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November 2015

Your community magazine for

Broadbridge Heath

‘EXCITING TIMES AHEAD’ FOR VILLAGE CENTRE AND SOCIAL CLUB PLANS TO ‘EXPAND AND IMPROVE’ Full story on page 7

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If you're a local resident of voluntary group: send us your news and your events. We’ll be delighted to include it in the magazine. Email the editor at : bbh.mag@gmail.com Roger Stamp. Editor. The BBH Mag. Christ’s Hospital School Performing Arts Events Sat 14th Nov – Choral Society Concert The Choral society will be performing the well-loved Nelson Mass by Joseph Haydn at St. Mary’s Church, together with two pieces from Mozart.

Sun 15th Nov – School Concert This exciting annual concert includes performances by the main CH orchestras and Ensemble and is one not to be missed. The programme will also include the winning House Unison Songs entries and Carnival of the Animals by SaintSaens.

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Tues 1st Dec – JS Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin Celebrating 20 years as Head of Strings at CH; violinist Tim Callaghan presents and performs works from what is described as Bach’s most profound canon of music.

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Thurs 3rd, Fri 4th, Sat 5th Dec – When Then Is Now Two Greek Tragedies – Medea & The Trojan Women This year’s senior show brings together Brendon Kennelly’s versions of two Greek tragedies. Both plays dramatize timeless human dilemmas as relevant now as they were in ancient times. They focus on women whose lives are torn apart by war, family conflict and despotic regimes.

Full range of services with fixed prices Appointments in your own home Evening and weekend appointments available

Thurs 17th Dec – Choral Society Christmas Concert Join us and get into the Christmas spirit with a seasonal programme of Christmas carols and readings in the glorious setting of Christ’s Hospital’s fine Chapel. Refreshments will be served afterwards.

Please call: Claire Gordon on 01403 791337 or 07551 303002 claire@willmatters.org www.willmatters.org

For tickets, pricing or information please visit our website or call the Box Office

01403 247434 (Mon– (Mon–Fri 9.30am9.30am-12pm, Term Time Only) Website: www.christs-hospital.org.uk Email: boxoffice@christsboxoffice@christs-hospital.org.uk

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Muntham House School’s Local Offer to the Community

Muntham House School, Barns Green, Horsham, West Sussex.

Is a specialist boarding and day school for boys aged 8-18 with emotional and social difficulties which affect their learning and behaviour.

The School has an excellent reputation and has been judged by OFSTED as Outstanding or Good for the last 15 years. Muntham has also picked up international awards from the British Council.

Muntham House has a history of successful partnership working with local schools, Care services, other public services and Further Education colleges.

Muntham House School has an excellent reputation with local and national employers, Further Education colleges and universities where our young people continue to thrive and become successful citizens and taxpayers.

Muntham House is a non-maintained boarding and day specialist school set up by the Ministry of Education in 1953 and has a long tradition of partnership working with all of the local authorities in the South and South East of England. We welcome the New Children and Families Act and the attendant SEND Code of Practice and in particular the new development of a Local Offer to Parents and others for the support of young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Please call us for free advice on any challenging behaviour you may be experiencing with your child.

Muntham House School, Barns Green, Horsham, West Sussex, RH13 0NJ Tel: 01403 730302 Email: office@muntham.org.uk Web: www.muntham.org.uk

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St John’s Church, Broadbridge Heath Events at St John's Church and Hall.

Saturday 7th November: Community Arts Event.

10.30am to 3pm - a Public ‘Drop-in’ consultation Day for Tim Ward, one of the artists appointed to the Countryside Wickhurst Green Development to deliver Public Art on the estate. He’s been working with Shelley and Tanbridge School and this is an opportunity to work with all St John’s Church, Broadbridge Heath residents to develop ideas for the Broadbridge Heath artwork. Pupils ideas/sketch designs so far will be on display. Church Road, RH12 3LD 01403 274114

Sunday 8th November: Remembrance Day Service with Broadbridge Heath Scouts - 10:30 at St John’s Church then short service at the War Memorial on Billingshurst Road.

Sunday 6 December 4.00pm: Remembering Loved Ones Service. An opportunity to give thanks for our loved ones in the context of a quiet and thoughtful service.

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info@stjohnsbbh.org.uk Worship services are held every Sunday.

Children, families and people of all ages are welcome.

News from Broadbridge Heath Football Club

The 2015-2016 season has started quite well, the first team who play in the Southern Combination League Premier Division are currently mid-table in the division and have already played several of this season's promotion hopefuls including Horsham, Pagham, Newhaven and Horsham YMCA. Player availability has been a problem due to injury, illness, holiday and work commitments and Steve Painter the first team manager has already played 29 different players including two 16 year olds who stepped up from BBH Youth and did very well on their senior debuts.

The Junior section are running 10 teams this season but we are desperately seeking new helpers and if you can spare some time to help we would really like to hear from you. One position we do urgently need to fill is that of U14 manager and coach for a second U14 team that we are running in the South Surrey Youth league.

Away from the playing field officials of BBHFC have been working closely with our Parish Council and Horsham District Council on the new facilities for BBHFC on land south of the existing Leisure Centre. The facilities will be provided as part of the Section 106 agreement and they include a new pavilion and sports pitches where we hope to have at least two full size pitches, another 9x9 pitch and the potential of further junior pitches. With HDC hoping to make a decision on the future of the Leisure Centre very soon, we too hope we can soon finalise the plans for the new playing fields.

First Team Fixtures: Tues 3rd November: Home v Eastbourne Town, K.O. 7.45 Sat 7th November: Home v Hailsham Town, K.O. 3.00 Sat 14th November: Home v Worthing United, K.O.3.00

For more information visit www.pitchero.com/clubs/broadbridgeheathfc 5

HORSHAM DISTRICT INDOOR BOWLS CLUB HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF PLAYING BOWLS? IF NOT, WHY NOT COME AND GIVE IT A TRY ALL AGES FROM 8 ONWARDS ARE WELCOME We provide free coaching for all new bowlers at our excellent facilities next to the Leisure Centre and across the car park from the Tesco Superstore at Broadbridge Heath.

We offer 8 playing rinks for bowling, a restaurant and licensed bar.

We have a car park which we share with the Leisure Centre and disabled access to the bowling club is available.

WE ARE PLEASED TO INVITE YOU TO VISIT OUR CLUB FACILITIES AND TRY OUT BOWLS WITHOUT ANY COMMITMENT, OBLIGATION OR COST. The Club can be contacted by telephone on 01403 268346 (messages can be left on our answerphone).

Details of the Club can be found on our website: www.horshamindoorbowlsclub.co.uk WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND DEMONSTRATING WHAT A GREAT GAME BOWLS IS.

Shelley Primary School: A busy start to the Autumn Term Children at Shelley have been engaged in various exciting activities so far this term. These have included Bikeability training for Y6 children, trips to Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve and Seven Sisters Country Park, and ‘No Pens Day Wednesday’ which meant the whole school, teachers included, put down our pens for the day and found different ways to learn!

Alongside these events, we have also found time for two very different but equally important community fundraisers. Firstly, our Y5 pupils led an uplifting and thoughtful Harvest Assembly at the end of September. Children from across the school brought donations and we are pleased to report that these were very gratefully received by Horsham Foodbank.

Secondly, our own Friends of Shelley School (FOSS) ran our annual Sponsored Walk on the school field at the beginning of October. This is a great event for friends and family to come along and support the children.

The FOSS team are now looking forward to the next event, the Christmas Bazaar! Please put the date into your diary – 5.00 until 7.00pm on Friday 27th November, all are welcome and we are sure it will be a fantastic start to the Christmas festivities!

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BROADBRIDGE HEATH VILLAGE CENTRE There are exciting times ahead when the Trustees are hoping to expand and improve the Village Centre to benefit the community.

We are inviting local residents interested in joining the Management Committee with skills which would help with this project. Committee meetings are held about six times per year. The AGM will be held at 7.30 pm on Wednesday the 18th November at the Village Centre and all residents of Broadbridge Heath are welcome to attend. If you are interested in putting yourself forward as a Trustee and Management Committee member, or would like to have further information, please contact the Secretary in writing c/o The Village Centre prior to the AGM.

Horsham Folk Dance Club We are a group of barn dancers who meet at the BBH Village Centre on the second Saturday in the month (7.30 -10.00pm).

All our dances are "called" which means the caller tells us how each one is danced . We dance mainly to recorded music ( entry fee £4) but some dances are to a live band (entry fee £7) We are very pleased to meet newcomers of any age with or without a partner.

Come and join us on for our next dance on 14th November or our Christmas Dance on 12th December when we will be dancing to the Horsham Accordion Band.

Your first dance will be free so you have nothing to lose and might enjoy the experience!

For further details please contact Jean on 01403 266457 Horsham Folk Dance Club

SCARECROW WEEKEND BIG SUCCESS The Gala Association Scarecrow Weekend was a well-supported event that had many enthusiastic people following the trail maps around the village. They were rewarded for their efforts by an amazing display of scarecrows on the theme of TV/Film.

One of the judges said, “The entrants were of a very high standard, which made judging very difficult. Well done everyone!”

It appears that entrants enjoyed making the scarecrows and there were many positive comments and happy faces from those that visited the exhibits.

The individual winners, Emilia and Layton Hazelgrove certainly went the extra mile with their Ghostbusters theme; second place went to a Dorothy and third to the Rugby scarecrow.

The Clubs/Organisations winners were 1st BBH Beavers with Bob the Minion surrounded by lots of small minions, second was Homer Simpson by 1st BBH Scouts and third Peruvian Blue by BBH Football Club Juniors. The Gala Association would like to congratulate everyone who participated in a very successful weekend. Well done Broadbridge Heath!

Report by Paul Muggeridge.

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New volunteers needed for Horsham Area Community Car Scheme Riding Lessons

Horsham Area Community Car Scheme (HACCS) provides a door to door service for the elderly and disabled so that they may go shopping or keep appointments etc.

We offer riding instruction for children and adults on privately owned, confidence giving horses at our yard in Barns Green.

We also offer fantastic hacking.

The scheme is run by volunteer drivers using their own cars and a modest mileage rate is charged to each customer per trip. The continued success of the scheme relies on being able to recruit new volunteer drivers to keep up with demand.

Livery sometimes available.

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Anyone who feels they can contribute to the scheme, be they retired or just have a day to spare each week should contact the Car Scheme office on 01403 250202 for further information.

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Do You Have A Dinosaur?

I was recently working with a new client whose pension with profits fund had a declared annual bonus of 0.1% per year.

There could have been an additional terminal bonus paid at the end, but with interest rates at nearly zero, it’s simply not good enough if your pension fund is consistently making less than your savings account.

So what had happened? He had a “Dinosaur” fund.

Once strong, respected and even dominant, the fund was now weak, underperforming and had been overtaken by newer, fitter funds. And there are many more funds just like this.

Remember the dotcom bubble, telecom shares and more recently Greece and China? Relying on one investment type or one part of the world can also affect performance when events go against you. On top of this, the charges applied to some older plans can be more expensive than is necessary these days, which will hold performance back.

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• Check that your circumstances and goals still need that type of fund or plan • Spread your pension or investment across different funds in different investment markets • Have regular reviews monitoring your funds Sometimes people put off getting professional financial advice because it costs.

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The content of this article is for information only and must not be considered as financial advice. We always recommend that you seek independent financial advice before making any financial decisions. *Daily Express 9 Sept 2012

Karen MacDonald is an Independent Financial Adviser with Monetary Solutions.

For a free initial consultation call 01403 288078 or email: karen@monetarysolutions.co.uk Website: www.monetarysolutions.co.uk

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