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A WORD FROM THE EDITOR Every parent strives to raise optimistic, happy children and we do all sorts to give them the best start in life and to be there to support them when they need us, and possibly when they don’t. Of course they don’t always appreciate our efforts, but I like to remind Jack quite frequently (i.e. every morning as we walk to school) how fortunate he is and I’m slowly teaching him the value of money and the practice of saving for the things he wants (as opposed to getting everything immediately). In doing so I’ve come to realise how little self-restraint I have myself and admit it’s quite a few years since I’ve actually ‘saved’ to buy something I’ve spotted in a shop window. Nowadays I’m more likely to ‘stick’ it on a card, but the purchase is then laden with guilt and often hidden at the back the cupboard until I can pull it out and say “this old thing; I’ve had it for ages”! I miss the ‘old’ days when finally getting your hands on the thing you desired was enormously satisfying, but it may be difficult to convince an eight-year-old growing up in today’s throwaway society. I’m also keen to impress on him how important it is to support local shops and local tradespeople. Local businesses, local retail outlets and local employers are the lifeblood of community. They rely on our support and it’s in our best interests to provide it. A vibrant local economy ensures we can buy the things we want when we want them, find people to provide services when we need them, find work experience and Saturday jobs for our teenagers, sponsors for local events and jobs closer to home, but also generates a sense of hopefulness, confidence and pride which benefits us all and stimulates further investment and growth. I often write about how fortunate we are to live in this little corner of the world and have encouraged you to support local events, but as we gear up for winter and start to think about Christmas, take a look around your local ‘business’ community and I’m confident you won’t need to go very far to find everything you need. Every penny you spend with a local supplier or in a local shop is an investment in the future of your local economy and consequently in ‘community’ itself.

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NEWS TATTINGSTONE ANNUAL CONKER CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, October 21, 2pm registration £2 entry fee Competition conkers provided The winner chooses the charity

THANK YOU TO ALL MY SPONSORS On Sunday, June 17, I completed my twelfth 25-mile Orwell Walk, now suitably called the Orwell Challenge as the course includes shoreline obstacles, wet seaweed and slippery stones, plus variable river bank paths, farm tracks and footpaths along fields and through woodlands. However it is very diverse and therefore enjoyable. Having supported various charities in the past, this year I donated £350 to St Peter`s Church Copdock decorating fund. The church is about to commence major repairs to the building after which we will give the interior a much needed facelift. Thank you to all who sponsored me. Churchwarden Adrian Basham

TATTINGSTONE FETE Even though the weather was a bit drizzly, we had a brilliant turn-out and the day seemed to go off really well. The total amount raised will be ready for next month’s issue. A huge thank you to all our volunteers, stallholders, events and especially to our sponsors Highcliffe Veterinary Practice, Palmer & Partners, Gladwells and The Wheatsheaf. Thank yous must also go to all the generous people who donated prizes for the raffle, too many to mention but we are very grateful for their contributions. We still have three lucky programme winners who haven’t claimed their prizes. Please call me on the number below if you have one of the following numbers: 230: £50 / 123: £25 / 282: £10 Sue Gipps: 07850 214928

Tattingstone Remembers A book by Jane Kirk commemorating the centenary of the First World War. Read about the soldiers of Tattingstone who fought, but never returned. Order your copy now for £7.99. Pre-ordered copies will be signed by the author. All profits donated to the Royal British Legion.

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THE BENEFICE FALLEN: CPL Frank Rumsey

Following the success of last year’s fireworks, we are nearly ready for 2018 and hope to make it another year to remember. We hope the weather will be wonderful. However, should it rain, just bring a brolly and wellies and we will provide some gazebo cover. The event will be held on Bentley Playing Field on Saturday, October 27, with early bird discounted tickets on sale two weeks before from Bentley shop and The Case pub. Children’s tickets will be entered into the draw for a lucky ticket winner who will press the button which ignites the bonfire (I’m assured by the mad professor that it will work this year!). Tickets will only be available on the gate on Saturday and will not be eligible for the lucky draw. Gates open at 5.30pm, the bonfire will be lit at 6pm and fireworks start at 7pm. There will again be a Guy Fawkes competition, so kids and adults start thinking and create your guys, with a prize for the winner. Please bring them to the field on the day from 10am. Hot drinks will be provided by Bentley Church, light novelties will be available to buy, and a more streamlined BBQ with additional food options. Please do not bring sparklers due to the danger of the wire causing injuries to dogs or footballers afterwards. See you there.

Only one man of the Benefice fell in October 1918, CPL Frank Rumsey 1st/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment who died on October 5. Born in Belstead in 1891, the son of William and Eliza Ramsey, he is buried in the small British Military Extension of Communal Cemetery in Beaurevoir, a small village between Cambrai and St Quentin, and in sight of the British front line. He is commemorated on the Copdock and Washbrook War Memorial and on the Roll of Honour of Copdock School.

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Copdock School Roll of Honour The Roll of Honour lists the names of the boys from the school who served in the First World War. The name at the bottom is Horace Clements; he was 14 when he painted it in 1924 so he would have been at the school himself between 1915/6 until he left in about 1924. Horace’s father was badly injured in the war and only survived until his mid-forties, so Horace must have understood what war could do to a man and the pictures contrast war and peace. It is not known why the Roll left Copdock School, but it was taken into safe keeping by Roy and Peggy Whinney who were born here and lived all their lives in the village. After they died their children gave it into the care of the village recorder who hopes that it will be rehung St Peter’s Church. That should ensure that these boys who fought for their country will continue to be honoured by later generations. Copdock and Washbrook Village Directory It is hoped that the 2018 Directory will arrive in time to be delivered with this month’s issue of In Touch. It is an update of the 2011 Directory and hopefully will be of interest to long-time residents as well as to newcomers. A copy of the directory is always included in the welcome pack that members of St Peter’s Church deliver to those newly arrived in the community.

COPDOCK & WASHBROOK VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Invite you to the AGM on Monday, November 12 at 7.30pm Please come and support us

What a fantastic start to our first few weeks in The Brook Inn! We have been overwhelmed with the best wishes and support we have received from the local community from the first day we opened our doors in mid-August. Thank you so much to all of the village residents and to all our visitors from further afield – we have made some great new friends and have had such lovely feedback and positive comments. We couldn’t have wished for a better start to our new life and we thank you all. August 30 saw us host our first Open Mic Night which was a resounding success and filled the pub to capacity. Look out for our announcements on the pub’s events board and online for details of the next event: www.facebook.com/thebrookinnwashbrook www.thebrookinnwashbrook.co.uk Instagram: thebrookinn_washbrook October sees the return of the popular Sunday night quiz hosted by quizmaster John. This will be our first quiz night, but we know that the event is hugely popular so make sure to phone on 01473 730531 to book your team/table. Entry is a modest £1 per person with the net proceeds going to a worthy charity as usual. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, October 14 at 7.30pm. We have reviewed the food menus for lunch and dinner, introducing some new classic pub dishes such as roast pork belly with mash and cider gravy, a delicious pate and ciabatta starter and our heavenly Baileys and black cherry crème brûlée. Watch out for our new menu coming soon. All the new dishes will be gluten free so come down to the Brook Inn and try the new menu and the new guest ales. We look forward to seeing you soon.

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NEWS BABERGH DISTRICT COUNCILLOR ALASTAIR MCCRAW REPORT TO PARISHES, ALTON WARD: OCTOBER 2018

COPDOCK & WASHBROOK SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY PLANNING Where are we now? The meeting with Robert Hobbs (Babergh’s Strategic Manager) and Paul Bryant (Spatial Planning Policy Officer) at Endeavour House (together with two members of our parish council) went well. A detailed explanation of what is required to ensure that we get our Neighbourhood Plan correctly formatted was freely given. Legally it is the statutory duty of all district councils to support the preparation of Neighbourhood Plans, but aside from that duty, it was quite evident that Babergh are supporting the creation of all Neighbourhood Plans within their jurisdiction. For more detail, the link below will explain more, together with an outline of government funding that our community can benefit from if our Neighbourhood Plan is correctly executed and a local referendum date has been set. (See paragraphs 3.1 and 4.1 in particular). Go to: https://baberghmidsuffolk.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s7303/ BOS1713.pdf (or the shorter URL: https://tinyurl.com/y7mnxvf9) The significant management change since that report was produced is that Bill Newman has been replaced as Strategic Manager by Robert Hobbs; inevitably he brings a fresh perspective. Bill Newman remains as a Babergh consultant. Regarding our influence, it is for others to judge, but SDG has come from nowhere to assist in achieving over 400 objections to Babergh’s original draft planning proposals – that is almost one objection per household! We will get some development, that is a certainty, but we have confidence that Babergh will have considered those objections and incorporated some of our parishioner’s considered views in stage two of the new Joint Local Plan to be published in November/December this year. The link below gives a timetable as to the next steps to be undertaken by Babergh; page 5 gives all datelines, and page 6 emphasises how important a Neighbourhood Plan is to all parishes: www.babergh.gov.uk/assets/Strategic-Planning/BMSDC-LDS-JULY-2018.pdf (or the shorter URL: https://tinyurl.com/yapm82kk) Colin Hinkins: colinhinkins@gmail.com

FREE PROSTATE CANCER TESTS East Suffolk Prostate Cancer Support Group will be holding its sixth PSA test event for men between the ages of 45 and 75 at Greshams, Tuddenham Road, Ipswich, on Thursday, October 18 between 6.30 and 8.30pm. Prostate Cancer is the most common cancer in men but it can be successfully treated if detected in time. Eleven-thousand men die every year in the UK because their prostate cancer was detected too late. If there is a history of prostate cancer or breast cancer in your direct family blood line there is an increased possibility of you getting prostate cancer. A small blood sample will be taken from your arm by a trained phlebotomist. The sample will be analysed in an NHS laboratory and the urologist will write to you to explain your result and advise whether you should take further action. Although a free test, a donation on the night towards the costs of this event would be very much appreciated. The venue is sponsored by Greshams, Ipswich.

Brantham – The Green and The Brown Brantham Parish Council had a short briefing from the Boyer and Taylor Wimpey planning team about the ‘Greenfield’ land between Brooklands and Factory Lane before the September Parish Council meeting. There’s been endless speculation over the years concerning the housing provision. Boyer were able to outline the current thinking and give us some indicators of some of the timescales. I emphasise that this is all subject to some change and there is a further planning process to go through. The housing contract is with Taylor Wimpey who are building at Admirals Quarter in Holbrook. Indicative plans are for 288 houses, two thirds of which would be three bed. Most of the rest are to be two and four bed, and there will be a handful of five bedroom houses. The outline permission granted two years ago was for 320 units. The public open space around and to the east of Decoy Pond remains as previously committed to. So, what will happen now? Well, a full planning application will be prepared and put into Babergh. That seems likely to take place around November. There will be a public exhibition in Brantham, also in November. Not obligatory, they’re still a very good idea. Everybody in the village and area will have an opportunity to see the proposals and ask questions. When the actual planning application has been checked through, there will also be a fairly long public consultation period as normal. Again, comments and responses will be sought from anybody wishing to make them, as well as a variety of statutory consultees. Anybody living immediately adjacent (literally next to) to the site should receive a letter inviting comment. That seems likely at some point in December, or even the New Year. I’d expect a Planning Committee to follow in the spring. Timing gets more and more difficult to predict from there. The main point I would take from this is that nothing is going to happen particularly quickly, not at this scale. I started working on the Brantham Regeneration Area issues at the beginning of 2013. If I’m still here, I expect to be doing it in another five-and-a-half years. Brantham Parish Council and I are going to continue to work throughout to protect the interests of the entire village in a professional and rational manner. I’m glad to say that all the other parties (SFG, Boyer and Taylor Wimpey) take the same view of approach. Maintaining contact is going to be essential and the information should be as available and transparent as possible. You can always ask me, both what I know and what I guess. Customer Service Pop-Up The pop-up customer service pilot at Shotley Village Hall (Mondays 1-4pm) continues into October and it appears to be both popular and effective. Derek Davis is looking at other places for the future. Even when we don’t like previous decisions, we can still try to improve on them and make things work better. Details and services are widely available on social media or from me. Stars of Babergh & Mid Suffolk Nominations for the 17 Business, Community Group and Individual categories through this EADT link – https://tinyurl.com/y7uptabr – close at midnight on Friday, September 28. I’ll be nominating Stutton Community Shop, Tattingstone Wheatsheaf Charity Fundraising Committee and Brantham Good Neighbour Scheme. It’s not that there aren’t many others who deserve recognition. There really are, but these have reached the widest number of people possible in their communities. The nominations are, at the least, a thank you for the sustained and continuing efforts. But I hope they all win something! Cycling Life I saw a larger number of riders on the Suffolk Historic Churches Ride and Stride than for some years, which was very encouraging. Always one of my favourite days, that added to the enjoyment. I hit the Peninsula first this year and polished off the 14 churches in a furious (but safe) two hours. Then I gratefully stopped at the Freston Boot, before Ipswich Town Centre which is an easier source of church ticking (a tip for others). Thanks to my many sponsors, the people at all the churches and the cake bakers. Alastair McCraw: 07812 564188 / alastair.mccraw@babergh.gov.uk Facebook: Alton, Alastair McCraw & Harriet Steer (a joint open group)

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NEWS MESSAGE FROM YOUR COUNTY COUNCILLOR Superfast broadband coverage continues to grow On August 24 it was confirmed that 98 per cent superfast broadband coverage will be achieved in 2020. Councillor Matthew Hicks, Leader of Suffolk County Council, Jo Churchill, MP for Bury St Edmunds and Clive Selley, CEO of Openreach, were joined by representatives from West Suffolk Council, Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, Church of England, Country Land and Business Association (CLA), National Farmers Union (NFU) and the Better Broadband for Suffolk Team to confirm plans to reach 98 per cent coverage in 2020. Councillor Matthew Hicks, Leader of Suffolk County Council and Cabinet Member for Economic Development and Infrastructure, said: “We have now confirmed that we will achieve 98 per cent superfast broadband coverage by the end of 2020, which highlights our commitment to connecting Suffolk. We have already seen an increase in delivery, with 137 new structures built last quarter. This equates to approximately 3,000 additional premises receiving a new superfast broadband connection. “With this agreement in place, Openreach will continue to ensure that we meet our ambitious goal. In the meantime, we will continue to look for further funding opportunities to work on delivery to the final two per cent.” To check if a property can now access superfast broadband, go to: www.betterbroadbandsuffolk.com It is important to remind people that a switch to fibre broadband is not automatic. Each household or business will need to contact an internet service provider to upgrade their connection. Councils call for power companies to co-ordinate On August 24 Suffolk County Council and Suffolk Coastal District Council issued a joint statement calling for better coordination of power project planning in east Suffolk. Suffolk local authorities have used the response to Scottish Power Renewables current consultation to call for energy firms to co-ordinate their work plans better to reduce disruption on local communities. In their joint response, the councils have highlighted the power company’s plan to site a substation in Friston, despite fierce local opposition, as an example of the piecemeal approach to the planning of these projects – and how local needs are being ignored. East Suffolk is becoming increasingly important nationally for providing electricity for the nation, with a series of major projects in the pipeline. Estimates suggest that this area will be responsible for a quarter of the country’s electricity supply by the 2030s. But the infrastructure projects to generate and produce this electricity obviously have a major effect on the environment and the local communities. In addition to the existing Sizewell B nuclear power stations and sub-stations for the Galloper and Greater Gabbard offshore wind farms, the area is now

expecting the Sizewell C nuclear power station plus two sub-stations for Scottish Power Renewables East Anglia Offshore 2 and 1 (North) schemes; two inter-continental connector converter stations for National Grid Ventures and a single major National Grid Transmission substation connecting these to the pylon lines. In responding to the current consultation being run by Scottish Power Renewables, the local authorities have highlighted the cumulative effect of all these projects – and appealed for the power companies to work together to minimise disruption. The councils state they support and embrace the principle of low carbon energy generation and the trading of energy across a European wide transmission network and want to help them be delivered if the local dividend is for the benefit of the whole area. Therefore, the councils are committed to working together to ensure that where such schemes are brought forward they will have a positive impact on Suffolk, and East Suffolk in particular; supporting significant local growth by delivering: • Substantial economic benefits • Significant and sustained training and skills opportunities • Substantial community benefits. Support for young people leaving residential care Thursday, August 9 saw the launch of the Staying Close pilot scheme. Young people leaving residential care in Suffolk will now be able to stay closer to their children’s home under this new government trial. The scheme will ensure young people from the age of 15 start thinking about their future and planning for independent living with the assistance and support of residential care workers and those they have established relationships with. Often this detailed planning doesn’t happen until a young person is close to the time they need to move on from the home, which sometimes leads to unnecessary distress and anxiety about the future. Resources are now focused on early intervention of move-on support to reduce this anxiety. The pilot also offers young people the opportunity of keeping in touch with residential care workers and their children’s home for emotional and practical support. Funding for the three-year pilot scheme was awarded by the Department for Education following a highly competitive national bidding process. Suffolk County Council invited The Ryes Children’s Home in Sudbury to join them in piloting the scheme to test how this move on care can be achieved for children who want to remain living close to their home. Regards and best wishes, Christopher Hudson

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NEWS CONSTABLE COUNTRY MEDICAL PRACTICE

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Flu Clinics Patients who are eligible for a free flu vaccination this year will receive personal letters inviting them to one or more flu clinics we have organised. The vaccination programme is complex this year as there are three different vaccines aimed as specific age groups. Also, the practice will take delivery of these vaccines through September, October and early November.

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Some patients will therefore not receive an invite letter until late October, but the advice from Public Health England is that vaccination in November will still offer protection in time for when influenza activity starts to increase which is usually early December. It is therefore important that when you receive your letter you make every effort to attend on the clinic date(s) specified. Patients who believe they are eligible but have not received a letter, should wait until October 31 before contacting the practice. Capel Alterations Alterations to the waiting area and receptionist room at Capel Surgery will be undertaken during the week commencing September 24. This work will extend and update the waiting area, and improve the environment in which our reception team work. To enable the work to take place and to minimise health and safety risk to staff and patients, we will operate a restricted service at Capel from Friday, September 21 to Friday, September 28. During this time we will have the same number of doctor, nurse and phlebotomy appointments available, but these will be offered mainly at our East Bergholt site, though we will try to cater for patients who have difficulty travelling. Thank you for your understanding over this period. Training Days The practice will be closed from 1pm on the following dates for staff training: Wednesday, October 10 and Thursday, November 15. On these afternoons the Capel St Mary building will be open to enable access to the pharmacy, but the practice reception will be closed. East Bergholt reception will be open. Please note that there will be no clinicians at either building after 1pm as they will be attending training offsite. If you phone the practice the recorded message will ask you to ring 111 for medical assistance if your problem cannot wait until the next day. Practice Manager Pete Keeble

PENINSULA DEATH CAFÉ NEW VENUE, NEW TIME, SAME SUBJECT, SAME WELCOME The Peninsula Death Café has been meeting every two months for a year and has decided to change their venue. The next gettogether is on Sunday, November 4 and we are meeting in The Compasses in Holbrook. We have a new time as well, 10.30am-noon. We are extremely grateful to The Compasses for hosting the café and welcome the chance to buy their tea, coffee, cake, scones, and possibly even the odd glass of Prosecco when the bar is open! It will be an easy Sunday lunch for those who may wish to extend their visit and partake of roast beef, lamb, chicken or any other delicious sounding meals served at The Compasses. The Death Café is a safe space for people to talk about anything connected to death and is proving to be successful in breaking the taboo around the subject. It’s not a bereavement counselling session, rather a chance to explore the ultimate end of all of us in a philosophical way. All welcome; we have had people from eight to 80 over the last year. If you want to know more, Google ‘Death Café’; we are an affiliated group and work within their guidelines.

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Earlier in August a report to the councils showed that there was an overspend in excess of £600,000 on the establishment of the joint housing maintenance teams. Split between the two councils, it is ‘funded from rents’, which makes it acceptable! For Babergh this £298,000 overspend was enough for at least one new home to be built from scratch to meet our housing needs. Much is made of the new housing coming into use, but most was planned and organised during the last council and we are reportedly selling an increasing number under the Right to Buy scheme. Now we have a request to the Suffolk Leaders Group for £200,000 to help fund the development of the Angel Court site in Hadleigh, purchased from the county council some two years ago to provide additional affordable housing. Surely the business case for the purchase included a viable redevelopment package? Apparently not, as now additional funds are required. Add to that some £400,000 requested from the same source to fund redevelopment in Sudbury and you wonder why the council is saying it is suffering from funding shortages. The Cabinet recently received a report stating that based upon current projections Babergh would have a £231,000 overspend by March 2019. The Cabinet’s response was to note the figures! No questions as to how to reduce or eliminate the deficit, or where savings could be made; it was just noted. Having just increased the councillor allowance to £13,000 for Cabinet members one wonders what the money was being paid for. Planning keeps trundling along, though it seems strange that the rate of new housing developments coming forward seems to have slowed. I wonder if the fact that we now have a five-year land supply has anything to do with it, although the New National Planning Policy Framework seems to be trying to undermine local council’s ability to determine planning applications locally. I suspect it is all part of the Localism Act, which was supposed to put decision making more in the hands of local communities, who after all should know best. It’s a crazy world. I am still chasing the signage on the A12. Holidays apparently disrupt Highways England’s thought processes, although they have been replacing studs and line markings, plus some overnight repairs on the A12 into Essex. Now the schools are back I will renew my efforts. In the meantime I will try and sew up the hole in the council’s purse. With the nights drawing in and the police retreating into their offices, keep your doors locked and watch your personal security so that you can stay safe. Councillor John Hinton john.hinton@babergh.gov.uk / 01206 298309

BELSTEAD VILLAGE HALL AGM Please join the committee on Wednesday, November 7 at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. We will have news of future improvements to the hall, including the kitchen, ladies toilets, entrance hall and committee room/storage. Grants are available from Babergh and we will be working with their village hall grants department to hopefully fund the improvements. We value your ideas, interest and support, so please come and hear our vision for the future. Tea, coffee and cake will be served. Belstead Village Hall Management Committee

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GP and Staff Training Our next training afternoons will be on Wednesday, October 10 and Thursday, November 15. The practice will be open for patients to come in to collect/ drop off prescriptions and book appointments/make enquiries at reception. However, there will be no clinical staff on site and our telephone lines will be switched over to the out of hours’ service on these afternoons to allow staff training. Please ring 111 for advice if your query cannot wait until the following day. In an emergency, dial 999.

Suffolk Constabulary’s Rural Policing Team will be working on a number of Op Galileo enforcement days in the coming months. Op Galileo is a policing operation which focuses on hare coursers by working with and sharing intelligence with other forces in the eastern region and having dedicated patrols using 4x4s, ATVs and drones to target their activity. Should you see a hare coursing incident in progress, please call 999 and where possible and safe to do so get vehicle and person details along with a description of the dogs being used (i.e. greyhounds or lurchers), but do not challenge the people or put yourself at risk.

Community Connector Scheme Our Community Connector Scheme has received further funding and has extended to include new venues. If you know of a neighbour who needs help or you would like to talk to someone yourself, please visit the bus on a Tuesday or Wednesday at various sites on the peninsula. The scheme has helped a number of our patients so far and has capacity to help many more. The bus has a communal area for general discussion and patients can also access personal one-to-one support with a link worker. Warm Homes Healthy People Scheme As winter approaches, please spread the word about this scheme to those without central heating. Being warm can make a real difference to your health over the winter months, especially if you have any long-term conditions such as asthma or COPD. A number of our patients have accessed this scheme to provide a free central heating system or smaller items such as loft insulation to insulate their homes. For more information, please contact: 03456 037686 / whhp@eastsuffolk.gov.uk Flu Days The way we run our flu vaccination clinics will be different this year due to a change in vaccinations and a very late, and spread out, delivery schedule. We will have one vaccine for eligible patients under 65 (those with certain long-term conditions such as asthma and diabetes) and a different vaccination for those aged 65 and over, called Fluad. There is only one national supplier for the Fluad vaccination, which means that our delivery dates have been staggered from the end of September to the end of November. This is a national issue and there we have had to set a strict timetable accordingly. Open access flu clinics for all eligible patients will be as follows: Monday, October 1, 2-6pm at Holbrook Thursday, October 18, 2-6.30pm at Shotley Thursday, November 1, 2-6.30pm at Shotley Tuesday, November 20, 2-6.30pm at Holbrook For eligible patients under 65: you will receive notification of eligibility by letter by the end of September. For patients who will be 65 and over by March 31, 2019: please attend any of the above clinics.

The Rural Policing Team are still investigating the illegal slaughtering of sheep in the Babergh area and following the arrest of an Ipswich male, enquiries are continuing in relation to a number of items seized during a search of his home address. Should anyone discover any items that may of been hidden in preparation for use in the slaughter of sheep we would advise them to photograph the items, where possible, and report the incident via 101 or 999 if you believe that an offence is happening or is about to happen. Items previously found have been sharp kitchen knives, tea towels, bin bags and small bags or rucksacks. On September 3, Suffolk Police launched a social media campaign encouraging residents to get in the habit of completing a #9PMRoutine. The initiative aims to remind residents to conduct vital checks both in their home and on their vehicles at a certain time in a bid to tackle opportunist thieves. Launched originally in Pasco County, Florida, the concept has already gained positive support in the USA and now Suffolk Police is backing the campaign to further its commitment to tackling burglary and theft. Detective Superintendent Andy Smith, Head of Investigations, said: “Sadly a significant proportion of property based crime is opportunist, with thieves taking advantage of insecure doors, windows and stealing valuables which are left out or in easy view. This is a simple and effective way of carrying out security checks in your home and on your vehicle. All that residents need to do is to set a reminder on their phones for 9pm and when it’s time, they just need to go around and make sure their homes and vehicles are secure.” As part of the #9PMRoutine, residents are asked to check their vehicles, shut their windows, lock their doors and check their outbuildings. To take part in the 9pm routine tweet us @SuffolkPolice and use the hashtag #9PMRoutine. Have a look at our A-Z of crime prevention called 1st Principle which can be found at: www.suffolk.police.uk/advice/crime-prevention-z If you have any quires or questions please contact Hadleigh SNT at Hadleigh Police Station, Magdalen Road, Hadleigh IP7 5AD Hadleigh.snt@suffolk.pnn.police.uk

For those patients due to have shingles or pneumococcal vaccinations, we are now inviting you just after your birthday and these will no longer be available on flu clinic days.

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NEWS / OUT & ABOUT NOTES FROM THE CASE Autumn is well and truly with us now, but we hope there’ll be a few more nice days when we can enjoy the pub garden. It has certainly proved its worth this year.

DAPHNE’S CAFÉ DEMENTIA AND FRIENDS Information and advice for people in a relaxed setting Dementia is not a natural part of ageing and it doesn’t just affect older people. Over 40,000 people under 65 in the UK have dementia. This is called early-onset or young-onset dementia. A diagnosis of dementia can often evoke feelings of fear and dread. People can lose hope, become isolated and depressed. Evidence shows that keeping as active as possible – physically, mentally and socially – can slow down the progress of dementia. It can boost memory and self- esteem and help avoid depression. With this in mind, Capel Parish Nurses have decided to start a Dementia Café here in Capel St Mary. It has been named after Daphne Blazey who lived with dementia and recently died. Daphne will be remembered by many of our older residents for her work in the community with Cub Scouts. If you or a friend or family member is living with dementia, why not come along to Daphne’s Cafe and have a cup of tea with someone who understands. Daphne’s Café aims to provide a safe and supportive place for you to: • Discuss your own dementia diagnosis, or someone else’s, and think about what it means for the future

The ever-popular Open Mic Nights will be on October 2 and November 6. Come along to perform or just to enjoy. Please note that our monthly quiz for October will be held a week early due to the Fireworks on October 27. The quiz will be on October 20, starting at 8.30pm. The November quiz will be on the last Saturday as usual. If you haven’t yet eaten at The Case, why not book for Sunday lunch, served from noon? You can find the menu on the website. If it’s just a snack you want, light lunches are served on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Ask anyone who’s tried one about our ploughman’s: “Best Ploughman’s I’ve ever had” said one customer. Some of you may have noticed that our website and Facebook page have been given a facelift and brought up-to-date. This has been a major exercise and we are indebted to Peter Utton and Marianne Munday who have undertaken this highly specialised work. We hope both sites will now be a great deal easier to navigate. Don’t forget too that coming events can also be found at the website address below, ably kept up-to-date by David Lingard. Now a rather sad and smelly subject! We have always been a dog-friendly pub and have had no problems with dogs inside the pub. But sadly on occasions dog mess has been found in the garden, which clearly can’t be tolerated. If your dog has an accident in the pub garden, please clear it up. If you need one, ask in the pub for a bag.

• Keep active, make new friends and feel more confident

On a much happier note, on Friday, August 24, we had an unannounced visit from Colin West, our local Cask Marque representative. We were unaware that Cask Marque carried out mid-term inspections and hadn’t been expecting a visit for another six months as our January inspection and subsequent certificate is valid for 12 months.

The café will be open at Capel St Mary Library on the second and fourth Fridays of each month from 10am-noon. The first one will be on Friday, October 12. We look forward to seeing you there.

We are pleased to say that again our draft cask beers passed with flying colours! Well done to our cellar volunteers Dave, Mike and Roy for looking after our beers so expertly.

Blessings,

And don’t forget, we always need volunteers. So often the work is left to a handful of willing but weary souls. We are also now looking for new committee members as we will be losing four long-standing members in January.

• Get answers from health professionals and meet and learn from other people in similar situations

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If you are interested in volunteering or joining the committee, or just want to find out more about these roles, please make inquiries at the pub or contact the chairman for Bentley Community Pub Ltd at: savethecase.bentley@gmail.com It’s YOUR pub – it needs YOU! 01473 805575 / www.thecasepubbentley.co.uk/whats-on

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OUT & ABOUT THE BROOK PLAYERS Capel ST MARY Primary School NEARLY NEW SALE Saturday, October 6, 1.30-3pm NEW LOCATION Copdock & Washbrook Village Hall, Old London Road IP8 3JN Maternity Clothes, Baby Equipment, Clothes, Toys, Books and Games 50p Entrance Fee (children free) Do you have any baby/children’s items which you would like to sell? You choose the price, 70% goes to you, 30% goes to our charity (+ £1 administration fee per seller) For more information or a free sellers pack please contact Lisa: 01473 312248/07745 520564 / Jo: 07484 256903

FRIENDS OF CAPEL LIBRARY It’s coming up to that time of year again and the more organised of you have probably already started your Christmas shopping. Needless to say I’m not that organised! With that thought in mind, and to make it easier to stay in touch with parents or loved ones there seems to be a growing trend of buying them tablets or laptops. As I have mentioned previously in my articles, I run computer courses at the library on Tuesday mornings. The courses are free and are run on a one-to-one basis and tailored to the individual’s needs. Many of my pupils have received devices as presents but are not confident in using them, so if you are thinking of buying one as a present please bear in mind that we can help with training. We also have a couple of iPad mini’s that can be booked out for up to three weeks at a time. Again this is free and is a great way to try out the device if you are considering buying one or switching from Android. Tuition can also be provided if required. The Suffolk Libraries Mischief Makers Summer Reading Challenge has now finished. Well done to all those who successfully completed the challenge and have been invited to see Olly the Magician at Capel Village Hall on October 14. It’s a great show you’re in for a treat. For those of you who have not yet attended the community cinema, it’s our fantastic audiences who select our continually high standard of excellent films. Our next presentation on Tuesday, October 16 will be The Leisure Seeker (doors open at 7pm). “Ella Spencer (Helen Mirren) and her husband John (Donald Sutherland) are well into their golden years, and it’s beginning to dawn on Ella that there are many things they still haven’t done and perhaps not a lot of t ime to do them. With dementia slowly taking over John’s life, she decides that it’s now or never. In the early hours of the morning, they sneak into The Leisure Seeker, their 1975 Winnebago camper van and hit the road. As they travel down Route 1, from Massachusetts to Florida, they find themselves in a series of hilarious, hampering, and heart-breaking situations, being held up at knifepoint, eating endless hamburgers, and questioning the very foundation of their long relationship. The miles roll away, revealing the struggles they’ve faced throughout the years, and the love that’s held them together.” Just a quick reminder, we will shortly be opening applications to enter teams for our annual quiz night on Saturday, November 24, so please keep an eye open for further information. We had a fantastic evening last year so please come and join us this year to make it even better than before. Trevor Stevenson

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The Brook Players’ October production is a poignant, romantic comedy entitled We’ll Always Have Paris by Jill Hyem. The play is about three English ladies ‘of a certain age’ and their enduring love affair with the French capital, while fending off the attentions of Charlot, their handyman, who describes himself as not being France’s answer to Johnny Depp. Performing at Copdock Village Hall at 7.45pm from October 24-26. Tickets are £7 with £5 concessions (OAPs and children under-16). Pay at the door or call 01473 730524 to book tickets. Tea, coffee and a licensed bar are available.

BELSTEAD MONTHLY MARKETS A market takes place in Belstead Village Hall from 9am-noon on the first Saturday of every month to raise vital funds to support refurbishment of the kitchen and ladies toilet. With an extensive range of tables, a raffle and refreshments, the market is the perfect place to meet with friends for a chat over a cuppa and a piece of cake while supporting this essential local amenity. You can also support Macmillan who will have a table laden with homemade goodies for sale. If you can sew, make or create and would like to hire a table (£10) please contact: 07981 335859 / market@belsteadvillage.co.uk

TRIANON BRASS ENSEMBLE & SINGERS Trianon Brass Ensemble and Singers will be giving a concert of entertaining classics at 7.30pm on Saturday, October 13 at the Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House (Friars Street IP1 1TD) in aid of the Meeting House Restoration Fund. Tickets are £8 which includes a glass of wine (or alternative) and are available by ringing 07763 668038. The Meeting House was built in 1699 and is a beautiful example of an early non-conformist chapel. Following an extensive survey by our property manager Phil Chatfield, we have learned of the serious need for restoration work requiring a £500,000 investment. The Heritage at Risk section of Historic England has agreed that we are eligible to apply for a major grant to help fund this, but we will also need to raise further money and this concert is our next fundraiser. We hold services here every Sunday at 10.45am and are an active congregation and involved in our community too. If you need further information, feel free to contact Tessa Forsdike: 01473 728498 / tessa@tessajordan.co.uk

WINTER JUMBLE SALE Clear the Clutter – Bag a Bargain Saturday, November 24 from 2pm at Bentley Village Hall If you have anything you wish to donate to our sale, please bring it along to the hall from 9am on the day or telephone Pam (01473 310283) or Aimée (01473 311311) and we will arrange to collect it from you. If you would like to come to our sale, the hall will be open from 2pm. Tea and coffee will also be available. We look forward to seeing you and thank you for your support.

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COPDOCK & WASHBROOK RAMBLERS

Thursday, November 1, 8pm, Tattingstone Village Hall!

With the long, hot summer behind us, we are eager to start walking the footpaths around the village again. We begin our autumn/winter programme by going through the two tunnels and then on into Belstead Brook Park. This is one of our favourite routes, but the exciting experience of walking through the tunnel under the A12 is only possible during the drier months.

We bet you thought we weren’t going to show Darkest Hour didn’t you? Well, we never forget that our faithful following like the best and we ever strive to please. Gary Oldman and Kristin Scott Thomas star in this Christopher Nolan film set, well, yes, during Britain’s darkest hour. Gary’s make-up is even more skillfully done than Roddy McDowall’s in Planet of the Apes. You all know the story. Winston Churchill stands firm against the Nazi forces that are steam-rolling across Europe, revelling in their ‘lightning war’ and thinking conquering Britain will be a piece of cake. Well, they might have thought they had their cake, but they never got to eat it, thanks to Winnie and our stalwart nation changing the possible course of history. Here we still are without the marks of jackboots on our hills and valleys!

HARVEST SUPPER AT ST PETER’S, COPDOCK Friday, October 5 at 7pm, all welcome Contact Ruth or Daphne: 730430 / 730659

ALTON BELLES WI QUIZ NIGHT We are delighted to announce our annual quiz night with quizmaster Garry Kilworth on Friday, October 26 at 7pm in Tattingstone Village Hall. All welcome with tables of up to six people. The cost is £6 which includes a ploughman’s supper. There will be a raffle. Bring your own drinks.

We hope to welcome back all the walkers who joined us last year and anyone else new to the area who enjoys rambling in the countryside. Each of our walks will be a pleasant circular route of about five miles lasting approximately two hours. All you need is sturdy footwear. Everyone is welcome, including children and well-behaved dogs. Please do join us on Sunday, October 14, setting off from the Church Room in The Street, Washbrook at 1.30pm. For further information, contact Tina: tinafootpaths@thegrindle.co.uk / 014783 730162

KNIT ‘N’ STITCH If you can sew, knit or crochet, or like to make or create in any other medium and fancy working alongside others with a creative streak, come along to our new club. Bring your own project or get inspiration to start a new one. We meet at Belstead Village Hall every Tuesday afternoon from 1-3pm. Refreshments available. For more information contact Diane: 07981 335859

IPSWICH & DISTRICT HISTORICAL TRANSPORT SOCIETY Wednesday, October 24: Ensignbus Heritage Vehicles, an illustrated talk by Steve Newman

To book contact Tamzin (328670), Annette (328499) or Jane (327865).

Wednesday, November 28: Richard Garrett, Past, Present & Future, an illustrated talk by Stuart Hines

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We meet at7.30pm at the Salvation Army Citadel, 558 Woodbridge Road, Ipswich; entrance via the rear car park, visitors £3.50, members £1.50 including refreshments.

Alison Mayston will present a fused glass demonstration with items for sale on October 10 at Tattingstone Village Hall at 10am The club’s aims are to bring communities together and we have over the years attracted members from many villages. It is suitable for men and women of various ages. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from 10am-noon. I would like to welcome back any former members and to see new members from all local villages, either as visitors or members in readiness for our 25th celebration. There is a change to our November programme. Gary Bunkell will give a brief account of the project to erect the Capel War Memorial, followed by a talk on The History of Butley Priory presented by Sheila Harrison. Chairman Linda Evans: 01473 311262

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CRAFTERS UNLIMITED A craft club which meets on the first Monday of the month (except for bank holidays when it’s the following Monday). Saturday workshops (10am4pm) and Monday meetings (7.30-10pm) are held in Wherstead Village Hall Meeting Rooms. Monday, October 1: Xmas Tassel (Janet) Monday, November 5: Part 2 Xmas Bauble (Janet) Samples of each project are displayed the month before and other projects are available. Contacts: Ann 01473 780298 / Jill 01473 713534

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OUT & ABOUT / SCHOOLS BELSTEAD VILLAGE GARDEN CLUB Join us for a social evening following the AGM on Wednesday, October 17, 7.15 for 7.30pm start. We aim to deal with the business swiftly and then enjoy the rest of the meeting. See you there. Marilyn Wosahlo

STOUR VALLEY U3A On September 12, historian Taff Gillingham presented a very British view on Remembrance and The Great War. Taff advises film makers, emphasising the need for historical accuracy on the 1914/18 war.

EAST SUFFOLK NATIONAL TRUST ASSOCIATION If you are a member of or a volunteer for the National Trust, we invite you to get more out of your membership by joining our association where a warm welcome awaits you. We meet at Ropes Hall War Memorial Community Centre, Twelve Acre Approach, Kesgrave IP5 1JF. The start time is 7.15pm. Our next meeting is on October 16 when Ben Cowell, Director General of the Historic Houses Association, will be giving us a talk on the country houses of Essex. The county has a rich variety of country seats and Ben will be explaining why Essex established itself as a popular place for establishing these houses. In an illustrated talk he will explore their history and how their varying fortunes have fared over the years.

Richard Heap, Production Director of Stephen Walters & Sons Ltd, will talk on silk weaving in Sudbury on Wednesday, October 10. In a talk entitled The Silk Road from China to Sudbury, he will cover the history of silk weaving and how it came to Sudbury, how silk yarns are processed, the silk trade, partnerships and relationships between supplier and customer and how the company engages with the local community and the environment.

On November 27 Hugh Belsey, a former curator of Gainsborough’s House, will be describing his work in making a catalogue of the great artist’s works.

Our meeting on November 14 will feature Davis Simmonds, a National Trust speaker and volunteer, introducing The Coast of East Anglia. The East Anglian coast is full of contrasts and has much beauty, history and wildlife. His presentation will focus on National Trust coastal properties in Essex and Suffolk.

For more information, including details of future events and outings, contact our membership secretary – membershipesnta@gmail.com / 01473 723761 – or visit: www.membershipesnta.btck.co.uk

The Coffee Grinders meet at The Lambe School, Gaston Street, East Bergholt CO7 6SD from 10am-noon on the fourth Friday of each month. This meeting especially welcomes new members and gives all members the opportunity to meet the activity group leaders and the committee while enjoying a cup of coffee. The next meeting is on Friday, October 26. We meet at Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt CO7 6TP at 2.15pm. Annual membership is £12 which entitles members to attend meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, except in December.

CAPEL COUNTRYSIDE CLUB Our talk on September 11 was The River Colne – From Source to Sea by Alex Bass. Alex gave a brief history of the upper reaches and the industry once found here. He explained that this area was once the boundary of Epping Forest. We then moved downstream through a selection of slides showing the wildlife found here, particularly the birds. We finished in the salt marsh areas of the Colne Estuary. Alex was able to mimic the calls of many of the birds shown. Our talk in Capel St Mary church lounge at 7.30pm on October 9 will be Rumour – A Suffolk Scandal by BBC journalist Angela Lawrence. Angela has a book of the same name for sale and refreshments will be available after the talk. Visitors welcome.

STOUR VALLEY MEN’S PROBUS CLUB On Wednesday, September 5 Tracey Mackness of the Giggly Pie Co had us in stitches with her life story and on Wednesday, September 19 David Ablewhite returned to tell us about The Other Prince William. Norman Jacobs talks about Pie ’n’ Mash and Prefabs on Wednesday, October 3 and two weeks later on October 17 Sally Chicken’s talk is on The Regeneration of Shotley Pier, a plan very much in the news. Our club endeavours to be simple in structure, free of the constraints and obligations of service clubs and involve members at minimal cost. The club is directed primarily to providing fellowship between members who are compatible with each other and the opportunity for development of acquaintances. New members are welcomed. We meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month at St John Ambulance HQ, Manningtree CO11 1EB at 10.30am. For further details please contact speaker secretary Dave Carman: 01255 880202

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Visitors (even if not National Trust members) are welcome, entrance fee £3 each. National Trust members/volunteers can join us for £8 a year (£12 a couple at same address). We publish three newsletters a year for members and enjoy interesting day outings and other events.

CLAYDON PRE-SCHOOL We have welcomed many new children and their families who are all settling in well. This term we have got lots of exciting things coming up including stay and play sessions, Halloween, Bonfire Night and Christmas activities and crafts. Also, our Christmas Nativity will be held at Barham Church in December. The children will be learning lots of songs and performing them to their family and friends. UPCOMING EVENTS – OPEN TO EVERYONE Photographer Our photographer is coming on Saturday, October 20, 9am-1pm. If you would like a slot for your family, even if they don’t attend the pre-school, please contact Lisa on the details below. Sitting fees are £2.50 per slot payable at time of booking. Halloween Family Fancy Dress Disco Saturday, October 27 in Claydon Community Centre from 6.3010.30pm and is open to everyone. There will be a disco, BBQ, games and fancy dress competition. Tickets are £5 per adult and £2.50 per child, with a party bag for under-12s. Please contact the pre-school to purchase your tickets. Christmas Fayre Saturday, November24, 10.30am-1.30pm in Claydon Community Centre. Entry is free and there will be lots of stalls, as well as Father Christmas, wrap a gift and a prize draw. Refreshments will be available. Everyone is welcome. As we are now open all year (except bank holidays and the Christmas period), we can take children up to five years old for additional sessions during the school holiday weeks, subject to availability. If you would like to book any days during the holidays, please contact the administration assistant for more details. We can take children who are entitled to 30 hours funding. Simply register at Childcare Choices to see if you are eligible. If you would like an application form or any further information please contact Administration Assistant Lisa Read at: Claydon Pre-school, Old Scout Hut, Thornhill Road, Claydon IP6 0DZ: 01473 831648 /admin@claydonpreschool.co.uk

SCHOOLS / SPORT BENTLEY CEVC & COPDOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLS It has been a positive and exciting start to the new school year. Despite it being only the beginning of the year, we are already looking ahead and have some important dates to share with you all. The first set of dates is for our open days and open evenings for prospective parents to come and have a look around our two wonderful schools. The dates are as follows: Wednesday, November 14, 9.30am: Copdock Open Morning Wednesday, November 14, 1.30pm: Bentley Open Afternoon Wednesday, November 14, 6.30pm: Bentley Open Evening Thursday, November 15, 6.30pm: Copdock Open Evening To book a place at any of these events, please email either school office at: admin@bentley.suffolk.sch.uk or admin@copdock.suffolk.sch.uk Our annual coffee and chat sessions are running again this year in aid of Macmillan and we warmly invite our local communities to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee with a slice of cake, while you sit back and enjoy some entertainment that the children have planned. Entry will be just £1.50 for adults and 50p for children and all money raised will go to the amazing work that Macmillan do in supporting individuals and families affected by cancer. Both schools will be holding an event on Friday, September 28 at 2.30pm. Please do come along if you can. Finally, we are always looking for people who can spare some time to come and hear children read. We have some amazing volunteers who already generously give their time in school on a regular basis and we would like to thank Joy, Jenny and Maureen for the support they give us. If you would like to come and join our friendly community supporting our children, please do get in touch with either school office for more information and a volunteer application form.

BENTLEY BOWLS CLUB We have now finished the season, doing very well in the triples league to come out winners of Division 2 by 15 points. We didn’t do so well in Division 1 of the Samford League, finishing second from bottom so will probably go down next season. We have also finished our club competitions with Martin Porter winning the men’s 2-wood and David Howe runner-up. Mark Boyland won the 4-wood with Gareth Robbins runner-up. We saw some fine bowling on finals day. The green will now close for the season after being scarified and spiked. Please think about the game of bowls as a sport; we do need more players to swell our merry band. Lillian Calvert: 01473 311756

ROBIN’S NEWS Baby Bears We have welcomed new Bears to our room. They are settling in well and some have joined our outdoor sleepers for nap time. Baby Bears really enjoy the fresh air and have been out on a few outings into the village to explore and experience our local community. We also enjoy being outside in our garden and this week we have taken our musical instruments outside, had our snacks in the garden and listened to the sounds of nature. Toddling Tigers Tigers have been having a good stretch with yoga, posing as otters, fish and dolphins. Keeping with the sea theme, Tigers have painted with bubbles, made and decorated paper boats, raced paper boats, made glittery creatures and talked about the seaside. At circle time the children have been enthusiastically singing A Sailor Went to Sea and have joined in with lots of actions. Gruffalos The children have had a busy and exciting September. We have introduced some changes to the Gruffalo room which have inspired curiosity, intrigue and experimentation. Several areas in the room are no longer filled with plastic equipment that often only has one end result. They are now filled with real objects. The children’s role play area only has items we would all find at home, not plastic copies of them. So much learning has been going on! The children’s interest and curiosity has generated lots of conversations, negotiations and the introduction of new words to their vocabulary. The experimentation has been amazing, the children learning so many mathematical and engineering skills as they sort, categorise, build and balance. The creative opportunities are endless as the children ‘become’ their favourite adults using the same items that they would, mimicking them and making sense of the real world. Watch this space for more information next month! If you would like further information about Robin’s Childcare please contact us on 01473 310767 and we will be more than happy to help.

CAPEL PLOUGH FOOTBALL CLUB With the Saturday Reserves calling off their first game on September 1 due to a wedding (petticoat rule if you ask me!), the only one of our four adult sides to play any league games at the time of writing was our Saturday 1st Team who lost two and then won two of their first four games. First a 2-0 defeat away against Achilles, last season’s league winners, where we had a player sent off and then conceded two late goals, followed by a 2-1 loss at home to Crane Sports with skipper Shaun Webb getting our goal with a powerful header. This game only went ahead after club members spent several hours raking grass off the pitch. All part of running a football club then! The first win of the season came on August 25 when we beat Westerfield United 2-0 thanks to goals from Webb and Danny Garrard. This was followed by a hard fought 3-2 away win against Coplestonians with our scorers being Jack Reddington and a brace of well taken goals from Nick Middlebrook. Our new signings have settled in well with Danny Garrard showing some nice touches up front while in goal Ryan Beddingfield has played at a higher level and is one of the best goalies in local football. The club has always tried to play local players in the First team with several Reserves moving up to the First team squad in recent seasons and two lads from last year’s Reserves, Oliver Blew and Jack Reddington, have both impressed this season and look good enough to keep their places in the side. Crowds of 75 and 65 watched our first two home games which is very pleasing, with refreshments available at half time. You can check out the Suffolk and Ipswich league website for our home games. Next month a more detailed look at our young Reserve side.

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CHURCH NEWS THE NORTH SAMFORD BENEFICE Sproughton with Burstall, Copdock with Washbrook and Belstead & Bentley with Tattingstone For parish queries please contact: The Rev Annette Shannon The Rectory, Glebe Close, Sproughton IP8 3BQ revannettes@aol.co.uk / 01473 807674 Benefice Administrator Hayley Purnell northsamfordbenefice@gmail.com / 07904 972116 Dear friends, Life can take an unexpected turn. Unlike St Paul I didn’t have a road to Damascus moment. I wasn’t struck down by blinding light or sudden revelation. I didn’t walk into a church and hear a booming voice or see a burning bush. In fact in my twenties and early thirties I wasn’t even much of a church-goer, though I suppose I’d always had a faith. But one August morning, just before I was about to play the organ for a wedding at my church – St James’, Icklingham – my vicar Rosemary turned to me and said I need to speak to you after the service. I knew what was coming. “James,” she said, “have you ever thought about having a ministry of your own?” I immediately knew what she meant. All my life, well at least from my teens onwards I had thought that one day I might “go into the church”, but I dismissed it and put it at the back of my mind. That conversation was just four years or so ago, the beginning of a journey known as vocation discernment. This is a process which takes some time – it varies – but for me it was about three years of conversations, going to events, groups, some study, reading, meeting people and, of course, prayer. It is through prayer that Christians listen to God and for me prayer is not simply going to church and bowing my head or listening to the words used in the order of service, it is something I can do while driving around Suffolk and Norfolk. You can pray standing up, sitting down, in the morning and at night. It can take the form of study or reading the bible. You can pray in times of trouble and in times of joy. It’s a pretty flexible thing. People often ask me in what form the vocation takes. I can only say that the calling – vocation – is, for me at least, like an insistent thought that pops into my mind, a constant ‘still small voice of calm’, not a physical sound but a recurring sense, a feeling that often both challenges and calms. I believe we all hear this voice in different ways. Think about it. You know when something is right for you. To have faith in Jesus Christ, a man who healed the sick, tended to the poor, turned water into wine, was crucified, died and rose again, and was the son of God, is, as odd as it might sound, a gift. Faith is a way of dealing with the ups and downs of life, a way of realising life has a purpose above the secular goals we set ourselves. It is joyful and liberating let me tell you, and something everyone can have, if only they ask for it. When I became a journalist I knew it was the right thing to do, and I hoped I’d be half decent at it. I wanted to tell people’s stories. Now I shall be telling the greatest story ever told. With love, James Marston (Ordinand) ADVANCE INFORMATION Due a current shortage of service leaders and church volunteers to provide the infrastructure necessary to sustain the current service rota there will be some changes to the December services and next year’s service pattern. Tattingstone and Sproughton will not host a Midnight Eucharist, but there will still be two services of Holy Communion at midnight in the Benefice, one at Copdock and the other at Belstead, both starting at 11.30pm. Tattingstone will still have a Holy Communion service at 10am on Sunday 23 and a Christingle and Crib Service at 4pm on Christmas Eve. And in Sproughton there will be a 3pm Nativity on Christmas Eve and a 10am Sung Communion on Christmas Day.

Changes to the benefice rota in 2019 will only affect services at Tattingstone and Sproughton First Sunday 11am: Sproughton Family@church (formerly Holy Communion) Second Sunday (as current rota) Third Sunday 10am: Tattingstone Friends@Family (formerly Evening Prayer 6pm) 11am: Sproughton HC – Communion every month (formerly Matins or Holy Communion) Fourth Sunday 8am: Sproughton HC – BCP 6pm: Tattingstone Holy Communion (formerly Family@church) No 11am service in Sproughton although special services will be provided on occasions. North Samford Churches Baby and Toddler Group 9.30-11.30am at Sproughton Church Hall on Mondays in term time Leader: The Rev Annette Shannon, 01473 807674 Burstall Harvest Thanksgiving Sunday, October 7, 11am. Seasonal hymns with music and prose followed by lunch in the village hall. Adults £7.50, children £3. To reserve a place call: 01473 652396 Copdock Harvest Supper Friday, October 5, 7pm (including classical entertainment) Bentley Quiz Saturday, October 13, 7pm in the village hall. Tickets £6 if bought in advance (available from Ray: sav07@aol.com) to include supper and dessert. Also a bar and draw. Sproughton Bonfire Night Friday, November 2 on the Millennium Green. Huge bonfire and great fireworks, adults £5, children £2 (under-fours free). Excellent barbecue and car parking available. Barbecue from 7pm, bonfire at 7.15pm and fireworks at 8pm. FROM THE REGISTERS Weddings Katherine Bush and Martyn Robinson – Copdock Kate Woodward and Martin Crook – Burstall Harriet Derby and Tom Holroyd – Belstead Phyllida Pound and James Shaw – Burstall Gabriella Nevitt and Andrew Dennison - Copdock Baptisms Stanley Summers – Sproughton Florence and George Cameron – Belstead Daisy Richardson – Sproughton IN OCTOBER Wednesday 3 Bentley Home Communions, 10am Bentley Mothers’ Prayers Thursday 4 Bentley Coffee & Company, 10am Burstall Community Lunch, 12.30pm Friday 5 Copdock Harvest Supper, 7 for 7.30pm Saturday 6 Copdock Morning Market, 10am Wednesday 10 Bentley Mothers’ Prayers Saturday 13 Sproughton Monthly Market, 10am Bentley Quiz – Village Hall, 7.30pm Tuesday 16 Copdock PCC Meeting, 7.30pm Wednesday 17 Burstall PCC meeting, 7.30pm Bentley Mothers’ Prayers Copdock Home Communions, 10am Thursday 18 Ministry Meeting, 7.30pm Wednesday 24 Bentley Mothers’ Prayers Saturday 27 Sproughton Beetle Drive, 7.30pm Wednesday 31 Bentley Mothers’ Prayers

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IN NOVEMBER Thursday 1 Friday 2 Saturday 3 Wednesday 7 Saturday 10 Sunday 11 Wednesday 14 Sunday 18 Wednesday 21 Saturday 24 Wednesday 28

CAPEL & HOLBROOK METHODIST CHURCHES Bentley Home Communions, 10am Burstall Community Lunch, 12.30pm Sproughton Bonfire Night, 7pm Copdock Morning Market, 10am Bentley Home Communions, 10am Bentley Mothers Prayers Sproughton Monthly Market, 10am Bentley Remembrance Day Bentley Mothers Prayers Words and Music: Sproughton Music Concert Tckets £5 from The Community Shop or: 01473 742766 Copdock Home Communions, 10am Bentley Mothers Prayers Burstall Christmas Bazaar Belstead Christmas Sale, Village Hall, 10am Sproughton Beetle Drive, 7.30pm Bentley Mothers Prayers

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE Sunday, October 7 8am Copdock Holy Communion 11am Burstall Harvest Thanksgiving followed by lunch in the village hall 10am Bentley Family Service 10am Copdock Harvest Festival Service 10am Tattingstone Holy Communion 11am Sproughton Holy Communion Sunday, October 14 9.30am Sproughton 10am Copdock 10am Bentley 9.30am Burstall 6pm Tattingstone

Croissant Church Holy Communion Holy Communion Family Service Harvest Service

Sunday, October 21 9.30am Burstall 10am Copdock 10am Bentley 11am Sproughton 6pm Tattingstone

Holy Communion Simply Sunday Family Service Matins Holy Communion

Sunday, October 28 8am Sproughton 9.30am Burstall 10am Bentley 10am Copdock 10am Belstead 3.30pm Tattingstone 11am Sproughton

Holy Communion Matins Holy Communion Holy Communion Morning Celebration Family Service with Bishop Matin Family @Church

Sunday, November 4 8am Copdock 9.30am Burstall 10am Bentley 10am Copdock 10am Tattingstone 11am Sproughton 3pm Sproughton

Holy Communion Holy Communion Family Service Morning Prayer Holy Communion Holy Communion Bereavement Service

Sunday, November 11 10.30am Burstall Remembrance Service 10am Copdock Remembrance and Holy Communion 10.15am Sproughton Service of Remembrance 10.50am Bentley War Memorial Act of Remembrance 10.50am Belstead War Memorial Act of Remembrance 10.50am Tattingstone Act of Remembrance Please submit church letters and copy for the November edition of In Touch to Hayley Purnell by October 4: northsamfordbenefice@gmail.com

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A child’s profound response A seven-year-old boy was at his grandparent’s with his mum. It came time to go home and his mother was searching for her car keys. She was rummaging around in her bag and looking around the house, but couldn’t find them. She sat down, put her head in her hands and exclaimed: “I’m losing my mind!” What happened next was amazing. The concerned little boy went up to his mum and said: “Mummy whatever you do, don’t lose your heart, because I’m in there!” What a profound remark to make! No doubt the mother had expressed her love for her child and perhaps said “I love you with all of my heart”. The child had grown up in the security of a loving family. For the child it wasn’t serious that the keys were lost, or even the mind was lost, but to lose the security of a mother’s love for her child would have been devastating. The child knew he was loved because it had been expressed and shown. He knew he was in her heart. Sadly there are many people who haven’t had that same start in life with loving parent(s). I know how privileged I have been to have had two loving parents, whose love was unconditional. For many there has been rejection, or emotional trauma, indifference or neglect. This mother and the observing grandparents were touched by the profound statement of this young boy. They were reminded of the father heart of God’s love for them. God knows and loves each of us, whether we know it or not. He loves us even when we are unlovable, when we have ignored him, when we have turned our back on him. That love is there for you, even if you were starved of love as a child, or have been rejected as an adult. God does long for us to recognise his love and to develop a relationship with him. God hasn’t lost his heart for you whatever you are going through. If you want help to discover that love, please get in touch. The Rev Andrew Sankey, Minister at Capel & Holbrook Methodist Churches apsankey@gmail.com / 01473 311178 / 07966 187216 OCTOBER AT CAPEL METHODIST Home groups and prayer meetings on various days and times. Sunday 7

10.30am 6.30pm

Worship with Mr Andy Jelfs Prayer

Sunday 14

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Worship with Mrs Alyson Ellis Worship with Rev Sankey

Sunday 21

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Worship with Mr Simon Scott

Sunday 28

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Worship and Communion with Rev Sankey United Prayer at St Mary’s

OCTOBER AT HOLBROOK METHODIST Tea and Chat (HCT): Mondays, 2.30-4pm Home Groups: First and third Tuesday’s at 7.30pm – ring for venue Saturday 6 10-11.30am

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Worship with Mr Brian Clow Elmsett Fellowship Band – Something Different

FAIR TRADE WEEKEND Beautiful crafts from third world countries, Fair Trade foods and cards will be on sale at Holbrook Methodist Church on the Friday and Saturday at the end of October. An ideal time to buy that unusual Christmas present and some Christmas cards, as well as delicious biscuits, dried fruits, advent calendars and much more. On Friday 26 we will be open from 9.30am-4pm with a soup lunch and refreshments. On Saturday 27 we will be open from 9.30am-noon with coffee and cake Money raised from refreshments will be donated to Tear Fund.

ON THE GRAPEVINE STOUR VALLEY ARTS & MUSIC

TUNES FOR TRIPS IN AID OF AFIA Did you manage to get away from it all this summer? Maybe you enjoyed a traditional fortnight’s holiday with the family, or perhaps you spent days out exploring the beautiful East Anglian coast. However you spent your time, I hope you returned refreshed. For many people holidays and days out are a mere dream, but the Mothers’ Union charity AFIA (Away From It All) is able to provide breaks, days out and activities for disadvantaged and vulnerable families. The costs are met in various ways – from Mothers’ Union branches, fundraising events and grants from local agencies.

Stour Valley Arts & Music (SVAM) 68th season commences at 4pm on Sunday, October 7 with the Henschel Quartet at St Mary’s Church, East Bergholt, generously supported by Alan Swerdlow and Jeremy Greenwood “This is, no question, one of the best groups in the world, a great string quartet.” Los Angeles Times Violin: Christoph Henschel and Hannah Perowne Viola: Monica Henschel Cello: Mathias Beyer-Karlshøj Programme Beethoven, Quartet no 10 in E flat major op 74 Harp Debussy, Quartet G minor op 10 Mendelssohn, String Quartet in A minor op 13 The season continues at Constable Hall, Gandish Road, East Bergholt on Sunday, October 28 at 4pm when Peter Medhurst presents an illustrated lecture recital entitled I Am the Very Model: Parody & Satire in the Operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. Musician, presenter, bass baritone, harpsichordist and scholar, Peter Medhurst performs excerpts of arias and songs from a selection of Gilbert and Sullivan operas which are rich in contemporary satire and wit giving an insight to the celebrities, politicians, manners and class system, poking fun at different elements of society in the late 19th century. Ticket only event (£10) with tickets available from September 20. Members can apply for their free ticket with priority only until September 20. The next concert features The Merlin Ensemble at St Mary’s Church, Dedham on Sunday, November 11 at 4pm. Violin and Artistic Director: Martin Walch Horn: Hubert Renner Piano: Till Alexander Körber The Merlin Ensemble Vienna was formed in 1991 by 10 principal players of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, with the aim of performing chamber music at the highest level. This concert has been generously supported by Jane Jewell. Tickets: svamtickets@btinternet.com / 01206 298426 / www.svam.org.uk

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On Saturday, November 17 members of Trianon Music Group will be performing at St Andrew’s Church in Rushmere and the proceeds will go to AFIA. The concert will feature singers and brass players from the group performing a selection of light classical and popular music. Tickets are £7.50 each and available from Music World in Ipswich or Mary Odam: 01473 614456 / tickets@odam.org Next year they will be celebrating their 60th anniversary so please look out for details of the 2019 season. Please come and support both the performers and AFIA. I hope you return home refreshed!

FAMILY FIRST – WHO ARE WE? Family First is a Christian charity which enables families to develop their capacity in supporting themselves and finding solutions to the challenges that impact their lives. We are committed to working with, serving and relating to all people in our community and are keen to ensure that our services are accessible to any families regardless of race, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation or marital status. We offer support to vulnerable and struggling families with children up to the age of 18 who have been through, or are still facing difficult situations equipping and empowering them with the skills that they need to make changes and move out of chaotic and dysfunctional lifestyles. As a registered charity we have a board of trustees, members of which have a wide range of skills and experience in public and private sector. Our focus is very much on helping families to help themselves. We provide a family coordinator who acts a key worker for the family. They complete an initial assessment and identify goals with the family. They also liaise with other agencies and signpost to other services. They monitor the family’s progress at three monthly reviews. The family coordinator also supervises the work of the family volunteer. Family volunteers visit weekly to support the family to achieve their goals. They will encourage the family to make small, achievable changes to enable them to reach the desired outcome. This can include linking them to local community groups which can act as a support network.

East End Butchers are pleased to be the market’s resident meat supplier. If you would like to place on order with them it can be collected at the market each month. Their number for orders is 01206 392190.

How can you help? • Pray for us. You are welcome to join our monthly prayer meetings or just include us in your regular prayers. • Can you or anyone you know spare an hour a week to be a volunteer with us? • Are you able to support us financially? You can do this by regular giving either through the Giving tab on our website, using MyDonate or contacting our office for the Giving form. You can help raise sponsorship for an event or offer to become part of our fundraising team.

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If you would like to be involved in any way or just want to know more about us we would love to hear from you.

The next market at St Michael’s, The Church on the Park, Woolverstone is on Saturday, October 13, 9am-12.30pm. We will also have all your favourite market stalls; fruit, vegetables, cakes, bread, meat and an interesting range of handcrafted items.

New stalls welcome. Contact Jane Gould: 01473 780777

Contact Sarah Stapleton: 07936 008199 / info@familyfirst-uk.org Facebook @Family First Ipswich / www.family-first.org

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