Voice Magazines - Alfreton & Villages Edition - June 2020

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A strange sight seen again on Somerlea Park in Leabrooks

They were here last year and are returning again this year, what a sight for sore eyes they make, a group of FLAT GREEN LAWN BOWLERS known by the mythical name of the PHOENIX. Thanks to Ripley CVS, Grant funding was awarded to the Phoenix Bowls Club, by a panel of adjudicators, for 5 unemployed people to have the opportunity to join the Phoenix Bowls Club, with coaching provided absolutely free.

These 5 places are open to any person in receipt of benefits over the age of 18. This grant allows The Phoenix Bowls Club to draw down a further 10 places if need be.

So apply now for one of these unique places before they have all gone.

The Committee welcome new players and are actively seeking them, from beginners to experienced league players, so come along and join our members.

The people of Somercotes can once again sit in the park on a hot balmy summer’s evening and watch and enjoy this great game that is open to all, young and old alike.

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RIDDINGS PROVES POPULAR WITH LOCAL BUYERS

A great village location and stylish homes have proven to be a perfect combination for home buyers in the village of Riddings near Alfreton. National housebuilder Linden Homes has confirmed that it only has eight plots remaining at its development, The Riddings.

Andrew Handslip, Head of Sales for Linden Homes East Midlands said: “We’re not surprised by the overwhelming demand for our Riddings development.

“There is an excellent range of local amenities close by and homeowners at the development benefit from easy access to major cities, including Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and Sheffield.

“We’ve seen a mixture of purchasers from first-time buyers looking to take their first steps onto the property ladder, to young families attracted to this picturesque and peaceful setting.

“Alongside the success of the site, we are very proud to announce as part of Vistry Partnerships, we have achieved a five-star housebuilder status. 100% of our current residents at The Riddings say that they would recommend us to a friend or family member.”

Homes at The Riddings are available to purchase with Help to Buy.* The scheme has made home ownership more attainable by enabling buyers to purchase a home

with a 5% deposit and 75% mortgage. The remaining 20% of the purchase price is provided as an equity loan which is interest free for the first five years of home ownership.

The remaining 2 bedroom homes are offered fully carpeted and come with an upgraded kitchen with a fridge freezer, washing machine and dishwasher included.

Linden Homes’ Marketing Suites are now open for 1-2-1 appointments from Thursdays - Mondays, 10am-5pm. Appointment-only viewings are also available and will adhere to strict health and safety guidelines to ensure safety of all its staff and customers.

For more information about The Riddings, please call the sales team on 01773 730 678 or visit lindenhomes.co.uk

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Credit is secured against your home. *Subject to status, Help to Buy Terms & Conditions and available on selected properties in England only. Eligible applicants will be offered an equity loan up to a maximum of 20% of the purchase price (based on the open market value). Applicants are required to fund at least 80% of the purchase price by means of a conventional mortgage, savings/deposit where required. The equity loan is provided by Homes England and held as a second charge. This offer is not available in conjunction with any other promotion. Full details will be provided on request. Prices and details correct at time of going to press. Computer generated image shows typical Linden homes The Riddings.

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If you’re looking to buy your very first home, come and discover our beautiful 2 bedroom homes still available at The Riddings.

With homes from £146,995, and available with Help to Buy,* you could finally move onto the property ladder with Linden Homes.

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Local Super Heroes

Emma and Beth at Selston Sarnies

Do you know a hero?

After I was placed on furlough at Voice Magazines back in March 2020, because of the coronavirus pandemic, I w a n t e d to do something to help the community.

Then I saw a post on Facebook from Emma Olden who owns Selston sarnies looking for people to help with delivering food for the NHS & people within the local community that are vulnerable and struggling to get a meal.

Emma had decided she was going to make it her mission to support as many people in the local area and those working for the NHS as she could. She set up a webpage where members of the public could donate money so she could feed NHS workers free of charge. She wanted to make sure that, after working long shifts during the coronavirus pandemic, there would be food waiting for the amazing staff on their breaks. This included some departments in Ripley, Kingsmill, Nottingham QMC & Nottingham City hospitals. She also provided meals to any worker of the NHS or emergency service that came to the shop with NHS ID cards or Blue badges.

Not only that Emma has also set up a food bank outside her shop for people who are struggling, lots of local people have supported this, businesses, shops have donated food to help people in need.

Emma’s biggest support has been from Beth Colclough, six days a week Beth has been helping and supporting Emma, with the preparation of the meals, for both feeding the NHS and the vulnerable. Beth has given up her time and has been volunteering for Emma at Selston Sarnies since the beginning of the lockdown and is still volunteering to this current day.

How I could I resist not to help this local super hero, I contacted Emma, and before long I was doing daily deliveries to Ripley Hospital, Kingsmill, and delivering in the community.

During my time volunteering at Selston sarnies I’ve met some amazing people within the community that could not thank Emma, Beth and the whole of the Selston Sarnies enough.

Emma and Beth are both truly amazing ladies I nominate them both as our local heroes for everything they have done to support the local community and NHS, I couldn’t have chosen a better team to be apart of.

Thank you Danielle Briggs Voice Magazines

Emma has had lots of support from lots of local people, suppling extra food, offering support for deliveries, peeling veg, doing the shopping for the shop,

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Local Super Heroes

I wish we could produce a magazine just thanking everyone one of you. There are not the words to express our gratitude fully except to say you are the best of us.

During the Coronavirus pandemic there have been many people who have done amazing things to help others. From the front-line NHS staff and care workers, through the key workers who kept us safe, the shelves stocked and the bins collected to the people who, through small acts of kindness helped those who were vulnerable and maybe alone with shopping trips and other bits of help.

To continue to show our gratitude we would like to bring our readers a regular section in our magazine highlighting local people who go above and beyond to help others, especially during this difficult time.

So here is our first ‘Local Super Heroes’, introduced by our Danielle, who herself is an absolute star!

If you know a Local Hero and I’m sure you do! PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL OR GIVES US A CALL! We would love to tell everyone about them so they can inspire others! Tel: 01773 549 035

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The Walk begins at Vicar Waters Country Park, which is near Clipstone. The walk makes good use of the country park and Vicar Water Lake before venturing into Sherwood Forest for some, often welcome, shade during the summer months before heading back across country and back to the park.

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Continue along this footpath keeping a lake on your right. Continue until crossing over a wooden footbridge and then turn right to continue along a single track tarmac road keeping the lake on your right.

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During these “unprecedented” times it’s important to find the humour in the situation and Mike is an expert at it... enjoy!

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At the time of writing we, here in England, are being advised to ‘stay alert’. Like you possibly, I’m not entirely sure of what it is I should be looking out for, but despite the confusion, I think I get the message.

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These continue to be troubling times, but what has not come as a surprise in recent weeks is this nation’s capacity to either show its sense of humour or its capacity for bizarre behaviour in times of adversity. Here are a few examples I’ve come across that you may have missed.

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A lady was on the radio complaining about having to stay at home. I don’t know how old she was but reckon she must have been at least 70 because her gripe was that following Government advice was effectively putting here under ‘house arrest’. “It’s not right” she said, “I’ll go out if I want to. They can put me in prison if they like because no-one should mess about with my freedom!” Like me, the presenter, had to suppress a chuckle at the irony of that statement.

How many times over the past three months have you heard the word ‘unprecedented’? Well, I don’t know the number, but I can guarantee that you’ve probably heard it as many times recently as you have throughout the rest of your life. In fact, with complete confidence, I can state that the recent use of

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For those lucky enough to have a garden or allotment, the past few weeks have meant we had somewhere to safely escape to, even if we didn’t have access to an awful lot of new stuff to put in it. For some of us there were plants we could either order online with a long wait or maybe get delivered by friendly neighbourhood garden centres and nurseries while we were locked down But now of course, with garden centres open again we’ve all been piling in to stock up, hoping they’ve got the staples like lobelias and bizzy lizzies alongside a few treats.

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Remove old foliage from daffs now. Lift and store tulip bulbs if you want to keep them. Leave the foliage on when you lift then keep them warm and dry and they might give you another year or two – in fact some are being specially bred to do this now.

Pinch out tips of fuchsias and bedding plants to make them bushy and produce more plants Tie in stems of climbing and rambling roses as horizontally as possible. This will encourage more flowers.

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Part of the argument for ‘rewilding’ is the need to reinstate broken ecological systems and especially what we call ‘trophic levels’.

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Amongst the carnivorous mammals the otter is back, and so is the polecat, and in fact, the pine marten never went away – we have a small relict population. So in that case, we really need to better conserve what we have than reintroduce the species. Sometimes, as was the situation with red kites in mid-Wales for Sky Dancing example, some fresh blood may need

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Within just a few years her Garden Sparrowhawk genes were in every Welsh-born kite and the numbers leapt into the seventies and beyond.

Maybe that is the answer for the pine martens; along with better protection (of course).

However, this revolution is happening all across the area and into back-gardens too as sparrowhawks in particular are on the up. Of course, this is not welcomed by everyone as these birds will take blue tits and other smaller birds from the garden and especially from the bird-table. But then, even birds of prey have to eat and nature is red in tooth and claw! Increasingly, sparrowhawks are finding our garden bird-tables and bird-feeders to provide very easy pickings. Furthermore, once the local hawks have ‘cased the joint’ then they seem to plan effective strategies to get the best results.

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