Category: Village Life

Unit To Let At Redlands Yard

Just announced…

Sadly, Clare Colby, the curator of The Gallery of Makers is stepping down and moving away to a new area.
Clare has run the gallery for the last 5 years and has been integral to its success.
Redlands Yard are therefore hoping to find someone to take on this role.
The space is ideal for someone (or two people sharing) who are looking for workspace and can create income by renting space to other artists and makers.
For further information or other unit availability, please get in touch with Sarah at hello@redlandsyard.co.uk

#Broadwindsor #Burstock #Blackdown #Hursey #Kittwhistle #Seaborough #Drimpton #Dorset #AONB #Village #WestDorset #RedlandsYard #Community #Christmas #UnitToLet #Opportunity #BeKind #BeSafe #StaySafe

LiveWell Dorset – Fri. 24th At Drimpton Village Hall

Sara from LiveWell Dorset will be at Drimpton Village Hall tomorrow, Friday 24th November between 9.00am and 11.00am alongside FareShare (9.30am – 10.30am). Do call in, everyone is welcome.
LiveWell Dorset is a health improvement service provided by Public Health Dorset. Their mission is to help people living in Dorset lead healthier, happier lives. Their coaching, support and advice is absolutely free and part of your council’s commitment to improving public health.
The service provides free health and wellbeing support to anyone over 18 who lives in Dorset to lead healthier lives by
  • Quitting smoking,
  • Managing their weight,
  • Moving more
  • Drinking less alcohol.

This is achieved by combining traditional health lifestyle services with evidenced based behaviour change interventions in a number of ways including:

  • Healthy lifestyle assessment and advice.
  • 1:1 LiveWell Coaching over the telephone.
  • Connecting people with local opportunities such as weight loss services, stop smoking services and physical activity groups.
  • Helping health professionals to support people to take the next step to improving their health, through delivering behaviour change skills training.

Light refreshments will be available. All are welcome 🙂

#Broadwindsor #Burstock #Blackdown #Hursey #Kittwhistle #Seaborough #Drimpton #Dorset #AONB #Village #WestDorset #LiveWellDorset #Community #Christmas #GetHealthy #GetWalking #BeKind #BeSafe #StaySafe

Broadwindsor Group Parish Council Meeting – Monday, 13th November

Monday’s meeting of Broadwindsor Group Parish Council will be held at Blackdown Village Hall at 7.30pm.  All are invited to attend.

The full agenda may be viewed HERE which includes…

Item 8. PLANNING APPLICATIONS
a. Applications Received and Circulated for Consultation
P/VOC/2023/06015, Carmoor Farm, Hollis Hill, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QS
P/FUL/2023/05685, Dorset Farm, Littlewindsor, DT8 3QU
P/HOU/2023/05730, Havendale, Drimpton Road, Broadwindsor, DT8 3RS
P/HOU/2023/02249, Castlewood Farm, Marshwood, DT6 5QQ
P/VOC/2023/04093, Yeabridge Farm, Main Road, Mosterton, DT8 3HE
b. Other Applications
c. Results
d. Neighbourhood Plan

11. MUGA UPDATE

12. COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE GROUPED PARISH AREA

13. HIGHWAYS
a. Proposed 40 mph Speed Limit on the B3163
b. Salt Bins and Dumpy Bags 2023/2024 Season
c. Fingerpost Restoration Programme
d. Broadwindsor Tree Concerns Update
e. Speed Indicator Devices Update
f. Blocked Road Drain, Drimpton

14. FOOD LARDER PROJECT UPDATE

The full agenda may be downloaded HERE.

The press and public are invited to attend. Under the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, members of the public may now film, photograph and make audio recordings of the proceedings of the formal Council meeting, though not, under current legislation, of the Public Participation session, as this is not part of the formal agenda of the meeting. Recording activity should be respectful to the conduct of the meeting and behaviour that disrupts the meeting (such as oral commentary) will not be permitted. Any member of the public shall not speak for more than five minutes. A question asked by a member of the public during Public Participation shall not require a response or debate during the meeting though the Chairman may direct that a written response will be provided subsequent to the meeting.

#Broadwindsor #Burstock #Blackdown #Hursey #Kittwhistle #Seaborough #Drimpton #Dorset #AONB #Village #WestDorset #BGPC #BGPCLT #FMRTrust #Community #DorsetPolice #Farmers #PlanningApplication #BroadwindsorCC #ParishCouncil #Payments #DAPTC #Coronavirus #DorsetCouncil #AffordableHousing #ClimateChange #CllrSimonChristopher #Highways #BeKind #BeSafe #StaySafe

Thank You For Coming To The Firework Display

The weather was so kind for our firework display, which was, as last year, a great success and raised funds for Broadwindsor Cricket Club and Broadwindsor Comrades Hall.
We are grateful to our sponsors, Symonds and Sampson, Broadwindsor House Care Home, Cllr Simon Christopher and The Knapp Inn.
As a result of the evening the Cricket Club and Broadwindsor Comrades Hall have shared the profit on the night, each receiving £681.65.
My thanks to the cricket club and their helpers who ran the bar and BBQs.and the village school PTA who had a stall raising money too.
I also want to thank my team of volunteers who helped set up and light the fireworks, and kept the spectators safe on their way to and from the cricket field.  Also to Dorothy Rowe and Margery Hookings who successfully rattled their donation buckets and to Sara Dyke, our First Aider.
My thanks also to P H Hardwill for lending us their tower light, Shane and Ellen Pym for lending us their generator, John Staff and Martin Burt for their tower safety lights and Stefan Nikolov for the use of his safety equipment.
And finally, a massive thank you to all the spectators who came along and enjoyed the evening.  We hope to see you all again at next year’s Broadwindsor Firework Display.
Thank you
Andrew Hookings

Photo credit: Ruthie Stevens.


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BSO Trio Sunday Serenade – 19th November

As part of an Artsreach funded project, a trio of musicians from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) will perform from 2.30pm on Sunday, 19th November.

A Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra trio of flute, cello and harp will serenade you in a programme of music through the ages, from Bach and Bizet to Ibert and Joni Mitchell, with pieces especially arranged for this unique and beautiful line up.

This special afternoon recital is presented from the stage by the musicians, in an intimate and relaxed setting.  Refreshments Available (cash only).

Running time: 1hr 40mins + interval

Reportoire

Schubert – Staendchen (serenade)
Bach – Suite in D – Gavotte I & 11, Air, Bouree, Gigue
Bizet – Carmen Suite Toreador’s Song, Habanera and Gypsy Song
Brahms – Hungarian Dance no.5
Mozart – Divertimento no.12 in E flat major K252
Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite Morning 3’33 Anitra’s Dance 3’20
Coleridge-Taylor – Demande et Reponse from Petite Suite de Concert (Cello, Harp, Flute)
Elgar – Chanson de Nuit
Ibert – Entr’acte (Harp & Flute)
Mitchell – Both Sides Now

Tickets in advance:

  • £12 adult
  • £5 Under 18s
  • £30 Family of 4 (2 adults + 2 Under 18s)

Available from Margaret Wing – tel. 07796 454203 or email margaretmwing@gmail.com
Alternatively, you can purchase online HERE  (a booking fee applies).


#Broadwindsor #Blackdown #Burstock #Drimpton #Hursey #Kittwhistle #Seaborough #Dorset #WestDorset #Community #Village #November #2023 #Artsreach #BSO #SundaySerenade #Music #BeKind #BeSafe #StaySafe

Broadwindsor Community Film Club – Subscriptions Due

November is when subscriptions are due for membership of Broadwindsor Community Film Club. It’s still only £20/year (£15 if you’re over 65 yrs.) to join! Meeting at 19.30hrs. on the 3rd Friday of each month – films are shown on the big screen at the Comrades Hall.

Films are advised by email to members, published on Broadwindsor.Org and advertised in the Broadwindsor News.
New/Renewal Membership Fees remain unchanged at:
Over 65’s – £15
Under 65’s – £20
Please make cheques made payable to ‘Comrades Hall’.  This is the preferred method of payment as it affords them and you a receipt/proof of payment.  They will also accept cash.
Members can invite Guests at £4 per person a film.
Members also have free access to an extensive list of DVDs which have been shown previously.
For more information, please contact:
Emma Myers by email: broadwindsorem@gmail.com or Margaret Wing on: 01308 867252.

Friday, November 17th brings an action-Western –

Old Henry (2021) (15)

Directed by Potsy Ponciroli and starring Tim Blake Nelson, Scott Haze, Stephen Dorff and Gavin Lewis
Running time:  1hr 39mins.

A widowed farmer and his son warily take in a mysterious,  injured man with a satchel of cash.  When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide whom to trust.  Defending against a siege of his homestead, he reveals a talent for gunslinging that surprises everyone, calling his true identity into question.

  • Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm.
  • Film Club members – Free entry
  • Guests – £4 (cash please)
  • Refreshments available, including a cash bar.
  • Tickets can be booked in advance by contacting:
    Emma Myers – broadwindsorem@gmail.com or
    Margaret Wing – 01308 867252

#Broadwindsor #Blackdown #Burstock #Drimpton #Hursey, Kittwhistle, Seaborough #Dorset #WestDorset #Community #Village #November #2023 #CommunityFilmClub #OldHenry #NightAtTheMovies #OffToTheFlicks, #BeKind #BeSafe #StaySafe

Changes To Broadwindsor Post Office Outreach Service

For over 11 years we have appreciated and enjoyed the Post Office services visiting the Comrades Hall on a Tuesday and a Friday morning –  the times they are a’changing… the Post Office are also working on notices to inform the community to reduce any confusion.

The good news is that we continue to have a Post Office Outreach service visiting the village twice a week 🙂 but the main changes are:

  • The days will be changing from Tuesdays and Fridays to Mondays and Thursdays – Monday, 20th of November being the first day.
  • There will be no Post Office services on Friday, 17th November leading up to the transition.
  • The Post Office services will be provided will be via their new mobile van which will park in the Comrades Hall car park.
  • Service times will be Mondays 12.15 – 1.15pm and Thursdays 9.15 – 10.45am

The Comrades Hall Management Committee next meet on 23rd October and they will propose the new timing requirements for use of the car park and the PO User Group coffee set up to continue on the current basis.

Thank you to Steve and his team at Beaminster Post Office who have all been committed from day one to keep a Post Office service going for all of the communities they serve.  🙂

#Broadwindsor #Burstock #Blackdown #Hursey #Kittwhistle #Seaborough #Drimpton #Dorset #AONB #Village #WestDorset #PostOffice #Community #Outreach #BeKind #BeSafe #StaySafe

Bell Rehearsal Today

It may be Friday, 13th but the joyous peals from the bells of St. John the Baptist church in Broadwindsor can be heard this evening as the bell ringers practice for a village wedding ceremony happening tomorrow afternoon 🙂

#Broadwindsor #Burstock #Blackdown #Hursey #Kittwhistle #Seaborough #Drimpton #Dorset #AONB #Village #WestDorset #BeaminsterTeamChurches #Community #TheBells #BeKind #BeSafe #StaySafe

CAB At FareShare This Week

The Citizen’s Advice Bureau will have an Outreach individual at this Friday’s (13th October) FareShare at Drimpton Village Hall. If you have any queries or need advice – please take advantage of this service 🙂

The FareShare Larder is a community larder run by volunteers for the benefit of their local community. They are  located in the car park at: Drimpton Village Hall between 9.30am – 10.30am every Friday. Click HERE for more info.

 

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FMR Trust Award 2 Grants To Village Groups

Following last night’s Parish Council meeting at Blackdown, The FMR Trust awarded two grants – to West Dorset Rangers to support the cost of a visit to the Houses of Parliament and to Broadwindsor School to help with funds needed to replace their swings. 🙂
(You can donate to the school through their JustGiving Page HERE.)
The FMR Trust provides grants to groups and organisations within Broadwindsor, Drimpton and Blackdown for sporting and active recreational projects. Find out more HERE. If you have a project idea, please do get in touch: hello@broadwindsorgroup.gov.uk.
Trustees next meet on 8th January 2024.

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