Newton Faulkner tops folk fest bill

purbeckgazette.co.uk Advertising FeatureNewton Faulkner, Seth Lakeman & more lining up for the Purbeck Valley Folk Festival

Purbeck Valley Folk Festival has released its first acts playing this year, and what a line-up it is already - with still more announcements to come! Acts already announced to play at PVFF23 include Newton Faulkner, UK folk royalty - Seth Lakeman, Radio 2 favourite Kathryn Williams, the ultimate jumping Euro-folk group - Sheelanagig, Maz O’Connor, The Destroyers, Old Baby Mackerel, and loads more! Newton Faulkner will be playing at Purbeck!! Across his 15-year career, this chart-topping singer-songwriter’s sole constant has been his urge to tear down what came before, shed his creative skin and outrun industry dogma. He’ll be performing songs old and new, including his hit “Dream Catch Me”. Newton Faulkner has just launched his Guitar Academy and will be teaching a guitar workshop at Purbeck Valley Folk Festival. What an incredible opportunity to learn from an amazing guitarist. PVFF is a festival that’s loved by everyone because there’s loads for kids to do, loads for parents and loads for the old folkies! As well as four evenings and three full days of outstanding, original young folk, roots and world music across five stages, Purbeck Valley Folk Festival brings music workshops, sessions, Purbeck Rising (finding new talent), Purbeck Poetry Slam, children’s area (crafts, storytelling, puppet shows, theatre/games, circus skills, clowns), youth music workshops, craft area (including crochet, pottery, origami, blacksmithing, and candle, rope, jewellery and tutu making), and a healing area. Tickets have been selling fast already with record numbers of festival-goers buying tickets for this year’s festival before they even left the site last year! Locals in the BH29/20 postcode areas receive a big discount by selecting “Locals Residents BH19/20"”.

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WEEKEND TICKETS £120 INCL. CAMPING

17-20 AUGUST 2023 NEWTON FAULKNER SETH LAKEMAN

THE JEREMIAHS KATHRYN WILLIAMS

SHEELANAGIG FAITH I BRANKO THE DESTROYERS

HANNAH MOULE & THE MOULETTES - PONS AELIUS - MAN THE LIFEBOATS - TOUKI - MISHRA MAZ O’CONNOR - LUKE JACKSON - JON DORAN & THE NORTHERN ASSEMBLY - FILKIN’S ENSEMBLE OLD BABY MACKEREL - HONEY AND THE BEAR - ATLANTICO - ALDEN & PATTERSON OWL IN THE SUN - MA POLAINE - NATIONAL YOUTH FOLK ENSEMBLE - THE MODEL FOLK BIERFASS BAND - WAREHAM WHALERS - QUINNS QUINNEY + LOADS MORE!

CRAFT AREA MORE THAN JUST GREAT MUSIC...

KIDS’ ACTIVITIES

CROCHET - POTTERY TIE-DYE - STONE CARVING WILLOW WORKSHOPS - BLACKSMITH ORIGAMI - PRINTING - CYANOTYPE TRADITIONAL WOOD TURNING PEBBLE PAINTING

STORYTELLING - GIANT SCRABBLE FANCY DRESS - RHYME TIME - TOY SWAPSHOP THEATRE & GAMES WORKSHOPS - CRAFTS WISHING TREE - WELLY WANGING HOOLA-HOOPING - TREASURE HUNT SPACE HOPPER OBSTACLE COURSE

CIRCUS AREA: JUGGLING - UNICYCYLING DIABLOS - DEVILSTICKS STILT WALKING ACROBATICS WITH INFLATABLE TUMBLE MAT 5 STAGES - 2 CEILIDHS - OPEN MIC - SESSIONS - WORKSHOPS - POETRY - FIRE SHOWS

purbeckgazette.co.uk Care home chef triumphs at national awards

By Lorraine Gibson

DORSET care home chef Lorna Parsons had a taste of triumph when she was crowned Chef of the Year at the National Care Awards 2022.

Lorna, 39, who started working for Colten Care in 1998 as a part-time waitress at just 14, works at its Bourne View home in Poole and in 2002 became the company’s first apprentice chef.

“My heart was beating so hard in my chest as the presenter read out the nominees,” she said. “Then, when they announced I had won, it was just an absolutely fantastic feeling!

“I was with Colten Care’s hotel services manager Fergus Davitt, who gave me my job

here 25 years ago, and I was just thrilled to do it for him and everyone at Colten who has been a huge support to me and my career.” Mr Davitt said the award was ‘richly deserved’. And he added: “Lorna shows immense dedication in all she does every day, I am so proud of her. I know she’ll be anxious to show the trophy off to the residents and is planning to put it on display in our reception at Bourne View so everyone can enjoy it. That’s the kind of person she is.” The National Care Awards, founded almost 25 years ago, are organised by social care publication Caring Times Magazine and celebrate the best people in the long-term care

How to protect your home

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Nobody likes to think about getting old, but it is certainly worth thinking about if you value your home. That is because your house could very well be sold by the local council to pay for your care fees.

As an example, let’s say you own a home jointly with your partner and you live there until one of you dies. The surviving partner continues to live in the house until they must go into a care home run by the local authority. At that point, the local authority will assess the surviving partner for care fees. If their capital and savings are worth more than £23,250, they will have to fund their own care.

Councils place a charge on the property, which is paid when the house is sold. Alternatively, you may be required to sell the house immediately to raise the cash. Money raised from the sale of the house will fund your care until your savings get down to £23,250. That won’t leave much of an inheritance for your family and loved ones.

There are two solutions to the problem available to you. One is a will trust which protects 50% of the value of your home from care costs. The second is a living trust which shields 100% of the property.

Both are relatively inexpensive to put into place. Every trust is administered by trustees, the trustees can be the partners or surviving partner and children.

The situation won’t get better over time. The UK’s fastest-growing age group comprises those aged over 85. Councils will face even more pressure on budgets, leaving them with little choice but to continue to sell people’s homes.

To protect your home, contact Oakwood Wills on 07832 331594

The main thing to remember with trusts is that because you do not own the assets held in the trust in your own name, it is more difficult for those assets to be taken away from you or from the beneficiaries of the trust.

Chris Tennant, Oakwood Wills

Lorna Parsons (centre) receives her Chef of the Year award from ITV presenter Matt Johnson and Jo Wildman, director of compliance, governance and quality Caring Homes sector, highlighting excellence and rewarding those who work tirelessly to provide outstanding care.

Elaine Farrer, Colten Care’s chief operating officer, said: “The whole company is immensely proud of Lorna, and I felt privileged to be there, to see her win and share her joy. “I know her residents, who adore her as a person, as well as their chef, are also thrilled with her success.”

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IT’S January now and the Rangers are cold! With so much to do before the year unfolds! With Christmas behind us, we prepare for the year, And we’re very excited to see you all here.

Starting January 10 – Make your time at Durlston last Come to the gallery for an exhibition on ‘Durlston Past’ Discover the story of this lovely site Or just make a quick visit to warm the frost-bite!

On January 8 there is a rare treat In the Fine Foundation Gallery, come take a seat Join us for a talk about Durlston ‘round the year

Durlston Country Park has a lot going on in January

From geology, history and the wildlife found here.

January has a variety of wildlife to come across, So view at your leisure if you don’t mind the frost! Guillemots and Razorbills may return to the ledges, While Song Thrush and Dunnock can be heard from the hedges

Leaves are beginning to emerge from the ground, Making January a great time to have a look around, A warm evening may provide Badgers and Pipistrelle Bats, Or muddy walks, puddles (and a few cow pats!)

Are you looking to get active to start the new year? Check out our website on ways to volunteer, Work parties outside can cure January blues, We might let you borrow some steel toe capped shoes.

The Durlston Shed is doing fantastic work, With gardening, woodwork, and cake as a perk! If indoors is your thing then volunteer at the shop, Serving customers, greeting visitors – the work doesn’t stop!

Towards the end of the month there’s a stargazing night, Take a look through the telescope for a starry sight, Orion Nebula and Galaxies can be seen on the night together, But make sure to call on the day in case of bad weather!

The Rangers are excited for a New Year at the Park, Despite the cold weather and evenings being dark, Whether you come as a visitor, bird-watcher or volunteer, The Rangers would like to wish you a Happy New Year.

ENERGY SAVING GUIDANCE FOR OLDER BUILDINGS

Proud as you might be to live in a Listed or historic property, doing so often comes with high running costs. Richard Mogg of Symonds & Sampson’s Survey & Design department has reviewed energy-saving guidance for older buildings recently released by Historic England. The report is based on evidence that has been gathered from the Listed Building Owners and Occupiers Survey undertaken by BMG Research, and YouGov research into the views of people living in listed buildings and non-listed traditionally built properties built more than 100 years ago.

Research revealed that

• 89% of residents are proud to live in a listed building and look after their homes. • 27% of people living in older properties have already made changes to their roperty to reduce its energy and carbon usage. • A further 42% would like to make these changes. • 90% of those surveyed are committed to addressing climate change and energy - most having already installed low - energy lighting and thermostats to boilers and radiators. • 23% of owners and occupiers find keeping warm in winter difficult, and of those • 45% are concerned about the cost of making changes, and • 33% are concerned about the perceived complexity of retrofitting and • 54% suggest it would be difficult to find reliable guidance and information about how to retrofit their home – very much an area where Symonds & Sampson’s surveyors can assist. Speaking of the findings, Catherine Dewar, Historic England’s Climate Change Programme Director, said: “People living in older properties – whether they are listed or not – are rightly proud of their home’s heritage, but they have told us that they need more advice on how to keep warm and comfortable in an affordable way, and play their part in getting to Net Zero by 2050. Our refreshed website guidance will help but there is much more to do to provide the information that people need to Photograph - The iconic Grade 11 Listed Deheers building on the harbourside in Weymouth, designed and converted to the highest specification by DJ Property and sold through Symonds & Sampson’s Poundbury Office.

make these changes to their homes”. Building Surveyor Richard Mogg agrees. “Finding a way to improve the efficiency of a listed building can seem daunting. On the one hand, you want to preserve the heritage of property for future generations, whilst on the other hand, living more sustainably and – particularly in the current economic climate - efficiently is at the forefront of our minds. There are steps that can be taken to improve the efficiency of older homes, some of which can be carried out without the need for planning permission, and we are only too pleased to visit your property to discuss steps that can be taken”. Richard and his colleagues within Symonds & Sampson’s specialist Survey & Design Department can help identify steps that can be taken, consents required, and even oversee the project if you so wish. For first-hand advice on how to address the efficiency of your home, please contact them at the Wimborne Office on 01202 882103.