Misterton & West Stockwith village news

18th October

For further details on any of the above please contact BAC on 01777 709650 or by e-mail (enquiries@actioncentre.org.uk). Further information can be found on the website: www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk.

DIARY DATES

Mondays

Poppy-making craft group, The Misterton Centre & Library, 10.00-11.30am

2^nd Tuesday each month

Coffee morning, Church Room, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle

Wednesdays

Rhyme & Play time for babies and pre-school children, Misterton Library, 2.30-3.15pm

1^st Saturday each month

Men’s Breakfast, Haxey Gate Inn, 10.00am. Chance for chaps to get together and talk about anything and everything!

Thursday 24 October

Coffee Morning, Misterton Methodist Hall, 10.00-11.00am

Mobile community shop, 10.30am – 12 noon, outside the Parish Church

Friday 25 October

Illustrated talk on bygone days in West Stockwith in West Stockwith Parish Church, 7.00pm, £3

Sunday 27 October

Holy Communion & Harvest Festival, Misterton Parish Church, 11.00am

Wednesday 30 October

Service of Morning Prayer, 10.00am, Church Room (October-May)

Thursday 31 October

Halloween event for children and families at Misterton Library, 2.30-4.30pm

WEST STOCKWITH NEWS

Thursday 19 October 2024

Contact: 01427 891376

HARVEST SUPPER NETS FUNDS FOR CHURCH (+ pic)

West Stockwith’s Harvest Supper (Friday 11 October), held in the Village Hall, raised £1236 after paying for the hire of the Hall. Pictured is Jonathan Downes, Chair of West Stockwith Parish Council, auctioning gifts of produce. The successful evening comes on top of 10 carrier bags of provisions taken to Bassetlaw Food Bank following the Parish Church’s Harvest Festival (Sunday 29 September). This brings the number of bags taken to the Food Bank from West Stockwith, Misterton, and surrounding villages, to over 4400. Many thanks to all who supported this annual traditional festival.

HOUSING REPORT FOR TENANTS

Council tenants will shortly receive a copy of the Housing Department’s Annual Report, It will show that Bassetlaw Housing is the top-performing landlord in a survey of 221 English landlords (including councils). The survey spoke to 633 randomly-selected tenants for their perceptions of the housing service. The Council is also fully compliant on all five measures for building safety. There were 146 complaints in 2023/24 against a total of over 60,000 contacts with the Housing Service.

Tenants have access to a 24-hour, confidential, free facility – the Tenant Support & Wellbeing service – which can provide information on, or signpost to, advice on financial, legal, or health/mental health matters. The freephone number is 0330 094 8845 or website www.tsws-assist.co.uk (for Council tenants only).

BASSETLAW ACTION CENTRE: UPDATE

Bassetlaw Action Centre (BAC) is continuing to provide:

community transport for essential journeys – health appointments and shopping, for example
housing advice services, which are telephone-based primarily but face-to-face appointments are also available
a menu of Befriending services – including group befriending, telephone befriending, face to face and peer befriending
the Staying Well Programme (6-week self-management course for people with a long-term condition) available both virtually and face to face
Get Out Get Active (GOGA) service encourages people to become more active and will continue to offer one-to-one support
home support service – a domiciliary service to help people who are just starting to struggle at home (this is a paid-for service)
minibus trips – including the newly-launched lunch club trips.

BAC would like to hear from anyone with a few hours to spare, who would like to volunteer to support the Action Centre to deliver essential services to local older and vulnerable people. In particular, BAC is looking for more local volunteer drivers to help people to get to health appointments and for shopping. Volunteers are paid 45p per mile for every mile they drive on behalf of the scheme.

For further details on any of the above please contact BAC on 01777 709650 or by e-mail (enquiries@actioncentre.org.uk) Further information can be found on the website: www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk.