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Welcome to the December issue.

Christmas is just around the corner and we are fast approaching the end of one year and moving steadily into the next.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all readers, advertisers, contributors and councillors/parish councils for their continued support and I look forward to continuing to deliver ‘your local community magazine’ throughout 2020.

To get you in the festive spirit our ‘Dates for your Diary’ section on pages 14 and 15 are packed with Christmas events leading up to the big day.

The island is home to a wonderful array of wildlife and should you come across any in an injured or distressed state our handy list of contact details on page 7 will be able to point you in the right direction of who should be your first port of call.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and I look forward to catching up with you soon.

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News report from Cllr Steve Hastings.

Mobile: 07870127024 E-mail: steve.hastings@iow.gov.uk Twitter - @cllr_hastings Battle for our buses - Following an email from a Brighstone resident that is reliant on our bus service, which is clearly inadequate I have decided to set up another meeting with Southern Vectis.

This time though I am not just asking for more buses and them explaining that the number 12 (or 6) is not used enough to make it viable, I want to go to them with some evidence that if they put on more buses and later buses they would be used so to this end we have set up a petition which will come your way at some point or can be found in the Brighstone Surgery, Newsagents and village stores. I can then go to them with signatures of residents who have stated in the petition that they would use the service if it were introduced.

The resident has also set up a petition on change.org on Facebook, which is shared publicly.

We are also looking for the No12 services to be extended to Yarmouth with a later return service so that residents can use evening facilities and leave the car at home but still be able to get home afterwards, this was something we discussed previously with Southern Vectis and was being considered as a possibility.

I am also asking for a later return from Newport as the current last bus from Newport being around 5.30pm is restrictive.

With the Blanchards development looking more likely now with a new developer and architect involved there is even more reason to have a better bus service available which I will also use as an argument with Southern Vectis.

At the end of the day Southern Vectis is a commercial company and they will only make a decision to add services if they are used and it is commercially viable for them to do so.

This same approach could be taken for other parishes in Central Wight to improve services from Southern Vectis.

FYT Bus - Residents might be aware that the FYT bus service through Brighstone was also cut a short while ago and this was due to low usage numbers and the loss of the driver for the route due to illness at the time. As a Trustee of FYT Bus I am holding discussions with them as well in case Southern Vectis still won’t make the changes necessary to provide a good service for us then perhaps with the same commitment to use petition I might be able to persuade them to put the service back on but with better connections to Newport and Yarmouth and regular services for reliability which could cover other Parishes in central Wight.

This of course can only happen if Southern Vectis decide not to give us a reasonable service, as there are certain regulations in place to be dealt with.

The FYT bus service also relies heavily on volunteer drivers, which does make it difficult to run a reliable service, as drivers are hard to come by especially on a regular basis.

West Wight Meeting - There was a meeting of West Wight Town and Parish Councils recently where I was asked to present updates to the Military Road. continued over the page

News report from Cllr Steve Hastings continued I was able to bring to the meeting a Civil Engineer who showed us what action is being taken on the erosion at Brook and how they will install a 26m retaining wall which in this case does need planning permission due to Environmental and ecological issues.

The structures engineer informed us that this retaining wall would be longer lasting and more successful than the original plan of a bridge installed, as the wall will be more adaptable and flexible than a bridge. This will keep the erosion at bay and keep the Military Road in use for another 20-25 years.

This will mean initially other Town and Parish Councils can borrow the equipment and decide if a group of them wish to purchase their own equipment or not.

Mechanical Treatment Plant - The new Mechanical Treatment Plant at Forest Park has now finished all tests and has passed successfully. We have now received our certificate, which means we can make full use of the facility.

The second phase of the works is to complete the energy from waste part of the site, which is very exiting to get on with especially as now the cables are going in as part of the St. Mary’s junction Also on the agenda at this meeting was improvements. This is a more challenging speeding which is an issue across the section of the project but is still on target West Wight including the Military Road at present for spring/Summer of next especially with motor bikes which really year for completion and hand over. Once need more policing and as Hampshire this plant is up and running we will be Constabulary get their numbers up diverting 90% of our waste from landfill following the review recently and more and supplying heat and electricity to local resources promised to Hampshire and the buildings like the hospital, prison and Isle of Wight hopefully this can be looked others. at.

Meanwhile for other roads up to 30mph there is a chance to reintroduce Speed Watch to the area as Newport and Carisbrooke Community Council has voted positively to purchase the required equipment and get volunteers trained up by Hampshire Constabulary, for this we need at least 6 volunteers and the training is free.

With best wishes, Steve

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Emergency contact details for wildlife

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With thanks to Nature Therapy CIC for supplying this handy list of contact numbers should any readers come across hurt or distressed wildlife.

Badgers - 01983 717740 Bats - 01983 406756 Bees - Tag Chris Van Wyk or Kate Bucci on Bunbury Bees Facebook page Birds of Prey - 01983 530885 Deer - 01983 638680 Dormice - 01983 717740 Ferrets - 07477967878 Foxes - 01983 521778 or 01983 717740 Gulls - 01983 717740 Hedgehogs - 01983 613145 Lizards - Tag Kirsty Smiff on IOW Nature Facebook page Marine Mammals - 01825 765546 Pet birds - 07525856911 or 07939103398 Seabirds - 01983 717740 Seahorses - 07876513628 Sharks - 01752 672008 Squirrels - 01983 613145 Swans - 01983 717740 Wild Birds - 07765564479 RSPCA 0300 1234 999

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Totland Parish Council News Totland Parish Councillors and the Clerk would like to wish all residents in Totland a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

As always we would like to thank all the volunteers for their time again this year, you continue to do an amazing job by keeping Totland flowering and the War Memorial looked great for Remembrance Sunday. We would also like to thank West Wight Men in Sheds who are based on the Recreation Ground for painting the Parish Office and Totland Men in Sheds for the maintenance to the Memorial seats on Turf Walk and Stokes Green.

Remembrance Sunday - The Royal British Legion would like to thank everyone again this year for all their efforts in raising much needed funds. It was a superb turn out at All Saints, Freshwater. The Parade will be in Totland next year and on completion, there will be a Remembrance Sunday service at Christchurch.

Senior Citizens Christmas Lunch at the Memorial Hall - Totland Councillor Jan Cave leads this event which will take place on Wednesday 4th December at 1pm.

before the Meet and Eat and they encourage you to bring your empty plastic bottles and have them refilled with eco-friendly products. There is washing up liquid, multipurpose cleaner, liquid soap, shampoo, conditioner, laundry liquid and fabric conditioner. Five sessions are held during the month at various locations, see poster in Parish window for these.

CONTACT DETAILS: Parish Clerk – Mrs Helen Gibbs - Telephone 756028 Totland Parish Council, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay, PO39 0AX. Email: totlandparishco@googlemail.com or follow the Clerk on Twitter@TotlandClerk.

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Christmas Opening Times - The Parish Office will close on Thursday 19th December 2019 at 12.30pm and reopen on Monday 6th January 2020.

Meet & Eat & Plastic Refill Scheme - both events are run by the West Wight Timebank who are a not for profit scheme.

Meet & Eat meet at St Saviours Holy Family Centre from 12noon on the first Friday of each month and the next meet will be Friday 6th December. All are welcome.

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Abuse has Evolved You don’t need a bruise to be abused.

You don’t have to hit to hurt.

Abuse is no longer just physical! Just because a person doesn’t put their hands on you, that doesn’t mean they aren’t abusive. ABUSE is control, blatant disrespect and hurtful words.

It doesn’t just happen to women. Men can be victims too.

Break the Cycle CIC has been running since 2016 and was founded by Maggie Currie after she realised there was a gap in the support needed by people who had suffered domestic abuse. She has worked tirelessly to obtain grant funding and donations to run the FREE Mind the Gap courses which are aimed at anyone who has suffered abuse in any form.

Their regular 12 week courses are attended by local men and women and they can learn how to rebuild their It is NOT okay confidence and move forward positively in their lives on their • To be humiliated in public own terms. The sessions help • For you to be forced to do something you do build support networks, learn not agree with new skills and increase • To be told you are ugly or unattractive self-belief.

• To be forced to choose between your friends or partner/wife/husband • To be controlled • To be made to feel guilty for somebody else’s anger. It is their issue and not your fault.

These FREE to attend courses have produced amazing results by those attending. They have changed the thinking of some people in such a way as they have made the decision not to commit suicide.

Others have discovered they are valuable members of society after continuously being told how worthless they were and some have gone on to start their own businesses, gone back into education or, just as importantly, escaped from their abusive relationship and now live confidently on their own terms.

The next courses begin in January 2020. The women only course begins on Tuesday 7th January at 10am and the men only course begins on Thursday 9th January at 6pm.

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One Great Island of People, Living in Many Communities Caring and Creative, Inclusive and Dynamic Striving to achieve equality of opportunity in all things and living life to the full

INSPIRATIONAL FUTURES

Our Island is steeped in history, has a workforce and community spirit to be proud of and its location inspires innovation and creativity I Believe that Island people deserve to be listened to and have their issues and concerns strongly represented at the highest levels of Government. By putting Island People First and at the centre of democracy.

I will be voting for what best fits the needs of our Island People, in a way that is transparent, inclusive and community focused.

Our Health and Well-Being comes first

above all else and we must support our local NHS, and health workers in finding new ways in addressing the shortfalls of staff and funding. We must invest if we are all to live a good and long life. I will continue to fight for better funding with improved Health and Mental Healthy Services.

I Will Inspire Island Residents, encourage community development, raise peoples spirits and help improve our Island’s Profile. Our people are innovative and creative. I will seek to promote all that is good about our Island.

The World We Live In Is The Source Of All That We Are And Hope To Be.

The Isle of Wight and United Kingdom is well placed with its innovation technologies and can make a significant contribution in supporting the reductions of pollutants.

There are financial and employment rewards for our businesses in creating environmental innovations. Our Island is in a great position to test new technologies and green innovations.

We must take climate change seriously.

ple when peo s en p p ha ly on , Change te, are engaged get involved, voer to demand it. and join togeth I would want to see a small Island visitor tax introduced to fund Cross-Solent Patient Transport and environmental projects.

We need to assertively address safety concerns, have more police on the streets and respond quicker to criminal activity. Restorative justice needs to reflect the wishes of victims better.

Environmental Health requires improved enforcement powers.

Our Cross-Solent ferry operators need a centralised, co-ordinated out of town vehicle check-in. We cannot block Yarmouth, Fishbourne or East Cowes highways.

We need to raise education attainment standards across the board, in Schools Higher Education and within existing workforce populations. This requires diversity of learning.

We do need a fixed link feasibility study. The outcome of which must be put to our Island people in a referendum. Our people will decide what kind of Island they choose to live on in the future.

Our Island is well placed for green innovation and testing technologies.

We cannot keep building houses without providing services, jobs or infrastructure.

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Freshwater Parish Council

Working For The Community. Cllr Anne Bamford

New Parish Clerk - We now have a new parish clerk Heather Rowell and she is happy for you to contact her with any queries you might have. Our telephone number is 01983 752000. The office is open Monday to Friday 10am - 12pm.

and making it difficult, especially for young families with pushchairs or for those that have to use a wheelchair. Please try to use allocated spaces.

Military Road - I was pleased to find out that Island Roads have a plan to install Local Police - Recently I met with Sergeant a 26 metre long retaining wall on the sea edge using ground anchors at Brook Justin Pringle who is part of the Patrol Chine. This is to help to keep the road and Neighbourhoods West Wight Rural protected from erosion for the next few Team. Over the last few weeks he has years. The work should take place early been talking to town and parish councils. next year.

He has found that we are all concerned with excessive speeding in our areas. This Just Ask Mel - Our Place Family Session is enforced by the districts Road Policing with take place on the 5th December Unit. As communities he feels that ‘we all have a part to play here.’ Sergeant Pringle Reminder that Meet and Eat at St Saviours takes place on the 6th December. is trying to rejuvenate ‘Speedwatch’ and needs local volunteers to assist in this.

Christmas - Our parish assistant administrator Clodagh has been working If you would like to take part then hard to get everything ready for this please contact the parish office. If you Festive time in Freshwater. Christmas are interested in what is happening in street lights will be turned on by the 29th Freshwater then please use police.uk and of November. you will be able to see reported crimes in our area.

We are supporting Stefan Powell from The Freshwater Coffee House who has kindly Banners at Blackhut Green - We are organised a Community Carols Around the happy for banners to be put up on our fence and to do this you must first ring the Tree at the Library on the 20th December between 6-7pm. Everyone is welcome. parish office to get permission from the Clerk. Charity banners are free but they Shop Window Competition - Due to the only should be put up just a week before the event takes place and then taken down success of last year and how it brightened up our village we are running the straight away. Companies have to competition again this year. The judging pay a fee to put a banner up for a month.

Any that are put up without permission will will take place between 16th-18th of December and the winner announced on be taken down. the 20th.

Parking on Pavements - We are concerned about vehicles parking opposite On behalf of Freshwater Parish Council Sainsbury’s. They are blocking the footpath I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Every Monday, Wednesday & Friday from 10am – 3pm – West Wight Men In Sheds, Totland Recreation Ground. Come along and Learn Things, Make Things & Drink Tea. Why not come along on a Monday morning between 10 -12 for our weekly coffee morning and find out what we are all about.

Due to the popularity of the event there will be a free park and ride service from Seaclose Recreation Ground.

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Thursday 5th and 19th December - Gentle Duplicate Bridge from 2pm – 4.30pm at Every Monday - The Games Lounge for Wesley Hall, Freshwater Methodist Church.

50+ year olds at the West Wight Sports £2.50 includes tea/coffee and biscuits. For & Community Centre. Drop in anytime more info contact Philip 07712 108645 between 1pm and 4pm. Entrance fee £2.

Take part for free with table tennis, pool, Thursday 5th – Sunday 8th December board games etc. and socialise over hot – Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival from 10am – 5pm. Well over 220 themedrink refills. decorated Christmas trees exhibited Every Tuesday – Freshwater Chess Club meet in various, very different locations in at the Conservative Club, Queens Road, Brighstone and Mottistone raising money Freshwater in the quiet upstairs room from for local charities. Viewing in all venues 7pm until 10pm. New members welcome of from 5th to the 8th and thereafter in three all grades. Contact Derek Rouse on 752911 venues until January 1st. Free admission for further information. to all concerts both during the festival and until late December. There will be a myriad Every Wednesday - Bridge for Beginners of attractions to entertain you. A Free Park at the West Wight Sports & Community and Ride will operate with buses following Centre. From 2-4pm. Turn up and play for £2. a circular route from the Isle of Wight Pearl and Brighstone Holiday Centre on the Every Thursday: Over 50s table tennis takes Military Rd. For more information go to place at West Wight Sports and Community http://www.fivechurches.org.uk/ Centre, 1.30 - 2.30 p.m. £2.00 Saturday 7th December – Vectis Radio Every Friday – Freshwater Market, Memorial Station Open Day from 10am to 12 midday Hall, Avenue Road from 8.30am til 12 noon. at the studio based at the Riverside Centre, Great range of stalls with something for Newport. Come and see how it all works everyone behind the scenes, meet some of the presenters, have a cuppa and some cake.

Sunday 1st December – Light up a Life All we ask is a minimum £1 donation to with Mountbatten. Dedicate a light on our help keep your community radio station Remembrance Tree and join us at 4pm for running. our Light up a Life service where our tree will be lit and we will light candles in memory Sunday 8th December - Santa Dash with of all those we have loved and lost. You can Mountbatten at Superbowl, Ryde Esplanade dedicate as many lights as you wish and - Registration Now Open. Walk, jog or run there is no minimum donation per light. continued over the page

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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY 3k or 5k along Ryde Seafront dressed as Santa! Suitable for all the family (including the dog!). Spectators can come and see the Santa on mass and cheer on their loved ones. Everyone who takes part will receive a Santa Suit, and everyone who crosses the finish line receives a special Santa Dash medal, in recognition of their support for Mountbatten. Prices; Adults £16 + £3.50 p&p, Children (Under 16) £10. Start time 11am check in open from 10am. For more information go to www.mountbatten.org. uk/event/santa-dash-with-mountbatten Wednesday 1st January - Sandown Carnival New Year Firework Display. To celebrate the end of our 130th Anniversary year and the start of 2020 we will be holding a fantastic firework display from Sandown Pier on New Years Day. The display starts at 6pm and although the event is free, please give generously to the collectors so that we can stage our November Celebrations again in 2020. Event subject to weather conditions on the day.

FRESHWATER LIBRARY EVENTS Every Tuesday at 10am - Knit and Natter/ Crochet and Chatter Group. Meet up with others regularly with whatever craft appeals to you, and receive help and advice if you need it.

Rhymetime - Every Friday at 10.30am - free weekly half hour session of rhymes, actions and songs that helps your baby or toddler with their language development. No need to book - come along with your baby and have fun!

All event information was correct at time of print.

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A Very Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year From All the FYTbus Volu nteers CAN WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO REACH ST MARY’S HOSPITAL? Did you know that we’ve just started up a direct door-to-door Dial-A-Ride service to St Mary’s on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for appointments or to visit someone who’s been admitted, between 10.00and 12.00, or between 14.00 and 16.00, £6.00 return fare. For more information, please call our office on 752917.

12th DECEMBER IS POLLING DAY. DO YOU WANT TO VOTE BUT ARE NOT SURE IF YOU CAN REACH THE POLLING STATION? Our routes, A, B and C, pass the polling stations and can drop you off and pick you up again. OR, if you need to be picked up from your door, call us on 752917 by 13.00 on Wednesday 11th December and we can arrange a timed pick up from your home.

Visit our Charity shop on Totland Broadway for Christmas bargains – We have something for everyone. – You might find the perfect gift for a friend.

FYTbus EXCURSIONS Our excursions and shopping trips are always on a door to

door basis, with the minibus picking you up from and delivering you back to your home.

If you would like more information, give us a call, between 09.45 and 12.30 any weekday, or leave a message on our answering machine and we’ll call you back.

Remember to book early if you would like to travel on one or more of our trips, by phoning our office on 01983 752917. If a minimum number of bookings is not achieved for an excursion, we might have to cancel it (as you will appreciate, we have to cover our costs), but we will always let you know. Excursions will be confirmed (or cancelled) by phone, one day before departure. Please note that bus passes are not accepted on our excursions.

DECEMBER EXCURSIONS 7 14 21 28

Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl Newport (£6) & Waitrose, E.Cowes Sainsbury’s/Morrisons/M&S/Lidl

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BACK

FARE

09.30 09.30 09.30 09.30

13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00

£6.00 £6.00 £7.00 £6.00

Wight Community Access – FYTbus, Winchester House, The Broadway, Totland Bay. PO39 0AX Tel: 01983 752917

Web: www.fytbus.org.uk

Email: info@fytbus.org.uk