February 2020 Cowes, Gurnard & Northwood Area
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Crochet birds nests - A variety of sizes are needed (from 3-12 inches in diameter). Recommended to use acrylic or wool in 8 ply or DK. No yarns that are ‘fluffy’ like mohair. With the walls up, it’s a nest for birds or a flat bottomed pouch for an animal.
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Since hearing about the news of the raging fires in Australia and having family out there herself, local resident, Amber Taylor-Wilcox is asking anyone who can knit, sew or crochet to help her make pouches, wraps, nests and blankets to be used by rescue centres in the rehabilitation and rescuing of native animals. She is working closely with the Animal Rescue Craft Guild and below are details of just some of the items needed.
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Pouch sizes needed - 10cm x 15cm; 15cm x 20cm; 25cm x 35cm; 35cm x 40cm and 50cm x 65cm. Closed on the two longer sides and one end, and left open at the top Knitted Outer Pouches:- Material: 8 ply or DK wool (they are unable to use pouches made from synthetic materials as the joeys cannot breathe in closed synthetic pouches). Fabric Outer Pouches:- Cotton, flannelette, polar fleece, wool, jersey, sweatshirt material, etc. Poly blends and synthetics are OK. French seams are not needed for outer pouches. All Inner Pouches:- 100% natural fibre only (cotton, bamboo, linen, silk). Flannelette or plain cotton are great as well as stretchy t-shirt cotton. Fabric should be very soft (what you would give to a baby). French seams are a must for all joey pouch liners. The lining should not be attached to the pouch as it will need to be changed regularly. Onward shipping has been arranged to the ARCG and Amber’s family will also deliver to local hubs for distribution across Australia. You can drop your items at any of the following collection points, IOW Zoo, Sandown; Lanesend Primary School, Cowes; Vic Tavern, East Cowes; Dog Grooming Centre and Monkey Haven, Newport; 4c Oakvale, Oakfield, Ryde; Tapnell Park Farm, West Wight.
Welcome to the February issue which arrives with a big sigh of relief that we made it through January; the month that goes on and on and on, which wasn’t helped with all the rain and wind that we’ve experienced recently. On a positive note you will notice that the evenings are slowly getting lighter which means that Spring will be with us shortly.
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Our ‘Dates for your Diary’ section on pages 12, 13 and 14 will keep you busy with events happening across the Island.
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This month also sees Valentines Day on the 14th February and near the end of the month on the 25th is pancake day. We have some great local businesses advertising with us and please do support them by using their services and remember to tell them you saw them advertised here. I hope you all have a great February and I look forward to catching up with you again next month.
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What’s happening in our area by ‘Local and Vocal’ Lora Peacey-Wilcox HOUSING STRATEGY: I strongly URGE you to fill this form out. takes under 4 minutes. Don’t moan about ‘over development’ or green spaces, if you haven’t filled this out! https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ IWHousingNeeds2020 We have sent information to the Parish & Town Councils, schools, libraries and help centres and asked them to help us promote the survey.
10 for recycling in the country. Super job! NHS DENTIST: A number of us have been really put out and displaced since loosing our facility in Cowes. However, if you are having problems (you’ve been in agony for weeks!!! haven’t you??) The Damira practise in East Cowes is open 7 days a week 8am-6pm (Thursday 8am-8pm) First come first served basis. Don’t let the issue get worse, get seen as soon as you can!!
DEBT AND DISTRESS: Generally go hand in hand. DO NOT bury your head in We are encouraging online completion of the survey, but do recognise that there ground. The first step is to go and talk with someone. The Citizens advice based will be instances where completing a in Newport are absolutely brilliant and paper copy will be appropriate. helping you work through your crisis. PLEASE, make contact: 01983 520594 or PERMITS: I have received a number of queries about the final consultation over 08451202959 TODAY! permits in Pelham, Thetis, Bridge, St Andrews. This is your last chance to have ART FOR ALL! Monday and Thursday 1.30-4pm Beckford Centre. Give it a go!! your say if or if not you want them. INTERESTING STAT: While reading IWC cabinet papers came across this statistic. Thought you’d be interested.
LIKE TO CHAT ? Discussion group Thursday 10-12noon at the Beckford Centre. Ohhhh reckon they might ban me!
5% of the Islands population (7,000 individuals) use up 36% of the CCG and Social care spend which equates to £106M.
SING TILL HEARTS CONTENT! Fortnightly next one 29th Jan. 2-4pm - they reckon its great for you! (they REALLY wouldn’t want me there!) Beckford Centre.
IW Trust CQC ratings have deteriorated over last 4 years, with 7 services rated inadequate, and thats with a new top team in place.
STITCH CRAFT: Tuesdays 2-4pm go on, be creative and enjoy company! Beckford Centre
526 emails received into my inbox in just RECYCLING: A big well done to all of you 12 days. Still happy to hear from you over that have helped the Island be in the top issues in my ward. email lora08@sky.com
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Kirsty the owner of Bloom Hairdressing is Style in the comfort of a senior stylist and has over 25 years of your own home. Fully qualified. experience and likes to keep up to date Over 25 years experience in all areas with the latest styles, fashions and colours. of hairdressing. After taking time out to travel the world Please call Kirsty for all enquiries she returned to the Island to start her 01983 539975 or 07773 571187 family but decided not to go back to Bloom Hairdressing salon work and instead became a mobile www.bloomhairdressing.co.uk hairdresser. She enjoys taking the stress out of having your hair done by visiting her clients at their home so they can relax and enjoy the experience. As well as specialising in wedding hair, Kirsty, is just as happy to offer family appointments, which makes life so much easier than trying to get the family to the hairdresser or barber. Her prices are affordable; a child cut at £8, wash, cut and blow dry at £25 and full head colour including cut and blow dry from £45. Kirsty offers highlights and perms from £55. She has many other services available and all colours will require a free 24 hr patch test. For further information or to book an appointment call Kirsty on 01983 539975 or 07773 571187 and see her main advert above.
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Bereavement is the period of grief and mourning after a death. Grief is as unique as you are, and as individual as a fingerprint. Each person will be affected in his or her own way because everyone is different – even in the same family. Butterflies Bereavement Support is a community-based bereavement charity and was set up 3 years ago to meet the growing demand of supporting the emotional and physical needs of those aged 16 plus who have experienced the loss of a loved one or a friend through death. Butterflies is inclusive, everyone is welcome. They are not a religious organisation or connected to any other charity. They are here for bereaved families and individuals who need care and support following the passing of someone special in their lives. Butterflies Bereavement Support is made up of volunteers who have experienced their own loss, and each of them have received varying levels of training and continue to be trained in all aspects of bereavement. It is the invaluable support of a growing team of dedicated people locally who are giving their own time, skills and talents to be there to listen, counsel and support throughout the year. They offer accessible Counselling Sessions, drop in and chats, evening bereavement support groups, bereavement cafe’s, Suicide Prevention and Support, Dementia and Bereavement Support, Pre-Bereavement Support and activities to alleviate loneliness. Bereaved people, even those who have witnessed the peaceful death of a loved one, often need to tell their story repeatedly, and at that important part of transferring the experience they endured into a memory, instead of reliving it like a parallel reality every time they think about it – they are here to encourage open discussion with all people. Butterflies is transforming the lives of many – and many more will be transformed in the future. Butterflies Bereavement Support are looking for volunteers to become Bereavement Buddies. Their bereavement buddies have the chance to become trained listeners and achieve Level 2 counselling skills and then further development and training opportunities. They also are looking for welcomer’s, team leaders and people who can help with admin and fundraising. If you or indeed you know of someone who would benefit from support call them on 07889009393 or 01983 619503. If you are interested in volunteering email Paul at info@butterfliesbereavement.co.uk or for more information about Butterflies Bereavement Support visit their website www.butterfliesbereavement.com 8
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News Report from Cllr Paul Fuller - 45 Oxford Street, Northwood, PO31 8PT. Telephone: 01983 289595 - Email: paulfulleriw@gmail.com Waste and Recycling • Waste and Recycling Survey. The IW Council and Amey want to know residents views on waste and recycling. To find out more, please visit: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ RecyclingWasteSatisfactionSurvey2019. This consultation ends 14th February.
Details can be found on the IW Council’s public access website, with the reference number: 19/01592/TW. Highways Meeting Later this month, I am meeting with highways officers on site to discuss the following matters:
• Loading bays and access, Bath Road. • Commuter parking concerns, Crossfield Avenue and School Parking arrangements and Baring Road. • Improving mobility access, Park Road. • Improving access/ site lines to and from Glen Place at the junction with Worsley Following further investigation, I am Road. advised that any tree found leaning onto the highway by more than 20 degrees will • Improved waymarking to the Portland Inn. be removed on health and safety grounds. • Monitoring traffic speeds and the Island Roads advise when any tree is potential flow of traffic in and to removed, an arboricultural assessment Cockleton Lane. takes place and trees removed will be • Improving drainage in Rew Street. replaced. To note, this tree is due to be replaced this winter. Please let me know if there are any other stretches of road which are causing issues! • Woodland Tree works, Worsley Road. I’ve received feedback concerning a Planning Meeting proposal to manage 1.2 hectares of woodland northwest of Worsley Road. I am meeting with the Head of Planning to discuss updating Gurnard’s The report highlights the risk from ash dieback, and confirmation given that trees Neighbourhood Plan. From my will be felled and replaced. It is proposed perspective, I would like to see the IW Council doing more to protect green woodland will be thinned by 10% in gaps, particularly those separating Cowes year one to remove ‘congestion’ and to improve arboricultural management. This from Northwood and Gurnard. This is particularly relevant given proposals to will be followed by further thinning by 5% each year for 4 years to increase light, increase housing numbers to 675 per year. biodiversity and should provide a range In addition, myself and Gurnard Parish of trees without large impact to wildlife Councillors will also be highlighting tree or stress to retained trees, according to loss concerns. proposals. Trees • Highways Trees. Last month I received a complaint of a healthy highway tree removed by Island Roads in Worsley Road.
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St Mary’s Roundabout. Next phases 5-6: 2nd January to 8th June 2020 (Update from Island Roads)
With Town/ Parish Councillors I attended a meeting with the IW Council to discuss During this phase, a contraflow system future levels of support the Council require — taking the traffic onto the opposite side of the carriageway will be in place for to protect public services. traffic travelling on Medina Way, north of Despite positivity from political candidates St Mary’s roundabout. to end austerity, there remains no commitment from government to support From early January to late March, the contraflow will be in place for southbound public services. Given uncertainties on the Local Government Settlement, Brexit, traffic heading towards Newport. It will then switch to a contraflow for northbound the Fair funding review, an Island Deal traffic (Cowes-bound). Signage will be in and Business Rate retention it remains unknown to what extent Town and Parish place to clearly direct vehicles, including Council’s will need to plug the gap to fund those exiting from the hospital site onto Medina Way, to exit via a feeder lane. discretionary services. As a result, local councils were asked to expect the worse… For details please visit: http://www. islandroads.com/182-newport-st-marysstrategic-junction-improvements-.html Highways Issues • Shore Road was closed in December to conclude connstruction work required for a property. • Urgent repairs took place to repair damage to the pavement on Princes Esplanade. • An abandoned vehicle was reported in Baring Road, and action has been taken to see its removal.
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Saturday 1st February – Vectis Radio Station Open Day from 10am to 12 midday at the studio based at the Riverside Centre, Newport. Come and see how it all works behind the scenes, meet some of the presenters, have a cuppa and some cake. All we ask is a minimum £1 donation to help keep your community radio station running.
Thursday 6th February – Quiz Night at The Eight Bells, Carisbrooke to raise funds for a community defibrillator. Starts 8pm, 4 people per team and £2.50 per person. A raffle will also be held on the Night. Call 825501 to book your place. Sunday 9th February – Tie the Knot Wedding Fayre at Quay Arts, Newport from 11am – 3pm. Join us for this free wedding fayre to help you plan and celebrate your special day. Come and meet a range of local suppliers and businesses who are here to help you ‘tie the knot’ alongside a range of musicians performing in the café.
Saturday 1st February – Preloved Clothing Sale with 50% off everything at IW Foodbank, Love Lane, Cowes from 10am – 1pm. Whether you have had a New Year clear out and need a fresh wardrobe, or you are looking for something to warm you up on these cooler days, we have a wide selection for you to come and view. Sunday 16th February – Sandman Snowman. Join us on the Science Beach at Sunday 2nd February – Island Cohousing the seafront opposite Browns Golf Course, Introductory Talk and Q&A at 1pm in the Culver Parade, Sandown at 10.30am. Free Corner Room at Fort Victoria, Yarmouth.. event! Come snow or shine, and make Come and learn about cohousing. your own snowman out of sand! Carrots Everyone has their own private dwelling and coal provided and hot chocolate! but with shared resources such as a Bring a bucket and spade and wrap up workshop, gardens and a common house warm. where meals can be prepared and shared. For more info go to www.cohousing.wight. Friday 21st – Saturday 22nd February org.uk. It will be followed by a walk in the IW Story Festival at the Riverside Centre, woods and a chance to chat informally Newport from 10.30am – 4pm. There will with members. be a wide range of stories and storytellers for children and families to enjoy. There Monday 3rd February - Isle of Wight will be appearances from some bigFamily History Society open meeting, hitters from the world of children’s everyone welcome. The Demolition of books. Children and their families can Newport - a film presentation by Brian be storytellers too: using old typewriters, Greening. Hunnyhill Room, Riverside making junk models and through other Centre, The Quay, Newport. Doors writing and craft activities. Local authors open 7 pm talk starts 7.30. Admission and performers will be out in force – and members of the Isle of Wight FHS - £1; not all of the attractions will be human! non-members - £2. For information go to www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk For a full list of all island events go to www.islandmagazines.co.uk 12
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Sunday 23rd February – The Newchurch Male Voice Choir will be at the Quay Arts Centre, Newport Harbour presenting a Concert on behalf of the Island Rotary Club to raise funds for the Rotary projects on the Island. Entry Free. Retiring Collection. Starts at 3pm. All welcome. Saturday 29th February - Leap Day Sale at Cowes Methodist Church, Birmingham Road from 10.30am – 12.30. Organised by ‘Whitehill’ and raising funds for N.S.P.C.C.& Cowes Methodist Church.
REGULAR EVENTS Every Tuesday night at 7.30pm. Whist Drive at Porchfield Cricket Club, Colemans Lane, Porchfield. Monetary prizes. £2.50 admission includes raffle. New members welcome Every Friday - Community Teapot at St. Mary’s Church Hall, Church Road, Cowes every Friday morning, from 10.30 am until noon. Come just for a cuppa, biscuit and friendly chat. There are no prices, just affordable donations. All very welcome for more information communityteapot@ mail.com Every Thursday – St John Ambulance adult volunteers meet from 7-9pm. Anyone from 18+ years welcome to come along. There is no financial cost to anyone joining us as an adult volunteer, we just ask for their time. Meet at 12 Manners View, Dodnor Park, Newport, PO30 5FA
COWES LIBRARY EVENTS
Cowes Library is celebrating National Storytelling Week with a children’s storytime and activities with storyteller Sue Bailey. ‘One Sock’ - Stories and funny things to do with all your odd socks. Make a sock puppet to hang up on the washing line! For 4 - 9 year olds. Saturday 8th February 10.30 - 12.30. All children must be accompanied by an adult. The Independent Living Centre IW operated by People Matter IW, will be holding a Drop-in on Monday 10th February between 10.30 and 12.30. If you have difficulties in the home such as bathing, using the toilet, cooking or getting out of bed, this is a user led organisation and charity, enabling people to live independently in their own homes and helps people find out about aids for daily living. Just come along or to get in touch with the Independent Living centre tel 01983 241494 or see their website www.peoplematteriw.org Cowes Library has an experienced volunteer running a series of 3 weekly 2 hour sessions to help you get the most out of your iPad. £15 for the three sessions. All monies being donated to the Cowes Patient Group. This course is for anyone owning an iPad and you will need to bring your iPad with you. Tuesday from 2 - 4pm. If this is not a convenient time then speak to a member of staff. You must book in advance by contacting us 01983 293341 and you will be booked on to the next available course. continued over the page
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Fortnightly Adult Card & Board Games Club on Monday mornings from 10am 12pm. A fun and social space for adults of all ages to play various card & board games.
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Second Friday of every month – Adults Colouring Club from 10.30am – 12pm. Come and relax at Cowes Library with some colouring in. It’s helpful for beating stress. First Saturday of every month – Childrens Games Club for 5 – 12 year olds from 10.30am – 12pm. A variety of different games available. Feel free to bring your own games. Fourth Saturday of every month – Lego Club for over 5’s from 10.am – 12pm. Each month children are given a mission to complete, which will then be displayed. Every Tuesday - Rhyme Time - A free weekly half hour session of rhymes, actions and songs. No need to book, just come along with your baby and have fun.
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Café Bridge Coming Soon The Isle of Wight will soon be playing host to its very first Café Bridge, and organiser Philip Watson is excited to be bringing this event to Yarmouth. The invitation is open to all standards of bridge players and he hopes players from across the Island will support the event and help raise some much needed funds for The Mountbatten Hospice. What is Café Bridge? This daytime event involves playing bridge with pre-dealt hands in Yarmouth’s finest licensed establishments. Walk to the next pub with your partner after each round, guided by a roadbook and map given to you at registration. Soup and sandwiches are provided wherever you land up at lunchtime. Café Bridge started in Holland, and is now widespread in the UK. It combines playing bridge in social surroundings with walking around a pleasant British town – all while raising money for a good cause and giving bridge some needed publicity. On 26th March, island residents will have the chance to join visitors from Hampshire, Surrey and Dorset at Yarmouth’s inaugural Café Bridge day. Pre-booking is required – use the link on the main advert, or call Philip on 07712 018645 with inquiries. The organisers look forward to welcoming you in March.
Cafe´ Bridge Isle of Wight in aid of The Mountbatten Hospice Registered charity no. 1039086
Thursday 26th March 2020 Various locations in Yarmouth Bugle Coaching Inn - Wheatsheaf King’s Head - CHOYD
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