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Every Christmas as a child I received a new colouring book and set of crayons with which I spent many happy hours sprawled on the living room floor colouring in the pictures. As the years progressed, the colouring book was replaced with a series of craft sets, and I remember one year spending ages knitting an extremely long scarf!

Crafting helps children to develop their imagination, express themselves and explore new ideas or concepts. The creative process brings feelings of satisfaction and pleasure, and builds children’s confidence in their ability to make their own decisions and choices. Crafting is a great way to learn how to solve problems, follow directions and develop skills such as cutting, measuring, gluing and sewing. It can also give family members the chance to spend quality time together in a shared activity.

Christmas offers children the opportunity to hand make gifts for friends and family members. From home-baked treats to a painted plant pot or a decorated photo frame, there is no end to the possibilities.

Craft sets also make ideal stocking fillers and promise hours of entertainment. Loom bands are extremely popular right now, knitting is enjoying a revival, finger puppets are always lots of fun and card-making, jewellery kits and scrap books are guaranteed winners. You could also consider science and modelling kits.

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Brrrr... The mercury has started to tumble, summer’s warmth seems a distant memory and the central heating is starting to Tackle your bills kick into gear. As it’ll only get colder, now’s the time to ensure you’re set up for winter to keep the cost down and the heat up.

Here’s my checklist… comparison on any Ofgem-approved comparison site – Winter is coming. Don’t wait until you’re knee-deep in just search for The Confidence Code at the white stuff to sort your bills.

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Consumer Clinic

By Jonathan Vernon-Smith

Claiming Compensation & Out Of Pocket Expenses I HATE compensation!

There, I said it! I hate it! In fact, I have made it my mission during the last 13 years that I’ve been presenting a consumer show on the radio, to put people off making such claims. If this shocks you then please read this article through to the end and you may understand my thinking.

You can listen to The JVS Show every weekday morning from 9am on BBC Three Counties Radio

To me, compensation in its real sense is when people look for a financial payment even though they have not suffered financially.

For example: you buy a sandwich from the supermarket, get home and find a plaster in it. Most of us would simply take the sandwich back and expect not only a heartfelt apology for the mistake, but also a replacement sandwich.

There are however, an increasing number of people who would also want the supermarket to PAY them an amount of money for ‘emotional stress’. What a load of old greedy codswallop!

Why am I so against compensation? Well, it’s really very easy, it ends up costing everyone else money. Every time someone receives a compensation pay-out, somebody else has to pay for it normally other customers. It’s not free money! If a company has to pay £2 million pounds a year in compensation claims, then it will charge its other customers £2 million pounds to recoup the costs.

Sadly, loads of people are after it now. I get lots of calls every week from people saying ‘can JVS help me get compensation out of such and such’? Thankfully my team know my feelings and these callers rarely get on air.

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You only have to observe the increase in the ‘no win no fee’ solicitors and those ghastly adverts that start with ‘Have YOU had an accident?’, to see what a thriving business claiming compensation is. Sadly, I think it will only get worse and before you know it, everyone will be suing everyone else for each simple mistake made in life. Incidentally, many of the ‘no win no fee’ solicitors charge an absolute fortune for the service they have provided you with in the event of a successful claim.

You should always read the small print and understand exactly what you’re getting involved in before you sign a contract with them.

A successful pay-out of £1000 doesn’t seem so good when the solicitor takes £800 and you find you’re liable for other charges.

So what SHOULD you claim for?

Out of pocket expenses are, in my opinion, totally justifiable. But what’s the difference between out of pocket expenses and compensation? It’s very simple - when a company makes a mistake which has a detrimental effect on you financially, I think it’s reasonable for them to pay for this. For example if you have to pay £20 for phone calls to a company to deal with a problem they have caused you, it is in my opinion totally reasonable to ask the company to

reimburse you the cost.

If I was having a new boiler installed and the plumber dropped a spanner on my tiled kitchen floor, then I would expect him to pay for the cost of replacing the tiles.

To me this is obvious and utterly understandable. Most importantly a judge would probably feel the same if it went as far as court.

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Bedfordshire’s Night Sky Looking Up!

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the D.W.A.R.F.S. they set to change her wicked plans. Are they are a match for the Evil Queen’s dark magic and Naughty Gnomelet? Will good conquer evil? Who is the fairest in the land? There’s only one way to find out!!

The story is unveiled at Totternhoe Lower school on Friday 6th February 2015 at 7.30 pm and on Saturday 7th February at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm. If you think you can help the D.W.A.R.F.S. save Snow White then the tickets are only £7 for adults, £5 for children and concessions or £20 for a family group of 4! Heigh-ho Heigh-ho, it’s off to Totternhoe you go!

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At Home In The Garden Paint Your Perfect Room Colour creates subtle feelings and moods that you may not even notice. Walking into a space that’s painted all Red can make you feel warm and passionate. Orange; fresh and perhaps hungry!

Blue; calm and tranquil. But aside from just changing your mood, you can also use colour to draw attention to, or away from certain areas of a room or accentuate a feature. It’s a trick interior designers have been using for years and with a

To make a small room seem bigger If you want to make a small space look larger the obvious recommendation is to paint it in a light, bright, colour. This reason this works is because your eye isn’t drawn to anything in particular and the colour is light reflective. This helps to make the space feel more spacious and airy, and distributes the natural light well.

Painting all surfaces the same colour also has the effect of space. Try using a darker colour on the floor and keeping the walls light.

Keeping It Real little understanding of how colour works, you can too!

To make a floor space appear larger

A way to make your floor space appear larger is to paint your skirting in a dark colour to match a flooring. This gives the l ive in a house that is divided. My husband the heightillusion and width of your and take tape of the floorspace travelling up athe walls loves real Christmas trees but in recent years measure with you to check your tree. Most are so tricks your eye into thinking it’s a bigger I’ve talked him around to the artificial optrimmed to an 80% taper, which means that a 10 space than it really is.

A way to do this tion, believing – incorrectly as it turns out – that a foot tall tree will measure 8 feet at the bottom. with walls to make appear taller is reusable tree is better for the planet than one that You should also consider howthem you plan on decois chopped down and discarded after a few weeks. rating your The three maincolour speciesup – spruce, to tree. continue the wall onto the Most artificial trees are made from PVC – one of fir and pine – all have their own characteristics. coving.

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the most non-renewable, polluting, unrecyclable materials around - and consequently their carbon footprint is ten times greater than that of real ones.

Shocked into realising that my fake tree is not the morally correct choice I thought, I’m now keen to join the six million Brits who opt for a real tree at Christmas.

Christmas trees spring up all over the place from late November and the quality varies greatly. Before you make your choice, do a bit of fact finding about its freshness. Ask where it was grown (UK produced trees are likely to be fresher), how long it has been in stock and when it was cut.

You can carry out a couple of tests yourself. Give the tree a firm tap on the ground or run a closed hand over its branches. If lots of needles fall off, chances are it’s not that fresh. You can also try bending the outer branches. They should be pliable - not brittle and dry – without discoloration.

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In The Garden For me, winter is all about window gardening. That is, enjoying the garden from the window with a cup of soup in your hands There might not be much natural colour in the garden this time of year, but that is not to say there isn’t any, you just have to look harder, or differently.

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ick the window that overlooks your garden best and heat up the soup. (Hopefully, you thought things through when planting earlier in the year and positioned plants with winter interest within your window’s view.) If you got it right, you will now be admiring the bare bones and structural beauty of your plot.

Perhaps the drama of red-stemmed dogwood and yellow-stemmed willow, both classic shrubs for winter colour, and – if your garden is big enough – specimen trees with fabulous bark, such as a shiny cherry (Prunus serrula) or a fabulous peeling Acer griseum.

Stick a dark green, well clipped, evergreen hedge behind any of the above and you have highlighted everything beautifully.

Berries are a must, from trees such as rowan, through to shrubs like holly and Cotoneaster, Skimmia and Gaultheria. For a more unusual twist, try the rather surreal-purple berries of Callicarpa. They are always a talking point.

posts in strategic positions – I like dark blue as a counterpoint to evergreens, but red is a cheerful winter alternative with Japanese overtones.

Don’t overlook mirrors, to double the impact of what colour you have, and lights to inject brightness into dark corners, or highlight shrub and tree structure. Whilst of the subject of highlighting, one of my favourite colour combinations occurs around sunrise and sunset, when you can sometimes see the dark, bare branches of a tree silhouetted dramatically against a darkening but still pale blue sky, or one streaked with early rosy pink.

You see, there is plenty of colour to be found, it is just as I said at the beginning, you just have to look harder or differently for it.

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Flowers, meanwhile are thin on the ground at this time of year, if you will excuse the pun.

Snowdrops, pansies, crocus and hellbores can nevertheless be welcome splashes of colour through the window pane.

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Tel: 01582 548 600 British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 Exhibition 17th January - 15th March Free Celebrating the work of amateur and professional photographers and the beauty and diversity of British wildlife. Tel: 01582 548 600 THE BOGTROTTERS The Bogtrotters (Dunstable and District Walking and Hostelling Group) are a group of about 90 walkers, hikers and hostellers. We run a surprisingly diverse range of activities, including half and full day walks, hostelling trips, meals and evening activities.

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Christmas, with the countryside team on a guided walk over Dunstable Downs. Enjoy the spectacular views and fresh air as you enjoy a healthy walk.

Create a special wreath for your home this Christmas Learn how to make your own beautiful Christmas wreath. With expert New Year’s resolution walk guidance you’ll create a wonderful 1st Jan 11am - 1pm £2 wreath with a personal touch to take Start the New Year with your best home and enjoy. Please bring your foot forwards. own secateurs if possible.

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Tree Dressing Get fitter? Take the time to enjoy 6th & 7th Dec 11am - 3pm nature? Then join us for a breath of £1.50 (take a decoration home) fresh air on this one and a half hour Help bring Christmas to life in the walk lead by one of our rangers.

Chilterns Gateway Centre as you create decorations for the trees.

POETRY CLUB Father Christmas FOR YOUNG WRITERS. 7th, 14th, 21st Dec 11am - 3pm Reviving young Love, for Literature!

Child £5 (inc gift &reindeer food The Parish Centre Help Father Christmas’ elves to Bramingham Park, Luton make magic reindeer food and then meet Father Christmas. Don’t forget First Saturday of each Month starting to think of what you would like to November 1st at 1.30pm – 2.30pm ask for this year!

Professional Home Tuition are 50 things Activities creating a platform for young poetry 7th Dec & 4th Jan 2pm - 3pm writers to showcase FREE their work. The Poetry club aims to Bring the kids and join us on the first help the writers enhance their skills Sunday of the month get involve and share their with National Trusts 50 thing to do work with others. Poets will meet before your 11 and ¾. other like minded individuals who Each Sunday you’ll get to cross have the same another fantastic activity off you list passion for writing and reading and get outdoors and discover some- poetry. thing new! We’ll be taking the kids PHTS say,’The club aims to revive to explore outdoors so remember to love for Literature for the younger, dress for the weather. gadget loving generation’.

Toddler’s Christmas The club is open to all students from 10th & 17th Dec 11am - 3pm ages of 8 to 13.

Child £5 (inc gift & reindeer Yearly membership of £10 and then food) £2 per visit.

A very special weekday visit to see To register your child or for further Father Christmas for the under 5’s. information email or call 01582 Help Father Christmas’ elves to 528 368. make reindeer food and then meet Father Christmas.

WARDOWN PARK MUSEUM Tel: 01582 546722 Saturday Selection Every Saturday11am - 1pm & 2pm 4pm FREE Take part in object-handling sessions on Saturday’s. Visitors will be able to get up close and hands on with a range of weird and wonderful objects from the museum’s many and varied collections. Each week the museum will be searching its stores and bringing out objects for people to see and handle, many of which have never been on display. For information 01582 546 722

Luton Art’14 29 November 2014 - 22 February 2015 Free An exhibition of works by local artists, in a range of medium and styles.

A result of Luton Art Competition.

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For more information contact Sue on 07706895444 or email sueblee@hotmail.co.uk FARLEY CHRISTMAS FAYRE Sat 6th December, 12 – 4pm Free Farley Community Centre For more details or to book a stall for £6 call 01582 736 812 HOCKWELL RING COMMUNITY CENTRE CHRISTMAS BAZAAR Monday 29 December, 10am – 4pm Book a stall - £5 Tel: 01582 548 392

BUSHMEAD COMMUNITY CENTRE CINDERELLA PANTOMIME Saturday 6 December, 7 – 9pm Luton’s World War 1 Stories Family tickets: £20.00 Continues until 4th January 2015 (2 x Adults & 2 x Children or 1 x FREE Adult & 3 Children) Luton’s Great War told by its people Adult tickets: £7.00, Child tickets: today. Commemorating the 100th BREAKOUT SOCIAL CLUB £5.00 (Aged 2 yrs – 16 yrs & should anniversary of the start of the First We are a club for the over forty fives, be accompanied) World War, this exhibition looks at not a singles club but a social club Entry by ticket only - must be purhow one of the deadliest conflicts in for people who enjoy going out but chased in advance. human history affected the town. are on their own, where they can Tel: 01582 422818 Find out Wardown Park’s history as meet like-minded people, with a a World war 1 hospital, read stories varied monthly programme covering VISIT SANTA about how ordinary Lutonian’s were Disco’s, Pub lunch’s, walks, parties AT THE MALL LUTON affected by the war, and enjoy a rare and much, much more, we meet Santa is coming to The Mall, chance to see many precious and once a week in the front bar at the Luton! rare objects donated by the comConservative Club, High street North He’s arriving on Saturday 29th Nomunity and discovered deep in the Dunstable vember, and will be in his Grotto museum stores. Tel: 01582 546 722 For more information please contact every day until Christmas Eve! Sandy on 07813 262556 Music In the Museum Each visit is just £4, including a 4th January, 2 – 4pm THE PARKSIDE SINGERS fantastic FREE gift for every child.

Enjoy live music on the first Sunday Do you enjoy singing? of every month in this unique setting. The Parkside Singers is a lively mixed Spaces are limited. choir, singing four-part harmony Free (However, contributions are re- music quested on the day for what you feel including pop, songs from musicals is fair). To book call 01582 878100 and some choral favourites such as Ave TALKS & EXHIBITIONS Verum and The Lords Prayer.

Christmas Cards Call Claire on 01525 753110.

Friday 21st December 2-3.30pm £7, £5 concessions WARDEN AFTERNOON CLUB Meets every Tuesday 2 - 4pm Buildings of the Hat Industry Warden Hill Community Centre (rear Friday 16 January2-3.30pm of the Warden Tavern) A look at some of Luton’s most inter- We are a recently established group esting history through film footage, of friendly ladies and gentlemen who photos and museum artefacts. meet weekly for companionship, Tea & coffee included. activities and refreshments. If you Tel; 01582 548600 would like some company, or know someone who would benefit from joining us, please come along any Tuesday - everyone is very welcome.

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YOUR HOME MAY BE REPOSSESSED IF YOU DO NOT KEEP UP REPAYMENTS ON YOUR MORTGAGE There may be a fee for arranging a mortgage. We charge a flat fee M of £495 and O Nfor E advising Y C E Narranging T R E straightforward mortgages and £995 for more complex cases, which is payable on completion of the mortgage.

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Zebra Money Centre is not authorised to give Pension advice.

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