Burton Community Association volunteers have now laid 28 tonnes of topsoil and 310m2 of turf on the play area. This is so that the area can be used by the community while the Association is raising the funds to complete the project. The topsoil and turf were partly funded by generous contributions Read more
Burton Community Association has acquired a Public Access Defibrillator for the village and residents have received training in its use and how to perform emergency resuscitation in general. This is part of the “Call Push Rescue” programme, a nationwide scheme run by the British Heart Foundation. Watch these videos to Read more
Free training is available for Burton residents in essential life saving skills.
Hi everyone We are looking for 8-10 volunteers to take part in a 1-hour focus group to discuss different options for play equipment for the proposed Burton play area. We are aiming to have a mix of mums / dads / grandparents with children of different ages so that we Read more
After the resounding success of our earlier village tidy-up, Victoria and Trystan Hitchens are proposing a second day of cleaning, clearing and making good, before winter sets in. All welcome. Meet at the Church at 10am.
As you may know the Burton Community Association has asked John Millican to look at street lighting in the village. We stress that there is no definite plan or commitment to provide street lighting in Burton and that this is just a consultation. John would be interested in your views on the Read more
Burton Community Association General Meeting Monday 12 May 7:30pm at the Old House at Home At the meeting the Chair of the BCA, Amanda Read, presented the Chair’s Report for Period March-May 2014. The report summarises BCA activities since its inception at the launch event in March 2014. The full report Read more
This year BCA is backing the village fete and stands to gain £300 or more from this one event. This income is essential if we are to realise much of the Beautiful Burton project, which includes a WW1 memorial bench on the Triangle, and picket fences for the village entry Read more
This month we will be reading ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ by Tracy Chevalier. Girl With a Pearl Earring tells the story of Griet, a 16-year-old Dutch girl who becomes a maid in the house of the painter Johannes Vermeer. Her calm and perceptive manner not only helps her in Read more
The Burton Book Club meets on the third Monday of every month, at 19:30 in the Old House @ Home. Books are picked at random out of a hat from members’ nominations. Each month the selected book will be posted on this website. We have somewhere in the region of 8-12 members. If Read more