5th August
Thursday 4 August 2022
Contact: 01427 891376
PARISH COUNCIL & PARISH CHURCH PLAN CHRISTMAS EVENTS
Get the date in your diary! It may still be summer, but Misterton Parish Council has started to plan the annual switch-on of Christmas lights and associated events. The Parish Council will light up the three areas that it owns - Church Meadow, Windmill Garden, and Jubilee Garden – for the switch-on on Friday 2 December. There will be a display of Christmas trees in the Parish Church; they can be viewed that evening and the following morning (Saturday 3 December), when the Parish Church holds its annual Christmas Coffee Morning. There will be more details from next month onwards.
NEW DATE FOR SELL, SWAP, GIVE AWAY EVENT
There is a new date for the joint Misterton and West Stockwith Parish Council’s car boot event. It will be on Sunday 4 September (to be confirmed), starting at 9.00am for stallholders to set up then open to the public from 9.30am to 12 noon. The Sell, Swap, Give-away event is to encourage people to pass on things they don’t want - but not to bin them, so avoiding landfill. The event is in the Vet’s car park. A pitch is £2.50—bring a table or use your car boot (subject to space available). All goods will be sold or swapped ‘as seen’ but no animals, birds, fish, etc.
Misterton and West Stockwith Parish Councils have formed a joint Green Group that helps to identify things that individuals can do to tackle climate change. The Parish Councils’ event scheduled for July was postponed due to the forecast heatwave that day.
LOCAL SURGERY RE-LAUNCHES PATIENT PARTICIPATION GROUP
Local residents, who are registered with the Riverside Misterton surgery, are invited to join the re-launched Patient Participation Group (PPG). Members of the PPG work with the practice to plan and improve services by contributing the patient’s or carer’s perspective. No qualifications or training is needed: just a desire to focus on positive action for the benefit of patients and staff.
Meetings will be held in each of the four Riverside surgeries. A virtual group will help those unable to travel. If interested, pick up a leaflet in the Misterton surgery or ring 01777 713 330.
MISTERTON AUTHOR DRAWS ON HEALTH EXPERIENCES
"For the first time in years there was some joy and a new hope that I could live a normal life doing the things I enjoy." Misterton resident, Liz Sabin, was diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) at the age of 16. She has learnt to live with it and having JIA has helped her write a book that may help others. Although the story is fiction, it draws on her diagnosis and living with JIA. Entitled Coastal Expressions, it is available from Amazon (paperback or Kindle versions) or from Liz (tel: 07926 364 624, e-mail: elizabethsabin@aol.co.uk or via Facebook).
BASSETLAW ACTION CENTRE: TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATOR WANTED
Bassetlaw Action Centre (BAC) is recruiting a Community Transport Co-ordinator. The full-time job pays £22,500 a year. The postholder will have overall responsibility for its transport function and ensuring efficient and effective community transport provision is available in Bassetlaw. Full details are on BAC’s website: https://www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk/vacancies/. Or ring 01777 709650.
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, they are 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.
DIARY DATES
Daily
Beckingham, Clayworth, Gringley, and West Stockwith parish churches now open daily for private prayer, 10.00am to 4.00pm
Wednesdays & Sundays
Misterton Parish Church open for private prayer, 10.00am to 4.00pm
2nd Tuesday each month
Coffee morning, Church Room, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle
Thursday 11 August
Coffee Morning, Methodist Hall, 10.00-11.00am. Held every week - all welcome
Saturday 13 August
Misterton Library open, 9.30am – 12noon (also on 27 August)
Sunday 14 August
Holy Communion, Clayworth Parish Church, 11.00am
Wednesday 17 August
Midweek service of Morning Prayer, Misterton Parish Church, 10.00am
Sunday 21 August
JapanFest, Retford Town Hall, 11.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 30 August
Misterton Library open 2.00-4.00pm but The Misterton Centre closed
Sunday 4 September (to be confirmed)
Sell, Swap, Give-away event, Misterton Vet’s car park, 9.00am to set up (pitch £2.50), open to the public from 9.30am–12 noon. Organised by Misterton & West Stockwith Parish Councils’ Green Group
Saturday 10 September
Walk, cycle around six local churches in the annual Ride & Stride event, 10.00am – 6.00pm
Walk through historic Misterton from Wharf Bridge to the Parish Church, part of the Chesterfield Canal’s walking festival. To register, go to www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk or ring 01246 477 569
Saturday 24 September
Pregnant to Parent pop-in event, Church Room, Church Lane, 10.30am - 2.30pm
Saturday 15 October
Room 21 swing band in concert, Misterton Parish Church, 3.00pm. Tickets £7.50 (under-16s £3) incl cream tea. Tickets now on sale
WEST STOCKWITH NEWS
Thursday 4 August 2022
Contact: 01427 891376
COUNCIL TO TACKLE HIGHWAYS PROBLEMS
At its meeting in July, West Stockwith Parish Council discussed the response from the Department of Transport (DoT) regarding the protective barriers on the A161 in Misterton. The DoT indicated that Notts County Council had been behind the scheme, which had gone ahead with no consultation with either West Stockwith or Misterton Parish Councils and regardless that this is a popular circular walking route around the two villages. The Parish Council will respond – and include the poor visibility when joining the A161 from North Carr Road.
There have been further issues of speeding by white sports cars on North Carr Road, which have been reported to Notts Police. Residents with any other concerns are urged to report them.
PARISH CHURCH STARTING POINT FOR WALKING FESTIVAL
West Stockwith will be open to visitors during the Chesterfield Canal Trust’s walking festival from 10-18 September. And the Parish Church is the starting point for the popular Historic Churches Walk on Saturday 10 September, from the village to Clayworth, taking in other villages en route. It is also the day of the annual Ride & Stride, and the Church will put on a special display of historic pictures and artefacts for visitors.
BASSETLAW ACTION CENTRE: TRANSPORT CO-ORDINATOR WANTED
Bassetlaw Action Centre (BAC) is recruiting a Community Transport Co-ordinator. The full-time job pays £22,500 a year. The postholder will have overall responsibility for its transport function and ensuring efficient and effective community transport provision is available in Bassetlaw. Full details are on BAC’s website: https://www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk/vacancies/. Or ring 01777 709650.
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, they are 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.
DIARY DATES
Daily
Beckingham, Clayworth, Gringley, and West Stockwith parish churches now open daily for private prayer, 10.00am to 4.00pm
Wednesdays & Sundays
Misterton Parish Church is open for private prayer, 10.30am to 4.00pm
2nd Wednesday each month
Coffee morning, West Stockwith Village Hall, 10.00am. All welcome
Saturday 13 August
Misterton Library open, 9.30am – 12noon (also on 27 August)
Sunday 14 August
Holy Communion, Clayworth Parish Church, 11.00am
Wednesday 17 August
Midweek service of Morning Prayer, Misterton Parish Church, 10.00am
Sunday 21 August
JapanFest, Retford Town Hall, 11.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 30 August
Misterton Library open 2.00-4.00pm but The Misterton Centre closed
Sunday 4 September (to be confirmed)
Sell, Swap, Give-away event, Misterton Vet’s car park, 9.00am to set up (pitch £2.50), open to the public from 9.30am–12 noon. Organised by Misterton & West Stockwith Parish Councils’ Green Group
Saturday 10 September
Walk, cycle around six local churches in the annual Ride & Stride event, 10.00am – 6.00pm
Walk to historic churches from West Stockwith to Clayworth, part of the Chesterfield Canal’s walking festival. To register, go to www.chesterfield-canal-trust.org.uk or ring 01246 477 569
Saturday 24 September
Pregnant to Parent pop-in event, Church Room, Church Lane, Misterton, 10.30am - 2.30pm
Saturday 15 October
Room 21 swing band in concert, Misterton Parish Church, 3.00pm. Tickets £7.50 (under-16s £3) incl cream tea. Tickets on sale (call 01427 891376) from 1 August