Branton & Auckley Arrow February 2018

Including Blaxton & Finningley February 2018

Issue No. 149

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2018 will see the 30TH Anniversary of Branton Juniors Football Club, and to celebrate this anniversary, the club would like to invite any players, managers, coaches or parents who have been involved with the club to join in a number of celebrations the club is planning throughout 2018.

We would also like to hear from anyone who has any Branton JFC memobrilia , including any old shirts, trophies, articles, souvenirs from tournaments etc., or if you anyone has any stories, or tales from their time with the club, we would like to hear from you. Contact details are at the bottom of this article The club is planning a Sporting evening later in 2018,as well as a family fun day for both current and former members of the club, full details of which will be posted in the Arrow in due course.

The club was formed back in the summer of 1988, at that time they were called 'Branton and RAF Finningley Junior Football Club'. It was formed by Phil Mann and he was soon joined by Garry Burns and Roger Griggs, who had plenty of boys eager to play in an organised team.

Soon there were enough players, and two teams were entered at U10 and U11 in the Doncaster and District Boys Sunday League. In those days Branton Juniors played all their home matches at Kilham Lane and the fledgling club also ran a nursery group of 9's and under on Saturday mornings.

Over the coming years the popularity in the club grew, forcing the club to move to a new home within RAF Finningley. By 1994 the club had grown into one of the largest junior clubs in the area and moved to its current location at Hayfield School on Hurst Lane.

Today the club now has teams in every age group from Under 6’s through to Under 16’s, and continues to go from strength to strength, both on and off the pitch.

To make this a memorable year in the clubs history, please contact any of the above with stories, or items to form a display at the events in the coming year.

Keith Watkin – Club Chairman at keith59.watkin@tiscali.co.uk - 07549682177 Jamie Ostle – Club Secretary at brantonjvo.gmail.com - 07887501348

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Welcome to the February issue

of The Branton & Auckley Arrow.

Did you manage to leave behind the excesses of Christmas and find motivation in January for new plans and ideas? I managed to book a week away and have started Pilates so I had a few moments of inspiration.

I hope you were lucky enough to avoid the dreaded bugs which the majority of us have had to endure. If not, I hope you and your family are on the road to recovery. It seems that everyone you speak to has someone close who has suffered. I’ll be first in line for the flu jab next year!

Half term is early this year with schools breaking up on 9th February. Yorkshire Wildlife Park and Boston Park Farm have activities on throughout the half term week. Kilham Hall park in Branton has had the outside Table Tennis delivered so the park is now fully ready for use.

If you are thinking ahead to Valentines Day, the Farmers Farm Shop in Westwoodside are advertising a steak night on Wednesday14th as well as Fri 23rd February, booking is essential!

Just wanted to say a big thank you to all of the Arrow delivery staff who month after month, deliver your arrow on time, no matter what the weather.

The deadline for the March issue will be Wednesday 7th February which is a bit earlier than normal due to the half term holiday. The March Arrow will be delivered by the last weekend in February.

Best wishes Michelle Sidebottom Tel: 01302 534256 / 07795 387937 email: michelle@arrowpublications.co.uk

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Community News

Kilham Hall Coffee Club News Kilham Hall Coffee Club held their Christmas Party on the 19th December. We enjoyed lunch which was our usual Pie and Peas and Plum bread. The entertainment was supplied by Alex John, who sang a range of pop music and Christmas music. As usual, we all had a great time.

The Coffee Club will be celebrating Valentine's day on Tuesday13th February.

Please come and join us, for our usual quiz bingo, monologue and raffle. As a special treat, we will be serving gateaux!

The next event for the Coffee Club will be our Easter celebration which will be held on Tuesday 27th March. Our competition will be a painted Hen's Egg. Once again we will have a quiz bingo, monologue and raffle, refreshments will be tea coffee and mincepie's!

Everyone is welcome to join us at our Coffee Morning, starts at 10.00am till 11.30am every Tuesday in term time.

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Community News

Stage one Men's and Woman's Race Route on Thursday 3rd May 2018 ………. route through Blaxton, Auckley and Bessacarr towards the town centre.

The Tour De Yorkshire starts this year on Thursday 3rd May with both the Men's and Woman's Stage one race finishing in Doncaster.

The Men's race will start at Hornsea and the Woman's race starts at Beverley. Times are to be confirmed. You can keep up with the latest news at www.letour.yorkshire.com/the-race/ As you can see from the map above, the race will go through the villages of Blaxton and Auckley before continuing up Bawtry Road towards the town centre. If you want to get involved with decorating the spectator line, Doncaster Council have set up a working party. Please contact your Parish Council or Steve Racjan for more details. Unfortunately, the race misses the Villages of Branton and Old Cantley, however, the race does still go through the parish of Cantley with Branton as the boundary of the Parish takes in part of Bawtry Road. If anyone in the Parish would like to organise something special for the race, please contact the Cantley with Branton Parish Clerk, Julia Staniforth on cwbpc@outlook .com

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Community News Great British Spring Clean 2nd—4th March 2018 We have been offered 1000 bags for distribution to groups who are interested in holding a clean up for this event, similar to the Clean for the Queen campaign that we took part in last year.

Contact Stephen Racjan for more details

Cantley with Branton WI

Cantley with Branton WI meet in Kilham Hall, Branton, DN3 3PF on the second Thursday of the month, starting at 7:00 pm. (Doors open at 6:45 pm).

Stephen.Racjan@doncaster.gov.uk

Our 2018 programme promises talks and demonstrations on a variety of topics, and you are very welcome to come along and join us.

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For more information, contact our Secretary Susan Webster on 01302 772853 or 07910746925 or email susanj-webster@sky.com

This month we were shown how to make paper flowers using some recycled materials.

In February we’ll be tasting cheese and come March our speakers are from the Doncaster Archive Centre.

We are also continuing with arrangements for our “Seventies” themed 70th birthday in May. Why not come along to our next meeting visitors are always made welcome!! We meet at 7.15pm on the 3rd Thursday of the month in the village hall.

If you are interested in coming along call Jayne for more info on 01302 772539 or visit our website www.finningleywomensinstitute.yolasite.com

Holy Family Catholic Church Finningley Get ready for Easter with Holy Family Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent on February 14th.

We will have Stations of the Cross every Thursday during Lent at 10am followed by tea coffee and biscuits Everyone is welcome Mass on Saturdays at 6pm please remember your

torch as it is still dark in the evenings.

Our regular priest Fr Sixtus is resident in Rossington 01302 949374.

Post code for Holy Family is DN3 3GE

St Wilfrid’s Tea Service Come along and join our church service followed by afternoon tea.

3rd Tuesday of the month at 2.30pm St Wilfrids Church, Cantley.

Contact Father Andrew 01302 285316 Transport can be provided where needed.

BLUE BINS When you receive your blue bin, whether it is in December, January or February, PLEASE DO NOT USE IT UNTIL MARCH 2018.

We are not able to collect it before then. Please continue to use your green box for your recycling until the new service starts.

Blue bin deliveries will take some time, so please do not panic if you haven't received your bin in the next few weeks. Everyone will have their blue bin before the service starts.

What can I recycle in my blue bin?

You can put these items in your blue bin: Paper, Cardboard, Tins, Cans, Foil, Empty aerosols, Plastic bottles, Liquid food cartons (Tetra Pak).

Glass bottles and jars will continue to be collected from your green box.

Small electrical items (such as toasters or kettles) and textiles (such as clothes, shoes, towels and bed sheets) can be put in a plastic bag next to you blue bin or green box. Large pieces of cardboard should be broken up so they fit into the blue bin.

You can contact our customer services team by phoning 01302 736 000

Community News Auckley Show 200plus club results January 2018 1st No 515 Derek Brammal wins £100 All proceeds go towards the Annual Auckley Show which this year is on Saturday 18th August 2018. If you would like to be part of the draw and support the show give me a call on 01302 770818. The draw cost £1 per month. If you pay for the full year you get two entries into the draw free. i.e £10 per year.

DANUM PROBUS CLUB Danum Probus Club is an organisation for men who have retired or are semi-retired from their profession, business or other employment who want to maintain a social network with others who have similar interests. Danum Probus Club meets on the first and third Mondays of the month at Town Moor Golf Club, Bawtry Road, Belle Vue, Doncaster starting at 10 am.

Our only meeting in January was on Monday 15 when we held our Annual General Meeting. The main business was the confirmation of election of Officer and Committee. The new Committee is: President David Allen, Vice President George Kirk, Immediate Past President John Gregory, Hon. Secretary Nev Westhead, Treasurer Stephen Baker, Ordinary Members - Arthur Kendrick, Des Parks, Graham Fletcher, Co-opted Members Almoner Ian Sampson, Programme Secretary John Hope, Lunches Mike Maher and Mick Peduzie, Outings Chris Harris, Theatre Vacant, Bowls Peter Oldale, and Golf Derek Millward.

The first meeting in February will be on Monday 5 when the Presenter will be Paul Grimley speaking on “WW1 Soldier’s Stories” , and then on Monday 19 our guest speaker will be Dennis Ashton, subject to be announced later.

Any interested men who would like to come the meetings as a visitor to see what we do, with a view to joining if you like us, please call either George Kirk (01302 539175), John Gregory (01302 532032) or Geoff Firth (01302 849734) for more information.

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Community News darts wins National Lottery support

darts (Doncaster Community Arts) has received £25,700 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an exciting project, Doncaster’s Cycling Stories. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, the project focuses on the borough’s historic relationship with cycling.

From weekend road races to evening training rides, cycling has played a key role in the leisure time of Doncaster residents for hundreds of years. Doncaster has produced many successful cyclists in its history, including national and international champions, Olympians and Tour de France riders and the project will tell their stories alongside the many FREE LOCAL HELP SURGERY other local heroes who have contributed to Doncaster’s cycling heritage. The project will delve FINNINGLEY VILLAGE HALL 2nd SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH deeper to uncover hidden details and ensure that stories can be shared with a wide audience.

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A new film, designed to bring people’s ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR reminiscences of cycling in Doncaster to life in a FINNINGLEY RESIDENTS creative and engaging way, will act as a legacy of the FREE, PRIVATE, AND CONFIDENTIAL project and ensure the stories uncovered remain INFORMATION ON WHAT HELP AND ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE IN THE COMMUNITY accessible to future generations. A tour of the film AND D.M.B.C AREA will enable Doncaster’s cycling heritage to travel out CALL FOR A CHAT OR COME ALONG AND PICK to a wide range of community venues, ensuring that UP A BROCHURE/LEAFLET as many people as possible have the opportunity to COVERING MANY DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT discover Doncaster’s cycling past.

AGENCIES, CHARITIES, AND PRIVATE Commenting on the award, Chief Executive Duncan INITIATIVES FIND OUT THE WHERE, THE WHO, AND WHEN Robertshaw said: “We are thrilled to have received TO CONTACT PEOPLE FOR WHAT YOU NEED support thanks to National Lottery players are confident the project will provide new opportunities TEA AND COFFEE AVAILABLE for people to learn about Doncaster’s cycling *UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES A HOME heritage, inspiring greater pride in, and connection VISIT MAY BE AVAILABLE to, the local area.”

SPONSORED BY FINNINGLEY VILLAGE HALL David Renwick, Head of Heritage Lottery Fund, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Yorkshire and the Humber, said: “Heritage isn’t just CONTACTS:- BARRY LIFSEY 01302 771727 castles, museums and old buildings it’s also ISABEL BATUNAS 01302 771178 memories, traditions and the ways in which people lived in days gone by. A great example comes from Doncaster where, thanks to National Lottery TICKHILL MUSIC SOCIETY players, an exciting project will give people the Friday, 9th February 2018 at 7.00 p.m. in St. chance to share their cycling stories, new and old, and showcase a lesser known part of Doncaster’s Mary's Primary School, St. Mary's Road, heritage, but one that is particularly relevant given Tickhill the boom of the sport in Yorkshire and beyond thanks to the Tour de France Grand Depart and Welcome to our first concert of 2018 Rosalind Ventris (viola) and Richard Uttley subsequent Tour de Yorkshire events.” (piano) perform works by Bach, Schubert, darts would love to hear from people willing to Schumann, Brahms and Britten.

Non-members: admission £10 for each event share their memories of cycling in Doncaster and at the door. would like to find out more about the family-run Advance tickets are available from Adrian cycle shops, local manufacturers Uppadine and wellHattrell (742612) and Hazel James (746434) known local figures in the cycling community. Please Accompanied children (under 16) and contact Amy Knowles by emailing students (16-19) are admitted free of charge. amy@thepoint.org.uk if you would like to help.

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Auckley Spring Clean Event Saturday 3 March Meet Auckley Friery, Village Green 2pm.

Looking for local volunteers that would like to help give Auckley a spring clean as part of a nationwide event –Great British Spring Clean.

We aim to clear litter from areas not covered by our local handyman.

Families welcome and litter grabbers will be available. Any suggestions for areas to be cleared would be welcome.

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Auckley Surgery News Letter Dear Auckley Surgery Patients and members of the local Community, As you may have heard Auckley Surgery has been making plans to merge with The Village Practice in Armthorpe. Dr Alex and her team have had growing concerns for a while about the capacity and access to appointments for her patients, particularly as we see rapidly expanding housing estates in the area with more planned for construction in the near future. We understand also that this has been a concern not only for existing patients but also for the community in general and local parish Council. We echoed your fears and therefore felt the need to take steps to stabilise and preserve the service we provide; it was after discussions with The Village Practice that we realised they were like minded and had the same ‘village’ feel. We felt that a merger between the two was the best way forward for our patients and the growing local population.

We plan to remain open in Auckley and in Armthorpe so appointments will be offered at both sites for Doctors, Advanced Practitioners and the Nursing teams. Some back offices functions like the sorting of hospital letters, storage of notes, processing referrals etc. may all be centralised at one place but patients should not see any effects of this change. You may have seen in July Dr Rahim here providing some clinical sessions for us, he is one of the partners at The Village Practice, you will see more of him and Dr Velasco in practice at Auckley. I’m sure you will make them feel welcome.

We plan to hold an open day at both sites with both practice managers available to speak to so if you have any questions we will do our best to answer them. We will be advertising these in the New Year.

Patients of both surgeries will receive a letter closer to the time of the merge explaining more details about the service and who their doctors, nurses etc. will be.

Recently we have been notified that a new pharmacy has been planned at Hayfield Green in Auckley.

This will affect and greatly restrict who Auckley Surgery can dispense to. At the moment we have no further news but once we do we will inform the patients that this will affect.

We have seen a number of changes over 2017 with some staff changes and changes to the way we do things:

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The change in collection time for medications and prescription We now offer advanced practitioners appointments on a Wednesday afternoon The addition of Care Navigation meaning that reception staff have been asked to find out a bit more from a patient when they’re trying to book an appointment in order to put them in the most appropriate service The change to sending electronic prescriptions to pharmacies More on line services available.

In addition to this the GP surgeries in Doncaster have formed a Federation called Primary Care Doncaster. This should mean greater support and a voice for GP practices in the local health economy but also more services in Primary Care for patients, greater access to appointments across the network of surgeries for some specialisms and will be working towards providing a local provision of extended access (appointments outside the normal surgery hours) in the future. Patients across Doncaster should see positive changes and a greater presence from Primary Care Doncaster in the coming year, including a website and promoting new services.

Don’t forget to come and ask about registering for online services, check out our Facebook page and Website and for our patients look out for open days to ask us about the merger.

Thank you for your continued support.

Dr Alex Principle GP, Liz Leggott Practice Manager and the Auckley Surgery Team.

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Be happy!

Did you know research shows that people who volunteer are on average happier and more fulfilled? So it is not only the charity that gains from your helping hand.

It can improve your CV or professional development, and for others, such as the retired, it can inject fresh purpose in your life. Most important, you meet likeminded people, have fun and make a difference for local animals in need.

The RSPCA South Yorkshire Animal Centre at Bawtry requires extra volunteers in key areas: Our Fund Raising group meet regularly and help at events such as the dog show and the Easter Fair.

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Help to Meet & Greet – this is a vital role to show customers how to use our new Assisted Viewing screens and guide them to and from the dog compound.

Home visitors – another important task to ensure our rescued animals go to a good home.

Cat and dog fosterers provide important support for rescued animals that need time and TLC to recover before re-homing.

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These two beautiful girls are sisters Sasja & Theia who are 6 years old, and have been handed into the Rescue by their owners, who could sadly no longer keep them. They are lovely, affectionate cats- rather quiet and shy at first, and we would like to rehome them as a pair if possible. They are not good with other cats, and haven’t been around dogs, so would be best as only pets in a quieter home. They have been indoor cats, so would be suitable for a home with no outside space.

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AUCKLEY PARISH COUNCIL February/March 2018 Newsletter Parish Precept The Parish Precept is the amount of money that Doncaster Council is asked to collect on our behalf, and all monies are spent on matters supporting the residents of Auckley Parish. To allow for inflation and various projects in the pipeline, the precept has been increased to ÂŁ38,000 for the 2018/2019 financial year which will be an increase of approximately ÂŁ1 on residents' parish rate.

Planning Application to Construct New Access to Yorkshire Wildlife Park

The Parish Council led a vigorous campaign to oppose the proposed access, due to serious traffic problems relating to Hurst Lane. We were supported by a large number of residents concerned about the proposal, and our three District Councillors who all spoke to oppose the application when it was considered by DMBC's Planning Committee on 9th January 2018. However, the Committee voted 3 to 2 in favour of the application, with 2 abstentions. This is a disappointing result, but we will fight the decision and are currently in consultation with various parties.

Auckley Parish Neighbourhood Plan

Residents, supported by the Parish Council, have established a Neighbourhood Plan Group and have met on 3 occasions. The next meeting will be held at the Auckley Parish Centre on Monday, 5th February 2018, commencing at 6.30 p.m. Anyone who is interested in having a say in the future of Auckley is invited to attend.

The Tour de Yorkshire

The Tour de Yorkshire is set to return to Doncaster, with the first stage of the men's and women's race taking place on Thursday, 3rd May 2018. The route will take in the towns and villages of Sykehouse, Fishlake, Stainforth, Hatfield Woodhouse, Blaxton, Auckley and Bennetthorpe. In the case of Auckley, the riders will be cycling along Mosham Road, from the direction of Blaxton, before turning into Hurst Lane and travelling its length before emerging at the A638 Great North Road.

Information of the route through the Borough is available on: http://letour.yorkshire.com/ and www.doncaster.gov.uk/tdy

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Branton Juniors Football Club

In December, Branton Juniors Football Club raised £372 for Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice as they took part in an Elf Dash around Hayfield school to raise money for the charity.

The cheque was handed to them along with a signed shirt by under 11’s Manager, Adam Frost.

The under 11’s have the Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice logo on the front of their team strip and have been raising money all year.

Well Done Branton Juniors!

Branton Juniors under 6s are looking for the next Messi or Ronaldo.

Please contact Mark Turner on 07841 481734 for more details

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Doncaster Rambler’s

"A Whirl Across the Moors" or “Ramblers in the mist” You wouldn’t send a dog out in these conditions, although we saw a few, and some hardy highland cattle come to that, but we at Doncaster Ramblers are made of hardy stock.

So with sub-zero temperature, visibilities less than 100 m in parts, footpaths like an ice rink 24 of us set off from Whirlow Grange and were soon climbing up through Lady Canning's Plantation with an ethereal mist swirling around the bare, frosted trees. The gothic feel made us glad we were not here alone. Thus a coffee stop in the open was welcomed and very much enhanced by Norman's ice dance version of Bolero whilst delivering portions of his delicious birthday cake. Rumour has it the recipe is available via our Flickr site. After coffee and cake we were soon on open moorland leading to Upper Burbage Bridge and the gentle descent down to our lunch stop at the Fox Inn (or Longshaw NT Cafe). Try as we may there was little to see of the surrounding landscape, therefore s good reason to return here in summer!.

The congenial atmosphere inside with the smell of woodsmoke and roast dinners was hard to leave.

After a story or two from Norman which included tales of decoy WW2 villages code names Starfish, we were soon making our way along Houndkirk Road (a footpath) where Norman described the lovely view of Sheffield which we could have seen had it not been foggy!

We were soon back in the woods leading to our start point and all arrived back safely thanks to excellent backmarking from Lee and Chris – a task made the harder due to poor visibility . Thanks, Norman, for a great day out in challenging circumstances. We all really enjoyed your walk and as our leader you cared for us very well throughout the day. Your stories were interesting too - especially the one about a Zeppelin! Dave Billington For more information about the Doncaster Ramblers and future activity please visit our Home Page http://www.doncasterramblers.org.uk/ Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/doncasterramblers/

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Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough expects 31st of January to be year’s busiest day for debt and energy advice The last day of January is expected to be the busiest day of the year for people seeking help with their debts and energy bills, according to Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough.

Analysis of national data from the past 12 months reveals that on 31 January 2017 Citizens Advice helped 2,800 people, 30 per cent above the daily average.

This means one person sought help from Citizens Advice every 10 seconds across the country.

30 January was the most popular day for seeking advice online, with twice as many page views as average for the rest of the year.

Locally, Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough is expecting around a hundred people to seek advice on debt and energy matters throughout the first month of the year.

Citizens Advice provides assistance to people seeking help for a wide variety of debt and energy concerns, including council tax arrears, credit card debt, rent arrears, unsecured or payday loans and higher than usual energy bills over the winter.

To help people kick off 2018 on a stronger financial footing, Citizens Advice is sharing its top tips to help people get their finances in order for the New Year.

Karen Bothamley, Chief Officer of Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough, said: “There is always a surge in demand for our debt and energy company switching advice towards the second half of January.

“Christmas in particular can take a heavy toll on people already struggling to make their money last and leave them with a debt burden in the new year. But this needn’t become a crisis problems can be taken care of if you seek advice early.

“The New Year is a good time to get on top of your debts, cut your costs or budget better.

Citizens Advice can help you review your situation so you can make decisions that improve your financial security.”

Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough’s top tips to sort out your debts: Work out how much you owe - Make a list of who you owe money to and add up how much you need to pay each month. If you don’t have your most recent statements, contact your creditor to find out what you owe.

Prioritise your debts - Your rent or mortgage, and council tax are called priority debts as there can be serious consequences if you don’t pay them. These should always be paid first. Separate these and work out how much you owe.

Work out how much you can pay - Create a budget by adding up your essential living costs, such as food and housing, and taking away these from your income. Any money you have spare can be put towards your debts. Citizens Advice budgeting tool can help.

Paying urgent debts - You may have several priority debts and can’t pay them all. Contact all your creditors to find out if you can negotiate on how much you pay, or when you pay them.

Always pay first priority creditors who are taking action against you.

Paying non-urgent debts - If you have any money left after paying priority debts, Citizens Advice can arrange a free debt-management plan and contact your creditors to offer them what you can afford to pay.

If you can’t pay your debts - If you’ve got little or no money spare to pay your priority debts seek advice from us straight away.

Consider switching energy suppliers to save money – Citizens Advice can help you with this and can often save you a substantial sum of money For information and advice, contact Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough on 0344 499 4137 Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough is a registered charity number 1174228 providing free, confidential, independent and impartial advice. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority no. 786825

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What’s On In Branton And Auckley?

Activity

Meeting place

Time

Mon

Pre-School from 2yrs

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00—3.30pm

Mon

Monday Club

Auckley Parish Centre

2—3.30pm

Mon

Grace Church Parent & Toddler Group

Hayfield Lane Primary School Nursery

1.45-3.15pm

Mon

1st Doncaster Brownies

Auckley Parish Centre

5.30 - 7.00

Contact 865405 01302 770097 775160

01302 770004

Mon

Re hab Pilates

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

2.00—3.00pm

Mon

Line Dancing

Auckley Parish Centre

7.30—9.30

Suzanne 07787

158180

Mon

Spotlight Dance Studio (Street Dance)

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

4.15—6.15

Vicky 07899980870

Mon

Zumba

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

6.30-7.30pm

Vicky 07899980870

817124

Tue

Coffee Morning

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

10.00-11.30

Sheila 538542

Tue

Art Group

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

1.00-3.00pm

Lyn 215406

Tue

Cubs 8 - 10yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

6.15 - 7.45

770838

Tue

Pre-School from 2 yrs

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00—3.30pm

865405

Tue

Clinical Pilates

Auckley Parish Centre

2.30—3.30pm

07787158180

Tue

Parent and Toddlers

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30 - 11.00

07815 666068

Tue

Ridgeway School of Dance

Auckley Parish Centre

4.00 - 9pm

Tue

Zumba

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

6.30.7.30pm

Debbie 07952756422

07815 666068

07961 091708

Wed

Parent and Toddlers

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30—11.00

Wed

Gentle Exercise

Auckley Parish Centre

2.00 - 3.30

771326

Wed

Pre-School from 2 years

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00-3.30pm

865405 Kerry 07837002332

Wed

Yoga and Meditation

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

7.00-8.30pm

Wed

Beavers 6 - 8yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

5.30 - 7.00

Wed

Table Tennis Club

Hayfield Community Sports Centre

6-7pm

Wed

Chunma Tae Kwon Do (Dave Sutherill)

Auckley Parish Centre

6.15 - 7.45

868431

Wed

Pilates

Auckley Parish Centre

8.00—9.00

01302537915

Thur

91st Rainbows

Scout Hut, Auckley

5.15 - 6.30

770727

Thur

Explorer Scouts 14-18yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

7.30 - 9.30

770838

Thur

Pre-School from 2 yrs

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00—3.30pm

865405

Thur

Parent and Toddlers

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30 - 11.00

Thur

Coffee Morning

Auckley Parish Centre

10.00—11.30

Thur

Slim & Zumba Exercise

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

9.30-10.45am

Thur

Girl guiding District Choir

St Saviours Church, Auckley

evenings

01302 771354 07838379999

Thur

770838 01302 774510

07815 666068 771525 Debbie 07952

756422

St John Ambulance 10—16yrs

Auckley parish Centre

7.00—8.30

Fri

Scouts 10.5 - 14yrs

Scout Hut, Auckley

7.00 - 9.00

770838

Fri

Pre-School from 2 yrs

Auckley Nursery School Building

9.00-3.30pm

865405

Fri

Zumba

Kilham Hall Branton Community Centre

9.30—10.30am

Fri

Music Bugs

Auckley Parish Centre

9.30-11.30am

07827 816175

Fri Sat

Salsa (Alternate weeks) Line Dancing

Auckley Parish Centre Auckley parish Centre

6.30—8.30pm

07989 346391

Sun

Sunday Club

Auckley Parish Centre

11am

770240

Sun

Grace Church Family Service

Hayfield Lane Primary School

10.45-12.15

775160

Also fit Alarms

Vicky 07899 980870

What’s On In Finningley & Blaxton?

Day

Activity

Meeting place

Time

Mon

Finningley Baby & Toddler Group (Term time)

Finningley Village Hall

9.30—11am

07855 063098

Mon

Pilates (term time only)

Blaxton CommunityHall

9.30 –10.30am

07787 578036

Mon

Scott Stevenson School of Dance

Blaxton Village Hall

5.00—7.15pm

07787 521700

Tue

Body Yoga

Finningley Village Hall

6pm-7pm

07793 195959

Tue

Indoor Bowls

Blaxton Village Hall

12.30—2pm

771921

Tue Tue

Zumba 73rd Doncaster Brownies

Blaxton Village Hall Blaxton Village Hall

07989 828850 01302 771354

Wed

Pilates

Blaxton Village Hall

Wed

73rd Doncaster Rainbows

Blaxton Village Hall

7.45—8.45pm 6.00-7.30pm 11.30am– 12.30pm 5.30—6.30

Wed Thur

73rd Doncaster Guides Finningley Art and Social Club

Auckley Scout Hut Finningley Village Hall

6.45—8.30 1.00 -3.00

01302 771354 730559

Thur

Scott Stevenson School of Dance

Blaxton Village Hall

5.00-7.15pm

Thur Sun

Pilates (term time only) Church Sunday School (term time)

Blaxton Village Hall Finningley Village Hall

9.30-10.30am 9.00-10.00

Contact

07787578036 01302 771354

07787 578036 770607

Monthly Events in Branton, Finningley & Auckley 2nd Wednesday of the month 1st Tuesday each quarter

Auckley Parish Council Meeting

Auckley Parish Centre

7.00pm

770922

Finningley Village Community Group

Finningley Village Hall

7.15pm

770992

1st Wednesday of the month

Cantley with Branton P C Meeting

Kilham Hall Meeting Rooms, Kilham Lane, Branton 6.30pm

772493

1st Wednesday in the month

Dementia Support Group

Auckley Parish Centre

1—3pm

07899 050622 537493

2nd Thursday of the month

Cantley with Branton WI

Kilham Hall, Kilham Lane, Branton

7.00pm

1st Thursday of the month

Auckley WI

Auckley Parish Centre

7.00—9.30 771327

2nd & Last Monday in Month

Doncaster Woodturning Club

Finningley Village Hall

6.00-9.00

832224

Monday 4th September

Neighbourhood Watch

Finningley Village Hall

7pm

770090/771574

2nd Saturday in the month

Free local help surgery

Finningley Village hall

10—11am 10-12noon

1st & 3rd Thursday in Month

Finningley Village Coffee Morning

Finningley Village Hall

3rd Tuesday in Month

Finningley Parish Council

Finningley Village Hall

7.00pm

3rd Thursday in Month

Finningley WI

Finningley Village Hall

7.15-9.00

3rd Tuesday in Month

Tuesday Club

Finningley Village Hall

1.45-3.3pm 770862

772539

To book a hall, please contact Auckley Parish Centre Blaxton Village Hall Finningley Village Hall

Contact Carolynne Hanson Contact Sue Mason Contact Elaine McNulty

auckleyparishcentre@gmail.com 07835 809112 770400 771699

Kilham Hall, Branton

Contact Lisa Simpson

www.cantleywithbrantonparish.co.uk 07856 221470

Kilham Hall Meeting

Contact Lisa Simpson

07856 221470

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Business Directory

Useful Numbers

£30 plus vat for 12 months

General Doncaster Council - General

01302 736000

Robin Hood Airport

01302 801010

Citizens Advice Bureau Advice line

0344 4994137

Medical

Domestic Cleaning Svs Poppies of Doncaster, Domestic Cleaning Svs. Domestic Services/Plumbing/Electrician AJH Electrical Services

Auckley Pharmacy

01302 771392

Burns Medical Centre, Goodison Boulevard

01302 810888

Ellers Lane Surgery, 41 Ellers Lane, Auckley

01302 770327

Weldricks Pharmacy, East Laith Gate, Doncaster Mon—Sat 9am—10pm, Sun 10am-10pm, 01302 369699 Bank holidays 10am-8pm, 365 days per year.

Community Safer Neighbourhood Team Kilham Hall Community Centre, Branton

01302 533663 01302 535151 07793750884

Doncaster Roofing Services Replace tiles, 01302 772444 pointing, flat roofs, guttering, plastic fascia 07931558176 jmerchant42@gmail.com boards, flashing etc.

01302 770768 Grifftile, Tiling Service 07966 168647 01302 285 411 SE Electrical, fully qualified electrician 07800 914882 Funeral Directors

Auckley Parish Centre

101 07856 221470 07835 809112

S Yorkshire Fire Service (non emergency)

0114 272 7202

Education Auckley Primary School The Hayfield School

01302 770701 01302 770589

Hayfield Lane Primary School

01302 770427

Mcauley Catholic High School

01302 537396

St Wilfrid's C of E Primary School (Branton)

01302 537344

W E Pinder & Sons, Bawtry, Doncaster IT Solutions Mat & Mouse IT Services Ltd e mail: info@matandmouse.co.uk

01302710285 01302 534449

Medical & Dental Health Willows Dental Practice

01427872106

Pest Control Donkill Pest Solutions – Professional Pest Control www.donkill.co.uk

08435230537 07443476749

Extensions Conversions Home Improvements Roof Repairs

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