‘The Devil’s Violin – The Beast in Me‘ At Drimpton

There are still tickets remaining for the Artsreach presentation of ‘The Devil’s Violin – The Beast in Me‘ on Sunday, February 20th at 7.30pm at Drimpton Village Hall.

Imagine a world where the lines separating humanity and animals have blurred, in which dark forests contain refuge as well as danger, and where blood is not always thicker than water…

‘The Beast In Me‘, is a masterfully woven tapestry of stories from long ago about our perception of beauty and the value of kindness. Epic narratives are evocatively brought to life by master storyteller, Daniel Morden, and with sublime stringed accompaniment from virtuoso musicians Sarah Moody (cello) and Oliver Wilson-Dickson (violin).

Expect a charming, chilling and thrilling evening’s entertainment: “A scintillating combination of music, sound and story” – The Times.

Tickets £10 (under 18’s £5)
Available from Francesca Hurrell 01308 867617 or via Artsreach.co.uk.
Bar available

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Children’s Mental Health Week

This week is Children’s Mental Health Week (7th – 13th February 2022).

The Red Cross promote Kindness Teaching Resourses: Celebrate the power of kindness. Children and young people are encouraged to learn about and practise kind acts with our range of kindness resources. They will learn the importance of being kind to others as well as themselves. It also explores resilience as kindness can help us to cope with any challenges and changes. They offer many free activity packs including:

5-14 yrs. Kindness Activity Pack – includes activities around kindness, coping, recognising feelings and learning new skills.
7-18 yrs. Tackling loneliness – Uses a range of mixed media resources to explore loneliness and how we can help people who feel lonely.
5-11 yrs. The Snowman™ & Snowman Dog Kindness calendars. Children are encouraged to learn about and practise kindness this December with The Snowman™ and The Snowdog in our new kindness calendars.
7-18 yrs. Wellbeing Activities – Managing Stress – Uses activities for young people and children to explore the resources they have to manage and understand stress.
7-18 yrs. Summer of Kindness calendar. Quick activities to encourage simple acts of kindness, build resilience and cover topics such as mental wellbeing and loneliness that will help children and young prepare to go back to school.

Place2Be is a children’s mental health charity with over 25 years’ experience working with pupils, families and staff in UK schools.

They provide mental health support in schools through one-to-one and group counselling using tried and tested methods backed by research. We also offer expert training and professional qualifications. They report:

1 in 6 children and young people have a diagnosable mental health problem, and many continue to have these problems into adulthood.
50% of those with lifetime mental health problems first experience symptoms by the age of 14.
1 in 10 boys aged 5-19 with a mental health condition are excluded in some form from school.

Their free resources will help you take part in the week. All of the ideas can be adapted for use in school, for home-schooling, online lessons or independent learning.  Click HERE for more information.

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Broadwindsor Slogan – One Week Left To Suggest

You’ve until midday next Saturday, 12th February to submit your suggestion!

Please send to info@broadwindsor.org or paper submissions may be left at the village shop.

The poll will be launched on Sunday, 13th and will be open for one week.
Your votes decide 🙂

For more information – please click HERE.

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Please Visit Wooly Wonders At Redlands Yard

Kirsty has had her Wooly Wonders unit at Redlands Yard since last June but is already threatened with closure due to lack of customers.
Redlands Yard showed their support by posting this message:

“Our wonderful yarn shop here at Redlands Yard is proving popular on social media and with knitting stalwarts, but the current level of custom is not high enough to sustain Wooly Wonders as a business. We love having Kirsty here, with her fantastic knowledge and extensively stocked shop full of yarns and accessories, and we are keen to support niche businesses and interests such as this. However, if custom does not pick up, the shop will have to close. If you would like to see it stay open, please come along and support this excellent enterprise. Thank you.”

Kirsty also posted on social media:

“If you can support us, please do. We love our new home and would be sad to have to leave. A huge thank you to Redlands Yard for all your help and support.

Team Wooly“

You can contact Kirsty by email: woolywondersyeovil@gmail.com
or call: 07369 249258

Please show your support & visit Wooly Wonders.

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Broadwindsor Art Friends – Exhibition In Beaminster

A new exhibition has opened at the Yarn Barton Centre in Fleet Street, Beaminster, featuring the work of Broadwindsor Art Friends – Donna Heys, John Iveson, Liz Ridley, Norma Roberts, Dorothy Rowe and Dave Shaw.

They are a small group of friends who are also amateur artists. They meet in a studio on a very informal basis twice weekly, to paint, draw or work on any individual project they choose.

There is no fee involved, nor tuition – just a group of friends drinking copious amounts of coffee and having a chat.

The friends all recognise that without a set session time, creativity would take a back seat to other parts of their lives in general.

Having these meeting times ensures they set aside time to enjoy their art. And of course they share ideas and ask advice of each other.

Please call in and take a look at what they do 🙂

The exhibition runs until the end of April.

Contact Yarn Barton Centre: yarnbartoncentre@yahoo.com or
Telephone: 01308 862715

Donna Heys. Photo credit: Margery Hookings

Donna Heys was one of the artists who took part in the ‘Place I Love‘ launch in October ’21.

The Place I Love and the unveiling of our village map is on Saturday, 12th February at the Comrades Hall, 2-4pm. More info HERE.

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All Change At Beaminster Scouts

1st Beaminster Scouts now meet on Tuesdays from 6.30pm til 8.00pm at their new District Scout Hut in Beaminster.
If you’re aged between 11 and 14 years old, come along, meet new people and join the adventure!
Contact Louise Hutchinson on: 07805 225408

1st Beaminster Scout Group meet at the new District facility at Scoutland in Beaminster and feel priviledged to be able to host 5 Sections of Scouting:

Squirrels (4-6yrs),
Beavers (6-8)
Cubs (8-10)
Scouts (11-14).

It is in the eldest section that the Scouts build on what they have learned in the previous sections and pursue more adventurous challenges. They prepare Scouts for being ready to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme, when they become 13/14 years of age.
They also continue to work for badges and awards,the highest being the Queens’ Scout Award. Even if you haven’t been involved in Scouting before, there is a warm welcome for those wishing to try Scouting for the first time in the 1st Beaminster Scout Group!

Contact Louise Hutchinson on: 07805 225408 or join their Facebook page HERE.

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Save The White Lion NEWS UPDATE #7

The Save The White Lion crowdfunder has successfully achieved the target of £30,00 and stands at £33,490. The Crowdfunder campaign continues ’til Wednesday 9th February.

Chairman of the White Lion Management committee, David Leader has delivered the follwing statement:

“The fundraising has been simply incredible, to raise such a fantastic sum in such a short period of time clearly demonstrates that our community wants the White Lion back in the heart of our village. We are all acutely aware of the responsibility we have to make this work for everyone. We are all working tirelessly to create a welcoming pub for everyone.

The legal process of securing a tenancy is a bit like buying a house we have exchanged contracts and we now have to complete. There is still a bit of legal toing and froing to get through and then we should be there and the keys are ours.

The selection process for the pub manager and chef is going apace, candidates have prepared a meal for us so we can judge their culinary skills. We hope to complete this process shortly.

Once we have completed the legal process and have the keys we will start on the refurbishment and stocking the kitchen with the right equipment.

Our aim is to be open for Easter, I know there is many a slip between cup and lip, but that’s the target.

As always we will keep you informed of developments, thank you very much for all your support – this will become truly a community pub run by the community.”

The Management committee comprises:

David Leader (Chair)
Elaine Leader
Susanna Newall
Chris Newall
Sandra Burrows
Charles Ouin
Luke Pickering
Andrew Hookings
Margery Hookings
Fraser Hughes
Chris Edgerley
Rick Dyke.

SaveTheWhiteLion.Org

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Local Employment: Part Time Front Of House At Bombay Spice

Bombay Spice in Beaminster are seeking someone to interact with their customers, taking orders and waiting/serving food.

The position is part-time, mainly weekend hours.
Payment per hour, dependant on age & experience. (Minimum age: 18yrs.)
Payment made on completion of shift.
Free meal after shift.

Interested?

Please contact manager, Rosco via WhatsApp: 07813 897672
or via their Facebook page HERE.

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Bombay Spice deliver to Broadwindsor 🙂 From October – March, on Mondays, Wednesday & Thursdays – 6pm – 9pm for a delivery charge of £3.00 (5 mile radius). Choose from their menu…

This is only a selection …

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Chinese New Year – Tuesday, 1st February – Year of the Tiger

The Chinese New Year was celebrated Tuesday, 1st February and the celebration marks the end of the Year of the Ox and the start of the Year of the Tiger.

People whose birth dates occurred in the Year of the Tiger include those born in 1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998, 2010 and 2022.

People born in the Year of the Tiger are characterised as being people born in years of the Tiger are vigorous and ambitious, daring and courageous, enthusiastic and generous, self-confident with a sense of justice and a commitment to help others for the greater good. However, they can sometimes be unpredictable, irritable, and overindulgent.

To discover what Chinese animal you are, please refer to the calendar wheel below.

All of the animals have favourable characteristics assigned to them:

Rat: Intelligence, adaptability, quick-wit, charm, artistry, gregariousness.
Ox: Loyalty, reliability, thoroughness, strength, reasonability, steadiness, determination.
Tiger: Enthusiasm, courage, ambition, leadership, confidence, charisma.
Rabbit: Trustworthiness, empathy, modesty, diplomacy, sincerity, sociability.
Dragon: Luckiness, flexibility, eccentricity, imagination, artistry, spirituality, charisma.
Snake: Philosophical, organised, intelligent, intuitive, elegant, attentive, decisive.
Horse: Adaptable, loyal, courageous, ambitious, intelligent, adventurous, strong.
Sheep: Tasteful, crafty, warm, elegant, charming, intuitive, sensitive, calm.
Monkey: Quick-witted, charming, lucky, adaptable, bright, versatile, lively, smart.
Rooster: Honest, energetic, intelligent, flamboyant, flexible, diverse, confident.
Dog: Loyal, sociable, courageous, diligent, steady, lively, adaptable, smart.
Pig: Honorable, philanthropic, determined, optimistic, sincere, sociable.

The Chinese New Year always occurs on the night of the New Moon, when skies are at their darkest. Though celebrations often start the weekend before and continue for weeks after, only the first seven days, Jan. 31st to Feb. 6th, are considered public holidays.

The third day of Lunar New Year is known as Chi Kou Ri, or “Day of the Red Mouth.” Falling on Thursday, Feb. 3rd this year, it’s believed to be a time when arguments are more likely, so people tend to avoid social interactions and stay home or visit temples instead.

The Lantern Festival, a Chinese tradition celebrated on the first Full Moon of the year, signifying the end of the New Year season and is marked by the flying of paper lanterns and eating of turnip cakes and tangyuan, a Chinese dessert of sweet rice-ball dumplings. It occurs on the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese calendar — this year, it lands on Feb. 15th.

“In Chinese culture, the tiger is the symbol of bravery, wisdom and strength. But interestingly, the tiger is not mentioned in the Bible, while the lion, a Western astrological sign, is absent from the Chinese zodiac,” Qin said. “Different places and peoples have different cultures. This is only natural, but such differences should not prevent us from understanding, respecting and appreciating each other’s history, culture and tradition.” 🙂

On January 21st 2023, the Year of the Water Rabbit begins.

Animated image by: Megaport Media

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Bunting Workshop – Friday, 4th February – 10am

Continuing this February, on Friday 4th from 10am are the Bunting Workshops run by Jacqui Sewell.

As much bunting as possible is being made to decorate the village for Broadwindsor Fun Group‘s Jubilee celebrations at the start of June.

There are four workshops remaining:

Friday, 4th February
Friday, 4th March
Friday, 1st April
Friday, 6th May

All the workshops take place at the Comrades Hall during Post Office hours, 10am – 12.30pm.

If you can help by donating fabric (cotton or poly cotton) cutting out, sewing or even just turning the triangles the right way out & ironing them please contact Jacqui on 01308 867145.

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