Stow Longa Village Community

This comprises two computers, complete with scanners and printers, provided by Cambridgeshire County Council, and located in the Community Room at Spaldwick School. At the present time these are available for public use free of charge on Monday afternoons in term time from 1.15pm to 3.00pm, where you can do the following things:

• access council and government information and services
• surf the net
• send e-mails
• shop on line
• follow an on-line training course
• look at job adverts
• book rail, bus, plane or cinema tickets
• trace your ancestors or long lost friends
• scan photographs or other pictures
• write a letter or your CV

If you have never used a computer before and would like to learn, a volunteer tutor will be present during these sessions to assist you.

If you are interested in using this facility would you please speak to David Stowell, one of the volunteer tutors, to ensure that a tutor is present and to book a slot.
Contact details :
Address : 23A Thrapston Road, Spaldwick PE28 0TA
Phone : 01480 890065
Email : davidstowell@onetel.com

Richard Whidborne on behalf of e-Griffin Consulting will be preparing a tender document to be sent to candidate contractors to obtain quotes for the people who expressed an interest in connection to the new sewer read his notice ...

Helen Tinkler has organised an oil buying consortium. Oil prices have shot up recently, for most of us this is becoming a real issue.
We received the following letter from Conquest oil on 18th July :
"Thank you all for your continued support and hard work.
The group now has 150 members which is tremendous for such a short space of time.
You will be only too aware of the cost implications we are all experiencing through the recent and sustained record high fuel prices, which have in turn resulted in the financing costs of running our business rising considerably, as no doubt have yours.
Therefore the saving being made by the group is even more important to both parties. However, after careful consideration we have decided that we will have to reduce the value of the prize draw to a £200 voucher twice a year. When the group was set up the value of 500 litres of oil was £183.75, whereas today it is £315.00. We have also done the same to our own village of Houghton Conquest. Any vouchers outstanding will be accepted if they were issued prior to this email."
Order heating oil
Please get in touch with Helen if you would like to know more.
Call Helen at Stow Cottage on 01480 861 636.

The Stow Longa Macmillan Walk 2007

An enormous ‘thank-you’ to all who took part in the walk this year!
It was a lovely day and we all enjoyed the walk, the company and the lunch.
Thank you, too, to all those who gave us such generous donations.

The great news is:

WE RAISED £890 -16P

VERY WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!

Over the years we have been able to generate enough income to give some donations to charitable causes - more...

Some of the events we have enjoyed were competitive, we fought for the Stow Longa Challenge Cup.
See who won!

From time to time the Police NHW Community Officer leaves telephone messages for us regarding local crimes etc which, where applicable, are passed to the rest of the village. Most of the information, which is infrequent and brief, does not directly affect Stow Longa although it often contains advice on scams etc which is of benefit.
Currently, to advise the village, notices are placed on the Village Notice Board. We feel that a faster and more efficient way to communicate these notices to the village will be to carry these notices on the website as well.
John Dickins is one of the three coordinators for the village and has been asked to also send the information by email to everyone who is interested. If you are not registered to receive emails from the website and would like to receive these emails from John directly please let him know via email.
More ... Neighbourhood Watch

Read the Open University Safe Computing bulletins. This stuff is really good advice! - more...

Microsoft have released Internet Explorer 7.
One difference has been found that affects this website - more...