The Christchurch Directory - May 2017

The Christchurch The independent directory of local businesses serving the residents of Christchurch, Fairmile, Iford, Purewell, Somerford, Mudeford, Friars Cliff & Burton

Delivered FREE to 12,000 homes & businesses in the BH23 area

May 2017

Directory In this issue:

Win a pair of tickets to see Bournemouth Concert Brass at the Regent Centre The Christchurch & Highcliffe Brass Band Open Day at Christchurch Sailing Club in May Adventures of Nellie

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Custom fitted furniture handmade in Dorset.

A family run business with over 40 years experience.

Wardrobes Lounge and Media Units Angled Units Home Offices Storage Solutions for every room

Call 01202 823231 for your free, no obligation design consultation

www.customcreations.furniture Showroom open hours: Mon - Fri: 9am – 5.30pm | Sat: 9am – 2pm | Sun: By appointment Unit 1, Enterprise Park, Blackmoor Road, Ebblake Industrial Estate, Verwood, BH31 6YS

A family run, quality business We are a local, family owned and run business, with over 30 years experience. From your initial enquiry to completed installation you can rely on our friendly, professional service and quality products.

Visit us or call

01202 825225 for your free, no obligation quotation Double Glazed PVC windows A+ as standard Triple Glazed PVC windows A++ as standard

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PVC or aluminium windows Composite doors Bi-folding doors Traditional conservatories Contemporary 'skyroom' Verandas Roofline – fascias, soffits & guttering Cladding – smooth or textured 10 year guarantee on all workmanship and materials

12 Victory Close, Woolsbridge Industrial Estate, Three Legged Cross BH21 6SX

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Welcome...

The Christchurch Directory

Welcome to the May issue of your local Directory! Nellie, the Dorset Directories campervan enthusiastically took us to Stonehenge this month and what a trip that was.

Do read all about it inside as Nellie was quite taken with all that ‘atmosphere’. We certainly have had some good weather recently, so long may it continue I say. The sun definitely makes a difference and allows us to get out and about. Hayden will soon be starting his Surf Life Saving on the beach again and I can’t wait. We had such a good summer last year - we had never been on the beach so much! How lucky we are to live in such a glorious area.

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Published by:

Debbie & Stephen Corney at Dorset Directories Ltd

Telephone:

01202 894397

Email:

info@thechristchurchdirectory.co.uk

Copy deadline for the June 2017 edition: 15th May 2017

Disclaimer: Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that data in this publication is accurate, the publisher cannot accept any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause.

The Christchurch Directory does not officially endorse any advertising material included within the publication. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval systems or transmitted in any form, without prior permission of the publisher.

In the magazine this month we have some new advertisers as well as many loyal, regular ones. Can you see the new ones? They would all love to hear from you, so please don’t forget to mention us when making those important calls and bookings. It is twelve years (doesn’t time fly) since we started our first magazine and I still get excited when I hear how well ‘our’ businesses are doing! I feel quite responsible for them and the business owners most certainly appreciate you at home. Everyone wins.

The magazines are also on our overall website at www.dorsetpublications.co.uk and we have Facebook pages too. Put in the name of the magazine into Facebook and we will be there! The whole magazine can be viewed this way as well. If you have a local event please feel free to let us know and we can promote it for you. Nellie even has a Facebook page so do ‘follow’ her… I didn’t mean down the road though. If you do see her on the go, please give us a wave!

The lucky winner of the wordsearch last month was Debbie Luck. Well done!

We hope you have a great month of May. Best Regards,

Debbie & Stephen Corney

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We believe that by offering a good service, as well as a leading range of products, we will continue to build a growing list of happy customers into a successful business for today and tomorrow

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Christchurch Angels “Christchurch Angels has changed my life! I don’t know what I would do without them.”

“I cannot tell you how much my day to day life has improved since my Angel came into it three months ago.”

The Christchurch Angels project is led by the Christchurch Community Partnership, a local charity that aims to reach out to the most vulnerable in our community. The service supports adults who live alone and don’t have a network of family or friends, to give help in times of crisis or illness.

Established in September 2013 the programme is managed by two part time staff but supported by 35 trained volunteer Angels drawn from all walks of life. It has supported over 200 clients since it began.

Clients are usually referred to the Angels through local GP practices, hospitals, social services and voluntary organisations. The support provided varies widely according to need. For example, it could be: • a regular weekly contact during a time of bereavement • giving clients the confidence to access services in the community following a hospital stay • simply taking a lonely client out for a coffee or for a walk Over recent years, the problems associated with loneliness and social isolation, especially among older people, have become a national priority.

National research indicates that loneliness and social isolation can be detrimental to people’s physical and mental wellbeing and can create additional problems for them. The role of the Angels is to reach out, understand and support isolated and vulnerable individuals, and to tackle loneliness with the professional service and support it provides.

However given the rigorous demands on the public purse and the huge demand for funds across the charitable sector, Christchurch Angels is now struggling to make ends meet and may soon have

to fold. The demise of this charitable communityfocused service would be a very sad day as borne witness by the many Christchurch residents it has assisted since 2013.

This note is a plea for you to make a donation to the Christchurch Angels project, however small or big you feel you can spare. For example a £20 donation will fund enough of the support costs to enable a week’s worth of befriending and £100 donation will provide for 6 weeks befriending.

Making the decision to donate is the difficult bit… donating is easy!!

Online: MyDonate website: https://mydonate. bt.com/charity/search.html Search for ‘Christchurch Community Partnership’ and follow the guidance.

By Cheque: Address the cheque to ‘Christchurch Community Partnership’ and send it to 43 Barrack Road, CHRISTCHURCH, BH23 1PA for the attention of the Treasurer, marking the back of the cheque ‘Christchurch Angels Project’.

Finally the thoughts of a local practice manager on the role played by the Angels: “A service like Angels can provide a massive level of support for our patients which relate to being house-bound, widowed, or who may be dealing with medical, social and everyday complexities. Often the assistance the Angels provide is something that cannot be provided by a GP, and/or is too ‘inconsequential’ for social services to be involved, yet can be something that provides a fundamental difference in comfort, well-being and crucially can mean that a patient does not become a concern for the GP or Social Services.”

For more information on what we do see: www.christchurchcommunitypartnership.org.uk www.christchurchangels.org,uk Christchurch Community Partnership is a Registered Charity: 1149162

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Community News

LOOKING FOR A NURSERY? Call 01202 490506 For more details or arrange a viewing www.burtondaynursery.co.uk

Lovely well established nursery on the outskirts of Christchurch.

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Avoid Troublesome Tenancies

From subletting to damage to your property, whilst cases of these are rare, some troublesome tenants can lead to loss of rent and expensive repair bills. Here are some quick tips to help you avoid troublesome tenancies before it all goes sour!

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Jeremy Clarke

Many tenants are looking for a place to call home, if your property is well presented, a house-proud tenant would be more likely to take care of it. It is often the case that how a property is presented goes a long way towards the type of tenants it attracts.

Making your property fresh, bright and clean with fantastic kerb appeal will help ensure you find tenants who truly want to look after it. The best question to ask yourself when it comes to this is, “why should a tenant care about your property if it looks like you don’t?”

Do your checks!

Rather than having to deal with troubleshooting once a tenancy has begun it’s always best practice to do your checks before it even starts. Full background checks including credit checks, identity checks and obtaining references from a prospect’s employer and former landlord will help to gauge whether they would be a fitting tenant or not and will ensure your property is tenanted with the best possible people. In addition making sure that the tenant has the right to rent could save you facing a stiff penalty!

Pay a visit We would always recommend periodical visits to your property, around once a quarter is advisable. Visits truly are the only way you can tell what is going on behind closed doors, ensuring your tenant is living within the rules of their tenancy agreement. These visits are also brilliant for getting to know your tenants, thus building a relationship and trust with them.

Help from the experts Easily the best way to ensure you avoid issues with tenants is to use a reputable agent to take some of the stress away from you. Belvoir Christchurch can source your tenant and manage the whole tenancy process, which means all of the referencing and checks are done professionally so you don’t have to worry about the tenants that will be living in your property, services range from finding a tenant and setting the tenancy up to fully managing your asset/investment.

As experienced experts, Belvoir Christchurch is equipped to ensure your property is tenanted and cared for in the best possible way. Contact Belvoir Christchurch to find out how they can manage the whole process for you, ensuring you have as little stress as possible!

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ADVERTORIAL

Cloudy2Clear Announce Trusted Trader Partnership Consumer champions Which? have now joined the thousands of customers who recognise that Cloudy2Clear Windows really are a business that you can TRUST. The company which specialises in repairing windows which are steamed up, broken or damaged by replacing the panes – not the frames has received the coveted ‘Which Trusted Trader’ status after going through a rigorous accreditation process entirely focussed on customer service.

Group Managing Director Marcus McGee believes that Which? have endorsed Cloudy2Clear’s long standing

company policy of delivering the highest standards possible at all times. ‘Our service is simple. If your double glazing has misted up we can replace the glass at a fraction of the cost of a new window, in any type of frame, and with a new 25 year guarantee. But it’s not just about saving people money, although that obviously helps. Whilst a number of tradespeople perhaps don’t focus on customer care as much as they should do, we make sure we turn up when we say we will, do the job the customer requires and leave their house as clean as a whistle.

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DQG Panager Justin Friel agrees that this approach is a major factor in his success. ‘The truth is that it’s not just the personal satisfaction that I get from doing a good job but also it makes good business sense. I get a huge amount of business from friends and family of people I’ve done work for, which just goes to show how much a little bit of effort is appreciated as both my customers and, obviously a body as nationally important as Which? now recognise.’

So, if your windows are steamed up, broken or damaged give Justin a call for a free quotation on 0800 61 21 118 and he’ll be happy to help!

Cloudy2Clear GUARANTEE All Customers That An Average Quote Will Take No Longer Than 20 Mins!!!

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Wildlife News

Talking about Wildlife...

Helping the birds Many of us will have wanted to help our familiar garden birds by putting up nest boxes for them to use in the spring. We rightly love the sight of the blue tits and robins taking advantage of our help.

But beyond our gardens, out on our beautiful heaths, there are other birds which cannot be helped by our thoughtful actions, such as putting up nest boxes.

This is because their specialist lifestyle involves nesting on the ground amongst the heather and bracken. So, these birds need our help and thoughtfulness in another way. They very much need us to think constantly about not disturbing them as they keep vigil on their eggs or chicks when we go out on the heath. We, or our dogs, only have to stray a very short distance from a path for a rare woodlark or nightjar to be scared off its vulnerable nest - quite possibly causing the bird to fail to breed successfully. A failed year is very significant to such rare birds which Nightjar

Photo: Steve Davis

Woodlark Nest - Photo: Andy Fale

can only breed on this rare habitat we are so lucky to have around us. This is why it is so important that we stick to the paths and keep our dogs on a lead from March, when the nesting season begins, right through the summer, when it ends.

None of us would deliberately destroy the nest of a robin or blue tit, but it is terribly easy to unwittingly destroy the nest of a woodlark or nightjar just by leaving the paths or not keeping our dogs on a lead in the spring and summer. If we follow the ‘heathland code’ in this and other ways, we can both protect our the special wildlife of the heath and enjoy its beauty to the full.

Read the healthland code here: www.dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/ heathland-code

By Lesley Haskins, The Erica Trust

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Call either Dennis, Stuart or Debbie on

01202 487587

for honest, professional advice on all your property needs whether selling or buying.

Free No Obligation Market Appraisals Competitive Commission Rates Local & National Advertising Extremely Experienced Team

MICHAEL ADAM ESTATE AGENTS

237 Fairmile Road Christchurch, BH23 2LQ

Tel: 01202 487587

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Or telephone Barry Evans on for a FREE quotation

We have over 20 years experience and all our work is carried out by fully insured, fully qualified staff

Wickmeads A charming residential and dementia care home in the heart of Southbourne

Registered Charity No. 1014697

Wickmeads

has been purpose-built by Care South, a local not-for profit charity, to offer modern, comfortable facilities for residential and dementia care at a realistic cost. Residents can feel relaxed and at home, with quality care on hand 24-hours a day.

Arrange a visit, request a brochure and find out more at

www.care-south.co.uk or call Wickmeads on 01202 436490 CARE SOUTH IS A LEADING PROVIDER OF RESIDENTIAL AND HOME CARE ACROSS DORSET

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Community News

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John Young ‘pricked’ as The High Sheriff for Dorset 2017/18 John Young made his declaration of office as The High Sheriff for Dorset for 2017/18 at a special ceremony at Blandford’s old town hall in the Corn Exchange on Friday March 8th.

Each year a new High Sheriff is appointed and makes a public declaration of his loyalty to the Queen to start his shreival year. The High Sheriff supports the judiciary and the Crown and actively lends support and encouragement to crime prevention agencies, the emergency services and to the voluntary sector.

During the ceremony, the former High Sheriff, Sir Philip Williams, presented the Key of the Poole Town Gaol to the New High Sheriff.

Mrs Katharine Jones, partner at Humphries Kirk LLP, was appointed Under Sheriff for the sixth year. The Under Sheriff supports and

advises the High Sheriff in a legal capacity.

The Office of High Sheriff is an independent, non-political royal appointment for a single year. The origins of the office date back to Saxon times, when the ‘Shire Reeve’ was responsible to the king for the maintenance of law and order within the county, and for the collection and return of taxes owed to the Crown. Today, there are 55 High Sheriffs serving the counties of England and Wales each year.

The High Sheriff is selected or ‘pricked’ from the List of Sheriffs for England and Wales and is carried out on a voluntary basis with no part of the expense falling on the public purse.

The High Sheriff can be contacted through the Under Sheriff ’s office at 40 High West Street, Dorchester. (l-r) Louise Dutton, Katharine Jones, John Young, Sir Philip Williams, Rev’d Mitchell Innes

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Dorset Charities Conference 2017 Ward Goodman is returning to Queen Elizabeth School in Wimborne to host their annual Dorset Charities Conference on Thursday 6th July.

This event has earned its place in the Dorset events’ calendar by welcoming back charities and businesses for the sixth year running.

“This conference is special to the local charities’ community as it offers a day of variety, including listening to eminent speakers, learning from others and networking with specialist suppliers.

It’s a day organised for members of charities and community organisations to share ideas, experiences and identify opportunities to work together”, comments Ian Rodd, Managing Director of Ward Goodman.

This year the conference is supported

by DCCI, Alan & Thomas, Copyrite, and CAF Bank.

Trade stands, presentations and networking opportunities bring together charities and sector suppliers to facilitate collaborative working.

If you have a business that currently supplies or would like to supply the charities sector; if you are a volunteer or professional looking for help with CPD training; or you would just like to come along; please visit our website: www.wardgoodman.co.uk/ charities-conference or call us on 01202 875900

DCC DORSET CHARITIES CONFERENCE

The Dorset Charities Conference 2017 10am - 5pm (doors open at 9am for trade

& charities stand registration)

Thursday 6th July 2017 Queen Elizabeth’s School, Wimborne This year’s event includes: • Trade Stands

• Networking Opportunities

• Presentations

• Lunch and Refreshments

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To book please visit: www.wardgoodman.co.uk/charities-conference If you have any queries or need more information please contact 01202 875 900

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Community News

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Hengistbury Head Wildlife Gardeners The weather has been somewhat fickle of late, what with hail and then rain, so how wonderful to now be outside with the sun shining.

We have prepared the meadow and will soon be sowing our lovely area on one side of the grass path. This year we have started a perennial meadow on the right of the grass so that some plants come up every year without sowing again. This includes wild plants such as Plantain, Teasle and Thistles - all attractive to wildlife.

Sorting the ancient wheat from the chaff is almost complete and we are going to trial a spring sowing.

Thanks again to Butser Farm for helping us with this project, which is part of thinking about planting using historical Hengistbury Head horticulture.

The Fritillaria are looking superb and we are very pleased they seem established and multiplying in the woodland.

Just a reminder that we are very proud to be a part of the National Garden Scheme for the first time this year.

Look forward to seeing you in the garden soon.

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KINGS PARK NURSERY

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My father has excluded my brother from his will leaving everything to me – I don’t think it’s fair.

Is there anything I can do about this and what are the inheritance tax consequences for me?

You can either give your brother a large financial gift from your own pocket once you receive your inheritance however for the value of this gift to fall outside your estate for inheritance tax purposes, you must survive the gift by 7 years.

there to be no inheritance tax implications for you, these include:-

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consideration in money or money’s worth (i.e. your brother cannot compensate you in another way for the benefit he is receiving via the Deed)

 It must be in writing  The Deed must contain a statement relating to the section of the Inheritance Tax Act which applies to the variation

Alternatively, if it is under 2 years since your father died you can make a Deed of Variation which will vary the terms of your Father’s Will to divide his estate how you wish. All parties affected by the variation must agree, but if minor children are affected the court’s permission may be required.

Its vital that you obtain independent legal advice before making any changes to any inheritance that you receive to ensure all formalities have been complied with.

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When purchasing a property searches are extremely valuable and provide peace of mind that the property is not going to be effected by any particular issues or problems. Depending on the property various searches you can undertake, the most common searches are: Local Authority Searches provide details about planning, building regulations, preservation orders, planned road schemes, parking restrictions, etc.

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Adventures of Nellie

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The Adventures of Nellie The Dorset Directories Camper Van Stonehenge. What an atmospheric place.

Did you know that henge literally means a prehistoric monument consisting of a circle of stone or wooden uprights? It is English in origin too. Well Nellie was very excited to take us to such a place. It is still unknown as to exactly what the stones were used for.

Nellie’s imagination ran riot (it doesn’t take much) and she was worried that she might be ceremonially sacrificed to the Gods at dawn. I didn’t like to remind her that she was not that young anymore and probably a little more “experienced” than those maidens offered as a reward to the gods many years ago. I think Nellie still thinks she is in her early twenties, but in campervan terms it is more like her 80’s. We all get delusional from time to time don’t we and Nellie certainly was having one of those moments.

Now Nellie is no historian, but she found out that the stones were erected about 5000 years ago! Wow that is amazing. No wonder Stonehenge is an international landmark and one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments. They are even older than Nellie! The stone circle was built in the late Neolithic period around 2500BC. This was an Era, a New Stone Age, and a development of human technology. I wonder how those people would react today with the technology we have now? Can you

Stephen tries the test of strength!

Nellie admires the impressive visitor centre image how many people it would have taken to drag those stones into place, probably on rolling wood and a pulley system? Nellie was impressed. Steve gave it his best shot, but that stone did not move as you can see!

The day we arrived, a beautiful sunny day, it was busy but not as busy as I imagine in the summer months. There were many many foreign visitors which really highlighted how popular and well known our wonderful monument is. Standing in the queue we were asked if we were Heritage members?

It may be a good sales pitch, but it did make sense to join, as one more historic trip to one of their many sites and we will have paid for the membership. Us Brits like a bargain don’t we. The money is used for a good cause too and Nellie always likes to help where she can. So, as a family, we became Heritage members. Hayden did point out, in his very serious, ‘old head on young shoulders’ manner that we should use it and not waste what we had bought… as we have done before. Very sensible. I am sure you have never done that. As newly fledged English Heritage Members (it sounds good doesn’t it) we were also given useful, informative headsets giving lots of history while we walked around. All included in the price.

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29 29 As soon as you get off the very well laid out bus ride to the site itself you feel something very atmospheric and mystical about the whole area. Nellie was particularly taken with the Heel Stone which sits outside of the circle a little distance away. It is rugged, made of sandstone and somewhat resembles an old man bending slightly. The sun rises from him every day. Fascinating.

You could envisage all his wisdom gained over thousands of years, all his sightings and learning. This stone commanded respect.

The stretch of English rolling countryside and feeling of space can really set those creative and imaginative juices flowing.

Were there people from outer space who knew about these stones? Nellie got the impression there was The Heel much more ‘out there’.

Stone The whole expanse of land and sky lent itself to daydreaming and pondering the meaning of life, where we came from, are there others, what will happen to us? Many were sitting gazing up to the sky.

Some were just having sandwiches.

The stones of the central cluster, brought to the site about 2500 BC, are of two types – the larger sarsens (sandstone) and the smaller bluestones. The sarsens were erected in two concentric arrangements and there is something about the layout,

The enigmatic stones themselves

The Corney-stone Family? the carefully placed heavy lintels across the vertical stones that draw you in and make you wonder what they were all about.

You can almost ‘see’ men in robes slowly putting one foot in front of another, head down, walking around the circle. The Blue Stones in the inner circle seem to have an ‘energy’ to them… or was Nellie just getting all carried away again? We know how easy that is! Then of course there are the burial mounds which all add to the atmosphere and age of this spiritually inspiring location.

In the museum there are skeletons from that time. With today’s technology, it is possible to know what these people ate, how old they were and what they did for a living.

Incredible. The whole day was fascinating.

All in all, Stonehenge is for those who wish to have some spiritual enlightenment, those who love our wonderful English rolling countryside or those who just like to have a family day out. Nellie was delighted that she visited and very glad she was not sacrificed to the Gods. The English Heritage have many places to visit and I am sure we will have fun finding other locations to visit and ponder over.

We did end the day with some good retail therapy at the Wilton Shopping Village just a few miles away… to bring us back down to Earth. It was a good excuse of course.

Where will Nellie take us next…

By Debbie Corney

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Broadview: A Family Business It all started in the back room of a hardware store in the late seventies, when David Pratt decided to start selling blinds within his already successful timber business in Broadstone. Whilst incredibly ambitious, David could never have imagined that this extra merchandise would one day transform into a multi-million pound business.

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Are you retired or semi-retired and seeking active stimulating interests?

With well over 1,000 members and approx. a 100 interest groups, Christchurch U3A is a local organisation that provides lifeenhancing opportunities for those who are either retired or semi-retired.

Created and run by members for members who come together in small groups to learn new skills. At the same time making friends and sharing interests with other likeminded people.

No qualifications are required to join, and no exams are taken. You progress at your own rate of learning. Members join for the sheer joy of discovery and the many social pleasures it brings by sharing with others.

Learning new skills can, and is FUN.

For further information visit our web site at: www.christchurchu3a.org.uk

or you can visit our office at the Epicentre, Druitt Hall Approach, High Street in Christchurch. Tel: 01202 480027 Office opening times (during term time only) 10am to 12 noon Monday - Wednesday - Friday

Introducing Christchurch Watersports The evening of 29 March 2017 saw the launch of Christchurch Watersports, a new Club for Kayaking, Canoeing and Stand Up Paddle boarding. The Club will be developed according to the needs of its members and focuses on the River Stour, Christchurch Harbour and the surrounding waters. It is a member led Club.

Members will be able coached to British Canoeingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2 Star award and we are putting together an exciting calendar of activities.

The Christchurch Watersports Club has been formed by a group of experienced kayakers and highly qualified coaches who are committed in developing schemes and projects to enable children and adults of all ages to take part and get on the water.

The Club hopes to work with the other Kayak, Canoeing and Stand Up Paddle boarding Clubs in the area to share good practice and

to ensure that participants in these exciting sports are maximising the waters in this area.

The Club is actively developing opportunities to create one of the few Kayak Polo Teams in the area, who after training will compete for the area.

For more information please contact the Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Manger, Simon Rham on gm@christchurch-watersports.co.uk or find us on our Facebook page.

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Gardening Tips

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• Keep on earthing up your potatoes to prevent the tubers from turning green.

• If you’re planted peas don’t forget that they’ll need some support from sticks or netting that they can climb up.

• With snow in April you’ll probably need to catch up with sowing crops that it was too cold for last month.

• As the risk of frost passes, tender crops such as tomatoes or peppers can either be planted out, or on into grow bags.

• Start winter greens such as cabbages, sprouting broccoli and Brussels sprouts in a seedbed for transplanting to their final positions later.

If you’ve lost seedlings or had trouble getting them started with all the cold weather don’t forget that you can always buy plants that have already been started. Buying young plants in is a great way to experiment with different varieties too - with so many types of tomato available it’s more fun to have several plants, each of different kinds, than half a dozen all the same. There’s a good plant stand at the monthly farmers market, and several garden centres or local growers nearby.

May is the time to start off that wonderfully easy vegetable - the courgette. If you’ve never grown courgettes before then I can highly recommend it as they give such a high yield from even just a couple of plants. In fact that would be my main advice - don’t be tempted to grow too many or you’ll be inundated! Plant the seeds undercover or on a windowsill from the beginning of the month.

Put two seeds to a pot, laying them on their sides and covering with about 1” of compost. They usually germinate in a week to ten days and grow

pretty rapidly. Remove the weaker of the seedlings (I always feel guilty when I do this! If it looks good I re-pot it). When the seedlings have four to 6 leaves start to harden off by placing outside during the day. Plant out after all risk of frost has passed. You can also start courgettes outside, directly into the bed in which they’ll grow but I’d wait until later in the month when the soil is a bit warmer. The plants will grow quickly, producing exotic looking yellow flowers (look out for recipes for the flowers too).

For maximum yields the plants should be harvested regularly. Tiny courgettes are very tasty, and don’t be tempted too turn your back on the plants for too long as they grow large at an amazing rate! Be careful with watering when seedlings as the stems can rot, but they’ll need plenty of water once they have grown. If you’re short of space courgettes can be grown in grow bags, planting two to a bag.

With summer in mind, don’t forget to keep planting your salad crops. As well as the traditional lettuce there are a host of other salad leaves that can be grown, and it’s usually possible to buy packets of mixed salad seeds. Get in the habit of planting some at least once a fortnight - use some of the leaves to cut and come again for tasty fresh salad, transplanting some lettuces outside and allowing them to grow on to full size.

If you planted beetroot seeds out in March or April the chances are that they’ll have suffered with the very cold weather that we had last month. Another row sown now may well give you much better results.

Fancy your own, home grown, Brussels sprouts with Christmas dinner? They need quite a long growing time, so think about starting them around now.

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Community News

The Christchurch & Highcliffe Brass Band The Christchurch and Highcliffe Brass Band, formed in 1907 as The Highcliffe Silver Band rehearse in the Burton Green United Reform Church Hall, where they have been made most welcome by the church.

Under Musical Director, Lawrence Butchart, well known in local banding circles, the band is part of village life performing at the Scout Carnival, Carols on the Green and Good Friday Raising of The Cross celebration. This year the band will be playing at Bransgore Fun Day, Highcliffe Castle, Lymington and Christchurch Quay bandstands and The Woolpack Sopley as well as Ashley Baptist and The Immanuel Churches.

Along with the traditional brass band hymns and marches, the band has a broadly based repertoire. From show tunes to film scores, classical overtures, pop tunes and jazz.

Audiences enjoy the accessible melodies and the band enjoy playing challenging arrangements.

The membership is drawn from across the area. In age from 14 to 93. Many started playing at a very young age and continued, others took a break when families and work demanded and others started to learn and play when life became less demanding. All work hard to improve their playing and for

all, the importance of playing music and giving pleasure to the audiences is key.

A friendly and sociable band with the band’s motto ‘People in Harmony’. It is now 24 strong but having lost players to University, retirement and emigration is looking to recruit more members in order to improve and provide a high quality brass band for all.

Contact us if you’ve played before or want to learn. We are happy to help.

If you are organising an event and would like some traditional live English music, the Christchurch and Highcliffe Brass Band are delighted to offer our services.

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Money Saving Tips

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It’s cold, wet, and miserable, so no wonder this is the peak summer holiday booking period. However, with the pound recently at a 32 year low against the dollar, and matching the awful rates of 2013 against the euro, this year it’s likely to be a challenge to get a decent price. The weak pound not only hits holiday spending, but hotels, car hire and more, so here are my 10 top tips for keeping costs down.

1. Pocket the perfect plastic to make the pound perform. Spend abroad and most credit cards add a 3% ‘non-sterling transaction fee’ which means £100 of euros costs £103 and some then load other charges on top. However, there are a range of specialist cards that don’t add that fee. So, you get that day’s same near-perfect rate that the banks do, in every country. My top two long term picks, as well as good exchange rates, have low cash fees - the www.creation. co.uk Everyday card and www.halifax. co.uk Clarity. Spending on these is super cheap, usually easily smashing the best bureau de change rates.

Yet only do this if you’ll repay the card IN FULL each month, to avoid the 18.9% ish representative APR. It’s worth noting if instead of spending on the card you withdraw foreign cash and spend that, you will pay interest even if you clear in full, but even with that added they’re still not that costly. For full info on top cards, and an eligibility calculator so you can see which you’re most likely to be accepted for go to www.mse.me/

payabroad.

2. One hotel room can have hundreds of prices. Once you know what hotel you want, always check to see if it’s being sold cheaper elsewhere, use comparison sites www.trivago.co.uk and www.travelsupermarket.com for a wide-ranging search (and always call the hotel to see if it’ll beat the price). The difference can be £100s.

3. With car hire book it early and buy insurance elsewhere. If hiring abroad, generally early booking is cheaper, what costs £10 a day now can be £40 a day when you get there. Here’s the three key steps: a) Do a comparison to find your cheapest. I’d try www.kayak.co.uk, www.carrentals.co.uk and if needed www.skyscanner.net too. b) Check stealth fuel charges. Some try and make you pay for a full tank and return it empty - adding £80ish if you don’t drive far. The above, apart from Kayak, let you filter by fuel policy. c) Don’t fall for their insurance up-sell.

When you pick up a car they’ll often try and fear sell you up to £25/day insurance on top – to cover the large excess if you have any claims. If you’ll pay for this, instead use excess insurance comparison site www.moneymaxim. co.uk before you go and you can often @MoneySavingExpert find a policy from £2 a day. Yet if you do

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on a credit (not debit) card which can be €1,000+.

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Find best holiday cash in seconds. Just +ROLGD\ %RRNLQJV use my www.travelmoneymax.com site which compares 30 online bureaux to find which gives you the best rates in seconds, factoring all fees.

5. Speedily find the cheapest flights. The obvious start point again are comparison sites. My top picks are www.skyscanner. net, www.kayak.co.uk and www. momondo.co.uk which include most airlines and booking sites like Expedia and ebookers. Yet if you really want to slash flight costs, you need to get clever, such as using ethnic specialist travel agents and checking out airline code sharing deals. For full help see www. mse.me/cheapflights.

6. Don’t forget the good old fashion package holiday. Package holidays are where you usually get flights, hotels and transfers in one. They can still be the cheapest especially if you’re going away for 7, 10 or 14 days in a traditional holiday destination like Benidorm.

Both www.travelsupermarket.com and www.icelolly.com have comparison sites. Then once you’ve got up a price, if you want to shave a little off, you can call up other agents to see if they’ll sell you the same holiday at a cheaper price.

7. Book travel insurance AS SOON as you book the holiday. Every year people email me saying something sadly akin to, “I’m due on holiday in a few months, but I’ve just been given a cancer diagnosis and can’t go, the airline won’t let me cancel, what can I do?” The answer is ‘that’s what travel insurance is

for’. Yet many people only book it just before they go. Waiting defeats half the point of having the cover – which is to protect you in the event cancellation is needed due to illness, a death in the family or something else. Full help on the cheapest policies, including for over 65s in www.mse.me/travelinsurance.

8. Booked EasyJet – keep checking the price. If your EasyJet price drops after you’ve booked it – excluding in a sale – you can just call it up to ask for the difference back in vouchers. Jo emailed: “We got an £803 voucher... all thanks to you.”

9. Check if your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is still valid. The free EHIC means if you’re in an EU (and a few others) country you can use a state GP or hospital for the same price as a local, so if it’s free for them, it’s free for you. It’s valuable extra protection (alongside travel insurance). Yet it’s not valid for millions, this is nothing to do with Brexit, but simply that it has a valid until date and 5.3 million expired in the last year. Check yours, if it is, go to www. nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/ EHIC to get a new one for FREE (don’t Google this, you’ll find shyster sites trying to charge you to do it who add nothing to the process).

10. Be careful boozing on holiday. A final thought. If you’re going to drink on holiday (and let’s be honest, for many people that’s half what it’s about), remember this may invalidate your travel insurance claim. So, take it easy, and if you won’t take it easy, at least think about what belongings you’re taking with you! @MoneySavingExpert

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Friends of the Red House Museum & Gardens

Garden Party The Friends invite you to join them at their Garden Party in the museum gardens on the 10th June 2017.

From 12.00pm to 3.00pm.

Various Charity stalls to include Plants, Books, Tombola, Bric-a-brac and amusements for the children.

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The popular afternoon tea with homemade cakes will feature as usual.

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Entrance is free.

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