The Bournemouth Directory - September/October 2015

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September/October 2015

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- Airshow hospitality takes off for John Thornton Foundation - The Hollies to play at the Pavilion

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The Bournemouth Directory Edition 53

Dear Bournemouth!

We certainly have had a mixture of weather recently.

Nellie, the Dorset Directories Campervan, took us all the way to The Ashdown Forest and we experienced out first camping trip in pouring rain! You can read all about it on pages 26-27. Whatever you have done this summer we do hope you were able to get out and enjoy yourselves. There is always such a lot to see and do at this time of the year, we are never bored which is great. Well done to Bournemouth on a terrific Air Show!

The Bournemouth Directory is here to bring you news articles, puzzles and competitions. There are of course Stephen & Debbie Corney our very loyal advertisers who would love to hear at Dorset Directories Ltd from you. Please grab a cuppa, have a read and do mention The Bournemouth Directory when making Telephone: any calls and bookings. We have chimney sweeps, 01202 894397 carpet cleaners, gardeners, loft conversion installers, Email: info@thebournemouthdirectory.co.uk beds, blinds, used cars, health and fitness experts, hearing aid experts, tree surgeons, web designers, Copy deadline for the hotels, pet services… and much more! The glossary October 2015 edition: at the back tells you all you can find inside. The prize 21st September 2015 wordsearch is a meal for two at the NEW Overcliffe Disclaimer: Whilst every care has Pub, so don’t miss out on a chance to win!

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Air Show Hospitality really takes off!

The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation held their VIP Hospitality Day at the Bournemouth Air Festival for the seventh year running and it was a huge success raising an incredible £13,800 for the charity.

As if by divine intervention the heavy rain stopped just in time for the guests to enjoy a fantastic flying programme which included the final Bournemouth flight of the iconic Vulcan. The JTYAF was privileged to see the Vulcan to the Sky Team, Bournemouth together with founder and chief executive, Dr Robert Pleming, among their guests for this poignant finale.

The exclusive VIP Hospitality Marquee is situated on the beach right at the epicentre of the air and ground displays, so with the best seats in town, superb food and plenty of sunshine it was certainly a day to remember.

The JTYAF would like to extend their thanks to all the guests and supporters for their kindness and generosity. They received a wonderful selection of prints, paintings and visits which included an overnight stay at the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines and a visit to Heathrow’s Control Tower.

These prizes were donated by local organisations and individuals and formed the basis of a Silent Auction and raffle which raised over £7500 alone.

A lovely team of volunteers from Barclays worked extremely hard at the event, meeting and greeting, selling

raffle tickets and organising the Silent Auction. Thanks must go to Di Trott, Liz Marsh, Nina Selvey, and Lesley O’Brien for their continued support and also Barclays for their generous matched funding scheme which makes a huge difference to the total amount raised on the day.

The guests were delighted to have the opportunity to meet some of the display teams who took valuable time out of their busy schedules to visit the marquee. A special thank you must got to the Tigers Freefall Parachute Display Team who have been great supporters of the charity this year.

All in all this event was the charities most successful so far and they are extremely grateful to the BAF Hospitality Team and Bournemouth Tourism for this great opportunity. The funds raised will make a massive difference to the opportunities that can be provided for local young people.

To find out more about the JTYAF please visit their website at www.jtyaf.org

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Rockpool Residents Our best childhood memories usually feature a summer day spent at the beach with a bucket and fishing net, peering into seaweed shrouded pools in search of silvery fish and secretive crabs. The excitement of tempting a crab out of hiding with a tasty morsel of leftover ham sandwich or turning over a rock to find a five-armed starfish clinging to the dark underside stays with us for a lifetime.

Nothing has changed. The fascinating world of the rockpool is still as alluring as ever, both for the older generation and for our youngsters – so here are a few tips to try with the children this summer. August and September are the best time as the rockpools are full of young blennies, crabs and prawns as well as shoals of small mullet and other fish. If you sit quietly by a rockpool the inhabitants will soon come out of hiding and carry on their busy lives in full sight. Curious blennies will come out to peer at you from beside a rock, quarrelsome crabs will battle it out between themselves and busy prawns will even give you a manicure.

Blennies are the nosy neighbour of the rockpool! Insatiably curious, these little fish like to know what’s going on in their neighbourhood. Try dabbling your fingers at

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Rockpooling at Kimmeridge Photo: Dorsetmums

the water’s surface to entice a nosy blenny out of hiding to come and investigate.

On a calm day when the sea’s surface is mirror-smooth only the ripples give away the presence of shoals of small fish such as mullet as they swim away from your approach. Look for their shadows on the seabed just ahead of the ripples, as they are easier to spot than the fish themselves.

Look underneath stones at the bottom of rockpools to find tiny but beautiful cushion stars, small relatives of the more familiar starfish. As you watch they will glide over the surface of the stone as if on air, heading back to the safety of the dark.

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This is an important warning for anyone who pays for childcare. There are major changes due to take place to the system this year – and you need to decide rather soon how they affect you. If you leave it too late, you could miss out on thousands of pounds.

Are you eligible for childcare tax credits?

The most important start point is to check if you’re entitled to what’s technically called the ‘Childcare Element of Working Tax Credit’ – this is NOT the same as Child Tax Credit. You can usually claim it for children up to age 15, provided you pay for approved (Ofsted or equivalent) childcare.

Sadly the eligibility criteria are very complex. So I’ve tried to distil it in a simple rule of thumb: ‘if you’re a single parent working 16+ hours a week, or a couple BOTH working 16+ hours a week, and your total household income is under £46,000, you should definitely check out if you’re entitled.’

Please read this carefully – I’m not saying you are entitled, just that it is worth checking, as this is big money. The average pay out is around £60/week. That’s over £3,000/year.

If you’re not entitled to tax credits, decide now which other scheme works for you This is where everything is changing. If you’re eligible for tax credits, you’re likely to be better off getting that. If not, there are other schemes to look at.

This autumn, the new ‘tax-free childcare’ scheme launches and the current childcare vouchers scheme that lets many pay for childcare from their pre-tax income will close for new applicants. So if you’re eligible for vouchers, but won’t be for the new scheme, get in quick.

- New tax-free childcare scheme: If you’re a single parent who works, or a couple where BOTH work, and you each earn under £150,000, for every 80p you put in a new childcare account, the government will add 20p on top which can be used to pay for Ofsted approved (or equivalent) childcare for under-12s. The maximum the Government will contribute is £2,000 per child per year. Most childminders, after-school clubs are Ofsted approved, as are many nannies.

- Current childcare voucher scheme. Here you usually trade in your pre-tax salary for vouchers. For example, a basicrate taxpayer can swap £1,000 of salary, which after tax and National Insurance is only £700ish in your pay packet, for £1,000 in childcare vouchers. So you’re up £300 per £1,000.

The maximum you can get is £55/week per year per parent, which would be a gain of £930 for a basic-rate taxpayer.

Any parent can do this, even if their partner doesn’t work, provided your employer offers it (many do, but many don’t).

Yet if you’re not signed up to this by the time the new scheme starts, you can’t do it after. So if it’s right for you – sort it soon.

- Tax-free childcare vs childcare vouchers. If you’re a couple where only one works, the vouchers win hands down, as you won’t be eligible for the new scheme. Plus, if your childcare costs are low, it’s likely vouchers win due to the tax and National Insurance savings.

Yet for the self-employed, those whose firms don’t offer the vouchers, or those with more than one child and high childcare costs, the new scheme wins. This is just the tip of the iceberg – full analysis of which wins at mse.me/ childcare.

What about free childcare for three and four year-olds?

The Government have announced plans to give working parents with three and four-year-olds 30 hours of free childcare per week. If made law, pilot schemes will start in Sep 2016, though there’s scepticism about whether it’s deliverable. Yet already for at least 38 weeks a year (each week of the school year), if you’ve a three or four-year-old, you’re entitled to 15 hours a week of free childcare. Families with a low income may also get free early education for twoyear-olds.

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You then liaise directly with the provider to get the free childcare.

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The view from Stone Farm Rocks The following day the rains started and it pretty much rained for the next 3 days!

One evening we even had lightening and awful winds. It is quite something lying there wondering if the tent will hold or are we all going to be blown into the sky?

What with that and the Gatwick Jumbo 747’s flying low above us, as they were about to land. It was all very exciting!

There are other words I could use, but this is a family magazine… I was glad we had bought a decent air bed and had lots of bedding, so we were well wrapped up. The tent does have an inner section for the bedrooms, which did help with some of the leaking that occurred. With driving rain like that, hard for several days solid, it is hardly surprising that some drips do start to fall inside. One night Hayden wasn’t at all happy, but I told him we would all take refuge in Nellie, if the tent suddenly collapsed. That seemed to appease him. Good old Nellie. All in all I think we survived really well and I can

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Once the rains stopped we went to climb rocks (well actually I looked at them), that are deemed to be 135 million years old!

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Hayden feeding one of the goats The Ashdown Forest itself has some wonderful walks, fantastic places to park the car (or van) and wonder at the expanse of picturesque English countryside rolling before you. There are sheep, cows and some fierce looking bulls, though I think they are pretty harmless, as long as you leave them alone. You know who is boss!

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Charity urges companies to support inclusive recruitment Dorset Blind Association is looking for businesses to participate in their campaign to support brighter futures for young visually impaired people.

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Index of advertisers

Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Directory...

Beds The Bed Store........................... 3

Financial Services Bournemouth Investments.......31

Painters & Decorators Swans Decorating.....................24

Blinds, Curtains & Shutters Ashley Blinds............................. 5 Curtain Fabrics..........................20 Tuscany Blinds..........................15

Fire & Security Services Dorset Fire & Security.................19

Pet Services My Happy Cat...........................15 Wagging Tails...........................17

Books Dianetics...................................30 Carpets & Flooring Carpet Barn.............................. 3 Marsden Flooring.....................20 Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Clean & Dry..............................24 Cleaning Doctor........................23 Chimney Sweeps Jim Chim-in-ey..........................11 Oliver Chimney Sweeps.............24 Cleaning - Residential My Home Cleaning...................37 Time for You.............................. 7 Community News Adventures of Nellie.................26 Airshow hospitality takes off.... 6 Dorset Wildlife Trust.................14 Martin Lewis: Childcare............18 On your plot: Herbs..................34 The Hollies to hit town..............10

Garage Services Coastal Car Sales & Service......36 Hughes Workshop.................... 2

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Plumbing & Heating Bournemouth Plumbing Solutions....15 J C Gas......................................12 P L H Heating............................23 UltraHeat Plumbing.................. 1

Health & Fitness B Active B Healthy....................36

Puzzles & Competitions Crossword.................................22 Kids Page.................................. 8 Prize Wordsearch......................33 Sudoku......................................22

Hearing Aid Services Clarity Hearing Solutions..........13

Renewable Energy Solutions Nick Good Property Services.....29

Home Care Services Right at Home..........................32

Stair Parts Briggs Products.........................17

Hot Tub Hire Party Tub Hire...........................35

Tree Surgeons Broadoak Tree Care..................12 RHV........................................... 5

Garden Services

Bees Landscapes.......................... 16 David Burgess Garden Design....35 Green Thumb............................23

Hotels, Bars & Restaurants Banana Wharf..........................39 The Overcliff Pub......................19

Used Cars Coastal Car Sales & Service......36

Leather Goods Bolla Bags.................................21

Waste Services All-Clean Waste........................19

Lofts Loft Services..............................11

Water Softener Services Salts Direct...............................11

Memorial Services The Art Memorial Co................30

Website & Design Services AnPat Media.............................31

Drainage Services All Drains Cleared..................... 5 Chelsea Drainage Services........35

Model Shops Platform Models.......................35

Driveways & Paths Resin Drives..............................40

Motoring & Bike Accessories Motabitz................................... 9

Windows, Doors & Conservatories Allglaze.....................................16 Cloudy2Clear Windows.............25 Dorset Windows....................... 7 Iris Windows.............................13

Entertainment Bournemouth G & S Society.....30

Oven Cleaners Oven King.................................17

Wooden Toys Wood & Wonder.......................17

Computer Services Apple Core Support................... 7 Denture Services Dorset Denture Clinic................16

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