Eden Local January 2019 Issue

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LOCAL BUSINESS

An Introduction to Penrith Building Society

By Lee Quinn

It was in September 2018 that I first met Tim Bowen, Chief Executive of the Penrith Building Society. He hadn’t been in the position that long when we first met, but as you read this opening article, Tim starts his second year in this position.

Just before Christmas, the Society re-branded. Why? Well Tim explains this to you shortly. I have done odd bits of work with the Society over the last nine years.

Some of you will have the Penrith and Eden Valley Monopoly board game, which when you play it and mortgage a property, as you turn the card you see the Penrith Building Society. It’s position on the board is the same as the Mayfair Square on the original London-based Monopoly board!

To the best of my knowledge, when I made the request for the Society to have the back of every card, I was told by the UK licencee for Monopoly that this would have to be agreed by the now owner of the rights for the board game, American toy giant Hasbro.

The response was quite clear. As you turn that card, it makes the Society quite unique. Unique was a word used more than once when interviewing some of the team at the Society on their evening, celebrating the launch of the new look Society.

Another word I heard that I haven’t really heard used by many businesses before was the word mutual, which should you look it up means a partnership based on mutual respect and understanding. For the event buffet, I helped introduce some local tastes, adding to those already selected. They had some Cranston sausages, Appleby Creamery cheese, Hesket Newmarket Brewery beer, all in the neighbourhood so to speak and from one of their closest neighbours, they had platters of freshly prepared Greek specialities, which Yannis, the proprietor of Just Greek opposite the Society was happy to deliver from across the road.

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the family of members. I talked to a lot of people, some of these were broadcasted live in the ‘drive home’ show by Eden FM from the counter and these will be stored and available on the new Eden FM website. Click to listen again on the new website which launches this month.

To summarise, when I interviewed different members of the Team, from the Board and Non-Executives, to the Senior Team and the Staff, I found such a wealth of knowledge and experience and people that are passionate and so open about the business they are in. When I interviewed Rob Cairns, Chairman, we discussed how building societies have evolved and he’d been involved in banking and societies for most of his life. This mirrored a lot of the personnel throughout the Society. In keeping with tradition, he has retained many traditional things which you’ll see, like a savings book or as some may remember a ‘pass book’.

It has the up to date technology and systems of any bank or building society, but it’s service is clearly driven and delivered by its people. As I joked with Rob, they don’t have an element where ‘the computer says NO’ because the people manage the system and the systems don’t manage the people! The Penrith Building Society is one of just 44 Societies, soon to be 43. Michelle Stevens, Retail Operations & Distribution Executive, who in her role as a branch manager with 31 years’ experience, relocated over 300 miles to join the team in November 2017.

So, I’ll leave you with these thoughts - understanding how Penrith Building Society works and why it’s both traditional and innovative; why a mutual is so important to our community. It is an experience of a lifetime and something I didn’t realise is just how much it has that feeling of people belonging to something very special.

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By Tim Bowen In January this year, I had the absolute honour and privilege of taking over Penrith Building Society. In 2018, the Society turned 141 years old and when you consider the fact that this wonderful local institution has been serving generations for that many years, the longevity of the Brand really begins to hit home (as well as the weight of responsibility).

Since I joined the Society, the pride our members and staff have in the fact that Penrith is one of very few towns in the UK that still has its own Building Society is huge. This is something that each and every member of this town should be immensely proud of and if you are not already a member, come and join us, the Mutual model really is a beautiful thing.

The fact that, post the 2008 financial crisis, Penrith residents still have their own Building Society is testament to the loyalty of our members, the work of the previous leadership and the wonderful staff that wow our members at 7 King Street on a daily basis.

Having worked within Banking all my career, the difference in culture within the mutual sector is plain to see and I must say, extremely welcome. All mutual organisations exist solely for you, the membership, as they should and the Society is no different. We will always treat you as an individual.

We do however, operate in an industry where the only sure thing is constant change, from regulation to technology as well as competition and innovation within the markets that we operate, not to mention the political and economic uncertainty that has been bred by the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, however, I will leave that for another day. This is where being smaller can be an advantage, as it allows us to react in an agile fashion.

The need to change and adapt also brings me on nicely to our decision to go through a rebranding exercise at the beginning of this year. After taking presentations from different agencies, we chose to partner with Colourmedia, who are based in Dalston (we will always go Cumbrian wherever we can) and who absolutely got the Society and understood our need for change whilst absolutely remaining true to the town, the Society’s roots and, its heritage.

The rebrand gives the Society a more modern look and feel, but, as previously mentioned, stays true to our roots. In essence, the Society has existed for the last 141 years by virtue of the fact that it has listened to and supported generations of families by helping them to save their hard-earned money and then used that money to fund mortgages to support other families to be able to own their own piece of the town. The model is the same today as it has always been, we take deposits in and we lend them out and we have some really innovative products, especially in the mortgage field.

Social purpose is also hugely important to us here at the Society and there are many examples of how we live and breathe our commitment to those in our community, by supporting a myriad of charities and institutions in the locality.

Please take the time to go and have a look at our new website. In addition, if you want to come and talk to me or any member of staff, we would all be delighted to welcome you at 7 King Street. You may be surprised on what we do and how we may be able to help you and your family.

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Contents Penrith Building Society by Lee Quinn

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Listening and Supporting, since 1877 by Tim Bowen

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Introduction and Contents

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Eden Local 2018 by Lee Quinn

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A World of my Own (Part 2) by Lee Quinn

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Reflecting on 2018 with Quinn HR

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Nursery Rhyme Corner with Pam Waggott

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‘Your Community Banker’ Emma Loveridge

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Wind down after the party 17-25 by Emily Quinn

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January Sale Now On at Cumbria Oak

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Eden Local 2018 by Lee Quinn

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New Year, New Stove, New Project at Hearth & Home

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An office in Town for £5

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The Arches Carpet Sale Buy now, Fit February

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There’s no place like home by Tom Rose

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He had to grow up … by Canon David Sargent

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Welcome to your January Eden Local Wishing you a Happy New Year and a warm welcome to 2019.

I hope everyone, wherever you are, has had a wonderful Christmas. Earlier than normal, our January magazine was published on line at the end December. Thank you to our printer for an early start on our deliveries in this year, which we hope will see your community magazine reach further afield locally as we continue to increase deliveries every month.

We hope to hit over 100 villages in 2019, whilst growing our presence and readership also online.

Importantly as a local publication, we are looking for more delivery teams which can range from delivering 50 magazines to 500 magazines.Call 01768 862 394. We have quite a broad spectrum of people helping out, so in 2019 if you’ve got an hour of two free and would like to boost your holiday savings or even save for next Christmas, our team members range from 15 to above retirement age (whatever that is these days!)

The need for more people to assist with Eden Local deliveries is as result of us increasing the distribution of the Eden Local every month since last August. That sounds so far away but then with the shortest day of the year, otherwise known as the December Solstice or Winter Solstice back on December 21st we are already on our way back to the summer, and by the time we get to the end of this month on the 31st, we’ll be exactly two months away from the clocks going forward on 31st March and British Summer time begins. Well the time might but the summer probably won’t! Around 27th February last year we had 3 days of snow, do you remember?

So, we are adding around 200 magazines to our deliveries every month, which means that as a community magazine, I will be saying welcome to new readers who have this month received their first Eden Local.

To those who have recently moved into the area, but also welcome to some who we haven’t reached for a while. Unlike ‘paid for’ newspapers relying on sales, it’s a huge bonus relying on doors. You can work out for yourself which one is growing. Of course it’s not just doors as we have been taking requests from people outside of our area in the county and in the UK for the Eden Local on subscription even though it’s available online at www.cumbrianlocal.co.uk/previousissues.

One thing we know is our readers like a good story. They like good news, so I’ll say this once only - ‘BREXIT’ as it could affect your community magazine on the basis that its printed on paper, or will it? Well I did do some research on paper generally. If you’re online and I know many of our readers are not, I did check out a few sites. The CPI, the Confederation of Paper Industries was quite interesting via www.paper.org.uk and what I found was that: ‘70% of the fibres used to make paper in the UK come from paper collected for recycling.

Since the 1950s, UK papermakers have steadily increased their use of recovered paper so that now over 70% of the fibres used to make paper in the UK come from paper collected for recycling. The rest come mainly from virgin wood fibre from trees grown in sustainably managed and certified forests.

The recycling of paper has been so successful that it is already the most recycled material in the UK – so much so that we now collect more than we can reprocess. The excess is exported for papermaking to Europe, China and the Far

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East, so helping to reduce the carbon footprint of papermaking around the world.’

Source https://paper.org.uk/information/mythsfacts So, I’m not going to harp on about things like your votes count and people always have a choice. I have witnessed many times voting and not getting what I thought I was going to get. In fact moving to Cumbria, I experienced for the first time that I couldn’t vote because the seat in the ward where I lived didn’t have enough people contesting it!

Well it’s a can of worms to open in an election, so I’ve continued this on page 13, unlucky for some, because it isn’t only recently that this has happened in the District.

I still maintain a vote is a vote and a win, which is a bit different from a petition. How many times in 2018 were you possibly been misled? There was an interesting article by James Carson in the Telegraph at the end of November about ‘Fake News’. It relates to Donald Trump and he mentions that it was the 2017 word of the year. I wonder what it will be for 2018? Did you come across any fake news?

Like a Chameleon to some, hidden in the text in a newspaper, on a poster, on social media, we can all be so very trusting and that’s why I like to ask questions, simple questions.

I explain most months to people who write to me, readers, new customers, I’m not a writer, or a photographer and I’m not a journalist and I would fill pages of this magazine with letters that could potentially influence readers. 2018 was the year of the Penrith Strategic Master Plan, petitions, protests and what happens now? Well I’ve asked

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some questions on page 27. In James Carson’s article, he also suggests Fake News ‘may lead to regulation of social media’. What does Fake News mean? Well, in my dictionary its defined as ‘false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting’. Source the Collins English Dictionary.

So, this is our 142nd issue. We are reflecting a lot on 2018. I have 1000’s of people to thank, every reader, every writer, every distributor, every advertiser, my designers Chris and Chris and my friends. No one would be reading this if Mrs Q hadn’t helped check it. If Emily Q didn’t distribute 100’s of boxes every month to delivery teams in many of the rural areas, we wouldn’t be able to cover the areas we do and of course Daisy Q who also delivers with us all every month.

So, as we close 2018 in this January edition, there are two to thank. I was in a meeting with my printer in the Lemon Tree in the Devonshire Arcade recently and a lady after seeing an Eden Local in there asked Helen if she had any spares, so Helen came over and asked if I did. Well I rarely leave home without one, the lady was so pleased. Thank you too as a few days later there was a lady in Arnisons when I went in to top up the pile they had that was nearly gone. The lady commented on how pleased she was that every month she gets the Eden Local through her door. She didn’t know who I was, but Nigel Scott introduced me. Thank you.

Let’s have another good news year from the Eden Local team!

Lee

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A review of some highlights for 2018

By Lee Quinn So, it’s that time when I reflect on a year of producing the Eden Local, which for first time readers, this month saw the small magazine start its ninth year in November. So here are some highlights of 2018, when for family and friends, Pam launched her Nursery Rhyme Corner, Emily continued her 17-25 theme and Charlotte, my wife pushed forward with Quinn HR, and where better to do it. A big thank you to all of them and to those who have supported Eden Local in 2018?

The main article in the January publication No 117, was titled ‘Don’t just Look in the Window’.

It featured Finesse Jewellery, Vintage Antiques and Collectables, a real Aladdin’s Cave, though in December, their sister business, Finesse Bridal had the winning Christmas window in Middlegate that was set in Narnia. The article was based on a recorded interview and something that I associate with not just this business is, when I get to write about or interview them, the depth of knowledge and experience these independents have, but also how much I learn from meeting them and writing about them. One snippet from that article: ‘Worth their weight in gold’, I suppose really depends on its percentage of gold in the gold item. “All that glitters is not gold”, is a well-known saying, which can mean, not everything that looks precious or true turns out to be so. This isn’t just gold but can apply to people, places, or things that promise to be more than they really are and I learnt about the full definition its origin.

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LOCAL COMMUNITY STORY

In a world of your own

By Lee Quinn

Picking up from where I was last month, as a short reminder, I re-traced some moments in my life where I had gained wait and had a tight 44-inch waist. For those that may have missed part of this two-part story, it is available online to read at https://issuu.com/edenlocal/docs/edenlocal-dec18-lr If you would like a hard copy, please give me a call. My number is at the front of the magazine. In short, being fat isn’t good, dress it whichever way you like. I had spent probably 25 years of my life eating and drinking whatever I wanted and before you know it, bang you’re 50. All those years of creating what I had was in that mirror; I wasn’t sleeping properly, my knees started to ache, I was snoring so loudly that everyone knew when I was in a deep sleep. be worn every night, which I would also have to take everywhere I went if it was overnight. For trips abroad, I had to take a letter for Customs and Security, although this wasn’t accepted everywhere, so it has had an airing at an airport. So, every night I would switch it on. The mask covered my nose and mouth, and it would take over my breathing. In the morning my chest felt like I’d had a stampede over it during the night, it felt bruised. You would feel the machine inflating you, opening your air ways and sometimes you would wake with the pipe around your neck. I hated it. When I took it off in the morning, it looked like I had been hit with an iron as my face would sometimes react and be red with the lines of the mask around where it had been.

Looking back, I remember I had less colds and so much more sleep.

As I mentioned previously, lying on my back, my front or my side, I snored, so I got checked out. I had Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) which is a relatively common condition where the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, interrupting normal breathing. This may lead to regularly interrupted sleep, which can have a big impact on quality of life and increases the risk of developing certain conditions. Being overweight can be a contributing factor but not always. At home I would wake the whole house up; you could hear through the walls. When we went camping, well let’s say the walls of a tent aren’t very thick! I described the symptoms previously, but in my mind was the question what is the cure?

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Everyone is different and when I went for my checkups, everyone at the clinic would be sitting with their little black bags with their CPAP machines which back then, the nurse would plug in and check how long you had slept. I don’t believe you can ever get used to it, no matter how much you can adapt. This was the treatment but not the cure. I was told that I would probably be wearing it for the rest of my life. The machine wasn’t a cure but it relieved the symptoms, whilst limiting any starvation of oxygen to the brain, which long term could cause brain damage and memory loss. It is something I should have done sooner.

I had convinced myself that I had to make a new start in 2015 to January 2017. I eventually got on the scales and weighed in at 17 stone 2 lbs in January

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Rooting 4 U 2017! In the April my wife had joined Slimming World, so I started to follow what was called ‘food optimisation’. In the June of that year I had an NHS referral to consider a 12 week plan at Slimming World. By this time, I had already lost some weight by simply adjusting what I ate and drank and following my wife’s plan. So in the July I joined Slimming World. I set myself a target, it’s what you do. Yes, I have lost some weight and people have noticed. My tight 44-inch waist jeans are on a hanger in my wardrobe as a reminder every day that I’m not going back!

I’ve got a long way to go still, but I’m close now to no XXX’s in my clothes sizes. I am a 34-inch waist, I think my body has convinced me that whilst at present I’m not at the lightest I’ve been, my body wasn’t created in a day. We’re talking a lot of pies and pints. It’s a lifestyle that settles in as a life changing experience that you have to manage and it’s not always going to be easy. It’s not just about losing weight, although that is the ultimate goal. It’s about feeling good on the inside and on the outside.

In fact, for me it’s been so good that I requested a re-test of my Obstructive Sleep Apnoea which I had on 11th June 2018. I will say that whilst it might be hard to imagine, it was a very emotional moment when I got the letter with the results. I packed the CPAP machine away and I do not want to go back there.

Recently over the last few weeks I have lost some pounds, but I have also gained some. Importantly though, I’m losing more than I gain. My Slimming World consultant, Caroline, here in Penrith is one of a kind. She is like a coach that doesn’t give up on you, she is with you all the way, for any ups and downs you have.

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We shape our life in whatever way we can and I found Slimming World not just perfect for me but something that fits all, whoever we are. Now there are quite a few lads that go you know; it’s not just girls!

Here’s to 2019. No mask, a smaller belt and much improved health.

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Reflecting on 2018 Looking back over the last 12 months, it has been another interesting year in terms of employment.

Whilst Brexit has dominated the news, the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) in May also sent many businesses into a spin trying to work out what they needed to do to make their organisation compliant.

Raising awareness about Mental Health issues has also been a huge focus for 2018 and with a staggering one in four people likely to experience mental health issues at some point in their lives, we all need to try and understand what we can do to help ourselves and others.

The Status of Workers has also been in the spotlight with a number of large companies being challenged as to whether their selfemployed contractors should actually have the rights of workers and be entitled to receive the National Minimum Wage and paid holidays. A costly result for some organisations.

During 2018, my articles covered some of these topics. All of my articles can be read on line if you visit the Cumbrian Local website.

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I started and ended the year by reminding everyone that I can support with any employment matters and talking about the Retainer Service I offer to clients.

In February, I introduced the fact that GDPR would apply from the end of May and encouraged businesses to start preparing for it.

In March, I wrote about Working Hours and Time Off Work, as I often receive queries about holiday entitlement and how many hours you should work without a break.

In April, I covered Pay, namely the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage and provided the updated rates applicable from April 2018. In May, I asked businesses to question whether they were actually paying the National Minimum Wage.

During June, July and August, I was supporting a couple of clients with Recruitment and so decided to feature some tips and advice in relation to recruitment, including advertising vacancies, assessing candidates and seeking references.

September was all about Mental Health, a subject close to my heart and about raising awareness, making adjustments, good line management and providing support.

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In October, I asked whether businesses thought they were Family Friendly and advised on the sorts of policies they could implement and the relevant legislation.

In November, I provided some advice in relation to work parties and other events, particularly with work Christmas parties on the horizon.

Looking forward to 2019, well my advice would be as always to start the year by ‘getting your house in order’ and ensuring the basics are in place.

• Are your employment contracts in place and up to date?

• Do you have the relevant policies and procedures in place and are they up to date?

• Do you monitor your employees’ performance on a regular basis and discuss it with them?

• Do you monitor your employees’ attendance and discuss any concerns with them?

As a minimum, you should really be able to answer ‘yes’ to these questions, so if you can’t, please pick up the phone or email me and I’ll happily assist you with getting the basics in place.

Any new clients that contact me by 14th February 2019, will be entitled to a discounted rate for any work I complete for them, so please drop me a line at charlotte@quinnhr.co.uk or on 01768 862394.

I’d like to wish you all the very best for 2019.

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PAMELA'S MONTHLY NURSERY RHYME

Nursery Rhyme Corner So December is here and time for the final nursery rhyme in this series of articles. All of the nursery rhymes previously covered from Humpty Dumpty and Jack & Jill to Georgie Porgie have mixed origins; some based on historical fact others are a little hazy and difficult to authenticate.

However, this final nursery rhyme is based on a true story.

Mary had a little lamb, It's fleece was white as snow; And everywhere that Mary went The lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school one day Which was against the rule; It made the children laugh and play, To see a lamb at school.

And so the teacher turned him out, But still he lingered near; And waited patiently about Till Mary did appear "What makes the lamb love Mary so?"

The eager chldren cry; "Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know," The teacher did reply.

Mary was in fact a 14 year old girl called Mary Sawyer. She was born in 1806 in Massachusetts and it is recorded that she lived on a farm and one evening went to the barn with her father to feed the stock. They found a pair of new born lambs, one of which had been rejected by the mother. Mary brought the barely alive lamb into the farmhouse where she nursed and warmed it, and fed it catnip tea! She stayed up with the poorly lamb overnight, and despite her parents expecting the lamb to die it began to thrive and by the morning was able to stand and drink milk. From then on it followed Mary everywhere.

Being hand reared the lamb thought Mary was its mother and had no interest in other sheep or lambs!

So how did the lamb end up in school? One morning Mary went to the fields with her brother, Nat. Mary called for the lamb to come to her to say goodbye for the day. However, Nat suggested that they take the lamb to school with them. All went well initially. Mary hid the lamb in a blanket and tucked it under the desk where it remained for most of the morning but when the lamb gave out a bleat the teacher realised there was an interloper in the classroom! Instead 12 • EdenLocal

of being angry the teacher simply laughed and put the lamb outside where it waited patiently for Mary to finish school and they returned home together at lunchtime! Mary’s care for the lamb and the way she nursed it back to health was repaid by the lambs returned devotion.

There is some debate who exactly recorded the story but it is a favourite, and well known, nursery rhyme which interestingly went on to be the first words in history to be captured by a phonograph with Thomas Edison recording his own voice reciting the rhyme in around 1877.

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading about the background to some well loved rhymes this year. I look forward to the next 12 months and a whole new series of articles to keep you entertained and informed through 2019! All that’s left for me to say is Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

References: www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com www.allnurseryrhymes.com

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PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY

Your Community Banker, Emma Loveridge Emma Loveridge is NatWest’s Community Banker in North Cumbria.

Emma said: “I’m excited to have the opportunity to develop a strong relationship with our customers in Cumbria, helping to ensure that NatWest remains an important part of its many thriving communities. The impact of technological changes on the way people bank with us has been dramatic but we’re also aware that not everyone is comfortable with these changes.

“In my role as Community Banker, I’m looking forward to hosting regular events at local venues to help educate customers on being financially fit, training them on the different ways to bank in a digital world and how they can protect themselves from fraudsters.”

As part of their role, Community Bankers:

Our Community Banker’s are professionally qualified bankers who meet our customers where it's most convenient for them – whether that's libraries, places of work, rugby clubs, leisure centres or even customers' homes.

As well as helping individual customers understand how to manage their finances through our financial health check, they also play an important role in the community, helping our customers understand our many ways to bank, delivering events on fraud, scams and online security to help people keep their money safe.

Emma delivers a range of presentations which include Digital Safety, Friends Against Scams & Ways to Bank, she also educates 5-18year old’s by delivering MoneySense workshops to schools & clubs.

Emma can also deliver events across the community to educate customers on being financially fit, living in the digital world and preventing fraud.

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Conduct financial health checks with customers to identify opportunities to help them with new products or services appropriate to their goals, needs and priorities.

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Engage with the community through a number of channels such as charity events, social groups and other community activities.

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Use social media to share useful and relevant financial and digital information and tips.

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Signpost or coach customers through NatWest’s online application process for new products and services, providing them with the skills to self serve for future needs.

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Help customers identify the different ways to bank, supporting them in choosing the right service options for their needs.

For more information, or if you would like to book an event or appointment at a drop in please contact Emma on: Mobile: 07918367444 emma.loveridge@natwest.com

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PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY

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Wind down after the party season…

By Emily Quinn Credit cards may be maxed out, or grandparents may have been sneaking us a few notes! Either way, it’s after Christmas sales time. Why not get organised for next Christmas? Start a Christmas fund now? Get some Christmas décor in the sales to save money when Christmas comes around again? I’ve learnt my lesson from last year and finances are a big problem for a lot of people coming out of Christmas. I’m going to start a Christmas fund now. Even just £10 a week.

It’s the money I put away and I can’t touch, so that when it comes to it, I’m not ridiculously stressed and broke when Christmas comes around again.

2018 has come to a close and the party season is over. For me, it’s all about saving now (and cutting down on the drink!) I’m sure we’ve all made a lot of gains and losses over the party period and it’s now time to steady out again and regain control. It’s still cold and regularly dropping to freezing, so we must all still stay vigilant and not forget to pay extra attention to the conditions outside.

You have to manage money smartly, however, with these sales. I know how hard it is to resist. You must dig deep and find the will power. After some time off work and school and uni over Christmas, it’s all work, work, work now. Do you really want to be stressed by summer and not be able to afford a break away from it all? Everybody needs time out from their busy lives. Maybe just save that money you gained over Christmas to put towards the weekend away when you get the blues and need some time out? When you’re getting back into work and you know you’re struggling for money and everybody’s in the same boat, it can cause stress and this is something we all need to be

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aware of. Being a ‘stress head’ is not a pleasant way to live your life and I am speaking from experience!

As I said previously, a lot of people are in the same boat and this is an important factor to remember.

You aren’t the only one struggling or feeling a bit low after a huge blow to the bank balance and a hectic Christmas, with loud families and children running around. You’ve always just got to troop on and keep your chin up. Keep motivated and throw yourself into everything you do. Maybe even try some new things this year; shake it up a bit. Try some new foods, try a new look, even try a weird and wonderful holiday destination. The world is your oyster and you can achieve anything if you work hard for it. That’s what you always need to keep in the back of your mind if you think things are getting tough.

With only one semester to go until I finish university for summer, I’m feeling pretty lazy and kind of just want to get it out of the way. I’m sure so many of you feel the same about work and school. You can’t wish your life away which is what I actually find myself doing because I’m just trying to get everything out of the way. This isn’t a healthy situation to be in.

It might sound crazy but try to pretend to love and enjoy the things you hate. I know it may sound ridiculous, but it really helps to get through the rubbish things. It’s like doing the washing up or the ironing. Sing to yourself to pass the time or make a game out of doing chores. Call me crazy, but it makes it all a lot more bearable!

The main message is not to lose sight of the things you love and work for them. Throw yourself into everything and don’t give up. Next month I will be writing my article in the middle of a hectic season as all my assignments will be coming in and deadlines will be looming. I’ve even got deadlines to finish off last year’s assignments for this January! It really never ends in the world of education. I’ll get there and I will get my degree and I’m sure it’ll be worth it… maybe… haha.

Lastly, thank you for all the feedback individuals have given me for the articles I wrote last year.

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Kyle May having a chat with the Ref In the season that started in 2017 and ended in May 2018, Cumbrian Local Publications had embarked on a commitment to produce the Penrith AFC match day programme. As the programme sponsor and editor, I secured funding through advertising to produce 30 programmes at no cost to the club, which meant the money made on every programme they sold went straight to the club. For possibly the first time in many years, it was sold in the town pre-match days and on match days it was generally printed 3-4 hours before the match. A full colour glossy and community programme incorporating all the teams at the club, Eden Local also

produced updates and reports in January 2018, it reflected the first half of the season which had been shocker. In a double page feature the team was turning a Corner. It is a weird feeling when 12 months on, the Bonny Blues are pretty much where they were then, possibly just slightly further behind with a mountain to climb!

In February, the main article was ‘The Town is alive with Lakeland Music’ featuring the new owners Joe and Tracy Goulding, so I’m hoping to catch up with them for an update in next month’s issue.

Of course, in late February we had the snow which led me to one of the main articles in the March publication. ‘Sometimes we just need to get home’ was an

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article I wrote for Alan Walton of Jim Walton, following a phone call on the spur of the moment when I called him and said it’s a good day to test drive a 4x4, so I did and that amazing experience was of the Toyota RAV4 Excel 2.5 Hybrid, which I recall to be semi-strange as I was driving with no engine noise and all I could hear was the crunch of the snow. There are a number of new models of Toyota being launched from the forecourt at Jim Waltons in 2018, so I might be telling your more in my 2018 review, but spring this year we’ll start some more reviews.

In March we were ‘In the Mix’ with Maggie’s Bakery with the launch of a change, in that as a business, they were looking at how they could make changes to use less plastic and make a stand in trying to re-educate themselves and their customers not to use plastic. It saw a return of the good old paper bag and the insulated paper cup. Whilst like a number of shops they are a refill outlet for drinking water, they also launched ‘Buy as you bake, for goodness sake!’ This was to help cut back on having excess ingredients stored away, unless you’re a baker or a regular baker.

Maggie’s offered the option for their customers with reusable containers to buy a range of ingredients, weighing what they needed for what they were making. Over Christmas 2018,

National Union of Journalists – the Carlisle News and Star, the Cumberland News, the Workington Times and Star and the Whitehaven News.

Staff from these newspapers started picket lines in Workington and Carlisle (pictured) just after 7am today with placards showing slogans including “Scroogequest”, “Stop the cuts”, and “Local news matters”.’ how many of our readers will have packets of dried fruit and almonds that they’ll find again next Christmas? So, as it was in March, as then, it’s still available for Easter and all year at Maggie’s, so you don’t have to buy unwanted and potentially wasted ingredients.

March saw the announcement of the CN Group being acquired

by Newsquest. Very soon after, the CN Print Room was closed, redundancies were made and were to continue in other areas. In an online clip from a press release from Press Gazette, this was the news on 20th December 2018: ‘Newsquest journalists in Cumbria walked out today in protest at “poor pay” and redundancies, some of which are taking place days before Christmas.

The “severe cuts” affect four newspapers, according to the

In Penrith we still have the Cumberland Westmorland Herald, which used to be printed by CN, now it’s printed in Glasgow. Who knows where local papers will be in Cumbia, which is now a very big pond controlled both sides of the Scottish Borders by Newsquest.

‘A Snippet of 40 years’, is exactly what it was for Styleline. As a key article for March taking almost four pages, I was able to go back to 1978 and reminisce about the history and experience from then to the current day with Bryan and Ruth Gardiner; a clip from that snippet of forty years: ‘Almost 60 years ago Bryan Gardiner decided that whilst having a crack at being a joiner, measuring up and making coffins wasn’t the career line or the type of creative lifestyle he wanted.

He was happy to help out working on fixing farm machinery, but at age 15, he chose scissors over

spanners and he went to work for Miss Millican as an assistant hairdresser, whose salon was above Queen Street in Penrith.

Whilst working there he met Ruth, a farmer’s daughter who originally was working on the family farm, but when they got married, Ruth started working as the receptionist at Miss Millican’s until they started a family.

When Miss Millican died, Bryan ran the business for the family until Saturday evening 7th April 1978, when it was all hands on deck with family and friends to fit out the new salon that was to be above the Alhambra. Bryan had made all the units at home in the garage and the new look salon was ready for opening on Monday 10th April.

Why Styleline, was one of the first questions I put to Bryan. He explained you have to follow a line to create a style. It was a business that wasn’t going to stand still and it would progress along a successful line. Nine years on and the opportunity arose to buy the shop where they are now. It was Margaret's wool shop. On getting the deeds, they realised that the premises had belonged to past relatives of Bryan's. Once again it was the gathering of friends and family to get to work on 26 Middlegate, only this time there was also the salon to run above the Alhambra.

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Now they are in new premises with a new studio, a kitchen/dining facility and toilets where they have to break the ice on a cold day! They are in Middlegate, the centre of town with a wifi link 18 times faster than they had at their old premises.

So, when their landlord said he would be moving as he didn’t really use his office beneath the studios, we discussed with him the best option, short term, which could be long term of what to do with the room.

As a small business, like Eden FM, you might need an office for a number of things. As a station we have regular executive and committee meetings and presenter meetings across the year for an hour or two.

We need to have meetings with clients, but we tend to be out more than in.

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So we are to April and after a call in 2012 from the new business owner of Hearth and Home who signed up then and is still with the Eden Local today, it was time for a story about Fraser Hogg and Hearth and Home. The article across 2 ½ pages was titled ‘Built to a standard and not to a price’, which explains where Fraser began and of course on pages 20 and 21 this month, you can see where he is today.

Whilst I got to walk with Peacocks, in 5 page special titled ‘The Other Side of the Wall at Calthwaite Hall’, I got to present exactly that, a story centred around a man who had a vision, Tony Kenvig, a man with an eye for detail and with determination to achieve. What I saw then was a long way from the day when Tony got the keys. Here is a clip where Tony describes the initial task they had.

“Prioritising what had to be done was essential, we had to get the dry rot out as it spreads, the livestock had to go! I had to sleep on a mattress on the kitchen floor which wasn’t pleasant.

It wasn’t so much that it was cold, it was just the noises under the floor that freaked me out a bit. I was commuting to Preston every day and it was just things like having clean clothes in the morning because dust was on everything. It just spread up through the house, under the doors. Because there was so

much work going on, we isolated that one area which generally was the kitchen. I had a bottle fridge and a microwave for eight months.”

How did Tony get involved in the work?

“I project managed it myself because I am very passionate about making sure things are done correctly, for example the door furnishings were all taken, the house had been broken into a couple of times before I took it over and like so many of the furnishings, they had gone and it’s all quite gothic.

The house is a kind of gothic revival, so I had to research the furnishings and luckily I found one door handle and basically I got someone in Preston to source something almost identical. The fire places had been removed so it was a case of going to the auction rooms and putting cheeky bids on in places like Kirkby Lonsdale, leaving them and hopefully getting things. I was lucky with some and sadly I didn’t get others, so it was a waiting game.”

Into May we went. A local legend he is and the local hero he became in 2018. On this occasion I took the photos of this one, but I asked Tim to tell you his story. The article was ‘The Scene from the Street standing on his feet’ and it was Tattie Tim Lorton telling the story which starts with: “Well it all started way back in the 16th century when

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good old Sir Walter Raleigh brought potatoes back to England. Fast forward to 1996, now that’s when we (that’s me ‘n’ the mrs) decided to pursue our dream.

We basically sold everything we owned, bought a potato oven, then packed everything we owned into our old mk3 Ford Escort and moved 200 miles away from Birmingham to arrive here in Penrith.”

And Tim finished with: “My motto has always been a want ‘for health and happiness’. Anything else is a bonus and this job brings me both my ambition to become ‘the World’s oldest potato man’ and I reckon if I keep looking after myself and all being well, I could easily get another 30 years in; that’d make me 80 with 52 years’ service. Not saying I’d still be racking in as many hours, mind you, but man, I’d miss it if I didn’t do it!

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Mayday in Penrith wouldn’t be May Bank Holiday without the Lions and ‘It was Another Carnival Success for me’. It was about presenting a few clips from that day from the 268 pictures I took. I get the feeling 2019 is going to be bigger!

I had the pleasure of returning to Jim Walton to present the celebration of ‘Connecting with Our Customers for 50 Years’.

This was to be a four-page article which I concluded with: “Many of the disciplines and importance of a family business remain with the Walton family and whilst the next generation matures as a business, the family including their Mam Ann Walton meet every month around the table as they have always done, to discuss business as they always have. Their aim is as it has always

been to serve and connect with the community, whilst continuing the Walton tradition of selling cars and probably one of the best Japanese cars, but sourcing cars and commercial vehicles to order whilst having a full range of Toyota vehicles at the showroom and on the forecourt.”

Many thanks, once again to the Walton Family for sharing the history and helping them celebrate 50 years of Jim Waltons.

So, before we arrived in June, I completed my last match day programme for the Bonny Blues.

Like all the Eden Local magazines, they are all on line at www. cumbrianlocal.co.uk/previousissues They completed an amazing turn around to finish well above the drop to Northern League Division two under the leadership

of captain Kyle May, who unfortunately left soon after the start of the season we are in now.

So we arrived in June, the hallway mark. We took a ‘Fresh Look at Cumbria Oak’. I visited the Globe Inn for the first of what would be a few visits. The article was simple ‘A Perfect Day in a Perfect Place’.

Taking centre stage or should I say centre page, was a pull out Skelton Show Guide brought to you by local sponsors with a pull out centre page map of the Skelton Show arena and a programme of events. For Eden FM, it was on with a new studio and new approach as it commenced de-assembling its studios in Mostyn Hall, Friargate, moving to a smaller premises in Middlegate, which I can reveal helped reducing its costs by 100%, it finally had an internet connection that was 18 times faster than Friargate, despite being located then the other side of the wall from the BT telephone exchange! After three years of promises, which came at a cost from BT that fibre broadband was coming, it never did and as far as I know it never arrived in 2019.

Bring back Busby is what I say!

In July, possibly only for the second time, we featured the Penrith Chamber of Trade Stars of Business Awards. As a radio station out there in the community, it was ‘On the field at

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Bolton with a taste of Italy' which I conclude with.

It was a day when we not only felt very welcome, but one that I couldn’t understand why we had never been there before. I took a lot of photos. This year’s theme was “1918” following the procession that left from Bolton Primary School, led by the Rose Queen Ellie Holmes and her retinue. The official opening took place on the field by John & Judith Cotter, followed by the crowning of the Rose Queen and judging of the fancy dress competition based on the 1918 theme, followed by the Appleby Town Band, School Dance Display, some ‘Wellie Wanging’, children’s sports and games, there were also Craft Competitions for all. It was a memory bank and now shared with you, and Eden FM will looked forward to supporting Bolton in future events. A big thank you to all those involved in the organisation of the event.

a photographer. It was taken when I was on holiday at Seahouses on the Northumberland Coast, ‘Paradise found and the Puffins’. Writing this article and seeing the puffins was a real highlight for me and Mrs Q in the year. Whilst I had walked with peacocks and had walked among 1000’s of puffin’s, I was also ‘Walking among Raspberries’ and here is a snippet of the article: “It was almost 10 o’clock in the morning on a warm but overcast Saturday in July. To add to the promotional activity and advertising that Eden FM was engaged in with its customer Rowley’s Raspberries, to give it another push in the last two weeks of its season, Stevie Dee and I were off to meet Susie Grainger out in the fields at Rowley’s

Of course, it wasn’t the only event I was going attend with my Eden Local and Eden FM hat on. We held the print and squeezed in this ‘Fine weather, a picturesque setting and the England win made the day very memorable’.

All the hard work, however, had paid off with a near record crowd who enjoyed the wide ratings of entertainment and activities - this was truly something for all the family. John said “We are very grateful to all the competitors whom despite the warm weather, made a real effort to present a very high quality display of stock. The day went extremely well with the large crowd enjoying a wide variety of family entertainment with something for everybody.

The fine weather, picturesque setting and the England win made the day very memorable”.

He added that “we have received so many complimentary comments on social media which will spur us on to deliver another successful show on 6 July 2019 - get the date in your diary now”.

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Raspberries, Tarn House Farm, Little Salkeld”.

It’s something we’d not done before, so why not broadcast live from the middle of where it’s at.

It’s the second time we’ve covered a story at Rowley’s Raspberries. It was back in 2012 or 2013 that I sent a chap up in to the fields with a camera who had great potential.

At that time I was also working for the Penrith Co-op Society as well as my duties with the magazine and radio and one of my functions with the Co-op was sourcing local products. Raspberries being one, but after assisting a new business to get on the local map that had just finished its first batch of a nice Eden Gold Ale, the thoughts were on Raspberries.

Appleby again in 2019 to record live from that and a few other functions.

Well Paul Witterick is still a good friend. I don’t send him out into fields anymore and Eden Brewery moved out of Brougham a while back and onto the Gilwilly Industrial Estate opposite the Arches Carpet Centre. The raspberry bushes however, aren’t moving anywhere.

With the front cover for the September edition being the apples from our apple tree, we featured ‘Out on the Road - Your Local Community magazine and Radio Station’ as Daisy Quinn (yes keep it in the family) broadcast live from the Appleby Agricultural Show in the school holidays on Thursday 9th August which I wrote about to sum up that day:

As I couldn’t walk very far or drive, I should thank a few people for driving me, mainly Charlotte, Steve from Eden FM and Emily.

The show must go on and all that and it did as featured in the August Eden local was the Appleby Carnival, the theme was Cartoons and Animations from which Eden FM broadcast live.

I’m pleased we’ll be returning to

“It was one the most relaxing shows I had attended and we all agreed is was so geared up for the family. All shows are, but as one of the smallest shows we have attended, this one had things that stood out, unique to others. It was on a weekday, in the summer holidays but it was like a weekend. Of course I took a lot of pictures, the main ring was

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packed for the junior Cumberland wrestling and seeing the entries for ‘the dog that the judges would take home’ and for the dog with the ‘waggiest tail’, there were so many happy smiling faces around the main ring!”

Were we lighting the blue touch paper? Well things certain did hot up, seeing the protest and petitions activated. But the double page pull-out in the September magazine was The Penrith Strategic Master Plan - A vision to 2050 which featured the Beacon Villages New Vision of Eden. In between the protests that took place after this document was released, still in the back of my mind I think something has been missed. Following many years on the tail of New Squares, Penrith and after being accused of not getting the community involved, here was the District Council pushing a document out to the community it serves as a part of engaging with the community.

free funding for all pre-school children’s education. There is also 30 hours of free funding available for working parents with pre-school children.

They have had to make some changes to the business, so they can take funded children.

Sometimes we can’t see the wood for the trees. I wonder how many protested or signed petitions that did it on hearsay and never read the full document, the leaflet, or the pull-out or the brochure.

Well for the October Eden Local, I took a walk up to the Beacon.

the main feature was The History of Arnisons part one, which all I had to do was introduce as it was written by Tim Scott, featured with his brother Nigel Scott on the front cover. The second part continued into the December edition.

In the magazine was a shot from that day when I made that the last picture that would be of the normal seasonal and landscape cover from the magazine, as even a magazine just completing its 8th year was changing and ready for its 9th year.

The opening article was ‘Have you joined the discussion yet? It was about the Public engagement process from 10th September to 2nd November. Not being one-sided, as with public interest and the community, some see the magazine and the radio as press and media. Importantly what we try to do is steer clear of bad news. However, in the September publication, as a public engagement is so important, we also presented those groups not supportive of part or most of the Plan.

So, I will close our 2018 review with two more positive stories. One was in November, when after three visits I completed ‘A Celebration of 25 Years at Queen Street Nursery & Pre-school’. Whilst interviewing Kathy Tallentire and Amanda Tyson Brown here is the clip: “They have seen a lot of changes over the last 25 years; one of the biggest changes being 15 hours free funding for some 2-year olds and 15 hours

The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework we now follow for all children is more detailed, allowing planning to be tailored to the individual specific interests and needs of the child.”

And finally, Sparkle and Shine Appleby, when Eden FM were invited to attend an event previously taken

by CFM. Eden FM have already been booked for December 2019 and at least 18 events in 2019.

So, during 2018 there were many changes and many celebrations and I think in 2019 there will be many more.

The Keep Penrith Special and Friends of the Beacon views were expressed in the publication as well as on Eden FM. In addition, The Penrith Master plan – A personal perspective was written by one of our new writers, Tom Rose who joined the magazine in August and Eden FM as a new presenter in training earlier in the summer. Also introduced in October were Reiver Homes.

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Early morning and sat in an incredibly commercialised coffee shop in the heart of Manchester, looking out upon the grandiose theatre building across the street, in which on the stone steps leading to its entrance lies a couple of homeless people. One in a sleeping bag, the other a mere blanket as a cruel chill grips the air, the moral compass in me is dying for me to buy them a cup of tea and yet if I did that, would I then have to buy one for the hundreds I had seen on my travels this Sunday morning where I was scouring the city in my desperate attempt to get my morning kick of caffeine pulsating through my veins.

but certainly it is nowhere near the scale of what I witnessed this morning. A mere few months ago I had walked round Rome with a half horrified and half grateful look on my face as all around their famous landmarks lay beggars many of whom were severely disfigured.

The streets were crumbling and covered in graffiti and yet all around tourists in their hoards bumbled around Rome’s incredible icons as they choose to ignore the misery of the homelessness around them. It all seemed a little wrong, but like my dilemma this morning with the tea, you couldn’t possibly help all of them. I think what saddened me most is that remembering my old Religious Studies class (yes I was actually paying attention in that, which will be a shock to my old teacher), the old saying of help thy neighbour and the stories of the good Samaritan resonated with me and I think we have lost site of that a little.

Having come from a city and only moving to the Lakes over a year ago, I am not shocked by the level of homelessness I saw this morning, in fact in one of my previous jobs I had worked for a homeless charity in another major city. Yet the beauty of the Lake District had shielded me somewhat from the troubles of the rest of the country. I am not suggesting there is not homelessness in the Lakes, 30 • EdenLocal

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There I was in a big beautiful city feeling a little overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of the poverty and desperation that I witnessed, and I know from other visits I’ve made to other major cities of the world, the problem in Rome is not a unique one.

In Rome I felt grateful as I wanted to believe, thanks to the bubble of the beautiful Lakes that I had been wrapped in, that England was different. But the sad reality of it is that homelessness is a very real problem all across the world and the saddest part of all is that there is no reason for it.

We have the resources, the space and the capacity to eradicate all homelessness, but that power lies in the hands of the elite who need to be willing to invest and see the good and potential in people and help them get back on their feet.

According to Fullfact, there were 4800 rough sleeping in England Rome 2018 by Lee Quinn

LOCAL CHURCHES last year but some figures put that number at 8000. Shelter made the claim that in 2016 there were 250,000 people that were classed as homeless.

It is so difficult to tell or get an accurate figure but there is no denying that homelessness is a serious problem that isn’t going away any time soon.

So what can we do? Well on an individual level you could support your local homeless charities, either by donating your time or money or by giving food to food banks. If there isn’t a charity in your area you could create one or develop a local plan to help the homeless in your neighbourhood. However, I think as a country we could do even more, for the real problem in this country lies in our cities that are blighted with poverty. So why not utilise the spaces we have in the countryside and create homes and jobs for homeless people in safe havens? So maybe I’ve had too much coffee again and I’m dreaming of a better future, but like my dilemma this morning I think it is better to do something than nothing at all. So here’s me signing off and about to give those two poor blokes a cup of tea and a croissant to warm them up. I can’t afford to help everyone of them and a small breakfast won’t really help these two, but if everybody followed suit and did what they could. Things would definitely be better.

And with the hope of the New Year approaching, I’m making it one of my many wishful New Years resolutions to help more people in need. It’s said that on average 88% of us will fail in our New Year’s resolutions, hopefully this year more of us will reach our endeavours. 2019 promises to be a fantastic, I wish you all a happy New Year.

He had to grow up … and so do we Selectively used Christmas had all the ingredients, for a sentimental, misty eyed presentation of the story. This is always lovely, but inevitably ends up back in the loft or school store cupboard till next year. The picture-perfect nativity scene (with cow muck removed of course) does not sit well with the world we know for the rest of the year or the New Year we face this January.

Actually, the story (well, two quite different accounts in scripture) is more grounded in the world as we know it; uncertain pregnancy and empire builders’ ‘monetary policy’ imposed across occupied territory; poor maternity facilities, no room for the needy; ruthless, manoeuvring powerbrokers and foolish (not so wise after all) men whose naivety leads to atrocity and finally, an escape into refugee-status exile. This is beginning to sound more like a world I recognise.

Jesus grew up and so must we.

He grew up to become an outspoken critic of the establishment (political, religious, economic and military) and was always going to be a thorn in the side of those whose self-interest or overtly nationalistic aspirations.

‘Make us great again’ is not a new catch-phrase. Yet he confronted all this with outrageous compassion, unlimited forgiveness, unending grace and inexhaustible mercy. He was always on the side of the vulnerable, those pushed to the margins and for whom ‘religion’ (God forgive us) had become just another burden added to the crushing load of trying to survive.

Jesus grew up and so must we.

Growing-up faith demands that we engage deeply in the mess and complexity of life as it is, not as we wish it was. Growing-up faith is not afraid of ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty. Growing-up faith welcomes the mystery of God’s elusiveness; he won’t be kept in the nativity crib, even though leaving it will take him to the Roman killing-machine and the cross. Growing-up faith faces a dangerous, brutal world with love as tender as a kiss and strong as steel. Growing-up faith is what I need in 2019, long after the nativity box is back in the loft.

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