Great News For Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust

From David Leader, Chair of Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT –

Broadwindsor Group Parish Community Land Trust has exchanged contracts (24th November) and is now the proud owner of the c. 1.5 acre site on Netherhay Lane, Drimpton.

Our project, to build 15 affordable homes for rent to people with a connection to the Group Parish Area, can now proceed and take shape before your eyes. Our development partners Abri (formerly Yarlington Housing Group) have, with the CLT’s agreement, contracted C G Fry to undertake the construction of our development. We anticipate that they will take over on the site from 6th December 2021.

Members of BGP CLT Board will be meeting with Abri and CG Fry in the very near future to agree the programme of works. Near neighbours of the site will be kept fully informed by all parties as soon as details are to hand, as will be the whole of the community.

The CLT will be running a programme of ‘happenings’ in Drimpton for all to participate in celebrating the progress of this project. It will be co-ordinated by Andrew Pastor. Details of what will be taking place will be circulated very soon.

Our thanks to the Hedditch Trust for the land transaction, to the CLT’s advisors at Middlemarch (formerly Wessex CLT Projects), to our legal team, and Housing Officers at Dorset Council. And finally to members of the CLT Board for their hard work and perseverence over many, many months to achieve this fantastic outcome.

We hope you are excited by this great step forward as we are!

– David Leader
Chair, Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT

The principal aim of the Broadwindsor Group Parish CLT is to provide a small development of affordable housing for rent to people with a direct connection to the villages within this Parish:

Blackdown
Broadwindsor
Burstock
Drimpton
Hursey
Kittwhistle
Seaborough

Anyone interested in being part of the current and future CLT community projects are invited to contact Sheila Hawkins (11esgh528@gmail.com) for a CLT membership. Learn more at their website HERE.

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Use Scout Post For Cards This Christmas

With an extensive delivery list, the Scout group are offering to post your Christmas cards for only 30p! Locally, there will be yellow post boxes in Broadwindsor Community Stores, The Royal Oak in Drimpton and Beaminster‘s Co-op. Running from 4th December – 18th December.

No stamp required!
Please check the address you are sending to is in one of their delivery areas.
Please ensure your card is correctly addressed and include the postcode if you know it.
Post your greetings cards in one of our many Yellow Post Boxes together with 30p for each card, we will do the rest 🙂
Deliveries are made by our small army of adult volunteers.
All proceeds will go directly to Scout Funds.

Delivery Areas:

PLEASE NOTE: There are changes to their delivery areas each year and they are unable to deliver outside of these areas or to overseas.

Can You Help?

They need willing volunteers who are able to spend four to five hours spread over a two week period at the beginning of December to sort or deliver Scout Post in our area. Volunteers provide a useful and popular community service as well as raising much needed funds to support your local Scout Groups. You will be making a real difference to local young people and be giving something back to the community. Don’t delay, please contact: scoutpost@dwdscouts.org.uk

Scout Post is run by Dorchester & West Dorset District Scout Council
Charity registration no: 1039833

A list of cards they are unable to deliver will be held until the 12th of January and listed on the District Website – click HERE.
Enquiries to: scoutpost@dwdscouts.org.uk (01305) 852314

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Comrades Arms Closed This Weekend

A message from landlord of the Comrades Arms, Andrew Hookings:

“Sadly due to a long standing booking the bar will be closed on Friday and Saturday nights, but will reopen and return to normal service on Sunday 28th November between 12 noon and 3pm and then Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights from 6pm until further notice.

Details shortly of Christmas and New Year opening times.”

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Save The White Lion NEWS Update #3

A summary of the latest minutes from the Steering Group’s meeting on 18th November, provided by Margery Hookings:

Work is going on behind the scenes to re-open the White Lion in Broadwindsor as a community pub. The community needs to raise at least £30,000 to make it happen.

The Steering Group comprises:

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

The following is a summary of the latest meeting, excluding commercially sensitive or personal information.

Save the White Lion, summary of meeting 18/11/21

Community Benefit Society application – because of changed criteria, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) turned down our application. It is not worth us appealing due to time, money and the FCA is unlikely to back down so we now need a new legal structure. This is likely to be a Community Interest Company. Investigations and communication continue. [This means the community pub is not likely to open until early 2022.]

Applicants – we are in contact with two sets of people who have applied to run the pub.

Business plan – This continues to be updated. Cash flow in the first year will depend on the starting date.

Grants and fundraising:

It was hoped to hold two fundraising events before Christmas but these have been put on hold because of high covid rates locally. Local musicians are planning to stage a gig on Saturday 15 January 2022 at Comrades Hall in aid of the Save the White Lion fund, for which the committee is very grateful. Committee members will be on hand to run the bar and man the door.
There has been a gradual decline in numbers at Comrades Arms, possibly because of covid, but the pop-up bar continues to raise money for the community pub campaign. [£1,750 so far.]
Grant-making bodies need to know our legal structure before we can proceed with grant applications.
We will need a public meeting to seek funding from the community. A certain amount of detail about the plans will be within the prospectus, along with display boards. The date of this meeting and the way forward hinges on the outcome of discussions about the legal structure of the community business.
A Christmas card featuring an adaptation of John Iveson’s painting of the White Lion will be available for sale in packs of five for £2.50. These will be on sale at the shop. An initial print run of 500 was agreed.

Refurbishment:

There has been a constructive meeting with Palmers. Builders have been working recently on behalf of the brewery at the back of the pub.

Banner – Chris E has made enquiries re a large banner which will be purchased and placed in a prominent position once we go back to the community at a public meeting.

Tree lights in the Square – Palmers have agreed to a Christmas tree above the pub door.

Next meeting – the next meeting will be held once we have an update on the new legal structure to take the project forward.

SaveTheWhiteLion.Org

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Drimpton Outdoor Christmas Market – Saturday, 11th December

Drimpton’s Outdoor Christmas Market starts at 4pm in the car park of the Village Hall.

Lots of stalls
Mulled wine & Cider
Hot drinks & Mince pies
Raffle

Proceeds go to the Village Hall & Clic Sargent (Young Lives vs. Cancer).

Please direct your queries to:

Francesca – 01308 8676I7,
Lesley – 01308 86724I or
Kate – 01308 868843.

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W.I. Poppies

This beautiful display of poppies made by Broadwindsor’s W.I. next to the village shop will be dismantled this weekend.

The idea grew from the ladies of the W.I. wanting to observe Rememberance Day with a display of poppies for their garden. They were made from the bottoms of plastic bottles that were cut, melted and painted red to looks like poppies. A small group of them got together and made 103 in total to signify the end of World War 1.
John Staff kindly made the frame for the display. Hopefully, residents of the village have enjoyed them as much as they enjoyed making them. 🙂

W.I. meetings are usually held at the Comrades’ Hall, Broadwindsor, DT8 3QP (normally upstairs in the Lewesdon Room), on the third Thursday of each month, normally starting at 7.30pm. Members begin to arrive around 7.15, and the meeting would normally finish about 9.30pm.

Joining Broadwindsor WI
Their membership year runs from January to January, and the usual membership fee is normally £44.00. However, due to Covid restrictions, the fee is half-price at present, £22. If you are not sure if the W.I. is for you, why not go along as a visitor free to one of their meetings? Just contact them to let them know you are coming! Email: broadwindsorwi@gmail.com

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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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Spaces Available – Comrades Hall 100 Club

For the first time in a long time – there are several spaces available in Broadwindsor’s 100 Club at the Comrades Hall. This is mainly due to so many people leaving the village over the last year. So! For those who have just moved into the village or for those who have always wondered how to be included – now is your opportunity.

Payment is only £15 for the year. The draws occur quarterly and 6 prizes are awarded: £75; £50; £25; £15; £10 and £5. A full compliment of 100 Members is required to meet those prizes. All proceeds go to maintaining the Comrades Hall.

Joyce and Sally will be pleased to take your subscription. They will be at the Comrades Hall alongside the Post Office Outreach service on Friday 19th at 10am – 12 noon Alternatively, put your remittance through either of their doors, clearly stating who it is from, or contact them if you have any questions or to pay by BACS.

Please make cheques payable to Comrades Hall.

Joyce:- 01308 868286 // Ravelston, Hursey // joyce_chumbley@yahoo.co.uk

Sally:- 01308 867672 // Greystones, West Street, Broadwindsor //sallysarling@btinternet.com

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Getting Your Covid Booster Information

Below are the dates of the COVID Booster Clinics at the Beaminster Public Hall this month – NOW FULLY BOOKED!

December dates will be released at the end of the week.
Mike at Beaminster pharmacy, his staff and volunteers are doing a sterling job!
These COVID clinics are available by appointment. Limited walk-in vaccinations may be available subject to the Pharmacy having any spare vaccine.

You can book your COVID-19 booster dose, by phoning 119, if you had your 2nd dose at least 6 months and one week ago and you are:

aged 50 and over
aged 16 and over with a health condition that puts you at high risk from COVID-19 and the NHS has invited you to book
a frontline health or social care worker

All clinics are open from 9am until 5pm –

Thursday, 18th November
Friday, 19th November
Sunday, 21st November
Wednesday, 24th November
Friday, 26th November
Sunday, 28th November
Tuesday, 30th November

You can book online HERE but the nearest centre you will be directed offered is at Yeovil.

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

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Full Moon – Friday, 19th November

The November Full Moon, known as the Beaver Moon, will also be accompanied by a partial lunar eclipse that will be visible from the United States, Canada and Mexico (essentially all of North and South America), as well as Australia and parts of Europe and Asia. It will last six hours and peak at 09.02am (GMT). Therefore the Moon will look it’s fullest on Thursday evening.

Full Moon names date back to Native Americans of North America. There was some variation in the Full Moon names, but in general, the same ones were consistent among regional tribes – those who rely on full moon periods to track crops and harvest.

This was the time to set beaver traps before the swamps froze, to ensure a supply of warm winter furs. Another interpretation suggests that the name Full Beaver Moon comes from the fact that the beavers are now actively preparing for winter.

According to ancient legend, humans will turn into wolves on a Wednesday or Friday when sleeping outdoors on the night of the Full Moon.
He will turn into a wolf when the light of the moon shines on his face. Thankfully, the scientists have disproved this 🙂

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