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Welcome to the March issue of Epworth and Belton Arrow

Wow we are already in March, how each year just seems to go quicker and quicker!

This year Mothering Sunday is on 19th March. Did you know its a Christian holiday that is celebrated on the fourth Sunday in Lent. For many people in the UK and Ireland, Mother's Day is the time to honor their mothers and give them flowers or chocolate. Religious traditions that have been preserved include baking and eating simnel cake which is also typically made for Easter.

Deciding where and what to buy?

Pop into a local family-run bakery for a lovely cake, or buy a quirky gift from an independent shop, by shopping locally people can help local business owners and local communities keep running. I am sure there is a local shop on your High Street or neighbouring village who will have the perfect gift for your mum!

Also on the day a Crafts for the family at Belton All Saints School and each lady receiving a special gift.. Full details are on page 16.

The deadline for the April issue is Friday 10th March for delivery by the 1st April.

Enjoy the read

Carolyn Grant

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carolyn@arrowpublications.co.uk

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Community News

Epworth and District Flower Club

Epworth and District Flower Club began their 2023 meetings with an enjoyable evening meal at The Epworth Tap in January. Their February meeting was the AGM, held in St Andrew’s Church, Epworth now the usual venue. The March meeting will be a “Supermarket Challenge” when volunteer members will demonstrate arranging flowers bought at supermarkets by other members. This has provided an interesting evening in the past with the opportunity for members to ask questions and offer up personal tips.

Do come and join us. We meet at 7.30pm on the second Monday of each month and follow the demonstration with a raffle of the arrangements, when appropriate, and enjoyable refreshments.

Details can be had from Celia Jones 07784 421273

Are you interested in playing lawn bowls ?

Epworth Bowls Club always welcome new players of all ages and abilities.

Social bowling at our roll-ups every Sunday throughout the season.

Also a range of social activities out of season.

Come along, enjoy fresh air and exercise, whilst also meeting new people.

For more information, please contact The Secretary, Pauline Berry, on 01427 875962

Reverb

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Get rid of your bits and bobs and support a fantastic local cause at the same time! Set up time - 9am Trading 10am - 12pm

We will be holding car boot sales here at the Hospice every first Sunday from April to September 2023. For alternative dates please see our events page.

Trading cost £6 per car or £9 for a van or trailer.

Benidorm Bound challenge gives charity £19,351 boost

A group of bikers from North Lincolnshire completed a bike ride across six countries in just six days to reach Benidorm to raise £19,351 for charity.

Leaving Winterton on Honda C90s, John Haynes, Lee Baker, Jonny Miller, Steven Joyce, Matthew Joyce and Jez Teasdale rode in memory of John’s Dad, Rod Haynes, who was cared for at Lindsey Lodge Hospice and Healthcare in March 2021.

John said: “The whole Benidorm Bound fundraiser has been an incredible experience from start to finish. We’ve had some highs, some lows, experienced lots of emotions and met some incredible people, but most importantly with everyone’s kindness we’ve raised an enormous amount of money for Lindsey Lodge in memory of my Dad.

“The staff at Lindsey Lodge gave my Dad and family such loving care during the most difficult of weeks, so I wanted to give something back for all the care, support and amazing work they do.” On bikes with an average speed of 40mph, the group travelled through Holland, Belgium, France, the Pyrenees, Andorra and Barcelona before reaching Benidorm.

Lindsey Lodge Fundraiser Selina Doyle said: “We are blown away by John and the team’s incredible achievement!

“It looks like they had an amazing time and they have raised a truly staggering amount of money for Lindsey Lodge in memory of Rod.

“On behalf of everyone at Lindsey Lodge I’d like to say a big thank you to John and the team and everyone who sponsored them, every penny raised will go directly to caring for local patients and their families.”

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Folk Dancing in the Isle of Axholme – Isle Dance for Health Spring 2023

The folk dances run by local folk dance band Lys St Georges restart this autumn as follows:

Thursday 2 March

Thursday 9 March

Thursday 16 March

They are all in Westwoodside Village Hall, starting at 2.30pm and lasting till 4pm.

You don’t need a partner nor any experience in country dancing, and these friendly dances will be suitable for all levels of fitness. There’ll be live music and expert tuition. As one dancer said at the end of an earlier programme ‘What's not to like! Live music, gentle exercise, lots and lots of fun and every assistance.’

There’s a small admission charge of £3 for each dance. For more information contact Kate Billmore on 01427 753363 or Peter Barnard on 01427 873937.

Winter marches on but the first signs of spring are just beginning to peep through

. The great Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi interpreted the changing of the seasons magnificently in his The Four Seasons concerti (very familiar to anyone who has ever spent time on hold on the phone) and Vivaldi is the star of the show in the upcoming concert by the Isle Choral Singers on Saturday, March 18th when the choir will be performing his choral work Gloria at St Andrew's Church in Epworth.

The opening movement of the piece is probably well known to many but the choir will be performing all 11 movements of Vivaldi's masterpiece - Gloria in all its full glory!

The programme also includes works by Handel and sharing the stage with us will be the Isle of Axholme Orchestra. March 18th is just three days short of the official first day of spring so a concert of beautiful music, beautifully performed is just the boost we all need after a long, cold winter. And if you like what you hear, why not consider joining Isle Choral Singers to make more beautiful music together? We rehearse every Monday from 7.15pm-9.15pm at the Imperial Hall in Epworth under the expert guidance of conductor Robert Steadman and accompanist Maurice Davies.

The Isle Choral Singers with the Isle of Axholme Orchestra perform Vivaldi's Gloria and other works on Saturday, March 18th, at St Andrew's Church, Epworth. Tickets £7 on the door.

We have had a very busy month with:

4 burglary roadshows completed

over 100 faraday bags distributed to prevent theft of keyless cars

patrolling by our Special Constables at hotspot locations

patrols with our Roads Crime Section to deal with criminals using the road network to commit crime

Operation Forager drugs dog patrols in Crowle

visits to local retailers with Trading Standards and our Licensing officer for underage sales

school engagement delivering the Mini Police Scheme at Haxey Primary

Plans for the coming month include:

more burglary roadshows focussing on crime prevention advice

cross border engagement with our colleagues from South Yorkshire Police in Thorne

patrols of our anti social behaviour hotspot locations

continuing our Mini Police Scheme

Humber Talking Surveys

We have also now welcomed an additional Neighbourhoods Officer to the team. PC 30 Chris Wheat has joined us from the Patrol Team at Epworth so he has a good knowledge of the area already.

You can now access information about your area at www.police.uk where you can find information about crime for your ward as well as information about the policing priorities and engagement dates when you can meet your local team.

Isle Group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

History of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust

Thursday March 2nd at 7.30pm

On Thursday March 2nd at 7.30pm the Isle group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust will be having their monthly meeting. It will be a talk on the history of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Rachel Shaw is the publications officer for the Trust and she will be explaining all the changes that have taken place since the Trusts humble beginnings in 1948.

We meet at:-

Belton All Saints Centre (Church Hall), Stocks Hill, Belton, DN9 1PE

Everyone is welcome, you don't have to be a member of the Wildlife Trust so please come along and join us. Entrance fee is £1. There will be refreshments and a raffle. We meet on the 1st Thursday of the month and next month, April 6th, will be a talk on the return of European Cranes to Lincolnshire.

For further information about the local Trust group and their meetings please contact Tony Lee on 01427 753831 or Chris Trinder on 01427 872051. Details about the group are also on the Lincolnshire Trust web site under area groups.

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Care for a Cuppa campaign to support hospice care

A local charity-run hospice and healthcare provider is urging people to pop the kettle on in March to help raise the much-needed funds it needs to provide its care.

Lindsey Lodge Hospice & Healthcare, which celebrated its 30th birthday in 2022, has launched its ‘Care for a Cuppa’ fundraising campaign to help it continue to deliver its specialist palliative care and support to North Lincolnshire patients and their families, who are living with life-limiting illnesses. To coincide with the campaign, the Lindsey Lodge Fundraising Team will be taking part in a ‘Thankathon’ to say a massive ‘thank you’ to everyone who has supported the Burringham Roadbased charity during its anniversary year.

Lindsey Lodge Head of Fundraising Kirsty Walker said: “We’re going to be a contacting our supporters to say a huge thank you, as without their generous fundraising activities and donations we really couldn’t continue to do what we do.

“Like everyone, we’re seeing our costs go up, so every penny people donate to us really does make a difference!”

She added: “Whether it’s a cup of tea or coffee, or even a hot chocolate, signing up to Care for a Cuppa is a lovely way to catch up with friends, family or even work colleagues – and everyone who takes part will really be making a difference to local people, who urgently need the Hospice’s help.” Everyone who registers to Care for a Cuppa will receive their very own fundraising pack to help get started with their event. They will also receive a copy of Lindsey Lodge Volunteer Jill Perry’s famous fail-safe scone recipe, as well as some of her other homemade favourites to provide them with inspiration.

People can sign up free of charge online now at www.lindseylodgehospice.org.uk by email at llh.enquiries@nhs.net or by phoning the Fundraising Team on 01724 270835.

Lindsey Lodge’s supporters have already arrange Care for a Cuppa events in Messingham, Crowle, Scotter and Burton, which will be posted on its website and social media channels in the coming weeks.,

For more information about Lindsey Lodge, please visit www.lindseylodgehospice.org.uk

Since 2005, the Isle of Axholme Rotary club

have enjoyed helping many good causes both local and International to the tune of tens of thousand of pounds. Some of you may know us from our senior citizen’s annual tea party, our cycling exploits or our Teddy Tombola at the Epworth lights turn on event, to name but a few. Along the way we have formed great friendships, many good memories and helped countless groups and individuals to realise their own ambitions. We pride ourselves on our relaxed approach and focus on having fun.

Sadly, and like many voluntary groups, our numbers are currently such that we are being forced to question whether we are viable moving forwards. If we can’t grow our numbers, Rotary on this Isle will be forced to close its doors and the good work will cease.

We are reaching out into our communities with a plea, hoping that we can regenerate. We’re sure there are many more like minded people who would welcome the opportunity to give something back, form new friendships, inject fresh ideas and enjoy the satisfaction of helping others.

Our ask is that you give a little thought to whether the time may be right for you, or, someone you may know. It’s not an onerous undertaking, we meet every couple of weeks, enjoying a meal together once a month in a local pub.

If this does strike a chord please do get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.

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