Here is the January Newsletter for Sessay

At a glance

New Year’s Eve	31st Dec
Dominoes Night	9th January
How to Use a Defibrillator	7th January
Any other business	Reports, fun & business
Regular Events

New Year’s Eve Village Bar

December 31st 7:30 pm onwards

Everyone is welcome in the Village Bar from 7.30 pm to bring in 2025. Bring a plate of food to contribute to the shared buffet. Pool and darts. Bring a party game, tell a joke, sing a song, read a poem or dance the night away. Bar open. Come and bring in the New Year together.

Thanks to the Events committee for putting on this event for the community in the absence of the usual bar facilities in January. The pop-up bar will be open!!
There is also another event planned for January 30th (possibly a quiz) with the pop-up bar. Watch out for more info later.

Sessay WI

January 7th 2:00 pm How to use the Defibrillator – Steve Smith

This month’s meeting is on how to use the Defibrillator with Steve Smith from the First Responders team. Sessay WI would like to invite anyone to this meeting.

The Year that Was Quiz!

Friday Dec 5th 7:00pm

We enjoyed a great night out despite atrocious weather for the Year That Was Quiz night. Stand-in Quiz Master Mark managed the boisterous quizzers admirably, and Jacquie kept the scores. The event was very well supported, with the hall almost packed out. Thanks to everyone who organised, helped, and even turned up on the night. We raised a whopping £504.51p

Sessay Carpet Bowls

Sessay Carpet Bowls meets every Tuesday evening in the village hall from the beginning of September until the end of March. The first practice session is on Tuesday, 9th September at 7:15 pm.

We have two teams that play against local teams in the Vale of Mowbray League.

No special Bowls, clothes or shoes needed. All ages welcome. Just come along at about 7:15 pm on a Tuesday and have a go.

In mid-December, if you were up early enough, you might have been treated to one of the gorgeous sunrise spectacles over the village. Normally, I’m hoping I’ll get someone to send a picture they took, but one day I was bombarded with images of the sunrise. I was still fast asleep, so missed it all, but thank you for the pictures, Doreen Till, Judith Walburn, Chris Langton and Margaret Watkinson. These may be better viewed on the website here.

Any Other Business

The next Parish Council Meeting is on January 22nd at 6:45 pm. The Agenda can be found here or on the notice board outside the village hall.

Sessay Sing and Share

January 29th 2:00 pm

Sessay Sing and Share continues monthly, and we now have 2 new members. For now, we are meeting in each other’s homes. If you are interested in joining us, please contact me on 07904 769270. If the group gets large, we will look into hiring the meeting room at the village hall. Our next sing and share is on Thursday, 29th January, at Sue’s house.

Sandra Lupson x

Heck Warm Connection

We were approached by Heck (the Beadale Sausage Company) to provide facilities for a Warm Connection Lunch for the elderly in the village. They provided us with a lovely, warm lunch on Friday, December 19th. About 20 of us enjoyed a very nice pie, veg, mash and gravy lunch served by two extremely nice people from Heck. This was followed by Christmas pud, custard and drinks. Thank you, Heck!

Sessay Village Bar

Closed throughout January ~ due to reopen possibly Feb 6th

Thanks to all those who entered our raffle for the Chocolate Christmas Wreath. We sold all the tickets early, so it was drawn at the last Community Cafe. The number drawn was No.74, and the winner has been notified. Watch out for the next running raffle!

Hello everybody! Did you get any presents that you would like to re-gift this year (or are still in the cupboard from last year)? If you did, could we ask you consider donating them to the Sessay Village Hall? We hold Raffles and Tombolas throughout the year and are always in need of good, unused items. Donations can be accepted by any Committee Member. Thank you in advance!

Regular Events at the Village Hall

Ladies Bootcamp

A mix of core, resistance, cardio and boxing exercises each week. Fun, friendly sessions, suitable for all ages and abilities. £5.00 per session. Wednesday 7-8 pm. Contact Becca on 07770 286644 for more information

Pilates Class

Classes are varied, including the use of small equipment (balls, bands, toning circles, etc) on Wednesday at 10.30. £9.00 per session. Places available. Contact Emma on 07974 145055

January 5th

Sessay Arts and Crafts Group 10:00 – 12:30

January 6th and 20th

Sessay Stitchers – Village Hall at 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm in the new meeting room.
Whether you are an expert, a complete beginner or anything in between, if you’d like friendly, informal company when making anything fibre-based, please join us.

January 7th

Sessay WI – 2:00 pm: This month’s meeting is “How to use the Defibrillator” with Steve Smith from the First Responders team. Sessay WI would like to invite anyone interested to this meeting.

Find the full WI Programme here

January 11th

St Cuthbert’s Church 10:30 – Morning Prayer

January 13th

Tuesday Club – 2:00 pm The Mitford Men ~ Mrs J Aston

Find the full Tuesday Club programme here.

January 25th

St Cuthbert’s Church 10:30 – Holy Communion with Rev Jan, coffee afterwards.

January 31st

Community Café 10:00 – 11:30 am – Come and join us for Tea, Coffee, Cake and a natter. Bring a neighbour.

Featured Photograph

This month’s photo is a picture of Sessay Church from a different angle, October 11th, kindly supplied by Kay Jackson. If you want a picture from the village featured at the top, please send high-resolution landscape pictures via email here.

Newsletter

If you want your event in the newsletter or can think of something I’ve missed, please let me know by the last week of each month. Thank you.