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THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE AND DIRECTORY FOR RESIDENTS OF KT20
march 2021 issue 145
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Mother’s Day
Find out howMother’s Day is celebrated around the world.
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Wardrobe Detox
Style guru Carole Ann walks through how to organise your wardrobe with this spring decluttering project.
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Legal Matters
Solicitor Nicola Dudley on including your digital assets in your will.
P14/15 Tadworth Litter Pickers How a group of local residents are tackling the litter problem to improve our environment.
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Eat to be Slim
Dieting consultant Olivia Parry
debates whether you can be healthy and overweight.
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Fit for Life
PT Jade Simmons on how to reset after losing sight of your fitness goals.
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Mother’s Day Recipe
Celebrate this year with cheesy mustard Toad-in-the-Hole.
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P25-27 Community News Cat’s Protection, Carshalton Diabetes UK Group, Kingswood Shetlands Assisted Therapy, Citizens’ Advice Bureau.
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Mother’s Day 31st March Origin Origin of Mother's Day goes back to the era of ancient Greek & Romans. But the roots of Mother's Day can also be traced in the UK where a Mothering Sunday was celebrated much before the festival saw the light of the day in US. However, the celebration of the festival as it is seen today is a recent phenomenon and not even a hundred years old. Today the festival of Mother’s day is celebrated across 46 countries (though on different dates) and is a hugely popular affair. Millions of people across the globe take the day as an opportunity to honor their mothers, thank them for their efforts in giving them life, raising them and being their constant support. Earliest History of Mothers Day The earliest history of Mother’s Day dates back to the ancient annual spring festival the Greeks dedicated to maternal goddesses. The Greeks used the occasion to honor Rhea, wife of Cronus and the mother of many deities of Greek mythology. Ancient Romans, too, celebrated a spring festival, called Hilaria dedicated to Cybele, a mother goddess. It may be noted that ceremonies in honour of Cybele began some 250 years before Christ was born. The celebration made on the Ides of March by making offerings in the temple of Cybele lasted for three days and included parades, games and masquerades. The celebrations were notorious enough that followers of Cybele were banished from Rome. Early Christians celebrated a Mother's Day of sorts during the festival on the fourth Sunday of Lent in honor of the Virgin Mary, the Mother of Christ. The holiday was expanded to include all
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mothers. It was then called Mothering Sunday. Modern History of Mothering Sunday The more recent history of Mother’s Day dates back to 1600s in England. Here a Mothering Sunday was celebrated annually on the fourth Sunday of Lent to honor mothers. After a prayer service in church to honor Virgin Mary, children brought gifts and flowers to pay tribute to their own mothers. On the occasion, servants, apprentices and other employees staying away from their homes were encouraged by their employers to visit their mothers and honor them. Traditionally children brought with them gifts and a special fruit cake or fruit-filled pastry called a simnel. Custom of celebrating Mothering Sunday died out almost completely by the 19th century. However, the day came to be celebrated again after World War II, when American servicemen brought the custom and commercial enterprises used it as an occasion for sales. Present Day Celebrations Today Mothers Day is celebrated in several countries including US, UK, India, Denmark, Finland, Italy, Turkey, Australia, Mexico, Canada, China, Japan and Belgium. People take the day as an opportunity to pay tribute to their mothers and thank them for all their love and support. The tradition of gifting flowers, cards and others gift to mothers on the Mother’s Day is global. Although many would argue that it has become too commercialised with florists, card manufacturers and gift sellers seeing huge business potential in the day and make good money through a rigorous advertising campaign.
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Wardrobe Detox Style guru Carole Ann Geddes walks you through the perfect lockdown project of organising your wardrobe.
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es we are still in lockdown and Spring is approaching. Just the right time to look at your wardrobe. Assess it, edit it and give it order to achieve an aesthetically pleasing storage space. And then resell, dispose or re-purpose those items you no longer wear. I’ve been helping people sort their wardrobes for 15 years and it is true to say most wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the time. I’m going to give you some general rules and tips to allow you to see what you have and find it easily. You will have rules for: 1) Editing your clothes and accessories 2) Have rules to layout your wardrobe so it’s easy to shop. 3) Ideas on how to resell or dispose your rejected items. This is a satisfying, rejuvenating and
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even a therapeutic experience, I promise, and you can take on some principles for other areas of your home. Calm and order will restore chaos and anxiety. Allocate some time to do this and depending on your wardrobe/storage areas maybe break down into manageable slots of time, so you don’t lose motivation. Maybe start with easier, smaller areas eg: a drawer and work up to the big wardrobe. It may be useful to have a helper, someone in your home who would enjoy this as well. Or it can be done on zoom as I have successfully done with clients. I’m suggesting you do this twice a year. In March you can begin to edit out your chunky jumpers etc and bring in the lighter fabrics like cotton and linen. In October it is time to put away summery items. So it’s a cycle. You will
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each dress and decide which pile it’s going into. Eventually we have to make some decisions about that maybe pile. Give yourself a bit of time and then decide is it keep or dispose? Clean that wardrobe out. Put all the Dresses you will wear for the next 6 months in the same non-slip hanger facing the same way and arrange into the wardrobe from light colours to dark colours. Patterned dresses can go in with the dresses of it’s dominant colour. Now do the same with tops, trousers, coats, shoes handbags and all the other categories of clothes. Knitwear may be better in an Ottoman or in drawers but you can still do it in colour order. Have a look online for great storage aids – boxes, dividers, bags. You should end up with easy to look at storage area with items all easy to see and find.
need a secondary area of storage to put away the items you don’t need for six months (under the bed, another wardrobe) You want to have a wardrobe that works for the six months you are in and so can wear all the items and also see what to wear with what without the annoyance of an item which is not suitable for the season. If your weight fluctuates only have the items that actually fit you. Store the items that don’t fit away and only bring them out when they do fit. Your wardrobe is a collection of products. Categorise all dresses together, skirts together, shoes together. Let’s take dresses to start with. Take them all out. Try them on and put into 3 piles of keep, dispose or maybe. Ask yourself lots of questions about
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Legal Matters Solicitor Nicola Dudley on deciding what to do with your digital assets
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aving no doubt read last issue’s article encouraging you to make your Will you are all fired up to do just that! Even if you already have a Will you may need to give further thought to what would happen to your digital assets when you die or if you lost mental capacity. A survey commissioned by the Law Society in June 2020 revealed that nearly three quarters of those surveyed didn't know what would happen to their digital assets in these circumstances. Digital assets include those with a financial value such as PayPal accounts, online gaming accounts, bitcoin, popular domain names or online businesses or purely sentimental value such as photographs or emails stored on a smartphone, flash drive, online photo sharing website or cloud storage. Not being able to realize assets when they are needed could be expensive and the emotional impact of not being able to access treasured photographs following the death of a loved one could be devastating. There may be private information that you would not want shared among the family, email or Facebook accounts could reveal a relationship or interests you would not want made public. If no one were monitoring the use of your digital assets it would be easier for thieves to steal your identity. To protect yourself you should: • Prepare an inventory of your digital assets and their location on each item of your computer hardware (ipad, phone, laptop etc) • List the computer programs used, how to access them and what should be done with the information eg. advise that some information can be deleted, maybe photographs distributed to certain family members, Facebook
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page changed to “in memorium” after death etc • Provide instructions as to how to access the digital assets, for example how to reset a password (would it involve a text sent to a smartphone that may itself be locked?) • Keep a secure record of passwords and login details, either physically or by using a Password Manager as an electronic master key (check with the service provider that this can be shared) • Specifically authorise someone to be able to access your digital assets, in writing, ideally via a Lasting Power of Attorney Next steps? If you would like to discuss Deeds of Trust, Lasting Powers of Attorney, your Will, how to mitigate Inheritance Tax or obtain Probate and administer a deceased’s estate then please do not hesitate to contact Nicola Dudley at PWT Advice LLP on 0345 833 9025 or 07900 931478 ndudley@pwtadvice.co.uk.
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Tadworth's Litter Pickers Spread a Little Love On Valentine’s Day
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or Valentine’s Day this year, a Surrey litter picking group decided there was no better place to spread a little of love than in their own local community. During a period of just two weeks, the dedicated band of regular volunteers from Tadworth, Kingswood, Walton & Burgh Heath set about collecting 1000 empty drinks cans, items the group rather too regularly find strewn across its neighbourhood. A plan was hatched to create a temporary giant piece of litter art in the shape of a heart and display it on Valentine's Day in the centre of Tadworth's main roundabout in Surrey, which links the five villages. The project highlights the terrible and increasing problem caused by some people who refuse to bin their litter or take it home and instead choose to mindlessly discard it in public places, not just in their own locality but all over the country. The drinks cans used for the Valentine’s Day collage have now been removed and donated to Banstead’s The Beacon School Friends Association Charity in association with Tadworth Terracycle to kick start a new litter awareness and recycling project at Surrey senior school,The Beacon. It will be launched as soon as the students return to school. On 14th February, Banstead’s popular singer songwriter and Beacon School parent, Michael Armstrong dropped by to pose for photos with the newly created giant heart on the roundabout. He is supporting the litter awareness initiative by way of a self-penned new single release entitled ‘Matters of Heart’, which will be released on 5th March. www.michaelarmstrongmusic.co.uk. The @CleanUpTadworth litter picking group was founded by Kingswood
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resident Alison Godden in August 2020 after noticing a big rise in litter during the first lockdown. Following a local social media shout out, volunteer numbers very quickly expanded. The group is a resounding success and there are now nearly 400 Facebook group members and 50 regular litter pickers who keep the five villages of Tadworth, Kingswood, Lower Kingswood, Walton on the Hill & Burgh Heath as litter free as they can. At the beginning of February, the group reached the milestone of having collected 1000 large sacks full of carelessly dropped litter from the five illages, plus all manner of fly-tipped items too. Whilst the group is thrilled with their achievement, they find it disheartening that it should be such a necessary and ongoing job. Their message is to urge people to think twice about their actions in future and to take their litter home with them if they are unable to bin it. Facebook: @tadworthkingswoodwalton&burghheathlitterpickers Twitter: @cleanuptadworth Instagram: @cleanuptadworth
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@cleanuptadworth Fact Sheet • Along with Alison, co-founders Lisa Davies and Juliet Quartermain, also from Kingswood, plus Tadworth resident Sharon Cranfield, set about establishing an excellent social media and communications network, plus the appointment of area leaders, ensuring maximum engagement with the community, attracting many volunteers, plus reporting and combating litter hot spots. • Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has greatly supported the group from the outset, providing supplies of kit and also large purple volunteer litter picking sacks in which the litter is rounded up. The council organises collection and disposal of the full bags. • In addition to clearing tons of historical litter and keeping on top of new litter, the dynamic group of volunteers aims to create awareness of the terrible and increasing litter problem that blights the five Tadworth villages and across the UK as a whole. They are exceedingly active and effective in tackling litter hotspots with the help and support of the local councillors. • The most common carelessly discarded items collected by the group are PPE, drinks cans, plastic bottles, crisps and sweet packets and takeaway lunch packaging, often thrown from moving vehicles or carelessly dropped in the streets, roadsides and public spaces. Dog excrement tied up in bags is an ever increasing problem and one of most unpleasant ones the group tackles. Car parts and roadside junk are also retrieved, plus fly tipping identified and reported • Volunteers litter pick constantly and in all weathers to help keep on top of the never-ending litter problem. • With the rapid expansion in volunteer numbers, litter picking kit supplies of pickers, hi-vis vests, gloves and bag hoops, exacerbated by the current COVID-19 situation, were getting
in short supply. In early February, Surrey County Council & Tadworth & Walton Residents Association rewarded the group for their hard work with a very generous £1000 grant, specifically to provide much needed new litter picking kit. • In addition to Surrey County Council’s and Reigate and Banstead Borough Council’s great support, the group is also most grateful to its recent sponsors, namely Richard Saunders & Sons Estate Agents in Banstead, Epsom’s Alexandra United Football Club and Tadworth Terracycle. All have also provided much needed hi-viz vests, litter pickers, bag hoops and gloves. These have been invaluable, keeping the volunteers COVID-19 safe throughout the pandemic and well equipped for the job in hand. • The group reaches out to and supports other local communities in the fight against litter. • Volunteers are encouraged to involve their families in their own litter picking activities and the group is very proud of it’s growing band of mini-litter pickers, some as young as four years old, plus senior school Duke of Edinburgh students who litter pick in association with the group for their award assignments. CURRENT AND ON GOING PROJECTS: • Reporting of fly tipping • Reporting and clearing around overflowing bins (due to people not taking their litter and bagged dog excrement home with them to dispose of). • Tadworth Network Rail Embankment – The group has requested The clearance of the litter strewn all along the embankment perimeter and visible along the main village street and Jubilee Wood, which are conservation areas. • Preston Estate: Clearance of neglected woodland and general clear up of the area.
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Diet guru, Olivia asks if you can be both overweight and healthy
was invited onto BBC radio recently, to contribute to a hot news topic with ‘The Fat Doctor’, Dr. Natasha Larmie. She believes that ‘it’s possible to be healthy at any size’ and that you can be overweight and healthy. She has lost weight but says she doesn’t want to lose any more, even though she is a size 16. She said, ‘weight doesn’t cause diabetes’ and ‘it is a theory that excess weight brings diabetes’.
(BMI). * After just four years, those whose waists increased by 5 inches increased their risk of heart disease by 16%.
Health is not only the absence of disease but minimising the risks of getting ill in the first place. Numerous studies have been carried out which show that overweight people are at greater risk of getting cancer, heart disease and even Covid. For example, a recent study carried out at the American College of Cardiology looked at nearly 300,000 people without heart disease who were classed as either normal weight, overweight or obese based on their Body Mass Index
It is not healthy to be overweight or obese. It is a risk factor for early death. A healthy body is a slim body.
Another study published in Jama Cardiology showed that the longer you are overweight the shorter your life. It found that middle-aged men who stayed overweight shortened their lives by almost six years compared to those who maintained a normal weight.
In Dr. Natasha’s defence, I think she was trying to make the point that health should not be solely based on how much we weigh. We are a whole package of our body and our mind. How we feel has a great impact on what we eat and which lifestyle we follow. In my experience many people come to me wanting help with losing weight because they don’t understand why they can’t fix it on their own. Sometimes they do not feel very good about themselves because of a perceived failure. This is especially the case for high
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DO YOU NEED TO LOSE WEIGHT? Are you worried? Are you unhappy? Make 2021 your year of success
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www.eatslim.co.uk © olivia@eatslim.co.uk 07702 779019 achievers and successful business owners who have most other things safely under control. I offer practical solutions as well as strategies that are easy to do which address each problem. Putting on a few pounds isn’t going to kill you but it’s really important to keep it in check. If you notice your clothes are getting tighter, then make some changes, ideally as soon as you notice. Identify what you are doing that is causing the increased weight. Then, make a realistic and achievable set of goals. Don’t try to imagine getting to a size 6 within a month! If you can recognise that you are eating because you are bored or stressed, then incorporate some de-stressing techniques to your daily routine. For a full package of support so you
don’t give up and let the weight keep piling on, with the associated risks to your health, seek professional help. This way you can set things up, so you stay on track, follow through and get results. You may very well be able to do it by yourself, but it will be a lot easier and faster with help from a weight loss coach. If you are interested in delicious healthy products that help you reach your goals faster, you can order online via my recently upgraded website. Just go to www.eatslim.co.uk/products *To check your BMI, simply divide your weight in kilos by your height in centimetres. A healthy BMI is between 18.5 and 25 (unless you are a very muscular athlete such as a rugby player).
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Get Fit For Life!
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PT Jade Simmons on how to stick with your fitness goals
ailed with new year goals? Build better habits to achieve those goals!
Fitness, diet, health and wellness are thrust in our face constantly. Fads change, diets change, exercise plans change and so do our lives. This leads to swapping and changing our goals which makes it hard to stick to it. Changing your behaviour is difficult but can be done.
ready by developing a ritual to make starting easier. Forming a habit doesn't come without a bit of effort early on. Start as you mean to go on and start small. Building up each day or week with exercise is a great way. Don't just focus on weight loss as this should be slow and can be a harder focusing point. Always focus on the habit first and the results later.
Find a real reason and ask why you need to change. Then set an achievable goal. Only then will you be able to stick to it.
A benefit of exercise is weight loss but it’s not the main reason. It's all about health. We all know how important health is and looking after yourself is so important.
Your reason why has to have a deep meaning. This will be the back bone of your goal and your reason to keep going.
Once you have a plan and have it in place everyday at the same sort of time it becomes routine which will then be harder to break like a habit.
Create a good habit, a habit that will help you achieve. Be armed and
With eating we are very much creatures of habit as we usually turn to
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the same foods each week – the same drinks and the same takeaways! This can be broken.We all know what we should do we just need a good reason why to do it. With exercise you need to look at having a plan and even if it’s only 5 minutes more than what you did before, this will all help. Little things make a big difference and once you start adding in a few things into your day it will become easier. Something simple like 30 seconds of sit to stands or squats. 30 seconds of marching on the spot. 30 seconds of walking lunges. 30 seconds of arm circles or press ups of your choice. And repeat.
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Easy Cheesy Mustard Toad-in-the-Hole with Broccoli Ingredients: • 140g plain flour • 3 large eggs • 300ml milk • 2 tsp wholegrain mustard , plus 1 tbsp • 3 tbsp vegetable oil • 6 Cumberland sausages • 100g long stem broccoli • 1 leek , cut into thick slices • 50g mature cheddar , grated For the gravy: • 1 large onion , finely sliced • 2 tbsp plain flour • 1 tbsp sherry vinegar • 3 thyme sprigs • 600ml fresh chicken stock
Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 40 minutes Serves: 4 people Source: www.bbcgoodfood.co.uk
Method: • STEP 1: Tip the flour and eggs into a large bowl, season and whisk to a thick, smooth paste. Stir in the milk until the batter is the consistency of single cream, then stir in 2 tsp mustard. Leave to rest for 30 mins. • STEP 2 Heat the oven to 240C/220C fan/gas 9. Pour 2 tbsp oil into a heavy roasting tin, casserole dish or ovenproof skillet pan and tip to fully coat with the oil, then put on the middle shelf of the oven for 10 mins. Add the sausages, well spaced apart, and cook for 5-7 mins, then add the broccoli and sliced leek, and cook for another 3 mins. Mash the cheese with the 1 tbsp mustard. • STEP 3 Pour the batter over the sausages, broccoli and leeks, then scatter over most of the mustardy cheese. Cook for 15 mins before turning the oven down to 220C/200C fan/gas 7 (don’t open the oven door during this time). Sprinkle over the remaining mustardy cheese, then cook for 5-8 mins until melted, and the batter is puffed and golden brown. • STEP 4 Meanwhile, make the gravy. Fry the onion with the remaining oil for 1015 mins until lightly golden, adding a little water if they catch. Stir in the flour until it disappears, then add the vinegar and thyme. Season well. Sizzle until the vinegar evaporates, then pour in the stock and bubble uncovered for 10 mins, or until the gravy is the thickness you prefer.
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Community Noticeboard info@ktconnection.co.uk CARSHALTON DIABETES UK GROUP NEXT MEETING: Thursday 18th March 2021 at 7:30 pm A presentation talk & A Question and Answer Session By Nadine Wyatt, Senior Engagement Management from the NHS SW London CCG together with a clinician they will: - provide up to date information about the Covid Vaccine - clarify the process for the roll out of the vaccine - listen and respond to any local concerns - provide information about other non-Covid NHS services. To be held online using Zoom. If you would like to join this Zoom meeting please register in advance with your first name and surname by email to: carshaltondiabetesgroup@gmail.com. Or call: 07983 628071. It would be helpful if you could send some questions in advance please to: chairman@ diabetesukcarshalton.org.uk You can also type your questions in to the ‘chat’ from 7.25pm during the meeting. The access details will be sent by email on the morning of the meeting so that you can join the meeting at 7.25pm If you do not have access to the internet you can listen to the meeting by landline phone.
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Coronavirus Questions: Every day across the country thousands of people ask Citizens Advice about coronavirus issues. Our advisers and information experts are very much on the case. Here are some of the most common issues: Going out and meeting people Checking if you have to self-isolate Being furloughed if you can't work If you're self-employed
If you're worried about working Check what benefits you can get Benefits if you're self-isolating If you can't pay your bills.
Phone Email Online You can get answers to these and other questions online at www.citizensadvice.org.uk. However, every person is individual and everyone’s situation different. That’s why our one-to-one service by phone, email or webchat has been open throughout the pandemic. We find it works well for most people. But if you or someone you know has problems and finds it hard to use the phone, our Outreach team can make special arrangements. A Way Forward Whoever you are, whatever your problem, our advisers can help you find a way forward. • Call our Adviceline 0808 278 7945. • Leave a message on our local lines: 01737 931 060 (Horley/Merstham 01737 931 065). • Email at our Reigate and Banstead website www.carbs.org.uk • Email or webchat via our national website www.citizensadvice.org.uk • Call our free Universal Credit Help to Claim line 0800 144 8444 • Get up-to-date online information at www.citizensadvice.org.uk Citizens Advice Reigate and Banstead. Registered charity number 1104970. March 2021.
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