Esh Village Residents' Association October Meeting

The next residents' association meeting will take place this Thursday, 8th October, at 7.30pm in The Cross Keys.

Items on the agenda include: starting to forge our Christmas plans (already?!); planting the village tubs with winter bedding, and an update on the progress we've making with the Police on speeding in Esh.

Everyone is very welcome to join us - whether you've attended a meeting before or not - a cosy pub and a catch up with friends is an excellent tonic as autumn sets in!

New Opportunities to Have Your Say in Local Health Care Provision

Below are two local events organised by Durham Community Action which may be of interest to Esh residents.  

NHS North Durham Autumn Patient Congress
Tuesday 22nd September 2015 at Durham Town Hall, 30-31 Market Place, Durham 
12pm-3.30pm

• Speakers from People's Parliament, Family Action and Durham County Carers Support
• Updates on diabetes and elderly/ frail care
• Share your experiences of local health care and how the Clinical Commissioning Group can improve their services
• Speech to Text service and BSL interpreters are booked for this event
• Limited Crèche service available

Drop In and Focus Group on Out of Hours/ Urgent Care services

Thursday 24th September at Lumley Community Centre

12.30 - 2.30pm

To attend both or either of event events, please email Anne-Marie Parkin at Anne-Marie.Parkin@durhamrcc.org.uk or telephone 01388 742052. 

Important Meeting at St Michael's Church, Tuesday 29th September, 7.00pm

St. Michael and All Angels' Church, in the parish of Esh with Hamsteels.  

A public meeting will be held at 7 pm on Tuesday 29th November in the hall of Esh Church of England School to discuss a matter of serious concern and the future viabilty of the church.

All within the parish are warmly invited to attend. 

Dorothy's Well Project Charity Garden Event - Thank you!

A huge thank you to everyone to came to support the fundraising event held at Rutter's Garth in aid of Dorothy's Well Project last weekend.

Teas were poured, cream was whipped and scones were served aplenty; brains were quizzed and games were fought, all with the aim of bringing fresh water to some of the remotest parts of Tanzania. In total, £1036 was raised - more than double the target. An amazing achievement.

Keep checking the Dorothy's Well website for details of the next bore hole, due to appear shortly...!

Open Garden and Cream Teas in aid of Dorothy's Well Project

On Saturday 8th August, 2-4pm, an open garden and cream tea afternoon is taking place at Rutter's Garth, Front Street, Esh, DH7 9QS, in aid of local charity Dorothy's Well Project.

Everyone is warmly invited to come along and enjoy the garden, which will include a cake stall, plant sales, quizzes, games, a raffle and a tombola and woodcraft displays.





Dorothy's Well Project provides clean water to villages and schools in rural Tanzania in an effort to help reduce waterborne diseases and to improve quality of life.

To date, eight wells have been installed,
complete with fresh drinking water and toilet facilities, and a further three are in the pipeline for installation next February. All money raised at the open garden event will go towards the £75,000 target needed to build the new wells. For more information about the charity, please visit www.dorothyswells.org

Esh Residents' Monthly Meeting

Our next EVRA meeting will take place tomorrow night, Thursday 9th July, at 7.30pm in The Cross Keys.

We are delighted to be joined by Andy Coulthard from the Mid-Durham Area Action Partnership and our country councillors, Joe and Barbara Armstrong, who will be leading a discussion on the work done by the AAP in the area and their aims and plans for the coming year.

Andy and his team have been instrumental in working with EVRA to ask for better service provision to the village: emptying street drains, cutting grass verges (yes, there's still more we can do on this one!), cracking down on litter and dog fouling, and seeking ways to tackle speeding and inconsiderate parking in the village. Everyone is very welcome to join us tomorrow night - the more the merrier!

Esh Summer Event

This Saturday, 11th July, Esh will be holding its annual summer village event on the Village Green.

From 2pm, there'll be traditional games - quoits, rounders, egg and spoon and three-legged races, to name a few! - and free teas, coffees and juices on tap to quench thirsty competitors (and bystanders) between races and games.

Please feel free to bring along a picnic - the weather forecast looks pretty promising, so blankets and hampers at the ready!

If you have any questions about the event, please email the Esh Residents' Association at eshresidentsassociation@gmail.com