SE21 May 2020

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

Issue 162 - May 2020 In this issue

Online Events - P4

Mindset Matters - P10

Garden Talk - P12

Food & Drink - P14

Interiors - P20 Around Dulwich Business Update - P24

VE Day Celebrations - P28

Dulwich Hamlet FC - P41

Local Events | News | Community News | Local Businesses | Features www.arounddulwich.co.uk | www.semagazines.co.uk

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Welcome to SE21 We are now approaching our 7th week of lockdown and life has changed so much. Unfortunately I was unable to distribute my April magazines, but I am determined that SE21 will keep going, whatever happens, so here is our online version. The magazine has been available online for many years, but I will be making a special effort to share this one far and wide. Please do use the share this copy with everyone you know!

There has been so much to be thankful for in the past six weeks. One particular highlight is the SaveEastDulwich raffle set up by local resident, Victoria Rennison. The full story is on page 6 and there is still time to buy a ticket and support our local Dulwich economy.

Around Dulwich has an update on how some businesses have adapted their business to cope with the lockdown, see page 24-27. As always we have lots of extra news and stories on our website www.arounddulwich. co.uk, so please do check it out.

On Friday 8th May, we will be celebrating VE Day. I am grateful to Vicky from Essentials Magazines for kindly sharing some wonderful lockdown suggestions for celebrating in style. See from page 30.

I have been overwhelmed by the support of my clients who have supported this online issue. Please do try to buy local where you can.

Keep checking our social media channels for updates on businesses reopening. Please note that you click on links in ads and stories in this issue.

Until next time, take good care.

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

Contents

Welcome ..................................................................... 3 Online Events ...................................................... 4 & 8 SaveEastDulwich Raffle ............................................. 6 Mindset Matters........................................................ 10 Garden Talk ............................................................. 12 Food & Drink ........................................................... 14 Fitness Tips............................................................... 16 Business Focus: Alexandra Nurseries ..................... 18

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A huge thank you to Stephen Shillito for his fantastic effort in helping to put together this magazine. Thank you!

Interiors: Look Before you Leap ............................. 20 Financial Matters ..................................................... 22 Around Dulwich Business Update...................... 24-27 VE Day Celebration Ideas ....................................30-40 Dulwich Hamlet FC Update...................................... 41 Pets Corner ............................................................. 44 Index ........................................................................ 46

June Deadline - 15 May (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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What's On - May Saturdays 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 May: SoLo Craft Fair’s Virtual Craft Market

Sunday 3 – Sunday 17 May: Link Age Southwark Online Auction Takes place every Saturday 12-2pm on our Instagram Stories, each market showcases products from between 150-250 makers. www.solocraftfair.com

Bids open from 5pm on the 3rd until 7.30pm on the 17th. There will be some fantastic items on offer including a bottle of very special wine from Lebanon, an Indian food masterclass, a studio tour hosted by Edmund de Waal, and lots more!

Visit the event page on our website for details of the great lots we have in this online auction.

Thursdays 7, 14, 21 & 28 May: BNI Adventurers (online meeting) 6.45am-8.30am. Are you looking to grow your business? We have kept £9.4million in the local economy this year alone. We’ve changed the way the world does business……now it Dulwich’s turn. Please contact Hayley on 07843 989728 www.facebook.com/adventurersbni/ for more information.

Sunday 3 May: #StayHomeFeast After the success of our first #StayHomeFeast we are so excited to bring you our 2nd Feast of the year directly to your home via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and our website. Bringing you the very best of our amazing Traders, with special FEAST offers. Showcasing musical entertainment throughout the day including live radio shows from Zoë Lucky Cat Baxter and Cover-Up with Markey Funk. Please also join with Network Norwood and Feast for West Norwood’s inaugural #stayhomesundaysupper westnorwoodfeast.com 4 | SE21 - May 2020

Wednesday 13 May: Rye Here Rye Now 7pm-9pm. Join us online for a casual meet-up to support our current and new creative community members. Discuss design, WFH, exchange ideas or current briefs, and meet people to collaborate with all from the safety of your own home. There will even be a chance for you to take the floor and share your project with the entire group. Sign up for a free ticket to this event Any questions?

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Save East Dulwich

Community Raffle

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Local resident Victoria Rennison decided to do something to help East Dulwich during the Covid-19 Crisis.

"I have lived in East Dulwich for three years now and moved here because of the wonderful atmosphere in the area, with so many independent shops and businesses, friendly people and a real sense of community.

With the latest government advice meaning so many of these local businesses have suddenly had to close, the impact was immediate and palpable. I saw online how they were trying to innovate and offer what they could but worrying what might happen to their shops, restaurants, cafes, gyms etc. so I wanted to do something which helped them financially in some way but also raised awareness of their plight and encouraged people to support them, shop and spend locally and help them get through the other side.”

The idea of the community raffle is to sell tickets to people all over East Dulwich and the surrounding areas and use all proceeds raised to buy gifts, vouchers, hampers and experiences from independent businesses. There were 10,000 tickets available and for every 50 tickets purchased, a new prize was added to the raffle. The draw happened 6 | SE21 - May 2020

on Easter Day and there were many happy prize winners. After the success of the first raffle, Victoria decided to do Round Two! "After the amazing (and unexpected) success of the first raffle, with all 10,000 tickets selling before the Easter Day deadline and being able to support 50 wonderful businesses, I had a week of relaxing a little and letting it all settle down but couldn't help think there might be appetite for another round. And it was so heart-warming to hear so many lovely comments and feedback on how people would love to buy more tickets and get involved again, so I thought I just had to give it another go!

This time we’ve added a twist - some prizes are big and beautiful, some prizes are small and beautiful but all prizes are a real representation of what East Dulwich has to offer. And for all the headaches and late nights that come with it, if we can raise more money for our local economy and make even more of a difference, it'll all be worth it!" We caught up with a couple of the local businesses taking part: "I can’t thank Victoria Rennison enough for the organisational feat of putting together the Save East Dulwich so swiftly and helping out so many local businesses including the SE22 Piano School.

We are very much looking forward to meeting all the raffle winners as soon as we can re-open our premises just off Lordship Lane."

Lorraine, SE22 Piano School www.se22piano.co.uk "We're so grateful to Victoria for all her hard work on the raffle, it's incredible that she managed to organise it so quickly and so effectively. The level of support for local businesses is really heartening and encouraging at this very tricky time. Thank you to everyone involved!"

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What's On - May Wednesdays 13, 20 & 27 May: Online New Mums’ Group 10.30am-12pm. Free online weekly drop-in group for mothers with children under one. Becoming a mother can come with a range of feelings, both positive and negative. Many mums feel worried and confused if they are struggling with negative feelings after having a baby. This free online group, will provide a supportive environment where mothers can get together with others who may be struggling with one or more aspects of being a mum. This could be feeling low in mood, anxiety about being a good parent, feeling isolated and lonely, sadness about changes in your relationships, etc. The group is facilitated by assistant psychologists at Circle Psychology Partners and under the supervision of Dr Christine Langhoff, a clinical psychologist who specialises in perinatal difficulties.

All sessions are free and will be held using Zoom. You will need to register in order to access the link to join each session. www.bellhouse.co.uk

Sunday 17 May: Online Sauerkraut Fermentation Workshop

2pm-3.30pm. Join us for this online workshop to learn how to make delicious Turmeric Sauerkraut.

Lorraine Liyanage from South London Ferments will show you how to make Turmeric Sauerkraut from a few easy-to-access ingredients, with full instructions on how to ferment the kraut at home. This is a delicious food that is full of healthy probiotics that boost your gut health. The recipe used in the workshop is raw and vegan.

If turmeric is not your thing, simply leave it out.

Prior to the event, Lorraine will send out all the information on what you need to make along at home. Join us on Zoom and find out more about this delicious wonder food! This event is a joint fundraiser for Bell House and Lorraine’s chosen charity, Westminster House Youth Club. We ask for a donation of £10 or more to reserve a place and all proceeds will be divided between the two charities. www.bellhouse.co.uk.

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Monday 18 May: Music and Dyslexia: An Online Talk for Parents and Music Teachers 7.30pm-8.30pm. What are the main difficulties that a student with dyslexia faces while learning music and specifically an instrument? Maria Nikitidou, a Curriculum Music Teacher, will lead this talk based on her ongoing research on Music and Dyslexia. The talk will touch upon the following questions; how to identify the signs that your music student might be dyslexic?

Which are the main difficulties that dyslexic students have during a music lesson? How to best support their musical learning? Alongside this, some practical tips and easy to make resources will be offered. This session is open to parents, music teachers and instrumental teachers/tutors. The session will last for one hour, with an optional Q&A session for the last 30 minutes. www.bellhouse.co.uk

Wednesday 27 May: Cooking with Scissors – Via Zoom An opportunity for local business professionals to meet, make new contacts and gain new business.

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Mindset Matters With Becca Teers | www.healthy-habits.me | www.mindplus-experience.com How to Deal with Your Emotions and Stay Calm & Positive It’s human nature to not want to feel pain (emotional or physical pain) and this is why we often prefer to ‘bottle up’ negative emotions rather than feeling them and expressing them. Another aspect of this is that many of us have grown up without being shown how to express our emotions in a healthy way and so we can become afraid of them. We’re scared of a bad reaction or confrontation when we do say how we feel. We may also have learnt to believe certain emotions are ‘wrong’, such as anger, fear, dissapointment, sadness or jelousy.

The truth is these emotions are natural and normal and they just need acknowledging (even just to yourself) to become ‘unstuck’, allowing you to release them and feel better.

What happens to suppressed emotions?

We push our feelings down but by doing this they don’t go away. They sit beneath the surface and can affect us negatively in different ways. Our emotions are held in the subconscious part of the mind: the part that is not under our conscious control. If we don’t identify them and release them they tend to fester and can be unhealthy for us. For example, if you’re upset about something a partner has said or done and you don’t acknowledge these feelings in a healthy way, you may become more and more resentful and this can affect your relationship negatively. Using this example you may only need to identify these feelings just for yourself and assess whether you do need to express them to the person involved, or not on this occasion.

But if you don’t even articulate these emotions to yourself, you’re not really dealing with them at all.

depression, insomnia and physical symptoms like stomach issues, headaches, neck and shoulder tension and pain.

You need to feel it to heal it Here’s a simple tool for acknowledging your feelings and in doing so they become ‘felt’ and will simply pass. This is a super-simple way to acknowledge and process an emotion in order to let it go so that it no longer affects you.

Thought/Emotion Interrupter It is best to write this down, but you can also just run through the process in your head if it is not possible to get pen and paper out!

By acknowledging the thought/feeling rather than trying to push it down or letting it take over, it will be processed & released. The second part of this technique allows you to identify an alternative positive feeling, which starts to train the brain to be more positive and resourceful.

Fill in the blanks below when you are feeling triggered; 1) “I am feeling........................................................................................ because...................................................................................................... ” Stay with the feeling for a couple of minutes and breathe. Now the turnaround, which gives you the opportunity to identify and feel an alternative or more helpful (or even just a neutral) way to think about something: 2) “I would prefer to feel................................................................. and feeling this way will allow me to

How do we push our feelings down?

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We may use distractions like overeating, drinking alcohol, drugs, watching TV, excessive work or shopping to prevent us facing unwanted feelings.

These distractions work in the short-term but suppressing and not dealing with negative emotions can put stress on both the mind and body in the long-term. This can result in anxiety,

If, like many of us processing your feelings is a new habit just practice this tool whenever you need it. The habit will become easier and more natural the more you do it. Realise that by developing this new behaviour you are looking after your mental and physical health and also improving your relationship with yourself and others.

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Your Gardening To Do List For May Garden Talk with Janine Winlaw | Instagram @janinewinlaw Now that we’re spending more time in our homes, those of us lucky enough to have one are appreciating our garden more than ever. Here’s how to keep yours at its best at this time of year.

Pruning Prune early flowering shrubs like weigela, ribes, philadelphus and deciduous magnolias. Cut back flowered growth to strong young shoots lower down the plant and around a quarter of older stems. And cut back flowered shoots of choisya for the chance of a second flush.

Prune back Clematis montana and armandii, as well as honeysuckle and other vigorous climbers. Lightly prune evergreen topiary and hedges with pruning shears.

Cut back flowering stems and yellowing foliage on spring bulbs (around six weeks after flowering). Until then, keep watering and feeding bulbs to prepare them for next year. ( Growing bulbs like tulips in a pot is a good way of avoiding having to look at the foliage as it dies back as you can move it away.)

Tidying Keep on top of weeds – pulling out dandelions while they’re small is easier as you need to remove the whole root.

Stake tall herbaceous perennials such as peonies now before they start flopping over other plants.

Tie in climbing and rambling roses– ideally horizontally to encourage more flowers. Tie in sweet peas regularly as well as other vigorous climbers such as clematis and akebia to control where they grow.

Mow the lawn once or twice a week, raising the blades if it’s dry – little an often keeps it healthier. Feed the lawn with a liquid or slow release fertiliser such as chicken manure pellets.

Pests Keep an eye out for slugs and snails, particularly after rain, and around new shoots. Pick them off by hand or use organic slug pellets or beer traps (jars of beer sunk into the soil to attract 12 | SE21 - May 2020

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and drown slugs!). Keep checking roses for aphids spraying them off with soapy water or squashing them off with your fingers.

Watering & Feeding Start giving the garden a really good drenching at least once a week in warm weather, especially plants that like moisture such as hydrangea, anything newly planted and developing fruit and vegetables. Containers can need watering daily – depending on the plants.

Feed flowering pot plants weekly with liquid fertiliser and feed hungry plants like sweet peas.

Apply or renew a mulch of well-rotted manure to beds to cut down on weeding and watering – ideally after a downpour, as mulch keeps water out, as well as in.

Planting & Dividing Divide spring flowering perennials to make new plants followed by a feed and water.

Plant out courgettes and tomatoes in a sunny spot. You can also sow French and runner beans straight into the ground now as well as perpetual spinach and Swiss chard – which can look nice and lush in your flower beds - as well as continuing to sow beetroot, radishes and lettuce.

Surround ripening strawberries with straw to keep them off the soil and protect fruit bushes with netting. Plant out dahlias and tender exotics such as canna toward the end of the month.

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Recipes from Suzanne James | www.suzannejames.co.uk here is nothing that beats a good homemade burger and these are superb. This is a really simple recipe that guarantees truly scrumptious Burgers! It is very easy to follow and as always, a huge hit with the family! If you don’t have horseradish, use mustard.

If you don’t like mustard, keep it simple and leave it out! Add sundried tomatoes to the meat mix and pickles before you serve. It really doesn’t matter, just enjoy them! This is a uber quick and ultra-delicious recipe. Fabulous for a BBQ - at a safe social distance of course. Watch me make them over on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2YgIpd6 #cupboardcookeryclasses Cooking time 30-40 Minutes

Ingredients • • • • • • • • • • •

750g minced beef 1 onion (or shallots) - chopped A handful of chopped Parsley 2 clove garlic – crushed 2 large tsp horseradish sauce (or mustard) 1/2 tbsp Worcester sauce 1 egg Up to 2 tbsp breadcrumbs Extra onions to caramelise for the buns 6 burger buns Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Method 1) Heat Olive Oil in frying pan 2) Add Chopped Onions and two cloves of garlic 3) Add a pinch of salt and pepper 4) Cook onion until transparent then leave to cool 5) Take the minced beef, place in a bowl and add two tablespoons of Worcestershire Sauce, two large teaspoons of horseradish sauce, a pinch of salt & pepper and a dessertspoon of freshly chopped parsley 6) Break your egg into the minced beef and mix all ingredients together in the bowl.

7) When the cooked onions & garlic have cooled add them to the mince.

8) Keep the frying pan to one side as you will use it again to caramelise onions later.

9) If your mince looks too wet you can add a tablespoon of breadcrumbs to it at this point and mix well.

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10) You can use the pan you cooked the onions in to check the consistency of the burger mix if you wish – simply fry off a small amount, like a mini burger in the pan to check it holds together! When you are happy with the mixture place it in the fridge until ready to use.

11) Time to caramelise some onions! Add some more olive oil to the frying pan along with 25g of butter and melt together.

12) Add one sliced onion to the pan along with two or three pinches of sea salt and about a tablespoon of brown sugar, along with a tablespoon of white wine vinegar.

13) Cook down a little, tossing the onions initially, then cover with some silver foil and leave to simmer on a low heat for about 20 minutes to caramelise fully.

14) While the onions are caramelising take your burger mix out of the fridge and divide into 8 equal portions.

15) Mould each patty into a meatball shape then flatten down into a burger.

16) Return to the fridge for about 20 minutes to rest.

17) When onions are caramelised, it is time to cook your burgers on the hob or the BBQ. As you have used mince beef be sure to cook them right through, you can pop them in the oven for 5 minutes before serving to be sure of this.

18) Serve in a bun to your taste, whether that’s with ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, lettuce, onions….. the choice is yours!

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Absorb & Redirect

Fitness tips with Leanne Spencer | www.bodyshotperformance.com

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his month I would like to talk about a concept that my business partner Antonia has been talking to me about‌ Absorb and redirect.

It's an idea that comes from Kung Fu, which is a very old, traditional Eastern or Chinese form of martial arts, often inspired by old Chinese philosophies, religions and legends. The particular style that Antonia practices (there are many Kung Fu styles) teaches you that in order to become an efficient martial artist one should avoid resisting the forces that come towards you from your opponent. You should instead absorb, redirect and make that energy work for you.

I think it's an interesting concept and relevant for today’s challenges. We've got a lot of negativity swirling around, but we also have the opportunity to create and take advantage of a great deal of positivity.

The idea of absorbing & redirecting You absorb the energy that's coming at you, both positive and negative, and then you redirect it.

Think about everything that's coming your way.

In Kung Fu, for example, if you resist your opponent you become inflexible, paralysed even and therefore unable to move and defend yourself.

Also, you are more likely to lose the fight. If, however, you absorb your opponent’s energy and redirect it you are in flow and constantly adjusting and adapting.

And if you think about it, this concept is not just valid within the context of a Kung Fu fight. The idea of absorb and redirect can be applied to all kinds of situations in life.

What can you do to absorb energy? Don't get too embroiled or too involved in or paralysed by it, redirect it into something really positive.

An example could be helping others.

Many people who are on furlough have taken up volunteering work. There's been about three quarters of a million people who have offered to help the NHS (Antonia and I are two of them, by the way). You could look at helping your local community and there's a lot you can do to help yourself.

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Another example of how you can absorb and redirect that energy could be by looking at your outgoings and consolidating those things more.

There are many different ways that we can redirect our energy in a really positive way. I hope that idea makes sense to you.

Someone else described it to me as, "Take the gifts." You know, sometimes you'll think, "I don't want that," and, "Yeah, I'll definitely take that." But it's all a gift in some way and you may not be ready to hear that right now, but at some point you will be.

Take those gifts, absorb that energy that's coming in and think about how you can positively redirect it. For some of you, you'll be ready to action this. Others, you'll thinking, "I'm going to have to think about this one because I'm not in the right head space." That's fine too.

All the best for now. Stay healthy.

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Business Focus in Lockdown

We caught up with one of our lovely clients, John from Alexandra Nurseries

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t Alexandra Nurseries in Penge we are proud of our place in the community and delighted to find people feel the same. Our existing customers, neighbours, friends and newcomers have been keen to support us with kind words and custom!

Of course this would be one of the peak times in our industry and it has hit us all hard, including our loyal growers, nurseries and suppliers. We have found the relationships built from 8 years of trade; of trust, loyalty and flexibility - both ways around - have kept us in good stead. Small independents have been able to suddenly downsize, re think how to operate and market and between us we are just about keeping each other going.

Moving into ‘Amazon’ territory has been very challenging especially for a small shop with no existing online sales operation! We have all become perhaps too familiar with a click and collect climate and expect our stuff tomorrow!

We have one person and one phone-line, one person on admin and email and a very talented instagrammer! With over 100 queries a day on those three platforms it’s been fun! So to all your readers— so sorry if we didn’t return your call, you couldn’t get through, or we lost you somehow - please forgive that and return for excellent cake and coffee and browse the lovely vintage garden things and quality plants soon .

We thank too our lovely loyal furloughed team, who have been patient and trusted us as we work through the uncertainty. Being partly family run has been important giving an incentive to adapt and proceed beyond a straight business ethic, and the directors of the company have been working flat out to keep on top of everything. Our 8th birthday this week would have been our opportunity to greet you all with tea and cake. Watch out for the celebrations next year!

Being a small business has allowed us to remain true to our values and, while we are not perfect, we rejoice in that. We are a creative

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company made up of different personalities and skill sets, and in the current context this has meant we have the ability to adapt.

We are fortunate to be a garden centre as the demand for our products remains strong, It has been satisfying to help people enjoy Spring, get into their gardens, connect with loved ones from a distance - they’ve been sending plants seeds soap and vouchers! Enabling people to create, grow and be in touch with nature has always been our aim - we are still here and hopefully back to full speed soon!

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ast year I was contacted by a client who, with the best of intentions, passion and energy and, believing he had everything sorted, threw himself into his property’s refurbishment. His builder was given full responsibility for the day to day project management. After just 2 weeks into the project, the cry for help came in.

Engaging an interior designer at this late stage is not uncommon but, is fraught with problems.

The client may not know the interior designer’s work and approach, the existing design may lack professional aesthetic and practical input, and the space for conflict and/or compromise is wide.

The purpose of any refurbishment is to fulfil a human need. Having early professional input is critical in the design and delivery of an outcome that successfully satisfies that need.

The project contained perfectly suitable technical information for any builder to follow.

What was lacking is what turns a house into a fully functional and comfortable home. Lighting would have failed to meet the required outcomes for ambient, accent or task needs. Electrical sockets were placed randomly, some of no use to anyone.

Wardrobe doors did not open as they clashed with the beds. Radiators were poorly placed and affected furniture layouts.

Quite simply, the technical plans would not have met the client’s practical needs or realised the vision he had of how he would be living and experiencing his new home.

We may think these sort of design issues would not happen under our own watchful eyes, but, they do, and often.

Back to my project. The build continued at pace and headway had to be made quickly despite the lack of design specification, including furniture, fixings and equipment. We kept as far as we could to the original plan. Where design decisions and compromises had to be made, and quickly, the agreed alterations also had to be within budget or as close as possible to it. Do not expect an approved design to be static; they rarely are.

The client’s preference was to source products organically as the project moved towards completion which would have had created conflict with the build programme. The need to specify,

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source, and order all the required products had basically been overlooked.

I knew action had to be taken and the cry for help became a call for action. Immediately mood boards were produced, specialist stores and shops visited, wall colours tested and chosen, all within a few weeks. Luckily, (or was it by design?) all the chosen materials came within a few days of being required on site. Any further delays would have paused the project.

If you have the freedom to make your design options, choosing what you want when you feel the need to, then you are in the fortunate minority.

In my experience, deadlines are generally always set around a ‘move-in date’ or, a need to be settled before the school term starts. Expectations are therefore high. As a designer, my desire is to help my clients make their choices and inevitable compromises at the start of the project, when they have the greatest freedom, not at the ‘11th hour’ when the result is in some way less than desirable and when additional costs can no longer be avoided.

My advice is to nail down everything at the start, understand your build, products and ordering schedule and be ready. You will then be able to leap into your refurbishment with confidence.

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11+ SUCCESS 2020 has been another outstanding and successful year for Rosemead Prep and our 11+ results. Our pupils have yet again achieved a significant number of offers to Senior Schools, averaging just short of 3 per pupil, with many Scholarship awards being made for a variety of elements as well as Academic – Art, Music, Sport and Drama.

The balance that Rosemead is known for and the preparation that it gives the pupils is evidenced for all to see, enabling Rosemead Prep to achieve the best 11+ results in Dulwich yet again this year.

Despite the current educational climate, Rosemead Prep is still able to offer places in some year groups for September, and we are able to conduct virtual tours and meetings with all our prospective parents.

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Financial Matters

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

Three Stay –At-Home Financial Activities The current state of uncertainty has been challenging for some homestayers, whilst others are battling with what to do - a residual group have already checked out, according to the conversations over the past month.

Whatever your position, there will be periods when windows of time opportunities arise and the risk of boredom begins to float in the mind. To help reduce this risk of boredom and from discussion with homestayers, three stay-at-home activities are provided below: 1) Short-term planning 2) Personal financial review 3) Self-assessment 2019-20 preparation These activities are set within the backdrop of uncertainty and a look forward to beyond business as usual, post stay-at-home policy. The uncertainty and the arrival of the word, ‘furlough’ in our lexicon, continues to place unplanned pressure on household finances, irrespective of our starting point.

The past month has seen businesses engaged in plans for their short term (the next three months). This short term planning can also be extended to individuals and serves as the first of our three stay-at-home activities.

Short Term Planning The end date of this stay-at-home policy may be unknown but what is known for certain is that the policy has led to varying degrees of financial cost, pain and agony. Many households, have experienced notable changes in their cash inflows and outflows. Hence now is the time to understand and seize control of your financial position. The recommended method is the preparation of a cash flow forecast for the next three months. Some individuals already do this, so they can advance to the second activity.

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monthly cash inflow and their sources. Then repeat the same task for your expected monthly cash outflows. Combining your monthly cash inflows and cash outflows will produce your monthly net cash balance. In other words how much cash you have in your pocket! When planning for cash out flows, it is imperative to resist the temptation to plan as though life is the pre stay-at-home period.

Personal financial review Stay-at-home is an unusual period and your financial review calls for unusual behaviour.

The unusual behaviour required is to challenge every item of expected cash outflow. At this point copies of bank and credit card statements for the past three months may prove helpful. Every item of cash outflow should be subject to the ‘is it essential test?’ This period is not the time for procrastination or sentimentality. Procrastination can seriously damage your financial health.

The application of such a stringent financial review should result in your awareness of every planned item of cash outflow. Now is the time to lockdown on your personal finances and retain control. Once control has been taken and focus has been on identifying the essentials, it may be possible to consider some non-essential (treats) expenditure, subject to sufficient net cash flow.

Self-Assessment The fiscal year 2019-20 ended on 5th April and that signals the birth of self-assessment 201920 season. In recent weeks, the self-employed have learnt the importance of filing their selfassessment tax returns. These open windows of time opportunities during stay-at-home presents golden opportunities for taxpayers to fully assemble all their records to complete their 2019-20 self-assessment. Such an early start, is even more important for all taxpayers taking advantage of the option to defer their 31st July first payment for 2019-20. One week into the new financial year and our first tax return had already been completed, despite stay-at-home.

During the uncertainty of our stay-at-home policy, be mindful that once time has been spent it cannot be refunded like cash.

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AROUND DULWICH

Many local businesses have had to adapt to life under the Covid-19 lockdown.

So many businesses got in touch to tell us how they have adapted their business to cope. Look out for more stories on our website www.arounddulwich.co.uk @AroundDulwich. and on our social media channels markets, as well as gaining a great new local following! Whilst we are in a pandemic the only thing we can do is stay safe and take all the recommended government guidelines seriously, which is why we operate a contactfree curb-side delivery system with all payments made online. Other than that, why not be positive and look towards the future of great healthy honest food ..and of course our up and coming lunch party! We have a few surprises to come this year, we’re looking forward to celebrating with you all in person.”

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Jerk Off BBQ At Jerk Off BBQ we love to host events and parties. We’ve been planning a launch for our new site but due to the Government lockdown we’ve been unable to celebrate when we’d wanted to, it a real shame not to see our supportive customers and community. However, we believe in positivity and great food, so as cooks we are always ready and willing to adapt and have done this by going fully online. We’re delivering locally to some lovely regulars from our pop ups and 24 | SE21 - May 2020

AROUND DULWICH

Taking Maths Online Local maths tutor Joe Lyons visited students in Dulwich in their homes to teach them maths.

Since the lockdown he is now teaching the lessons with the same students online.

The students find the lessons fun and informative. They are able to work directly onto any electronic device such as a tablet or laptop and be guided through the questions.

So after spending over ten years tutoring in students homes I am now available for on line lessons. Joe has taught in local Charter school and can be contacted at: 07736 01930 dulwichmaths@gmail.com.

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by Calypso, before long he had some brilliant local people helping to update the listings.

In the first week, they had 4,000 people visit the site, and people can now order anything from sourdough starter to bread flour to Kimchi. All delivered contact-free to your door. https://dulwichdelivers.com

161 Food + Drink We are 161 Food + Drink, a neighbourhood wine shop and bar in Sydenham specialising in organic and low-intervention wine. We have opened our doors in summer 2014 with the vision of creating a cosy place for locals to come together. We offer delicious homecooked food, wines and handcrafted beers.

Dulwich Delivers Helping local restaurants, shops & essential services that deliver direct to your door.

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AROUND DULWICH With the current government measures in place, we have made following adjustments to how we operate: • Our physical shop is closed until further notice, but we are currently operating a wine delivery service (Free to selected postcodes) and a meal take away service • We are constantly adding new exciting stock to our online shop.

• We also offer online wine tastings, to keep customers busy and entertained!

We are currently also: • Offering to pick up customers’ donations towards Lewisham Foodbank as we drop off their Milkround orders • Offering 15% off all proceeds of our Buy Them a Coffee Case (6 Bottles) towards @buythemacoffee_kch who help Kings College Hospital healthcare professionals by buying them supplies for their wellbeing centres during the COVID-19 outbreak. www.161foodanddrink.com

Local Fashion Designer Makes Happy® Face Covers Karen Arthur is a 58 year old women’s bespoke fashion designer and sewing tutor.

She works primarily with ankara and African printed fabrics. With normal client meetings on hold until the lockdown is over and her airbnb guests cancelled overnight, Karen found income ceased suddenly. Luckily she transported her sewing machine and some fabric from her Catford studio to her home in Forest Hill just before lockdown was announced. The first thing Karen made was a face cover for herself out of leftover fabric she loves and posted a photo on twitter. Now she is making wear your happy® face covers daily for a client base that shows no signs of abating... especially since the Mayor of London endorsed wearing face coverings as an extra layer of protection recently.

Karen says “Sewing face covers is saving my sanity and giving me an added purpose during lockdown. Not to mention giving me back some control over my finances and security for my family.”

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Hot Yoga Stevie closed the studio doors on St Patrick’s Day, Tuesday 17th March after the 6.45am class and then taught his first ever online class that evening at 6.30pm! They now have 18 classes on the timetable with six different teachers offering Power Yoga, Yin Yoga, Meditation and Beginner Friendly classes.

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AROUND DULWICH “ We’ve decided to keep the introductory offer £25 for 30 days open indefinitely - I was considering introducing new prices/class packs but understand that It’s a really tough time for everyone and I want to keep access simple and affordable. So you can book a single class (£6) or a month’s worth of yoga (£25) by visiting: www.hotyogapeckham.co.uk/book-now.

There are also FREE classes for NHS key workers, who just need to drop me an email stevie@hotyogapeckham.co.uk for a free pass. The support from members has been amazing and so heart-warming. Spreading the word would be a massive help though, we could do with a lot more yogis right now!

I genuinely believe that our yoga practice is helping us all stay connected, healthy and grounded through this.”

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The SE22 Piano School The SE22 Piano School has adapted to lockdown by offering online piano lessons for all of our students that used to come to our business premises just off Lordship Lane.

I trialled out online lessons with my students a week before the lockdown announcement which enabled my team of teachers to have a system in place that would work as soon as we had to close the doors on our shop.

In addition to teaching piano, I also teach online fermentation workshops where I show people how to make kimchi, sauerkraut and kombucha. I have been doing these online via Zoom and all profits go to my chosen local charity which is Westminster House Youth Club in Nunhead. You can find out more about this on my Instagram page: @southlondonferments.

Lorraine Liyanage | www.se22piano.co.uk

Jason Shelley from Crofton Books says: “We are trying our best to stay open *safely* through Covid, opening limited hours from Wednesday to Saturday each week with two people max in at a time. We offer an appointment service whereby individuals can enter during a fixed timeframe and I can close the doors (and discuss book choices, books etc, at a distance).

Some locals have offered to home deliver, for people in isolation. We have delivered books for free helped by locals who are Kei (who fortunately has a motorcycle), a retired headmistress, Edwin an Australian teaching assistant, Annie, a writer in Honor Oak and James, an urban planner who lives in Crofton Park. Artists Kathryn Maple and Alison Boult, who are neighbours to the bookshop offer me tea in a flask and now we are collaborating on some work to exhibit.” @croftonbooks | 07572 869750 Remember to check out our website and social media channels for new stories every day. @AroundDulwich.

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VE Day - Stay at Home Victory Party Ideas

When VE Day dawns on 8th May 2020 it will be 75 years since the guns fell silent at the end of the war in Europe. Years of carnage and destruction had come to an end and millions of people took to the streets and pubs to celebrate peace, mourn their loved-ones and to hope for the future, but not forgetting those still in conflict until 15th August when it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. The 75th anniversary will provide our nation, and our friends around the world, with an opportunity to reflect on the enormous sacrifice, courage and determination of people from all walks of life who saw us through this dark and terrifying period.

To commemorate this important time a three-day international celebration had been organised to take place from 8th May to 10th May 2020. Unfortunately, due to the terrible Coronavirus emergency and consequent Government guidance the majority of these celebrations have either had to be cancelled or postponed. It is hoped that events can be moved to the weekend of 15th – 16th August when we will be able to celebrate VE Day and VJ Day, both momentous points in our history, but this has yet to be confirmed.

However, in true British spirit, the current lockdown situation does not stop us from making our own victory party celebrations at home to mark this momentous occasion.

The following pages will help you put together your own celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

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To help you prepare your day, we’ve collated a party pack and sourced resources to get you started while you #StayHomeSaveLives Venue Be sure to stay home this weekend and mark the occasion while complying with social distancing rules. Enjoy a picnic or BBQ in your garden.

Decoration Decorate your house and garden in red, white and blue.

Party food What’s a party without a buffet? We’ve sourced tasty 1940’s recipes to serve on the day.

Party playlist A party isn’t complete without a playlist. The 1940’s was known for big band and jazz, so we have complied a playlist for you to sing along to.

Friday May 8th Timetable of Events 3pm

Raise a glass (or a cuppa) with the rest of Britain to toast all those men and women who played a part in the conflict.

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Join the UK-wide singalong of Dame Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’

Resources The following websites have downloadable packs to help you prepare your party at home, including recipes, tips for dancing, 1940’s playlists and VE Day posters and bunting to download make with the children to decorate your home.

English Heritage: www.english-heritage.org.uk/ve-day Official Government VE Day website: www.ve-vjday75.gov.uk/plan-your-ve-day-party

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ost importantly I hope as many of you as possible are well. I hope you are all finding ways through the personal and professional challenges of the lockdown and if there is anything we can do to help please email community@dulwichhamletfc.co.uk.

It has taken longer than expected to be able to provide a meaningful update so please accept our apologies for the delay. We have been frustrated that the progress of the football authorities has left us unable to communicate where we stand as a club until over a month into the shutdown of football activities. Football has not dealt well with the situation but I can assure that that having been party to many of the discussions the blame does not always lie where you have been led to believe by the press and social media commentators.

After this week’s National League vote, we finally know that the 2019 20 season has come to an end so I would like to thank you all for your heartfelt support and I cannot over-emphasise how important that decision is. It means we will survive and we will be back together with our community whenever the time is right for our sport to restart. We have prepared for four different scenarios for whatever happens next and our role is to support the national and local authorities by implementing whatever decisions they take on when it is safe for us to be together again at Champion Hill.

The vote means we are free to plan and free to communicate with our fans and so going forward we will provide regular updates on a variety of subjects including those some of you have already enquired about.

During the past five weeks the future of the club has been at risk and all our efforts each day have been spent solving the short-term financial

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problems without compromising our long-term future. Whilst we will go into more detail later about how we intend to overcome the challenges ahead of us I cannot tell you how moving it has been to find the door is open whenever we have called to discuss our situation, in particular so far, London Borough of Southwark, Bulb Energy, Crystal Palace FC and our own supporters’ trust.

If I have one disappointment it is that because so much of our community work is based on bringing people together there was no natural transition to helping during a lockdown but due to our proximity to King’s we have offered the use of the stadium and surrounding lands to the NHS whilst they are evaluating what they need.

Please stay safe and please look out for each other in whatever way you can.

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s I write this it is difficult to know for how much longer lockdown is to continue. A phased return to the workplace in May or June could still leave significant numbers facing isolation, although it is hoped that by high summer there may be some respite, if only until the autumn.

In terms of the impact of the pandemic on pet owners, there has been plenty of online information from the government and other reputable sources about managing pets as well as the important fact that pets can carry the virus on their fur and paws, making regular hand washing after contact with your pet a must. Fortunately, dog walking has been viewed as essential exercise and many will have benefitted from this, not least the dogs.

However, peering into the future, two possible consequences of lockdown are of particular concern for behaviourists. The first is in igniting or augmenting separation issues in dogs, the second is the impact on socialisation of pups reaching key developmental windows just as lockdown started.

It is not clear why some dogs are more prone to separation issues than are others.

Please note, I use the qualifier ‘issue’ rather than ‘anxiety’. It is now thought that many separation problems can be the result of frustration and lack of separation training in puppyhood, rather than necessarily an anxiety disorder or some other pathology- although these clearly exist too. What we do know is that even dogs who have learned to cope with being left for hours at a time can quickly sensitise to separation again if the family/owners suddenly start to stay at home for extended periods. This is a common occurrence at Christmas time when having enjoyed constant companionship for a few weeks the dog ‘objects’ to his owners returning to work. At such times owners can make the mistake of assuming that because the dog copes with sleeping downstairs alone at night, it knows and understands how to be alone.

For those continuing with varying degrees of isolation the best advice is to ensure your dog has ‘alone’ time, even if you are in the house

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with them. Go ahead and put them in another room, shut the door and limit access to the rest of the family. Make sure some of the alone time involves you leaving the house altogether; when you go for essential shopping is one opportunity but do vary the times of day if you can. The dog needs to hear that front door shut and other family members should also go into another room and separate from the dog. If your dog has a meltdown then don’t panic but you will have to revisit basic separation training and build up again. Trainers and behaviourists will be happy to help if you get stuck. Fortunately, separation training lends itself to consultation by remote.

For puppy owners who got caught up in lockdown as soon as their 8- week old pup arrived you will be aware of the challenges that face you in terms of socialisation. However, try not to worry. Although not ideal, there is good research to indicate that pups of a sound underlying temperament can still recover from lack of socialisation, even if they were brought up in a shed! This is not to say you will not have to work much harder, just that all is not lost.

However, please research what you need to do and ask for help from trainers and behaviourists.

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