March 2019 East Cowes & Whippingham Area
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Creating Memories
Come along and join our new ‘Creating Memories’ group held at the Parkside Pavilion in East Cowes. We aim to give carers a much needed break whilst we spend valuable time with the client ensuring they enjoy time in a different environment whilst they join in group and individual activities.
An assessment of needs will take place before commencement of the sessions. Bring your lunch or a Crafty Knit & Natter snack. Refreshments every Wednesday from 10.30 will be provided.
Book your space now Sessions are Mondays 1pm - 5pm and Thursday 10am - 2pm.
- 12.30 and Older Persons Youth Club every Thursday from 10.30 - 12.30. Come along and join other like minded people in these fun and friendly groups. £2 pp per session. Bacon sandwich for £1 on Thursdays.
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A very warm welcome to the March issue of Island Magazines and thank you for picking up a copy. It looks set to be a busy month, starting with Shrove Tuesday on the 5th and then Mother’s Day, and don’t forget the clocks go forward one hour on the last Sunday of the month. Although we lose a valuable hour in bed we will start seeing lighter evenings. Our ‘Dates for your Diary’ on pages 6 and 7 are packed full with events happening across the island during March. I always like to give a small mention about the weather but I’m really at a loss of what to say this time except did you enjoy the small scattering of snow we had a few weeks back and do you think we can expect to see more of it like we did in March last year or shall we keep our fingers crossed that the cold weather has been and gone.
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East Cowes Town Council - Clerks Report All Town Council meetings are open to the public. If you would like to attend you can choose a daytime or evening meeting. The Facilities, Projects and Events Committee meet on the first Monday of each month at 10am in the Town Hall. The Full Council meetings take place on the third Thursday at 6.30pm either at the Town Hall, or 3 times a year at Queensgate Primary School. The town council hopes that this gives more local people the opportunity to come along to hear about what the council is doing and to ask questions. To find out if there is something of interest to you on the agenda these can be found on the town council website and on display on the notice board outside the town hall prior to the meeting. In January the councillors discussed the hire rates for the Town Hall. It was agreed that the rates should be kept at the current competitive level to retain the existing hirers and encourage more use of the facilities. The current rates of hire are just £10 per hour during the week and £14 per hour at the weekends. Additional charges apply for hirers wishing to use the caretaker’s services or stage. Please contact the facilities officer at the town hall for further information or to make a booking. All sorts of activities take place on a regular basis. You can choose from short mat bowls, badminton, exercise classes, bingo, Zumba or slimming world. Many improvements are planned for the premises. Some redecoration is to commence shortly. A team of volunteers from the Community Service Programme will be helping with this. It has the mutual benefit of providing work and saving money which can in turn be used for other projects. 4
Upgrades are also in hand for the backstage area including toilet facilities and a small kitchen. Further changes will be happening in and around the town hall. In the near future a projector will be installed to project images on to the front of the Town Hall for special events and celebrations. The library will be opening in it’s new location in the town hall on 1st April. Parking continues to be an issue in the town. Councillors are being proactive by setting up a meeting and walkabout with Mark Downer, Parking Enforcement Officer from the Isle of Wight Council to bring areas of concern to his attention. The new Red Funnel car park will be in use by the time you read this. Councillors are also regularly meeting with representatives of Red Funnel about their long term plans. To keep you updated we can report that a new cargo ship capable of carrying 12 lorries will be launched by the end of March with 4 crossings a day Monday to Friday running by the end of May. There will be no evening sailings and there are no plans to bring the Red Jet service to East Cowes. Councillors have also met with a representative of Southern Vectis about the bus services in the town. The good news is that it was noted the size of the town is fast approaching the need for 4 buses per hour instead of the current 3. The results of the recent consultation are currently under consideration. The matters highlighted by those who contributed are being taken account of in drawing up the budget for the coming year.
Life’s too short to wear boring jewellery
Handmade and bespoke are two words that describe some of the beautiful jewellery made by I.H. Jewellery. Based locally, owner Ian found his passion for jewellery making back in 1996 and then spent a few years obtaining diplomas in fine jewellery and stone setting. Ian works mainly in silver but commissions can be produced in 9 and 18 carat gold. He has thrown out the theory that handmade is far too expensive and has made some eye catching silver stud earrings starting at just £16. These will make beautiful gifts for that special someone and throughout his collection of handmade lockets, pendants and rings you will find affordable pieces to suit all budgets. His online shop is open to all for you to browse and if you have a particular item or idea you would like lovingly created then a phone call to Ian is a must. He believes everyone should be able to wear beautiful jewellery and with Mother’s Day coming soon there is no better way to spoil your mum than with a unique piece of jewellery.
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Every Thursday - Coffee and Chat at East Cowes Methodist Church, Adelaide Grove from 10am - 12 noon. Everyone welcome. Every Wednesday - Crafty Knit & Natter from 10.30 until 12.30 at Parkside Pavilion, Vectis Road, East Cowes. Organised by Community Spirited. Come along and meet other like minded people. £2 per person. Call 296592 for further information. Every Thursday – Older Persons Youth Club from 10.30 until 12.30 at Parkside Pavilion, Vectis Road, East Cowes. Organised by Community Spirited. Come along and join in this friendly group. £2 per person. Bacon Sandwich £1. Call 296592 for further information. Friday 1st March - The East Cowes Evangelical Church, Clarence Road, East Cowes, Clarries Club for seniors, warmly invite you to their Talk on Oklahoma, USA. Speaker, Bob White. Meeting starts at 10-30am. Refreshments served after. For further information please contact Derek or Myra Tel. 717895 Saturday 2nd March - Coffee morning/ open day at Vectis Radio from 10am 12pm. Come along to Vectis Radio studio at the Riverside Centre and see how it all works. Tea/coffee and biscuits supplied for a minimum £1 donation to keep the community radio station running. Saturday 2nd March – Asian Hornet Awareness Day at The Wishing Well Pub, Pondwell, Ryde, PO33 1PX. Exhibition open between 11am and 4pm. This insect is already a significant problem in mainland Europe and isolated nests have been found (and destroyed) on the mainland as close as 6
Brockenhurst. Meet the experts, track the spread and learn how to help stem the tide to stop it establishing on the Island which will devastate our eco-system. For further information contact www.iwbka.org.uk Friday 8th March – Huge Challenging Spring Quiz at Gurnard Pines, Cockleton Lane, Cowes from 7pm. Teams of 4 only £20 all money raised goes to Challenge & Adventure. We have a giant Raffle with lots of prizes. Our question master will be Tom Stroud asking questions set by Malcolm Randall. Some amazing prizes are ready to be won with the 1st prize being £100 cash, kindly donated by Co-operative Funeral Directors. There will also be runner-up prizes of Chocolate & Wine hampers. Sunday 10th March – ‘Mum’s Memory Day’ Antiques & Collectors 15th Annual Fair in support of Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association – IOW Branch at Northwood House, Ward Avenue, Cowes. The fair will be open from 10.30am -3pm selling a wide variety of goods including quality furniture, books, jewellery, silver, vintage items, garden antiques, militaria, china, glass and much more. FREE valuations will kindly be provided by well-respected local valuer Tim Smith. NB - Valuations between 11.30am and 1.00pm only. Admission to the fair is £2.50 per adult with accompanied children free (all entrance fees are donated directly to the IOW branch of MND. All enquiries call Jennie on 643323. Tuesday 12th March - Quay Crafts: Creative Collections. Quay Craft artist-makers, who work in a wide range of media (including
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textiles, ceramics, print, glass and photograph), have contributed to an exciting new museum exhibition. Historic objects from our collections are displayed alongside pieces of art and craft which creatively respond to them. As well as viewing the exhibition, we will have the opportunity to hear from some of the artists who will talk about their work, and how they have drawn inspiration from the museum collections. Tickets £8 including tea, coffee and biscuits. For further details and to book your places please ring 523112 or e-mail info@carisbrookecastlemuseum. org.uk. Booking is essential as places are limited.
prizes including a theatre package for the Mayflower Theatre, Cream Tea for 4 at Isle of Wight Pearl, signed copy of the brand new book by RC Bridgestock and loads more. Email kelvin.currie@vectisradio.fm or pop in to the studio Friday or Saturday mornings between 10 and 1.
Thursday 14th March – Sunflower Cafe Quiz at John Cheverton Centre, Mountbatten Hospice, Halberry Lane, Newport from 7pm. 4 to a team - £12 a team. Contact Carl or the Sunflower Cafe for entry forms panyo@gmx. com 07925 033212 or 01983 611656.
Saturday 30th March – Saving Lives Campaign CPR and Defibrillator Awareness Workshop. Would you know what to do if your child or family member stopped breathing? Join Good Skills Training for their free workshops at 10am, 11am and 12pm at YMCA, Winchester House, Sandown Road, Shanklin. No need to book just turn up on the day. For further information call 01983 640142.
Friday 15th March - The East Cowes Evangelical Church, Clarence Road, East Cowes, Clarries Club for seniors, warmly invite you to hear Colin Boswell, from the IOW Garlic Farm. Meeting starts at 10-30am. Refreshments served after. For further information please contact Derek or Myra Tel. 717895 Saturday 16th March – Vectis Radio present a Fund Raising Variety Show at the Riverside Centre, Newport from 7.30pm. There is a fabulous line up of acts, a fantastic MC - Drew Cameron from Britain’s Got Talent - an iconic producer in Sarah Scotcher and it is all to help keep your local community radio station running. Only £9 per ticket. Free parking. Bar will be open. There will of course be a raffle with some superb
Friday 29th March - The East Cowes Evangelical Church, Clarence Road, East Cowes, Clarries Club for seniors, warmly invite you to see Ability Dogs 4 Young People talk and demonstrations. Meeting starts at 10-30am. Refreshments served after. For further information please contact Derek or Myra Tel. 717895.
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Don’t forget these important dates. Tuesday 5th March - Pancake Day. Sunday 17th March - St Patricks Day Wednesday 20th March is officially the first day of astronomical Spring whilst Friday 1st March is the first day of meteorological Spring. Sunday 31st March - Mother’s Day Sunday 31st March - clocks go forward one hour at 1.00am on the last Sunday of the month. It starts the period of British Summer Time (BST), or Daylight Saving Time (DST), which gives us more daylight in the evening.
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News Report from Town & County Cllr Karl Love - East Cowes. Email: karl.love@iow.gov.uk Facebook: Cllr Karl Love now see emerging in our town The East Cowes 2019 Bicentennial Centre will also see others preparations are progressing well and our spaces being developed. We town will once again become the focus must try as a community to shape and of world attention. We are planning a programme of town events that we are now positively influence these changes and I am following these developments. promoting widely. It’s a true community project which we hope all will enjoy and I have met with Wightfibre to discuss what can benefit from. There is something for was going well, and what was not in late everyone in the planned events and we January. There are inconsistencies with hope it creates a memorable legacy for all. the works and I have raised this with them We intend to dress the town with bunting and Island Roads directly. Every household and hope the community will participate should receive a letter about when works by dressing in Victorian clothes over the will be commencing in their locality! If weekend. We are holding a Festival along you have concerns please contact them or the esplanade over the weekend with the Island Roads. I am being very direct in my principal day being the 26th May. discussions with them where necessary because this work programme has significant In other news 2019 is turning out to be a impacts for our lives. really active year in so many other more radical and structural ways for our town and I just needed to say a few words about Brexit. community. There is a lot of infrastructure changes occurring with building demolitions, Brexit is causing anxiety for many people on the opening of the new Red Funnel car park, our island. Whatever the outcome, life will continue and we will adapt because we must. the ongoing battle to save the Umbrella The unknown is something that we face Tree, Wightfibre cable laying and new everyday in our lives and I would not want power cables upgrading the networks. to see anyone worrying or being distressed Work has also started on the building of and especially those who are vulnerable. the new Queensgate School and highway Worrying about things that are now largely improvements for the Saunders Way link outside our control can cause illness. We road. However there is still no movement should try to move forward together and on the link road connection at the time of support each other even though there may writing this report. be differences of opinion. We do manage Road and building works do cause disruption this in so many other life issues so I see no difference in how we should address Brexit. to our routines and I have received many comments and concerns about a wide range We finally have an acceptance from IWC of issues. It’s important that we have the opportunity to try to shape our towns futures that The Floating Bridge is not fit for the job it was intended. However it’s about how and that’s why I have been meeting with we deal with the issues and move forwards. the various agencies and service providers There is no end in sight and with the council involved. suggestion to now purchase a push launch The scale and pace of changes for East Cowes of its own, this suggests the issues cannot be fixed. We would not accept a substandard is quickening but the new open spaces we 14
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News Report from Town & County Cllr Karl Love continued car and to me this applies to a 3.5 million bridge. It’s not good enough for it to simply and barely limp across the river. It was supposedly designed to operate in all weather conditions and so the story continues. As a good will gesture, the Isle of Wight Council is offering the travel discount card at no cost for the next three months, instead of the usual £2 purchase fee. Whilst it is welcome it does not make up for all the loss of business and distress that has been caused to our community.
I’m pleased to say IWC have backed down from cutting the Cross Solent Hospital Patient transport service which I have been campaigning for with others to protect for many months.
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Finally I’m out and about in the town and always happy to chat and discuss local issues. As I started off by saying it’s an incredibly busy time in so many different ways for our community and whist I try to respond quick to emails it’s not always possible.
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Politically, the next few years are going to be financially challenging for the Isle of Wight Council. Austerity has cut virtually every public service on our island to the bone but above all else, our health, safety and welfare come first. If you’re feeling unwell or need support please seek out help. Sometimes our own well-being has to come first and putting this off out of the interest for others welfare or because you don’t want to be a burden, might only lead to greater difficulties. Local services are there for everyone to access and use.
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I have been asked what is to become of the studio school after it closes! The studio school is on a long-term lease from IWC and there will be much discussion about its possible use in the future. Some of the community discussions and suggestions include, it becoming a community centre and hub but the truth is we do not yet know and nor have I been invited to discuss its future. Once I know more about what is occurring I will inform you but it is a great loss to our town community OPEN FOR BUSINESS Deacons Nursery and young people. I will keep you informed.
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Tel 01983 719945 or 07917 861 969 For all your electrical needs from lights, sockets, showers, cooker & oven installation to new fuseboards. Email: richelectrics.iow@gmail.com
Bloom Hairdressing Style in the comfort of your own home. Fully qualified. Over 25 years experience in all areas of hairdressing. Please call Kirsty for all enquiries 01983 539975 or 07773 571187 Bloom Hairdressing www.bloomhairdressing.co.uk
East Cowes
Wednesday 5:30pm East Cowes Town Hall, York Avenue
Contact Julie on 07813 635202
Adrian Kensit
South Coast Tree Surgeons Garden Maintenance
• Maintenance & pruning of shrubs • Cultivation & cleaning of borders • Grass & Hedge cutting • Plants, shrubs & trees supplied & planted
Tree Surgery
• Crown lifting & thinning, reduction & shaping • Dead wooding and tree felling
CONTACT DAN FOR YOUR FREE QUOTATION
• Fencing erected, repaired and painted/stained • Sheds painted/stained and bases installed • Pressue washing patios and drives • Overgrown gardens cleared
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Tree Stump Removal
• Hydraulic Powered Stump Grinder • 36 inch access required • All waste removed • Awkward stumps can be chemically treated
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For further info call 07850 489754 or 404720, or email adrian.kensit@btinternet.com
Telephone: 01983 408716 Mobile: 07816 545283 Email: td.decors@hotmail.co.uk www.tddecors.co.uk
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