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Dear Readers Welcome to the December issue. Yes.... that’s right Christmas is just around the corner.

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There is plenty happening across the Island in December and you will find details of these events on the ‘Dates for your Diary’ on pages 12 and 13. You will also find the regular news reports from our Councillors and Parish Councils who do a fantastic job of keeping us up to date each month.

Finally I would like to wish every person that reads this, all advertisers and contributors a very Merry Christmas and I look forward to catching up with you all in 2016.

Best wishes Debbie text or call 07880 587 931 email: islandmagazines@gmail.com twitter @islandmagazines www.islandmagazines.co.uk

The editor does not necessarily hold the same views as those expressed by contributors and advertisers and reserves the right to refuse or alter material where necessary.

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All the shoe boxes have been handed in and totalled up and packed into big boxes and put in crates and are now on their way to disadvantaged children in Albania, Montenegro, Moldova and the Philippines.

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of local people the Rotary are pleased to be able to advise that this year there was a total of 499 boxes from the Isle of Wight. We should all be proud of this figure and the knowledge that disadvantaged children will be receiving a Christmas present.

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Monthly Report for Newport by Julie Jones-Evans. 53 Victoria Road, Newport, IoW, PO30 2HB Tel 521068 or 07792672198 E: Julie.Jones-Evans@iow.gov.uk T: @juliejonesevans F: Julie Jones-Evans I expect we are all thinking the same thing “where did this year go” one minute we are busy with our new year resolutions and the next writing our Christmas cards. It’s been a busy year for the Parish Council too with various projects coming to fruition and most importantly the taking over of Victoria Recreation Ground and I have now signed the 99 year lease on behalf of Newport. We shall be looking at some funding streams to improve the ground and consider the possibility of including a cycling training facility. If anyone has any ideas of what they would like to see at the park, please contact the Parish office or your local councillor and let them know of your ideas.

Big news for the Island is the possibility of a Business Improvement District where businesses pay into a fund to grow the local economy. This is very common on the mainland where many towns and areas have through joint working increased footfall, improved public facilities, put on events and marketed themselves successfully. Many places are in to their 2nd or 3rd round of their BID ( bids last for 5 years) as the results of the collaborative working have been impressive.

The IW is preparing a BID proposal that will cover the whole of the Island and primarily tourism and retail businesses will be included. During the next few weeks, visit Isle of Wight, who are leading the project are meeting with At our most recent Newport Businesses meeting the police to explain how it will came to report back work. Newport will on the local priorities be one of the largest that were set back in contributors across the IW so we can expect the summer. Anti-social behaviour such as many benefits for the community as a whole. drinking in Church Litten and bus station area An Island wide referendum of the levy payers seems to be a continuous problem and the will happen in the spring, so keep an eye out police are going to still keep that high on their for the results, exciting times! list. The speeding by the “ boy racers” down on the Quay and Sainsbury’s has reduced due to the interacting with the car drivers and also I am making progress with the signage project the traffic calming that has been installed on for the town in a bid to create a more clutter the Quay by the IW Council. Other traffic hot free environment and provide essential information for visitors, such a map and spots such as the top of Staplers Road and Forest Road will be monitored by the specialty guide to local businesses. The first one will traffic unit based at Shanklin. This Christmas be located near the Guildhall, with others the police will be supporting our local shops planned for Scarrots Lane area, Top of the by focusing on shoplifting as they have done town and the Quay. successfully in previous years.

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Monthly Report from Julie Jones-Evans continued At the Remembrance Sunday service I had the The perfect Xmas present... honour of representing Newport and this year • 1/2 day bowl I laid the wreath with my Grandfather, Neil turning course Shutler who at 97 is one of Newport’s most senior residents, • Full day bowl born and bred turning course here. As he served in the Royal Navy With Andy Fortune RPT in WW2 I felt it www.mtwoodturnery.com was flitting that he lay the wreath Tel: 472696 or 07974 240870 in memory of the Arreton Barns Craft Village, Arreton fallen.

Finally please come to our events of the Christmas Lights switch on 28th November and Christmas Fair in the Minster and St Thomas’ Square on 12th December.

Have a wonderful Christmas and don’t forget you can always contact me if you have any queries about anything.

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Lost and Found It’s always good to hear how communities can work together for the good of others and here on the Isle of Wight there is a group of 6 people who work tirelessly behind the scenes 24 hours a day and 365 days a year doing everything they possibly can to reunite people and pets.

lost and missing dogs and they are in contact with other agencies both here and on the mainland.

If you find a lost cat or dog they can advise you of the best option and put you in contact with people who can scan the animal to see if it is chipped.

Lost Pets IOW is a group that started back in 2011 and thanks to Facebook has gone from Losing a pet must be one of the most heart strength to strength and are only just a few stopping moments you can experience and numbers away from reaching an impressive the Lost Pets IOW team understand this and 7,500 members. Back in the day the admin can help by being the glue that keeps you were excited when they reached 100 members together through this traumatic experience. and never imagined that this group would They go above and beyond the call of duty become so important to so many Island and on many occasions they are in contact residents. with the owners on a personal basis rather than the public forum. The whole team treat Lost Pets IOW does exactly as it says on the each lost animal as if it’s their own and on tin‌ and has been successful in reuniting some occasions those lost animals have been best buddies together again. Whether you theirs!!! have a wondering cat or an escapee dog, Lost Pets IOW can help. They can give you the The Lost Pets IOW team do this out of love information you need on who to contact and for the animals and although some of them which process to follow to ensure all angles are retired they still fit in all these hours into are covered. They are aware of hideaway their daily routines. There are no wages, no hotspots in different areas of the Island which big bonuses but they have the knowledge that some moggies are well known for visiting and they have helped so many distraught animals with the help of their members the net can be and people over the years. spread far and wide in the search for missing animals.

If you are a pet owner then join the group as a member on Facebook by going to Lost Pets Members help in many different ways, by IOW and press the join button. If you should passing on information, putting up and find yourself missing your furry companion removing of posters, spreading the word and then put a post on their page in the first even doing nightly sit outs looking for these instance with photographs, details and as elusive pets. In some cases it is more than much information as you can. They have a list just a wondering pet and sometimes dogs of documents available to view online which have been scared off by noises (particularly contain all the vital numbers and information fireworks) and have disappeared. Obviously needed for the first few steps of missing on these occasions the dog will be scared animals and one thing you can be sure of is and may not answer to its name and may run the Lost Pets IOW team and all its glorious further away when approached but the team members will be supporting you and helping in are able to offer valuable advice in tracking any way they can in ensuring your pet returns 6 home to you.

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Isle of Wight Night Shelter Being homeless and having nowhere to go must be one of the hardest challenges to face and many people believe that there isn’t really a problem on the Island and granted its not as bad as some of the big towns on the Mainland but the Isle of Wight does have a small group of 100 – 150 homeless.

The advantage to this number is between us all we should be able to help these people, because they are people just like us.

They range from 18 years old through to 74 years and with winter fast approaching the worst time for being homeless is drawing closer.

There is a Homeless Shelter on the Island at Downside School, Pan Estate, Newport. This shelter is open from the 1st December until the 31st March and is open from 7pm until 8am, 7 days a week.

Anyone arriving at the shelter will be given a hot meal, shower, bed for the night and washing facilities for their clothes and some clean ones if needed and they will also be given breakfast. Last year they had over 65 people coming through their doors from all different walks of life.

We can all help and do our bit, whether its donating warm jumpers, jeans, warm coats, clothes, toiletries, and new underwear and 10

socks which can be handed to people using the shelter. Or perhaps you are able to volunteer one night a week and even stay over as more volunteers are desperately needed, especially men.

Donations can be dropped off at Downside Community Centre, Pan Estate, Newport between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday.

The shelter is run

by Andy and Ruth Davis and a team of volunteers on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council and has been open for 4 years but unfortunately this is the last year it will be operating as the Council have plans to turn it back into a school. This is devastating news for the team and also for the homeless people and Andy and Ruth are looking to the future and want to be able to buy their own building to be able to fully support this project.

Obviously as you can imagine money is a major issue so if anybody would like to give a money donation to help move this project forward, it will be greatly received as they would like to plan to be open all year round and not just the winter.

If you can help in any way at all then please either drop off donations or you can contact Andy on 07811 003361 or email him on andy@iwnightshelter.org

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Dates for your Diary

Saturday 5th December – Women’s Day on the Isle of Wight at Unitarian Meeting House, High Street, Newport. 10am – 4pm. Enjoy a little ‘me time’. Meet friends, explore holistic therapies, organic cosmetics, yoga teachers, angel readings, gifts and jewellery and more.

Sunday 6th December – Hospice Santa Dash – 11 am Entry into this year’s event is only £15 per Santa over the age of 12 years old, and £5 for all Santa’s under 12. This entry fee includes your Santa Suit to run in and take home, along with festive refreshments. For more info go to www.iwhospice.org or call 528989 Tuesday 8th December – Action on Hearing Loss Sensory Service open day. 10am – 2pm at 17b River Way, Newport PO30 5UX. Learn more about the free services and information available to support those living with a Sensory Loss and their friends and family. Hearing aid maintenance & hearing checks, equipment for hearing and sight loss. See how our Befriending Service helps the community. Take a chance on our Tombola. Tel: 01983 529533 for more information

centre ) There will be a travelling tea room with scrumptious cakes and stalls with Sticky Sweet goodies, Christmas Theme chocolates, Candy Floss and Popcorn etc. LIVE NATIVITY SCENE – come and see the traditional Bible Story scene in the stable will be Live Animals and characters from the story, maybe even a lobster! This will be at the Spar, Victoria Street. Children’s Fancy Dress Competition will be taking place at St Catherines Church at 3pm – come dressed as your favourite Disney Character, Cash Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Santa’s Grotto £1 entry and every child gets a present. The Winter Carnival and Lantern Parade starts from Dudley Road at 4.30pm, around the town finishing at the park . Family Carol Service at our prize winning park with commence at 5.15pm approx. with Hot Drinks & Mince Pies provided by Ventnor Enhancement Fund

Saturday 12th December until Saturday 19th December – Angel Window Spotting Festival.

Entry £1 and first prize is £100 Amazon voucher. Entry forms available from Easy Weight, Master of Disguise (Watchbell Lane), Hellerslea, The Catalogue Shop, Dragonfly and Friday 11th December – Charity Music Quiz in Love Running. Sunday 13th December – Angel aid of Wessex Cancer Trust at Newport Football Beetle Drive at St Johns Church Hall at 3pm £1 Club. 7.30pm – 10.30pm. Teams of up to 6 per person. Saturday 19th December – Angel people. £2 per person to enter. There will be Festival Day 11am – 4pm at St Johns church. a raffle, licenced bar and free car parking. All View the angels, listen to music. Food and money raised goes to Wessex Cancer Trust. drink available.

Phone: 01983 527957 Saturday 12th December – VENTNORVILLE - for crazy Christmas capers, celebrate the festive season in Ventnor style, with the Grinch, fake snow, panto and much more. Meet the Grinch – The Grinch will be in Upper Ventnor by St Francis School at 10am to see his fans! Riding his Sleigh down into town at 10.30ish! ARTS & CRAFTS MARKET and will take place from 10.30 – 4.30pm. We are holding an Island FOOD MARKET at Ventnor Central (old youth 12

Saturday 12th December – Frosted Fantasy Land 12pm – 5pm at Salvation Army Hall, Pyle Street, Newport . A magical frosted land for your little ones to enjoy! Come as a winter fairy or pixie, an enchanted princess or prince, santa’s little helper, a snowman, an angel or anything your heart desires and join in the fun.

Take part in the workshops and make your very own Bauble to take home and hang on the tree...or perhaps a Christmas card for someone

Dates for your Diary Saturday 26th December – Ventnor Boxing Day Swim. Join over 100 people who brave the cold winter waters for a dip in the sea this Boxing Day! Sponsor forms for the 32nd Boxing Day Swim are available from The Ale and Oyster on Ventnor Esplanade or Inspirations (formerly A and B’s Emporium) High Street Ventnor or by phoning 857174/855519. This is an organised event by PATCH a local cancer charity which helps patients with the costs Thursday 17th December - The Rotary Club of incurred through their illness. Lots of fun so Cowes is staging its traditional Christmas Con- come and join in. cert at St Mary’s Church in Cowes. As always, proceeds will go to the Church, the Isle of Wight Concert Band who will be providing the music, and to help local causes via the Rotary Trust Fund. This concert is always a great way to get in the mood for Christmas and it helps Island wide coverage others at the same time. Doors open at 6.30pm City & Guilds qualified tradesman for a 7.30 pm start and tickets are £5 for Adults Fully insured and £1.50 for children. Seasonal refreshments All aspects of property maintenance will be served during the interval and there will Established since 1987 be a raffle too. Tickets may be obtained from Insurance estimates undertaken Beresfords of Cowes, Under the Umbrella Tree of East Cowes or by ringing 280839 special! Decorate a homemade gingerbread man to keep. Hang your Christmas wish list on the tree for the fairies to take to Santa. Take a photo with a real Christmas fairy in a beautiful snow scene. Join in with games and sing along.

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Saturday 19th December – Cowes Christmas Festival at Cowes Yacht Haven. 10am – 4pm The Festival includes: Live cookery demonstrations at our interactive Cookery Theatre featuring top local chefs Food tastings and samplings Over 50 food, drink and gift stalls Festive entertainment including The Vox Pop Choir Vintage Vacation Santa’s Grotto Free Children’s Christmas Crafts With a host of great quality exhibitors and festive entertainment, it’s an event you don’t want to miss. Free entry

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Thursday 24th December – Sandown Christmas Eve Fun Day. Christmas Eve Fun in Sandown High St. 10.30am - 3.30pm. Entertainment, Music, Santas Grotto, Stalls, Victorian Funfair Briddlesford Road, Wootton Bridge, Ryde, IOW, PO33 4RX and lots, lots more.

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Newport

Parish Council

Parish Precept The budget setting process for the financial year 2016/17 is well underway and the precept will be set at the February meeting.

Your parish councillor or the Clerk would welcome your views on any of these matters

Meetings The Parish Council next full council meeting is on 14th December, at Gunville Methodist Church, Gunville.

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References available Planning and Licensing Committee will meet operty maintenance once in December at 6.30pm, at the Riverside • Landlord certificates Centre, on 17th December.

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All full council meetings are now digitally recorded and copies are available on application to the Clerk or can be listened to on the website www.newportwight.org.uk Contact the Clerk, Maxine Yule by email maxyule@gmail.com or telephone 559119 14

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50+ Employment Support Programme Learning Links is working as part of the ‘Ageing Better’ initiative on the Isle of Wight to reach out and support individuals aged 50+. Whether you are unemployed, at risk of redundancy and/or feeling isolated, become more active and positively engaged in something new in order to meet people and gain new skills.

The Programme consists of the following sessions: are - I.T. in the workplace All sessions th, ng le in - Networking s ur ho 8 er - Setting up your own business conducted ov ur This programme is for those that feel isolated, struggling to find employment and/or those in the process of becoming redundant

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Our current volunteering opportunities: • Peer-to-Peer support • Employment Panel

New opportunities available in 2016. Start the New Year with a fresh focus. Contact Learning Links for new dates. For more info, please contact Lee Jones Tel (01983) 527 529 or lee.jones@learninglinks.co.uk

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If you are aged 50+ then read on because Learning Links Ltd is working as part of the ‘Ageing Better’ initiative here on the Island and could be the life line that you are looking for. They are reaching out to support individuals who are either unemployed, at risk of redundancy and/or feeling isolated and are a great way of meeting new people, learning new skills & becoming aware of the opportunities available on the IOW

The programme is varied and each session is 8 hours in length and is covered over two 4 hour sessions and consists of the following projects:I.T. in the Workplace: Participants will be introduced to the fundamental I.T. skills required to function in the workplace.

Participants will learn to set-up, access and send emails, learn to access and use the Internet and produce, edit and save Word

Networking: Participants will explore the varied approaches used to help promote themselves, either on paper, electronically and in person. I.T. will also be used to help participants produce or up-date their C.V, register with on-line Job Sites, and set-up a Facebook page and a Linked-in profile.

Setting up your own Business: Participants will explore the varied skills, knowledge and experience needed to set-up their own business and become familiar with the local business environment. Participants will learn how to access additional opportunities to help them prepare for a way forward.

There are also volunteering opportunities available; Peer to Peer Volunteer Project and Employment Panel and again both of these are great opportunities which are available in 2016.

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MATCH MOVE OPPONENT PAWN PIECES PLAY QUEEN RANK ROOK RULES SQUARE TIME WHITE

Anagrams Unscramble the letters to see what the words are, are they stoned.

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MISSING LINKS Find the missing words in the middle so as each one will connect to the words on either side (eg – wishing – well – done ). The first letter of each missing word read from top to bottom will spell out a popular play.

APPLE MAIDEN FORT FALSE TAKE FULL STEAM BUTTER TAKE IT

REPORT SALLY LIGHT DECAY FILL LIGHT BAR MAID CHAIR

Last months answers:ANAGRAMS - legal, lawyer, justice, innocent, barrister.

MISSING LINKS - FLAMENCO, fish, link, after, milk, east, name, cream, open.

Fracking Five blocks of the Isle of Wight could soon be awarded licences for exploration and development of oil and gas extraction by conventional or unconventional methods such as fracking. Hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ is a controversial technology used for extracting oil or gas resources which are otherwise trapped in shale rocks and similar deposits.

Wells are drilled vertically then horizontally underground through these rock formations.

Many horizontal sections, each typically over a mile long, can be drilled from each vertical well.

Holes are blasted through the well casings ready for the fracking process which involves forcing huge volumes of locally sourced fresh water mixed with various chemicals and sand through these holes at extremely high pressure to fracture the rock. The sand keeps the fractures open allowing the oil or gas to flow to the surface.

Only a proportion of the fracking fluid returns to the surface as ‘flowback’, typically 20-40%.

No one can be really sure where the other 60-80% ends up. The fluid that does return to the surface contains varying quantities of radioactive materials carried from deep underground.

Opinions are divided. Some believe it will be good for the economy, others are concerned about the increasing evidence of harm to the environment and public health, but many more remain unaware that this is happening at all.

With Isle of Wight licence awards imminent we encourage everyone to educate themselves now so that informed decisions can be made when the time comes.

Please help us to keep you informed of important local developments: Come to our public meetings. Facebook: Frack Free Isle of Wight Twitter @FrackFreeIOW Text ALERT to 07864668338 For email newsletters and further information: www.frackfreeisleofwight.org 17

Monthly News Report for Carisbrooke by John Hobart. South Farm, Sandy Lane, Whitecroft. E-Mail: john.hobart@iow.gov.uk Mobile: 07717 716 663 I recently, as some of you may have seen in the local press, undertook a tour of inspection with the NPC technical officer, Chris Hougham and Cllr Terry Martin. This was prompted by our concern over the state of some properties on the High Street . The High Street in Carisbrooke is a heritage area in an AONB and as such one would hope that it would look its best at all times, sadly this is not the case as some properties are suffering from poor maintenance and lack of love! We hoped to identify the problem areas and encourage the owners, where possible to remedy this. We were also deeply concerned about the volume of traffic travelling at too great a speed for I have recently had the area. (many properties confirmation that step straight onto the the grant our parish street with no footpath) clerk applied for from Further to discussing this SSEB for flood and on my tour with Island emergency training Roads, Cllr Martin and Chris within the community Hougham are supporting has been awarded to us. This money will go my endeavours to get a reduced speed towards training a number of volunteers who throughout this area. will then take it upon themselves to be active at times of deluge or emergency. I would I’m pleased to say that the snowman like to remind you again that if you live on the river bank, or in a known flood area, you workshops, conducted by the Carnival should register with the Environment Agency Company at Gunville Methodist Hall, are progressing well and the finished products Emergency Floodline. This will ensure that you are given flood warnings as soon as they will be a wonderful contribution to the festive arise and could make the difference between spirit in the area. I look to seeing them all in getting your sandbags and other defences in place. On that note I would like to take this place in a timely way or getting caught out! opportunity to wish you a Happy Christmas You can register online at www.environment- and a Peaceful New Year. agency.gov.uk/app/olr/register or telephone 0845 988 1188.

I finished my last update on the subject of the litter bins at the Priory Viewpoint on the Whitcombe Road….well as if by magic they are now in place!! True to their word Island Roads were extremely pro-active and took my request seriously. The bins are of a new design which claims to be fox and seagull proof, looking at them I should think that is very likely. The bins are divided into 2 sections one for general rubbish and other for mixed recycling…so used properly we should be litter free and doing the right thing by recycling. (see photo)

Queensgate Foundation Primary School, East Cowes is presented with its new Active Kids equipment by Sainsbury’s Newport & West Cowes Stores Pupils and teachers from East Cowes are celebrating after receiving this year’s Active Kids equipment. Colleagues from Sainsbury’s Tanya Blake & Bianca Johnston recently attended Queensgate Foundation Primary School to present the new equipment.

Queensgate Foundation Primary School, East Cowes, which collected Active Kids Vouchers and are local to Newport & West Cowes Stores have collected 10,551 vouchers.

PR Ambassadors Tanya Blake & Bianca Johnston presented the school with a bundle of equipment including Cricket Sets, Discus, Bean bags, skipping Ropes, Tennis Balls and Sports Kits and a Volleyball Net. The Queensgate Foundation Primary School, East Cowes has been registered to the Active Kids scheme since 2005.

Head Teacher Mrs Silliito said: “Customers at Sainsbury’s Newport & West Cowes have been really supportive this year and it’s great to be a top collecting organisation. The scheme has helped us teach the benefits of a healthier more active lifestyle to hundreds of children over the last few years and we’re really looking forward to getting to use the new equipment as part of our PE curriculum and competitive sport programme”.

Tanya Blake & Bianca Johnston PR Ambassadors for the Stores added; “We’ve had a fantastic afternoon at Queensgate Foundation Primary School presenting the pupils with their new equipment. It’s brilliant to see the benefits of the scheme. We look forward to working with the school in the future.”

Over 43,000 schools, clubs and groups are signed up to benefit from Sainsbury’s Active Kids. This year alone, the scheme has delivered over £11 million worth of equipment and experiences to schools, clubs and organisations.

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