[imgl=avf0]Churchfields School, Atworth[/img]The Atworth Village Fete was held in the grounds of Chrurchfields, School, Atworth

[imgr=avf6]At Atworth Village Fete[/img]There were a number of local and nearly local stalls, including pictures, jewelry, and of course the bottle tombola set just in the background here.

[imgl=avf7]Bouncy Castle[/img] A Melksham company supplied the Bouncy Castle ... and with a coconut shy, toss the wellie and other games there was plenty to do.

[imgr=avf5]Cakes and White Elephants[/img] Classic stalls at Atworth Fete - the cake stall (we were downwind and - my goodness - a lovely smell made me hungry all afternoon!)

[imgl=avf3]Atworth Village Plan[/img]Atworth Village Plan, prepared into draft form (so far) by the Parish Council, was on display - an impressive amount of work has gone into this.

[imgr=avf4]Community Area Partnership[/img] And at the next wider level, the Melksham Community Area Partnership's stand was canvassing opinions on what people want and are concerned about over a wider area - travel and facilities such as health care and secondary schools which villages cannot support themselves in isolation.

[imgl=avf2]Talking with the community[/img]One of the really tough things is to get the community to think where they want to be going, and another is to convince them that it's worthwhile to actually respond to requests for their views. "Government will do what they want anyway ...". Maybe they will - but maybe it's worth trying anyway, and maybe they'll listen. And if you learn about government, you can certainly learn what can be easily achieved through the system, and what will be an uphill battle. See Considerations .

[imgr=avf9]School Play area, Atworth[/img]Atworth Village Fete - the play area at Churchfields School where the Fete took place.

[imgl=avf1]End of the Fete[/img]As the fete draws to a close, people are sitting more relaxed and chatting with their neighbors.

[imgr=avf8]On the field after the fete[/img]On the playing field, the younger people are playing