Well Done Broadwindsor

Thank you and well done to those who dropped items off at the Comrades Hall this morning for the Ukranian Aid project being led by Tom Littledyke at the Shave Cross Inn.

All of the items were loaded into Tom’s van ready for sorting and distribution prior to his trip next Monday. Read more HERE.

More donations will be taken across this Friday, 11th in time for Monday. Please bring your items to the Comrades Hall between 10am – 12 noon.

Donations can also be taken to Fullers Community Hall, Thursday, 10am to 12noon and also Friday 10am to 12noon.

Tom’s Group are founding a Charity. The Order of the Shave Cross. They’d like to organize it as a group you join and on reward you’d receive a Personalized glass, personalized clicker and a Jacket (with monk accessories). Keep an eye out and you will be told when it’s live.

Follow Tom’s updates on his Facebook page – Click HERE.

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Help Our International Community

The winning slogan to define Broadwindsor was “Where Community Matters”. We are extending this to our International community to help those directly affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. To protect people caught up in this crisis, in Ukraine and its bordering countries.

Villagers Jacqui Sewell and Wendy Shields are asking you to take your items down (see below what’s requested) to the Comrades Hall either on Tuesday, 8th or Friday, 11th – in the morning from 10am – 12noon. They will then transport them to Tom Littledyke‘s cellar at the Shave Cross Inn where they are being sorted and ready to load up for transport to the Ukraine.

PRIORITY ITEMS:
Please note – NO Clothes except those listed below as a military camp is on their next trip:

Thick army camo clothing
Boots
Armour
Helmets
A thermal imager
No weapons!!
Medical equipment – out of date is still welcome!
Medical kits – out of date is still welcome!
Medicines – out of date is still welcome!
Generators
Radios
Torches
Batteries

OTHER ITEMS:

Neo natal supplies
Milk powder
Baby food
Baby clothes, smaller the better.
Soft, cuddly toys
Sanitary products
Toiletries: Toothbrushes & Toothpaste, Lip balm
Creams: Hand cream, Sudocrem, Germolene
Blankets
Thick socks
Sleeping bags

Tom Littledyke, landlord of the Shave Cross Inn made the headlines last week with his inspiring trip to help those caught up in the crisis. There is a meeting on Wednesday, 9th at 8pm at the Shave Cross Inn which will also be streamed live on Facebook. As well as discussing what’s happened and what their plan is, Tom is organising a convoy of vehicles to travel to the Ukraine on Monday, 14th March departing at midday from the pub., planning to be back home by Saturday, 19th March. At the time of publishing, it is estimated ten vehicles will be involved. More are expected by Monday 14th.

Tom welcomes more help but cautions people to talk to their loved ones and to remember that you will be entering a war zone. Anyone wishing to take part must be over 25 years old for minibus insurance purposes.

With the money donated, which includes a vast donation from an anonymous doner from Lyme Regis, they intend to purchase 2 x ambulance vehicles and 2 x 4×4 vehicles. A large part of the group’s project is to ferry refugees from the train stations to the border.

The Ukranian chalk Flag background is a poster design by Setsiri Silapasuwanchai and can be purchased HERE.

Monetary donations can be made through the Red Cross – Click HERE
or to The Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

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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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