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On Tuesday 14th February we listened so a sometimes unsettling talk by Suzanne from the Teenage Cancer Trust. She informed us that the usual adult Cancer ward situation is not right for teenagers (nor is the babies ward). They benefit from rooms decorated as they may have at home and from get-together spaces. There are now 28 Teenage Cancer Trust Wards in NHS Trust hospitals in the UK. Our nearest one being Addenbrookes which opened in 2012.

During the pandemic the Teenage Cancer Trust lost 1/2 of their funding, that is £6m; however, support for their patients continued digitally throughout.

The funds raised by the ‘Bring & Buy’ sale will be sent to The Teenage Trust. This raised £300 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

The next meeting is on 14th March when Colin Hill, a retired Royal Protection Officer will tell us all about ‘Dancing with Diana.’

All are Welcome, non-members £3.50. Talk starts at 7.30pm in Cople Village Hall. Eithne

• Roofing repairs, reroofs or roof de-mossing.

• Leadwork repairs and replacements.

• Gutter and facia cleaning and repair.

• Chimney and brickwork repointing and repair.

• Any other ladder related work.

Local friendly service, happy to help.

Contact: Ashley

Tel: 07851 121782

Email: midgardpm@outlook.com

Dear Cople Residents, We are doing another Foodbank Collection on Saturday 4th March 2023 . Please put any items of food on your doorstep or in clear sight so when the volunteers drive/walk by they can see your donation.

We will be collecting between 09.30 and 11.00am.

Items requested by the Foodbank are as follows:UHT Milk. Long Life Fruit Juice, Long Life Sponge Puddings, Cupa-Soup, Tinned Tuna, 1kg Bags of Rice, Jars of Pasts Sauce, Tinned Rice Pudding, Tinned Fruit, Tinned Carrots, Tinned Soups, 250g tins of Ham/Chicken.

If your items seem to have been missed on the day, please call Louise on 07738 999273.

All contributions are gratefully appreciated.

In January, around 23 members from the Northern Cluster area attended an Epiphany Service in Northill Church. Our MU Chaplin Jane gave the talk and we enjoyed fellowship over refreshments in Northill Church Hall.

At our meeting in February, members brought along their favourite book or poem and we listened to some serious and lighthearted readings. Pat was thanked for hosting us and providing our refreshments.

Next month we shall be meeting on Friday 24th March at 2.00pm in St Andrew’s Church, Biggleswade. This is the Lady Day Service, a festival of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. At this Cluster event, each group or branch will bring their banner/

Liz Buck

Thank you Lord, for our mothers. We remember today their loving care, and their ceaseless love for us.

May we show them by our gifts, our words and our actions that we love them and care about them too.

Val, Graham, Angela & Christine would like to Thank everyone who came to Malcolm’s funeral on the 1st February. What a wonderful send off he had.

We would like to say a special Thank You to Charlie & Carolyn, Richard & Maureen, Carers and many more. To our Vicar Lynne, who had an unknown problem to be solved.

It’s now up to us as a family to pick ourselves up with the love & prayers we keep receiving through this sad time.

We will let you know how much was raised for the chosen charities in due course.

Best wishes

Val & family.

Come and enjoy meeting friends in the beautiful surroundings of Cople Church.

Please make a note in your diaries of the following dates. A different group/committee will run the coffee morning each month. All Welcome.

25th March - 10.30am—12.00noon Sunday School helpers/ young mums

22nd April - 10.30am - 12.00noon Lunch Club committee

27th May- 10.30am—12.00noon Knit and Stitch Group

10th June 10.00am - 2.00pm Sale Trail and mini fete with refreshments (NOTE - this is in place of the coffee morning on the 4th Saturday)

22nd July - 10.30am - 12.00noon Tuesday Club

August - no coffee morning due to holiday

23rd September - 10.30am—12.00noon The Friends of Cople Church

28th October - 10.30am 12.00noon Mothers' Union

25th November - 10.30am 12.00noon Cople PCC