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3 Villages Flood Group
We have seen increased flooding throughout the Parish of Mudford and surrounding areas – Main St has been flooded and West Mudford Road impassable at times.
West Mudford has been particularly affected with residents “cut off” on several occasions. West Mudford Rd has seen cars stuck in the flood waters in potentially life threatening situations.
Emergency services have been called out to rescue people. On the Thursday before the Easter weekend 2024 five fire engines were involved in an incident in West Mudford Road, with great effort and skill rescued people stuck in vehicles.
Given Climate Change and the fact that Somerset County Council is facing a major budget deficit it seems that more and more communities are seeking local solutions via their Parish Councils.
At a Parish Council meeting in 2024 flooding was discussed at length and a suggestion made that a joint action group was formed between the Parish Council and local residents. This group has now been formed and is called ‘The 3 Villages Flood Group’ the 3 Villages are Mudford, Ashington & Chilton Cantelo.
The overall aim of the group is to raise awareness of risk and where possible undertake various actions to lessen flooding threat to individuals, homes, properties and businesses.
Read more on 3vfg website
THE LORD’S LARDER FOOD BANK
The Lord’s Larder Food Bank is a local ‘bank’ of non-perishable in life ambient food operated by volunteers from churches in and around Yeovil.
It began in a small way in 1991 when a representative of Yeovil Citizens’ Advice Bureau spoke about the need for emergency food to members of one of the churches in Yeovil. It is now supplied by over 60 local churches, 45 schools and several community groups.
Last year in 2022, over 183,000 items of food were given out via 70 different agencies to help over 9,700 local people, (5,600 adults and 4,100 children.)
Items can be dropped off on Wednesday afternoons to the Village Hall when the Craft Club takes place or Thursday Morning café.
The items needed changes each week so please keep an eye on this page for updates, for the time being what’s needed are listed below, please do your best to help. you can go direct to Lord’s Larder here
We are currently running low on these following items;
Boxes of Cereals, Tins of Meatballs, Tins of Hot Dogs, Tins of Spaghetti, Tins of Peas, Jars of Coffee, Tins of Rice Pudding,Carrier Bags.
