Welcome to Quedgeley News!
Quedgeley News is a magazine published monthly by Quedgeley News Limited, a wholely owned trading subsidiary of the charity, Quedgeley Community Trust, and delivered free to all the 6,700 homes and many businesses in Quedgeley. Feel free to look around our web site where you will find more information about our trust along with information on Quedgeley and back issues of our publication.
This picture is of the church in Quedgeley, St James that dates back to 1210. Quedgeley was once made up of several farms, but is now home to over 6,100 houses and a population of nearly 12,000 people. It’s no longer a village; in fact it’s big enough to be a town.
Quedgeley Community Trust is 30 years old and is a continuation by a group of people who got together to arrange and celebrate the Queens Silver Wedding Anniversary back in 1972. They had so much fun that the concept of a community continues and it publishes a monthly 44 page magazine, a mixture of local news and adverts to keep this ever growing village of Quedgeley together. Any profit it makes it gives back in grants to deserving local groups.
Latest News - Updated Sunday December 18th 2011 at 5:17pm
**The contact telephone number for Quedgeley News is 01452 549899**
Thank you to those volunteers who came forward to help take on producing Quedgeley News (see November front page below). It looks like we have the core of a team, but could still do with a few more please. Especially someone(s) who want to help in linking with our advertisers. Let me, Andy Jarrett, know if you are interested in gettting involved. Tel: 01452 883450 or email andy.jarrett@ymail.com If you are an Advertiser in Quedgeley News you can now pay your latest invoice "on line". Click on the Advertiser tab at the top of this page - you only need your customer number (top left hand corner of invoice), the amount you owe and your credit/debit card details. It's that easy! We are currently short of volunteer distributors in a number of roads in Kingsway, and despite a number of appeals only a few people have come forward. As you probably know, everyone who helps QN does so as a volunteer, no one is paid. However, distributing the magazine each month will take no more than 30 to 40 minutes and will help people to get to know their neighbours and build community spirit. The roads we are currently having problems with are: However, we know there are many other roads on Kingsway which are new and we have no cover for. We also need help with sickness or holiday cover in all areas, if you are able to volunteer to occasionally help us. Please click on Contact Us or ring/text 07504 852044 (after 5.30 pm please). Please note this is a new number for distribution enquiries if you are interested in volunteering to help deliver YOUR Community Magazine. Thank you.
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January 2012
Quedgeley News Needs you - Update
We had a good response to our request in November's Quedgeley News for volunteers to come forward to join a team to take the magazine forward when Sandra Hughes stands down as Editor in March.
It looks as though we have found a volunteer who will lead the team which is wonderful. Others have come forward who want to help with articles and to be a contact point for new and existing advertisers. Also someone who will kindly look after the accounts and finances. Other volunteers have also offered to help with design work and our web and social media presence.
This is a fantastic start but we do need others to join in as well if we are going to ensure that Quedgeley News has a stable and strong editorial team that can continue to produce such a high quality and well respected community magazine.
Since the November issue came out, so many community leaders have approached us to say that Quedgeley News is far too good an asset to Quedgeley to allow it to fail or for standards to slip. This is great to hear and we hope will spur others on to want to get on board.
In particular we are looking for people who could:
- provide well deserved holiday and sickness cover for the Team Leader
- remind our regular contributors of the deadline for their contribution and follow them up
- let us have occasional articles and features
- a proof reader to check issues before going to final print
The team needs to be in place by February to produce the April edition. So please, if you can spare a few hours each month then let us know as soon as you can.
Training is available for the right team members plus all reasonable expenses will be paid. The Directors will even consider paying honorariums to attract the right team members. The roles that each member plays in the team can be shaped to suit the individuals who come forward.
To find out more please contact Andy Jarrett on 01452 883450 or andy.jarrett@ymail.com
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