Professional Services

Joyful Jubilee Celebration at Rotary Wheel House

On Saturday, 3rd June, thirty guests from the Fareham based charity ‘The Friday Night Club’ were invited to the Wheel House for a celebratory tea. Rotarians Mike Hurley, Rebecca Traynor and other Club members provided refreshments including a cream tea. It was a special community event to ensure our guests had a superb Jubilee experience. Also in attendance were Councillor Katrina Trott (who is a Trustee of the Friday Night Club) and two visitors from France (Thierry and Anna) who were in Fareham as part of the Vannes visiting team.

‘The Friday Night Club’ is a charity that aims to improve the wellbeing of individuals with a learning difficulty (who may or may not have a mental health issue) through achievable activities in their community. It meets at the Scout Hut in Highlands Road, Fareham, but some activities are also available on other days of the week, run by volunteers and support staff.

From the very beginning of our event, there was an air of excitement in the Rotary Club of Fareham’s Wheel House facility at Hill Head - the large pink Jubilee themed cakes (thanks to Tesco Fareham) were particularly popular.

There was live music, singing and dancing and the Wheel House was decorated in Jubilee themed displays. Our guests were happy and excited to be part of this community event and ‘The Friday Night Club’ said that a brilliant afternoon was had by all. Councillor Katrina Trott thanked the Rotary Club of Fareham for holding the event and said she was proud to be able to bring her French visitors who could see that Fareham was a caring community.

The Rotary Club of Fareham is a volunteer organisation where members use their skills and time to improve the lives of others. Membership details can be found on our website.

Welsh tour for Aviation Group members

Sixteen members of the Daedalus Aviation and Heritage Group went from their Gosport base to the Vale of Glamorgan near Cardiff for a special visit to the South Wales Aviation Museum at Barry.

Members visited the former St Athan RAF station which is where the RAF’s non-aircraft, ground engineering technicians are trained.

Mr Mac - Support for Apple & Windows

Apple’s newly announced OS 16 operating system for iPhones has many new features and will be available in the autumn, usually at the same time as this year’s new iPhone, the 14, is announced. It is compatible with many of the phones able to run the current IOS 15, but it is will not be available for some older devices including the iPhone SE, the iPhone 6s, the iPhone 6s Plus, the iPod touch, and the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. FYI, the first iPhone 6 was released in 2014 and the iPhone 7 in 2016. These phones will continue to function normally, they will not benefit from any of the new features available in IOS 16.

It is not just Apple; WhatsApp have just announced that older iPhones, specifically the iPhone 5, will no longer work with their software programme as these models will not be able to update their operating software to IOS 12 or any later version. The iPhone 5 is quite an old phone now having been introduced back in 2012.

Handy Tip. Taking a screenshot on an iPad can be fiddly. It really is such a useful feature to be able to share the picture with other people. It is automatically saved into your Photos library and here you can send the whole screen shot or edit it and just send the part you want to share. To make it much easier to do go to Settings > Accessibility then tap on Touch > turn on AssitiveTouch > here you will see a section CUSTOM ACTIONS, the first option is SingleTap > in the list you will see Screenshot, touch this and a small rectangle appears that stays on your screen. Now, when you touch this, it takes a screenshot.

It is home to No 4 School of Technical Training that provides continued training to personnel from all three Services and MOD civilian staff. Their mission is to deliver flexible, affordable, modern and effective technical training that meets the requirements of the UK’s Armed Forces. The base is also home to the University of Wales Air Squadron.

Terry Coombes, Chair of Daedalus Aviation & Heritage Group said, “we went particularly to see the many ex-Fleet Air Arm aircraft familiar to us at Lee-on-the-Solent, in the shape of the Fairey Gannet, Wessex and Sea King helicopters, Sea Prince and Sea Devon on display amongst several ex Royal Air Force jets including a Vampire, Hunter and a Phantom, plus a Shackleton under restoration.”

Members ages ranged from 16 to 80 who all enjoyed the experience and many photographs were taken despite the long journey. Training types were also evident with Folland Gnat and BAC Jet Provost, and locally produced light and microlight aircraft were also on display. Thanks to one of the members of Daedalus Aviation and Heritage Group, there was a privileged look into the Horizon Aircraft Services hangar, where ex-Soviet Bloc fighters and trainers were kept alongside examples of the Percival Pembroke and Chipmunks plus 2 Harriers being restored to fly. This was a massive highlight of the trip and not one afforded to the casual museum visitor.

The risks of not making a will

Mihiri Gajraj, Partner – Wills, Trusts & Probate Research from Which? magazine and Solicitors for the Elderly suggests that nearly half of wills in the UK are out of date and over half of the population do not have a will at all.

Making a will is one of the most important estate planning tools that everyone should have, even if you do not consider yourself to have possessions or money to give. Here are some of the risks for those who do not have a valid will:

• If you die without a will then the distribution of your estate is dictated by the intestacy rules. These rules may not reflect how

you wish your assets to be distributed upon death. Parliament could also change these rules at any time, without notice. • If you are not married or in a registered civil partnership, when one dies, the surviving partner will receive nothing, potentially leading to significant financial hardship. • If spouses or civil partners are separating and one should die during that process then unless a will has been made directing otherwise, the majority of the deceased’s estate will transfer to their spouse or civil partner. • If you have significant assets, not having a will in place could lead to an unnecessary inheritance tax burden. • A will can indicate those persons that should become guardians of any minor children to prevent disagreements between the family, should both parents die.

For wills advice, contact Trethowans today on 023 8032 1000 or email: mihiri.gajraj@trethowans.com

Canine Heroes at shopping centre presentation

We promised we would let you know the final figures raised for our charity, Hounds for Heroes, and we’re excited to announce the total.

During Rotarian Norman Chapman’s Presidential year, his chosen local charity has received a massive £4,523.05. His year draws to a close this month and the Club is delighted to acknowledge the support received from Fareham Shopping Centre. They contributed £1,230.87 of the overall figure through fundraising in the Centre and it is greatly appreciated by members of the Rotary Club of Fareham.

As Mike Taylor, Manager of Fareham Shopping Centre, said: “We were delighted to add our assistance to Hounds for Heroes. When we knew the charity provides much needed assistance to members of the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and British Army - together with the ‘blue light’ emergency services - we felt we could make a positive difference with our contributions.”

Allen Parton the founder of Help for Heroes, went to the shopping Centre on Monday 20th June, with his assistance dogs. When they got together, next to the Rotary Club of Fareham’s Wishing Well, Manager of the Centre Mike Taylor presented Allen Parton with the money they had raised.

Those who are helped by the charity have been sadly injured or mentally harmed during the course of their employment. The Rotary Club of Fareham is pleased to add their support to the community in this way. A new charity for the year will be announced on 1st July at the start of the next Presidential year.

Wide appeal at West Meon

Spanish guitar, a prize-winning pianist, chamber music favourites, a baroque duo recital and a dazzling young soprano: this year’s West Meon Music Festival, which runs from the 8th to 11th of September is sure to appeal to a wide range of music lovers.

The festival, now its twelfth year, was founded by the Primrose Piano Quartet – one of the UK’s leading chamber ensembles – who regularly invite their musician friends to join them for the event, held in three beautiful Meon Valley churches. This year’s eight concerts include four solo or duo recitals, favourite works for chamber ensembles and a late night introduction to Schoenberg.

“It’s always a joy to share the festival with our various guests,” says Andrew Fuller, the Quartet’s cellist and festival musical director, “and we’re delighted this year that they include renowned guitarist, John Mills; violinist Huw Daniel, who is the leader of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Emanuil Ivanov, a brilliant young Bulgarian pianist who won the 2019 Busoni International Piano competition; and mezzo soprano Helen Charlston, who is a BBC New Generation Artist and winner of the 2018 London Handel Competition.”

Works to be performed by the Primrose include piano quartets by Beethoven and Mozart and Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio. They will be joined by string players, Jonathan Martindale, Norbert Blume and Kirsten Jenson in several pieces, including Brahms’ String Sextet in G major and Schubert’s much-loved last chamber work, the String Quintet in C.

As in previous years the festival will be raising funds for The Rosemary Foundation, which operates a “hospice at home” service in Hampshire.

Concerts take place at churches in West Meon, East Meon and Warnford and tickets are from £10 to £20 ,with generous discounts for students and accompanied children. Full details can be found at www.westmeonmusic.co.uk and the box office will open on 1st July.