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Hi Readers, Here we are, three quarters of the way through the year….I’m not even going to tell you how many days until the dreaded ‘C’ word, but it isn’t many and I have no doubt it’ll be upon us before long!! Every year, I have a plan! It starts around now and it involves me getting organised by purchasing some gifts for our loved ones…..and this is where the plan ends until around the 18th December!! I mean, it’s the same time every year! I don’t know what I’m surprised but yet I am doomed to repeat the same mistake like some kind of merry ground hog day! I suppose the only exception was last year as we knew we weren’t going to see some of the family, so what happened there was a ridiculously elongated gift obtaining session! It started around the 18th as usual (remember covid was initially planning to take a Christmas week hiatus!) and then sort of rolled into a cycle of sporadic gift buying – forgot what we bought them – bought more gifts – hunt down Christmas paper – wrapped gifts – can’t remember what they are – buy more presents…until we saw the family in June! Anyway, this year is going to be different!! Honest!!

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Perhaps our front covers will help this month with the stress of it! In honour of International doodle day, we’ve changed the material of our front covers so that you can whip out your felt tip pens/crayons/paints and join in the fun. Laura has written a cracking article on this, see page 60 for details and keep your eyes peeled on our social media where we will be posting some of our attempts and please feel free to share yours!

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Woman with terminal cancer does epic skydive for charity with her twin sister A woman with terminal cancer has raised almost £2,000 for charity after doing a tandem skydive with her sister. Lyndsey Allen, 35, was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer during the first lockdown, after living with months of agonising stomach pain. “Nobody wanted to listen,” she explains about how she tried to explain to doctors over the phone that the pain was “just terrible”. She was mistakenly diagnosed her as having Irritable bowel syndrome, then gall stones, before the agonising pain compelled her to take herself to hospital. A scan revealed that Lyndsey had 18 cm tumours in her abdomen and neck. She began chemotherapy almost immediately. “I was in a such a weak state at this stage,” she says. “I fell ill with sepsis and almost died. The hardest part was having to battle this alone as my family weren’t able to visit me in hospital. But I was determined to keep going.” “I was very down to begin with,” she explains. “But I figured, I just had to get on with life. And the NHS staff who’ve been supporting me have been incredible.”

Lyndsey has found the help she’s received at John Eastwood Hospice has helped keep her strong. She is taking part in a drugs trial for fatigue and is also given complementary therapy. Lyndsey says she’s always embraced the conviction of ‘Do what you want to do,’ and has never allowed fear to stop her from following her dreams. It was this attitude which made her decide to do a skydive to celebrate her thirty fifth birthday. “I’m of the opinion that we need to give back to people who’ve given to us,” she adds. “So seeing how much money has been raised so far for the charities we care about – John Eastwood Hospice and MacMillan Cancer Support - is great.”

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Over the next two editions we’re excited to share an interview with Jacob Whittle, the 16 year old swimmer from Alfreton who became the youngest swimmer ever to make the British Olympic team. This month we look at how he began his swimming career.

Did you always love the water? Yes I did - my mum first took me to a mother and toddler session when I was maybe 1 year old and we went together every week. As soon as I was old enough my parents signed me up in a learn to swim programme - they aren’t swimmers but wanted me to learn to swim and not to be afraid of the water.

How old were you when you first learned to swim? I was 3 years old, possibly younger, I just transitioned from the mother and toddler water rhymes sessions where me and my mum were in the water together singing nursery rhymes. I went every week to learn to swim sessions on a Saturday at Water Meadows, Mansfield.

When did you realise you had the ability to swim competitively? I joined Ripley Amateur Swimming Club & Life-Saving (RASCALS) when I was 8 or 9, but I was 10 before I attended my first swimming competition. Derbyshire County Championships was my first major competition, and I didn’t make a final but the following year at the same competition I pretty much won every event I swam. At that age I was swimming all strokes and distances. I competed at the Regional Championships (East Midlands) and came away with a handful of gold medals, and I was given the opportunity to supplement my training at RASCALS by joining Dervenio Excel on a part time basis, moving to full time 6 months later as part of their national squad. From the age of 12 I was selected each year to be part of the talent programmes for Swim England. In 2019 at the age of 14, I qualified for the British Swimming Championships and whilst there I swam a huge lifetime best breaking the British record for aged 14 in 100m Freestyle. As a result of this competition I was selected for the European Junior Championships and European Youth Olympic Festival. Later that year I was selected onto British Swimming’s Podium Potential Programme.

How many hours a day do you train? Usually it is 4hrs per day in the pool and then I also do gym and circuit sessions a few times a week too.

Do you eat a special diet? No, but I eat a balanced healthy diet, with lots of greens, lots of food rich in iron, fish, chicken, plenty of carbs, lots of fruit, milk and I also drink lots of water. At the end of the day I am a teenager and my parents have always allowed me to eat like a teenager in moderation, which means I will have treats sometimes! Next month, Jacob tells us about his Olympic experience.

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FOCUS ON LEARNING Voice Magazines recently had the pleasure of chatting to Sandra Smith, a secondary school maths teacher of 29 years standing. Sandra, who hails originally from Nottingham, has created a series of exercise books aimed primarily at 11 to 16 year olds but also suitable for a younger age range. We asked her what had inspired her and how these books could help children succeed both at school and in life. Talking to Sandra it is crystal clear that she is absolutely passionate about teaching and helping children to learn and grow…this is her WHY, her driving purpose and is what led to the creation of the books. The original idea of blank books with a contents page at the front, came to her back in November 2015 after she had asked the class she was teaching to locate a particular piece of work and saw how difficult that was for the children. Sandra jotted down that germ of an idea in a notebook, but it was November 2019 before she began to think about it again, and this time she realised that adding simple motivational quotes to each page would make the concept even stronger. In her own words, “it only takes one word or key phrase to inspire a child and sow the seeds for them to take charge of their own learning.” Focus Learn Book Company was born out of Sandra’s desire to get the exercise books published, printed and out to the people who need them children. So what exactly are these exercise books, and how can they help children towards success?

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Over the last year many of us have changed the way we do things, at Derbyshire Adult Community Education we’ve rethought the courses we offer. We have both online and centre based courses available in the Autumn term. You can upskill and gain a qualification or have a go at one of our wide range of leisure classes. We have many courses to help improve your wellbeing or to help you get fit. Get inspired, make friends and start a new journey of discovery! The first two weeks of September are for our FREE online taster sessions. These are an opportunity to find out more about some of the longer courses coming up this term. We have a number of new online courses that are ideal if you are living on your own, wanting to make new friends or thinking about first steps exercise including: Easy Meals for One, Chair Based Yoga, Creative Get Together and Lower Impact Zumba for Wellbeing. Our live online courses are delivered using freely available video conferencing software, either Zoom or Microsoft Teams. We make it as easy as possible for you to join a course, whatever device you have. You will be sent a link a few days before the course together with information about any resources you need for the course. Your tutor will guide you through the course activities

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You now come to Derby Lodge again. Here is a café with seated area and toilets. Do remember, however they are closed in winter and late autumn. Immediately, turn right after the lodge and gently rise uphill. After a few yards, you can if you wish, take the right driveway, and visit the site of The Old Shipley Hall. Here there are plaques which tell you of the Miller Mundy Family who lived there from the 1800’s. Also admire the water tower to your right which is now residential. There’s ample space to relax here and take in the tranquillity of the area.

Come back onto the track and turn right. After 150 yards they split. Take the left path to walk through the gate and descend down a wooded glade. As you drop down, on your right was the site of the American Adventure Theme Park. It will soon be a new housing estate.

Again, you enter a wooded area and pass through a gate. The left driveway takes you to the picturesque Shipley Cricket Club and is well worth a five-minute visit. Come back and carry on left uphill and back into the village to your car.

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