BBH Mag Jan 2018

January 2018

Your community magazine for

Broadbridge Heath CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FOOTBALL GROUND: SLOW AND “FRUSTRATING”.

Sports report on page 10 —————————————————————NEW YEAR: NEW JOB? COULD YOU BE THE “PREMISES OFFICER” AT SHELLEY PRIMARY SCHOOL?

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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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Wickhurst Lane, Broadbridge Heath, Horsham West Sussex RH12 3LU T: 01403 265343 E: office@shelleyprimary.school F: 01403 271340 Headteacher: Mrs K Fitzscott NPQH Required from January 2018 to join our school team PREMISES OFFICER Do you think you could be responsible for the maintenance and security of our school premises and site, ensuring a safe environment for our pupils?

Salary: West Sussex Grade 5 - £17,772 per annum pro rata, rising to £18,746.

This equates to £9.24 - £9.74 per hour.

Applications are invited from enthusiastic, caring, well- motivated and suitably qualified persons for the post of Premises Officer for a minimum of 20 hours per week. There is a possibility that hours may be increased to up to 30 hours per week, dependent on the candidate’s skills. This post would ideally be arranged as a split shift, to include unlocking in the morning and securing the premises at the end of the day.

The successful applicant will possess a range of building management, maintenance, DIY, caretaking and gardening skills, together with the ability to supervise and work alongside cleaning staff. As Premises Officer you will ensure that the school environment is maintained to a satisfactory standard and your aim will be to deliver a quality service in a school where high standards are set and expected. Personal qualities will include: versatility, tact, commitment and initiative. A driving licence and use of a car would be highly desirable.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please telephone the school office to arrange a mutually convenient time.

Shelley Primary School is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, a Disqualification by Association check and satisfactory references.

For further details and an application form, please contact Mrs McVay, bursar, at the email address or on the telephone number above.

Closing date: Thursday 11th January 2018 at 5pm Interviews: Monday 15th January 2018 Start date: As soon as possible 3

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2nd Broadbridge Heath Guides and Rangers Over the first weekend in December the Guides went on a winter residential at Horsham Guide HQ. The Guides decided they wanted a bake off! The Guides made bread on Friday evening in the shape of animals. The animal theme continued when they made cakes on Saturday morning. To have a break from baking the girls had fun at an inflatable session at The Pavillions. On our return we made pizzas for dinner and finished the day with Crystal Maze challenges. The final baking competition on Sunday morning was to make and decorate biscuits. Congratulations to all the winners.

Next term the Guides are looking forward to the London Monopoly Challenge in March, trying activities from our forthcoming new programme and Thinking Day activities.

Contact: Sharon Newman, Guide and Ranger leader and Joint District Commissioner. bbhguides@gmail.com www.girlguiding.org.uk —————————————————————————————————————-

Grants available from Sussex Community Foundation for local charities and groups

If you are a local club, society or group you can apply for a grant from the Sussex Community Foundation. Their next deadlines for grant applications are Friday 12 January 2018, followed by Friday 4th May 2018.

They are keen to hear from groups in West Sussex supporting older people and/or people at risk of homelessness, and groups in Mid Sussex supporting children and young people.

For more information about us, please visit www.sussexgiving.org.uk 5

News from the GALA ASSOCIATION

Santa event raised £788 The 3rd of December saw Santa take to the BBH streets on the first Sleigh Procession in over 20 years and WOW, what a response we had!

Parading through the streets of the old and new village, hundreds of you came out to wave the big man through and didn’t hold back when it came to popping some pennies in the buckets. We were truly overwhelmed.

Thanks to your generosity we raised £788 to pump back into future community events, hopefully including the fete in 2018. (Watch this space) We considered the event to be hugely successful, but know there is work to be done including time keeping and clarity of route. We hear you and will look to build this feedback into next years event.

In the meantime, please like BBH Gala Association on Facebook to keep on top of all our latest news and activities.

The AGM will be held on 9th January at the Village Centre at 7.30pm. If you wanted to join or offer your support for future events please do come along.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

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FOUR MORE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR YOUTH CLUB Toasties Youth Club provides a safe and fun place for young people aged between 10 and 13yrs (Y6 to Y8 ). Where they can meet up with friends and make new friends whilst having fun!

Open from 6.30pm to 8pm, entrance fee £1.50 plus a tuck shop on a Friday night, term time only. At St John's Community Hall, Church Road, Broadbridge Heath.

At the moment, we have 111 young people registered and we currently have a fantastic team of 7 volunteers who do an amazing job. A MASSIVE THANK YOU! Volunteering involves setting up activities such as Arts & Crafts, xbox, snooker tables, table tennis, table football, tuck shop (you won't be manning this as we have two amazing young leaders who runs this for us), Quiet Room and only if you're happy to do so : signing in our young people when they arrive. Supervising Young People during the session.

Volunteering times are 6pm to 8.30pm, Fridays, term time only The aim is to get 4 more volunteers, so we have a team of 12 volunteers and then we can reduce volunteering commitment to 1 session per half term (6 weeks).

Our current volunteers do 2 sessions per half term.

For details contact: donna.dwyer@horsham-matters.org.uk OR 07867 387466 Donna Dwyer, Lead Youth Worker, Toasties Youth Club, Broadbridge Heath 6

News from Shelley Primary School The staff, governors and children at Shelley Primary School would like to wish all readers a happy new year.

After a fantastic autumn term of learning and some wonderful Christmas celebrations, all are now looking forward to an exciting spring term. The children will be learning about fresh new topics and we have lots of activities and events planned, including marking World Book Day and a Science Week. Our clubs offer is also increasing as of January 2018.

A reminder that if your child is due to start school in September 2018, you must submit an online application for their place by 15th January 2018. You can apply online at www.westsussex.gov.uk/admissions. If you require any help with the process, please contact the Admissions team on 03330 142 903.

Shelley Primary School is currently recruiting for a new Premises Officer. If you or someone you know may be interested, please see our advert on page 3 or contact the school office for further details.

Telephone: 01403 265343 Email: office@shelleyprimary.school ——————————————————————-

Friends of Shelley School (FOSS)

As we approach the New Year FOSS can reflect on a December of fun. Our “Santa’s Workshop” Christmas Bazaar was a huge success, and the feedback from those who attended has been overwhelmingly positive. Huge thanks to all those who helped, either by giving up your time, your donations, or your hard-earned money on the night.

FOSS also ventured into territories new with the launch of our first Film Night. ‘Father Christmas’ (Raymond Briggs) and “The Muppet’s Christmas Carol” (celebrating its 25th year) played to a lively, happy, and popcorn-and-lollipop-filled audience.

Feedback has been really favourable and very useful, thus ensuring that that showing was definitely the first of many to come!

In 2018, we will be funding various new projects within the school, including both environmental and sporting as well as traditional classroom-based, and continuing to fund those already active. We hope that everyone has enjoyed a happy and hopefilled New Year, and look forward to your continued encouragement of our efforts to raise funds to enhance our lovely local village school.

FOSS is a registered charity, and there are currently nine hard-working trustees. We all have strong connections to the school, and are united by a desire to both promote Shelley School as a valuable and essential asset of the village, and also to raise as much money as we can to help offset the current lack of investment in West Sussex schools.

Rodena Howes-Yarlett (Chair). Email: fosspta17@gmail.com .

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St John’s Church, Broadbridge Heath WHATS ON AT THE CHURCH

Sunday 7 January & 4 February Cafe@Church. Open from 10.00 am. For all the family.

Coffee served all morning, papers, chill, craft activities, games for children, worship and short talk.

Tuesdays 9, 16, 23 & 30 January Early Bird Café 8.45 – 10.00 am. Come along for ‘free’ Fair Trade coffee/tea, toast, biscuits, read the papers and have a chat. Contact Val 01403 260179 Wednesday 3 January

Craft Social 9.30 – 12.00 am. Bring along any craft you have and enjoy the refreshments and fellowship. Contact Charlotte 01403 267673

Wednesday 10 January

Christmas Tea & Fellowship 2.30 pm. Open to all elderly folk in Broadbridge Heath. Contact Heather 01403 210996

Wednesday 17 January

Village Lunch 12 for 12.30 pm. Menu Chicken Pie followed by Chocolate Brownies. To book please call Charlotte on 01403 267673 ———————————————

Praying for Our Local Streets!

During 2018 at St John’s Church, we’ll be praying every month for a set of roads in our area – across BBH, Wickhurst Green, and Highwood. We’ll let you know each month which roads are set for that month and would love to hear from you if there’s anything particular you would like us to pray for. All you have to do, if you would like something prayed for, is drop us an email at office@stjohnsbbh.org.uk – be as brief or detailed as you want.

For January the roads are: Old Guildford Road, Forge Lane, Old Wickhurst Lane, Carter Drive, Arundale Road.

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Parish Point Of View John Bailey Licensed Lay Minister at St. John’s Church TRUE GRIT When asked by American waitresses if I wanted grits with my breakfast order, I always declined. The term conjured up grim tales of hardship from the Old South, where grits were the traditional accompaniment to unlovely austerity foods like chicken wings or chitlins.

I didn’t taste grits for myself until the year we were guests in a Virginian home and couldn’t really refuse. But from that point I found myself curiously drawn to their culinary possibilities as well as their dark association with the underside of the American dream.

Grits are coarsely milled hominy: maize kernels that have been treated with lye to release the nutrients locked up in their fibres. You boil them in water or milk until you are left with a glutinous paste studded with gritty particles. It’s more appetising than it probably sounds, particularly when swamped with melted butter, and much more nutritious than ordinary ‘sweetcorn’.

This was a staple food for struggling Americans over centuries, but nowadays it’s on the menu of pretty well every breakfast diner you come to. Grits are incredibly versatile. You can eat them sweet, you can eat them savoury. When cold they set firm like polenta, and can be sliced and griddled. And there are websites to which the many people with a real grits fetish submit all kinds of unusual recipes.

In essence, grits provide a nutritious base that takes on the flavour of whatever you stir in. Cheese grits taste of nothing but cheese. Maple syrup grits taste of nothing but… you get the idea. And in the humble bowl of grits I see a surprisingly apt picture of the post-modern church: an increasingly neutral base into which people stir whatever seasoning or sweetening they fancy: church with spiritual gifts; church with social action; church with Alpha Course; church with ritual; church with electric guitars… In each case, Christians and non-Christians alike can forget that the nutrition is more important than the added flavouring.

As the New Year unfolds, may we each have a chance to reflect on what the idea of church means to us. Are we letting our flavour preferences distract us from the presence of Jesus that should be at the church’s heart? Are we letting the aftertaste of one particular church with an unappetising flavour come between us and what could be an enriching part of our lives?

Wishing you a blessed year.

St John’s Church, Broadbridge Heath, Church Road, RH12 3LD 01403 274114 info@stjohnsbbh.org.uk www.stjohnsbbh.org.uk Children, families and people of all ages are welcome.

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BBH Mag Sport

News from local sports clubs.

If you would like to publish your sports news in this magazine please contact the Editor by email: bbh.mag@gmail.com FOOTBALL Broadbridge Heath Football Club Looking back over the year there's been many pros and cons.

The first team completed the 2016-2017 season in 8th position in the Southern Combination Premier Division our highest ever finish; the reserve team did even better by ending their season as Champions of the Reserve Division for the first time ever. This season has also gone pretty well so far with the first team entering five cup competitions and in the FA Vase and the Sussex Senior Cup we went further than ever before succumbing to better opposition in the later stages but still enjoyable while it lasted.

Another plus for the club is the number of teams and players playing week in week out which continues to grow, we now have eleven junior sides providing football for players from 6 to 16 years of age and four seniors sides, first, reserve, under 18s and veterans.

We have also recently been awarded the FA Charter Standard again having passed the annual health check. This is not an easy thing to do for a club of our size with 45 people in a role of manager, assistant manager or coach. To qualify each team must have someone trained in FA Emergency Aid and every youth team (age 18 and under) must have at least one person with an FA Level One coaching certificate. In addition all managers and coaches of the youth teams must have a valid Criminal Records Check and a valid Safeguarding Children's certificate.

But the biggest pro during the course of the year was getting planning permission for our new ground away from the Leisure Centre with three grass pitches, a pavilion, stands and floodlights, a new permanent home for the club is something that current and past club members have been pushing for since the club was founded in 1919 and finally with this planning permission we knew our dreams would soon become a reality.

Just how soon that will be is what we find really frustrating. Countryside are responsible for building the access road and pavillion, last year they told us if we got planning permission in February work would start in April and finish in October. We did get planning permission in February but nothing

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happened in April, May or June and in July we had another meeting with Countryside and Horsham District Council and at that meeting we were told by the developers that they anticipated work would start late September early October and finish in March 2018. In late October we were told work would definitely start in November but the completion date had now moved to the end of June. When nothing happened in November we were told that work would definitely start on the 11th December but the completion date had now been pushed out to 4th August, when we questioned the likelihood of them really starting on that date, given their track record, we were told that it was 100 per cent certain. At the time of writing it's now the 15th December and still nothing has happened and probably won't now until the New Year.

Meanwhile if you're looking for something to do over the Christmas and New Year period, why not come along and support The Bears.

Our Christmas and News Years Fixtures are as follows: •27 Dec Away v Horsham YMCA, K.O. 7.30 •30 Dec Home v Crawley Down Gatwick, K.O. 3.00 •06 Jan Away v Loxwood, K.O. 3.00 ———————————————————–————————-—————————

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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News from

BROADBRIDGE HEATH PARISH COUNCIL Contact: The Clerk of the Parish Council PO Box 1009, Cowfold, West Sussex, RH12 9RX e-mail: clerk@broadbridgeheath-pc.gov.uk Telephone: 07716 130103

TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES IN THE VILLAGE

As part of the current WSCC IWP programme of works we will shortly be undertaking Phase 2 of the improvement works implementing the traffic calming features along Billingshurst Road and Old Guildford Road through the village of Broadbridge Heath. These works will involve: New mini roundabout on Billingshurst Road at the junction with Shelley Drive.

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Village Centre improvements, adjacent to the post office.

Billingshurst Road/Old Guildford Road, advisory cycle lanes and centreline removal.

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Sleets Road mini roundabout improvements

In order to protect the public and our workforce and minimise disruption to traffic the works will commence from Tuesday 2nd January 2018 for approximately 15 weeks; subject to favourable weather conditions.

These works will be carried out under temporary traffic signals from 07:00 to 17:00hrs each day and where road closures are required localised traffic diversions will be in place.

Letter drop will be carried out to the affected frontages along the extent of the scheme and Advance warning signs will be erected in the local area to inform road users of the proposed works.

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I really need to shed some weight after all the Christmas festivities. As you can see, our afternoon tea at Random Hall (which seems like ages ago now) was seriously indulgent and the WI Christmas party in December was great fun as always.

We then kicked off the New Year with our annual lunch at the bowls club and we’re now looking forward to starting our 2018 programme with a film afternoon in February (I’ll go easy on the popcorn and ice cream...)

Talking of February, in the last issue, I asked whether anyone would be interested in an evening WI. Wow! What a response.

Seems that there are plenty of you who’d love to join the WI but can’t do afternoons. Well, why didn’t you say? The WI is nothing if not welcoming and inclusive so put this in your diary: 7.30pm Monday 19 February. We’ll be at St John’s Community Hall (next door to the church) in Church Road Broadbridge Heath, until 9.30pm, and it will be an informal open meeting so you can come along and find out more about what the WI has to offer, as well as telling us what you want from your WI. We’ll lay on some drinks and nibbles so it might be an idea to let us know you’re planning on coming so we don’t run out – judging from the interest so far, it looks like there’ll be quite a party!

You can email: wi.broadbridgeheath@talktalk.net or call: Wendy Griffin 01403 217152 or Jacqui King 01403 754718.

We’ll also have a WI adviser on hand to give a short talk about the WI and to answer all your questions. ......And for those of you who are free in the afternoons, we’ll still be having our usual afternoon meetings every second Tuesday at 2.30.

Here’s another thought: at our meetings, we often see all of you mums on your way to Shelley School to pick up the children and one of our members said “If our meetings were earlier, those mums could come to the meeting and still have time for the school run....” So what do you think about that? Let us know on the email or numbers above.

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Christ’s Hospital School Performing Arts Events Fri 19th Jan – Court Room Classic – Music Scholars. Instrumental and vocal music.

Thurs 25th Jan – Sing-A-Long-A Dirty Dancing Fun-filled screening of the 1987 classic film.

Fri 2nd Feb – Jazz & Blues Night Hugely popular evening. Mix of professional musicians & pupils.

Fri 23rd Feb – Court Room Classic – Sax Quartet The CH Acrylic Sax Quartet joined by professional quartet ‘‘Ferio’.

Weds 28th Feb – I Believe In Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo Amazing show.

Sat 3rd March – Letters Out Loud An evening of readings to honour the art of letter writing.

Sun 4th March – Band Concert Entertaining programme featuring the famous CH Band.

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

Box Office 01403 247434

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

Yoga Classes in Horsham Iyengar Yoga is a safe and accessible form of Yoga suitable for all levels, including beginners.

Teacher with 20 years experience More information & booking: www.annamacedoyoga.com hoveyoga@yahoo.co.uk

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Village Contacts.

Cut out this page and keep it by your phone.

1st Broadbridge Heath Beavers/Cubs/Scouts Paula Flack (GSL) 01403 791453 or paulaflack63@gmail.com 1st BBH Rainbows Sally Carver geordiecarver@aol.com

Kelly Brook Montessori Nursery School 01403 251221 Skylarks Pre-School

07825 603601

2nd BBH Brownies Jo Pratt jopratt2011@gmail.com

Kinderoo Parent & Toddler Group Meets on Thursday mornings at St Johns Church Hall

2nd BBH Guides and Rangers Sharon Newman bbhguides@gmail.com

Broadbridge Heath Village Social Club Phil Farrelly 01403 217177

St Johns Church office@stjohnsbbh.org.uk vicar@stjohnsbbh.org.uk Broadbridge Heath Parish Council Chairman – Mrs Viv Edwards 01403 240414 Clerk – Stephanie Mills 07716 130103 Broadbridge Heath District Councillor Matthew French 01403 730040 Broadbridge Heath Cricket Club 07740 101983 Broadbridge Heath Football Club 01403 252273 Broadbridge Heath Tennis Club Ann Lines 01403 790503 Horsham District Indoor Bowls Club 01403 268346 Broadbridge Heath Stoolball Club (Ladies) Sally Booker 01403 260036

The Shelley Arms

01403 253406

Broadbridge Heath W.I. Gill Axby 01403 266525 Wendy Griffin 01403 217152 wi.broadbridgeheath@talktalk.net

Horsham & District Cats Protection: Report lost or found cat 01403 854464 Horsham Arun Badminton Club Ian Wood 01403 250337 Website: www.habc-badminton.com Citizens Advice consumer helpline 03454 04 05 06 NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH CO-ORDINATOR – David Trangmar bbhnhw@gmail.com BBC RADIO SUSSEX Phone-in : 08459 570057 Switchboard: 01273 320428 Email: sussexnews@bbc.co.uk

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Karen

MacDonald

The Financial Fairy Godmother

Reflections

of Broadbridge Heath

In January, we often reflect on last year with a view towards planning for the next.

2017 did not have an easy start, with terror attacks at Westminster Bridge, Borough Market and the Ariana Grande concert, followed by the Grenfell Tower disaster.

Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union was invoked on 29 March, followed by Theresa May's snap election on 18 April. I wonder if she now regrets this?

Despite all the bad news and uncertainty, the FTSE has gone up very slightly. It started 2017 just under 7200, and at the time of writing stands just below 7450. The Dow and the Nikkei indices have also seen growth this year (as of 11 Dec 2017).

In October it was reported that the housing market picked up in August, and borrowing by home movers had been the highest since March 2016 when transactions were boosted by the imminent increase in stamp duty.

What's more, re-mortgaging over the last 12 months had been higher than in any other period since 2009*. However, this was before the mortgage rate increase announced in November – the first for more than a decade.

So what are my predictions for 2018?

We will have to wait and see what this will mean. When making any financial decision, you need to look at ALL variables rather predictions, and factor in both positives and negatives. *CML 12 Oct 2017

Karen MacDonald is an Independent Financial Adviser with Monetary Solutions. For a free initial consultation call 01403 288078 email: karen@monetarysolutions.co.uk Website: www.monetarysolutions.co.uk

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