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Wendover looked wonderful, as always, so thank you, thank you, to everyone who made that possible. Anyone entering the High Street from either direction entered a magical static light show which didn't distract the drivers. Pedestrians had an even better view of all the lovely shop windows, see also page 19, and could enjoy going in to buy something not available online and actually discuss the purchase with a human being! Then we progress to that new phenomenon of having a hot drink under a gazebo in the middle of Winter! Special thanks to the efforts of our younger generation who worked so hard to make beautiful decorations for our Big Manor Waste Tree, sponsored by No2 Pound Street. The competition winners are shown right.
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The Trust was established in 1977 when Lionel Abel-Smith, Lord of the Manor of Wendover, gave the village a number of properties in Pound Street. His wish was that the rental income be used to support organisations and individuals in Wendover. Over the years, more than £1.5 million has been awarded in grants and loans. The Trustees will hold their 43rd Annual meeting on Wednesday 28 April 2021 to consider grant applications from individuals and organisations from within the parish of Wendover and the Moor Park Estate. Applications must be received by Friday 28 February with full contact details and, if possible, email address to: clerk@ wendovertrust.org or Clerk to the Trust, 51 Dobbins Lane, Wendover Bucks HP22 6DL. For details go to www.wendovertrust.org. Grants can be made for real need throughout the year.
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Events Bucks Museum re-opens its doors!
Bucks Art Society 100th Anniversary Exhibition and Tony Hart. Paintings, prints, sculpture and more by over 30 artists from across the county. A selection of artwork by Tony Hart will also be featured in the Exhibition. Work is for sale and a proportion of the sale price will benefit the museum. Exhibition dates: until 20 February 2021. Open every Thursday to Saturday, 10am – 3pm. Closed 20 December to 6 January. Entry by prebooked tickets from www.buckscountymuseum.org/museum/ events/bucks-art-society-100th-anniversaryexhibition/.
got to be positive, and accept that the first one, on 7 January, will not now take place. More on page 12.
Waddesdon’s Winter Light
Extended - 7-31 January 2021, ThursdaySunday from 4-10pm (8pm Sundays) Begin 2021 with sparkle and bright lights, with the extension of Waddesdon’s hugely popular Winter Light programme throughout January for the first time, bringing a little cheer to a dark time of year. Advance booking of timed admission, parking and shuttle bus tickets is essential for all visitors, including National Trust members. Full details of WheelPower Winter Walk and Push prices and online booking details - https:// Walk off the excesses of Christmas, and waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/winter-light/. push away those January blues with this new event from WheelPower, the national Local History Group charity for Wheelchair Sport. More on: Fri 8, 8pm if in person, 7.45pm if online RESEARCHING THE VACHE AND NEWLANDS www.walkpush.co.uk. PARK. Regicide, defamation, suffragettes, a great explorer and some garden history! Virtual Meet the Head The speaker is Sarah Tricks, a member of Wed 6, 8pm, online Lee Common C of E School has places Bucks Gardens Trust who led research of the available in Nursery and Reception. See property. Contact: Richard Leat 01494 758784. advert page 3 for more details.
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In our optimistic way, we have arranged our 2021 monthly meetings to be held at St Anne’s Hall at 2.30 pm on the first Thursday of the month, once we are able to. We have
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Events international champion competitors. For that reason, it will not pass down the High Street. See social media and February print edition for more, or if you'd like to see highlights of last year's race visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cgGVx1FzI0. "Veterans with Dogs" is one of the charities supported by runners.
Breathing under water
Begins 13 January 7.30 – 9pm and runs for 13 weeks New book reading support group to look at the book “Breathing under water” by Richard Rohr. The book explores humanity and spirituality and is based on the AA 12-step programme. The book group is for everyone, all faiths and none. There will be only 13 spaces available so please let us know if you are interested or have questions about the group by contacting us on: minister@ wendoverfreechurch.org.uk or 07946 875638.
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• Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize - entries close 25 March, www. ridgewayfriends.org.uk/ • Pace Big Walk - 24 April, see page 25
Lee Common CE School Please contact the school ofÞce for arrangements to join us for one of our
Virtual MEET THE HEAD Evenings 8.00 pm on Wednesday 6th January 2021
Parents have until 15th January to apply for their school place for September 2021. Lee Common CE School still has places in Reception and Nursery.
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With thanks to Thomas Hickman’s Charity, COSPA and VIY the charity’s dream is almost realised. To find out more about The Next Step, including a series of videos, or to make a donation to help the charity support local young people in crisis, please visit www. youthconcern.org.uk. Thank you. 2021
WENDOVER MUSIC 2021 Season of Concerts
NEW YEAR’S EVE Tres Corazones will have its regular tapas menu as well as New Year’s Eve specials
All 2020 season tickets are valid for 2021. If you purchased individual concert tickets for the 2020 season and would like a refund, please write to Wendover Music Ticket Refunds, 32 High Street, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6EA or see our website for details.
2021 dates for your diary
All at St Mary’s Church commencing at 7.30pm (restrictions permitting) 13 March (AGM) - Leo Popplewell (Cello) 17 April - Steven Osborne (Piano) 8 May - Timothy Riddout (Viola) & Tom Poster (Piano) 5 June - London Handel Players (mixed ensemble) 10 July - Samuele Telari (accordion) and Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano)
Concert tickets £20 (students £5). AGM tickets £10 non season ticket holders. Mini Mozart £6 per child (adults free) or £10 for 2 siblings Season tickets £75 (students £15) - includes AGM and reserved seating area in Nave. All purchased tickets for individual concerts for the 2020 season will be accepted for the revised dates so no need to re-book.
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A new survey has been launched to get the opinions of people living in and around Wendover about the town’s open spaces and how to meet the agreed goal in the Neighbourhood Plan to improve the town’s skate park.
Every person who completes the survey and leaves a valid email will be entered into a prize draw where the winner will win a selection of skate gear. The survey closes 31 January. Please feel free to contact the working group on: wendoveropenspaces@gmail.com.
The survey is the work of the newly established Open Spaces & Skate Park Working Group set up to report to Wendover Parish Council on current usage of our open spaces as well as making proposals for new facilities. The Working Group is eager to hear from people - especially young people - about where Wendover's new skate park should go and what else there should be for young people to do in Wendover. Please find the link to the survey below, or use the QR code to access the survey: wendoverskatepark.co.uk
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HS2 update The Reality of Living with HS2
The immediate negative impacts of HS2 on Wendover are clear and terrible. The longterm disruptions that will be caused by its construction are harder to imagine but just as real. Ask the residents of Bowood Lane. They are currently living on the frontline. Fusion, the HS2 early works contractor, are using Bowood Lane as a site access road, mainly for vegetative clearance. Many of you will remember the fine words in Parliament about HS2 being good neighbours and using lorry wheel washers and sweepers and traffic management to mitigate disruption. That was “pie in the sky”. Also remember that this is not the main event, it’s a tiny contract and it’s causing chaos because of bad management and indifference. Mud, damage and trespass are commonplace and residents can get no redress from Fusion, HS2 or from the Highway Authority. If this is a microcosm of the impact of the whole
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project it does not bode well for Wendover. to design the scheme as per the Act. We WPC will complain formally on behalf of the are requesting that Rob Butler invites the community. Minister to Wendover as soon as possible. The PM and Andrew himself have stated that they will work with Wendover, so what An Invitation to the Minister As I started to outline last month, we better way than to visit? have had a lot of communication with Who Cares for the AONB government recently. The Bromford decision raises the question: I have now had sight of the response, dated What price the AONB? The driver for the 1 December, from Andrew Stephenson, MP, Bromford tunnel seems to be to solve a Minister of State at the DfT to Rob Butler's technical issue, to avoid some disruption letter of 19 November. Andrew tries to deny and to “save” an estate of industrial units. that there is any inconsistency between the For HS2, the unsolved technical issues way that the decision to use a Transport that dog the project around Wendover and Works Order Act to enable tunnelling at operational noise, the aquifer, flooding Bromford and the way Wendover is denied and the scarring of the AONB - don’t seem that same process. He takes comfort from worthy of the same consideration. Perhaps the fact that the Bromford contractor BBV you would contact Andrew Stevenson MP suggested a tunnel solution at Bromford. at the DfT and ask him why he cares so little He ignores the fact that EKFB, our for the AONB. contractor, was, we are told, encouraged Tom Walsh not to consider tunnelling at Wendover and
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A New Year and a New Start!
After 2020 many people may well want a fresh start for the new year. One important thing to consider is ensuring your personal affairs are in order.
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Reviewing Wills regularly is very important. I recommend doing so at least every 3-5 years, or sooner if there is a change in personal circumstances, legislation, or on divorce or marriage.
Over half of all adults in England don`t have a Will. Some believe they don’t need one, Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPAs) many assume their assets will pass to their We should all also consider preparing LPAs, other half, and some simply don`t want to where you appoint people to look after you should you be unable to do so, for whatever talk about such matters. reason. Many think these are only relevant for those in later life. However, anyone can Peace of Mind find themselves unable to look after their However, I believe it is extremely important affairs at different times, such as after an to have an up-to-date Will regardless of your accident or illness or when overseas. age, marital status or wealth. Having a Will means your wishes will be followed and you, So, take action this January – a new year and and your family, can have “peace of mind”. a new beginning! A professionally well-planned Will can provide for, and protect, your family and friends, some who may be ill or vulnerable; “second families”; inheritance tax planning; and asset protection. You decide who benefits from your assets and who looks after your affairs.
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Local News All smiles at Chiltern Way Academy work in small groups is going on at most DfT publishes recommendations to CWA Wendover local reserves like Weston Turville Reservoir, deliver fairer deal for communities continues to Bacombe Hill and Dancersend with contact on HS2 property schemes details at bbowt.org.uk/volunteering. We strive for the best ways to communicate with our students. The nationwide rules around face coverings are being implemented around the school to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Our students have SEMH (Social Emotional and Mental Health) challenges and as such face coverings make their ability to communicate and read emotions much more difficult. At a time when our students are already feeling more anxious this presents them with extra challenges.
shall also be continuing our series of online talks by Zoom with a new speaker at 7.45pm on Tuesday 19 January - please go to bbowt. org.uk/events for details. Thank you for your support in the year gone by and the year to come. richardbirch60@yahoo.com
An overhaul of how land and property is purchased for High Speed 2 (HS2) will deliver a fairer deal for communities impacted by the project, Transport Minister Andrew Stephenson announced 17 November, as he published a range of recommendations to improve acquisition processes. Read more on https://bit.ly/3pYbLIj.
The Friends of Wendover Health Rob Butler, MP - Letter to HS2 Centre desk has reopened! A letter was sent on Thursday 19 November
You can call between 1pm and 3pm on weekdays to book transport to a medical appointment or to ask for your prescription to be delivered. (Regular prescription deliveries continue as in lockdown.) Luckily at CWA we provide ourselves on Please ring on 01296 622565 for more being solution focussed and look for ways to information or email friendsofwhc@aol.com. help our students succeed. Our staff have been issued with high quality face masks that Shakespeare and Emilia incorporate a clear panel around the mouth Peter Bassano, Music Director of the area. This allows students to be able to read Wendover Choral Society for nearly two facial expressions more easily and be able to decades, has taken the opportunity granted communicate with staff more successfully. by lockdown to finish a book which he has been working on for some years about the Importantly it also allows our fantastic relationship between William Shakespeare students to see us smile! and Emilia Bassano, an ancestor of his. Paul Coffey, Head of Campus , Wendover He says: "It struck me that many of your readers will have come to the WCS concerts BBOWT Christmas and New Year The shop and cafe at College Lake Reserve in St Mary’s and may be interested in reading HP23 5QG is open from 10am till 4pm the book. At the moment it is only available Wednesday to Sunday but closing on 24 as an e-book from Amazon but I hope that it December, reopening 1 January. Come and will be printed as a paperback soon." combine a bracing walk with some shopping and a hot drink with a pastry or a pastie. If Search Shakespeare and Emilia on the you are feeling more active, conservation Amazon website to find the e-book.
to Andrew Stephenson, MP, querying HS2’s application of a Transport and Works Act Order in Bromford, whilst refusing the same in Wendover. Please have a read of it on the Wendover Parish Council website - www. wendover-pc.gov.uk/post/transport-andworks-act-orders-letter-hs2. See also page 7 for more about the letter.
Local Community Impact Award
In late November, WPC Chair Tom Walsh accepted the WPC Highly Commended, ‘Local Community Impact Award’ from Buckinghamshire Council for the ‘Wendover Good Neighbour Scheme’. Thank you to everyone who made the Scheme possible.
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Local News last seven years. He undertook the position of Chairman when the charity was set up in 2013 and he will be missed. If you would like to volunteer at the Pool or are interested in becoming a Trustee, please email the Trustees at trustees@wendoverswimming. org or message the Wendover Swimming Pool Facebook page. Many volunteer roles are available. See also page 31 and advert page 19.
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Thank you to the organisers of the Christmas Carol Trail in Wendover. Such ingenuity! Such joy! By following this trail at least we could indulge in a little silent Carol singing. As we go to press, gales are forecast and the hope is that the outdoor displays will survive! Many thanks to all who brightened our gloomy days. Well done all those who took part in the Princess Mary Gate Advent Calendar windows. A great community initiative.
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After what was a very difficult 2020 for many, I want to wish all those in the local community a safe, healthy and excellent New Year and all the very best for 2021. I continue to offer FREE ½ hour consultations to discuss Wills, Powers of Attorney, Probate, Estate and Later Life Planning. From the safety of your home, via videocalls, I am conducting these Free meetings, offering advice and guidance, and a chance to ask questions, or raise concerns surrounding your future plans. I have been a private client solicitor for over 20 years and started my Specialist Wills & Estate Planning Consultancy in Wendover last year. To find o ut more, o r to arrange a consultation, please call me on 01296 415700 or send an email to iain@wanstallconsulting.co.uk or www.wanstallconsulting.co.uk “Keep busy, keep well and keep smiling!” www.wendovernews.co.uk
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Business Forum Ashridge Home Care awarded for its Innovation in Care during the Pandemic by Care Industry Experts
November saw Care Heroes Awards Week and Ashridge Home Care win a prestigious title to mark its efforts during the past year. The 4 year old home care company, which arranges either live-in or visiting carers to attend clients across the South East of England, was crowned winner in the Innovation in Care category. This award celebrates those companies that have thought outside the box to bring joy and comfort to those they care for. Judges said Ashridge Home Care won for their willingness and total commitment to their staff and customers and their unwavering dedication to continue to deliver 24 hour care to their entire client base. Trudi Scrivener, Managing Director of Ashridge Home Care said: “Winning this prestigious Home Care Heroes (Innovation) 2020 Award makes me immensely proud. These awards mark the success of the whole team, who show absolute dedication and commitment to providing outstanding home care. The team were 100% committed to ensuring that carers were looked after and motivated so they in turn could ensure our clients were happy and safe. The ideas and outside the box thinking was truly inspiring and we will continue many practices even once this pandemic is over. To be recognised by an award is such great news amidst a tough time for everyone working in frontline services. Our focus now is to continue to support as many people as possible who want to remain in their own homes.”
Innovation has always been rewarded and encouraged at Ashridge. Prior to Covid 19 a carer who was a great chef was promoted to head chef and helped mentor other carers whose skills were lacking in the kitchen to learn how to cook simple meals for their clients. This resulted in a recipe book which is shared amongst carers and during lockdown Trudi secured help from TV nutritionist Janet Brinkworth from TV’s Saturday Morning Kitchen. Together they launched Ashridgelicious Food Lovers group for the live-in carers to learn new easy, nutritious meals to cook for their clients as well as featuring an online Q&A option so if a carer couldn’t access ingredients she suggested good alternatives. The group shared photos of food and were encouraged to make mealtimes special. One carer tried the Pizza Express dough recipe and made passata from scratch for a lovely home cooked Italian meal. Whilst another recreated a favourite restaurant setting with their client. The whole head office team was innovative and took part in sourcing other professional help from within the community – they arranged for various health practitioners to share videos enabling carers to help their clients, one from a footcare practitioner to teach carers basic footcare to help clients who couldn’t attend appointments. A visiting carer also runs a successful yoga business ‘Zest Yoga’ and she developed a 10 minute yoga routine that carers could do with clients to keep them moving and increase their circulation. Trudi even managed to source a celebrity - Frontman of Spandau Ballet, Tony Hadley, to share a morale boosting message. Currently an online book group for clients and carers is in development.
Ashridge Home Care employs more than 80 visiting and live-in carers and works with clients across the South East England from its base in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. To find out more about Ashridge Home Care visit www.ashridgehomecare.co.uk or for an informal chat about how a visiting or a live-in carer might benefit someone in your family telephone 01494 917344. See advert page 20.
Kings Farm Shop
Kings Farm Shop is always improving the customer offer and the customer experience. Dry aged beef has become a speciality so in late November they installed an even bigger fridge (3 metres wide) to give an even greater supply.
Now that Kings Farm Shop, https:// kingsfarmshop.co.uk/, has more capacity for dry aged beef, they can offer a wider range of mostly on-bone sirloin and on-bone rib of beef. You can also choose from the leaner continental breeds like Simmental Cross or Limousin or stay with the traditional British Hereford or Aberdeen Angus breeds. The process dries out excess water do the meat is tastier because the flavour is more concentrated. If you have a special occasion coming up, please make sure you order in advance to avoid disappointment.
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There will be a flurry of refurbishment happening at the top of the High Street in January as Ivan Cammack opticians moves next door to larger premises. In its place at no23, the Wendover branch of community friendly J Brown Funeral Services Ltd will be opening in February, to learn more go to Eat Well/Feel Well chiller cabinet in Budgens http://jbrownfuneralservices.co.uk/ and like Debbie and her team at Budgens would on Facebook @jbrownfuneralwendover. like to thank everyone who has taken on board the Eat Well/Feel Well initiative described on page 4 of the November print edition of Wendover News. So far the food has generated lots of enthusiasm. Between Christmas and New Year they will be providing all your favourites including fresh salads to share with family. Please let Budgens know of any favourite foods not yet included on the menu. No promises,
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Club Corner Wendover Cricket Club
Despite the on-going Covid-19 issues, Wendover Cricket Club enjoyed an active half season with many players showing increased enthusiasm for playing regularly. Covid guidelines keep changing but the club is hoping to run modified junior indoor training in January to March; however, restrictions mean adults will likely wait for an outdoor start in April. It is also hoped to start a Girls Section via signing up to the ECB’s Dynamos Scheme for 8 to 11 year olds during the summer; register initial interest by email to wendoverccgirls@gmail.com. Progress with HS2 is slow, but much behind the scenes work is on-going to try and ensure that the relocation project at Tring Road can get going quickly, once the go-ahead to properly start is given. Cricket at the Ellesborough Road ground will occur in 2021 with the ground leased from HS2, but that will be the last season as a cricket ground - with a “leaving event” planned for Saturday 25 September 2021. The club will be holding their AGM on 28 January via Zoom; more details, other stories and the season’s senior averages, plus contacts for enquiries can be found on the website www. pitchero.com/clubs/wendovercricketclub.
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Wendover Horticultural Society
In our optimistic way, we have arranged our 2021 monthly meetings to be held at St Anne’s Hall at 2.30 pm on the first Thursday of the month, once we are able to. We have got to be positive, and accept that the first one, on 7 January, will not now take place. For the future, we will decide whether to continue the February meeting, and later ones, on a monthly basis. Hopefully we are close to re-opening and it would be silly to take risks and hold meetings just before the vaccines become available. It is hoped that we will be able to continue with the coach trip to the RHS at Hyde Hall gardens at Chelmsford on Thursday 20 May.
Girlguiding
During lockdown and "Tier 2" conditions, Girlguiding has continued to adapt. From Zoom meetings to projects-by-post, Girlguiding continues to enrich the lives of young women in and near Wendover. Would you like to help? Girlguiding is recruiting leaders at all levels, but especially to help with its youngest members, Rainbows, who are aged 5-7. Interested? See advert page 2.
Wendover Bowls Club
Our Club is a Bowls Club with no bowling! How we all miss it, especially at this time of year when our social scene should have been in full swing. Still, we are better off than the Tudors. I was watching a programme about the festivities in King Henry VIII's time. Evidently it was an arrestable offence to play bowls during the Christmas period. I'm not sure if King H had got the Christmas message of goodwill to all men and peace on earth because it was OK to knock lumps out of each other with swords and shoot arrows, but no bowls. I shouldn't be surprised if the law isn't still on the statute books - I have not heard of any of our club members being arrested but, of course, we have not been playing. On behalf of the Bowls Club may I wish everyone a Happy New Year. Don Knight
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HS2 and Me A story from Nash Lee
(about a mile from Wendover) So far, just a few people in the Wendover area have been directly affected by HS2, mostly farmers. Once serious construction starts, we are all going to be affected. This story began in early 2019. There were already several other points of contention with HS2 plans at Nash Lee, but HS2 had not previously mentioned this one. Suddenly, someone decided that it was very urgent to check on the structural integrity of a National Grid pylon. This pylon had not moved 1 mm in the 60+ years of its existence, but now looking in detail at the foundations was of great urgency. Instead of trying to reach agreement over access and timing, HS2 decided that since Parliament had granted them the Power to Possess land temporarily, they would insist on using that legal power. They would not listen to the fact that they only needed 0.5 acre of land, but insisted on possessing 7 acres. That possession caused the maximum inconvenience possible for farming the 90+ % of the holding on the other side of the 7 acres. HS2 promised that they would take possession for less than 1 year. They eventually took possession in early November 2019, despite the option to do the work in the dry weather of September. Remember, this investigation was supposed to be urgent and on a critical path for other work! They chose the wettest month (February 2020) of the wettest winter in recorded history to move heavy equipment onto the site. HS2 Contractors were actually on site for less than five full days, and occupied just 0.5 acre of the 7 acres possessed. They dug two very large holes in the soil, to access the foundations of the pylon. The concrete down there turned out to be exceedingly hard, and they failed to get a proper core sample. In their unsuccessful attempt to get a sample, they burned out the motor of a coring machine.
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Was this work at all necessary? NO! After well in excess of a year now, HS2 still have possession, indicating little sign of giving up possession. During their almost five days on site, they managed to damage one or more land drains, because of choosing such a poor time of the year to do the work. Now that winter is here again, water escapes onto Nash Lee Road. The risk of ice forming and accidents on such a busy hospital feeder road ought to be obvious - even to HS2. But they do nothing to effect repairs themselves, or to hand back possession for others to solve the problem. HS2 is set to cost eye-watering amounts of money, that we and our children will end up paying for. Small incidents like this case will occur throughout the project. No wonder that the HS2 project is set to cost such staggering amounts of money. Is HS2 a competent organisation? Does HS2 take its responsibilities seriously? NO! Complaints have been made to HS2 Ltd, and referred on to the DfT. Does the DfT do anything? NO! Our local MP has written to the HS2 Minister, that same HS2 Minister who has sworn to improve the way HS2 behaves. We shall see what the HS2 Minister actually does about the situation. There is now talk of handing back the land in January but the new delay is that HS2 hasn't yet devised a plan to do this!!! In addition, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) has now proved that the HS2 work has also damaged a Thames Water Sewage pipe! There are plans to make temporary repairs to divert water away from Nash Lee Road, and repair the sewage pipe. The UK Construction Industry has a 2+ week break over Christmas, so before Christmas or January??? Bob Lewis
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Challenges New year is a great time to re-evaluate old habits and adopt new ones. For our first article of 2021, here are three challenges to help reduce your personal contribution to climate change while pursuing goals you might already have.
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The Food Challenge Every week, households across the country typically throw away 10% of food purchased so aiming to reduce food wastage to just 2% will be a great start. According to Greenpeace, raising livestock creates as much greenhouse gas emissions as all vehicle emissions combined. In contrast, vegetables and chicken have a carbon footprint that is 10 times smaller per serving than red meat and dairy. Reducing the amount of animal products you consume can make a huge difference in your personal carbon footprint.
The Transport Challenge The government has put forward its plan to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2030, so if you are thinking of changing your car in the next couple of years it makes sense to consider a hybrid or electric car. A £1.3bn investment has been pledged by the government to accelerate the roll-out of EV charging points in homes, streets and on motorways across England.
According to multiple environmental studies conducted by the United Nations, this decade is our last chance to reduce the damage we The Home Challenge have done to the Earth through our global Household consumption of gas, electric and greenhouse gas emissions. So now is the water is a big contributor to our personal time to take action and start a new challenge carbon footprint and currently about 10% for 2021 to reduce your personal footprint.
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involvement) to make the obvious case why supporting a refugee family in desperate need to settle in Wendover is both compassionate and right. I can only speak from my own knowledge of another small English town, where my relatives live, that has welcomed a refugee family under the same Government scheme. The family had endured horrors in their wartorn home country, and have now settled in that town, where their children are receiving the first education they have had in seven years, the whole family has studied hard to
is finally safe. I have been a guest at their house and they are so generous with the little they have and have become a real part of their community. I for one want our town to be a place that offers the same chance to another refugee family, where we can share the support, community spirit and opportunities that so many of us enjoy in Wendover. RC, Wendover
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Wendover Swimming Pool resumed public swim sessions again in December, and can run public sessions in Tiers 1 & 2. Please book online before you come to the Pool, as numbers are limited. Please check our Facebook page for information and updates before you come. The Wendover Swimming Pool is easy to get to - it’s in the middle of the schools campus on Wharf Road. Our social media team posts variations to normal opening hours on our Facebook page. Want to volunteer? Email trustees@wendoverswimming.org.
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HS2 trains are going to be worse north of Wendover. The cutting into the hill has vertical sides to stop sound travelling, than we thought ! Harmful Noise Disturbance We have uncovered an alarming fact that HS2 trains will be noisier than previously thought, and so will affect Wendover even more than previously expected. Over 1800 homes in Wendover will suffer noise greater than suggested in HS2’s Environmental Statement.
effectively acting as a barrier to block the noise while greatly reducing the amount of earth that must be excavated. This design is being used elsewhere on HS2 and has no obvious downsides.
In the south of Wendover, solutions are more complex, but we are suggesting an Viaduct covering - latest design seen enclosed barrier (effectively a tunnel in the sky) which is a design which has been used Did you know there are planned to be 349 successfully on a Chinese high-speed railway Flooding & Environmental Damage We are seriously concerned by the impact on trains between 8.00am – 7.00pm? That is where it passes through a bird sanctuary. Coombe Hill and the surrounding elevated one every two minutes. At night, they will land which acts as a large underground be louder than the WHO standard of 60dB, Meetings with HS2 & Bucks Council continue reservoir (called an aquifer) soaking up resulting in sleep disturbance for many as we aggressively pursue these solutions, rainwater. This releases the water and it residents. The current HS2 design fails and we need your support. Please participate currently feeds the canal and the Weston to meet this target across a large part of in our Noise Survey by giving us your views Turville Reservoir. Wendover, particularly in the north. at www.whs2.org. HS2's plan is to cut through the Coombe The current HS2 design is a ‘wide cutting’ which encourages sound to travel. Email us at: enquiries@whs2.org, check out Hill aquifer. The result is that the springs Wendover HS2 is advocating a pragmatic, our Facebook page: @wendoverhs2, or join that feed the Weston Turville Reservoir Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and cost-effective design: a ‘retained cutting’ us on twitter: @wendoverhs2. A different kind of care company – providing around the clock care in your own home.
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11+ Coaching in Wendover Experienced Tutor 01296 696154 or 07789 690139 the Wendover Arm Canal are likely to be starved of water which will be diverted down Stoke Brook towards Stoke Mandeville and Aylesbury. This, in turn, is likely to result in increased Water monitoring risks of flooding north of Wendover, while the reservoir will be irreparably damaged. We remain very concerned that, if the council do not respond to the design submission robustly, we will lose the opportunity to protect Weston Turville Reservoir SSSI and the canal forever. Worse, we will see increased water flows down Stoke Brook leaving the new housing in Aylesbury to face flooding.
In the past few months, we have been engaged with the Environment Agency (EA) and HS2 contractors on this matter. HS2 contractors EKFB are now carrying out water testing and measurement to determine the amount of water in the aquifer and we await the results. The Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action colourmebeautiful Group, whilst fully supportive of the Parish Council’s efforts to achieve a mined tunnel, the image consultants has in parallel a clear mission to achieve the Colour & Style Analysis, Cosmetics, maximum possible mitigation for Wendover. Make-up Lessons, Gift Vouchers, Parties We have the backing of our local MP Rob Kimberley Blackham Butler as well as our Prime Minister, a regular 07932 786 010 visitor to our market town. As a result, we are making considerable progress with our • Pruning & Weeding alternative mitigation solutions and continue • Hedge & Tree Care to hold HS2/EKFB/Fusion to account as their • Grass Cutting works continue around us. Please support us • Patios & Fencing by visiting us at www.whs2.org. • Small Landscapes Call Roy 01296 625531 07906 398187 Doing what’s right for Wendover hawthorngardening@yahoo.com
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Wendover's Community Choir The story so far...
together and make it available to choir members, so that (each member’s) family We had a splendiferous Christmas party, and friends can find a surprise stocking all members were invited to dress up, present of ‘Sing with Bing’ on Christmas dress down, eat, drink and be as merry as morning! they wanted to be on Zoom.
Our insurers ‘Making Music’ have been very helpful and kept us updated on musical issues across the UK. We hope to re-start in April 2021 but will obviously have to be guided by Covid-19 rules at the time. We will give all members and new members as much notice of the The very generous grant from the Lionel return to singing together as we can via Abel-Smith Trust (LAST) had purchased the regular Newsletter and our Face book an electric keyboard and the remaining page and local papers. grant money will help with the start of the first term when we are back singing We would love to hear from existing together. Big thanks again to LAST. members as well as potential new
Looking back on 2020, nearly 80 members joined our ranks in March last year but we only managed two weeks of enthusiastic rehearsals. Since then we have been active ‘offline’ A newsletter is sent out regularly and our Christmas stall on the Manor Waste and our first concert for friends and family have both been re- According to feedback from our scheduled for December next year. A big members’ questionnaire, “Getting back thank you to WPC and St Mary’s Church. to sing together as a Community Choir”, is what our members are wishing for. Our Currently some members are sending venue at the John Colet School remains their recording of ‘I’m Dreaming of a available and they have not charged us White Christmas’ to one of our talented any fee nor retainer during these last members who will put the voices months of 2020. A big thank you to them.
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Co-design engagement programme People can take part by visiting www. Town Centre Regeneration and Aylesbury launches on Aylesbury Gardenway aylesburygardenway.co and completing Garden Town Strategic Board Chairman the online map survey, choosing to ‘put a pin in it’, and signing up to join online community conversations and online design workshops. The online platform is available throughout the co-design process for people to find out more about the project and to post feedback, share ideas and make comments. People can The Aylesbury Garden Town Masterplan also call 01296 585315 to discuss their was approved in July 2020 and the ideas. Gardenway is the first transformative project to come forward. It will be The long-term vision for the Gardenway delivered over several years using a phased is to have a positive impact on the approach and the design team are keen quality of life of Aylesbury’s residents by to create a shared vision to deliver its full encouraging play, active lifestyles, food potential. The co-design process launched growing and outdoor leisure, as well as on Wednesday 25 November and closes being a haven for wildlife. on 26 March 2021, taking place online and Cllr. Steve Bowles, Cabinet Member for by phone due to the Coronavirus. In November, Aylesbury Garden Town launched a 16-week programme of community engagement to co-design the look and feel of the Aylesbury Gardenway, an 18km orbital park that will encircle Aylesbury and link it with surrounding villages.
said: “The Gardenway project is full of exciting potential and opportunities. We now want to hear from as many voices as possible as we engage our communities to co-design the Gardenway and create a destination point for residents and visitors alike providing fully accessible routes for walking, wheeling and cycling.” “When completed, the Gardenway will be a valuable future asset for Aylesbury which will bring about substantial environmental benefits whilst enhancing the quality of life for residents and visitors alike for years to come.” For more information on how to sign up to get involved, please visit: www.aylesburygardenway.co
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Buckinghamshire Council News Report from Councillors
Buckinghamshire had street wardens or volunteers who have Residents can still contact the three continued to help those within the shielding group by going out and doing their shopping, collecting medicines, and chatting to those in social isolation. The generosity of all those that put in the time and effort is utterly amazing. We have supported requests from local groups and charities by applying to the Councillor Covid-19 Crisis fund and all the applications were successful.
The new authority has now been running for about seven months and we hope that residents have found the public services provision to be virtually unaffected by the new arrangements. Of course, the task of converting a County Council and four District Councils into a single Unitary Authority is always going to be a challenge particularly at the same time as dealing with Dealing with the spectre of HS2 is an onthe extraordinarily difficult circumstances going everyday challenge. We work with the surrounding COVID 19. Wendover HS2 Mitigation Group and have There are some important changes in been instrumental in setting up a HS2 working the way that the new authority provides group with one councillor from every affected services to parishes. The main differences ward. Along with council officers and HS2, are the way that planning applications are they will focus on, and bring to the attention called into planning committees and the of HS2, the concerns and impact that this establishment of community boards. These project will have on our communities; and community boards are intended to provide will consider and put forward requests for a forum for local issues and the link to your mitigation. We have been told that the first boards is through your Parish Council and of HS2’s Schedule 17 applications in the Buckinghamshire Council Councillors. As Wendover and Stoke Mandeville area are your representatives we continue to strive expected soon. Its main focus will be the to ensure that housing development is Wendover Dean Viaduct and associated fair to our community and that our roads works. Once these applications have been and infrastructure are able to support our dealt with there will be further stages in the housing allocations. The new authority has process, such as “bringing into use”. You can declared that environmental issues should be certain that, as your Buckinghamshire be given a very high priority. The need for Councillors, we will be making sure that the this is recognised globally and we need to do Council and its officers do as much as they all that we can to ensure that we protect the lawfully can to defend Wendover, Halton environment for the generations following and Stoke Mandeville and achieve the best us. We are lucky to live in a lovely county and mitigation they can from HS2. we should endeavour to keep it that way. These are all areas that affect our community Following the recent lockdowns, we would on a daily basis, and it is our job as your like to say thank you for all the wonderful Councillors to make sure that your voices work that has been done by the local are heard and that Council decisions that are volunteer groups. Our three parishes all made are for our collective benefit.
of us in the usual way via email: peter. strachan@buckinghamshire.gov.uk steve. bowles@buckinghamshire.gov.uk richard. newcombe@buckinghamshire.gov.uk. The Council website has further contact details and we welcome your calls and correspondence. Cllr Steve Bowles, Cllr Richard Newcombe & Cllr Peter Strachan
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Our priorities Each year we will look at what matters to our local area the most, using data and local intelligence to help us determine the priorities our board will focus on. Some of this information can be found in the Wendover Local Profile (PDF document). We will involve residents, partners, local groups and organisations in understanding what the local issues and priorities are. Priorities for 2020/21: • Support our local community to recover from COVID-19 • Focus on the Health and Wellbeing of our local residents • Support our adults, vulnerable residents, and children to live their best lives • Work towards sufficient Transport, Highways and Infrastructure for the area • Ensure that the area is a safe environment for local residents These priorities will help us determine where we take action and allocate funding to improve the local area. If you're interested in getting involved, please contact localities@ buckinghamshire.gov.uk or visit our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/WendoverCommunity-Board-106980914566051/
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Covid Heroes
Back in September we asked for nominations for your Covid-19 heroes. Thank you for nominations so far. If you have someone to add to the list, please do so by Sunday 31 January. You will know what this person has been doing but others may not. They may have been just doing their regular job but you will know that they have put to use their own personality and skills to walk the extra mile making a big difference because of their actions. Their regular job could be being a good neighbour in a truly discrete but caring way. Please give: • your own name • the name of your nominee • an indication of what your named hero has done for an individual or a group of people.
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RAF Halton Honours and Awards
The Station Commander, Group Captain London in recognition of Startup visited the team and made sure his the work Wg Cdr Eklund car was checked. has done for Air Media & Communications Due to the interest generated, the Station (M&C) to head-up Adjutant and the MT section will be looking the Covid Content to arrange additional car checks to cover as Generation Team as many personnel across Station as possible. part of the RAF’s overall Covid response effort.
Station Sports Colours Presented An Honours and Awards presentation ceremony was held in Halton House Officers’ Mess to recognise those personnel who have performed over and above what is expected of them. The Royal Warrant was presented to Master Aircrewman Craig Peacock from Airman’s Command School, Long Service And Good Conduct Medals went to Sergeant Dan Dillon and Corporal Cheech Hodson from the Recruits Training Squadron and Corporal Joe Heard from the Initial Force Protection Training Flight and an Operational Medal was presented to Sergeant Murray Pickering RAF police.
Station personnel have been awarded Sports Colours in a ceremony in Kermode Lecture Hall. They were presented with their ‘Colours’ by Station Commander, Group Captain Dan Startup.
RAF Sports Colours are presented to Personnel who have represented the Royal Sadly, due to the current COVID guidelines Air Force in their chosen sport. no family or friends were in attendance, but all recipients were still celebrated for their The roll of honour reads, Cpl Symone achievements and professionalism by those Bromley received her RAF Sports Colours for in attendance. Netball in 2017, Chf Tech David Duff received two awards for Canoeing in 2018 and 2019. Group Captain Startup said: “It was an honour Cpl Rachel Griffiths was awarded for to bestow these Honours and Awards to the Athletics in 2019 and SAC Yasmin Kaashoek very deserving personnel from RAF Halton. for Volleyball 2018. I am always amazed by the courageous, diverse and selfless efforts of members Finally, Cpl Craig Makin received Colours of the Royal Air Force and tremendously for Judo in 2019 and Cpl Luke Williams for glad that they have been recognised in this Canoeing in 2019. way. The training conducted here is all the more rich as a result of the experience and Group Captain Startup said: “Congratulations relevance of our personnel, wherever they to all of the recipients here who qualify gain it and to whichever part of the Station for the Sports Colours through their they belong.” determination and resolve in an effort to win. I hope that they are able to inspire all RAF Halton Road Safety Campaign those around them to be ambassadors for RAF Halton Mechanical Transport (MT) both the RAF and Defence.” Section staff have conducted winter safety car checks for Whole Force personnel during Good News for WC Eklund the Winter Road Safety Campaign. Congratulations to Wg Cdr Dylan Eklund, a member of the RAF Reserves for 20 years, The Babcock Military Transport Team (MT) who received ‘RAF Communicator of the kindly ensured that cars were fit for the Year’ at the Company Of Communicators winter months ahead, reassuring that both Annual Military Awards. The award was themselves and others on the road are safe. virtually presented by the Lord Mayor of 28
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He commanded a team made up from a mix of existing Air M&C and Regular RAF personnel, Media Reserves and Civil Servants and quickly established what was required, where the gaps were, what the needs were and what the content gathering and publishing process would look like. Within 24 hours of standing up, his team was generating a steady flow of high quality, highly informative and highly valued content to a worried, confused and increasingly remote audience and projected a clear and positive picture of the RAF’s National response. Commandant General Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Air Vice-Marshal Ranald Munro CBE TD VR DL said: “I am delighted that Dylan received this award. He played a key role this year in keeping RAF activities and operations in the public eye. His work demonstrates the skills and professionalism inherent within RAF Reserves.” Wg Cdr Eklund said: “I am very honoured to have received the award and pleased that, as a Reservist, I was able to make a useful contribution to the operation”.
Lynne's Skydive
Lynne Whinnerah, a Civil Servant within Station Management Squadron at RAF Halton recently took part in a sky diving challenge to raise funds for the RAF Benevolent Fund. Lynne said: “I have been a Civil Servant for the past four years, but I have been in
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RAF Halton and around the Military for 18 years now. On 14 August I took part in a sponsored Tandem Sky Dive to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund. I have wanted to do a sky dive but never actually thought that I would, however, my husband had other ideas and decided to buy me one last Christmas. I decided if I was going to overcome my fear of heights I would do it for a worthy cause and one close to my heart hence raising money for the Benevolent Fund. “I had to travel to Devon for the dive, luckily the weather was absolutely perfect! After waiting for three hours I was lucky enough to get on the first plane, travelling to 15,000 feet my nerves kicked in and I honestly did not think that I could go ahead with it. Thanks to my persuasive instructor I got to the edge of the plane where I had my first glimpse of what I was about to do, the air was blue and not the colour! Before I knew it I was soaring through the air experiencing a feeling I will never experience again, amazement, fear and a sense of achievement”.
race earlier in the year but due to Covid Lockdown it was postponed. However he still had the option to complete the event virtually or choose to run the distance anywhere and at any time of day between 9 and 29 November. He decided to run the original course, three loops of just over 10 miles and as there were no racing officials his car had to double up as the checkpoint, start and finish. He started at 0700 which enabled him to complete the course in daylight and with in the maximum time of 9.5 hours.
The team aims to arrive prior to a full time ambulance crew in order to save lives. To see video of Military Co-Responders at work, visit Forces TV – https://youtu.be/ KgGuoZvU9js
“Ken said: “Due to the horrendous weather, stormy with torrential rain it was hard going but extremely satisfying to complete. “I am completing the event for the charity SSAFA, for which I’ve had the honour of being treasurer for the last 27 years. I would be grateful for any financial support as this charity is at the forefront of helping servicemen and women in and out of the Service, the link is below.
“I’ve always loved running cross country A huge well done to Lynne who managed and after finally breaking the 3 hour barrier to raise £680 for the Benevolent Fund who for the marathon in 2008 I needed to find support all serving and former members of another challenge. So I ran marathons and further all over the world; Portugal, The Alps, the RAF, their partners and dependents. The Himalayas, Germany and South Africa. The challenge is to test myself without becoming permanently injured”.
Arnold Fly Out of Basic Training
Air Vice-Marshall Warren James was the Reviewing Officer for the Graduation Parade of Arnold Intake as they completed 10 weeks of Basic Recruit Training at Recruit Training Squadron, RAF Halton in early December. They marched out on to the Henderson Parade Square on a chilly dull day, suitably socially distanced, behind Flight Commander, Flight Lieutenant Becky Russell and led by Flight Staff.
The Intake was graced by a fly past by a Hawk aircraft from 100 Squadron RAF Leeming. h t t p s : / / u k .v i r g i n m o n e y g i v i n g . c o m / Reverend (Wg Cdr) Mitchell conducted the KennethIvory prayers of dedication. https://centurionrunning.com/races/ wendover-woods-night-50km-2020
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RAF Halton are proud to have been involved with Operation Christmas Child this year and thanks to the excellent efforts of Sergeant Consterdine, the Recruit Training Squadron collected an impressive 110 shoe boxes and raised over £420! The aim of Operation Christmas Child is to fill shoeboxes with gifts for children less fortunate and spread joy around the world. Wendover News January 2021
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John Lingley Fitness Training, see website for details www.aspirationsfitness.com Cat Booker Fitness classes, times vary, see website for details Jodie Digby Fitness courses, times & locations vary, see website for details JAZZERCISE classes to suit you. www.jazzercise-uk.com. BML Personal Training classes, see website for details - www.bmlpersonaltraining.com Simply Walk - locations vary, book online to confirm location & availability Hatha yoga - all classes online due to the pandemic, please contact for details YogaBellies Classes, online during the pandemic Pilates, online & outdoor. Times & costs vary, see website for details Tai Chi & Qigong Classes, online, Tue 10-11am, Wed 4-5pm. Beginners Mon 2-3pm, 6.30-7.30pm. Water Babies, Chilterns MS Centre pool,contact for details Martial Arts Classes with ZKS, St Anne’s Hall (Tue) or ZKS HQ, The Cabin, Chiltern View Nursery Adult & Teenager Yoga Classes, St Anne’s Hall. Contact Sarah to book or for online class details. Yoga classes with Zest Yoga, online or limited size outdoor classes. Contact to book. Zumba® and Zumba® Gold classes: private studio or locations in Chivery or Wendover. Kunda Dance Mon, Slow Flow Fri - classes online, contact for details Badminton Club. 19.45-21.45 Mon, beginners 18.45-19.45 Fri, John Colet School (term time) Hartbeeps Music Classes for children, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH The Rotary Club of Wendover & District, meetings online, usually 1st & 3rd Mondays Badminton Club for over 18s, £6, (Sep-July, no BH’s) Green Park Sports Centre HP22 5NE Monkey Music, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH, see advert page 13 Thames Valley Police at Wendover Community Library Rest & Reflect Nurture Pathways, Lindengate HP22 6BD. Closed until 3 Jan. info@lindengate.org.uk Perform drama classes. 4-7 year olds 4-5pm 7-12 year olds 5.05-6.05pm. Wendover Memorial Hall. Sparrowhawks Netball Training, John Colet School - contact the club for details IMAGEZ Camera Club, sessions being run remotely - contact the club for details Nia Classes - Wed 12.00-13.00, Fri 18.30-19.30, Balance Studio, Halton Tennis Centre Wendover & Halton Cycling Club, Wed 18.30 local mtn bike, Sun 08.30 local mtn bike Zumba with Nikki, Mon & Thu 1815 Halton School, Sat 0930 Chiltern Way Academy Wendover GTAG (Give Tennis Another Go) at Halton Tennis Centre, Thu 7.30-9pm, Sat 4-5.30pm Wendover Weekly Market, Manor Waste Fun Dog Training, contact for location details and booking Dramarama - drama classes for school years 3 & 4, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH Taekwondo for ages 5 and up, John Colet School Amazing Donkey Youth Club for 10-14 year olds (term time only), Wendover Youth Ctre Nordic Walking, contact Ridgeway Walking for more information & location details Cycle Rides with Aylesbury Cyclist Touring Club, locations vary
John 07747 604155 www.catbookerfitness.co.uk www.jodiedigbyfitness.uk 07900 987230 Emma 07969 433351 www.buckscc.gov.uk/simplywalk www.lizbrownyoga.co.uk alice@yogabellies.co.uk www.physioandpilatesinbucks.com www.yangshengtaichi.com chasetheball@waterbabies.co.uk www.zksmartialarts.co.uk sarahyoga@sky.com, www.sarahyoga.co.uk annabel@zest-yoga.com Roxanne 01296 623683 www.happywellyoga.com www.wendoverbc.org/ www.hartbeeps.com
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Local Face: Liz Youens, MBE Liz Youens has been collecting certificates all her life, having gained her adult swimming certificate in 1979, when she learned to swim. By May 1981 she was awarded her Swimming Teaching Certificate. Friday 9 October 2020 brought her a different scale of certificate: an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, delayed from June due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. An MBE is awarded for an outstanding achievement or service to the community. This will have had a long-term, significant impact and stand out as an example to others. Elizabeth Anne Youens was given this award for voluntary service to swimming in Wendover, Buckinghamshire. The building of the Swimming Pool in Wendover was a huge community effort back in the 1970s. Liz’s children benefitted and that led to Liz becoming a stalwart, starting with admin reception work but then going on to learn to swim herself, becoming a swimming teacher and then a lifeguard.
Liz and fellow volunteers surprised by photographer Matt Brown at the re-opening of the Pool on 4 November 2017 after a major refurbishment
She didn’t stop there, though, going on to become a teacher of lifeguarding, not to mention teaching diving at Green Park SubAqua Club, currently their longest standing member. To read more about Liz, go to https://wendovernews.co.uk/news/localface-liz-youens/. Liz has given so much of her mature adult life to Wendover Swimming Pool that she really deserved this honour. Without her hours of volunteer work, Wendover would
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A new year is a good time for reflection in an organisation like WPC. 2020 was not my favourite year, though I did get a grandson out of it. The WPC, despite everything that we have all endured, is in good order. It has risen to meet the challenges of our times and it is, I think, closer to our community than it ever has been. Our professional staff has carried on maintaining and improving our estate. They have supported the Wendover Good Neighbour Scheme and enabled council to address some big issues in cooperation with parishioners and local organisations. For me, this is how a parish council should work. A new year is also a good time for personal reflection. As a result of my musings I have decided that this is a good time for me to step down from the chairmanship of WPC. Yes, this will be the last of my rustic ramblings on the back page. February’s council meeting will elect a new chairman. I am sad to go but it’s the right time for me to pursue other interests. I will still remain as a parish councillor to help with HS2 matters if council wishes. I would like to thank you all for supporting the WPC during my tenure. It is that support that has made the job so very rewarding. Tom Walsh, Chairman Wendover Parish Council
residents? Applicants for funding must meet Wendover Produce Market an eligibility criterion, for more information Saturday 16 January, 9am to 1pm please refer to the Grants Policy which can Manor Waste be found on our website www.wendover-pc. gov.uk/grants. Please note the closing date contact WPC on 01296 623056 or admin@ for a major grants application is 31 January wendover-pc.co.uk who will put you in touch 2021, to be awarded in the new financial with one of our four regional wardens. year from April 2021. Beyond the WGNS, there is a wealth of support available in Bucks. The WPC has created a ‘useful links & information’ compilation, located by clicking onto the “Covid & Support” tab from the WPC homepage www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/ updates-and-useful-links.
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We want to hear from you! Residents are invited to nominate people who they feel deserve an award and the winners will be honoured at the Annual Parish Council Meeting during April 2021. The award categories are: Outstanding Young Person, Creative Arts, Lifetime Achievement, Sporting Achievement, Service with a Smile and Volunteer with a Smile. For more information or to place a nomination please visit www. wendover-pc.gov.uk/community-awards.
This compilation consists of the most requested and useful links/contact details to support residents, across a breadth of groups and types of need. As things continue to evolve, we welcome resident input and feedback on the WGNS and of any key support details not currently listed.
On behalf of the community, the Council would like to say a heartfelt thank you to every Warden and Driver for their outstanding consideration towards ensuring residents were appropriately supported. Thanks to the compassion and willingness of these volunteers, the Wendover Parish Wendover Good Neighbour Scheme Council was able to offer assurances, to Earlier this year, Wendover Parish Council those in need around the village, that they launched the Wendover Good Neighbour would be cared for. THANK YOU! Scheme (WGNS) to support residents with Grants Parish Council Meeting Did you know that Wendover Parish a variety of needs during the coronavirus For meeting updates please visit Council sets an annual minor and major restrictions. Should anyone requiring support www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/meetings grant budget in order to provide financial be unaware of who their warden is, do assistance to organisations, projects and Wendover Parish Council, The Clock Tower, High Street, Wendover HP22 6DU activities which provide services for local www.facebook.com/wendoverparish/
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The Churches in Wendover are • Wendover Free Church continues to meet online and has some a�ernoon gatherings in the building • St Anne’s has restored the celebration of Mass at 9am on Sundays and 10.15am on Tuesdays • St Mary’s is open for services but places must be booked in advance Wendover Free Church – 01296 622354 wendoverfreechurch.org.uk St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church – 01296 290545 aylesburycatholicchurches.co.uk/index.php/st-annes St Mary’s Church of England – 01296 696136 / 623123 stmaryswendover.org 32
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