A message from Pace about this year’s "Pace BIG Walk":

"There is a choice of 18m, 12m, 6m or The Superhero Mile routes.With something to suit all ages and abilities, this is a great opportunity to set a challenge for 2023 and have some outdoor fun!

By taking part in the BIG Walk, you will not only have the opportunity to explore this beautiful countryside in a completely unique way, but you will also be helping us to provide life changing support to babies, children and young people with neurodisabilities."

To sign up visit https://thepacecentre.org/event/the-big-walk/

Join us here at PC HQ for tea/coffee/biscuits and talk to us about upcoming events, concerns you may have about Parish happenings or just to meet the team and some of your councillors!

Click here to view the full pdf document.

People in Bucks are generally healthier than the national average however many people still suffer from potentially preventable conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, some cancers and some forms of dementia. In addition many people living inour more deprived areas have poorer health over their lifetime than people living in the least deprived areas.

Many of the programmes are countywide but some may be focused in areas of higher health need such as our more deprived areas and the wards chosen as part of the Opportunity Bucks programme. Opportunity Bucks is a partnership programme inBuckinghamshire designed to level up outcomes across Buckinghamshire across several domains including the built environment,education, skills, employment and health and wellbeing. It focuses on the 10 wards experiencing the poorest outcomes acrossmultiple indicators of inequality within Buckinghamshire.

For further information or to get involved in these public health projects please contact: phadmin@buckinghamshire.gov.uk

PROUD OF BUCKS - NOMINATIONS OPEN UNTIL 12TH FEBRUARY 2023

The Proud of Bucks Awards celebrate Buckinghamshire’s communities that have demonstrated care, creativity and commitment towards their local areas. The awards recognise and applaud outstanding community contribution carried out by local volunteers.

Nominations are now open for the Proud of Bucks Awards 2022, sponsored by The Clare Foundation.

This year, each of Buckinghamshire’s 16 Community Boards will be celebrating local volunteers in the following three categories:

• Local Community Champion - for an individual (aged 21 and over) who has made a clear and positive impact in their local community during 2022
• Young Community Champion - for a young person (under age 21) who has made a clear and positive impact in their local community or towards their peers during 2022
• Community Group Contribution - recognises and celebrates a group in the community board area who has made a clear and positive impact on the community during 2022

Click here to nominate

Join us for our first Open House of 2023!

Contact us for more information - 01628 522827 / clerk@wooburnparish.gov.uk

"With Spring on its way we start to think about getting out to walk in the beautiful English Countryside again, but where to find new and interesting walks? Walking in Bucks https://www.walkinginengland.co.uk/bucks has loads of walks to download and print, free, it also has books of walks, details of all the walking groups in the county and much more. Whether you want to walk on your own or with a group all the information is there in one place.

There is so much walking information on the web but it is difficult to find. Walking in Bucks (part of the Walking in England website) has brought it together in one place so whether you are walking from home, or away on holiday, you will be able to find a walk suitable for you.

With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus long, and a note of suitability for pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to enjoy.

So home or away, check out the websites and get walking!" 

by John Harris (john@walkinginengland.co.uk)

Bourne End Community Centre will be open on Mondays from 12th December to anyone who needs a place to go during the daytime to keep warm and safe. 

Visitors will be welcome for as long as they wish during opening hours and can make use of facilities including hot drinks, reading materials, free wi-fi and charging facilities.

The sinkhole has now been filled in Sapper's Field! WBEPC now has the field back (under lease) and our groundstaff will start getting it ready for spring. Whilst the field will likely open to the public in late November/ early December 2022, in the New Year, when the growing season commences, it will be given a good haircut and regular maintenance including an inspection of the play area.

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