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The 42nd Annual General Meeting of the Lionel Abel-Smith Trust took place on Wednesday 29 April. Despite not being able to hold our annual lunch, with invited guests, prior to the business part of the meeting, our Zoom held conference call was a great success with a total of £43,078 being awarded in grants. This brought the total awarded in grants during the year to £103,147. The breakdown is as follows: • Education 31964 • Individual 9689 • Seniors 7409 • Medical 13879 • Organisations 40206
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for one another and Tony has always upheld Lionel’s basic principles for the Trust when making decisions. Tony was the Chairman from 1977 until 2013 when Marion Clayton took over the office. Tony has worked tirelessly for the Trust for 43 years, never missing an AGM during the whole time. He has always gone the extra mile when helping applicants. He is a mine of information and his memory is second to none, remembering the details of applications made years previously.
As he means so much to the Trust – and us, we have appointed him Patron of the Lionel AbelIt was with much sadness that we accepted Smith Trust ensuring continuing invaluable the resignation of our longest running Trustee, involvement. We are delighted that he has Tony Mogford MBE. Tony, as many of you will agreed to this. already know, was one of the three original members when the Trust was first founded On behalf of all the current and past trustees I in 1977 by the then Lord of the Manor, wish to thank Tony for all his endless hard work Lionel Abel-Smith, when it was known as the and for the support and kindness he has shown Wendover Community Trust. to us, the trustees, and hundreds of applicants over the last four decades. He and Lionel held a great mutual respect Gwen Williams, Chair of the Trustees
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Opening Hours
Our current opening hours are 8am-6.30pm Monday to Friday. For the time being we will not be open on Saturday mornings nor opening late on Tuesdays. We will be closed from 1pm on Thursday 18 June and Wednesday 15 July for staff training. At all times when we are closed, contact 111 if you need urgent help.
Contacting us during the pandemic
We are here to help. If you are worried about your health or the health of your children, please do not delay in contacting us. Call us on 01296 623452 and a doctor or nurse will call you back; as far as possible you will be directed to your usual GP. If you have a smartphone we now can offer video consultations. If you do need to be seen we will arrange a face-to-face appointment. Those who are shielding from coronavirus will be visited at home. If you are concerned about a skin lesion or rash please use your phone to take a good quality photograph of it in natural light. Then call us when we are are open and let the receptionist know. She will text you a link which you can use to upload the photograph, and will arrange a telephone appointment to discuss it.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D keeps bones and muscles healthy. It is produced in the skin on exposure to sunlight. If you are spending a lot of time indoors during the pandemic, we advise you to take a vitamin D supplement. The dose for adults and children over 5 is 10mcg (400iu) daily. Younger children should also be given vitamin D unless they are drinking formula milk. Vitamins are not available on prescription, please buy them from a pharmacy, supermarket or health food store.
Medicines for Hay Fever
Antihistamines, steroid nasal sprays and eye drops such as cromoglycate can all be purchased over the counter in pharmacies and are not normally available on an NHS prescription. For advice on managing hay fever symptoms please see www.nhs.uk/ conditions/hay-fever/.
Thank you
A big thank you to everyone in our community for staying safe, staying home and all of the wonderful acts of kindness, especially the help given to those who are shielding at home. We also thank you for the donations of PPE, scrub bags, visors, etc that we have received.
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WENDOVER MUSIC
2020
Call us about any child who has a fever that has lasted for 5 days or more, or has a fever and a rash.
2020 Season of Concerts
All at St Mary’s Church commencing at 7.30pm
The 2020 season remains partially suspended - at this stage, until July
Steven Osborne (Piano) and the London Handel Players have been rebooked for 2021 and Tasmin Little (Violin) & Mini Mozart rescheduled for September 2020 Find out more about re-scheduled dates at https://www.wendover-music.org 11 July - Samuele Telari (accordion) and Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) 19 September - Tasmin Little (violin) accompanied by Andrey Gugnin (piano) 19 September - Mini Mozart 10am (age 5 and under) and 11am (age 5-9) Concert tickets £20 (students £5). Mini Mozart £6 per child (adults free) or £10 for 2 siblings
Tickets available online via www.wendover-music.org or from ‘Just’ on Wendover High Street WendoverMusic_AdvertTemplate_2020_June.indd 1
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