Month: January 2022

Does Your Horse Cough?

Clare MacLeod MSc RNutr Independent Equine Nutritionist has issued this warning to TAKE ACTION if your horse is coughing:
If your horse has a cough – even if it’s just a couple as you start trotting – take action.
Horses can have significant lung inflammation before they cough, so once they actually cough, there is a problem.
Any persistent cough needs veterinary attention, since its cause needs to be determined. If the cough is due to a dust/forage allergy, your horse may need medication as well as an environment change, and nowadays more effective inhaled medication is available, compared to the oral medication used in the past.
If your horse has dust/forage allergies (RAO, or recurrent airway obstruction, which used to be called COPD):
  • 🐴 Consider the amount of turnout (ideally maximise) and ventilation in the stable
  • 🐴 Ensure dust-free stable bedding and clean out the stable (including any banks) daily (no deep litter). Clean the walls and ceiling of the stable regularly
  • 🐴 Consider the forage both in the stable and outside in the pasture. Soak hay for at least 10 minutes, totally submerged, or feed haylage
  • 🐴 Add water to dampen dust in bucket feed
  • 🐴 Consider an antioxidant-rich respiratory supporting supplement

Never ignore a cough!

Photo: ‘Enzo‘, Natalie Frampton.

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Broadwindsor… What’s Your Slogan?

T-shirts are to be printed for sale to villagers and visitors in Broadwindsor.  The logo of The White Lion will be printed on the back and a slogan will be printed on the front.  What slogan? You suggest and you decide!

“Broadwindsor… ” using no more than four words.

Please submit your slogans to info@broadwindsor.org or you may leave them in the What’s Your Slogan box at Broadwindsor Community Stores.

Closing date for suggestions is Saturday, 12th February. 

Design for the back of the T-shirts

Broadwindsor.org will launch a poll featuring the short listed slogans for you to vote for your favourite representation.
T-shirts will then be printed with the most popular slogan as voted for by you.
The winning designer will receive a free T-shirt.
Profits from the sale of the T-shirts will go to the Save the White Lion funds.

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Local Employment: Manager At Broadwindsor Community Stores

Well loved shop manager, Kevin Madder-Smith is moving on with life and leaves his position vacant at our award winning Broadwindsor Community Stores. We all wish Kevin well! Meanwhile…

  • The successful applicant will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the store, managing and working alongside two part-time assistants and a team of volunteers.
  • You will be computer literate and possess excellent inter-personal skills.
  • You will be expected to demonstrate initiative, imagination and leadership to implement strategies to increase customer spend and shop profitability.
  • Relevant retail experience would be beneficial as would a liquor licence.
  • As manager you will work a 32 hour week, with early starts, weekend and Bank Holiday work involved.
  • If appointed, you will be expected to attend Committee Management meetings outside these hours.

A full job description, including remuneration, can be obtained by e-mailing Chairman of the Management Committee, Andrew Hookings at: andrewhookings@yahoo.co.uk or telephoning him on: 01308 867638.

Closing date for applications has been extended to: Monday, 28th February 2022.

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Free Yoga Taster At Drimpton Village Hall With Anneliese

Anneliese Dever, who regularly runs yoga classes at Clapton & Wayford Village Hall is now offering an introductory, Free hour taster session on Monday, 31st January at 10am at Drimpton Village Hall.

Anneliese’s classes are ‘a combination of Hatha yoga and gentle flow poses to help with muscle and joint flexibility, improving strength, balance and posture. It is suitable for all levels and is a wonderful way to reconnect with your body and calm your mind‘.

Cost is £8 for the hour session and you are asked to provide your own yoga mat. Free parking at Drimpton Village Hall 🙂

To reserve your place and for further enquiries, please contact Anneliese,
by email: anneliese.therapies@gmail.com
Tel: 01460 929079 or 07795 968085
You can also Message her on Facebook HERE.

Anneiese continues her yoga classes at Clapton & Wayford Village Hall:

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Save The White Lion – Almost There!

The crowd funding campign to Save the White Lion pub currently stands at £23,300 after receiving £5,000 match funding from ‘Power to Change‘.

Yesterday, a promotional video featuring David Leader with contributions from others living in the community, made by David Rose of Dorset Videos, was released to help push the campaign to its £30,000 target. There are 21 days remaining.

https://youtu.be/yNDgrxh8C9M

If you haven’t donated yet, please consider doing so. The White Lion is crucial to this community so let’s keep up the good work and spread the Broadwindsor love!

In charge of the fund raising campaign is Committee member Richard Dyke who commented: “Thank you so much for your generous donations. Within a short space of time, this has already helped raise a significant proportion of the funds we will need to reopen the White Lion. Thank you for your support and if you can, please share our project with your friends and over social media.”

To donate to the Crowdfunder campaign: Click HERE.

SaveTheWhiteLion.Org

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Bus Back Better – Take Part On Wed 19th & Thurs 20th Jan 22

In October Dorset Council submitted their Bus Service Improvement Plan on time to the Department for Transport. Since that time they have been working on the next stage – the Enhanced Partnership.

As part of the ongoing process they would like to invite Town and Parish Councils to a stakeholder briefing session to be held via Teams to explain the Enhanced Partnership process, their plans for governance and bus user representation, the work conducted to get them to the stage and the timeline for completing the process by the end of March 2022.

Cllr. Simon Christopher did report on the Enhanced Partnership Plan but made no mention of this invitation for you to be heard.  You are invited to attend either of the sessions being held on Wednesday 19 January at 10am and Thursday 20 January at 2pm. 

To attend either briefing session, you need to have Microsoft Teams installed.  Microsoft Teams is free – you can download it HERE. Please then click on the appropriate button below.

  • Wednesday at 10am – click HERE.
  • Thursday at 2pm – click HERE.

Comments, suggestions, and ideas can also be emailed to busbackbetter@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk.

The Bus Service Improvement Plan will be further developed and updated annually.

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Amendments To Planning Application WD/D/21/000123

Residents at Fullers in Broadwindsor this morning received correspondance informing them of amendments to the planning application WD/D/21/000123.

The proposal: For CG Fry to erect 22 dwellings and associated works, including the formation of access, surface water attenuation pond, landscape and ecological enhancements (AMENDED SCHEME).

Triple Garage with sub-division at Plots 13 & 15.

The application, which was made on 18th January 2021, remains out for consultation. Click HERE to view all the documents.

You can comment, support or object on this development online HERE  The comment box they give you has a 1000 character limit.  (If you wish to enter more than 1,000 characters, please type your response in a text document and add it as an attachment.)
You may have already made comments on the original submission. Any existing comments will still be taken into account. If you wish to make any further comments in light of the
amendments, please submit them by 7th February, 2022.
Please note that any comments received will be published on Dorset  Council’s website.

If you require further information, please contact either:

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Google Certificates

In May 2021, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) partnered with Google to provide 9,000 jobseekers across the UK with scholarships to gain a Google Career Certificate.

They are free, flexible online training programmes designed to teach job-ready skills in high-growth, high-demand careers such as IT support, project management, data analytics, and UX design. The courses do not require relevant experience or a degree and are recognised by industry experts and employers, including Google.

The courses which are now live to applicants include:

ENROL FOR FREE! (Financial aid is available)

To help spearhead efforts to get people into work, the DWP hired an additional 13,500 new Work Coaches. Google career certifications are paid and delivered by Coursera.

Is it worth it?

  • 42% said earning their Google IT Support Professional Certification helped them make more money.
  • 37% said earning their Google IT Support Professional Certification helped them get a job.
  • 82% of Google certification holders reported a positive career outcome within six months.
  • 94% said they would recommend a family member or friend earn their Google IT Support Professional Certification.
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The Place I Love Project – Saturday, 12th February

It’s here already! Our village map which you have helped create 🙂

It was mid-October ’21 when villager, Margery Hookings launched The Place I Love project with a successful exhibition involving local artists (more HERE).  From 2pm – 4pm on Saturday, 12th February you are invited to come and view the map and spend a little time there as there is much to browse as well as a hot cuppa and cake being available. Admissions is free.

There will also be:

  • an exhibition of poems and photographs by local children.
  • the results of our field name research.
  • locally collected folk songs.
  • a raffle.

Refreshments will be provided by and are in aid of the W.I.

A digital map will be available on Broadwindsor.org after the unveiling 🙂

The project is being funded by Dorset Council’s Community and Culture Project Fund, Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’s (AONB)Sustainable Development Fund, the National Community Lottery through the AONB’S Stepping Into Nature Project and Broadwindsor Group Parish Council.

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Full Moon – Monday, 17th January 2022

2022’s first Full Moon is at 23.49hrs on Monday, 17th January.

Known as the Wolf Moon – more fokelore can be found HERE in 2021’s post.

OrionThe Moon will then begin to wane with the night skies becoming darker until the New Moon on February 1st.

These clear winter skies give you the opportunity to observe the stars and the constellation of Orion (The Hunter) is bright, even by the Full Moon, so wrap up warm for an evening stroll and enjoy the sky 🙂

Stay safe with your pack!

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