The Barnby Dun & Edenthorpe Arrow November 2020

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November 2020

Issue No. 72

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Welcome to the November 2020 issue of the Barnby Dun & Edenthorpe Arrow Without wanting to miss out on the biggest sale day of the Year, Arrow Publications are having our own Black Friday Sale.

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Community News Freightdogs (kids rock band) are looking for new members....

If you know of a bass guitarist or keyboard player who are interested in joining the band can you email me... carolyn.1967@hotmail.co.uk age 13/15 must be grade 5 or above as the band are playing some technical songs...

Creative deliveries support adults experiencing mental health issues A series of special deliveries in Doncaster are supporting adults experiencing mental health issues to enjoy being creative at home. darts, a participatory arts organisation based in Doncaster, is delivering six creative activity packs over six months to support their Creative Directions group for adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, or are feeling isolated.

Through contacting participants over the phone during lockdown, darts found that many of them are really miss making connections with others whilst The Point, darts' home on South Parade, is closed to the public.

To improve and maintain participants’ mental health during lockdown, darts has commissioned professional writers and visual artists, alongside Glenn Thornley from Eleven Design in Sheffield, to design a series of creative activity packs for participants. The first pack was created by renowned poet and broadcaster, Ian McMillan and featured poetry prompts, haikus and playful word imagery all around the theme of ‘home’.

Every month, darts delivers the creative packs to Doncaster residents so they can explore a wide range of art forms at home. Many of the people darts works with are incredibly vulnerable, and lockdown has had a real impact on their wellbeing and motivation.

John, a Creative Directions participant who has been shielding since March, spoke about how darts’ activities have helped him through lockdown: “The only things that have kept me going are the activities and involvement through darts. It’s great that they will be visiting every month”.

John and other Creative Directions participants have just received their second pack produced by professional artist Anna Bean and poet Lydia Allison. This time, the imagery and words are a playful look at ‘travel’ and encourage people to use their imagination to go for an adventure from the comfort of their living room.

Jamie, darts' Participation Officer who normally supports the weekly group at The Point, has been safely delivering the packs to participants. He says the visits have been vital to participants: "One participant answered the door very nervous and anxious. I asked how he was doing and he told me about some maps he has been sketching. He had a smile in his eyes and was confident discussing a subject he enjoys. I was so proud to see what a 15-minute chat could do for someone".

Also Fit Alarms darts is encouraging recipients of the packs to share their creations and send in photos of their work so they can be displayed together in an online gallery on the website: www.wearedarts.org.uk. Jamie will continue to deliver activity packs at a safe social distance, so participants can be creative from home.

This project has been made possible through funding from The National Lottery Community Fund.

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Virtual Reality at Thorne Camera Club Although restrictions due to Corona Virus remain in place, Thorne Camera Club is working around them to present as full a programme as possible for its members. Unfortunately, just as a chance occurred to organise a General Meeting, the latest regulations came into force, confining groups to only 6 people, and until a change in numbers, normal meetings cannot resume.

However, there is always the internet. Webex and Zoom meetings have been taking place over the summer recess, keeping members in touch, continuing their photography. In line with the YPU, with Autumn, a new programme includes the virtual meetings on a regular basis, and some socially distanced photo shoots. The Zoom meetings follow the normal Club activities as closely as possible, including speakers, competitions, member presentations, demonstrations, appraisals and tutorials.

The thought of online video conferencing may seem daunting to some, but it is not as difficult as it seems. Members receive an invitation via email, with a link to join them into the group. A camera on your laptop or PC is useful, but not essential. The Host organises everything, so you can just listen, watch and join in when given the opportunity. The usual Club rules still apply, regarding behaviour, consideration, good manners of course, and competition rules as well.

Photo shoots continue, and Mike said ‘Harewood estate being one of Yorkshire’s stunning locations, especially in Autumn, myself and other camera club members, decided to take a trip to hopefully capture images of the Red, Fallow and Roe deer.

The Harewood estate is their home, also the now famous Red Kites that were reintroduced in 1999 and have successfully re-established after persecution to near extinction. The day started cold and overcast making it difficult to obtain the best camera settings but it did improve over the course of the day, and thankfully we managed to see deer and kites, and capture some images. With the stunning landscape as a backdrop, it turned out to be a very pleasurable day.’ Other members have visited other places.

New members are always welcome, three people joined over the summer. If you are interested, please send an email to thornecameraclub@yahoo.co.uk. You will be invited to join a Zoom meeting and a photo shoot to see if it’s for you before you are asked to pay membership fees and go onto the members list.

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We’re Open!

We opened the doors of Bader at the Bridge at the beginning of September — it’s been a journey to get here!

We brought the new staff team together for training and development and then in the third week held an open day for families. Everyone was given a balloon and framed picture highlighting the Bader promise.

We had some great feedback with one parent saying ‘We’ve had the best day. It was wonderful to finally come and meet you all. X cannot wait to come back tomorrow to meet the other children and get stuck into den building, Lockdown has been an uncertain time for us all but you are the light at the end of the tunnel. In short we are so excited for the future and being part of the Bader family!’ This was so lovely to hear!

The children are now in school and getting to know one another and their teachers and have taken the first steps on their Bader journey.

Bader Academy Site and Building Plans are still on track for the full new school site to be completed and handed over to Nexus this Autumn. This will then allow us time to make sure that the school and classrooms are prepared and ready for learning when the full cohort joins us in January 2021. Once the building is considered a safe place we will be able to facilitate to visits to the new site for current and future pupils and their families.

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Friends of Quarry Park The last few weeks have been busy for the Friends Group as they try to catch up after their enforced break due to the Covid 19 Lockdown.

September 18 saw them take part in the Keep Britain Today “Great September Clean”, the postponed version of the national initiative “The Great British Spring Clean”. 10 volunteers supported by DMBC Countryside Rangers collected 19 bags of litter plus numerous other discarded items from The Dip, Quarry Hill and the Post Office path. All socially distanced and following Covid 19 guidance they were happy to have made a difference.

The group’s Annual General Meeting should have been held in June and although postponed it had still not been possible to hold a face to face meeting. This was solved by holding a low-key digital version on September 30 in which members were brought up to date and were able to agree for the current Committee to continue for a further year. The Friends are grateful that Hatfield Town Council have shown their appreciation of their work by awarding a grant to help with running costs.

October 2 saw a further volunteer work party attended by 11 volunteers supported by 2 DMBC Countryside Rangers. Some new faces were welcomed, all keen to help keep the area looking good. The group tidied up a section of Warren Wood and cut back a year’s worth of natural growth in a clearing in the same area. Two benches were repaired after wood rot had made them unusable – this maintenance is always readily commented on by Park users. One of the aims of these benches is to give the less able users a chance to take a break and access all areas of the park with greater confidence. A bag of litter was collected from the Post Office Path which continues to be a problem. Please use the bins provided or take your litter home with you!

Chair Katrina O’Halloran was delighted to share the good news that an application to the Coop Community Fund has been successful. It will be used to buy more protective clothing and equipment.

Volunteers were happy to be getting back into their routine, members of the public regularly express their thanks for everything the Friends of Flat Roofs, Repairs, Slates, Tiles, Quarry Park are doing which makes it especially Guttering, Fascia’s, Chimneys. worthwhile.

Competitive Rates Provisional dates for the next 2 Volunteer Work Parties, held on the first Friday of each month, No Job Too Small meeting at the outdoor gym at 10 a.m. will be 01302 858164 Friday 6 November and Friday 4 December.

07427 212714 However, they could be subject to change depending on local conditions with Covid 19 and Sj-roofing@mail.com adverse weather.

S J Roofing

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BBC Countryfile Ramble in aid of Children in Need Doncaster Ramblers have supported this worthy cause in the past, so we thought we’d continue the tradition in 2020, but because of Covid-19 we were forced to make this a solo ramble. So with the sun in my back, I set off on what turned out to be an eight mile hike taking in Austerfield’s gravel pits, Bawtry’s Kings Wood, Misson’s solar energy farm, and Newington’s Idle Washlands.

On route passers by were handed leaflets encouraging donations to Children in Need. For further information and how to donate please visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/peter-rowsell2 For more information about the Doncaster Ramblers and future activity please visit our Home Page https://www.doncasterramblers.org.uk/ And follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/doncasterramblers/

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