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Prestwood Village Association AGM and SGM
Prestwood Village Association held its AGM for the period 2025-26 last night (6/7/26) at Prestwood Village Hall. In addition to the standard discussions and presentations at an AGM the AGM was followed by an SGM (Special General Meeting) where it was agreed to close...
Prestwood Village Association 2026 AGM
AGM NOTIFICATIONPVA AGM - Monday July 6th 2026 at 7 pm - Location is Prestwood Village Hall This is the notification that we will hold our Annual General Meeting as above. Please note that, before the AGM, a special general meeting is being held when it will be...
Prestwood Village Association Notice
The constitution of Prestwood Village Association states that we should have an Annual General Meeting every April. Traditionally they have been at the end of April or early May. This year that meeting will be delayed to Monday July 6th 2026. A meeting will be held at...
Bin Collections Times
Bin collection dates for any day of the week are easily accessed using the link below. Buckinghamshire Council used to publish an excellent downloadable calendar showing, in a very clear format, the waste collection dates at your location for the next few...
Dietary Supplements – Importance of Quality Control
In response to the request for more journalistic content in the website which may have broader appeal, please find below a short article by Ron Leon. Ron works locally in Prestwood. His website is located here: https://ronleon.co.uk Article by Ron LeonLet me start...
Survey Results and Next Steps
Many thanks to everyone that participated in the Prestwood Village Association Survey that closed on the 15th of November. We had 200 surveys in, when we had filtered out the duplicates we had 187. The Yes/ No answers have been processed and you can see the results on...
TVPA November Newsletter
(The following has been submitted by a subscriber. It comes from Neighbourhood Watch.) It contains the following main articles which may be of interest: Mobile Phone Theft Survey ResultsThe Digital Switchover - how to talk to vulnerable people it might impactA guide...
Prestwood Village Hall AGM
Prestwood Village Hall Did you know that Prestwood Village Hall will be celebrating its 100th Anniversary in just three years’ time? Sadly, without more volunteers, it’s not guaranteed we’ll make it to this important milestone in our village’s history. The...
Waste Buster
Preventing Waste in the Community Webinar, Thursday 6th November Join this free 1 hour webinar on how to reduce waste in your community! The webinar will be presented by Rob Whitehouse who has delivered training & projects on waste reduction & recycling for...
Draft Local Plan
The following consultation is active. This will affect areas of Prestwood. We would recommend that you view the content online at the Buckinghamshire Council website below. Dear Consultee, Buckinghamshire Council is preparing a new Local Plan that will identify where...
Detecting Phishing and Scam emails
The sheer volume of scam emails has increased over the years and the level of sophistication in them also often defeats the mechanisms we use to protect ourselves. Here is a tip for how you can spot one. This came in this morning. It looks real enough.These are...
Prestwood Archive Relaunch
Prestwood Archive is a website originally conceived by Mark Cunnane in 2013. It contains image and article galleries covering over 120yrs relating to Prestwood and surrounding area. The original website was looking rather dated, based on a website template from 2013. ...
Latest Community Safety News
The following has been extracted from the most recent Community Safety Newsletter from Buckinghamshire Council. You can skim through the text below. If you wish to interact with the newsletter the full colour version is available online which you can locate here:...
Prestwood Community Association AGM
Prestwood Community Association (PCA) has pleasure in inviting all Prestwood residents and stakeholders to its first AGM. After reviewing PCA’s first year, we shall move on to the really important business of discussing future plans. Venue: Prestwood Methodist...
Charity Gig for the Samaritans 27th of Sept
Benefit gig in support of the Samaritans Chiltern Branch Live music with licensed bar featuring the amazing 8 piece band Dirty Mavis and supported by super talented The Mighty Stampede. All proceeds to support your local Samaritans Branch Saturday 27th of September...
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