Welcome to the Ps and Qs web site

Ps and Qs stands for Purton's Qualities and is an established group of villagers who have a similar interest in maintaining and, where appropriate, improving the quality of village life. The organisation came about in early 1994 through initial support by members of the Purton Evening WI.

Membership of Ps and Qs is open to all; having a committee of six to eight, supported by a network of interested villagers who become more active according to interest and need. However, the value of its work is recognised, on a number of occasions, outside the village too. Indeed, for many years the group was the only one of its kind in North Wiltshire and acted as beacon for other similar groups.

The group is mostly self-funded, though at various times, it has received funding from the local, North Wiltshire District Council and regionally, from the Rural Development Association. The funding is in recognition of the group’s work on Local Agenda 21 issues – a worldwide vehicle for local action on environmental and social issues, working in parallel with governmental action on global issues of a similar nature.

Ps & Qs March 2005