FareShare Moves To Drimpton This Friday

Broadwindsor’s FareShare Larder will be at Drimpton this Friday and for the foreseeable future at the same times of 9.30 – 10.30am.

The initiative is led by the NHS & Dorset Council, led locally by Councillor Yvonne White & Vice-Chair Jacqui Sewell who were informed by email that the Comrades Hall Management Committee, with Megan Jones new at the Chair, were ‘very supportive’ but want to charge the group £12/session should the Hall be needed in wet weather.

Comments from local residents are saddened, disgusted and outraged.

There is already a list compiled of volunteers who will transfer the food to those in Broadwindsor who genuinely have no transport and are unable to get to Drimpton.

Anyone who lives in the parish area is eligible to become a member of this group. There is a maximum of  50 members. Find out more HERE (Note: the location is now Drimpton Village Hall).

This is a weekly membership scheme* aimed at helping people make their money go further by reducing food shopping bills – so unless a recognised referral agent refers you to the scheme,  you must register to become a member.  Application forms need to be requested by emailing: FSSouthernCentral@fareshare.org.uk.  Once completed, proof of address/ID needs to be provided and you email the completed form to the same email address.  Alternatively, it is a quick and easy process to complete and submit the form online – Click HERE.

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Gregory Steward, Tenor – Sunday, 8th January At 3pm

What a marvellous and enjoyable way to chase away these ‘winter blues’ at The Comrades Hall on a January Sunday afternoon…

Gregory Steward, 22 yrs, graduated with 1st class honours this summer from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Art.  Our congratulations to him!

Prior to this Gregory, from Taunton and with a passion for opera, was a specialist vocalist (studying with Tim Richards) and trumpet player when he was at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset.  In 2016 he won the Taunton Young Singer Competition and in 2019, was a semi-finalist in the prestigious Somerset Song Prize.  He has sung with acclaimed vocal ensemble Tenebrae and the Choir of St John’s College Oxford. He successfully auditioned for the BBC National Chorus of Wales and has performed in Britten’s War Requiem and Handel’s Messiah, both at St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

The concert will include songs from South Pacific, Les Miserables and popular romantic arias, including Nessun Dorma. It begins at 3pm and refreshments will be available.
Tickets are £12. For the opportunity to hear this young tenor at the start of his professional career, please contact Gregory directly on 01458 211197 or email gregorystewardtenor@gmail.com.

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Thank You From UNICEF

Further to the profit made at the coffee morning a month ago, organiser  Sally Sarling received the lovely letter shown from UNICEF thanking her for the donation made.

Thank you to everyone who supported the event.

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Recycling Bins Now In Situ

The Recycling bins have now been moved from Redlands Yard to the Comrades Hall Car Park.

They’re now at the back of the Hall by the ‘turning area’.

Thank you to Adrian & Dave for walking them down the road 🙂

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Warning! Farmers WILL shoot your dogs!

Local Farmers, Andrew & Tim Frampton have issued the following warning after an incident on Lewesdon hill earlier today.

“This morning three labradors chased our sheep in the first field at the end of sheep wash lane heading to Lewesdon hill.The owners let them off the lead and they ran riot chasing the young lambs and forcing some ewes down a gully into the common. The dogs then chased the cattle in the next field up.

I would ask all dog owners to keep your dogs on a lead in fields with livestock . As landowners we have the right to shoot dogs caught worrying livestock and chasing the sheep.
Please, if you see fellow dog walkers not with their dogs on the lead in these fields, not picking up dog mess behind them or even roaming around the fields off the footpath – please Inform them to stick to the countryside code.

With the grass laid up for silage making please stay on the footpath and pick up the  sticks you throw for your dogs as bigs ones can damage harvesting machinery.”

Tim Frampton caught three teenagers, 2 boys and a girl and after denying it, they said they couldn’t get the dogs to come back.

We will shoot dogs if we catch them chasing the sheep. We spent hours lambing the ewes in the middle of the night through January and have no reservations about the repercussions.”

Andrew & Tim Frampton


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Book Your Covid Booster Now

From Mike Hewitson at Beaminster Pharmacy…

***COVID Vaccination Update***

“I have just released 3000 appointments for Beaminster Town Hall for the next 4 weeks. To book these, please call 119 or use the national booking service via gov.uk.
In this period we will running with a higher rate of booked appointments which will mean there is unlikely to be an opportunity for walk-in appointments.
If you book one of these places please keep your appointment as there are many people who would like these slots.
Thanks,
Mike & Team
Beaminster Pharmacy”

You can book online HERE but the and you will be directed offered Beaminster Town Hall.

If you haven’t had both doses of your vaccinations, it is not too late to book an appointment. Visit nhs.uk or call 119.

For more information, visit dorsetccg.nhs.uk

Well done Mike & Team!

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