Chichester Local June 2016

June 2016

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FOOD SHARING

App saving food from the bin

GARDENING

Shady sanctuary

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June events

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Priory Park Festival Garden Show at Stansted Park Buddy Holly Dance Party

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Local Charity & Community news

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Local Walks, Recipe, Prize Crossword, Local Groups, Property, Local trades & services, Local Business Directory

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June 2016 Cover Photo View to Halnaker windmill courtesy of Mrs Sheila Mills

Welcome...

At the time of writing, summer seems to have arrived in splendid style. Let’s hope the month with the longest nights continues to be warm so we can all enjoy plenty of outdoor activities and alfresco dining.

This month we have four competitions.

There’s a great weekend of live music at the Chichester Priory Park Festival where you can also enjoy poetry, performance arts and children’s entertainment. We’ve got a family weekend ticket to give away!

See page 11 for how to enter. The Garden Show at Stansted Park returns this month (10th-12th June) and we have a family ticket to give away, see page 14 closing date is 7th June. You can also win tickets to see the Buddy Holly tribute show the ‘Winter Dance Party’ details on page 13 plus you can win a fantasy novel called ‘The Power of Nine’ (page 12).

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..................................................................What’s On ..............Win tickets for the Priory Park Music Festival ...................................Win - The Power of Nine - book .......................Win tickets to Buddy Holly Dance Party .................Win Garden Show at Stansted Park tickets ...........................................................In Your Garden ................................................................Local Walks ........................................Charity & Community News .........................................................Prize Crossword ........................................................................Recipe ............Food sharing the app saving food from the bin .......................................................Business Directory ....................................................Index of Advertisers

July Deadlines Bookings, editorial - 1st June Finished artwork, events - 7th June

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Launched in Brighton earlier this year, food sharing app “OLIO” tackles the problem of leftover food. Read Lynn Smith’s interesting article and download the app to get involved, see page 28.

We’ve help for those with shady gardens in this month’s gardening feature, page 34 and our Charity & Community news starts on page 20.

Thanks for reading,

Kris & Jeff

Words of Wit & Wisdom “If a June night could talk, it would probably boast that it invented romance” - BERN WILLIAMS Disclaimer - Whilst advertisements are printed in good faith, Sussex Local (Kay Publishing Ltd) is an independent company and does not endorse products or services that appear in this magazine. Sussex Local cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions or claims made by contributors. The views and opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the publisher.

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10 What’s On Tue 21 Jun 6:30pm-8:00pm Living with Invisibility - Chichester Theological Society Lecture.

With Professor Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford. Free. Chichester Cathedral, PO19 1RP. 01243 782595 info@chichestercathedral.org.uk Tue 28 Jun 7:00pm-9:00pm West Sussex and the Battle of the Somme, An illustrated talk by Alan Readman. Record Office, Orchard Street, Chichester, PO19 1DD. £7.50 (limited places; please book). Matthew Jones 01243 753602 record.office@westsussex.gov.uk

THEATRE

Mon 06 - Sat 11 Jun 7:30pm10:15pm Arundel Players present The Last of the Haussmans. The play examines the fate of a revolutionary generation and offers a funny, touching

and at times savage portrait of a family full of longing that is losing it's grip. Priory Playhouse Theatre, London Road, Arundel, BN18 9FA. Tickets £12 each (Members £10). Arundel Players Box Office 07523 417926 secretary@arundelplayers.org.uk Wed 29 Jun 7:00pm-9:00pm Romeo & Juliet at St Peter's Church. This is my Theatre invite you to their telling of Shakespeare's most famous love story in this ancient rural setting. Tickets available through the company page at www.sarahslator.com. A proportion of money raised will be donated to support renovation work at the church. Church of St Mary Magdelene, Tortington, BN18 0FD. £8-£10.

Sarah Slator 07732 253311 sarahslatordirection@gmail.com

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Thu 16 Jun 9:30am-12:00pm Sussex Day Celebration Walk.

Tillington to Midhurst via the Midhurst Way. 6 miles. Leaving The Horse Guards Inn, Tillington, GU28 9AF. The Horse Guards Inn,Tillington near Petworth, GU28 9AF. Free. Gerald GreshamCooke 01798 342151 Geraldgreshamcooke@gmail.com

JULY EVENTS

Sunday 17th July 4:00pm-10:00pm Tom Jones at Sussex County Ground. Sir Tom and his band will entertain crowds with a repertoire that spans all five decades of his popular music.The 1st Central County Ground, Eaton Road, Hove.BN3 3AN. Tickets from £39.50. 0844 264 0202 marketing@lizhobbsgroup.com

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Priory Park Festival An eclectic weekend of Music, Food & the Arts 8th, 9th, 10th July Priory Park Chichester Seth Lakeman (c) Tim Young

Chichester and Festival, two words that naturally go together. But now for the very first time, another string to that town’s illustrious bow. A proper three-day music Festival….The Original Priory Park Festival.

to good use – it plays host to a second stage featuring sessions of book readings, poetry, young musicians and other acts.

(Tickets for these sessions are priced individually £2£10.)

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Tickets are available from www.chichesterlive.co.uk or Box Office Cloisters Shop, Cathedral Cloisters, Chichester, PO18 1PX

Priory Park is a different sort of festival. It blends the best elements of a village fete with a food fair, literary weekend and a great and diverse range of music. Many of the musicians come from Sussex with artists from Chichester and Brighton in particular topping the bill. A lovely local feel with a widespread appeal.

Among those performing are Sophie Ellis Bextor, The Feeling, Seth Lakeman, Zoe Rahman, Courtney Pine, Paul Jones and The Manfreds, Martin Simpson, The Monochrome Set, Ryan Burnett, the Hounds Of Love featuring Lisa Abbott and over 20 other artists.

All ages are welcome, the small size and format of the festival helps create an all inclusive community atmosphere. Poets, painters and performance artists add to the heady mix and there is a special area for kids to have fun with supervised entertainments. A Healthy Living zone and great selection of local produce, real ale and fine wines will also be on offer.

Priory Park itself is the ideal setting for such an event. Situated in the centre of Chichester it is framed by old Roman walls and includes a centuries old medieval Guildhall. This building is also being put Martin Simpson (c) Graham Whitmore

Sophie Ellis Bexter

Win a family weekend ticket to the Priory Park Festival!

Sussex Local has a weekend family ticket (for 2 adults and up to 4 children under 11) worth £150 to give away. To be in with a chance of winning, simply answer this simple question and send to us with your details:

Q. How many days does the Priory Park festival go on for?

A: 2 B: 3 C: 7 Send your answer and full contact details including daytime tel. no. to: Priory Park Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or send an email to: competitions@sussexlocal.net. The winners will be the first correct entry drawn after 30/6/16. Please indicate if you would like to be on our/The Priory Festival’s mailing list.

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Win a copy of ‘The Power of Nine’ The Power of Nine is a debut fantasy trilogy by Arundel author R. M. Dorn The books are set in a “multiverse” in which magic is constructed by the manipulation of the spectrum of nine colours which only “mages” can master.

The feisty heroine and the author’s storytelling have appealed to readers who do not usually choose the fantasy genre. Comments include; ‘terrific; a pageturner; beautifully written; couldn’t put it down.’

Author Rosemary enjoyed a varied professional career, and published academic books, but her busy life and many other interests, left no time for her to achieve her ambition of writing fantasy fiction.

Having retired, she decided to get down to business. ‘Writing The Power of Nine has given me the most fun I’ve had in years and, having

got the well of inspiration flowing, I’m already writing the next one so watch this space.’

Win a copy of ‘The Power of Nine’ Q Which town is local author R. M Dorn based?

A: a) Chichester

b) Arundel

c) Storrington

Send answer and your name, address, daytime telephone and email to: Power of Nine Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email all the above details to: competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after closing date 30th June 2016. Please indicate on your email or tick here if you wish to remain on our mailing list.

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Buddy Holly’s Dance Party at the Old Market Arts Centre, Hove. Saturday 25th June 7.30pm 2016 is a year of celebration for all Buddy Holly fans as Buddy Holly would have been 80 years old. To this very day Buddy Holly and his music are respected worldwide and so Marc Robinson and the Counterfeit Crickets bring you a show to celebrate the man and his music.

Four West End Artists pay tribute to Buddy Holly, Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Dion Di Mucci along with the four piece Band the Counterfeit Crickets in a recreation of the last tour given in the Surf Ballroom in Iowa, U.S.A The Winter Dance Party Tour. All the classic hits will have you up and out of your seats for a two hour uplifting show. From Heartbeat, Blue Days Black Nights, Bo Diddley and True Love Ways

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– Chantilly Lace, La Bamba, Run Around Sue - pure Rock ‘N’ Roll at its best!

Marc Robinson from the original ‘Stars in their Eyes’, ‘Buddy’ The Musical and many more Hit shows around Great Britain and Europe, shares the passion of celebrating the music of Buddy Holly.

Will Rock ‘N’ Roll ever die? That’ll be the Day! Box Office: 01273 201801 www.theoldmarket.com/shows/buddy-hollys-winterdance-party/

Win a pair of tickets to Buddy Holly’s Winter Dance Party Sussex Local has a pair of tickets to give away to the Winter Dance Party on 25th June in Hove. To be in with a chance of winning simply answer this simple question and send to us with your details:

Q. Who plays Buddy Holly in this show?

A. Marc Robinson B. Bo Diddley C. Dion Di Mucci Send your answer and full contact details including daytime tel. no. to: Buddy Holly Party Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or send an email to: competitions@sussexlocal.net. The winner will be the first correct entry drawn after 21/6/16. Please indicate if you would like to be on our/A.M. Promotions mailing list.

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The Garden Show at Stansted Park 10am-5pm Friday 10th - Sunday 12th June We have made great plans for our 22nd show.....come and have a look.

A perfect event to find all you need for your garden (and home!)

Source new talent, designers and artisans, browse affordable and handpicked stands offering specialist plants, garden accessories, sculpture, art and fabulous food.

Pick up top tips from horticultural experts to solve those frustrating gardening problems, meet the Garden Team and enjoy learning from ongoing cooking and craft demos. Plenty to engage your children too….get crafting and learn new garden skills to-

gether; watch them play in the beautiful parklands and have fun.

Come to the garden party…….revitalise your garden and life!

No dogs please (except those needed to assist) at the request of the Stansted Park Foundation.

Ticket Prices: Adults: £8; Concessions & Seniors: £6; Children (15 years and under): £3.00 (under 5 years free); Family (2 adults & 4 children): £20; Groups: £5 (20+ people) House: £4.

Free Parking. Rowlands Castle, Hampshire PO9 6DX www.thegardenshowonline.com

Win a Family Ticket to the Garden Show at Stansted Park Sussex Local has 3 family tickets (worth £20 each) to give away, valid for any of the show days. To be in with a chance of winning simply answer this simple question and send to us with your details:

Q. Where is Stansted Park?

A. Knepp Castle B. Rowlands Castle C. Bury Send your answer and full contact details including daytime tel. no. to: Stansted Park Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or send an email to: competitions@sussexlocal.net. The winners will first 3 correct entries drawn after 7/6/16. Please indicate if you would like to be on our/The Garden Show’s mailing list.

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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens Love your Shade Sometimes I hear people despair that their garden is too shady. However there are wonderful designs and planting combinations you can do in shady areas. After all shade is a natural part of the landscape and plants and wildlife have adapted to these areas. Indeed some plants can’t thrive without dappled or deep shade.

want to enliven the area with bright flowers or even a bright metallic sculpture.

Japanese Anemone

Rather than fret about the darkness you can embrace it and go for a woodland theme, choosing traditional English or European woodland plants. With a nice thick bark mulch over the soil amongst your new plants you can create a space that could have been there for decades full of mystery that invites you towards it. You can even create a path of bark that runs through the planting.

You can make the shady part of your garden a place of lush coolness and simple life where your eyes, tired from looking at screens, mobiles and lists of things to do, can relax and dream of the forests.

Bright Spots Because darkness absorbs the light the shady borders, especially if there are trees above, often appear deeper and further away which can enhance a garden’s size. But if that is not a consideration you might Dicentra

Japanese anemonies are brilliant for creating sparks of light in the gloom and they also tolerate dry soil. If your soil is moist you can go for the delicate heart shaped flowers of Dicentra or Astillbe or the proud early and late season red and pinks of Cyclamen which can be planted between the roots of craggy old trees.

If you wish the area to have a civilized, classical look you could purchase some great Cretian terracotta urns that will catch any light going which will contrast with the deeper darkness behind. They will also tie in the area to any hard materials in the rest of the garden like paths, patios and the house itself.

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For perennial planting there are the bullet proof choices of Alchamilla Mollis, Astrantia with their papery flowers, Epimedium (Bishop’s Hat), Hellebours and the purple flowering Geranium phaeum.

As well as checking out the moisture content of the soil make sure you check out the soil acidity. If you are lucky enough to have acid soil you can try Rhododendrons and Azaleas.

Bulbs are great in shady areas and often thrive as they can come and go before the deciduous trees have come into leaf. As well as obvious contenders like Narsissi and Blue Bells you could try the weird dutch hats of Erythronium as well as Chionodoxa and Scilla.

For ground cover try Euphorbia amygdaloides (if you have a larger space and don’t mind them spreading about), plus Persicaria superb (flowers forever it seems), the achingly delicate Corydalis plus Ajuga and Violas.

With a little research (garden centres will often have a shady plant section) and good plant combinations you can turn this often neglected area into one of the main features of your garden.

Places to visit in June If you haven’t been to Great Dixter gardens then you are in for a beautiful surprise. It is a garden that regularly comes up as garden design professionals favourite garden and for years has been a horticulturalist’s Mecca.

Surrounding a 15 Century House these gardens were developed by Christopher Lloyd, gardener and garden writer, over a 40 year period and are now in the hands of the Great Dixter Charity Trust.

Situated in Northian, near Rye, they re open from 115pm and as well as having a varying degree of day and week long courses on plants and design, have Behind the Scenes days and Meadow Gardening educational days. From 2-5pm each day the medieval part of the house is open to the public. www.greatdixter.co.uk

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Gardening Tasks for June 

A quick hoe each week of all your beds will save HOURS of knee crunching effort having to pull them out by hand – get yourself a lightweight ‘swoe’ (right) and you will be a contended gardener  Pinch out the little side growing tips of your tomatoes so that they grow nice and tall and their energy remains focused into producing fruit rather than leggy stems  Also keep sowing lettuces and radishes every two weeks for a continuous supply throughout the summer

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Water any plants you put in this year

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Deadhead the old sweet pea flowers to encourage the plant to keep flowering

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Prune shrubs that flowered in the spring so that the new growth of this year, which they will flower on next year, is contained.

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Lastly if you mow your lawn every week rather than every fortnight you will have a summer of pleasure looking out at your neat green space rather than living with a shaggy lawn for half the time. See it as free gym membership.

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Local Walks - June These walks are supported by Chichester District Council, are led by volunteers and are designed to cater for all ages and abilities. No booking is required but please arrive 10 mins before the walk is due to start. Dogs are welcome unless otherwise stated but must be kept on the lead. If the weather is poor the walk may be cancelled, if unsure please check.

01243 534589 health@chichester.gov.uk www.chichesterwellbeing.org.uk. L = Walk Leader Wed 1st June 10:30am Meet: Amberley station car park

AMBERLEY

L: Andrew

2 hr 30

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Thurs 2nd June 10.30am CHICHESTER CANAL WALK Meet: Chichester Canal, Basin Road, Chichester PO19 8DT.

L: Janet

1 hr 30

3.5 mile

Mon 6th June 10:30am ROWLANDS CASTLE Meet: Recreation Ground off Links Lane

L: Anne A

1 hr 30

4 mile

Tues 7th June 10.30am Meet: Car Park by Boat House Cafe

L: Judy

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Wed 8th June 10.45am CLIMPING L: Dominic 1hr 45 Meet: 10.45am at Arun Yacht Club Car Park, Rope Walk, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 5DL.

3.25 mile

Thurs 9th June 10.30am Meet: Frankland Arms pub

CHANCTONBURY RING

L: Peter

2 hrs

4 mile

Fri 10th June 10.30am IPING AND CHITHURST Meet: Outside the Hamilton Arms Stedham. GU29 0NZ.

L: Jane

3 hrs

6.75 mile

Mon 13th June 10.30am BURITON Meet: Halls Hill Forestry Commission, just southwest of Buriton

L: Andrew

1 hr 30

3 mile

Wed 15th June 10.30am BOGNOR TO FELPHAM Meet: Bognor Regis pier on the seafront.

L: Jane

1hr 15

2.5 mile

Thurs 16th June 09.30am SUSSEX DAY WALK Meet: Horse Guards Inn, Upperton Rd, Tillington GU28 9AF

L: Gerald

2 hrs 30

6 mile

Fri 17th June 10.30am PAGHAM TO SIDLESHAM Meet: At the harbour end of Church Lane - where the road ends.

L: Jane

2 hrs

4.5 mile

Saturday 18th June 10.30am BURPHAM L: Dominic All day Meet: Burpham Village Hall Car Park Burpham Lane, BN18 9RR All day walk – bring lunch

5.75 mile

Tue 21st June 10:30am CHICHESTER L: Helen 30 min Meet: East Pallant Car Park by the flagpole in front of Chichester District Council offices PO19 1UF.

1 mile

Thurs 23rd June 10:30am SPRINGHEAD HILL Meet: Car Park at Springhead Hill Map ref

2 hrs

4.5 mile

Sat 25th June 10:30am BINSTED WOODS L: Dominic Meet: Walberton Village Hall car park, The Street, Walberton, Arundel, BN18 0PQ.

1hr 45

2.75 mile

Mon 27th June 6.00pm CHARLTON Meet: Fox goes Free car park, Charlton Village

L: Andrew

1 hr and 30

3 mile

Wed 29th June 10:30am GRAFFHAM Meet: Graffham Recreation Ground - (Nearest postcode GU28 0QB).

L: Bruce

2 hrs 5

4.8 mile

Thurs 30th June 6.00pm Meet: East Dean village pond

L: Andrew

1hr 30

3 mile

EAST DEAN

L: Peter

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Sussex Snippets A new Parish Council grouping has launched to provide a strong and unified representation for this area in discussions with Gatwick, NATS, the CAA, the Department for Transport, airport and airlines over aircraft noise issues. APCAG (Association of Parish Councils Aviation Group) has been endorsed by six founder member parishes, representing over 10,000 residents: Pulborough, Wisborough Green, Kirdford, Loxwood, Plaistow and Ifold and it is planned for more to join; and as an organization comprising democratically elected bodies, APCAG’s feels that its voice is more likely to be heard than the voice of a protest group. Contact: peter@drummond.co.uk ‘This is my Theatre’ invites you to celebrate Shakespeare's 400th anniversary with their telling of his famous love story Romeo and Juliet brought to life in Brighton’s oldest building, St Peter’s Church on the edge of Preston Park; and in the rural Tortington Church on the outskirts of Arundel. A proportion of money raised through ticket sales will be donated to the Churches Conservation Trust, which funds vital restoration work at these ancient sites, helping keep these beautiful buildings open. www.sarahslator.com

CHICHESTER LOCAL West Sussex County Council is considering making changes to Household Waste Recycling Sites – and is holding a public consultation to find out what people think – you can take part in the consultation online until Sunday 12th June. The County Council has reviewed its Household Waste Recycling Sites because of a need to make £18.6m in savings across all council services next year. www.haveyoursay.westsussex.gov.uk/waste management-services/hwrs Sullivan’s Heroes is a new charity, which has been set up to help fund home adaptations for disabled children; the idea for the charity was born during the process of Fiona and Richard Smith adapting their own property for their disabled son, Sullivan. As well as fundraising to provide grants for families towards their child’s home adaptations, where the costs exceed that of a council grant awarded – a situation which happens all too often; the charity also provides a website platform where families can set up their own fundraising towards the building costs. www.sullivansheroes.org Teenagers who need help with mood swings, body image and anxiety can now look to their local West Sussex library for support. Shelf Help is a new collection of books that have been reviewed and selected by clinicians and young people to help with a wide-range of mental health issues, the collection tackles top tackles topics from life pressures and depression to self-harm and exams, and includes books such as ‘Stuff that Sucks’ and ‘Mind Your Head.’ www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries.

Visiting Littlehampton for a family day on the beach has turned into an expensive exercise and that’s before you’ve bought the ice creams. Your editors went with friends from out of the area over the May Bank holiday, and were astounded to find, on parking up, that the charge for East Beach car park was £7 for any stay over two hours. To add insult to injury, the machine doesn’t take cards! We later found out there is an “app” you can download to pay, not that this was apparent from any signs, and just what you want to be messing about with when you have several small children wanting to get on the beach on a boiling hot day.

Littlehampton won’t be getting our business in future, when Worthing charges £1 an hour to park, and Goring Gap is free. Feedback? info@sussexlocal.net

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artists spanning five centuries.

The Cathedral will be stripped of any furniture revealing the architectural splendour of the Cathedral adorned with flowers. Ambitious designs include some as large as 20 feet long and 12 feet high. The Festival of Flowers will be a three day spectacular: visitors will experience the beauty of Chichester Cathedral adorned with flowers and trees, a programme of live music, a Festival Market, a Plant Market where visitors can meet the growers of ‘Heaven Scent’ a pink developed especially for this year’s Festival and relax in the Café des Fleurs.

Advance booking is advised; book online now at www.chichestertickets.co.uk 01243 813595 or in person from the Cathedral Shop.

Auntie Val’s Jam Buster competition has launched, with twelve categories, including Man Jam, Boozy Jam and Jam with an interesting addition, to choose from – although entrants may enter a separate jar into more than one category. Jars must be clean and carry a clearly written label on the side giving the category entered, and name and telephone number on the bottom of the jar. Judging will take place on 15th October and jams will be judged on appearance, colour, aroma, taste and consistency.

Steven Edwards, Professional Master Chef Champion 2013, will choose the overall winner.

Auntie Val's is the Storrington-based Community Interest Company which employees people with disability, All entry forms and jams should be submitted by 4pm on 14th October. Competition fees, per jar: Kids (5-12 years) – 50p; Teenagers (13 -19) - £1; Schools, Colleges, Groups and Adults £5.

Contact: 01903 746748, email: info@auntievals.com www.auntievals.com

Cathedral’s Festival Of Flowers The Festival of Flowers – this year’s theme is ‘The Artist’s Palette’ - takes place 2nd-4th June. Visitors can expect to see Chichester Cathedral transformed with 50,000 blooms in 80 extraordinary arrangements illustrating world renowned art and

‘Make A Will Fortnight’ Have your Will written or amended free of charge, while raising money for St. Wilfrid’s Hospice. Having a properly made Will is essential to ensure that the assets you leave when you die go to the people you care about. St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Chichester and several local solicitors are joining forces for ‘Make A Will Fortnight’ from Monday 6th to Friday 17th June.

Participating solicitors have kindly agreed to write or amend standard Wills free of charge. Instead of charging a fee, your solicitor will ask you to consider making a donation to the Hospice. Contact: Michelle Sidney on 01243 755837 or visit www.stwh.co.uk

Pet of the Month

01243 629588

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Sorella is a five and a half year old female cat who arrived at The Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre (CRRC) in October 2015. CRRC staff think once she is in a new home with more space than she has in her pen, she will be much more relaxed. Sorella would like a new home without other cats or children and with an experienced owner that will allow her to settle in at her own pace. She has had some health problems since being at CRRC and is covered by the Centre’s Foster Care Scheme for these issues. If you think you can provide a home for Sorella, contact: The Cat & Rabbit Rescue Centre, Holborow Lodge, Chalder Lane, Sidlesham, W. Sussex PO20 7RJ Tel: 01243 641409, email: info@crrc.co.uk www.crrc.co.uk www.facebook.com/ catandrabbitrescuecentre

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Celebration of St John’s Ambulance A special service took place at Chichester Cathedral recently, to celebrate the work of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem and St John Ambulance. Five hun- (c) Jim Holden dred people joined the Dean & Chapter of Chichester Cathedral and the Bishop of Chichester, the Right Reverend Dr Martin Warner, (c) Jim Holden and guests including the Lord-Lieutenants of East and West Sussex, the High Sheriffs of East and West Sussex and the Mayor and Mayoress of Chichester, along with members of the Order whose charitable work provides health care across the world and in the UK. The Order is now a major international charity, ac-

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credited at the United Nations, which provides first aid, health care and support services in over 40 countries around the world through a dedicated team of around 400,000 volunteers and staff. In England, the Order has its wholly owned subsidiary St John Ambulance, where each year over 250,000 people learn life saving skills. St Johns Ambulance website www.sja.org.uk www.chichestercathedral.org.uk Tel: 01243 782595 info@chichestercathedral.org.uk

Open Afternoon for Carers An Open Afternoon for Carers is being held at St. Wilfrid’s Hospice, Chichester on Wednesday 8th June from 2-4pm. The afternoon is free of charge and open to anyone, including those who have found themselves responsible for the care of a loved one.

Various organisations will be represented, including Carers Support West Sussex, Carers UK, Chichester Wellbeing, Age UK West Sussex, and Citizens Advice Arun and Chichester. There will be time to relax in the Hospice’s award winning garden, enjoy a creative arts session, or simply to chat to other carers. Refreshments will be provided. Booking is not required. Contact: 01243 755829 or email carers@stwh.co.uk

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Prize Crossword

Win a £10 Marks and Spencer voucher

Chichester June 16 April 2016 solution shown below.

ACROSS: 7) Mind, 8) Numerate, 9) Pedigree, 10) Weak, 11) Sleep, 13) Isolate, 15) Effects, 17) Buoys, 20) Oboe, 21) Previous, 23) Basement, 24) Eggs.

DOWN: 1) Fine, 2) Admire, 3) Snare, 4) Immerse, 5) Trowel, 6) Stealthy, 12) Lifeboat, 14) Stopper, 16) Eleven, 18) United, 19) Vesta, 22) Urge.

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Easy Meatloaf Some dishes are eternal family favourites, here’s one of ours...

Ingredients (serves 8): 450g minced ham 450g minced beef or lamb Juice and rind 1 large orange 1 medium onion, chopped 75g fresh white bread crumbs 1 egg 2tbsp chopped parsley Salt, Black pepper and ground mace To serve: Fried onion in rings 25g dry roasted peanuts

Method: 1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/gas Mark 5.

Mix all the ingredients together, in a food processor if you wish. If you need to mince the ham do this first, then add the rest of the ingredients.

Don't over process as it is far nicer with a good rough texture.

2. Pack the mixture into a 1.2litre terrine or loaf tin.

Cover with foil or greaseproof paper and a lid.

Bake in the middle or lower middle of the oven for 1 hour.

3. Remove from the oven and serve hot or cold, topped with the onion rings and nuts, with a good spicy sauce.

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Local Business Profile

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“Fabulous flooring for discerning customers�

It has been said that a refurbished room is never complete until the flooring has been laid. In the world of interior design, the floor (regarded as the fifth wall) can "make" or "break" the entire scheme. Alan Baker of Alan Baker Flooring is a keen advocate of this opinion and told Chichester Local that after over 30 years of offering a specialist flooring service, he is still constantly seeking out new products to inspire and enthuse his customers.

With an ever increasing interest in hard wood flooring, Alan explained that it is important for products supplied by his company to be of excellent quality and unbeatable durability. A wood floor, he maintains, is unique to each client and he and his team work hard to ensure that the completed floor which is often hand finished, coloured or distressed to the customer's specifications, gives a positive impact on the room as a whole.

As well as their range of wood flooring, Alan Baker Flooring specialise in Amtico, carpets and stair runners to cater for all tastes, particularly where quality is a priority. Alan also divulged his plan to merge with sister company, The Silkroad later this

year. The Silkroad offers an interior design service and sells fabrics, wallpapers and giftware. The two companies will be in a position to offer a complete one-stop solution for all interior design needs as well as functioning independently so that each can continue to fulfil its potential for a distinctive service.

As a floor is a long term investment, Alan is aware that there is little room for error and this is reflected in his approach to each assignment where any challenges such as uneven surfaces and less than straight walls are addressed at the outset. The world of flooring can be daunting; experienced impartial advice can help avoid the pitfalls.

01428 645757 www.alanbakerflooring.co.uk

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Food Sharing A real world response to a first world problem Globally more than a third of all food produced goes uneaten, and households are responsible for half of all of the UK’s food waste – binning over £12billion of edible food each year, at a staggering cost of £700 to the average family. A horrifying statistic when you consider that a third of the UK’s families live below the poverty line. However, no matter how hard you may try not to overbuy, the supermarkets tempt us with clever offers – buy three for two, buy one get one free – that make buying more food than you need almost a default position.

However, there is now an alternative to the rubbish bin for those finding themselves with a surplus of perfectly edible foodstuffs. OLIO is a free app designed to connect neighbours with each other and with local independent shops and cafes so that surplus food can be shared rather than thrown away.

This could include food nearing its sell-by date from shops, cafes and markets; spare vegetables from the allotment; cakes from an amateur baker; or groceries from household fridges when people go away or move home. As long as it’s edible, it can be shared on OLIO. OLIO is the brainchild of close friends Saasha Celestial-One and Tessa Cook, both of whom grew up in rural families and had instilled into them a strong aversion to waste of any kind. What Saasha describes as ‘the light bulb moment for Olio,” came some years later: ”Tessa was moving country and found herself with good food that she just couldn’t bring herself to throw away. After failing to find anyone to give it to, she ended up having to smuggle it back into the UK, and thought there had to be a better solution! And so OLIO was born.” Launched in London in December 2015, the app has been following a roll out strategy across cities in the UK,

Tessa and Saasha - (c) Annabel Staff

Saasha describes the app as “Our response to the massive and unsustainable problem of food waste,” going on to explain that, “Ultimately, we're all about trying to create a scalable platform that others can take and use in their local communities to stop good food from being thrown away.”

And the process does seem very straightforward.

Once the app has been downloaded to a mobile phone – OLIO is currently supported by the iPhone,

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30 Living iPad, iPad Mini and is optimised for the iPhone 5 and higher – then the user can add items to OLIO or browse the listings and request an item. Some people will only add items, and others will only request items, whilst many will do both. How the items are collected depends entirely upon personal choice, if individuals donating items would rather not have the food collected from their own home then they have a range of options – a public meeting place, or dropping off the item at the home of the person who requested it, or by delivering/collecting from an OLIO drop-off point or Drop-Box. OLIO’s website, which is easy to use and has a friendly, vibrant feel, offers plenty of information on how to get started and also provides a useful list of guidelines for those using the service.

Launched in Brighton in March this year, there are already nine drop-boxes in Brighton and Hove, in independent shops and cafes, with the organisers already looking for more businesses to host dropboxes across Sussex. Saasha stresses that even though there may not currently be a drop-box in your community at present then as long as you are able to download the free app, then anyone can use OLIO, anywhere in the county. Although, she explains: “Of course the experience is better the more people in your area that are using it, so it’s a good idea to encourage your neighbours and local shops to get on board, too.” One of OLIO’s Ambassador’s is Claire

Tymoshyshyn, manager of Brighton’s Angel Food Bakery and Kitchen, who explained: “I love that instead of throwing away fresh food that I wouldn’t be able to use or give to a food bank, I can simply take a photo and offer it to the whole community with a click of a button. OLIO has also enabled my bakery to raise money for a local charity by asking for a small donation when we share leftover cakes.”

Although users can choose to charge for their items, nearly all of the food posted on the app is free – OLIO’s guidelines state that if someone does choose to charge for their items then that charge should be at least 50 percent off the original price paid. For those concerned about food safety, Saasha explains

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32 Living / Finance that, “OLIO is fully compliant with all UK food law.

This is a very important area for us and so there are a couple of things that our users need to be aware of.

First 'use by' dates refer to the safety of the product, and retailers cannot sell or give away any food after this date. However, there is no such legislation governing what individuals can or cannot do with food past its use by date, yet we very rarely see items past their use by dates on OLIO.” In fact, the first guideline listed on OLIO’s website is “Good enough for you,” namely that users should only add food that they themselves would be willing to eat.

Saasha also explains another term often seen on food labeling: “The other thing to consider is the 'best before' date. This refers to the date at which the item is optimal for freshness and taste, although most items can be eaten deliciously for weeks, months and even years after this date. We see lots of items past their best before date on OLIO, and they are generally requested very quickly. We also have the ability for our users to report any item to us should there be any concerns; however we've not yet had any item legitimately reported to us for health and safety reasons.

Finally, we do ask that all our users describe how the food has been stored and packaged when posting food on the app, and that the person picking up the food ask any questions needed to satisfy themselves

about the conditions in which the food has been kept.”

The website also refers users to a number of useful links to safety and hygiene standards set out by The Food Standards Agency’s website, and reminds users that there are controlled substances that cannot be sold on OLIO, such as tobacco and alcohol. However, if someone holds a license to sell alcohol then they can sell alcohol on OLIO, so long as it is discounted by at least 50 percent. Individuals without a license can only add alcohol that is available for free.

OLIO’s journey to date has been relatively short but already demand has taken the app UK-wide and Olio’s founders have had people from other countries respond to their idea, and they plan soon to take their model into other markets.

If you would like to help place or host a Drop Box, please email: hello@OLIOex.com olioex.com

Savings Confusion

By Richard Cohen JP FPFS ACII MCSI Chartered Financial Planner The UK savings landscape continues to get more complicated. Following the recent budget, the variety of ISAs that are available has increased. Most people are familiar with the Investment ISA, Cash ISA and Junior ISA. We now also have the Help to Buy ISA, which is designed to help people save a deposit for their first home, the Lifetime ISA, which is being seen as a competitor to a personal pension and the Innovative Finance ISA, which allows you to get involved in “peer-to-peer”. They all benefit from virtually tax free returns, with no capital gains tax on investment profits and no income tax on interest or dividends received.

There are a myriad of rules governing who is eligible for each one, what the proceeds can be used for and when, how saving or investing through one affects whether you can put money in another and which ones you can transfer between. In addition, some have a bonus paid upfront whereas others don’t. How things have changed since PEPs and TESSAs were abolished to make way for the simple ISA regime!

At the same time as creating all these different ISA savings options the Government have also made

significant changes to how “unearned” income is taxed. Everyone now has a savings allowance that covers the first £1,000 of interest for basic rate tax payers or £500 of interest for higher rate tax payers and a £5,000 dividend allowance. To top it off the lifetime and annual limits for pensions have also been reduced if you are a high earner or take money from a pension in certain ways.

Confused? You are not alone! We have an incredibly complex savings environment in terms of taxation and product choice. This is worrying as everyone, including the Government, accepts that complexity and the confusion it causes is a barrier to saving.

The good news is that if you can overcome this barrier and take the time to examine the best option for your circumstances, with planning these allowances and products can be used to reduce your tax bill. The savings can be considerable with no aggressive tax avoidance or dodgy offshore accounts in Panama required.

See www.nsurefinancial.co.uk or to arrange a free review call Sarah Gray on 01903 821010

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