COMMUNITY

Saturday 3rd July: Liam Ralph Shepherd was born on 26th February 2010 to Kimberley Shepherd in Wiltshire and moved back to Kimberley’s home town Weston-Super-Mare 6 months later and he was raised by his Mum alone. His mum Kimberley did a teaching degree when Liam was younger to provide a good life for him and she became in charge of a pre school after she passed her degree.

It was the two of them since Liam was born and the bond they had was more than any parent and child, they adored each other and spent mostly everyday together, they were best friends and soul mates.

Liam was a keen sportsman and had played football for Banwell Juniors, North Somerset, Worle Village Juniors and then onto Weston Football Academy. Liam supported Manchester City.

Liam had played rugby since the age of 3 at Hornets and then at 4 years old he moved over to Weston Rugby Club where he decided to focus on just rugby over football, so he could become a Bristol Bears player when he was older as he supported them and would watch them regularly.

Liam used to do a lot of running and take part in the weekly runs and the prom runs. Liam adored animals especially dogs and killer whales. Liam was a keen gamer, enjoyed playing Fifa and Fortnite on his Xbox, liked watching YouTube and doing Tik Toks videos. Liam was an excellent singer and dancer and was always the life and soul of a party.

On Tuesday 23rd March 2021, Liam’s mum had gone into his room to wake him up for school and found him dead in his bed, Liam had died unexpectantly in his sleep aged 11 years old.

Leaving his Mum, family and friends utterly devastated and heartbroken.

With this, they have started The Liam Shepherd Sports Memorabilia Auction Facebook page. Basically, there will be items on there from teams across the country that we have secured from Bristol City, up to Tottenham Hotspur (and yes Kane is on it). Please give it a like and follow as new stuff is being added daily, and if there is something you like bid on it. You will have up to the 3rd July to be the highest bidder. Friday 16th July: On Friday the 16th July we will be holding our Summer Fayre at Haywood Village academy from 3.30pm. We will have lots of fundraising events including biscuit decorating, guess the number of sweets in the jar, face painting, bean bag throwing, jar decorating, beat the goalie, shoot the hoop, teacher stocks, hoop the bottle and many more. We will have a bouncy castle and refreshments including candy floss, ice cream and a BBQ! There will also be displays from various local groups, so please come on down for what will be a fun family day for all.

Dance Classes in St Judes Hall

At CBSD we have some great classes available for Adults: Monday morning - Tap and Dance Fit Tuesday morning - Beginners/Over 50’s Ballet and Beginners Tap Friday 12 - 1 - Over 50’s Dance Fit Evening Ballet and Tap and Funky Fun classes start again September. Children’s classes: 2.5 years - advanced level students in Ballet RAD, Tap, Modern, Jazz (ISTD) and Funky fun.For more information call - 07899927709 or email carolinebarlow76@sky.com (times of classes keep changing all the time at the moment to keep up with Covid rules).

Locking Castle Church

Mondays: We run an Expectant and New Parents support group on Mondays 1.30-2.30pm called Blessed Beginnings, which will hopefully also have professionals coming to give advice and answer questions. We also have baby scales for parents to use. After School kids club Mondays 4.30-5.30pm. Tuesdays: Kids@LCC, a toddler Group on Tuesday mornings 9.15-10.15am and 10.30-11.30am. Thursdays: Youth Group on Thursdays 7.008.30pm. All term time only. We also run Parenting for Faith 8-week courses. Please email Cathy.bond@mail.com or call 07875 442139 for more information. www.localreach.co.uk | 25

First Wednesday of the

month at Locking Castle Church 8-10pm. We will be celebrating our 6th birthday in July with a zoom cocktail making meeting! We have approximately 50 members ageing from 25-90 years old. Past months have included Hearing dogs for the blind, Belly Dancing and trips to the theatre. We also support local charities including Weston Hospice and Weston Foodbank. We run a craft club, book club and a weekly quiz. We can’t wait to get back to seeing all our members in person. Please contact Dawn moorhenswi@gmail. com or FB Moor Hens for more information.

Dads V Dads Football

Wednesdays: New football group for Dads every Wednesday, 8pm at Hutton Moor Leisure Centre. DadsVDads are a locally organised football group, welcoming all abilities for a friendly weekly game of football just for fun and exercise. We don’t play aggressively so it’s perfect for anyone who doesn’t want to take it too seriously but wants a chance to get out and play. Book your place each week so there’s no ongoing commitment either. It’s a new group so it’s a good time to get involved and meet everyone. Visit DadsvDads.com or Dads V Dads on

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FREE OF CHARGE PUBLICITY FOR SMALL, LOCAL CLUBS, GROUPS & SOCIETIES.

LocalReach Community Magazines provide FREE OF CHARGE publicity for your local events. The ROYAL MAIL delivers 16,771 copies each month to all of BS22. As you can imagine we ARE inundated each month so we try to limit the wording to 50100 words. Plus you can send a good quality photo &/or logo. So if you are organising a cake sale, jumble sale, garden fete or similar, we would like to hear from you. Email your event details for inclusion in our Whats On pages to our community editor sarah@localreach.co.uk before 1st of each month. Badminton Club

Fridays: The First Badminton Club is a small friendly Club who play social badminton every Friday evening from 6.30pm - 8.30pm @ Winterstoke Hundred Academy, Beaufighter Rd, Weston-Super-Mare, BS24 8EE. Many years ago, a few employees at the local bus company began playing badminton on a weekly basis, and today, the Club takes its name after the current bus company ownership. However all players are now welcome on a pay and play basis.

The cost is only £5.00 for the two hour session and the first attendance is free.

Please Contact: weplayfridays@gmail.com for more information. www.firstbadmintonclub.co.uk

WSM Bridge Club

WSM Bridge Club is a well-established bridge club offering friendly bridge to players of all levels of experience. The Club has been unable to play for over a year due to Covid-19 but will re-open as soon as Government rules allow, hopefully in July. Based at Haywood Village Academy, 20 Whitney Cres BS24 8ES offering sessions on Wednesday 6.45pm and Friday and Saturday 1.45pm Cost is £2 per session including refreshments. Yearly membership fee is £5 Lessons for beginners and improvers available at a venue in Winscombe from July. Further details contact Daphne Greatorex telephone 07786543544 or email daphnegreat@sky.com

Worle FC

Throughout the lockdown Worle FC have been doing continued improvements to both the clubhouse and the pitch. We believe we have one of the best playing surfaces

TO ADVERTISE CALL 01934 312171 and facilities around and should be attracting the best players to compete at the highest level in the county league. With attendance figures now nearing the treble figure mark and a new patio and bar area that the supporters can now use with the easing of lockdowns.

Worle are still looking to increase their squad size further with a few more quality signings, so look us up on our social media sites for the latest signings.

@WorleFootballClub @Worle_FC

Thomas, 14, wins exclusive invite to prestigious UK maths summer school

Thomas Duford of Worle Community School Academy is one of only 120 students across Britain to be invited to a Virtual United Kingdom Mathematics Trust summer school.

The impressive student was invited to the event after scoring a remarkable 111 in their Intermediate maths challenge. Principal Jacqui Scott said: “Thomas is showing real maturity and excellent determination on top of his outstanding mathematics talent. “We are so thrilled that he has been invited to this prestigious summer school.” WCSA is part of The Priory Learning Trust.

Eco-minded pupils pick up huge amount of litter as part of their exciting new after-school club

Pupils at St Anne’s Church Academy are helping to keep their environment clean in their Well-being and Community club. They took to the streets of West Wick around their community full of enthusiasm and armed with litter pickers and wearing high-visibility vests. Principal Emma Hardy Smith said: “We were astonished at the amount of litter we collected. We are a full part of our community and pupils relished the opportunity to help.” St Anne’s Church Academy is part of The Priory Learning Trust. We are a day care centre in Worle, for people living with mild to moderate dementia. We provide activity and engagement for people living with dementia, within a home from home setting. With an emphasis on enjoyment and engagement, we plan our days around individual’s interests, hobbies and normal routines with a focus on redeveloping many of their lost skills. Our days run Monday to Friday, 9.30am until 4pm full day session £55 (lunch provided) Half day sessions, morning 9.30am until 1pm £35 (lunch provided) and afternoon session 1.30pm until 4pm £30. For more information visit our fb page or Web site

www.the-birch.co.uk

Our new Worle Studios, based in Worle High Street, are slowly & carefully opening to all sorts of new activities!

We run freestyle martial arts classes on Mondays and Thursdays, and circuit training on Saturdays, plus we’re hoping that June will see us starting our ladies only self-defence on Tuesdays and NERF gun battles on Saturdays. BUT THAT’S NOT ALL! We also have 4 studios available to rent so if you need space for a regular meeting or a one-off event, let us know. For more information contact Phil on 07798907681 or email

phil@plan-c-training.com

Sporting Fest

Sporting Weston are a local football club that play in the Weston and district league. The club is non profit making and relies on fundraising to sustain its future and provide a sporting activity for the local community. To help raise money for the club they have decided to run a family fun day event at their home ground at Kewstoke village hall. On the 14th August families can come and enjoy live music, a licensed bar, bouncy castles, face painting, ice creams and food sales. Tickets are on sale now at sportingwestonfc@ gmail.com. So come and enjoy a wonderful day out!

COMMUNITY

A kind, caring and happy Weston community primary school has welcomed a new Principal.

Lindsay Evans is the new Principal at Castle Batch Primary School Academy. Devon-born Lindsay has led schools across the country and for the last few years has been a Headteacher in North Yorkshire.

Lindsay said: “I am so delighted to be Principal at what I have already seen is a caring, inclusive academy. The children and staff have been so welcoming already.” CBPSA has an excellent and spacious site and inspires children to be happy and confident learners.

It has a brilliant new library, an ambitious creative curriculum as well as a Jill Dando News Centre to train up young reporters. Lisa Dadds, Head of Primary Education at The Priory Learning Trust, said: “Lindsay is a superb appointment and will fit in extremely well. These are very exciting times for the children, staff, families and community.” Neville Coles, CEO of The Priory Learning Trust, said: “We give a big welcome to Lindsay and thank Acting Principal Sally Taylor for all her brilliant work over the past year.” TO ADVERTISE CALL 01934 312171 A family day ticket for Haynes International Motor Museum, worth £54! 2 tickets to Glastonbury Calling 2021, worth £40! A family ticket for Children’s World & Paddington Farm Trust’s Family Festival, worth £30! (With many thanks to Ian Liversidge and Haynes Motor Museum for their generosity.)

Prickles Hedgehog Rescue

Prickles Hedgehog Rescue appeals to gardeners not to use slug pellets or pesticides. Please also raise any netting 6 inches above the ground and check borders before strimming in case a female is nesting. If possible, please put out fresh water and cat meat in jelly to support feed . If a hedgehog is seen out in the day, call Prickles for advice. This may be an animal needing attention or it could just be a lactating female taking a break from the babies. For advice call 07806 744772.

Survey + PRIZE DRAW! Children’s World Creative Community!

Our 2nd Children’s World Creative Community 3 min survey with added PRIZE DRAW! Our Somerset community has told us that they would love to take part in, and help with, a youthled performance and arts based project. Please tell us whether you would like to take part and how you might like to be involved by completing this 3 minute survey.

www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/CWCCsurvey2

Please do ask your teenagers, children, friends and colleagues to take part too. Thank you! Everyone who completes the survey will be given the option of entering a prize draw for...

St Margaret’s Hospice Care Great Somerset G&T Party

Host your own.. Whether you love gin or tea, you can join us this year by hosting your very own G&T party to raise funds for your local hospice! Register for your FREE fundraising pack by searching ‘G&T Party’ at www.st-margarets-hospice.org.uk or via the details below.

Please drink responsibly. Please ensure you follow the latest UK Government guidance surrounding COVID-19 at all times whilst participating in this campaign.

St Margaret’s Hospice Care fundraising@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk 01823 333822 | 01935 709480 Registered charity number: 279473 stmargaretshospice st_marg st_marg Join us this year and host your very own Great Somerset G&T Party to raise funds for patients and their families facing a life-limiting illness. As lockdown measures are steadily being relaxed, people are slowly being able to enjoy time with friends and family while social distancing. St Margaret’s Hospice Care is asking you to raise a glass or a mug to help continue supporting patients and their families. Whether you’re a gin-lover or tee-total you can host a party with friends, families, colleagues, or neighbours in the comfort of your garden or host a virtual party to allow more people to attend – but please remember to follow the Government guidance at all times and please drink responsibly. To help support your party you can request a free fundraising pack complete with a poster, recipe card, banner, and cardboard collection box – by visiting our website www.st-margarets-hospice.

org.uk/great-gt-party

The Great Somerset G & T party is a year-long campaign so there’s ample opportunity to organise your party at a time and place to suit you. You could invite your family round for a gin and tonic, have a cuppa with your neighbours, host a gin-themed afternoon tea or organise a work gin night – the choice is yours!