SE21 March 2021

The only Community Magazine for Dulwich Village & West Dulwich Established 2006

Issue 172 - March 2021 In this issue What’s On Garden Talk Food & Drink Fitness Tips Build a Better Business Pets Corner Dulwich Hamlet FC The Last Word

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Welcome to SE21 So we are still in Lockdown 3 as I write but we are expecting the “big” announcement Monday with dates of when the schools can return and hopefully much more. I am sure I am not the only person who cannot wait to get out there and back to normal. I was really pleased to be offered my Covid jab, which I had at the Tessa Jowell Centre this week. I was very impressed with how efficient there were.

Our events pages start on page 6 this month with seven full pages of online events you can “go” to. Again, everything is subject to change, so please do check ahead. But most events have already adapted they way they host their events and we can do so much from our own home!

I mentioned last month about our newly updated website which covers the whole area: www.arounddulwich.co.uk. Do check our daily events calendar, as events are added all the time. You can also sign up for updates, so you don’t miss any of our stories and you can even add your own events via our Submit an Event button.

If you are in business and need some help, I ran a workshop last month called How to Build a Better Business in 90 Minutes. You can read more on pages 22 & 23.

The Last Word goes to local garden designer Tessa Parikian. Find out more on page 32.

Until next time.

Angela Angela Burgess, Head of All Things Community SE Magazines/Around Dulwich

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Contents Welcome ..................................................................... 3 Events Calendar.......................................................... 4 What’s On..............................6, 8, 10, 28, 29, 30 & 31 Garden Talk ............................................................. 12 Food & Drink ........................................................... 14 Fitness Tips............................................................... 16 Pets Corner .............................................................. 20

Build a Better Business in 90 Minutes.............22 & 23 Financial Matters ..................................................... 24 Dulwich Hamlet Football Club ................................. 25 Education News....................................................... 26 The Last Word .......................................................... 32 Index ........................................................................ 34

April Deadline - 15 March (please allow an extra two days if design is required) To advertise in SE21 please contact Angela Burgess on 020 8693 9040 or e-mail: angela@semagazines.co.uk for further information. You can download our media pack from our website: www.semagazines.co.uk.

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Events Calendar - March Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Devilishly Dark Debuts, see p6.

Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group, see p8.

Honor Oak WI, see p6. Hadley Freeman: House of Glass, On the Street Where see p8 you Live, see p6.

Life Drawing & Painting see p6.

8th Lisa Jewell Invisible Girl, see p28.

15th One Pot, Pan, Planet with Anna Jones, see p30.

22nd

9th Life Drawing & Painting see p6.

16th Life Drawing & Painting see p6.

10th

The Book of Longings by Sue Life Drawing & Monk Kidd, see p30. Painting see p6.

17th

Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group, see p8.

24th Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group, see p8. &ART art classes, see p28.

Migrant Birds in the Local Area, see p31.

29th

30th

How to Calm the Overthinking Mind, see p31.

Friday

4th BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8.

5th Social Media Workshop, see p10.

Supporting Your Dyslexic Learner, see p8.

11th

BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8.

Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group, Making Change, see p8. see p29 &ART art classes, The Arts Society see p28.

Dulwich, p29.

Online Charity Wine Transient Desires

by Donna Leon, Tasting see p28. see p29.

&ART art classes, see p28.

One Two Three Four with Craig Brown, see p30.

23rd

Thursday

31st

18th

BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8.

12th

Saturday

6th Critter’s Art Club: Paper Puppets, see p10.

Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10.

13th

Sunday

7th

Weekly Horniman Market see p10.

14th

&ART art classes, see p29.

Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10.

19th

Thinking Skills Strategies to Reignite an Appetite for Learning, see p30

20th

Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10.

Weekly Horniman Market see p10.

21st Weekly Horniman Market see p10.

&ART art classes, see p29.

Filmmaking 101: Script Writing, see p30.

25th

26th

&ART art classes, see p28.

1st

27th &ART art classes, see p29.

Zoom Life Drawing & Painting, see p10.

BNI Adventurers Online Meeting, see p8.

2nd

3rd

28th Weekly Horniman Market see p10.

4th

&ART art classes, see p28.

Zoom Portraiture @ Dulwich Art Group, see p8.

Smart Business Networking with Cooking with Scissors.

See p31.

Forthcoming Events Further details where available can be found in the News and Events pages 6, 8, 10, 28, 29, 30 & 31. Please read as not all the events can fit on the calendar!

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What's On - March Notice Please note that all this information was correct at the time of going to press.

However please do check details ahead, as the lockdown may be extended and this could affect some events.

Tuesday 2 March: Devilishly Dark Debuts

(Live Stream with Village Books)

Tuesdays 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 March: Life Drawing & Painting

7:30pm - 8:30pm Get ready for a gripping evening with three exciting debut authors. Ashley Audrain, Abigail Dean and Inga Vesper will be discussing their thrilling new books as part of our very first virtual ‘panel’ event. The event will be chaired by presenter and producer Joe Haddow. Book at: www.trybooking.com

Tuesday 2 March: ‘On the Street Where You Live: 200 years of Dulwich radicalism’ 7pm-8.30pm. This is an online drawing & painting session conducted via Zoom. Long pose life painting and drawing. A single pose held for three hours with 5 minute model breaks every 25 minutes. This class will be run by Freya Tate, a wonderful artist with a sharp eye and a playful line. The session will be life model focused but Freya will introduce chaotic elements to challenge you and move your drawing on to higher levels.

The Dulwich Art Group & School, 4a Champion Hill SE5 8AH. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk.

Tuesday 2 March: Honor Oak WI We meet on the first Tuesday of each month, currently via Zoom, at 7:30pm. twitter.com/honoroakwi www.facebook.com/groups/honoroakwi/ Honoroak_WI Email: honoroakwi@gmail.com 6 | SE21 - March 2021

With Duncan Bowie 8pm-9pm. Continuing our ‘On the Street Where You Live’ talks series, Duncan Bowie, of the Dulwich Society, will cover the lives and politics of some of the 30 radicals and socialists who have either been politically active in Dulwich or have lived in the area over the last 200 years - some known, some lesser known - some just eccentric. Duncan Bowie is an academic at the University of Westminster.

His most recent book, ‘The Radical and Socialist Tradition in British Planning: From Puritan Colonies to Garden Cities’, was published in 2016. Book via: www.bellhouse.co.uk.

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What's On - March Wednesdays 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 March: ZOOM PORTRAITURE @ Dulwich Art Group & School

Thursdays 4, 11, 18 & 25 March: BNI Adventurers (online meeting)

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2pm-5pm. This is an online life drawing class with the Dulwich Art Group. This is a clothed portrait session conducted via Zoom to allow for interaction between participants. The Dulwich Art Group & School, 4a Champ ion Hill SE5 8AH. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk.

Thursdays 4, 11 March: Supporting your Dyslexic Learner

Wednesday 3 March: Hadley Freeman: House of Glass (Live Stream)

7pm-8pm. A moving memoir following the Glass siblings throughout the course of the twentiethcentury as they each make their own bid for survival, House of Glass explores assimilation, identity and home – issues that are deeply relevant today. Ttickets via www.trybooking.com 8 | SE21 - March 2021

10am-12pm. Tina will help you understand how you can best support a child at home and at school. Children with dyslexia may learn differently from you. This course has been designed to help you understand how you can best support a child at home and at school. We will cover how to recognise different learning profiles, multisensory learning, age-appropriate reading matter and tools, note taking, mindmapping, making numeracy more visual and how to gather evidence that a child needs help and support.

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What's On - March Friday 5 March: Social Media Workshop – Using Instagram for your Business 9.30am-12pm.

This two-and-a-half-hour workshop will be held online via Zoom and is perfect for anyone who would like to learn all the tips and tricks needed to use Instagram effectively for business. It doesn’t matter if you’re new to Instagram or you’ve been using it for years, you will come away with a better understanding of how to make the most of the key Instagram features. For full details and booking: https://bookwhen.com/annaskipwith

Saturdays 6, 13, 20 & 27 March: Zoom Life Drawing & Painting

Saturday 6 March: Critter’s Art Club: Paper Puppets

3pm-4pm. Join illustrator Nina and Bell House at the Critter’s Art Club for weekly, playful art activities! This is a series of workshops for children and families who love getting creative!

We will be doing four sessions based around drawing, painting and crafting. This can be a fun, relaxing antidote for home learning that is social and creative! Suggested donation £8. Book via www.bellhouse.co.uk.

Sundays 7, 14, 21 & 28 March: Horniman Market

10am-1pm. This is a drop-in drawing and painting session with the Dulwich Art Group conducted via Zoom with limited studio slots.

Untutored sessions with a long pose generally held for three weeks giving the artist a chance to produce a more considered piece of work.

Our models are carefully chosen and are lit with professional lights. Advice is always on tap but we tend to leave you to your own devices unless encouraged. The Dulwich Art Group & School, 4a Champion Hill SE5 8AH. www.dulwichartgroup.co.uk.

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10am – 3pm. The weekly Horniman Market is open to provide food items including fresh fruit, vegetables, cheese, bread and meat.

Market stalls will be positioned outdoors at a safe distance from each other to ensure we can maintain a two metre social distance for all customers and traders.

Strict and enhanced hygiene measures are in place with all traders. We also ask that you sanitise your hands at each available stall and only touch produce you intend on buying. The Market will be accepting card payments only.

Please note, the Horniman Gardens and Gardens toilets are open, with the usual Gardens opening hours. www.horniman.ac.uk. 100 London Road, Forest Hill, SE23 3PQ. 28

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What To Do In The Garden This March Garden Talk with Janine Winlaw | Instagram @janinewinlaw Spring is in the air and the garden is waking up. Here’s are a few jobs to keep you busy this month.

1) Mulch After weeding, give bare soil a thick layer of organic matter such as well-rotted manure. Mulch stops soil losing water as weather warms up, suppresses weeds and smartens everything up.

2) Fertilise Sprinkle soil with an organic slow release fertilser, such as chicken pellets or fish, blood and bone and lightly fork around trees and shrubs. Give roses a special rose feed or a balanced fertiliser.

3) Plant & Deadhead Bulbs Divide or plant snowdrops while they’re still green.

Deadhead daffodils, leaving the green foliage. Plant summer-flowering bulbs such as gladiolus and lilies in a sunny spot.

4) Invest In Spring Flowering Plants I love blue Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ and pulmonaria ‘Blue Ensign’ as well as magnolias and camellias – the single white varities are particularly delicate.

This is also a good time to plant new climbers, 22cm away from walls and the last chance to plant bare root trees, roses and shrubs – the hair roots need to start getting established.

5) Move Plants Move shrubs that are in the wrong place, taking as large a root ball as you can, adding well-rotted compost.

6) Divide Plants Create new plants by dividing large clumps of perennials. Use two forks back to back to tease the roots apart – and don’t worry if some roots break.

7) Prune Perennials Cut down overgrown perennials and grasses to make way for new growth. Prune your roses removing dead, diseased and crossing stems, then cutting flowering wood back by a third. Established 12 | SE21 - March 2021

cornus (dogwood) can now be cut down to the base to encourage colourful winter stems. Prune hydrangeas to a third of last year’s growth.

8) Late Flowering Clematis (Group 3) such as Jackmannii and ‘Etoile Violette’, can be pruned, by cutting them 23-24cm from the ground, to just above a healthy bud. Summer flowering jasmine can also be pruned by taking out the main stem or two to the ground. Honeysuckle, ivies, rambling roses and winter flowering jasmine can also be pruned hard.

9) Grow Scented Sweet Peas Make a bamboo wigwam, and plant two seeds at 30cm intervals and 1cm deep in situ. Young plants may need help before tendrils twine themselves around the support.

10) Cut And Feed Your Lawn You can start mowing your lawn for first time towards the end of the month, on a high setting.

If needed, aerate it by making holes with a fork 10cm deep and 20cm apart. Give the lawn a feed of chicken manure pellets towards the end of the month – ideally when the lawn is damp.

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Guinness Cake with White Chocolate Icing Recipes from Suzanne James | www.suzannejames.co.uk

The perfect way to celebrate St Patricks Day! Ingredients •

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500ml Guinness stout – measure and allow to dissipate 500g unsalted butter – cubed 150g cocoa powder - sieved 800g caster sugar 284ml buttermilk 4 eggs 550g plain flour 5 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda

Icing • 100g melted white chocolate • 200g icing sugar

Method 1) Preheat oven 180c / gas 4 2) Lightly butter a deep, loose bottom cake tin (approx. 23cm) 3) In a saucepan pour Guinness. Allow to dissipate 4) Add butter. Heat until butter is melted, but be careful not to let it boil 5) In a bowl, combine the cocoa and caster sugar and whisk this into the Guinness and butter mix 6) Beat the eggs and sour cream together and add into the above saucepan 7) In another bowl combine the flour and bicarbonate of soda, and slowly whisk into the pan a little at a time. Whisk enough so no lumps!

8) Pour cake batter into tin and bake for 1 hour, 15 minutes (check by poking with a cocktail stick to come out clean) 9) Allow cake to cook on cooling rack 10) Melt white chocolate in a bowl and add icing sugar 11) Put tray under cooling rack (with cake on it) and slowly pour white chocolate icing so that it drips down the cake 12) Allow icing to set and serve!

Enjoy!

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Doing One Thing for Yourself Every Day

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his month I will share a wellbeing tip that can help you with your wellbeing to manage the stresses and pressures of another lockdown, working from home, home-schooling, lack of variety and all of the other additional pressure we are currently facing. With kids at home, remote working extended, the anxiety of the pandemic worsening, it is very easy to let these convergent pressures take over every part of your day. So this month, our wellbeing tip is about you, not your family, but you.

Do One Thing for Yourself Every Day Do one thing every day that is just for you. It doesn’t have to take up too much of your time, indeed, it might just be for five minutes. It could even be a minute, but the important thing is, it’s purely about you. That one thing could be: • Breathwork • Meditation • Reading • A walk • Getting out into the garden • A bath • Having a cup of tea/coffee by yourself etc.

Whatever you like, just take some time to yourself.

The Importance of Rest and Self-Care If you manage to do one thing for yourself every day that is restorative, you are going to have a little bit more energy and a bit more headspace. Also, you will have more literal space. Taking this time for you will increase your ability to pay attention to the needs of the kids and whatever else might be on your plate. In other words, you may become a better partner, mother, boss, employee and friend.

Eleanor Brownn says it perfectly:“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.” (Eleanor Brownn) Now, even without the stresses of a pandemic, home-schooling, working from home and so on, this is a great piece of advice anyway.

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If you can find some time in the day, do something that is just for you.

Self-Care is an Aspect of Heartfulness Doing one thing every day that is just for you, and self-care is an aspect of heartfulness that you might have heard us talk about before. It helps to redress a little bit of balance into the work-life conundrum. Taking time for yourself will make you feel better and it is so essential to prioritise your wellbeing.

Superwoman syndrome (or man) is all too real. “Superwoman Syndrome” is a term first coined in 1984. It refers to a woman who neglects herself because she is seeking to “do it all” to perfection and stretching herself too thin.

Making Time Now, it may seem that all of this sounds a bit “yeah, that’s alright for you, but for me….”

However, it’s really important to feel like we have autonomy and we have a large degree of control over our lives.

Making sure you do something every day, that is all about you helps you to achieve that.

Just try it.

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The Impact Of Stress On Behaviour Pets Corner with Leonie St Clair | www.londondogstraining.co.uk

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he modern pet seems to have it all- a comfortable home, luxury bedding, endless supplies of food and treats, baskets of toys, human attention on tap, weekly beauty routines where coats are washed and fluffed to perfection. Yet, many pets I see are suffering from stress leading to a range of problems, including aggressive behaviour.

It’s a conundrum that many pet owners find hard to understand. How can their pet possibly be stressed, they ask? Stress comes in a variety of forms but can be summarised as the effects of over arousal on the body and brain. Stress is more commonly associated with feelings of anger, frustration, fear or anxiety; however, it can also be caused by high excitement and endless play in the park, daily episodes of barking at passers- by, the sounds of foxes or other dogs from within the home- the list is endless. Remember the feeling of infatuation where you cannot stay still, cannot eat and your heart flutters- that is also stress. The impact on your body is pretty much the same, no matter the source.

Whatever the driver, arousal causes the sympathetic nervous system to release chemicals that force the body into top gear. The state of ‘fight, flight or freeze’, makes sense in emergency situations but is harmful when repeated over and over. Once the limbic system revs up, the rest of the body has to shut down. Digestion is inhibited (this is why a stressed animal, will refuse food), as is the immune system. After each stress event, the body’s chemicals do not return to baseline, they linger, tuning the nervous system to fire up even more easily at the next stress trigger. Before you know it, this elevation in stress hormones becomes the new normal. Long terms stress damages not only the body but also areas of the brain key to memory and learning.

The limbic system is not meant to run for days on end. Just as you don’t keep your car or bicycle in high gear the whole time. Too much triggering of the limbic system and the associated adrenalin rush can lead to a depletion of hormones associated with relaxation and sleep: serotonin, dopamine and paradoxically even exercise related endorphins. Your pet will also find ways to vent as all that internal tension boils over possibly leading

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to aggressive episodes, relentless barking and lunging and a host of other unwanted behaviours.

The temporary feelings of relief (reinforcement) experienced by the stressed pet may in turn cause those behaviours to become habitual.

Recognising stress is important. ‘Excessive’ or repeated behaviours, where the pet seems unable to settle until very tired, may be indicators something is awry. Signs can be surprising and may include repeated tail wagging, jumping up, getting hyped up on the walk to the park. Some dogs suffer from what is known as poor impulse control and may exhibit similar behaviour but distinguishing this from stress is crucial and it is best to consult a behaviourist to decide what is going on. Learned behaviours arising from stress will require behaviour modification and a training and stress reduction plan. This plan will almost certainly involve changes to the environment and life-style with a view to helping the dog learn to switch off at various points throughout the day.

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n my other life as a business coach I ran a workshop last month called “Build a Better Business in 90 Minutes”. There was a lot of interest, with 56 people turning up on the day (virtually!). So what was the workshop all about? The concept was looking at how we spend so much time “in” our business and don’t pay enough attention to working “on” our business.

So by mastering your time and working “on” your business, you can make your business grow. I talked about investing your time rather than just spending time and being intentional with what you want to achieve. We can all be busy during the day, but if you get to the end of it and wonder what you have achieved, you maybe just spending your time and not getting the real work done.

How are you spending your time?

We all have the same amount of hours each week, so how come others seem to get so much done? Most likely they plan! My talk went through how if you started the day at 9am and finished at 6pm, you have 12 x 45 minutes slots.

If you take one for lunch, then that leaves 11.

Over a full week, that is 55 x 45 slots that you can get stuff done. Sounds like a lot doesn’t it?

Well it is!

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doer, you will reap the rewards. The more marketing you do, the more profit you make.

So it is all about stopping the talking and start doing.

Why 90 Minutes?

Good question. It is manageable. Even better if you split it in to two 45 minutes sessions. Imagine how much you could get done if you focussed on just one thing and completed it. Our brain craves completion.

The satisfaction of completing a job, finishing a chapter of a book, another episode of your favourite tv series. What is doesn’t like is continually doing the same thing but not finishing it. This can get you down, leads to frustrating and inevitably, leaving the very thing that you need to finish, undone.

So what should I be doing in my 90 Minutes?

I feel the most important thing in business is getting and keeping more customers. So you 90 minutes should be based around that. If you manage that; everything else with be OK. • So think about what you are going to do every day to achieve this?

• Surely you would set time aside to focus on this?

• How can we do it?

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Business Are you a morning person or an evening person?

Maybe you come alive in the afternoon. It doesn’t matter when it is, but pick a time when you feel energised. You won’t carry on doing this if your force yourself to do it first thing in the morning, but only really come alive at 11am!

So you pick your time. Then get planning. I have some great planners to help me (I can send you links to some) get organised. I have one especially for tasks for my 90 minutes each week. I know once they are written down on a particular day, they will get done.

Be intentional Plan for the next 7-10 days. Remember “Today ain’t over until tomorrow is planned!” This is one of my favourite quotes from Nigel Botterill and it is so true. I have a fantastic checklist of 26 things you can be doing in your 90 minutes sessions.

Here is a taster. If you would like the full checklist, you can download it from my website.

1) Write to your list. Every business should have a list of their current and past clients. You should also be keeping details of people who enquire about your services or products. Most of us are keeping a list of these in a CRM system. This allows us to easily stay in contact, usually by sending out a newsletter. If you are not doing this, then this is very easy to set up and essential for all businesses.

2) Do you have a follow-up campaign? If someone does contact you and asks for your prices, do you have an organised follow-up?

Remember it is your business to remind your clients to do business with you. Not the other way round!

3) Reading. This may sound like an odd use of time but reading about other inspiring business owners can really help with your creativity. Or you could be reading a marketing book, there are so many to choose from. I think it is essential to read (or listen if you prefer) and I know I get some of my best ideas, when I am reading.

“Great presentation, feeling inspired!” - Nisha “Thank you Angela, this was inspirational - so many practical tips and a great presentation” - Phil If you want to the full list, there is a free download at www.angelaburgess.co.uk If you would like to sign up for my next workshop, you can do that via my website too. The workshops are completely free and the feedback has been fantastic.

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Financial Matters

With David Frederick FCCA | Marcus Bishop Associates | marcus-bishop.com

Tax Spring Clean As we are fast approaching the end of the 2020-21 tax year it is time to focus on some spring cleaning of our tax affairs. For some this may be addressing the mountain of tax planning things we’ve been intending to do since the fiscal year started.

Perhaps the increasing anxiety and fear of a radical overhaul of many areas of taxation pending the Chancellor’s forthcoming Budget on 3rd March may or may not be the stimulus for action. Nevertheless four key areas for reflection are discussed below.

ISA An easy win for savers even at historic low interest rates is to make use of this year’s £20,000 ISA allowance, before 5 April 2021. Unused allowances cannot be transferred forward or backward. It is a standard use it or lose it. Minors or those saving on behalf of minors have a threshold of £9,000 for 2020-21. Taxpayers under 40 years old can still contribute £4,000 of their of their £20,000 ISA allowance into a lifetime ISA which receives an annual government bonus of up to £1,000 a year.

This affords savers the option to use the lifetime ISA to buy a first home or fund retirement. Savers should note that penalties for withdrawals from their lifetime ISA were put on hold in 2020-21.

Meanwhile savers currently utilising the help-tobuy ISAs can continue to save a maximum of £200 a month towards obtaining a mortgage for the first home purchase.

Pensions The maximum annual pension contribution is £40,000. This is subject to a tapered reduction where taxpayers have a threshold income over £200,000 and an adjusted income over £240,000.

Threshold income is all UK earnings and not solely employment income. However it is net of all pension contributions paid personally to any UK registered pension schemes.

Unused pension allowances from previous years can be carried forward for a maximum of three years. Taxpayers should also be aware that if in 2020-21 their pension savings exceeds their lifetime allowance of £1,073,100, they may be liable to income tax on when drawing pension benefits.

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IHT Gifts The inheritance tax (IHT) threshold remains unchanged at £325,000 with any excess being subject to 40% inheritance tax. However, some estates will qualify for an additional residence nil-rate band of £175,000, if the family home, or share of the family home, is left to the children or grandchildren. This will provide a threshold of £500,000. However, even this higher threshold is easily surpassed by many home owners within Dulwich.

With this in mind, taxpayers with estates that will be subject to IHT, may want to consider whether their will is up to date. In addition, consider making use of their annual £3,000 gift exemption. Furthermore, taxpayers in this category should consider having an annual financial health check to ascertain whether they have surplus assets that they can give away and potentially reduce the value of their estate that is chargeable to inheritance tax.

CGT Capital gains tax is the tax of most consternation for the upcoming budget with rumours of rates hitting 40% or 50%. In advance of any changes which will take effect from 6th April 2021 at the earliest taxpayers can still use their 2020-21 annual exemption of £12,300. Civil partners and married couples can also take advantage of spousal transfer at nil rate, before a disposal.

An additional area of focus applies to VAT registered businesses. From 1st April 2021, VATregistered businesses with a taxable turnover above the VAT threshold (£85,000) are required to comply with the Making Tax Digital rules. In short, they must keep digital records and use compatible software to submit their VAT returns.

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ebruary is often a pivotal month at Dulwich Hamlet. A month where the team either begins a headlong decline towards the relegation zone or a mighty push for play off and promotion glory. This year is different.

Indeed the Hamlet have barely kicked a ball in anger during 2021. Their last game was a best forgotten 2-0 defeat away to the perma-tanned Essex galácticos of Billericay. But on 22 January The National League suspended the season and very little has happened since.

Or so you might think. In fact the drama off the field has far surpassed anything fans would normally expect to witness from the concrete tundra of the Champion Hill terraces.

When Lear asserted that nothing will come of nothing he clearly hadn’t anticipated the convoluted machinations of non-league football politics. In short, the blazer brigade at The National League have, pace King Lear, expected clubs to restart the season and start playing with nothing by way of funds. No funds from crowds, because crowds aren’t allowed. And no funds from grants, because … well it isn’t clear why.

Instead league authorities have told clubs to resume playing, under the threat of expulsion, fines or deduction of points. All this during a worldwide pandemic.

After consultation with fans, the Hamlet’s board gave the clear message to the League that it would cease activities to protect the club rather than incur debts to continue this Norwegian Blue of a season. East Dulwich’s finest aren’t alone in this position with a procession of other clubs in the league taking a similar position.

How will this standoff play out? Who knows.

But you can keep an eye on the drama as it plays out via the website: www.dulwichhamletfc.co.uk.

Away from the dull distraction of football politics, The Hamlet continues to be active in our community. Throughout February, Dulwich Hamlet FC and Whitehawk FC joined forces for an awareness and fundraising campaign about mental health. “Shout Out for Mental Health’ was driven by the Hamlet’s own goal-machine Danny Mills and saw a number of fundraising and awareness events including a ‘Virtual’ match,

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played out on Twitter between the two sides, a radio request show on local London station K2K, a fans quiz night, and an ‘Evening with’ zoom event featuring Danny Mills and guests. All money raised was split between two branches of the UK mental health charity, MIND in Southwark and Lambeth and Brighton and Hove (home of Whitehawk FC). Well done to everyone involved.

While there is no football in the offing for the foreseeable future, you can still get hold of lovely club merchandise via the Supporters’ Trust website at www.dhst.org.uk. Every pound spent goes to helping secure the club’s future.

Up the Hamlet and stay frosty.

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Young & Career-curious Education News from Alleyn's | www.alleyns.org.uk Gina Visram, Head of Careers at Alleyn’s, tells us why it is never too soon to start thinking about careers and how to help your child in their thinking process.

“Miss... you’ve never met a puppet master?!”

These were the incredulous words from a wideeyed 11-year-old at one school I worked in. She was among pupils who were helping with tasks for prize-giving and she and I had found our way to the topic of what her parents did in their careers.

Referring to her dad... “He’s a puppet-master,” she’d said. “Wow... that’s amazing! I’ve never met a puppet master”, was my response.

Her disbelieving response demonstrates how our viewpoint on careers is often dependent on our personal experience. You are your child’s first careers inspiration. Whether you work in healthcare, transport, the media, research, a trade, education, or any other industry – it is what your child hears at home that initially counts. Beyond that, it is TV characters, professionals they interact with (teachers, nurses, bus drivers, etc.) and sometimes other trusted adults who can spark career-related conversations. Until your child is around Year 8, take a ‘careers curiosity’ approach:

Ask Questions Involve your child in conversations with your adult friends about career paths. What subjects did you like at school? Did you go to / like university? What does your job involve? What do you enjoy about it?

Is there anything you don’t like? Exposure to these discussions will help your increasingly careerscurious child become open to asking questions like these of trusted grown-ups in their lives and develop a habit of learning more about different careers in a non-pressured, conversational way.

This will enable them to build their confidence when it comes to careers exploration in future.

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developed in 2013. Encourage your child to be open-minded and inquisitive and embrace any careers talks and events on offer. There will often be initiatives starting in Year 7 or 8.

Extra-Curricular Activities From Model United Nations (an activity in which pupils learn about diplomacy and international relations) to volunteering, sustainability club to football, participating in clubs and other extracurricular activities helps to increase your child’s confidence, independence, knowledge base, life experience and... employability skills! They will also have plenty to put on their CV and applications for further education.

Watch Films!

Talking about careers is always interesting and here are some films that might spark conversations about your child’s personal development: Hidden Figures (PG); The Intern (12A); Queen of Katwe (PG); The Pursuit of Happyness (12); The Social Network (12A), The Devil Wears Prada (PG); Legally Blonde (12); She Did That (PG); The Internship (12).

From Year 9 and Year 10, pupils can build on their curiosity while transitioning to a ‘careers exploration’ approach which includes volunteering, work shadowing, work experience and more as they get older. Enjoy!

Useful Websites www.icould.com www.successatschool.org

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What's On - March Monday 8 March: Lisa Jewell – Invisible Girl (Live Stream)

7:30pm - 8:30pm. Join us for a thrilling evening-in with bestselling author Lisa Jewell.

When Saffyre Maddox was ten, something terrible happened, and she’s carried the pain of it ever since. The man who she thought was going to heal her didn’t, and now she hides, learning his secrets, invisible in the shadows.

Owen Pick is invisible too. He’s never had a girlfriend; he’s never even had a friend. Nobody sees him. Nobody cares. But when Saffyre goes missing from opposite his house on Valentine’s night, suddenly the whole world is looking at Owen. Accusing him. Holding him responsible for Saffyre’s disappearance…

Book tickets via www.trybooking.com

Wednesdays 10, 17, 24 & 31 March: &ART Wednesday after school art classes

3:45pm - 5pm. &ART Clubs offer children aged 5-12 years a creative space in which to explore their world. All sessions are taught by trained artists and experienced educators. The Scout Hut, 212 Bellenden Rd, London SE15 4BY. Exceptional children’s after school art tuition. https://www.andart.london.

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Thursdays 11, 18 & 25 March: &ART after school art classes

4pm-5.15pm. &ART Clubs offer children aged 5-12 years a creative space in which to explore their world. All sessions are taught by trained artists and experienced educators. The Scout Hut, 212 Bellenden Rd, London SE15 4BY. Exceptional children’s after school art tuition. https://www.andart.london.

Wednesday 10 March: Online Charity Wine Tasting

7pm-8pm. Local charity, Link Age Southwark have partnered with GreatWineOnline to bring you an exclusive online wine tasting event in aid of the charity’s work to support older people experiencing isolation and loneliness during the pandemic. Join them for this fun and informative tasting experience where you’ll be guided by the GWO experts in the comfort of your home!

Your order will include 3 different wines chosen by the GWO team from the fabulous winery, Simonsig in South Africa. To join the event, head to the GWO website to purchase the tasting case of wine for £50.99 ahead of time, which includes the case of wine, a donation to Link Age Southwark, plus delivery. You can also add an optional cheese selection to your order for an additional £30 including delivery. And, if that wasn’t enough, you will automatically be entered into a free raffle on the night, with the chance to win a £50 GWO gift voucher! Find more via ‘Buy your wine’. https://greatwineonline. co.uk/link-age-wine-tasting-event/

What's On - March Thursday 11 March: Making Change: the decimalisation of Britain’s Currency

7pm - 8pm. On a grey, drizzly Monday, 15 February 1971, Britain went decimal. Tom Hockenhull recounts the story of this extraordinary event to change a currency system that had been in place for over a thousand years. Suggested donation £5. Book via www.bellhouse.co.uk.

Thursday 11 March: Transient Desires by Donna Leon

7:30pm - 8:30pm. Join us for an evening in with bestselling crime writer Donna Leon, where we’ll be chatting all things Brunetti and of course her latest novel Transient Desires. Tickets: **The first 30 people to buy a copy of Transient Desires will receive a signed copy of the book** Book tickets www.trybooking.com

Thursday 11 March: Hitler Émigrés - their Impact on British Artistic & Cultural Life

8pm - 9pm. Hitler émigrés had considerable impact on British life and included artists, architects, film makers, musicians, publishers, historians, psychologists and scientists. www.theartssocietydulwich.org.uk.

Saturdays 13, 20 & 27 March: &ART weekend, holiday and after school art classes for children

Various times and ages, see website for full details.

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What's On - March Monday 15 March: One Pot, Pan, Planet with Anna Jones (Live Stream)

Thursday 18 March: Filmmaking 101: Script Writing with Darren Rapier

7pm - 9pm. Learn more about the essentials of making films with Bell House Films’ new Filmmaking 101 series. For full details go to Book via www.bellhouse.co.uk.

Thursday 18 March: Thinking Skills Strategies to Reignite an Appetite for Learning 7:30pm - 8:30pm 7:30pm - 8:30pm. Award-winning cook Anna Jones blazes the trail again for how we all want to cook now: quick, sustainably and stylishly.

Anna will be in conversation with Guardian journalist Felicity Cloake.

Book tickets via www.trybooking.com

Wednesday 17 March: One Two Three four with Craig Brown (Live Stream) 7pm - 8pm. John Updike compared them to ‘the sun coming out on an Easter morning’. Bob Dylan introduced them to drugs. The Duchess of Windsor adored them. Noel Coward despised them. JRR Tolkien snubbed them. The Rolling Stones copied them. Loenard Bernstein admired them. Muhammad Ali called them ‘little sissies’.

Successive Prime Ministers sucked up to them.

No one has remained unaffected by the music of The Beatles. As Queen Elizabeth II observed on her golden wedding anniversary, ‘Think what we would have missed if we had never heard The Beatles.’ Book tickets via www.trybooking.com 30 | SE21 - March 2021

What would you prefer: to be told a definition of an idea or to be guided to construct your own definition, ideally through dialogue with your peers? Find out more at www.bellhouse.co.uk

Monday 22 March: The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd (Live Stream) 7.30pm-8.30pm. We’re delighted to welcome bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd to our virtual stage, where she’ll be talking about her beautiful new novel The Book of Longings. The Book of Longings is an exquisite tale of dreams and desire, and of the power of women to change the world. Book tickets via www.trybooking.com

What's On - March Wednesday 24 March: Migrant Birds in the Local Area

Monday 29 March: How to Calm the Overthinking Mind 7pm - 8pm. Overthinking, ruminating and worrying can keep us stuck in an exhausting cycle of panic, fear or procrastination. But life does not have to be like this, there are ways to calm and restore the balance of the mind. We will explore a range of techniques from breathing to CBT that will enable you to regain control in your life. Book via www.bellhouse.co.uk

Wednesday 31 March: Cooking with Scissors (via Zoom) 8.15pm. An opportunity for local business professionals to meet, make new contacts and gain new business. The last Wednesday of every month. Free Admission. To find out more or register your interest in attending, please email sbn@cookingwithscissors.co.uk.

7pm - 8pm. A talk about the birds of South East London and their migration.

Dave Clark is a local ornithologist who has a particular interest in the interactions between birds and humans and last year presented to Bell House the importance of our feeding wild birds.

This year Dave will be introducing the topic of bird migration with a special focus on birds that can be seen, within this context, in the local area. For full details go to Book via www.bellhouse.co.uk

To get your listing here contact: angela@semagazines.co.uk

Notice Please note that all this information was correct at the time of going to press.

However please do check details ahead, as the lockdown may be extended and this could affect some events.

COMMUNITY NEWS:

Dulwich Park Runners

Want to keep fit through running?

Contact your local club, Dulwich Park Runners.

DPR organise virtual activities and provide advice to help with motivation and effective training. enquiries@dulwichparkrunners.com www.dulwichparkrunners.co.uk We hope to be back to our normal full programme of running events soon.

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The Last Word – Tessa Parikian Describe your perfect weekend?

A sunny spring morning walking to my allotment.

Weeding, planting, looking, sitting, chatting to my allotment neighbour. Coming home and sitting on the terrace with my family for lunch. Pottering about in the garden, checking what plants are coming up.

Lying in on Sunday and having pancakes made by my son. Going out for an early supper to a local pub.

Coffee or tea? Where....

Tea. In bed. Preferably if it has been brought to me!

The best meal I have ever had....

I love Chez Bruce in Wandsworth. My husband’s birthday was in the middle of the first lockdown. I promised to treat him to a slap-up meal when we were ‘out of all this’. So I did. I have never had a bad meal there, the atmosphere is relaxed and friendly.

We will go again when we are out of this lockdown.

Your favourite place to go for a drink?

Hello. I am Tessa Parikian of Tessa Parikian Garden Design. I specialise in design for anyone who is keen to make their garden more wildlife friendly.

How long have you lived in the area?

I have lived in SE London all my adult life, moving to Brockley as a young actor when I joined Cats in the West End. I have lived in West Norwood for 10 years.

What brought you here?

We moved here when Olli was four. We had a garden but I wanted him to have somewhere he could run out the back door into the garden on his own. We found this house which, by London standards, had a good sized garden. Perfect.

The one thing you couldn’t do without?

If I’m allowed two: my garden and my allotment on Rosendale Road. Watching the rhythms of the year keeps me grounded and happy.

The most famous person you have met?

When I was an actor I was in a film called Tea With Mussolini. The cast included Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Plowright, Cher and Lily Tomlin. It was my first film and they were all charming.

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The Great North Wood, just down the road, which serves good pub food. It has a small garden — lovely in the summer. We were so excited when it opened.

So, it seemed, was the rest of West Norwood.

The best kept secret and my favourite place to walk.........

West Norwood Cemetery is one of the Magnificent Seven Victorian cemeteries. I have walked there a lot during lockdown. My husband is a birdwatcher and he is always pointing out a bird here or birdsong there. When we see our local peregrines swooping low in the sky it’s always amusing as the pigeons get their knickers in a twist.

What is your favourite shop?

Green’s Village Toy Shop and Stationers. They have lots of what I need for my design work. When I run out of pencils, rubbers, water colours and sketch books it’s to the Stationers I go.

The book I’m reading at the moment...

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake about fungi.

If money was no object....

I would buy everyone a green heating system.

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Index of Advertisers Acquaviva Beauty.........................................................9 Alexandra Nurseries ..................................................13 Annabelle Fish: Women’s Physiotherapy Specialist ...5 Around Dulwich Community Website .......................21 Ayrton Windows & Doors.............................................2 Bells Bathroom and Kitchens.....................................17 Bespoke Windows .......................................................5 Casa of Peckham: Eco Wood Stove Specialists............5 Census March 2021 - Take Part .................................35 Cooking with Scissors ...............................................21 Clara Brean Jewellery...................................................7 The Dovetail Joint ......................................................15 Dream Doors: Quality Kitchen Facelifts .....................21 Dulwich Carpet Company ...........................................9 Essentials by Esme......................................................7

Google Reviews for SE Magazines ............................27 Home Instead Senior Care ....................................Back Mac Support ..............................................................15 Marcus Bishop Associates ........................................15 Modern Heirlooms by Clara.........................................7 Piercy & Co ..................................................................7 Rosemead Preparatory School & Nursery........18 & 19 SE Magazines: Local Advertising ....................... 9 & 33 SS PC Repairs ............................................................13 Smart Business Networking ......................................21 Sydenham High Pre School Open Morning................11 Tessa Parikian Garden Design ...................................13 Walsh Glazing.............................................................17 Women’s Physiotherapy Specialist .............................5

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