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Many local charities now see this as their main fundraising event of the year.

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column because, as the old saying goes: ‘Religion and politics don’t mix!’ However, I’ve been reflecting quite a bit on the Prime Minister 2nd December - ‘Annual Toy Service’ at 10.30am triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to mark December - ‘Carolbeginning Service by of Candlelight’ at 7.00pm from the official the UK’s departure the European Union (EU) which also begins the 19th December - ‘Lunchtime Carol Service’ at 12.30pm of negotiations atlong Saintprocess Mary Magdalen Church that will determine that departure will look like. ay 23rdwhat December - ‘Family Nativity’ at 10.30am

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There were, and stmas remember Day - ‘Familyin Communion’ at 10.00am are, many ignorant and untruthful viewpoints expressed - on both sides of the debate - and there are some politicians whose opinions turn my stomach.

Many in our town voted for Brexit and others voted to remain. That means the Win/Lose and Brexit/Remain divide runs right through us - separating young and old and families and friends alike. However, just because someone voted the opposite way to you, doesn’t mean they were ignorant or politically naïve. Voting, for many, wasn’t an easy decision. Some people voted to remain for economical reasons whilst others chose Brexit for constitutional reasons. Some of you will be feeling victorious and others unsettled. Some of you will be feeling quite optimistic, others pessimistic. Some of you will feel as though you belong, others will feel rejected.

Whilst we may have voted to leave the EU we’ve still got to work out what kind of United Kingdom we want to become and the kind of morals, values and ethics we want to guide us. This historic moment is a time to speak to each other about what we want our society

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Christians are commanded in the Bible to ‘pray for all who have authority, that we may live peaceful lives’. Churches are praying for the Prime Minister, her Cabinet, and all those involved in the negotiations around our withdrawal from the EU in the coming months.

We pray that God would give His wisdom to those He has given authority and influence and we pray for the ‘common good’ of our community, constituency and nation and that the outcomes of the negotiations would be fair and just for everyone.

Christians have a vital contribution to make to these conversations as we speak out for a society that upholds freedom, maintains justice and pursues truth as we pursue the difficult task of loving our neighbour as ourselves. We share the prime minister’s desire for a fairer society for all and should look forward to engaging in that conversation in the months ahead. Remember, even in our uncertainty, we believe and trust in a King who rules the nations. Let’s demonstrate that as we pray for each other and for our leaders both national and international.

To be living at such a time as this is, surely, a significant opportunity for Christian’s to offer a distinctively different way of living for those who have lost hope and confidence in Westminster by reminding them of the hope and confidence we can have in the Lord Jesus, who is: ‘The same yesterday, today and forever.’ Let’s deliberately and positively model loving our neighbours, honouring our leaders and serving others.

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MAYFLOWER ROTARY CLUB A whole range of good causes locally, nationally and internationally are to benefit from donations made in recent weeks by Billericay Mayflower Rotarians.

More than £12,000 has been donated thanks to the generosity of Billericay families supporting the club’s major events headed by the December Christmas Market. President Sri Srivastava said: “We could not support these worthy causes without the help and goodwill of the people of Billericay.”

Part of the money is aimed at helping young people like the £1,000 towards a new sensory room at Little Havens children’s hospice, £1,500 for Thriftwood College special students preparing for the world of work, £1,000 for Hope and Homes for Children, almost £500 towards a global Rotary grant for early childhood development and £250 for Amy’s Angels.

Support for those striving to improve health has seen £1,200 for End Polio Now, a worldwide campaign flagshipped by Rotary with the support of the World Health Organisation and the Bill Gates organisation. Another £1,000 each has gone for specialist screens at St Luke’s Hospice and Roll Out the Barrel water programme easing the life of African villagers.

Further donations have gone to Friends of Lake Meadows, Basildon Saturday Club and a Chemistry at Work event. The club’s latest fund-raising event , a quiz brought in £1,100 for Macmillan Nurses.

Rotary Foundation the world’s biggest privately run charity providing education and aid thanks to contributions from clubs globally also benefits from Mayflower’s £3,750.

BILLERICAY LIONS CLUB

In March this year the Lions Clubs in East Anglia District chose a Billericay Lion, Derek Prior, for the honour of becoming District Governor for the year from 1st July. He will be responsible not just for the 1200 Lions and 60 clubs in East Anglia but will also be a part of the Council of 12 Governors from all over The British Isles who are in charge of all of England Scotland and Wales, with over 800 clubs and 12,500 members. Congratulations to Derek – we wish you a very successful year.

Tickets are now on sale for our fundraising concert on Saturday evening 10th June to be performed by the Harmonie Concert Band. Entitled ‘Out Of This World’, it will feature themes from favourite sci-fi productions, big band, pop and classical music.The venue is the Mayflower school hall in Stock Road Billericay and tickets cost £12.

Preparations continue apace for our annual beer festival at the Billericay Football Club, to be held on the weekend of 23rd/25th June. Make a note in your diary not to miss this popular local event. Sponsorship is available for individual barrels of beer at £50 per barrel, with the sponsor’s name featuring on the barrel, in the leaflets and on our website. If you’d like to sponsor a barrel please see the contact details on our website.

For details of Lions events or if you are interested in joining, please have a look at our website www.billericaylions.com

Looking forward, we are back into the regular routine of our monthly social/ sports events and reviewing donation requests. As ever, we are looking to attract new members who are up for a bit of fun and looking to do some extra-ordinary things - things which you would not typically arrange with your normal mates! Check us out at www.facebook.com/billericayroundtable and www.billericayroundtable.co.uk or contact us directly on bepartofit@ billericayroundtable.co.uk.

We would also really like to hear about any special causes which we might be able to offer monetary support for – no matter how small or large the value, we treat all cases individually and in confidence. We are a registered charity and have been able to help many local people over the years and we want to continue so – please check out the request form here:www. billericayroundtable.co.uk/funding

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1. Pull out your debit card – do you have a winner?

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Are you overdrawn? Debit cards can be debt cards too, and sometimes costlier than credit.

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2. Pull out your photo driving licence – is it valid?

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“...YOU’LL RISK A FINE OF UP TO £1,000” 3. Got a credit card(s) that you pay interest on? STOP It’s possible to save £100s or even £1,000s a year by getting a 0% balance transfer credit card – that’s where the new card pays off debt on old cards for you, so you owe it instead, but at 0%. This means more of your repayments clear the actual debt rather than just paying the interest, making you debt-free quicker.

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5. Got a credit card and always repay in full? Make it PAY YOU Every time you use a card, the retailer pays the card firm a transaction fee. With a cashback card, you effectively get this put back in your pocket. As new regulations have cut these fees recently, cashback’s been cut too, yet Amex cards are mostly exempted, so still pay a good whack.

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This get-out-of-jail-free card is hugely powerful if the retailer goes bust or won’t play fair, as Michelle found. She tweeted: “Successful Section 75 credit card claim, refunded £125 for non-delivery of phone order, used template on your website, thanks.”

PS: If you’ve been burnt with credit cards in the past, or have little financial discipline, then ignore this point. Better safe than sorry.

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Billericay WEA Our next One Day Course is ‘Shakespeare- Song, Stage and Concert Hall’ with tutor Peter Goodwin.

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Forging Men For Friendship, Discussions and Community Action Projects, with regular speakers and social events.

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Soroptimist International Chelmsford & District For over 100 years Soroptimist International has been making a difference to the lives of women & girls locally, nationally & internationally through Education, Empowerment & Enabling. Ladies- we meet at Christ Church, New London Road, Chelmsford, 3rd Thursday, 7.30pm every month.

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South Green Memorial Hall The management committee of South Green Memorial Hall are holding their Annual General Meeting on Thursday 25th May at 8 p.m.

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TriaThlon

After completing a 1 mile swim, a 25 mile bike ride or a 6.2 mile run, I am certain that a great sense of achievement would overcome any feelings of exhaustion or tiredness.

The ultimate test in stamina would be completing all three of these back to back. Welcome to the world of Triathlon!

The famous London Marathon sends more and more people all over Essex to the streets, stepping up their training in preparation for the great event. However, Triathlon is fast becoming the new way to test your stamina and being used all the time to raise money for charities in need.

My first exposure to the world of Triathlon was while watching the Sydney Olympics in 2000, a number of people plunged into Sydney harbour with the Opera house glistening in the background, they were starting the first leg of the gruelling event. After the swim a commentator then said “now for the 25 mile bike ride”, my eyebrows immediately rose, but nearly entered a state of shock when I realised it climaxed with a 6 mile run. Now, 15 years later, I can totally see that if you are ready to test yourself to limit that Triathlon not only offers you variety, but pushes your entire body to the maximum.

There are people that train individually for such an event and produce great results. However, there is a club in Essex that are tapping into those that like to train within a group of people and also those who thrive the competitive element of sport and wish to compete against and train with peers and friends regularly.

The East Essex Triathlon Club based just down the A127 in Rayleigh has been going for many years and they are the club to join if you are looking to train for events throughout the year in Essex.

They train every week, Saturday morning they do a long run and on Sunday morning they hit the roads of Essex on their bikes, this all starts from the Market Car Park in Rayleigh.

During the week they have Tuesday night track sessions

at the Basildon Sporting Village as well as Monday night swimming sessions at Runnymede pool Castle Point and Thursday night at the Basildon Sporting Village again.

I have been speaking to Zena, a member of the club about Triathlon and its growing popularity.

It seems as though Triathlon is now becoming the ultimate challenge, even rivalling marathons and half marathons? Why is popularity increasing?

More generations of 40+ adults are still enjoying sport.

Some may have come from other sports such as athletics or swimming and realise they can still be competitive at triathlon, which celebrates winners from age groups in 5 year gaps. Many people start triathlon just for a one off event but stay because they find it a friendly inclusive sport. We have also had Olympic and world championship success with the likes of the Brownlee brothers and Chrissie Wellington which has increased the popularity too.

London 2012 no doubt has had a big impact, especially the success of the Brownlee brothers as you have mentioned. With Rio looming, what can we expect from East Essex Club to get more youngsters taking an interest and giving it a go?

We have regular training sessions for any young people wishing to take part in triathlon and also host a number of events each year including the Go-Tri series, which provides a short, low key taster event at Basildon Sporting Village (for adults and children) and can be entered on the day!

The East Essex Club offers a chance to train with Triathlon enthusiasts for either a one off challenge or to explore your hobby of competitive running, swimming and biking.

The price of annual membership is £33 for adults and £12 for children and with 300 members from 8-80, the club is going from strength to strength.

Please see the website for further details. http://www.east-essex-tri-club.co.uk/

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Fling Festival 2017

Fling Festival returns to Hylands Park, Chelmsford on Saturday 1 July, 2017.

The Fling is like no other, curated purely for adults with curiosity encouraged, and featuring a diverse mix of entertainment including music, comedy, theatre, cabaret, crafts, burlesque, curious sideshows, food, drinkand more.

This year’s festival includes a main stage headline performance from legendary British band, The Blockheads, who are bestknown for their hits singles, recorded with original lead singer Ian Dury; Billericay Dickie, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Reasons to be Cheerful Part 3, plus their hugely successful Number One song, Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick.

Other headline performances includea very special spoken word set from the original punk poet, the Bard of Salford, Dr John Cooper Clarke. Not only is he adored across Europe as an elder statesman of subversive art but, also proves his relevance is as strong today with regularly features on TV shows Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Would I Lie To You. Headlining this year’s comedy stage is the charismatic motor-mouth, Seann Walsh. Regarded as one of the most

exciting new acts on the circuit who’s assured delivery and self-depreciating silliness has won over critics, promoters and audiences up and down the country and on TV. On top of this there is a World Exclusive BBC 6 Music DJ battle with Steve Lamacq Vs Shaun Keaveny, the return of the award winning Cabaret host, Dusty Limits, and performances from the world of Cirque du Soleil.

And not forgetting the usual Fling favourites; Silent Disco, Horse World, Bollywood tent, Fire Garden and the craft making Rubbish to Treasure.

This year promises to be the best yet with more bars, more walkabout fun, and more surprises lined up to satisfy, entertain and wow the crowds.

VIP, Tier 1 and Tier 2 have sold out. The last & final tier is currently on sale.

For up-to-date festival information, including exciting announcements coming up over the next few weeks please visit the official website www.FlingFestival.com, or follow the social media pages, facebook.com/flingfestival, twitter.com/flingfestival

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