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Topic of the month: Common Causes of Muscle Pain The majority of muscle pain is not caused by disease but by dysfunction such as overuse, injury and strain, poor posture, bad habits and chronic tension etc. However there are some other causes that are quite commonly seen in practice:

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Often during flu epidemics patients phone in to say that all their old injuries have returned. Then often they phone again before they have had a chance to come in, to say they have gone down with flu. The flu virus causes muscle pain and tends to feel worse at old injury sites.

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which causes widespread muscle pain and may be accompanied by sleep disturbance, depression, gut problems etc. There is no specific treatment but massage and acupuncture are often helpful in managing the symptoms and I have many patients who attend regularly for this.

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With increasing numbers of people being put on statins for high cholesterol, I see more and more cases of people suffering muscle pain as a side effect. As there are a number of different such drugs to reduce cholesterol, it is often wise to try a different statin which may eliminate the problem.

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One of the consequences of nerve irritation is that the muscles supplied by the compressed nerve become tight and painful through receiving the wrong electrical signals. I spend much of my working life trying to work on these mechanically irritated nerves using manipulation and acupuncture to stimulate the nerve supply.

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Feb/Mar 13

Editor’s message

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the Feb/Mar edition of

All About Malvern Published & edited by:

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I’ve set myself a new goal, to publish a photo of life in our area on every single day of 2013. Its made me look at our area through new eyes. I’m stopping to photograph places that last year I took for granted. I’m spotting the little details of daily life that used to go un-noticed. You can see the results on our website, allaboutmalvernhills.com. Of course getting outdoors to take a photo was more effort during the recent snow, but despite all the cold, slipping and sliding, Malvern really is a beautiful place to live, whatever the weather.

Besides an interesting article on how Valentine’s can be a good day for everybody, this edition is already showing signs of Spring, with Mother’s Day and Easter around the corner. You will be able to find out where to eat, shop and enjoy these moments in our local area.

Enjoy the read,

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Front page photo: The Buzzards, Rosebank Gardens

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Talent on Show 6 Conservators 12 Get Together in Malvern 20 The Buzzards 22 Local Walk 28 Malvern Fairtrade Group 40

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The Worcester Competitive Arts Festival is a chance for young people to show off their talents and compete for prizes. Malvern does particularly well when it comes to winners, and several local people play a key part in its success.

The Festival was started in 195l by the County’s then-music inspector Arthur Benoy with the aim of encouraging young people across Worcestershire to compete for prizes in acting, verse speaking, music and singing. There is also a chance for very young children, aged six and under to perform a ‘Party Piece’. Candidates learn from constructive comments from adjudicators who are fully qualified.

The festival takes place annually at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester, this year on 9th and 16th March, followed by a Festival Concert a few days later held in Perrins Hall. It’s run by a small group of volunteers who are involved in some way in the arts. Each year more than a thousand students of Music and Drama participate. The festival is open to all.

Although entry to this year’s festival is closed, if you’d like more detail you can contact the Secretary, Marian Walters on 01905 820558 or by email at marian-walters@tiscali. co.uk Michael Lunney from Malvern is the President of the Festival. He is also a theatrical producer and director, he is based in Malvern from where he runs a theatre company. Here he tells us why he decided to become involved with the Festival.

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Encouraging young people into the arts is a difficult thing because it’s a fickle business at the best of times. Having said that, we must support them and the arts are a great tool for developing their personality. Even if they don’t choose it as a profession is does build tremendous confidence.

The Festival offers a competitive environment which I think is good for the entrants to experience. It can be a dog-eat-dog world out there, particularly in the arts.

I have started the Michael Lunney Award which sounds very grand but it gives a young person the chance to sample life on the road with a professional touring theatre company. They get a week with us and last year the winner spent time with us as we took ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ to Cardiff. She saw the rigours of setting up a touring production, lighting it, marketing it and performing it before putting everything back into the wagon and moving on again. She absolutely loved it and wants to become an actress, the experience really did inspire her!

As I see it, the arts are there for everybody and that’s what I want this Festival to promote.

We are tapping into this unknown ability, bringing Michael Lunney

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it out and giving a shy child an idea of how to manifest their ability. I am interested in bringing more young people to the Festival from state schools, I’m all for giving people a chance wherever possible.

Emily Gray

Some of the young people who perform at the Festival are truly incredible. Such talent must be in their DNA, and in some cases, despite their tender years they are already prolific concert pianists and actors. It’s incredible to watch.

Emily Gray from Malvern won the Under-16s Acting prize last year.

‘You have to perform a three minute piece from any play or book, and I chose the part of Blanche Dubois in a scene from ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. I felt my performance at the festival went well and I enjoyed myself. Before the results were announced I thought it was between me and another girl who was amazing, so if she’d won I wouldn’t have been surprised.’

‘The element of competition adds a measure of not just doing your best, but achieving something more. It adds some extra pressure, with nerves and everything. It’s a different experience to act in front of a crowd that’s judging you. It’s both exciting and scary. It’s a good experience, I would recommend it, it’s another opportunity to get out there and show others what you can do.’

me further. Before, I had only performed at school. The first time I competed I was 14 years old, and I won my class. I beat a girl who was only 10 and already an amazing pianist. I beat her by a slither. My teacher got me into this and helped by suggesting pieces I could play. It gives confidence. I definitely recommend it, there are many classes to enter, it can be stressful but everybody enjoys it. It’s a great thing for the people who take part.’

‘I am planning to enter again this year, it would be good to win a second time. After that I am off to university next year, where I hope to join a drama group and continue acting there.’

Peter Shepherd from Malvern is in his final year at school, and is a talented pianist. He won last year’s music prize in the solo recital class.

‘The requirement for the prize is to perform fifteen minutes of music on one instrument. I was competing against twelve other talented competitors. I played Bach and then Brahms.

I have entered for the past three years and its good fun, like all festivals it has a special atmosphere. I have also accompanied friends who are competing on other instruments and I was honoured when the festival asked me to be one of their official accompanists. ‘ ‘In terms of my piano playing, the festival pushed

Peter Shepherd

The festival takes place annually at the Royal Grammar School, Worcester, this year on 9th and 16th March, followed with a Festival Concert a few days later held in Perrins Hall.

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Stephen Bound, who joined Malvern Hills Conservators as Director in July 2012, gives his early impressions of working for the organisation that protects and manages the hills and commons of Malvern.

‘It’s been an incredibly busy 6 months but I can honestly say that I’ve loved every minute of it’ says Stephen. ‘The job is very challenging but very interesting and each day brings something different’. One of the things that has really impressed Stephen is the passion that people have for the local area. ‘So many people take an interest in the well-being of the Hills and Commons. They really care for the landscape and value the access that they have to it. Every day we get letters, e-mails and phone calls commenting on the work we do. Of course we can’t please everybody, but I’m always genuinely happy to hear people’s views. After all, the Hills are such an important community resource and it’s only right that people feel that they are able to have a say in their management’.

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Well-Being

How everyone can enjoy a happy Valentine’s Day

By Satyavani (Fiona) Robyn from Malvern

How do you feel about Valentine’s Day? Are you looking forward to a cosy romantic evening with your beloved? Or do you have mixed feelings, maybe because your current relationship is feeling a bit difficult, or because you’re single?

Let’s reclaim Valentine’s Day… here’s how!

What do we know about the early history of Valentine’s Day? There were many early Christian martyrs called Valentinus (or Valentine), with Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni both being honoured on February the 14th. Until the poet Chaucer linked Valentine’s Day with romantic love in the 14th century (in ‘Parlement of Foules’), there were no strong associations between St Valentine’s and romance or fertility.

There is also the legend of one of these Saint Valentines who, in jail and about to be executed for helping Christians escape from persecution, performed a miracle by healing the blind daughter of his jailer Asterius. He was also said to have performed clandestine Christian weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry. The Roman Emperor Claudius II believed that married men didn’t make good soldiers, but Saint Valentine helped them to sanctify their love and risked his own life to do so.

Different groups of people celebrate Valentine’s Day in different ways in modern times, and so we can borrow these traditions. In Norfolk ‘Jack Valentine’ will leave presents of sweets and presents for children – you might know some children who’d appreciate a Valentine’s gift!

We might also want to do the same as they do in Finland. Here, Valentine’s Day is called Ystävänpäivä which translates into “Friend’s day”. With this in mind, here are my suggestions for planning for a happy Valentine’s Day with generous dashes of love…

1. Wipe the slate clean. You might have had a bad experience of Valentine’s Day previously, but this year is a new year. It’s okay to leave some space to feel sad about things, but this Valentine’s Day can be an opportunity to have a difference experience, and to look forwards.

2. Make Valentine’s your own. Don’t worry about listening to what the media, your friends or the shops think you ought to do for Valentine’s Day.

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3. Cultivate gratitude. Try ten minutes of a spiritual practice called ‘Nei Quan’. To do this sit quietly and ask yourself three questions about your last 24 hours (or the past week) – ‘What have I received?’ ‘What have I offered in return?’ and ‘What trouble has my existence caused?’

We are all very dependent on many other objects and people, and receive much that we haven’t asked for or earned. Reflecting on what we receive every day can help us cultivate an attitude of gratitude.

4. Think about giving and not receiving.

After cultivating gratitude, make a list of five things you’d like to offer to friends, family or strangers on Valentine’s Day. This might be the offer of doing the washing up all day, cleaning an elderly relative’s car, giving some money to charity, baking, calling a friend you haven’t spoken to for ages, smiling at your neighbour even if he never has the time to smile at you…

What can you offer?

5. Be your own Valentine. What will make you happy? A long hot bath with some lavender oil? A trip to your favourite museum or church?

Permission to stay in bed late at the weekend and read a novel? Ordering some new flower seeds to plant in the Spring? Think of three small things you could give to yourself and enjoy!

6. Give yourself permission to cancel Valentine’s Day! If none of the previous suggestions work for you, then just make a plan for the evening which means you don’t have to pay any attention to what other people might be doing.

I do hope you can see past all the commercialism and rediscover some of the spirit of those early Christian saints like Valentinus and his clandestine marriages.

Satya

Satyavani Fiona Robyn is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Malvern, a novelist and a Buddhist priest. She also runs a mindful writing company with her husband - find out more at www. writingourwayhome.com

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‘Get Together’ Malvern

inspiring women locally, supporting women globally respect, females have more sensitivity for others’ pain and suffering... the world will be saved by western women”. This event is a demonstration of how western women can unite in support of each other locally and globally, to inspire each other and celebrate our achievements, to share experiences, skills and knowledge with one another. The spirit of unity and compassion moves out through our fundraising ‘Get Together’ to support women in developing countries; raising awareness of the importance of women as producers of food or creators of cottage industries; funding ‘on the ground’ projects to provide training and income for women to support their families’ welfare.

This event aims to demonstrate just what’s possible when western women follow their inspired calling to get together and create. All are welcome to join in this celebration of the feminine spirit!

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Inspired by International Women’s Day as a focal point for women globally, a group of Malvern women are working with Oxfam’s national campaign, ‘Get Together’ to fundraise for women’s projects in developing countries. An all day event on Saturday 9th March at The Grove in Avenue Rd, Malvern, will feature a diverse programme of inspiring, creative and informative events.

Workshops and storytelling, hands-on creativity and art, performance, dance and meditation; stalls for local women’s enterprise, tasters for yoga, pilates and other fitness programmes; information and an educational talk from Oxfam about their projects; a Pamper Room and a Red Tent space, plus film screenings of ‘The Moon Inside You’ and Red Tent movie ‘Things We Don’t Talk About’. All are welcome at the event which runs from 10am to 10pm. Entry and participation is on a donation basis, with funds raised supporting an Oxfam women’s project nominated by the organising team.

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All About...

The Buzzards Malvern’s new public sculpture in Rosebank Gardens is awaiting its official unveiling, which it’s hoped may happen this spring.

Peter Smith, founder of the Autumn in Malvern festival, worked for several years to see it commissioned and installed.

Who created the birds?

Walenty Pytel is an internationally respected metal sculptor. He is Polish, but has lived in England since childhood, and today is based in south Herefordshire. Among his many works, he created a large sculpture of Heraldic Beasts outside the state entrance to Westminster Hall in London, which was commissioned by Parliament for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee. The Buzzard sculpture for Rosebank Gardens, commissioned

by Malvern Town Council, was created to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year for Malvern.

And why two buzzards?

Five years ago I rang Walenty up and asked him if we could meet. He was enormously enthusiastic and told me he had always wanted to create something for Malvern. After our initial meeting, he came to Malvern to visit Rosebank Gardens. We stood there for some time, wondering what the best subject for the sculpture might be, when a pair of buzzards appeared in the sky some distance away. At that moment, he immediately said ‘I would love to create buzzards’, so that’s how it came about. This is likely to be the last large sculpture he will ever make.

Was there a bigger idea behind installing this in Rosebank Gardens?

The gardens were gifted to the town by Dyson Perrins but in recent years had become somewhat neglected. Malvern Town Council accepted responsibilty for them just over a year ago. This project has helped revitalise the whole area with the result that many more people come to visit Rosebank Gardens. They also act as a Gateway to the Hills with a set of steps and a path leading up to St Ann’s Well, from where keen walkers can find their way onto the Worcestershire Beacon.

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What has reaction been to the buzzards?

Both the Town Clerk and myself have been very grateful for the messages, cards and comments sent to us. Genuinely, without exaggerating, we have received an overwhelming number of positive messages and comments. I walk through Rosebank Gardens every day and deliberately talk to other passersby, to see what they think of it. I must have spoken to 60 people, visitors and locals, and every single one has been positive.

People are taking photos of it and posting them on the internet, while one local business has even produced a Buzzard Sculpture greeting card, which is selling well. I hope that it is becoming a landmark for Malvern which is getting us noticed further afield.

Is the work now finished?

Our funding partners, Malvern Hills District Council, are collaborating with us to make the gardens a key destination as part of the ‘Route to the Hills’. The objective is to create a walking route from Great Malvern station through the town, which will direct visitors using high quality signage and interpretation boards. We are planning an official unveiling of the sculpture in the next few months, we can’t yet confirm who it will be but we’re hoping for somebody notable.

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Make this a sweet breakfast treat for your loved ones!

• 6 sheets of filo pastry • approx 30g margarine, melted • approx 30g icing sugar or syrup for topping • approx 100g of fruit and nuts, choose from the following selection: thinly sliced apple, sultanas, chopped apricots, chopped dates, ground almonds, flaked almonds, or small cubes of marzipan

Makes 12 Ready in 45 minutes

The Cold Chef

1. Preheat the oven to 200°C/ Gas Mark 6. Grease a baking tray or cover with baking parchment.

2. Cut a sheet of filo pastry in half length ways and brush half with melted margarine. Place the other half on top and brush again.

3. Sprinkle the fruit and nuts carefully over the length of the pastry. Add small pieces of marzipan, if using, and fold in a triangle shape.

4. Place on baking tray and brush with melted margarine.

5. Drizzle with syrup or icing sugar and flaked almonds.

Repeat until the pastry or filling is used up.

6. Bake for about 20 minutes until crisp and golden.

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Local Walk

A historic walk on the hills Carl Flint, writer of three ‘Pictorial Guide’ books of the Malvern Hills, introduces his first local walk on the hills. From the Clock Tower in North Malvern to West Malvern via Table Hill and End Hill, you will be able to enjoy beautiful views and learn about our local history along the way.

Carl admits it took him four years to complete his first pictorial guide, which was published nearly three years ago.

‘It was a huge amount of work’ he says. ‘It started when I looked in libraries and bookshops, and although there were some books with local walking routes, and others on local history, I couldn’t find anything that put the two together. I’m a keen runner and I know all the local paths, so I combined that knowledge with research on local history.’

The first book had just two walks but at 220 pages long there was a huge amount of information contained within its covers. ‘When I give talks, people sometimes like to challenge me, and think they know everything about the town they live in. I always manage to tell them something they didn’t know before! My favourite example is the dragons on rooftops. A builder in Victorian times must have had stylised ridge tiles made, and used them on several local buildings including one on St Ann’s Road.’

Walk 1

Carl has now published three books which contain plenty of illustrations. He’s working towards a fourth, and is currently researching a route leading from West Malvern to Brockhill Drive.

‘These are not boring guide books that simply say ‘walk a hundred metres and turn left’ says Carl, ‘I create something people can enjoy reading at home as much as taking outdoors.’

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This delightful if somewhat strenuous 2.3 mile walk starts from either the North Hill or Tank Quarry car parks on the North Malvern Road, map reference SO 7705 4700. The path up to Table Hill is very steep and therefore not suitable for buggies or for very young children. There are far-reaching views across Herefordshire to the west, Shropshire to the far north-west with the Severn Valley and Worcestershire to the East. The return journey is via West Malvern.

Allow 1 hour 45 minutes without refreshment breaks. North Hill 397 metres, (1303 feet), Table Hill 372 metres and End Hill 329 metres.

To download the full details of the walk, please to go our website www.allaboutmalvernhills/Local Life and click the ‘Historic Walks on the Malvern Hills’ window.

A Pictorial Guide to the Malvern Hills, Book 1. ISBN 978 0956629500, published by Malvern Walks £7.95.

Available in Malvern TIC, Malvern Hills Gallery, Malvern Book Cooperative, Malvern Museum, Malvern Priory, Kosihaus, St Ann’s Well, Post Offices at Malvern Link, Hanley Swan, Welland, Barnards Green and Malvern Wells Upton Map Shop and TIC Ledbury Books and Maps and the Three Counties Book Shop Public Houses The Marlbank near Welland For further information, updates and comments please contact Carl at info@ malvernwalks.co.uk

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Your online guide to all Malvern Hills has to offer

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Community focus

Malvern Fair Trade Group Malvern Fairtrade Group was formed in 2001 and achieved Fairtrade status for the town two years later. Mary Wetherall, one of the group’s founder members tells us more.

Malvern was the 18th Town in this country to gain Fairtrade status, so we were involved with the movement from an early stage. In those days it might have been seen as something unusual, but when you see how mainstream we have become, you realise what a brilliant job the Fairtrade movement has done. Our job is to keep the issue in the public eye. Our work has many supporters, including the Town Council, but we’re also very grateful for support from local shops, restaurants, businesses and churches who stock and use Fairtrade products. Our members are vital to keep the group active, quite a few of the original group are still involved, but we are always looking for people to be active members so please get in touch if you are interested.

Being Fairtrade certified, bearing the Fairtrade mark, means not only that the producers are paid a fair price for their products but also that developing communities and businesses receive extra investment from the Fairtrade Premium. This results in the producers receiving a recognised payment for their hard work and receiving help to improve the health care, education and development of the communities in which they live. Producers also have a democratic say in decision making, women are included, and farmers enjoy rights including a decent wage and being allowed to join unions.

Several agricultural chemicals are forbidden on Fairtrade-certified farms, helping to protect humans and the environment.

The Fairtrade Foundation believes in a different way of doing business. It’s a way that puts the poorest in the world first by tackling poverty and injustice through fairer trade giving them a better deal for the work they do. Fairtrade is a grassroots movement stretching around the world uniting producers and consumers, communities and individuals.

Since the early days the number of Fairtrade

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products has increased beyond all expectations of the early pioneers of the movement. Our products now range from the original tea, coffee, chocolate, and bananas to include a wide range of dried and fresh fruits, nuts, wine, cotton, jewellery and of course sugar, even footballs, all bearing the Fairtrade mark.

Each year at the end of February and the beginning of March, Fairtrade fortnight is an opportunity to raise the profile of Fairtrade locally in shops, schools, churches and businesses.

Our Malvern group has, since its inception at the turn of the century, organised events, displays, food tastings and promotions within Malvern.

This year on 9 March, a local Traidcraft rep, Mary Flynn from St Andrew’s Church at Poolbrook is to give a talk on her recent visit to India to explore what difference Fairtrade has made to communities there. The evening will also include a ‘Puddings tasting’, of course using Fairtrade products (you will find details of future events at www.allaboutmalvernhills.com and page 50).

The idea of Fairtrade may have started off small but it has grown to become a force that nobody dared to hope for. Now part of a worldwide organisation, an intricate web of campaigners, partners, farmers and friends criss-crosses its way around the globe from Malvern to the tea farmers of Malawi. After reading this, please don’t forget to look out for the ever increasing range of Fairtrade products.

If you’d like to get in touch with the local group, you can email fairtrade@glencarlyn.plus.com or call (01684) 574346

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Crown Lifting/Reduction/Thinning Dangerous/Dead/Diseased Trees Felling/Removal Matt Scriven Telephone (01684) 573684 Mobiles 07931 808 121 Fully Insured • Qualified CS30/31/38/39 • Work to BS3998

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April Deadline:

Notice board Three Counties Art History Group 2013 Two short courses Mondays 2 - 4pm

Art & Architecture of Venice A 5 week course from Feb 18 - March 18

How to read Renaissance Altarpieces A 4 week course April 8 - 29 at Malvern Theatre, Hospitality Room

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Tue 12 Mar 2013

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Tickets £7 to includ e light refreshmen ts from John Morgan 0168 4 566723 or on th e door

In aid of Commun

ity Action

Garden Open Day at Little Malvern Court, Little Malvern Sunday 17 March (St Patrick’s Day), 2 - 5pm £5 Adults, £0.50 Children 4-14yrs, u 4’s free Plenty of free parking A delight of Spring Bulbs and Flowers Tea, Cakes, Plants & Flowers for sale In aid of SSAFA Forces Help

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BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND Clothes, furniture, electrical and other small appliances, toys and bicycles all repaired FREE OF CHARGE Saturday 2 Feb, 10am - 2pm Malvern Cube, Albert Rd North

Bluebell Sponsored Walk - 28 April in partnership with Diabetes Uk / 2.5 & 5 miles Starting and finishing at the British Camp car park

Sponsor forms 0845 833 9548 or email malvernhillslions@gmail.com

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Bridge Training & Development (ne Swan) URGENT LY needs voluntee ar Hanley rs to help in their farm shop , which sells produ ce to the public, including crops grown by the There is an oppo trainees. rtunity to help on Thursday mornings or Thurs day afternoons.

A Farm Shop Co -ordinator is req uired as well, to run & ma intain the rota of Farm Shop Assistants, to he lp recruit & train new shop volunteers, organ ise meetings and keep in touch with shop volunteers during the week.

A volunteer to fill this role must ha ve excellent communication sk ills, be friendly an d patient.

Retail experienc e wo essential. Experie uld be useful, but not nce of working wi th or in a team of voluntee rs would be very desirable, but again not essenti al.

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Classes & Courses

YOGA with JO HARPER (BWY Dip): Holy Trinity, Link Top Malvern (Mondays 4.15pm); Inner Place, Ledbury (Mon and Weds 9.30am); The Fold, Bransford (Mondays 7.45pm).

Also specialist course for sufferers of lower back pain Mondays 2.45pm at Link Top. joyoga22@hotmail.com 07976 882252 Country Market Days Home-made, home-grown & hand-crafted Malvern Farmers Market - Saturday 16 Feb & 16 March 9am–2pm, Abbey Road, Malvern Ledbury Country Market Fridays, 8.30am –12noon, St Katherine’s Hall, High Street, Ledbury Malvern Country Market Fridays, 9am–12.15pm, Lyttleton Rooms, Church Street, Malvern West Malvern Community Market No Market this month - St James’s Primary School, West Malvern Rd Cradley Farmers Market 1st Saturday every month, The Old Rectory, Cradley, 10am - 12pm

Thursdays Dance Fitness 8.45pm @ The Wyche Institute For more details contact Tabitha 07968 323331 or tabithaluke@hotmail.com

Yoga Classes Throughout the week in Malvern @ The Wheel of Life Centre, North Malvern Road.

Learn to move with the breath, a strengthening yet safe, effective yoga to reduce stress, improve the spine and deeply relax.

Classes run Mon, Wed, Thurs & Fri, morning and evening classes.

NEW FLEXIBLE ATTENDANCE SYSTEM

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– A yoga available to all-men/women/health problems/ whatever size or shape!

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Chinese New Year Party 20 & 21 February 18 Malvern Road, Powick, Worcester WR2 4RU 18 Malvern Road, Powick, Worcester WR2 4RU TEL: 01905 830238 FAX: 01905 831688 TEL: 01905 830238 FAX: 01905 831688

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February

What’s on

Chinese New Year Celebrations Live Lion Dance Show on Cowleigh Road, Malvern. All welcome, free entry.

From 2.30pm, organised by The Star Inn For further details go to www.start-malvern.co.uk

Model Railway Exhibition 10am - 5pm at Powick Parish Hall, £3.50 adults, £3 seniors, £2.50 children Model railway layout and modelling display.

Children - try the Thomas the Tank Engine Layout www.cheltmodelrail.org.uk/worcester

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& 12 March - Malvern Small Business Forum 7-9pm Council House, Great Malvern Network opportunity for local business owners and start-ups. New members welcome. Free More information: www.msbf.biz

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Fairtrade Puddings Evening at 7pm, St Joseph’s, Newtown Road, Malvern Delicious puddings, tea or coffee and a DVD Tickets £3, 01684 562769 or 574346

sat

9

BRIDGE TEA in aid of St Richard’s Hospice 1.30pm - 4.30pm at Holy Trinity Parish Hall, Link Top, Malvern Tickets £6.50 include tea and cakes Available from: 01684 575357 or 573864

wed

until Sat 16 February - ‘Salad Days’ (Musical) 7.30pm, Malvern Coach House Theatre, Grange Road, Malvern WR14 3HA A toe-tapping, comical musical for all ages.

Box office: Dolly’s Sweet Shop, Church Walk, tickets £12

wed

The Sixth Annual Pancake Race Priory Park, Malvern, 12.30pm - 2pm Teams of 4, £50 entry - 50% of sponsorship raised to team’s nominated charity, 50% to local causes.

Organised by Malvern Rotary Club: 01684 563429

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Illustrated Talk: ‘The Knapp and Paper Mill Reserve presented by Gareth Lowe 7.30pm, West Malvern Village Hall West Malvern Garden & Nature Club

March Science and Faith Weekend - Sustainability fri Talks, discussions & activities for people of all faiths and non, on topics of scientific interest.

2 March - Art & Science Activity Day for children More information & details: www.scienceandfaith.org.uk

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Night at Powick Village Hall sat Quiz 7pm for 7.30pm start. £6 per head, to include supper. Teams of 4 to 6 Tickets by phoning 0845 833 9548 or email malvernhillslions@gmail.com

2

‘Cruel Britannia’ - A Secret History of Torture

by Guardian Journalist Ian Cobain 7.30pm, Main Hall, The Chase School, Geraldine Rd, Malvern WR14 3NZ Tickets from Books for Amnesty, 3 Edith Walk, 563507 More details: Sue Wolfendale 01684 562804

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‘Call My Bluff’ - A fun quiz evening 7.15pm for 7.30pm at Hanley Swan Village Hall Held by Malvern Inner Wheel. £6.50 to include refreshments.

Tickets from 01684 575879

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Fashion Show, Trade Stands & Raffle From 7pm Bank House Hotel & Country Club, Bransford In aid of Malvern Community Hospital, sponsored by Isis Boutique in Malvern. Tickets £12.50 (includes glass of wine) Tickets from Maureen Williams 01684 575937, Isis Boutique (Church Street) or at the door.

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‘A Celebration of British Bees’ - an illustrated talk by Brigit Strawbridge 7pm - 9.30pm at Blue Ginger Gallery, Cradley. £7.50, including a light supper and glass of wine Booking via www.blue-ginger.com or 01886 880240

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Start of Malvern Contemporary Arts Festival until 17 April. Bringing the latest in modern drama, music, dance, comedy and film to Malvern Performance & ticket information will be available on: www.malvern-theatres.co.uk or box office: 01684 892277

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April Spring Lunch by Save the Children 10.30am, Colwall Village Hall Coffee followed by a floral demonstration by Christine Peer and lunch. Cost £15 Tickets from 01684 563183

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To promote April/May events: email sascha@allabout-local.com or call 07906 573352

For the latest events: www.allaboutmalvernhills.com

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Co-educational Day and Boarding (3 – 13)

Open Days Friday 1st March 9.30 am – 4.30 pm Saturday 2nd March 9.30 am – 12.30 pm t: +44(0)1684 544 108 e: registrar@thedowns.malcol.org

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To advertise please call: Tina on 07952 591031 or email tina@allabout-local.com

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Feb/March Great Malvern Priory February

Sat 2nd 4pm Choral Evensong with the Priory Singers Thu 7th Lunch Box bring your own lunch concert at 1pm with pupils from Malvern College Sat 9th 4pm Evening Prayer in the North Aisle Wed 13th Ash Wednesday communion at 11.30am & 7.30pm Sat 16th 4pm Evening Prayer in the North Aisle Thu 21st Lunch Box bring your own lunch talk at 1pm “Round the Cloisters” with Mick Escott Sat 23rd 12noon Organ Recital with John Hosking, 4pm Evening Prayer in the North Aisle

March Thu 7th Lunch Box bring your own lunch talk at 1pm “A Trip to the Galapagos” with Tony and Rosemary Whalley Sat 9th 4pm Evening Prayer in the North Aisle Sun 10th 10.30am Mothering Sunday, Family Communion Sat 16th 4pm Evening Prayer in the North Aisle Thu 21st Lunch Box bring your own lunch concert at 1pm with pupils from Malvern St. James Sat 23rd 4pm Evening Prayer in the North Aisle Sun 24th 10.30am Palm Sunday, Parish Communion Thu 28th Maundy Thursday communion at 11.30am & 8pm Fri 29th Good Friday 11am United Act of Worship in the Priory Grounds, 12noon Altogether Worship, 1pm Stations, 2pm devotions Sat 30th 4pm Evening Prayer in the North Aisle Sun 31st Easter Sunday 10.30am Family Communion

Christ Church, Avenue Road, Malvern Events

Sat 9th February & Sat 9the March Book Fair with coffee and home made cakes 10am to 12pm

Services

Wed 13th Feb, Ash Wednesday Ashing Service at 7pm Sun 10th March Mothering Sunday Service 11am with Holy Communion Sun 24th March Palm Sunday Service 11am with Holy Communion Maundy Thu 28th March Holy Communion 7pm Good Fri 29th March Devotional Hour 2pm to 3pm with Canon Harold Goddard Easter Day Sun 31st March Holy Communion 11am

Win

Competition

a pair of tickets to Birdsong All About Magazines has two pairs of tickets on offer for Birdsong (4 - 9 March 2013).

Please answer the following question: Q: Who produced the stage version of Sebastian Faulks’s Birdsong?

Theatre News

Email the answer plus your name, postcode and phone number to competition@allabout-local.com

Visit Malvern Theatres

The winners will be drawn from the entries and notified by the end of February. Good luck!

Find more details on www.allaboutmalvernhills.com

With an exciting forthcoming spring season, a state of the art cinema and a diverse programme of classes and workshops offering a creative and welcome learning environment, there has never been a better time to visit Malvern Theatres.

Malvern Theatres will screen the best of cinema in the coming weeks with a long list of the latest Academy Award nominated films including Les Miserables (12A), Silver Linings Playbook (15), The Master (15), Lincoln (12A) and Amour (12A).

Tickets are just £6 and Orange Wednesday 2 for 1 tickets are available each week.

You can find full cinema listings at malvern-theatres.co.uk or call the box office on 01684 892 277.

Continuing on from its success in 2012, Make Your Mark will offer weekly creative

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What’s on

Closing date: Friday 22 February 2013

art workshops led by a professional therapist every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Each session is tailored to suit a variety of needs.

Monday’s sessions will suit adults with learning difficulties, Tuesdays sessions offer a unique and inspirational environment for those living with debilitating conditions and Thursday’s sessions are ideal for the over 55’s looking to try something new. Please call Sophie McLellan or Bridget Lloyd on 01684 580 943 for more details or visit malvern-theatres.co.uk To get your copy of Malvern Theatres Spring brochure and find out more about the forthcoming productions call the box office on 01684 892 277 or view our online brochure at malvern-theatres.co.uk

We would like to wish all our readers and customers a very happy Christmas and a great

2013

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We will not charge you anything until you have agreed how we are to be paid.

Partners:

Jeremy A Smith Cert pFS DipPFS DipPFS, CII(MP & ER),CeReR, CeLTCICeltCI Robert e J Weale Cert pFS,Certs CeMAp, CeltM,

Smith Weale Associates is a Limited Liability Partnership, Regulated in England & Wales No. OC319930 Smith Weale Associates LLP is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority

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Think carefully before securing other debts on your home. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.

To understand the features and risks of an equity release scheme ask for a personalised illustration.

The Financial Services Authority does not regulate taxation and trust advice and some form of mortgages.

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