COLDEN Common Community Pantry is appealing for donations.
They need - tinned food: e.g. meat/vegetarian stews, curries, soup, fish, baked beans, tomatoes, Fray Bentos pies. Unopened packets of dry food: e.g. breakfast cereals, tea, biscuits. Sachets of rice or pasta. Jars: e.g. coffee, jams, marmalade, sauces, frankfurters. Cleaning and personal hygiene items: e.g. sanitary products, nappies, toilet rolls, toothbrushes and toothpaste, shower gel, shampoo. Tinned vegetables are not in demand except tomatoes. For more details, email coldencommoncommunitypantry@proton.me or call 01962 712610. 

SAVE the date for Colden Common's scarecrow festival in October.  It will be held around the village on Sunday, October 6 from 10am to 3pm. In a Facebook post, organisers said: “Our popular annual community event returns. Join us for a scarecrow hunt around Colden Common. With tasty chocolate treat (allergy alternatives available), wonderful arts and crafts and fab raffle prizes. Great family fun for all ages, with riddles to solve for older children. Everyone is invited! £5 per child. Price includes entry to the trail and prize, entry to the arts and crafts and colouring competitions and a drink and a biscuit. “Hot drinks will be served in stoneware cups. If you would like to purchase a drink to take away with you, please bring your own reusable mug.”

LOOKING ahead, the Twyford pumpkin revival is returning. 
It will be held at The Bugle Inn on Sunday, October 13 from 5.30pm. 
There will be food drinks, weigh the pumpkin competition and more. 

SET building and painting is now underway for the Otterbourne Theatre Company's Murder Mystery evening on Friday, September 20, and Saturday, September 21 at 7pm. The name of the production is Dig for Vengeance. Tickets for the Saturday are nearly sold out but there is still plenty of availability for the Friday. You can book tickets at ticketsource.co.uk.

A coffee afternoon will take place this week at Twyford Parish Hall. On Friday, September 20, MacMillan cancer support is organising the meeting (where there will also be cake). Between 2pm and 5pm everyone is invited to come and have a chat for a good cause. For more information contact Fiona on 07917 090326.

ON October 13 at Twyford Community Centre there will be a folk concert. Singer Robert Vincent has had to transfer to this new venue due to demand. The concert, organised by sc4m begins at 8pm. Tickets are available at wegottickets.com/sc4m.

COMPTON and Shawford Parish Council is looking for a new councillor. It would like to encourage those interested in getting involved in their local community to apply. More information on the role and responsibilities of a parish councillor may be obtained from the clerk at clerk@comptonshawford-pc.gov.uk or on the council’s website: comptonshawford-pc.gov.uk.

THERE will be a harvest service for families at the St Mary's Church in Twyford at 4pm on Sunday, October 13. All are welcome and donations will be forwarded to the "Basics Bank". The service will be hosted by the 360 Church Group.

ANOTHER event at St Mary's Church in Twyford will be the coffee morning on Saturday, September 21. Taking place between 10am and 12pm, all are welcome to come and have coffee and cakes, with the added opportunity to buy plants and Fair Trade products. Donations are welcome and will go towards funding the church.

ONE more event in Twyford is the church quiz, to be held at Twyford Parish Hall on Friday, October 25. Between 7pm and 10pm, Jon Hibberd will act as quiz-master to test your knowledge on a range of subjects. All are welcome, and revellers are invited to bring their own picnic. Entry is £10 per person and guests will be seated at tables of eight. Bookings are being supervised by Juliet Hawkes, who can be contacted on 07887946830 or at julietahawkes@aol.com. There will also be a bar and a raffle.