12th January
Thursday 11 January 2024
Contact: 01427 891376
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON BENEFITS CHARITIES
The proceeds of the Christmas lights switch-on have been divided between Five Villages First Responders, Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance, and Misterton Parish Church. The Church provides the venue for the Christmas tree festival and use of the kitchen and WCs in the Church Room. Each organisation will receive £177 – so many thanks to all who supported the event. Thanks also to everyone who donated many of the prizes to the Cancer Research stall. £387 was raised and has been forwarded to that charity.
● Advance notice of this year’s Christmas lights switch-on: Friday 6 December.
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY LANDINGS
Misterton Parish Council plans to support the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings by joining in the national commemorations on Thursday 6 June. The event is still at the planning stage but there will be a family picnic (bring your own) on the old school field at 6.00pm, followed by lighting the beacon and reading the national proclamation at 8.30pm. There will be live music of the era during the picnic and the Parish Council is hoping for a display of period vehicles and provision of a bar. Anyone who would like to bring an old vehicle is asked to contact the Parish Council’s Events Working Group on 07889 842 862.
LIBRARY VISITORS SHOULD LEAVE DOGS AT HOME
Members of Misterton Parish Council, which runs the Library on behalf of Inspire, have agreed that only guide dogs and assistance dogs should be permitted in the Library. An assistance a dog is one trained to assist a person who has a disability or disabling condition.
If there is the demand for it, the Parish Council will consider providing the means to tie up dogs outside, though not attached to the listed building.
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.
DIARY DATES
2nd Tuesday each month
Coffee morning, Church Room, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle. Christmas event in December
Thursday 18 January
Coffee Morning, Misterton Methodist Hall, 10.00-11.00am
Mobile community shop, 10.30am – 12 noon, outside the Parish Church
Sunday 21 January
Service of Holy Communion, Gringley Parish Church, 9.30am
Wednesday 24 January
Service of Morning Prayer, Church Room, 100.00am
Rhyme Time session for pre-school children and parents/carers, Misterton Library, 2.30-3.15pm (and every Wednesday)
Friday 26–Sunday 28 January
Big Garden Bird Watch. Details www.rspb.org.uk
WEST STOCKWITH NEWS
Thursday 11 January 2024
Contact: 01427 891376
WEST STOCKWITH’S BIG GARDEN BIRD WATCH
With numbers of British birds falling, there’s no better time to see how they’re doing in our area. Between 26 and 28 January, choose just one hour to record the birds that land in your garden. Record the highest number of each bird species at any one time. Go to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) website to sign up. Those who do, get an exclusive RSPB shop discount and a free digital or printed Birdwatch guide (www.rspb.org.uk).
Nationally, over 500,000 people took part in Big Garden Birdwatch last year, counting 9.1m birds. House Sparrows took the top spot, but counts of these were down by 57% compared to the first Birdwatch in 1979.
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.
DIARY DATES
2nd Tuesday each month
Coffee morning, Church Room, Misterton, 10.30am. Freshly baked goodies—and friendly faces! £2 plus raffle
Thursday 18 January
Coffee Morning in the Methodist Hall, 10.00-11.00am
Mobile community shop, 10.30am – 12 noon, outside Misterton Parish Church
Sunday 21 January
Holy Communion, Gringley Parish Church, 9.30am
Wednesday 24 January
Service of Morning Prayer, Church Room, 100.00am
Friday 26–Sunday 28 January
Big Garden Bird Watch. Details www.rspb.org.uk