Work, Worship, Study and Play
Could you be chair of Othona's trustees? Please take some time to listen to our previous chair, Clare Gough, describe her experience of the role:
https://youtu.be/yYBwxA-DNHo?si=SRKmA99PF8MoKQMB
Full details of the role and how to apply can be found on the Reach website:
Here are the minutes from the last Bradwell Centre Open Meeting held at Bradwell on the 17th August 2024:
You can view all the committee and Trustee documents on our website:
https://www.othonaessex.org.uk/i-want/committee-trustees-and-publications
This includes all the Village View articles written mainly by Community member, Ruth Bull. The October version is already there to view:
It was lovely to see many of you at the Othona AGM this morning (21st September). If you were unable to attend and wish to read any of the reports from the meeting or watch the videos presented then please go to our Trustee document page:
The Annual General Meeting of the Othona Community will be held via Zoom on Saturday 21st September starting at 10.30 am (login from 10.15am). A mailing will be sent out this Friday (13th September) with the Zoom login details and agenda to all Othona members on our mailing list. If you don't receive our mailings and would like to join then please contact the bradwell office (bradwell@othona.org) and we will send you the information. We hope to see as many as possible of you there on Saturday
We are sad to inform you of the sad death of Miss Pim Lock, the last surviving Founder of Othona, at the age of 96. We received this information today from her Nephew, John Hubbard.
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We are looking for a new kitchen and catering manager at Othona Bradwell following the departure of Phil Martin, who has done a fantastic job in this role for over two years. If this might be of interest to you or someone you know then please take a look at the advert:
Cooking, Catering, Hospitality Lead | Othona Essex
This a great opportunity for someone with good basic home cooking skills to learn more or someone who would like to put their already advanced catering skills to good use. The most important part is providing a hospitable, warm and welcoming environment for everyone attending our programmes, activities and community.
Coming up in 2025- the fourth Essex Green Weekend! The theme will be Water for Life. Booking will open from October this year, go to our website for more details:Essex Green Weekend | Othona Essex
Do you currently use the D4 bus to get from Southminster to the Othona Community? If so, hopefully you are aware that this service is being replaced later this month by the D45 service, this runs much less frequently with no Saturday service and currently is not timetabled to come all the way to the community unfortunately. We are encouraging people to take a moment to fill in a bus users survey in the hope that this will encourage a rethink of the local transport strategy. The D4 service is really important for people, both locally and those visiting, without their own transport.
Thanks for your help:
We are delighted to have this beautiful watercolour painting from the artist Stephen Jordan to auction to help raise funding for the yurt refurbishment.
Stephen painted this view of the Peace Garden and Chapel from the back balcony of the Solar building. You can see the original painting in the dining room at Othona. We are having a sealed bid auction so you can either place a secret bid when you visit, in the designated box, or send in your bid by email.
We will announce the highest bid at the end of the summer season on the 30th August.
If you would like to find out more about the types of wildflowers growing at Othona then please take a look at this video, made by Jonney, showing some of the species here: