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Have you managed to rest and recuperate over the hibernating months? Probably not, but have no fear as spring is just around the corner! Longer days, warmer temperatures, and nature returning from its dormancy - it’s getting closer. In the meantime, make the most of the cold days and nights, the warming fire and earlier bedtimes, and start planning your spring and summer ahead. It won’t be long before we’re all dealing with the heatwaves again!

Wishing you all a wonderful month.

Useful numbers

15

17

18 Pompiers (Fire and also trained in medical emergency)

114 Text-message emergency number for deaf/hard of hearing

119

115 Homeless

113 Drugs and alcohol

112 European emergency not always English

1616 Emergency- Sea & Lake

3131 Last incoming call, key ‘5’ to connect Orange

English speaking helpline

0033 (0)9 69 36 39 00

Website in English: www.orange.com/en/home

Technical assistance for landlines (French): 3900 (+33 9 69 39 39 00 from abroad)

SFR 1023 or 00336 1000 1023 (Not English)

EDF

8am to 8pm, Monday to Saturday.

+33 (0)9 69 36 63 83 EDF Helpline in English

0033 562164908 (From UK)

05 62 16 49 32 Fax

E-mail: simpleenergywithedf@edf.fr

CPAM - 09 74 75 36 46

Veolia Water Emergency No: 24h/24 et 7j/7

05 61 80 09 02 (press 1 for urgent problems or 2 for a technician)

S.E.P Du Confolens (Water)

05 87 23 10 08 Emergency 24/7

Aéroport Int’l Limoges 05 55 43 30 30

SNCF (train times, buying tickets etc) 36 35

Alcoholics Anonymous

For contact details of meetings in your area including those conducted in English, visit www.aafrance.net

HOSPITALS

05 55 05 55 55 Limoges (CHU)

05 55 43 50 00 St Junien

05 55 47 20 20 Bellac

05 49 44 44 44 Poitiers

05 45 24 40 40 Angoulême

05 49 32 79 79 Niort

05 45 84 40 00 Confolens

Women for Women in France offering support to foreign-born (non-French speaking) women dealing with domestic abuse www.womenforwomenfrance.org

Counselling In France Counsellors, psychotherapists, NLP, CBT etc offering therapy in English to expatriates all over France on www.counsellinginfrance.com

SSAFA France 05 53 24 92 38 email france@ssafa.org.uk

French Health Insurance Advice line CPAM English speaking Advice line: 09 74 75 36 46 (from France)

0033 974 75 36 46 (from other countries). The line is open from Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

NHS website : www.nhs.uk/using-thenhs/healthcare-abroad www.ameli.fr

No Panic France Helpline: No Panic UK helpline:

0044 1 952 590 545 11h - 23h (French time) 7/7 www.nopanic.org.uk /nopanicfrance@orange.fr

English-speaking Crisis Line

SOS- HELP 01 46 21 46 46 3pm-11pm 7/7

British Consulate in Paris 01 44 51 31 00

British Consulate in Bordeaux 05 57 22 21 10 www.ukinfrance.fco.gov.uk/en/

Credit Agricole English Speaking Helpline

Charente (residents only) 05 45 20 49 60

BySarahWhiting

Sarah is the author of craftinvaders.co.uk where she blogs about her original craft tutorials, recipes, foraging, and developing wellbeing through being creative, spending time outdoors and connecting with nature

Tea bag

Firelighters

TEA BAG FIRELIGHTERS ARE A GENIUS WAY TO RE-USE OLD TEA BAGS AND USE UP ODD ENDS OF CANDLES

Materials

Used and dried tea bags

Tin (or similar) for melting the candles in Wooden skewer

Scrap candle wax

Scrap paper

Steps

1. In preparation to make these firelighters, save up your used tea bags and leave them to dry thoroughly (usually takes about a week). They must be 100% dry before you put them anywhere near your fire.

2. Melt the old ends of candles in an old candle tin sat in a bowl of simmering water, making a makeshift double boiler. Please ensure you do this safely, bearing in mind that wax ignites easily! Please also remember that it is not safe to melt wax in a microwave or leave melting wax unattended.

3. Dip each tea bag into the melted wax, using a wooden skewer to turn it over in the wax. I leave each bag in the wax for about twenty seconds to give it a chance to absorb some of the wax before removing it and laying it on a piece of scrap paper to dry.

4. Once the wax is hard and set, the teabag firelights are ready to use.

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