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A call for action on cycling
Local community groups are calling on Bromley Council to declare a climate emergency and take action to improve cycling infrastructure across the borough, in an open letter published recently. Churches, Friends of Parks groups, local branches of London Cycling Campaign and walking charity Living Streets, a residents association, a primary school and Bromley YouthStrike4Climate jointly published the open letter calling for Bromley Council to ‘walk the talk’ by declaring a climate emergency, setting a target to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions for all activities across the borough, and developing a plan to meet the target before 2050 at the latest. The open letter is published online at www.walkthetalkbromley.co.uk.
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POPPY APPEAL
Do you have a couple of hours a week to spare? Do you enjoy meeting people? Would you like to help the Royal British Legion?
The Locksbottom and Farnborough branch of the Royal British Legion are seeking volunteers to help on our stall in Sainsburys, Locksbottom, during the Poppy Appeal fortnight starting in October 2022. We are a small, friendly team and we welcome newcomers to help us collect donations for the traditional paper poppies as well as other RBLlicensed merchandise. All donations generate funds to help our current serving armed forces, and ex-servicemen and women and their families. For more information, please contact Catherine Melia (Deputy Poppy Area Organiser) by email at RBLPoppies@gmail.com
Seeing double
Dr Mac Sipahi Ogretme sent in this delightful picture of her two cats –Simao (left) and Quaresma saying that they are 11 years old, very affectionate and always up for a lap to sit on. This prompted us to ask for your pet pictures. We had a tremendous response with over 70 pictures sent in, so we’ll be running them over the next few issues. Check out the pet feature for more of your cute pet pics! Bromley Probus Club is a social club for retired professional business people. If you are newly retired, this could be just the club for you with its wide range of activities which include walking (both rural and urban), visits to places of interest, rail trips (both long distance and more local), monthly lunches with speaker, contract bridge and weekly swimming. In addition, we have informal pub lunches to which partners are invited.
For more information telephone 01689 851115 or visit bromleyprobus.org.uk
BOOM! SHAKE THE ROOM
Are you potentially looking for a job with more flexibility and great pay? Boomsky is seeking sales representatives promoting burglar alarms and CCTV on the phone. There is zero cold-calling - you only call people who have enquired about the product. Due to increased demand, we now have further vacancies available for people looking to work from home with flexible hours.
For more information email your CV and experience to tony@boomsky.co.uk
Congrats to our £100 winner!
To mark the debut issue of our new Bromley magazine launch, we teamed up with Tapi Carpets to give readers the chance to win a £100 Love2Shop Gift Card. The winner was drawn (live on social) and we’re delighted to say that Sue Crichlow (pictured) was the lucky recipient. Congratulations Sue – and enjoy spending your gift card! This month, we’ve got some amazing prizes to be won including a cheese hamper, £15 AppStore & iTunes vouchers, two cinema tickets and a guitar! You’re welcome.
BOOK REVIEW
Shirley Bryant read The Money Edit by Makala Green, published by Yellow Kite, £16.99 STAR RATING:
SYNOPSIS: The Money Edit aims to reduce the shame around mismanaging money, empower people to understand their finances and change their money mindset. Ultimately, Makala’s goal is to help as many people as possible achieve financial freedom so they can gain the confidence and knowledge needed to live their best life.
SHIRLEY SAYS…“The Money Edit was very easy to understand, you just need to take time to digest all the information. It gave a clear message from page one on what the book covers. There was lots of practical advice on ways to cope with debt and savings. There’s a summary at the end of each chapter for you to interact with, which makes you think of what you have just read. I liked the way that Makala encourages you whatever your situation. She informs the reader about her own journey in the financial world, and there are some nice little quotes throughout the book. The book covers a vast range of financial topics and does make you think. The last pages are made up of financial planning lists to fill in, which I think is a great tool as it does the work for you - it just needs a little input.”
Makala Green
WIN A GUITAR!
As a VIP Media Sponsor of Priory Live, we’ve teamed up with the music festival to offer some amazing prizes. This month’s fantastic giveaway is this rare Hofmeister Gretsch guitar*. For your chance to win, all you have to do is quote ‘Life In Magazines’ when you book your tickets for the one-day music and family festival on Saturday 6th August in Orpington’s Priory Gardens. Book at priorylive.co.uk
*Shared competition with other media sponsors. For full competition T&C's see https://bit.ly/lifeincomps
Community House Art Exhibition In memory of Helen Aitchison
Monday 5th September to Friday 9th of September 10am - 3pm No booking necessary Community House, South Street, Bromley, BR1 1RH
Charity Quiz Night!
Join us for a Quiz Night in the Garden Room at St. Augustine's Church, Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8AT starting at 7.30pm on Thursday 9th June (doors open at 7.15pm). A fun social event to raise funds for Foal Farm Animal Rescue Centre at Biggin Hill, with prizes for the winning team. Please bring your own drinks and nibbles. Teams of up to six people - entry is £5 per person and booking is essential. Tables/places must be booked in advance by calling 07840-542261.
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Charity spotlight
Name of charity: Princess Royal University Hospital Maternity Voices Partnership Location: PRUH What service do you provide? Support and improvement of maternity services in Bromley Who is it available to? Anyone pregnant in Bromley How are you funded? NHS Do you accept donations? No
Do you run any events? Yes, quarterly PRUH MVP committee meetings and feedback listening events Are you looking for volunteers? Yes
How else can people help? Submit feedback on your experiences to help improve the maternity services in Bromley Contact details: PRUHMaternityVoices@outlook.com www.instagram.com/PRUHMVP www.facebook.com/PRUHMVP Other need-to-know info: To sign up to attend meetings or complete a survey to provide feedback go to http://bit.ly/PRUHemail Join us to find out how you can help shape maternity services in Bromley! If you’ve given birth in Bromley in the past 5 years, work with pregnant people or new parents, or work in healthcare, and would like to join the next Princess Royal University Hospital Maternity Voices Partnership committee meeting, sign up to the newsletter to be sent log in details of our next meeting! http://bit.ly/PRUHemail
In our April issue we ran a chocolate giveaway with three wonderful prizes to give away when finding the chocolate Easter eggs. The first prize (sponsored by John at Keller Williams) was won by Mary Billington, second prize (sponsored by NewtonWood) was won by Gabija Paplaushaite (pictured) and the third prize (sponsored by Faithfully Yours LPG) was won by Anita Laben. Thanks to everyone who took part!
SUPPORTING LOCAL AUTHORS…
Written during Lockdown in Bromley, local author, Francesca Spencer, has written a new book: JAFA Just Another Friendly Australian. A restless traveller herself, Francesca writes about wild travel adventures in a time when we were free to have them, this book is set in the early 80s. Francesca says “I chose to open the book with the 1983 Wham concert (and someone trying to jump on stage and kiss George Michael)” said Francesca, “because it really encapsulates the time. I don’t apologise for the nostalgia in the book because it was a glorious time to be alive. The time of squats, magazines with pin up posters and never missing Top of the Pops. There was an innocence but at the same time a political background fraught with anxiety, which I think will resonate today. ‘We’re here for a good time, not a long time’ was our slogan and Jennie certainly lives by that in the book. Once she’s let loose in the world Jennie finds herself in London Egypt and beyond, bouncing from life-changing moments to tough lessons and hard truths all washed down with cocktails.” “My travels and the adventures of people I met were so wild, I had to start writing to capture them! This book is to remind us of what we had that we don’t have anymore. For anyone who lived through the early eighties it’s a fun reminder of what life was like, and it provides a window into those years for younger readers. We’ve all been missing our freedom to travel in the last couple of years and I wanted to give people a chance to escape into this book.”
