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Every Breath

Every Breath is a newly formed lung cancer support group based in the South East. It is the only lung cancer group in the whole of London and meets monthly, at Farnborough Village Hall, with the aim to provide a relaxed, supportive environment for anyone affected by lung cancer. The group was founded by lung cancer patients and lung specialist nurse, Nicky de Lobel, from Princess Royal University Hospital. Nicky said: “The group’s aim is to improve awareness of lung cancer and their goal is to push for an improvement in services and early diagnostics. Sadly, lung cancer is the UK’s bigger cancer killer and more people lost their life to lung cancer in 2020 than to Covid. The UK lags behind other similar countries due to late presentation of the disease and we want to make it acceptable to talk about the risk of lung cancer and challenge the stigma of it just being related to smoking. Many of our group have never smoked at all.” For more information call 01689 864713 or email support@everybreath.org.uk

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We have a small hall available to hire at reasonable rates which can be used for any number of uses. For more information, please contact the centre on 01689 857021

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Would you like to get out and about in your local community? Do you enjoy chatting with others? How about having a great reason to increase your steps? Now you can do all 3 by becoming a ‘Friend’ of Life In...Orpington magazine and volunteer as a local distributor. If you are able to deliver a minimum of 100 magazines in your local area each month, please write to us at hello@lifeinmagazines.co.uk

Safe Haven Animal Rescue is a small, non-profit, family-run animal rescue centre based in World’s End Lane, Green Street Green. It has a strict no-kill policy and takes in a huge range of animals - from horses, pigs, sheep and chickens, to cats, dogs, hamsters, rabbits and the odd tarantula! The charity has no paid staff, so all donations go directly towards the cost of caring for the rescue animals. Charity spotlight: Safe Haven Animal Rescue How you can help: - Like the charity’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/animalrescue2017) - Make a donation via bank transfer to Safe Haven Animal Rescue, Sort Code 60-05-29, Account number 22243232 - Donate animal food (cat, dog, horse, chicken, pig, sheep), cat litter, equestrian equipment, building materials etc - Volunteer to help if you have some spare time

Contact details: Angela 07376-061701 or Lorraine 07956-152859 Email: safehavenanimals@hotmail.com | Watch the video: https://youtu.be/Gnsvc9fEfkk

SUPPORTING LOCAL AUTHORS…

Football Rebooted

Following on from last month’s introductory ‘Supporting Local Authors’ feature (Issue 35, p8), in this month’s issue we meet Raymond W Hudson, a published author in a range of specialist subjects. His books include ‘So you think you know about Freemasonry’, ‘So you think you know about Chapter’, ‘Freemasonry a Progressive Science’ and ‘Freemasonry, whence did it take its rise?’ Ray is also co-author of “The Jesus Gene”, which traces the DNA root and maintenance of the Jewish Race for the Levites and the Cohens. Raymond says: "I am a Freemason and a very active one. I lecture in Ancient Cultures and Religions, and although I’m not very actively religious myself I have an abounding fascination for the subject and its relation to life in general. I have written papers on Moses, Jesus, Constantine the Great, King David (of David and Goliath fame) and many other biblical and historical characters. Many people do not realise that there are many Orders within Freemasonry from the Craft right up to the Illuminati, and I am a member of most of them. In fact, I belong to 72 different Masonic Orders. Many are exemplifying religious stories, either Christian, Hindu, Jewish, or Islam or historical such as The Knights Templar, The Anglo Saxon period of English History etc. I am also a specialist in various Esoteric subjects such as Spirituality, Gematria, Astrology, Druidism, Rosicrucianism and many other subjects.” A new campaign called Football Rebooted and launched by David James has been initiated locally by 14-year old Orpington resident, Louis David-Hooper. The idea behind the campaign is to recycle one million pairs of football boots (whether they be moulds, astros etc) to give to children within UK schools, as well as abroad, for those who cannot afford them. The programme will also aspire to save 136,000 tonnes of carbon in the process, which is the equivalent of taking around 7,000 cars off the road for a whole year! Instead of the old boots being sent to a landfill and adding to the greenhouse gas emissions, these boots can be given a new home. The campaign will allow children across the country to continue playing the sport they love, as well as helping children abroad continue their hobby. Can you help Louis collect football boots? If you’ve got any unused or unwanted football boots you can donate, please email pippaben9@aol.com

You can find all of Raymond’s books available on Amazon. If you’re a local author or know of one, please email hello@lifeinmagazines.co.uk for the chance to be featured. share local news February 2022 Life in... Orpington 9

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Cookery & Wellness Meditation Workshop

On 2nd February, Naani Maa’s Kitchen, Powertalk UK and Newton Wood will be hosting a Cookery and Wellness Meditation Workshop. It takes place at Ripley Arts Centre in Bromley (BR1 2PX) from 6-9pm and a mindful holistic experience will be offered to relax, refresh, revive and restore attendees. Call 07508 822019 for details and to book.

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Cancer Research UK is a Registered Charity in England and Wales (1089464), Scotland (SC041666) and the Isle of Man (1103).

Harry hits the jackpot!

In the December issue of Life In…Orpington, we ran the 12 Days of Giftmas to offer a mahoosive giveaway of prizes worth more than £500 donated by local businesses! Harry Thind (pictured), who also works in the borough (at Barclays Bromley), was the lucky winner and is delighted with her big win. She said: “I am absolutely thrilled to win and really surprised as I never win anything!! Thank you very much it’s made my day!” Thank you to all the businesses who donated: Tangent Office Resources, Churchill Theatre, The Social Surgery, Vida de la Mariposa, The Entertainer, Streetpinner, Liberty’s Fashion, CJ’s Pretty Little Bakes, Laura’s Larder, Newton Wood and Dr Paw Paw.

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