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February 2016
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Dear Readers Welcome to the February issue and I hope your 2016 is going well so far and you haven’t fallen victim to the germs going around which are causing colds, coughs and fevers and generally making people fell unwell. At the time of writing this there is no snow... but there has been plenty of rain!!!! and the temperature has dropped considerably. I’m every hopeful though that we will get a nice splattering of the white stuff. I know many of you don’t like it but I have a sledge in my shed which is just collecting dust. I need to give it a good airing!!!! This months issue is packed with news and information and you can find out the story of the front cover picture on page 18 and there are a few events happening in February, and you will find the ‘Dates for your Diary’ on page 8.
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As the year advances with a rush into spring we can find our time for ourselves is eaten away by all we need to do, family, work, life. Taking time to help ourselves is often the last thing on our list. However investing a little time to keep ourselves healthy not only benefits us but also those around us and the ripples of our all-round good health go on beyond the influences we see. In this way I have taken great pleasure in seeing how the interest in Yoga has grown. Many people are recognising how Yoga is not just for the body but teaches us a better way to live, giving us more energy, calmness, coping better with stress and positivity as well as physical well-being. My classes are relaxed and easy going promoting all round good health for everyone of all abilities. Yoga classes are held: Monday Morning at Yarmouth Community Hall at 10-11.30am. Monday Evening at Shalfleet Village Hall 5.30- 7.00pm and Wednesday Evening at Shalfleet Village Hall 7.00- 8.30pm. Term courses are £6 a class for 7 classes or drop in for £7. Phone or text Sal on 01983 761028 or 07925279277 for your space. Everyone is welcome.
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Totland Parish Council News The colder weather is here and the Parish Office has a FREE guide to keeping warm and well this winter from Age UK which includes a free thermometer. Please come and pick up a copy for yourself or a neighbour. The Parish Council’s new website is up and running this should make it easier for you to find out information please have look and let us know what you think.
coloured back boards will be removed in the next week as unfortunately rude drawings have appeared this is disappointing and not acceptable behaviour.
Rubbish Collections – Just a reminder From 1st November Amey have been providing the Waste Collection on the Isle of Wight. Collection days have remained the same and calendars up to April 2016 are available from Parish Open Day the Parish Office. Green Garden Bags; Changes The Open Day was very successful and we have been made to the collection of your green are pleased to report that all residents that garden bags. The bags are still available from attended were happy living in Totland and the Parish Office at £1.30 each, but a dedicated wanted the Parish Council to keep the Public Toilets on Totland Beach and Colwell Bay open. lorry will now be used to collect the green The Clerk has started to make enquiries and will waste for composting at Lynnbottom. They will be collected on your scheduled recycling keep you updated. day, rather than your black bag day and you Residents also wanted the Parish Council to support the West Wight Sports and Community will need to pre-book this collection. Please telephone 823777 and give at least three Centre as it had in previous years. This is a great asset for the West Wight and the Parish working days’ notice to help guide the route. If you have any problems with this service please Office has displayed a board in their window let the Clerk know. with all the up-to-date classes, meetings and courses that are on offer. Extra Day Opening for Afton Marsh: The Colwell Common is still receiving a mixed ‘Household Waste Recycling Centre’ at Afton response and Councillors have agreed this Marsh has also extended opening times, they should be discussed further at the Annual Parish Meeting on Tuesday 19th April 2016 at will open for 3 days Saturday, Sunday and Monday and opening times at the moment are 6.30pm in the Church Hall. 9.30am to 4.30pm. Thank you to everybody who came along and spoke to Councillors and the Clerk, it is West Wight Arts Association - tickets can be important to hear your views. purchased or reserved from the Parish Office for monthly concerts held in the Memorial Hall. Neighbourhood Watch: The West Wight Neighbourhood Watch meeting was also well attended and these will be happening regularly, CONTACT DETAILS: Parish Clerk – Mrs Helen next meeting will be in March, keep a look out Gibbs - Telephone 756028. Totland Parish Council, Winchester House, The Broadway, for the date. Totland Bay, PO39 0AX. The parish office is open Monday - Thursday 9am–12 noon. Skate Park Email: totlandparishco@googlemail.com Both Freshwater and Totland Parish Council or follow the Clerk on Twitter @TotlandClerk supported a local boy during the summer to add a piece of equipment that he had designed You can also keep up to date with news on our Facebook page. and worked with a professional company to upgrade what was already there. However, the
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Report from Stuart Hutchinson: West Wight Ward. White Acre, Main Road, Wellow, Yarmouth PO41 0TD Tel:760048 email stu.hutch@btinternet.com. Just before Christmas, Councillors were given an initial briefing on the Local Government financial settlement. It indicated the difficulties we face, and I tried to explain some of them in my last article. We have now worked out the precise figures. They are worse than expected. The Council has to save £17.4 millions to achieve a balanced budget. The reason we are so short arises from a number of pressures. The cost of social care, a statutory service, is rising rapidly. Government grants are falling rapidly. For instance we got £26M in grant last year, but this is being phased out and we shall have none within 4 years.
services that we have always paid for in the past, but may not be able to do so in future, like public toilets and beach cleaning.
We cannot raise less money than it takes to run the Council, by operating some sort of overdraft that allows us to continue to run things until the finances improve. Neither can we refuse to deliver a statutory service because we have run out of money. And we can only raise money from the sort of things I have mentioned above. Within that there are difficulties. There is resistance to further increases in charges and the amounts raised are small. We do not control the amount of business rates. We cannot increase domestic rates by more than What is a balanced budget? It means that the 3.99%. An increase of that amount, by the way, costs a band D taxpayer (band D is the typical 3 money raised, from domestic rates, business rates (of which the Council gets only 50% - the bed semi) just a £1 a week. But that raises less than £3M which doesn’t go far in meeting the government keeps the rest) fees and charges shortfall of 17.4M. (like charges for parking, or for home helps) and government grants, has to meet the costs of delivering services. There is no other source So we are between a rock and a hard place, as the Americans would say, or between scylla and of money, although we are allowed to take money from balances. Balances are the money charybdis for the classical scholars. In Anglo Saxon, we are stuffed. set aside to meet unexpected costs. The sort of savings that every household tries to set If Councillors set a budget which isn’t balanced, aside in case your heating boiler fails or the and therefore not legal, we are each personally car breaks down. We have dipped into those savings before, and will have to do so again this liable for the costs that arise because of that. That means we can be surcharged by the courts year, and then they are gone. and we have to meet the costs from our own personal income or savings. The Council cannot A number of us, across all parties, have been pay on our behalf. working to understand and agree what the budget might look like. It will of course be the Island Independents budget. They are the A delegation went to see the minister last month. It was explained in graphic terms that administration and are responsible (and get we are almost at the point of an illegal budget. paid) for taking the decision. But those of us in other parties accept the difficulties and are I think we we’ll just about manage this year by cutting everything we can, but next year, when working to help deliver an agreed budget. we have to find yet more savings, we hit the buffers, to use another analogy. At the budget meeting on 24th February we have to set a balanced legal budget. That’s to As I write, we are awaiting the Ministers say we must raise enough money to pay for response to our funding proposals. statutory services. There are discretionary 6
Tuesday the 9th of February is Shrove Tuesday which always falls exactly 47 days before Easter Sunday and the date can be anything between 3rd February and 9th March inclusive.
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Shrove Tuesday was once known as a “half-holiday” in Britain. It started at 11:00am with the ringing of a church bell. On Pancake Day, “pancake races” are held in villages and towns across the United Kingdom. The tradition is said to have originated in 1445 when a housewife from Olney, Buckinghamshire, was so busy making pancakes that she forgot the time until she heard the church bells ringing for the service. She raced out of the house to church while still carrying her frying pan and pancake, tossing it to prevent it from burning. The pancake race remains a relatively common festive tradition in the UK, even today. Participants with frying pans race through the streets tossing pancakes into the air and catching them in the pan while running. The traditional pancake is flavoured with sugar and lemon but over the years this has evolved and the filling/topping varieties are endless and are no longer just thought of as a sweet as many people make pancakes with savoury filling on Shrove Tuesday and other days of the year.
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Dates for your Diary Friday 5th February – Charity Race Night at build a sandman / snowman. Whatever the The Sun Inn. Fun and friendly night with weather! We bring hot chocolate, carrots Greyhound racing videos – starts at 7.30pm. and coal, you bring a spade and your silly Make a night of it with meals at just £10 each. ideas! Suitable for adults and children. All proceeds from the evening including food Suggested £2 per person donation to Gift To and entertainment go to Ability Dogs 4 Young Nature. More details 01983 201565 People IOW. Saturday 6th February –Charity Auction in aid of The Joe Ellis Fund. At Newport Football Club at 7pm. The auction will be held in 2 parts, the first part will be the fun part where we auction people. But these people have to provide a service such as gardening, DIY, cooking, car cleaning, dog walking etc or even teaching a hobby or skill they may have. (they are still looking for volunteers) The second part will be auctioning items that have been donated from various sources for cash. Tuesday 9th February – Shrove Tuesday Pancake Races 2016 in Yarmouth Town Square at 10.30am Saturday 13th February – Charity General Knowledge Quiz Night at Newport Football Club. 7.30pm – 10.30pm. In aid of Cats Protection Isle of Wight Teams of up to 6 people and costs £2 per person entry. There will be a raffle, licensed bar and plenty of free car parking available. Come and help raise the kitty for the kitties Sunday 21st February – Sandman Snowman Come to Small Hope Beach, Shanklin and 8
Sunday 28th February – 12th Annual ‘Mum’s Memory Day’ Antiques and Collectors Fair at Northwood House, Ward Avenue, Cowes 10.30am – 3pm Over 25 stalls selling a range of goods from quality furniture, books, silver, jewellery, vintage items, vinyl records, garden antiques, china, glass, militaria and much more. Tea/Coffee and delicious light snacks available to purchase. Entrance £2 per person. Children Free. In aid of the IOW Branch Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association If you would like to receive an electronic version of Island Magazines in your email inbox each month email freshwatermagazine@gmail.com and type in the word SUBSCRIBE
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The New Microchipping Law From 6 April 2016 all dogs in England will be legally required to be microchipped and their details registered on one of the authorised databases.
Shockingly the National Dog Warden Association advises that around 40% of dogs it deals with that are already chipped have missing or inaccurate information. People must be encouraged and be reminded to Under the law you are obliged to keep your keep their details up to date to give this law details up to date on the database. Police and some force to do what it is intended for. local authority employees will be issued with microchip reader scanners so that instant To get ready for the 6th April 2016 if you enforcement of the law can be carried out. A have not already had your pet microchipped time window will be allowed for the owner you can easily get this done by your vet and to get the chipping done if their pet is caught many organisation. There is a FREE dog without a chip. After which a £500 fine for microchipping event on Sunday 14th failing to comply will be issued. February 2016 between 10am and If you sell or otherwise pass the dog on, you as the previous keeper are required to register the new keeper (the wording used is ‘keeper’ rather than ‘owner’ with regard to microchips). Similarly if your dog dies, you must inform the database that holds your pet’s details. Puppies must be chipped at their second set of vaccinations – and around the time they are weaned - at 8 plus weeks. With microchipping, keepers and their dogs will have an official relationship, rather as they did under the old dog licence. Additionally, the modern technology of microchipping will not only help lost dogs be re-united with their families, it will also connect liable human beings to abused animals. Mistreatment of animals will still happen even if dogs are micrcochipped, but now there will be some redress against the perpetrator on behalf of society and – equally importantly - on behalf of the dog.
12noon at Avenue Road Car Park, Freshwater. This event is open to all Island residents. There is no limit to the amount of dogs you bring.
Of course cats and other animals that are large enough to take the chip can be microchipped too, in case they get lost or stolen, and this is recommended by welfare charities. There will though be no legal obligation to have your cat - or rabbit or guinea pig - microchipped.
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Hair and Beauty - We’ve got plenty to choose from... Ivory Hair Salon & Nail Bar and Koru Beauty & Holistic are both situated in the heart of Yarmouth. Christina opened Ivory Hair and Nail Bar in September 2013. The luxury boutique style hair salon offers a wide range of hair and beauty treatments for both genders and all ages. The salon stocks both Matrix and Joico hair products as well as retailing the famous ghd brand of electricals. Christina has built the customer base up over the past two and a half years and now employs three other stylists, Annabel, Victoria, Ellen and a nail technician/beauty therapist, Holly. The business had grown really well and in 2014 Christina opened up a beauty salon called Koru Beauty and Holistic which is
opposite Ivory in the High street. Head therapist Cody had joined the team for the summer season and with both their ideas and enthusiasm Koru was opened in November 2014. Koru has one luxury treatment room and a reception and manicure area. Cody is a fully qualified Beauty and Complimentary therapist so there are plenty of treatments to choose from! Koru stocks, Burts bee’s and the locally made Beez Kneez product range’s as well as China Glaze nail polish. Ivory and Koru are both sister salons to Ebony Hair in Northwood which is Christina’s well established salon and has been trading for nearly 14 years. If you are looking to treat a loved one this valentines why not let them be pampered by us, whether it’s hair or beauty we have plenty to choose from.
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FRESHWATER PARISH COUNCIL NEWS by Mike Wheeler Firstly let me wish you all a belated Happy New Year.
We hope that you have shown us your priorities to help us make those judgements.
By the time you read this Freshwater Parish We have been in discussion with IWC over Council will have held its annual Consultation the past year on many topics:Event where we set out where your money which was raised through our local Precept • Acquisition of the Freshwater Library was spent in 2015-16 and understand what by Community Asset Transfer and to your priorities are for 2016-17. continue to support the Library Service As ever this will be a difficult year but one where there are also some really exciting • The future of the Public things happening in Freshwater. Conveniences at Moa Place, Freshwater Bay and Compton Car The well publicised austerity measures Park adopted by the Government have meant the grant given to Councils such as the Isle • Increased On street parking and of Wight Council, has been dramatically safety improvements to Avenue reduced. The impact of this funding reduction Road and the future management of on the Isle of Wight Council has meant that Public Car Parks it is now in a position of only being able to fund ‘statutory’ services such as Children’s • Safety and Public Realm Services and Adult Social Care, and many Improvements throughout the of the ‘discretionary’ services which it has Parish historically provided, are no longer able to be funded by IWC. • Acquisition by Community Asset Transfer of Stroud Playing Field This puts communities such as ours in a position where we either decide to pay for • Our Place Information Hub those local services by means of our Precept – Currently being consulted on or we lose them. locally But this actually means that we do have a major influence on what happens locally. The problem is that nobody knows what is round the corner so, as with managing our household budgets, we have to look at what achievable to help the local community in the short term whilst looking to hold funds for subsequent years where the rules could change. 14
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FRESHWATER PARISH COUNCIL NEWS I hope that we will be able to confirm progress on many of these, next month. Whatever our personal opinions, the IWC does not have resources to continue with its current service level and is looking to partner with local Parish Councils such as ours. Whilst welcoming more input into the local governance of our community this inevitably necessitates an increased level of management at Parish level in order to manage and monitor contracts. This means that our resources are becoming stretched. In order that we are able to understand and prioritise the support for those services and facilities it is important that we continue to hear from you.
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The Isle of Wight is home to many different available within the organisation and you can species of wildlife and we are especially lucky find out more by calling Helen on 611003 or to be home to the red squirrel. email wightsquirrels@hotmail.com The Wight Squirrel Project and The IOW Red Squirrel Trust both work together playing an important role in the conservation of the squirrels. Founded and currently voluntarily managed, by Helen Butler BSc MBE, the Isle of Wight’s leading Red Squirrel expert. The project is run throughout by volunteers. More recently The IOW Red Squirrel Trust have opened a shop in Ryde High Street, (opposite the Catholic Church Garden, just up from Iceland) where they sell animal themed products along with items made from wood. IOW driftwood products are very popular and they also sell firewood from a woodland they have leased and another they manage for the conservation of red squirrels. The shop is manned by volunteers and the project desperately needs more volunteers in order for them to open for longer. No experience is necessary and you can choose your times. All that is required are 2 references. If you would like to join the team either pop into the shop for an application form or email redsquirrelshop@hotmail.com for more info. There are also other situation vacant posts 18
Another vital part that the Wight Squirrel Project is responsible for and for which needs your help is reporting a red squirrel sighting. This can easily be done by going to their website www.wightsquirrels.co.uk and filling in the squirrel sighting form. This information is vital in helping to monitor changes in squirrel behaviour and in planning conservation work. You can also become a friend of the Red Squirrel via a small donation of ÂŁ5 or more and you will find details of this on their website The Wight Squirrel Project does a wonderful job in protecting the squirrels and you can find out more information about the project and also The IOW Red Squirrel Trust by visiting their websites www.iowredsquirreltrust.co.uk and www.wightsquirrels.co.uk where you can also download the latest newsletter and learn about these wonderful animals and details of future events including woodlands visits and tips on how to see red squirrels in the wild. I hope you also like the front cover which shows just how adorable and inquisitive the squirrels are and was sent in by Helen Butler.
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Servicing • Repairs • Tyres All garage services supplied Main Agent for Rock Oil Motorcycle Products
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Portable Appliance Testing (PAT Testing) Telephone sockets & Faults Data cabling Sound Equipment Hire and more
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All Electrical Work Undertaken Domestic and Commercial Design / Installation / Improvements Home Automation Inspection & Reports Fault finding & Repairs
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Your Local Minibus Service
FEBRUARY 2016 FYTbus SCHEDULED SERVICES
operate to THREE scheduled timetables – Route A (between Freshwater Bay and Yarmouth) and Route B (around Freshwater, Totland, and Colwell) in the mornings, and Route C (between Yarmouth, Freshwater Bay, Freshwater, Totland and Colwell) in the afternoons. Catch us at our bus stops, or just hail us on those parts of our routes which do not have stops. Free bus passes are accepted. Timetables are available on our buses, or you can pick one up from our Totland office, as well as the health and leisure centres, libraries, newsagents and pharmacies in Freshwater, Totland and Yarmouth. We presently also run a trial service between Freshwater, Brighstone and Shorwell on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, which might become part of our permanent services if it is sufficiently supported by passengers, and volunteers, from the areas visited. Timetables are available on our buses, on our website (see below) and from The Village Shop, Brighstone, The Crown Inn, Shorwell and The Sun Inn, Hulverstone.
FEBRUARY EXCURSIONS.
As usual, these will be on a door to door basis, with the minibus picking you up from and delivering you back to your home. If you would like more information, do not hesitate to give us a call, between 09.45 and 12.30 any weekday, or leave a message on our answering machine and we’ll call you back. Remember to book early if you would like to travel on one or more of our trips, by phoning our office on 01983 752917. If a minimum number of bookings is not achieved for an excursion, we might have to cancel it (as you will appreciate, we have to cover our costs), but we will always let you know. Excursions will be confirmed (or cancelled) by phone, one day before departure. Please note that bus passes are not accepted on our excursions. FEBRUARY EXCURSIONS
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Cowes & Waitrose, E.Cowes
09.30
13.00
£7.00
13
Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl
09.30
13.00
£5.50
20
Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl
09.30
13.00
£5.50
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Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Antiques & Collectors Fair, Northwood House, Cowes (£2.00 entry fee)
09.30
13.00
£5.50
11.30
15.00
£6.00
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Wight Community Access – FYTbus, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay. PO39 0AX Tel: 01983 752917
Web: www.fytbus.org.uk
Email: info@fytbus.org.uk