Local news and events Donations We have received with thanks a donation of £20 since our last edition. Anyone wishing to make a donation towards the cost of producing Signpost should send a cheque to The Hermitage, Corston, Malmesbury, SN16 0HB. Thank you.
Corston & Rodbourne Reading Room 200 Club August 1st 15 Sally Barrett Corston 2nd 22 David Malpas Rodbourne 3rd 96 Emily Eason Corston Any enquiries regarding the 200 Club, please contact Norma on Tel: 01666 825303.
Help for our Churches The COVID Pandemic has created major funding challenges for our churches, as it has for many other institutions and charities. Planned services and fundraising events have not taken place since the end of March, but regular bills still have had to be paid including insurance premiums, electricity payments, upkeep and repair bills as well as payments to the Diocese for clergy and for administration. In many cases, there is little or no income coming in to cover these costs and some of our churches are facing a crisis. Do we want to find yet more of our facilities are no longer available when the Pandemic is over? If you feel you can make a donation to help your local church, please contact the Treasurer of your Parish: Great Somerford: Mark Vincent 01249 721420 Little Somerford: Simon Nuttall 01249 720978 Corston & Rodbourne: Maureen Inwards 01666 822775 Seagry: Sheena Tilley 07801 749544
Great Somerford 2020 Vision Hundred Club Lottery – Results New cases still going up with a big jump on 6 September so as far as this house is concerned too many people are getting infected for us to do anything too exciting! Which is why on Sunday 6 September the numbers were once again drawn by Jude Picton Phillipps and, in no particular order, the winners were Basil Miles, James Layton and Jude Picton Phillipps. Congratulations to them all. If you would like to take part please contact Tom Picton Phillipps on 01249 721202 or at tom.pictonphillipps@btinternet.com or knock on his door at 4 Paddock Close. It only costs £5.00 a month Depending on the degree to which support is maintained or enlarged the level of prizes (currently £125.00, £75.00 and £50.00 monthly) may have to be varied.
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Malmesbury & District U3A Malmesbury & District U3A is keeping in touch with members with regular editions of the Lockdown News. Some groups are meeting virtually while others are beginning to meet in other ways within government guidelines. Our monthly meetings continue to take place via zoom and over the winter we plan to have 2 a month starting in November. Our next Zoom meeting will be on 22 October. Sir Muir Gray and Jill Turner will give a talk entitled ‘Live Longer Better with the Optimal Ageing Programme - How to stay well and increase physical and mental wellbeing.’ U3A Members can look forward to a thoughtprovoking talk with some well-researched advice on maintaining a positive outlook and an active lifestyle. Sir Muir Gray CBE MD is the Director of the Optimal Ageing Programme for Living Longer Better and an esteemed national figure in public health. His current work focuses on health and wellbeing support for older people, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic. He is the author of 7 books. Malmesbury U3A is now 5 years old and we look forward to being able to celebrate this milestone when life returns to normal. If you are retired or semi-retired do join us (now or in a few months time). We have more than 500 members and 40 different interest groups including book group, history, gardening, dancing, theatre trips, languages, walking etc. Check our website for an up –to-date list of groups and other information: www.malmesburyu3a.org.uk. Please contact Elaine Sharp for more information on tel: 01666 823568 or e-mail: membership@malmesburyu3a.org.uk
