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Changes to the Community Directory
The Community Directory on the PVA website is a popular resource. We are about to make some important changes to it; if you have a business which is listed in this directory, please re-enter your business in the Prestwood Business Directory which is a different...
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Chiltern Rural Crime
In Chiltern & South Bucks area 145 rural crime cases were reported in 2021. From looking at figures on the Chiltern & South Bucks areas the most reported crimes were: 1: Criminal Damage 34 instances2: Theft 30 instances3: Burglaries 20 incidents (7...
Does your mobile phone still work at home?
O2 Network Coverage very poor in North Prestwoodby Mark Wingrove Around the beginning of December my mobile phone started to drop calls while in the house. I did not think much about it at the time, but it has become a bigger problem since that time, with complete...
Chiltern Way Academy invite you to visit them
Important local academy welcomes visitors The Chiltern Way Academy at Prestwood campus is a National Autistic Accredited specialist provision. It supports the complex needs of 70 students with Educational, Health and Care Plans (EHCP's) with a Primary diagnosis of...
The Wicktrimmers are back on January 19th 2022
Dear Chequers Folk folk... Hopefully we are heading towards 're-union Jan' when we will, at last, welcome Union Jill (pictured above) to Chequers Folk. They were originally booked for March 2020 and so have been very patient for the past 2 years. They are a great duo...
Our Repair Café is still on its way!
A message from those launching the Repair Café. Not least because of the current pandemic, setting up a complex organisation like the Repair Café is taking longer than we would have either liked or hoped. Even now, uncertainty about the eventual severity of the...
Welcome to the new Headteacher at The Misbourne School
We have received this from Rich Peters Happy New Year! I am writing to introduce myself as the new Headteacher of The Misbourne. I am delighted to have taken up this post and am very much looking forward to getting to know you and working with you in the coming weeks...
PVA Calendar Reset!
As part of our early spring clean we have erased the community calendar on this website. With the Covid pandemic over the last 2 years the calendar had got wildly out of date, and some people had added entries up to 3 years into the future. But it is still on the...
Hughenden and Chequers Surgery have a Facebook Group
"We welcome all Hughenden and Chequers Surgery patients to join us to form a PPG virtual group through our PPG Facebook page." The Patient Group was very sorry when Scott Ridley, the surgery Practice Manager, felt that he needed to leave at the end of October. We wish...
Local traders are very important to our community. Please support them
It is the time of year when we look back to think of others, especially friends and relatives, but how about local businesses which are also there for us? Let’s show we have not forgotten them … take a little time to remember the support they’ve given the community...
Who organised putting up Prestwood’s Christmas lights?
Thomas Tyrrell did, with PEG and help from others. Prestwood is very grateful to our excellent Events Group (PEG) who have organised our Christmas lights for so many years. This year, Thomas Tyrrell helped organise things with them. The costs of installation were met...
Nat, Beth and Will are performing. Who, where and when? CANCELLED
Chequers Folk Christmas Special is back! We could tell you that we have a brilliant trio for the evening - Nat, Beth and Will, but that would be more like a cracker joke - the trio are, of course, Nat Ivity, Beth Lehem and Good Will! These three will appear through...
Brown before Green – call for Brownfield Land Sites
Please read this in conjunction with our recent post on the Local Plan - Buckinghamshire Council Earlier this year Buckinghamshire Council held our first call for brownfield sites as we started work on the Local Plan for Buckinghamshire. This plan will allocate sites...
Spotlight on Prestwood Gardening Society
Are you aware we have an active Gardening Society? The society holds monthly meetings at the Prestwood Village Hall (HP16 0NZ) starting at 8:00pm promptly on the second Thursday in the month. At each meeting we have an experienced and often well known speaker -...
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