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October 2021

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Issue 166

Job Vacancies-Care Assistants Thinking about a career in Social Care?

Returning to Social Care?

Lindum Court Residential Care Home, Owston Ferry

Come and join our team of superheroes!

Whilst we value previous experience, above all, the most important thing is that you are kind, compassionate, reliable, a team player and willing to learn. Initial Care Assistant Induction training is provided with ongoing mentoring and training together with opportunities to undertake formal qualifications to support your career development.

Lindum Court provides care and support for up to 24 older people, some of whom may be living with dementia.

We are a small and friendly home with a real family feel.

If you feel the role of Care Assistant at Lindum Court could be for you, read on to find out more and get in touch, we would love to hear from you!

As a Care Assistant your responsibilities will include:  supporting or providing personal care where required  ensuring that residents receive support with eating and drinking  maintaining care records  ensuring that the living environment is maintained to high standards of infection control and cleanliness  working with team members to provide a dignified, happy and family orientated atmosphere within the home You will need:  an enhanced DBS – (paid for by the company)  to be willing to complete mandatory induction and ongoing training  to be willing to work some weekends on a rota  to participate in COVID testing several times a week and to be willing to have all mandatory vaccines We value our staff and for example we will:  pay for your DBS  pay for your first uniform  free meals provided on shift  regularly acknowledge the hard work and dedication of the team by providing staff social events  reward you for referring a friend  pay a bonus for covering extra shifts  recognise your efforts for completing training on time  celebrate your birthday with the day off and a gift voucher (commencing 2022)  organise family fun days  say thank you at Christmas with Amazon Vouchers For an2 informal or to “The apply Arrow” please contact Helen, the to manager on: 01427 728 507 Pleasechat mention when responding advertisements or email helen@plenuscare.co.uk

Welcome to the October issue of Haxey and Westwoodside Arrow.

Good to see some news coming in from clubs in the Isle. We welcome the flower club back! If there are any clubs who would like a mention and write some editorials to promote please do send me an email.

It was good news to hear the Epworth Old Rectory's first show since lockdown (Alice’s adventures in Wonderland) was a real success.

We have some local lads embarking on the Three peaks challenge. Give them your support, money raised goes to a great charity MIND (the mental health charity) who offers advice and support to those experiencing mental health problems and campaigns to improve services and destigmatise issues.

The deadline for the November issue is Tuesday 12th October for delivery by Sunday 31st October Enjoy the read and stay safe!

Carolyn Grant

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COUNCILLOR COMPLETES WALK FOR GOOD CAUSES District and Parish Councillor, Hazel Brand, has completed the 135-mile Tyne Trail and has raised £600 towards her sponsorship target of £1000.

She is raising money for village organisations in Misterton and West Stockwith that were not able to apply for Government grants during lockdown: the villages’ churches and West Stockwith Village Hall.

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Hazel is pictured at the source of the South Tyne in Cumbria, alongside the sculpture by Gilbert Ward that marks the spot. “The first leg we walked was the North Tyne, which begins on the Scottish border – it was pouring with rain. But things got better and although the last day of walking started wet, by the time we reached Tynemouth it was glorious sunshine,” Hazel said.

“Many thanks to all those who have sponsored me so generously – it’s real encouragement when the going gets tough to know that people back home have put their faith in me to complete the walk!”

For more information, go to Hazel’s sponsorship page: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ hazel-brand

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The Epworth and District Flower Club held another semi outdoor meeting in August. At fairly short notice a theme of Sunflowers was taken and three very able members created very different arrangements.

The size of the sunflowers was larger than expected. They had been purchased from a local enterprising farmer and were delivered in milk churns as they were so enormous. Their size caused some amusement and a little concern for the demonstrators. However the skills of the members meant they were able to produce a variety of arrangements. To the dismay of those watching several long stems were cut short but the lower arrangements were very attractive and could be placed on a dinner table while some taller arrangements would grace any room. Just garden foliage was incorporated into the arrangements thus encouraging even the lass creative members to have a go for themselves. In addition to the seven arrangements there were parcels of five sunflowers to supplement the raffle prizes. A wonderfully relaxing evening was had by all.

Linda Clark of The Spotted Dog Flower Company will be demonstrating to the Club at the September meeting in St Andrew's Church which is being used as a temporary venue but the October meeting will be in the Stephen Jones Community Hall in Haxey. That evening will host Lucie Griffin of Branching Out from Retford and will be on Monday, 11th October at 7.30pm.

As the Club was unable to meet last year the Diamond Celebration has been postponed until Monday, 8th November 2021.

Arrangements are in hand to have a meal at The Reindeer Inn Sandtoft and this will be preceded by a demonstration entitled "A Winter's Night". Mark Entwhistle had been booked for the evening when it was anticipated we would have the Annual Open Meeting but he has agreed to reduce the size of his demonstraPleaseonly mention when responding to advertisements tion8so members should be“The in for a Arrow” treat.

Celia Jones

In early October (Friday 1st to Monday 4th) our group of 12 young chaps are embarking on the National Three Peaks Challenge.

The aim of this is to climb the three highest peaks in Scotland (Ben Nevis), England (Scafell Pike) and Wales (Snowdon) within 24 hours.

Over the past year, Covid has impacted heavily on the mental health of people of all ages and backgrounds which has made the work of charities like MIND more important than ever!

To put this in some kind of perspective, 1 in 4 people experiences a mental health problem each year (pre-Covid). This has increased throughout the pandemic, particularly among young people. Everyone will know someone who has suffered with their mental health at some stage in their life, with all of us doing this being no strangers to the impact mental health issues can have on people close to us.

With this in mind (pardon the terrible pun), it only seemed right to focus our fundraising efforts here.

Spending time outdoors is a great way to improve your mood and reduce feelings of stress and anger, and although the National Three Peaks Challenge takes this to a slight extreme, it does you good out into nature.

MIND (the mental health charity) offers advice and support to those experiencing mental health problems and campaigns to improve services and destigmatise issues. This is an issue close to all of us as young people and young men particularly, but it's something which has a bearing on everyone.

Your donations, however large or small, can help in so many ways; - A donation of £8 could offer a lifeline to someone in desperate need of support by letting the MIND Infoline team answer their call.

- A donation of £15 could help us campaign for better access to talking therapies, crisis care and other essential mental health service.

- A donation of £21 could keep Elefriends, MINDS online support community, running for one hour.

Our initial fundraising target of £350 has been well surpassed. Our new target is going to be £1,000!

You can find all of the above information on the Justgiving page/link below, this includes updates detailing our warm up and preparation that we’ve been doing for the challenge, as well as a good explanation of how donations can help MIND make a difference.

Justgiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/RossSykesNTP?utm_source=Sharethis&utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=RossSykesNTP&utm_campaign=pfp-email&utm_term=403f24cd922b48cc8aa02c8db8f280bb

Thank you Ross and the team

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Community News Owston Ferry Society invites you to join us on Wed 13th Oct 7.30pm Coronation Hall where Bob Fish, local author, will be giving a talk "Exploring the Isle's History in words & pictures".

Admission £3; non members always welcome.

Our annual Coffee Morning takes place on Thurs 28th Oct from 10am Coronation Hall, small admission charge and usual stalls.

Both events subject to Covid rules & changes.

St Andrew's Church Epworth Concert by the Isle Chamber Choir A varied programme of music Saturday 23rd October at 2.30pm followed by Afternoon Tea. Admission by ticket only.

Contact Penny Birks 01427872012 Susan Storey 01427 875145 All proceeds for church funds.

MONTHLY COFFEE MORNING RE-STARTS The monthly Tuesday Coffee Morning re-starts on Tuesday 12 October after the pandemic, then meets on the 2nd Tuesday each month from 10.3011.30am in the Church Room, Church Lane, Misterton. Tea/coffee and cake are just £2 and all proceeds go to charity and towards the costs of holding the event. All are welcome to meet up for a chat and some company after months of isolation.

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What a Show Thursday evening at Epworth Old Rectory was cool but fine when they opened the doors to a mixed crowd of theatre goers.

Chapterhouse Theatre Company from Lincoln were presenting Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The six young actors had been on site from lunchtime setting up there stage and scenery, getting costumes and props sorted and making time for a late lunch /early tea in the refectory.

Gates opened at 5-30 to let in the ones who had arrived a little early and admit a steady flow of people with their picnics, chairs and rugs, with one group even bringing in Fish and Chip suppers. everyone was settled and expectant ready for the curtains rising at 6-30.

And what a treat they all got. The stage and scenery were well designed and constructed ready for the actors to take centre stage. They filled the evening with Drama, Music and Laughter to delight the audience who joined in wholeheartedly. The costumes and props were beautifully planned and fitted the performance. A triumph all round for both audience and actors, with the finishing touch from Chapterhouse being to allow family photographs to be taken with Alice and the White Rabbit.

This was particularly good for the members of the audience who had arrived dressed as Alice and the Mad Hatter.

Comments from the audience as they were leaving were very good, many praised the quality of the stage setting and costumes as being much better than other open air theatre productions they had seen. They had loved the performance and praised the six young actors for making their evening so enjoyable, and thanked the rectory for staging the performance and providing a safe environment for them all to attend.

All in all, a great evening for all concerned.

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It has been lovely to welcome all of our children back to Haxey after the summer - and especially wonderful to return to a more "normal" existence, with an end to class bubbles, eating in classrooms and zoned off play areas! The children have loved being able to mix more freely and our older children are doing an amazing job of supporting the younger members of our school as they get used to a busier hall at lunchtime and the reintroduction of old routines throughout the school that they haven't experienced for the past 18 months.

We are especially excited to welcome our new F2 class to the school. They are settling in beautifully, making lots of new friends and having a fab time exploring the different areas of our F2 classroom and outdoor area. With the lovely sunny weather that we have been blessed with, the sand pit and the water areas have proved particularly popular, as has the mud kitchen! They have also paired up with our Year 6 class for a Friday afternoon reading club - the Year 6s are so excited!

Elsewhere in school, Years 3-6 have all started learning Spanish as our Modern Foreign Language, and lots of our keen footballers are already feeling that this will help to secure them with a playing contract at Real Madrid or Barcelona.

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Year 6 are already engrossed in their World War 2 topic and are looking forward to their trip to Eden Camp to get a deeper understanding of what life would have been like for them as children during the war.

Year 4 are taking good care of our new teacher, Mr Smythe, and working hard to find out about life in Ancient Greece, and Year 2 are undertaking a local area study, which will result in some very creative new rides being designed for the park here in Haxey!

It's already shaping up to be a very busy year here at Haxey we look forward to all the challenges ahead!

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What’s On In Your area in the Isle of Axholme Activity

Meeting place

Time

Wed

18th Haxey Cubs

Mon

Isle of Axholme Wolf cubs

Westwoodside Village Hall

6.00-7.30 pm

Mon

Isle of Axholme Scouts

Westwoodside Village Hall

7.00-9.00 pm

Contact 01427 752250

Mon (4th) Royal British Legion Epworth Branch

Old School Inn Epworth

Tues

All Stars Tae Kwon Do

Tues

Isle of Axholme Beavers

Tues Wed

01427 754129 01427 754129

7pm

01427 872223

Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry

6.00 - 8.00pm

01427 728162

Westwoodside Village Hall

6.00-7.30 pm

01427 754129

Line Dancing

Westwoodside Village Hall

7.30-9.30 pm

01427 873778

Mother and Toddler

Westwoodside Village Hall

9.00-11.00 am

Mon/Thur Owston Ferry short mat Bowls

Coronation Hall (September—April)

1.30—3.30 pm

01427 728590

Wed

Social Club—over 60’s

Westwoodside Village Hall

2.00-4.00 pm

01427 752524

Fri

Tae kwan Do

Westwoodside Village Hall

5.00-7.00pm 01302 311174

Tues

18th Haxey Beavers

Fri

18th Haxey Scouts

Mon

Preschool— Playgroup 2.5—5 years

Memorial Hall

Tues

Aquafit

Misterton School Pool.

10.00-11 am

01427 754772

Tues

Preschool Playgroup 3—5 years

Memorial Hall

9:15-3:15 pm

01427 754330

Tues

Haxey Bingo

Memorial Hall Mr Gordon Macfall

7pm—9pm

01427 754183

Wed

Preschool– playgroup 2.5—5 years

Memorial Hall

9:15- 3:15pm

01427 754330

Wed

Sunshine Yoga

Epworth

1:15-2:45pm

01427 873730

Fri

Tae Kwan Do

Memorial Hal

5:45-6:45 pm

01302 311174

1st Wed

Haxey Woman's Institute (WI)

Memorial Hall

Wed

Swing Band Rehearsal

Stephen Jones Community Hall, Haxey

Thurs

Owston Ferry Bowling Club

The Green, Owston Ferry (Roll Up & Drives)

Thurs

Sunshine Yoga

Coronation Hall, Owston Ferry

01427 752250 01427 752250 9:15-:3:15 pm

Vivien M'ltwamari

01427 754330

01427 753856 7:30-930 pm 2.00-4.00pm

01427 728590

7:00 - 8:30 pm

01427 873730

Mon-Frid Haxey pre school

Memorial Hall

8.00-6.00pm

01427 753162

Thurs

Happy Circle (over 60’s)

Haxey Memorial Hall

2:00—4:00 pm

01427 752636

Thurs

Bambi—Playgroup 0—5 years

St Nicholas’ Church Youth Hub, Haxey (term time only)

9:30-11:30 am

01427 753053

4th Wed

Ferry Folk Group

Cross Keys, Wroot

8pm start

01427 728643

Thurs

Aquafit

Misterton School Pool.

Thurs

Kick Boxing

Memorial Hall

Fri

Preschool—Playgroup 2.5—5 years

Memorial Hall

Wed/Fri

Epworth short mat Bowls Club

Epworth Leisure Centre (September—April)

Fri

Nordic Walking

Epworth Garden Centre

Thurs

Epworth & Isle of Axholme Rotary Club

The Red Lion Epworth (1st and 3rd Thursday)

Thurs

Musical Movement - Toddlers 12months +

Epworth Thurlow Pre School

9:00 - 10:00 am

01427 875016

Thurs

Musical Movement - Baby Group

Epworth Thurlow Pre School

10:00 - 11:00 am

01427 875016

Sat

Slate House Market & Carboot

Nr Messingham, Scunthorpe

1pm start

01909 480087

6.45-7.45pm

01427 754772

6:00 - 8:00pm

01427 875051

9:15-3:15 pm

01427 754330

3.30—5.30 pm

01427 872445

9.30 start 01724 297270 6.15pm start 01302 265130

The Stephen Jones Community Hall - Pam Layton (Bookings)

01427 752783

Bookings of the Haxey Memorial Hall

joannemo ram@live.co.uk

0775 4214 382

Vivien M’Itwamwari

01427 753856

Beryl Ash

01724 783125

Bookings of Westwoodside Village Hall Bookings of West Butterwick Village Hall

of Westwoodside Pavilion 618306 26Bookings Please mention “The DebSundays Hotson Arrow” www.westwoodsidepfa.co.uk when responding to advertisements The Old Smithy, Owston Ferry is open and Bank Holidays May-Sept 2pm-5pm Contact 0142701652 728325

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South Axholme Academy – Still The Area’s Number One School…..

September 6th saw the return to school for students at South Axholme Academy. Over 1000 students now attend the academy having over 200 applicants each year for its new Year 7. The academy serves students not only from the Isle of Axholme but Doncaster and North Nottinghamshire. South Axholme Academy is the area’s number one school according to the 'Good Schools Guide' and reminds parents of Year 6 students that they must have applications for 2020 to North Lincolnshire admissions team

by October 31st.

The Academy has an excellent reputation locally and further afield, for the achievements of its students whether academic, vocational, sporting or cultural.

Students also benefit from an outstanding programme of extra-curricular activities that caters for all interests and abilities.

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Advice

Business Directory

Pensions Helpline

0800 991234

Electricity Emergencies

0800 375 675

Transco - Gas Leaks Yorkshire Water

080 111 999 0845 1242424

0800 009966

Childline

0800 1111

Neighbourhood Watch Health Visitor Team

01302 532676

Business/Finance/Accountants Hurstons Accountants & Bus. Advisors

01482 444466 0800 099951

01427 873737

Health/Fitness /Swimming Aquafit - Misterton School

Care in the Community Age Concern

£30 + VAT for 12 months Contact Carolyn

01427 754772

The Willows Dental

01427 872106

Blissful Soles Reflexology Mobile Therapist

07901 016688

Funeral Directors Fields Funeral Service, Westwoodside

01427 874424

R Butoid Funeral Service , Misterton & Dist

01427 890317

SSAFA Forces Help www.ssafa,org.uk

, 01476 569764

Trade/Craftsmen

NSPCC

0808 80050000

Brooks HOMECARE Replacement Window and Doors 07973 142963 01427 875314

RSPCA

0300 1234999

NHS Direct

111

Transco Emergency Gas

0800 111999

Community

JMB Developments (for all your plastering jobs) 07785 735984 Taxis A& H Taxis-Westwoodside

07817068199 or 01427 362016

Home and Garden

0800 555 111

Axholme Pest Control

Carers Support Centre

01652 650585

Axholme Decorating Centre 'Mixing Paint For You' sales@axdeccentre.co.uk 01427 238941

Isle of Axholme Lions

01427 752139

Isle of Axholme Osteoporosis Support Link—Anne Broster

01427 875752

Crime Stoppers

Epworth & Isle of Axholme Rotary Club

0790 4573 405

Education and General Epworth Country Primary School

01427 872345

Haxey C of E School

01427 752294

Westwoodside C of E Primary School

01427 752355

Westwoodside Mobile Library

01724 865675

Haxey Library - Memorial Hall

01724 753239

Epworth and District WI

07747 103805

All year round undercover and outdoor storage Discreet site only 10 minutes from Robin Hood Airport All hard standing surfaces Secure spacious site in pleasant setting 24 hour onsite CCTV Practical core opening hours with flexible access arrangements Family business with friendly helpful service On site caravan cleaning and servicing available

FOR YOUR PEACE OF MIND Call 01302 770362 Mobile 07979 771128 or 07799 804577

Leisure Epworth Leisure Centre

01427 873845

Haxey Cricket Club

01427 752394

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