New frozen food lines at The Barn, Cardington
The Barn, Cardington are now offering two excitingly delicious new lines of frozen food in store. Fieldfare provide freshly frozen food in a unique ‘scoop your own’ way to minimise unnecessary packaging. This a great way of enabling visitors to The Barn the chance to buy as much high quality, loose frozen food as they…
Greensand Country announce Country Festival
Greensand Country have announced the date for their Country Festival, with a line up of activities throughout the month of May for all age groups and interests. Young families can enjoy a picnic in the park, while teenagers can go out with the Wildlife Trust youth rangers. There are of tours of the many historic…
The Barn café and Ridgmont Tea Room announce reopening dates
The Barn Cardington will reopen its café on Tuesday 13 April and Ridgmont Station Vintage Tea Room and Heritage Centre will reopen on Wednesday 14 April. The Barn has undergone a series of changes inside, with a brand new frozen food section from Fieldfare, and the Marquee is back for those planning to eat –…
New information to help village halls reopen
ACRE has prepared updated information to help volunteer management committees negotiate the latest easing of Covid-19 lockdown measures. It has been a year since England’s 10,000+ village halls were forced to shut their doors for the first time. The closure of these buildings left many rural communities without a place to gather and put a…
BedsRCC Village Agent averts cat-astrophe
When Lucifer the cat knocked Mark’s laptop off the kitchen counter during lockdown, Mark feared he would be cut off from the outside world, but one of our Village Agents came to the rescue. As a wheelchair user, his laptop was his lifeline, and the hefty £160 repair bill he was quoted was beyond his…
Social prescribing – changing the way people’s lives are changed
Social prescribing is changing the way that communities are being helped and during the Covid pandemic, the huge benefits of social prescribing have proven to be a lifeline to many. Social Prescribing is a means of enabling GPs and other frontline healthcare professionals to refer patients to a link worker – normally to provide them…
First prize for Central Bedfordshire Good Neighbour Volunteers
We’re delighted to announce that Central Bedfordshire Good Neighbour Scheme (GNS) Volunteers won first prize in the Supporting Communities during COVID-19 category at the Cheering Volunteer Awards on Friday (5 March 2021). The GNS was nominated in the category for their tireless work in supporting those in need throughout. The nomination reads: “Every volunteer within…
Winter newsletter available to read
Our latest newsletter, BedsRCC News – Winter 2021, is out now for you to read. It’s packed with all our good news stories from the last few months, and how we’ve been supporting communities and helping where we can. Take a look and subscribe if you’d like the next on in your inbox.
Roadmap out of lockdown announced
The Prime minister has announced a roadmap out of lockdown – Monday 22 February 2021. Summary: The roadmap details 4 stages that will be determined by 4 tests. Each stage will require the tests to be achieved before we progress to the next one. The 4 tests are:- 1. Vaccines still successfully being deployed…
BedsRCC providing Covid safety packs for volunteers and residents
BedsRCC have arranged for 2,000 Covid safety packs to be handed out to Good Neighbour Schemes and local residents over the next week or two, to help keep them safe during the ongoing pandemic. The packs, funded by Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire Council’s, contain hand sanitiser, hand wipes, gloves, disposable and re-usable masks. They…