E E FR Issue 170
July 2021
for Whitechurch, Whatcombe, Clenston, Stickland, Houghton, Turnworth & Milton Abbas
Helping to inform and unite the Community
his shoes like we do? More thought, do you think Jesus would like to Kite Surf? He would be good at that because he could make the wind blow and if he went surfing He could make the waves be enormous.” By now he was well into the swing of thought as to where Jesus would like to go on holiday. Jesus loved animals so he would like the Zoo or a Safari Park. He slept under the stars, so he would need a tent because in England it gets cold at night. “I don’t think he would like museums or those big old houses, Granny. Children, he loved children, so do you think he would like to come to Cub Camp with me? Could Jesus sing cos we have smashing camp fires with things on sticks to eat. Could Jesus swim, I know he can walk on water but does the Bible say he could swim? Because he could watch me do my swimmer’s badge.” The imagination of a young child once it was ignited was amazing. So natural. No fear or standing on ceremony with our Lord. Jesus simply seen as just the most wonderful friend and companion. At the end of the telephone conversation, he reckoned he had enough stuff to write, and I hadn’t really done anything except listen and grin to myself. But it was also a lesson for this retired Church minister to learn. I can get so bogged down in theology at times and forget the simple joy of imagining playing sand-castles with our Lord. (I’ve never attempted Kite Surfing…) At the Clenston Taizé service last month it was Trinity Sunday, and I told the assembled folk about the small child who was asked by her teacher what she was drawing. God, the child replied. But no one knows what God looks like, said the teacher. They will when I have finished my painting, said the child. Why do we make our loving, wonderful, most faithful friend, so complicated? Why can’t we all imagine our Lord going Kite surfing or playing at sandcastles, or even just having a cup of tea or a pint of beer? Loving, oh so faithful Lord, help us to realise that you are with us in all our activities. At those times when life is hard, help us to turn to you knowing that you are with us. And as we go about our daily lives help us to see the joy and the fun we can have together if we can only see and know you through the eyes and imagination of a child. Amen. Rev Sue.
Editorial Hello again! We are delighted to be back in a printed format for you to read. We hope that you like the stunning colour on our outside pages; we are grateful to Steve McFarlane at Purely Print for the chance to have these pages in colour and we hope it will make an arresting eyecatcher. It does give us the chance to use more colour pictures, so don’t forget that we like to have them sent in. And remember (if you can from so long ago!) we like to have pictures from you of your holidays. This year perhaps more than any other there will be more staycation holidays – who can send in the most unusual photo (place, activity, weather…) from this year? Thank you to those readers who have followed us online. We have appreciated the support, and the comments about the colour version there, and that’s why we are so pleased to be able to have at least some pages in colour in print. We will continue to post copies online, but we do appreciate that there are many readers who prefer to have a hands-on copy and we’re really pleased to be doing this again. Thank you to our deliverers for your support in distributing our community magazine. Whilst we have been online only, we have had a chance to review our advertising rates. We are not increasing them, before you get raised eyebrows! We are simply going to make a more straightforward payment/invoice arrangement so that we charge for a 12-month period, which will provide 11 adverts in the magazine (as you know, we don’t produce a magazine for January each year.) We hope this will simplify the invoice arrangements for you and make our charges easier to understand. This will be a smaller edition than we would like, as we are yet to receive the normal number of articles, photos, reports of events and adverts we used to enjoy. You know that we need you too – we can only fill the magazine if we get your contributions! Please don’t forget that we love to hear from you in this way. As we approach the summer holiday period, we would like to send our best wishes to all those whose experience of school, college and university this past year and more has been so disrupted and difficult. We hope that the arrangements that have been made for exam results will enable you to move forward with more confidence about your futures. And as we look forward to the beginning of the end of restrictions – now pencilled in for July 19th – we feel it appropriate to remember the enthusiasm at the start of this pandemic to remember all those who work in our essential services. We always think first of the NHS of course, but in more recent months these professionals have been supported by significant numbers of volunteers who have helped us to move quickly forward with the vaccine programme. The other essential workers must be remembered and thanked too – the refuse collectors, the postmen and women, the shopworkers, the delivery drivers, the tanker drivers… it’s a very long list. It will be so good soon to be able to re-establish a more normal way of living, but we must remember that the virus will still be ‘out there’ in some shape or other, and we will – in the words of the government – have ‘to learn to live with it.’ What that means for us locally will become more clear as time goes on, but for now – take care and enjoy the summer, breathing in some fresh air and relaxation. The Valley News team
Milton Abbas Surgery Reopening Post Covid-19 Appointment Booking We are now able to book some patients directly into face to face appointments rather than having a telephone triage appointment first. All patients booking advanced GP appointments will be given the option of a Face to Face (F2F), telephone or video consultation, by the reception team. On booking, patients will be advised that the waiting room can only have a maximum of 5 patients at any one time, and you need to be prepared to wait in your car or outside. This is because we need to continue to keep our staff and patients safe through social distancing. Clinicians will advise their patients if they need to collect medication, they must wait outside and if they need to book a follow up appointment, it must be done over the phone once they have left the surgery. This is to avoid congestion at the dispensary/front desk. Only patients who have prebooked appointments may enter the building. There will be signage on the doors, outside board and this will be advertised on FaceBook and the website. Patients collecting anything or dropping off samples should ring the bell and remain outside the building. Communication Please can we ask patients to respond to text/telephone messages: we have spent a lot of time chasing, particularly with regard to covid vaccinations and this is time our staff could spend providing other support. Finally, we are having more patient contacts now than ever before, and despite what you may have heard in the media, the practice has been open and seeing patients since the pandemic began. Our staff are doing an amazing job to ensure patients get the support they require and it is not acceptable for patients to be rude p4
Winterborne Valley & Milton Abbas Benefice Where does Jesus go on Holiday.....? It was one of those weird telephone conversations one can have with a child. “Granny, I have to do “Jesus homework so Dad said to phone you!” Wow, where do I start with this one, I wondered? So, I used the proverbial adult answer and asked my young grandson where he thought Jesus would go. Oh, the imagination of a child. “Well, there was lots of sand when Jesus was a child so perhaps he liked building sandcastles, so a trip to the beach. Oh no, that won’t work because their buckets were made of things like sheep’s stomachs and they wouldn’t have made good castles! But perhaps Jesus still liked the seaside and rock pools. But the Bible doesn’t mention the seaside, does it Granny. Do you think Jesus got sand in 2
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or abusive to our staff. The Institute of General Practice Management has launched a campaign to raise awareness of some of the abuse our teams face every day. While most patients are polite and courteous, our teams are having to deal with abuse daily and the abuse must stop. Featured on 5Live and BBC Breakfast, hopefully this will make some people think twice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAM3fSDq9kA&t=0s 24th July is Samaritans Awareness Day No matter what you are going through, the Samaritans are there to listen, 24/7, without judgement or pressure. So, if you are struggling and don’t know who to turn to, please just pick up the phone and dial their free helpline: 116 123. You may also want to consider calling the surgery and speaking with Kelly, our Social Prescriber. She will be happy to be a listening ear and may be able to signpost you to support and help with whatever concerns you are facing. Whatever you are facing, remember you are not alone. #TalkToUs
If you think you might be interested in joining the committee, do give me a ring and have a chat about it. Sharp eyed walkers will have noticed that the storage unit in the car park has now been cleared and removed. It had reached the end of its useful life as storage and was no longer needed. We are grateful that it was taken away for us free of charge. We will re-instate the car park surface where the unit stood as soon as we can, thus giving us additional car parking spaces. With the hall reopening we need to remind everyone that the car park is a private car park for use of the hall users only. There has been an increase in the number of people parking in the hall car park in recent months as the hall has been closed, but now we are reopening we need to ensure that the space is available for our users. Please do not use the car park at all unless you are attending an event in the hall. Should you have a one-off reason for needing to use a space then this will need to be booked with Hazel Lappin, details as above. Graham Case, secretary. 880740
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The WWPC have had a very big learning curve during the beginning of the first Lockdown from April 2020. As we could not hold open meetings (face to face) it was agreed to use Zoom instead. Our first Zoom meeting was very interesting. Once we got ourselves in front of the computer, adjusted our seats to the right height, making sure we could all be seen on our section of the screen, with a few hiccups such as the Chair disappearing, then reappearing etc. After a few months we did get it sorted. It was nice to be able to sit in comfort with your slippers on. We also had a couple of pet cats join in the meetings - or was it just the mouse they were after? Due to the periods of Lockdown etc. we couldn’t do a great deal but we were able to do get the new Monkey bars installed in the Play Park. Recently we have had some old equipment removed and ordered a new item, a play tractor for under 5’s which should be delivered soon. We also have replaced the broken wooden boxes in Fields Close with new planters. We have recently received a new bench which is about to replace the broken bench outside the Reading Room, after transferring the plaque over. We are just about to order another defibrillator to be at the top of Dorchester Hill at Lady Bailey Caravan Sales. All being well we should be back to our meetings in the Old School Room again from 23rd June with the following meeting being on July 28th at 7pm All Welcome. Back to some normality!!
Big thanks are offered to all the generous visitors & contributors to Turnworth’s Plants & Produce, Cakes & a Cuppa event on May 29/30th. Not only was an amazing £1,200 raised towards St Mary’s upkeep, the weekend also offered a welcome opportunity to celebrate community in so many ways.
Artsreach is back! After what has seemed a lifetime, Artsreach Stickland are proud to bring the professional Miracle Theatre to Winterborne Stickland. Miracle Theatre have toured Dorset with Artsreach for many years, and normally have 3 sell-out shows in the county. This year, they have just one date.......with US!! Their plays are always entertaining, and they will be coming to us following a run at the Minack Theatre. Normally their shows attract audiences in the region of 400, so don't leave your ticket purchase too late! Due to Covid restrictions, there are just 150 tickets available, with nearly 1/3 already spoken for. The performance will be outdoors, at the Sports Club, so social distancing and fresh air will mean that audience safety will be our priority. For full details of the Performance and the best way to book tickets, pop over to www.artsreach.co.uk. We are really looking forward to bringing Miracle to Stickland gates open at 6pm, with bar and BBQ available until 7:30pm and the performance proper commencing at 8pm (recommended for ages of 7+.) For more details, contact the Gale Family on 880920.
Pamela Hambro Memorial Hall 100 club results April June May 1 150 Mr N House 1 157 Mr J Fisher 1 111 Mr D Humpreys 2 187 Mr N Pritchard 2 144 Mrs A Martin 2 122 Mrs S Shannon 3 199 Mrs M Gale 3 123 Mr J Jeffery 3 155 Mr R Marchant We are pleased to report that, following recent Government relaxation of restrictions, the hall is able to open again – albeit subject to certain continuing limits on both activities and numbers attending. We are very hopeful that a return to completely normal use will be possible after July 19th – subject of course to the ending of restrictions. If you would like to hire the hall, please contact Hazel Lappin, out bookings Secretary, on 880969. We are going to hold our Annual General Meeting on July 12th at 7pm in the hall. Do come along and support the committee with their work looking after this popular village resource. We are going to be looking for some new volunteers to join us, as we are losing another member and the team is getting rather small in number! We are going to miss Jilly Spencer enormously, both as a committee member for 20 years and a regular user of the hall, as well as having been the cleaner for many years. She and her husband Jim move down to Devon (part-time to begin with) and she has ended her use of the hall for her classes and activities. She has been a dedicated and supportive member of the team, a most reliable and committed cleaner, and an inspiration to so many with her classes and advice. She is going to be much missed. We all join in sending her and Jim our best wishes for her life in Devon.
Book Review Summerwater, by Sarah Moss Sarah Moss, an acclaimed British writer, has a sharp ear for the vibrancy of ordinary life amidst its disappointments. Her seventh novel, Summerwater, is a quiet story of holiday-makers hemmed in by the rain and the relative remoteness of their wooden cabins, strung out along the shore of a Scottish loch. You’d be mistaken for thinking that this is not an exciting premise, but the point of Sarah Moss’s writing is how marvellously she takes you inside the head of her narrators, enlivened by precise and gently witty details. Each chapter in Summerwater is told from a different person’s perspective. Gradually, we see the interconnectedness of this temporary community of reluctant neighbours, whose instincts lead them to observe and make tentative contact with each other, though ‘that’s not what we’re here for.’ Justine is up by the loch with her young children and her husband, Steve. As she lies in bed, through the thin partitions comes the sound of Steve’s ‘aggressive peeing’: he ‘could perfectly well just bloody sit down but won’t because in his head the masculinity police are watching,’ But she doesn’t mind. What Justine loves is running in the early morning, up into the hills, ‘breathing … damp and oak and pine and her feet finding their way, rain and sweat in her eyes … she’ll remember how she could have kept going.’ In another cabin, old Mary is searching for her pencil, a bit confused, but clear-minded inside herself: ‘It’s cheering, somehow, p6 4
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when it’s the unlikely people quietly amok, Sheila Hepton up the road … never seen without lipstick and foundation in thirty years of neighbourliness, turned out she’d been at it with Alan’s boss for years.’ Between the chapters are short nature snippets, giving glimpses of the struggling animal life which echoes that of the humans, though each are indifferent to the other: a vixen ‘threads the dusk, quick and low. The traces of small creatures have been washed away and there are no little birds on the wing … As long as the cubs stay where she left them … as long as no late car strikes as she crosses the road, she will return and feed them again.’ Moss slowly but mesmerically builds up a portrait of ordinary humanity, underpinned by faint menace. Mild cynicism coexists alongside fundamental goodwill. The individuals in whose minds we eavesdrop are most themselves when alone, and yet they draw vital strength and purpose from their relationships. There is a dramatic and compelling denouement, but that is not what one remembers. Rather, it is the insistent hum of ‘dailiness’, of ‘sound waves’ travelling ‘through the cabin’s open door and through the gaps in the windows, over the waterlogged earth, into all the ears in the woodland.’ Mark Hudson
together in partnership and is something I want to see far more of. Dedicated people It’s been a huge honour to start getting to know some of the dedicated people across the Force and in the OPCC who I’ll be working with over the next few years to make my clear vision a reality. It’s also been really useful as I’ve been finding out more about Dorset Police, speaking to individuals I had met previously along with others working in areas of policing new to me. As well as getting to know senior officers, some of whom I’d met on the campaign trail, and finding out about the high-level strategies, it’s also been a great privilege to meet many officers working on the ground. These include Sue Hillier and Elizabeth Porcher from the dog section. It’s been fascinating to learn more about their work, what they’ve got planned and what I might be able to do to support them. It was also a pleasure to meet Anna Harvey, Chair of the Dorset Police Federation branch, which represents officers, and Debbi Potter, the branch secretary of Unison, which represents the Force’s many civilian staff. Incredible volunteers And it was a great honour to be able to address the first online awards event for Special Constables and Police Support Volunteers. The Force has more than 140 Special Constables and 160 volunteers. They all do tremendous work and it was wonderful, during Volunteers’ Week, to have been able to pay tribute to their efforts. Last week was Volunteers’ Week and therefore it is absolutely appropriate that I should also mention other volunteers that make a difference across Dorset such as Neighbourhood Watch and Community Speedwatch – they do an amazing public service and we know that these initiatives work. It’s been an incredibly busy month with far too much going on to list here, but I hope this has given you a flavour of what I’ve been up to. Rest assured you’ll be hearing a lot more from me very soon as we bring the plan to reality, driving us towards making Dorset the safest county in the UK. David Sidwick, Police & Crime Commissioner
My First Month In Office One month ago, I was elected as the Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset. After three years of campaigning for the role, I already had a very good idea of what I wanted to achieve for the people and businesses of the county. Now, the work of putting that into place has begun in earnest as I develop my plans to make Dorset the safest county in the UK. I’ve spoken before about my priorities for the county. These are to robustly focus on cutting crime, to bring back community focused policing to the streets of Dorset, to fight organised crime such as county lines drug gangs, to deal with issues affecting our rural communities and to put victims and communities at the heart of everything we do. My plan for Dorset I remain focused on these issues, and a good deal of my work over the last four weeks has revolved around forming a plan which outlines exactly how we’ll be able to achieve this. The priorities of my campaign will be the priorities of the plan. That has involved one group of people I’ll be working with more closely than anyone – my own team in the Office of The Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC). You’ll be finding out about the new Police and Crime Plan for Dorset very soon, and over the summer you’ll be getting a chance to have your say on the ideas being put forward. This plan is not only something that PCCs legally must produce, it’s a roadmap outlining exactly how I’m going to make the county a better place. Issues close to my heart But as you know, the real world doesn’t wait for us to sit and draw up strategies, and so you will see announcements from me and the Force before the plan is in place. That’s why I’m delighted the Force has already been able to launch some new initiatives which will have a real impact on two issues that are close to my heart, and which I know cause a lot of concern to Dorset residents. The first involved e-scooters, the use of which has shot up in recent months. Officers have been out and about across Bournemouth talking to riders of private e-scooters, letting them know exactly where they can use these devices legally – and more importantly where they can’t – and warning them they risk having the items seized. The second is a campaign to issue crime prevention advice to dog owners. Although there have mercifully been very few cases of dog theft in Dorset, news about an increase across the country is something pet owners worry about a lot. Of course, the police don’t work in isolation, and I’ve also spent my first month meeting senior local authority figures including Cllr Spencer Flower and Matt Prosser, leader and chief executive of Dorset Council, and Cllr Drew Mellor and Graham Farrant, leader and chief executive of BCP Council. BCP’s Multi-Agency Command Centre, which brings officers from the police, council, and other agencies together to respond to issues in real time, will be invaluable when large numbers of visitors arrive on Bournemouth’s beaches this summer. It’s an excellent example of organisations working
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