Our St. John the Baptist church will be lighting up blue from 8.30pm until 11.30pm this evening 🙂
JSW Entertainment Group in association with Rev. David Baldwin are lighting the church blue as part of the clap for carers and the light it blue campaign.
Certainly worth the stroll if you can’t see it from your window! Photos will definitely be posted up!
There are many innovative ideas that can be done with recycled crisp packets: once collected, the crisp packets are separated by plastic type, cleaned, and extruded into plastic pellets to make new recycled products.
There are many people out there being creative with crisp packets too . . . These include fashion clothing and jewellery as Vicky Myers creates and a woman from Hastings, East Sussex who ironed together 150 empty bags to create one sleeping bag and went on to make many more for the homeless.
🙌 It’s time to praise your Post Office 🙌
Please nominate Crewkerne Post Office who provide our Outreach service. Here’s their message:
We’d like to offer you the chance to win a One4All gift card worth £100!
The big bosses at Post Office are looking for Postmasters and counter staff who ‘go the extra mile’.
If you are happy with how we’re doing, please visit https://
Alternatively you can give feedback over the phone by calling 0800 0472322 📞
Thanks very much for all your support and best of luck 🤞
You can now spend more time in the countryside 🌳
Remember:
💻 Check online to see if the outdoor space is open
🐏 Follow the #CountrysideCode
🚶♀️ Keep 2 metres away from anyone you don't live withhttps://t.co/c970xpMfnY#StayAlert #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/MKbPnlPeI9
— NaturalEngland (@NaturalEngland) May 13, 2020
Who can claim?You can claim if you’re a self-employed individual or a member of a partnership and:
Your business could be adversely affected by coronavirus if, for example:
There is an online tool you can use to find out if you’re eligible to make a claim. You’ll need your Self Assessment Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) and your National Insurance number – Start HERE.
For further information – Click HERE
#StaySafe #StayAtHome #SaveLives
Dorset County Council in partnership with Kingston Maurward is offering this Apprenticeship course for those who would love a job outdoors gaining 18- or 26- months paid experience and achieving new qualifications.
To be eligible for the apprenticeship you must:
For more information – Click HERE.
Dorset Council’s message to visitors – “Thinking of visiting Dorset now? Please think twice”
Dorset Council’s Leader, Cllr Spencer Flower, has a clear message for any potential visitors or day trippers thinking of coming to Dorset as a result of the government easing of lockdown restrictions: “Thinking of visiting Dorset now? Please think twice.”
Dorset Council has decided that, at this early stage, car parks at visitor destinations including beaches and country parks across Dorset will stay closed for the time being. The only exception is the Swannery car park in Weymouth which will re-open later this week for road safety reasons. Public toilets will also remain closed due to the difficulty for social distancing to be maintained at these facilities.
Some council-run car parks in town and village centres have remained open through the COVID outbreak for local residents. These will continue to remain open but parking charges will now be reintroduced.
This follows the latest guidelines from government, announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday, outlining the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions.
The 50 page document published by the government yesterday stated that although people are still encouraged to stay at home as much as possible, people can now “travel to outdoor open space irrespective of distance” and “day trips to outdoor open space, in a private vehicle, are permitted” as long as people practise social distancing.
Dorset councillors and many local residents are concerned about the potential impact this new guidance may have on spreading the virus and increasing the infection rate.
Cllr Spencer Flower said:
“Our overriding priority is the safety and wellbeing of Dorset residents. We want to discourage people from outside the county and from areas with a higher rate of infection than Dorset from visiting our beaches and beauty spots, and inadvertently spreading the virus to local people.”
“We are working closely with our partners including Dorset Police to monitor and review the situation. We will adapt our approach when the situation changes.”
Residents in Dorset have co-operated well with the government’s lockdown over recent weeks. Even on sunny bank holidays, the vast majority of people have stuck to the rules and stayed at home. As a result, beaches and beauty spots have remained very quiet and the infection rate across Dorset is low compared to the rest of the country.
The southwest of England has had 7044 confirmed COVID-19 cases to date. This means the southwest’s rate of infection – at 126 per 100,000 residents – is the lowest regional rate across the country.
The Dorset Council area has a large older population and many local residents have health conditions which mean they are vulnerable to risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19.
Cllr Spencer Flower continued:
“People who may be thinking of visiting Dorset from elsewhere in the country need to ask themselves, is this safe? Is this fair? We really look forward to welcome visitors back to our beautiful county in future, but it’s too early to take the risk right now.”
#StaySafe #StayAtHome
Alongside their Weekend Takeaway menu which they launched last week (see below), this weekend they have . . .
Please remember to order by 5pm the day before collection.
