with Share & Repair who are a charity in Bath and North East Somerset. Their aim is to help local people save money and the planet through reduce, repair and reuse.

Please pop down with your item needing a helping hand or simply come along and say hello. As well as being able to get your broken items looked at, we will also be running our community café alongside offering our legendary Newton Farm bacon rolls, as well as other rolls, home-made cakes and Fairtrade tea/coffee.

If you're looking for something to do with your Saturdays, why not volunteer with us? We are always looking for repairers to give a hand at our Repair Cafes.

17/07/2024

A great time was had yesterday by around 50 retired people in Saltford at the monthly community coffee club.

16/07/2024

Well done to Share & Repair getting funding from the National Lottery.

The Saltford Repair Cafe will be open this Saturday from 11-1pm at Saltford Hall if you have something that needs repairing or simply want to come along and watch while enjoying a Newton Farm bacon roll😀

16/07/2024

Just a reminder that we offer you a real treat on Saturday 20 July 2024; we are extremely pleased to welcome back the very large and very talented Park Lane Big Band (PLBB). You are guaranteed a night of eclectic music from American Standards to contemporary songs given a Big Band twist.

There are still a few tickets available at the very reasonable price of £12. There'll be a bar and ice creams available. Time: 7:30pm for an 8pm start.

Tickets: online from www.tickettailor.com/events/scaevents or from Saltford Community Post Office/Library Hub.

Do listen to some samples of the Big Band's repertoire here: https://soundcloud.com/parklanebigband.

We look forward to welcoming you to what is guaranteed to be a highly entertaining night

14/07/2024

PERMISSIVE FOOTPATH DONATION APPEAL

Firstly our thanks to everyone last year for their generous donations which allowed us to raise the £3000 (including Gift Aid) needed to keep 4.5km of permissive paths open to the end of October 2024. In fact, you were so generous that we already have over £600 towards this year’s target. Thank you.

We know very many of you continue to enjoy your daily walks with and without dogs, taking advantage of the lovely countryside around us, including these wonderful permissive paths to the south and west of Saltford/east of Keynsham.

We are therefore sure that many of you will this year be happy to once again make a donation to keep these paths open for casual walkers, dog walkers, runners and horse riders. If we can’t raise the remaining £2400 by the end of October 2024 all the paths marked in green will close forever.

So, if you walk, run or ride a horse on any part of the 4.5km of permissive paths, then we strongly encourage you to support this appeal.

An average of £25, plus Gift Aid, is a small price to pay for continuing to enjoy over 4.5km of footpaths (shown in green).

If you wish to donate, then please either use the enclosed donation envelope inside SCAN or go to our website where a specific section can be found at https://saltfordhall.co.uk/permiss.html You can donate via BACS to 405240 and a/c no 00007636 with reference “PATH Surname”. If you do make a donation then I would strongly urge you to complete and return a gift aid form which can be obtained on our website athttps://saltfordhall.co.uk/Gift%20Aid%20Form%20-%20090822.pdf . This form allows you also to specify if you would like your donation used to support Saltford Community Hub/Library, Saltford Community Support Fund and/or the SCA itself. Forms can be emailed to [email protected]

Once again many thanks to all those who generously donated last year to keep these paths open.

11/07/2024

Here's another anniversary, but this time 273rd !!

This Saturday, 13th July, marks the anniversary of the first recorded cricket match in Somerset held 'on a Saltford meadow' in 1751.

The first cricket match in Saltford was held ‘when the then Prince of Wales, accompanied by his eldest daughter Lady Augusta, on a visit to Bath travelled in a wherry by river to Saltford’, taken from the 1995 Charity / Testimonial Programme (see p.3 ) on the Somerset Cricket Museum‘s website https://somersetcricketmuseum.co.uk/saltford-first-recorded-cricket-match-in-somerset-1751/

Photo taken at Saltford Sports Club by Cllr Jon Godfrey, which hosts Saltford CC https://sfcc.play-cricket.com/home - showing cricket's still going strong in Saltford over 270 years later!

11/07/2024

Our thanks to Duncan Hounsell for providing the following photos taken at the centenary gala celebration event at Bath Central Library on 10th July. This marked 100 years of public libraries in the area.

The photos show Saltford community library volunteers who attended, plus a display showcasing Saltford Community Library.

09/07/2024

A proper Bristol breakfast with Joe, waking you up with a smile every morning.

08/07/2024

Summer Reading Challenge is open to registration from this Saturday, 13 July. Open to children 4-12 years old.

COME AND SIGN UP FROM NEXT SATURDAY, 13th JULY

07/07/2024

Just a reminder that the SCA offers you a real treat on Saturday 20 July 2024 with the welcome return back to the very large and very talented Park Lane Big Band (PLBB).

You are guaranteed a night of eclectic music from American Standards to contemporary songs given a Big Band twist.

We still have a few tickets available at the very reasonable price of £12. There'll be a bar and ice creams available.

Time: 7:30pm for an 8pm start.

Tickets: online from www.tickettailor.com/events/scaevents or from Saltford Community Post Office/Library Hub.

Do listen to some samples of the Big Band's repertoire here: https://soundcloud.com/parklanebigband.

We look forward to welcoming you to what is guaranteed to be a highly entertaining night.

The SCA want to bring together the Saltford Community in a common effort to provide facilities in th

03/07/2024

Saltford Community Association, through your generosity to the Saltford Community Support Fund, is delighted to announce that we have for the second year agreed to provide financial support to Saltford School so that 10 children (whose families are in receipt of pupil premium) can attend after school clubs for the whole of next school year.

We also continue to use these funds to support our local Ukrainians, as well as providing funds when needed to Citizens Advice in Bath specifically to help Saltford residents. If you are in need of financial help then please contact them on 0808 278 7897.

19/06/2024

Calling all Saltford residents over 55!

We are asking for just 10 minutes of your time to share your views in an important survey. The outcomes will help prioritise which services to improve for older people in the coming 5-10 years.

Age UK B&NES, backed by St John's Foundation, are supporting the Ageing Well Programme.

Step 1 is to assess what is being done well and to figure out what needs to be improved in the area.

Help add Saltford's perspectives and requirements to the review by clicking on the following link and answering the questions.

https://bit.ly/AWBNESSurvey

Your views will be appreciated.

Also see poster for info on a Good Neighbour Gathering coming up on Tuesday 25 June at Saltford Hall.

18/06/2024

Finally some photos from the final Sunday of the 2024 Festival featuring the packed Craft Fair, the Family Funday and the Three Towers Walk.

Well done to all for lasting the 60+ events of the Festival!

18/06/2024

Some great photos from last Saturday of Saltford Festival

16/06/2024

We have reached the 10th and final day of this year's Saltford Festival.

Today we have the Saltford Festival Craft Fair at Saltford Hall (10-2pm) with nearly 40 stalls and our community cafe alongside, followed by the Three Towers Walk from Saltford Church at 2pm and finally starting at 2pm all round to Saltford Sports Club for the Family Funday.

All events are free entry.

15/06/2024

15/06/2024

The final weekend of this year's Saltford Festival has arrived and we have lots of events to look forward today, including Saltford Repair Cafe alongside a Saltford Heritage Display at Saltford Hall, the Saltford School Fair and the 70th anniversary concert by Avon Fire & Rescue Band - see details below.

14/06/2024

Plenty to see at Saltford Hall on Saturday morning.

SEG will be providing a 'History of Saltford' display at Saltford Hall during the Saltford Festival from 11am to 1pm on Saturday 15th June; entry is free. This will be alongside the Repair Cafe in the main hall.
In addition to our historic maps of Saltford display, this will also be one of those rare occasions when we display one of the oldest coins, from the Iron Age, found in Britain, the Saltford Carthaginian Coin (300-264 BC).
SCA's popular Community Cafe will be open too serving refreshments and, of course, their famous Newton Farm bacon rolls. So if you are in Saltford tomorrow, Saturday 15th, why not pop along, learn more about Saltford's history and enjoy some refreshments.
If you have a small appliance that needs to be repaired, bring that along and the Repair Cafe team will take a look and see if they can fix it. "Mend it, don't end it".

14/06/2024

A few photos from Day 7 of the Saltford Festival

14/06/2024

Today on 8th day of Saltford Festival we have a free soft play session, the final lunchtime talk and at 7.30pm a wine & cheese evening (tickets available on the door).

- a free soft play session at Saltford Community Church from 10am
- a final lunchtime talk today by Jonathan Hall on "The sky is for everyone". Lots of rolls and refreshments available
- rounded off with our Wine & Cheese Evening with buffet and pre loved clothes and accessories.

Full details of all festival events are available on our website at www.saltfordfestival.org.ouk

13/06/2024

James Levelle talk yesterday

13/06/2024

Some pictures from local adventurer and filmmaker James Levelle's talk yesterday during Saltford Festival

13/06/2024

Day 7 of Saltford Festival brings more free tasters, a lunchtime talk by doyen of the Bird in Hand, Maureen Baker and rounded off with the sell out Hannah Wedlock and the Blue Notes Jazz evening.

12/06/2024

Weather looks wonderful. Well done the leaders of this walk and all who took part.

12/06/2024

Lots of photos from Day 5 of Saltford Festival

12/06/2024

Day 6 of Saltford Festival brings more free tasters, a lunchtime talk by adventurer and filmmaker James Levelle, a painting exhibition and rounded off in the evening with the Parish Walk.

parish council