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LookLocal Festive Issue 2016

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MALE VOICE CHOIR ASK BRUCE Read Bruce’s column about why dogs love watching the telly CROSSWORD PUZZLE WHAT’S COOKING? MUSIC MATTERS TAX ASSIST WHAT’S ON See what’s on in and around Weybridge in December & January DISCOVERY CAR REVIEW CROSSWORD COMPETITION SUDOKU & WHAT WORD GARDENING - AUNTIE PLANTY INSPIRATION COLUMN PUZZLE SOLUTIONS VOLUNTEER ELMBRIDGE ADVERTISERS’ INDEX

Happy birthday to us Happy birthday to us Happy birthday, dear Look Local Happy birthday to us!

Eleven years old and still looking as fresh as a daisy, thanks to our wonderful Look Local designer, Kirsty Hamilton! I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal readers and advertisers who continue to support and hopefully enjoy Look Local. And a special thank you must go to my wonderful Look Local team who continue to support me on an ‘over & above’ basis, you know who you are! X We look forward to bringing you community information and local services again next year. In fact, here’s to the next eleven, I say!

‘It’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas’ in Weybridge! Christmas lights are appearing, and the heart-warming sound of Christmas carols can be heard ringing around the village from time to time. Heatwave or anow is the burning question, of course, as the warmest year on record comes to a close. My plan to get ahead with my Christmas shopping has worked well, and I’ll soon be ready for the big day.

Normally, I haven’t even started by this time, but I really wanted to avoid my normal last minute panics. Just got to get down to some serious wrapping now and I must remember to order my turkey too!

Good luck with your own preparations and do remember to support our wonderful local businesses who offer a fantastic selection of goodies.

This festive issue of Look Local will take us through until the end of January, when we look forward to launching into 2017 for another busy year in Weybridge.

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas & a happy and healthy New Year.

Until next time, take care.

Ros

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CONCERT With Weybridge Male Voice Choir

Weybridge Male Voice Choir presents a fun-filled Christmas cracker of a concert - with an international flavour - at St James’ Church Weybridge on Friday 9th December at 7.30pm. Come, sing and enjoy!

The concert will feature traditional music perfectly capturing the true spirit of Christmas, but spiced with joyous seasonal classics and Christmas music from around the world. This year’s Christmas concert is extra special, not only because the Weybridge Male Voice Choir will be joined by the choir of St James C of E Primary School as it traditionally is, but also by - this year for the first time – the St James’ Hand Bell Ringers.

The joint piece with the school, “O Holy Night”, at the end of the concert, will be an incredibly poignant end to a varied programme.

All-time favourite carols will include O Little presents Town of Bethlehem, Hark the Herald Angels Sing and Good King Wenceslas.

This is the first time the choir has featured a global theme for its Christmas concert, and just some of the international songs include: with St. James Hand Bell Ringers

St. James C of E Primary School Choir

FRIDAY 9th DECEMBER 7.30pm PARISH CHURCH OF ST. JAMES Church Lane Weybridge KT13 8DN

TICKETS £10 (accompanied children under 14 free) Available on line at www.weybridgemvc.org.uk Or telephone 01252 326514 Or visit St James’ Parish Centre

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De Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy (West Indian spiritual) I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas (USA) Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (Appalachian carol) O Holy Night (French carol) Carol of The Bells (Ukrainian carol)

If you love Christmas and singing and hearing carols, then embrace the festive spirit – and bring your family and friends to the concert.

This year, we have members singing their 50th Christmas concert with the choir, and some singing their first.

So please join us. Weybridge Male Voice Choir is in fabulous voice, with 15 new members recently joining the 70-strong choir at a successful ‘come and sing’ evening.

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ANXIETY What is it and how can counselling help?

Many of us experience anxiety at times – we may worry about fitting in with friends, doing well, money and so on.

This is entirely normal. It may reach a point, though, when it becomes a problem and negatively affects aspects of life such as school, work and relationships.

What is anxiety?

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health problems and everybody’s experience of it is individual.

Anxiety is our natural reaction to danger - a primal survival mechanism. It causes adrenaline to be released into the bloodstream and produces a myriad of physical changes designed to protect us - the ‘fight or flight’ response.

This response worked well when people lived in caves and had to defend themselves against wild animals; and is vital in modern day life-threatening situations. It’s less helpful, however, when starting a new job, sitting an exam, or travelling on public transport, for example. In these situations, there isn’t an actual threat, but it’s perceived as one because of the person’s thoughts and feelings about it.

What are the symptoms?

Symptoms of anxiety vary hugely, from regularly feeling unsettled, to incessant worrying, to experiencing debilitating panic attacks. The physical effects, such as rapid heart rate, sweating, nausea, muscle aches and pains can be as frightening as the source of anxiety. This can create a vicious circle. Psychological symptoms can include: • Unrelenting worry about past events or ‘worst case scenarios’ • Loss of memory and concentration • Anger and impatience

• Repetitive thoughts • Overwhelming fearfulness As a result, we may avoid particular situations, places and people. This can compromise relationships and employment, lead to risky behaviour and affect school or college attendance and exam success.

How can counselling help?

Increasingly in my work with adolescents and adults, anxiety is the main presenting issue. An important first step in my work as a counsellor is to reassure people that they are not alone. There is plenty of help that can be given and self-help techniques that can be learnt to reduce symptoms and bring about positive changes.

In a safe and confidential setting, I can help people learn to: • Recognise their anxiety triggers and why they exist • Explore and challenge thoughts about themselves and the world around them • Develop skills and coping strategies to manage and reduce symptoms • Gradually confront the fears which feed the anxiety Sessions are tailored to suit the individual, their needs and what they would like to achieve from the counselling experience.

Hannah is an experienced counsellor & psychotherapist, private practitioner; Counsellor for Heads Together, Positive Autism Support and Training (PAST) and Happy Healthy Me.

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3. Bake for 60-65 minutes or until risen, golden brown and set. Leave to sit in the tin for 5 minutes then lift out and leave to cool completely. Slice and serve with a spoonful of mascarpone or cream.

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01932 842000 w w w. p o s h p e t p a r l o u r. c o . u k Singer-songwriter Tony Hadley, lead singer of Spandau Ballet, is set to light up Christmas for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, with an exclusive performance at the 10th Shooting Star Chase and Surrey Life Carol Concert on Thursday 15 December 2016.

The children’s hospice charity’s Vice President will perform songs from his Christmas album at the event, which will be held at St George’s College Chapel in Weybridge. The evening will also include carols, performances from the 140-strong Elmbridge Mixed Voice Choir and Shooting Star Chase’s Family Choir, readings from supported family members and a special Christmas video, starring some of our supported children.

The concert will be followed by a wine and canape reception and a raffle with some great prizes.

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Elaine & Keith Jones run the Weybridge oce of TaxAssist Accountants. Each issue, Elaine Elaine & Keith Jones run the Weybridge office of provides advice on a recent change in tax law, TaxAssist Accountants. Each issue, Elaine provides or addresses a topical financial issue. advice on a recent change in tax law, or addresses a Car benefit changes topical financial issue.2013/14 Q: Can you summarise what the changes toAmending companya car and van benefits are from tax return 6 April 2013 please?

I was preparing this year’s tax : Whilst A: From the 6th April 2013:

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significant onmultiplier my tax position will for • The car fuel benefitimpact charge year.

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• The lowest percentages are still the appropriate end of the tax year to correct or amend it.

0 per cent and 5 per cent For example, if you send your 2014/15 online

tax return 31st charge January will 2016,now you apply have until 31st • The 10 perbycent to cars January 2017 to amend it.

You can only amend your return with CO2 emissions of 76g/km to 94g/km after this time frame if you received your return late (after

• The appropriate percentage will increase by 31st July).

1Ifper for tax all or vehicles with CO2 emissions you cent owe more have to pay a penalty as a result of between 95g/km and 215g/km, tomuch a you need the mistake, HMRC should tell you how maximum of 35 to pay and when andper howcent to pay it. If you think you’re due a refund, you can tell HMRC how you’d like to receive it.

Vans

If you sent your tax return electronically, you can also

• The van fuel benefit charge multiplier will amend it online. If you send it in hard copy, you don’t need increase from £550 to £564 to send in the whole tax return again. Just write to HMRC • The van benefit £3,000 and attach the pages is youfrozen want toat change.

If preparing your tax return is of becoming a burden, please The rules and implications company feel freeare to contact us. Your so local TaxAssist vehicles far reaching, you wouldAccountant be would be happy to prepare your return for you. This should advised to seek professional advice from your ensure your return is accurate and prepared in good time, local TaxAssist Accountant before acquiring a and your TaxAssist Accountant will also look for any tax new vehicle. saving opportunities.

H A R D E R

Leasing a car Q: If I lease a car in the name of my personal : How much is the National Minimum Wage? company, do you have any recommendations burden down? to keep the Mosttax workers in the UK over school leaving : are entitled to be paid at least the National A: Firstly,age if the car triggers a benefit in kind, Wage (NMW). areforno then you Minimum will always be better o There looking smaller businesses. a vehicle exemptions with low for CO2 emissions, as this will Since October 2015, car the rates have percentage been: result in a lower benefit and · £6.70 foraworkers and over tax liability for you. therefore lower21 personal · £5.30 18 - 20 years Furthermore, you should also be aware that · £3.87 for 16-17 years, who are above school leaving age if the car has emissions over 130g/km, it is but under 18 likely that of theunder lease be in · £3.30 for 15% apprentices 19 payments or 19 or over will who are for corporation tax purposes.

If disallowed the first year of apprenticeship the emissions are below this level, the entire But from October 2016, the rates will be as follows: lease payments · £6.95 for workersshould 21 to 24 be yearstax deductible. · £5.55 18P60s - 20 years Emailing · To £4.00 for 16-17 years, who are above school leavingmy age Q: keep my oce paperless, can I send but under 18 employees their P60 via email? · £3.40 for apprentices under 19 or 19 or over who are in A: the Since form P60 can be provided first 2010/11, year of apprenticeship. either on paper or but come you into It is important to note electronically, that these rates, which should confirm with your employees that they force 1st October 2016, apply to pay reference periods are happy beginning onto or receive after that their date. P60 electronically.

Your sta will Wage need to have access to secure National Living facilities to view and print a copy.

If they prefer In April 2016, the National Living Wage was introduced at not P60 £7.20toanreceive hour for their workers agedelectronically, 25 and older. then you The National Minimum Wage astill applies to workers aged must provide them with hard copy as normal.

24 and under.

Contact Elaine Jones ACMA AFTA on: 01932 850Jones 600 or

by AFTA Contact Elaine ACMA email: weybridge@taxassist.co.uk on: 01932 850 600 or by email: weybridge@taxassist.co.uk

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What’s on

In & Around Weybridge Local events in and around the Weybridge area during December 2016 & January 2017

Vera Fletcher Hall E V E N T S SAT 7TH JAN 2017 - 7.30pm Isosceles Theatre presents BEHIND YOU by Patrick

Prior. Panto at Misery on Sea has not gone well, and tonight of all nights, a big producer is coming to to see the show. Age guidance 16+. www.isosceles.biz.

Tickets £12.50

SAT 28TH JAN 2017 - 7.30pm The Sound of his Music - a tribute to Richard Rodgers.

A musical revue celebrating the life and music of Richard Rodgers. Featuring the vocal talents of Chris Read and Jess Radcliffe, supported by a live band. www.notedformusic.com

F a t h e r Christmas EVENT CHRISTMAS

3rd DEC - 24th DEC 2016 For a truly magical experience, visit Father Christmas in the Crystal Grotto at Painshill Park. Follow the festive route through beautiful surroundings to Grotto Island.

Here, you will enter the Christmas Wishing Tent where children will receive an activity pack. Elves will then guide you into the amazing Crystal Grotto to meet Santa.

Adults £8, Children £12

Call 01932

868113 or book online www.painshill.co.uk Painshill Park, Portsmouth Rd, Cobham KT11 1JE

Tickets £14.00

www.verafletcherhall.co.uk 4 Embercourt Rd, KT7 0LQ

0845 652 8529

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Community Fun & Shopping Event organised by Weybridge Town Business Group, following on from the great success of the summer party. Get into the Christmas spirit with artisan food & craft market Santa’s Grotto and Sleigh Brooklands Radio Mulled wine and mince pies Carol singing TUES 10th DECEMBER 10.00am - 4.00pm Weybridge Green Prince’s Rd, KT13 9BZ

Walton Voices CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Walton Voices ‘Catch A Falling Star’ Christmas Concert, featuring local schools & groups. £12 (u11s FREE) Call 07884 348172 for tickets

SATURDAY 10th DECEMBER - 8.00PM

Christ the Prince of Peace Church, Portmore Road

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Everybody – whether driving a “Classic” or not – is welcome to the largest New Year’s Day Classic Last & Friday of tMIC he Month Gathering in the UK. GIG OPEN 8.00-­‐11.00PM If you are arriving in a pre-1987 vintage or classic FREE ENTRY! BAR! STJAMES PARISH CENTRE, CHURCH ROAD, WEYBRIDGE KT13 8DN car, motorcycle or commercial vehicle, or you are All performers/styles part of a pre-booked and pre-paid Club display, welcome for our open mic you should use the Campbell Gate off Brooklands night. PA and guitar amps Road (B374). With over 1,000 vehicles expected, are provided. Cash bar. live music and a winter barbeque, there will be Last Friday of the month something for everybody amongst the vast and 8.00pm -11.00pm diverse displays of classics all descending on Brooklands to kick start 2017 in style.

Normal Museum admission prices apply for this event St James’ Parish Centre, Sunday 1st January 2017 | 01932 857381 Church Rd, KT13 8DN events@brooklandsmuseum.com Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, KT13 0QN

ALL PERFORMERS/STYLES WELCOME IN THE OPEN MIC. PA AND GUITAR AMPS PROVIDED MORE INFO: KEITH 07771 920976 WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/STJAMESFEST TWITTER: @MUSICSTJAMES WWW.LEMONROCK.COM/MUSICATSTJAMES

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Christmas

CONCERT Santaon the VC10 ‘Ding Dong Merrily into Christmas!’

All are welcome to the Christmas Concert in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support Once again the ever-popular Macmillan Cancer Support Christmas Concert features the A Cappella Singers, and along with The St James Handbell Ringers and festive readings, there is the chance to join in with carols and your Christmas favourites.

Cost: Adults £8.00, u16s £2.00 Saturday 3rd December

Once again Santa will be giving his reindeer a rest for a while and borrowing our VC10 aircraft so that he can meet his young fans.

TICKETS WILL BE ON SALE AT THE DOOR AND INCLUDE SEASONAL REFRESHMENTS

10TH, 11TH, 17TH, 18TH DEC 2016 01932 857381

4.00pm

The United Reformed Church, Queen’s Road, Weybridge, KT13 9UX

For children aged 5-7, normal museum admission of £6.00 is payable + £5 for a visit to Santa (includes a small present). Accompanying adults and seniors pay normal Museum admission. For children under 5, admission to the Museum is FREE and they can also visit Santa for £5.

Santa must be booked in advance

events@brooklandsmuseum.com Brooklands Drive, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0QNS

WEYBRIDGE

christmas lights

Join Weybridge Town Business Group and the children from St Charles Borromeo, Manby Lodge, St James’ and St George’s Schools to see the Christmas Lights switched on by the Deputy Mayor, supported

by Posh Pawn star, Ian Michael Towning.

Parade of lanterns at 5pm, carols around the tree, mulled wine courtesy of Café One, hog roast by Giggly Pig Late Night Shopping until 7pm

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Suitable for 5-12 year olds. £45 pp or £43 for St George’s pupils & staff.

15th DECEMBER 2016, 10.30am

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DISCOVERY

Ted Macauley test drives the Land Rover Discovery, and lets us know what it has to offer....

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BHP 256. MPG 35.3. Speed 112mph 0-60 in 8.8 secs. Price £41,600.

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he welcome news that fines and punishments for using a hand-held mobile phone while driving are to be upped to £200 with a six points penalty, still falls well short of a legal hit serious enough to put a stop to the life-threatening stupidity, at least to my mind and many others,.

And here I speak from experience, after a narrow…very narrow…escape when a woman, quite clearly steering one-handed and animatedly blabbing on her mobile, recklessly jumped the traffic lights into Esher’s high street in her BMW as I moved, luckily slowly, on green. She missed me by fractions and only because I spotted her at the last minute and braked to a standstill.

How I was not walloped was little short of a miracle. And she didn’t even glance in my direction. Mind you, she might well have come off worst - deservedly.

At a crunch, her transport would have been no match for mine: she would have been seriously outclassed, bantam versus heavyweight.

I was sitting in a veritable tank of a car,

a Land Rover Discovery, an enormously robust, tall and sturdy vehicle designed to cope with estate managers’ bumpy, bouncy and chassis-testing journeys over rough terrain, and yet at the same time to offer an unsurpassed comfort level and feeling of safety.

It was upgraded about two years ago and still fits admirably into the bracket of off-roaders quite capable of carrying its seven-seater passenger load in its capacious and comfy inside around town and on the school runs.

Driving is a treat, with its loftiness offering all-round visibility and its eight speed automatic gearing silkily smooth. With the vast improvements made by Land Rover to its suspension system over the passing years, and in answer to the pleas of its buyers, the Discovery makes light work of the most demanding and challenging ground.

That’s all helped by a clever Terrain Response button which has useful icons to give the driver the option of suitable 4x4 settings. Inside too, all the control switches and clickers, pushers and pullers have high visibility and a

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simplicity and ease of use that lessens the burden for whoever is behind the wheel.

And just to take your mind off the racket of the school-bound kids packed noisily into the pew-like seats, there is an all-round sound stereo system of superb quality.

Kerbside, the Discovery‘s presence is one of height, weight and practicality, with a steadfastness that is a solid advantage when you are looking for a stolid safety for you and yours on the move.

Economic? Er….well, maybe not quite the value for money on that front, but helped by an automatic stop-start facility that does offer some fuel-saving to ease the burden on the wallet and purse.

Overall, and with its vital surround-view cameras to aid parking, the Discovery fits most of the requirements demanded of an all-rounder when you are looking for capability combined with comfort and top-class safety.

That brainless woman, whose nearmiss could easily have been a disaster, is lucky to have escaped bumping into my veritable armoured car…

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1. Bake the 5th letters 2. Your “ticker”, nation 3. Golf ball holder, mug 4. Letter 4 exam 5. Ruined, 360° 6. Above neck, musical group 7. House, nauseous 8. Startle the 5th letter 9. 18th letter, I 10. Turn round and round, what you scratch

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Auntie Planty

PLANT

VA R I E G A T I O N Look at your Christmas pudding and consider for a moment that at least four of its main ingredients are highly prized in ancient history and have journeyed many thousands of miles for your delectation!

I’m talking about cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.

C

innamon Cinnamon is the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum in the laurel family, native to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast and Burma. It was imported to Egypt as early as 2000 BC. The tree is grown for two years and then all stems are cut to ground level. These cut stems must be processed immediately after harvesting while the inner bark is still wet, allowing it to curl and be cut into those ‘quills’ that we readily recognize.

Nutmeg The tropical nutmeg tree is unusual, as it gives us two distinct spices from the same plant, nutmeg and mace.

Nutmeg is the seed, roughly egg shaped and weighing around 5-10g when dried. Mace is the dried, lacy, reddish covering or aril of the seed.

The tree must be 10 years old before harvesting starts, and the trees reach full production after 20 years.

Nutmeg is known to have been a prized and costly spice in European medieval cuisine as a flavouring, medicinal and preservative agent.

In Elizabethan times, nutmeg was believed to ward off the plague, and as a result, demand increased and its price skyrocketed.

Cloves These are the unopened flower buds of a cultivated tree in the myrtle family. The earliest references to cloves are in ancient Chinese literature. Courtiers and officers of state were required to have a few cloves in their mouths when addressing the Emperor to keep their breath sweet.

At the height of the spice trade, sailors whiled away the hours by making model boats out of cloves..

Go to Museum Number 1 in Kew Gardens to see an amazing clove

model boat given to Kew in 1845.

It had been bought in the Moluccas at a cost of 6 shillings and 8 pence.

Ginger This familiar root comes from an herbaceous perennial and is one of the oldest and most important spices cultivated in Asia for more than 3,000 years. The rhizomes were easy to transport and so ginger was the first oriental spice to be widely introduced elsewhere, arriving in Europe in the 1st century AD. The rhizome is lifted and immediately scalded and scraped to kill it to prevent it sprouting. Even today, its classic warming qualities are frequently used to calm digestive disorders.

Valerie Munro is a chartered horticulturist. She offers unique and personal tuition sessions explaining the whys and wherefores of good gardening techniques in your own garden. www.auntieplanty.co.uk

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Inspiration!

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YOUR BLESSINGS...

Like many children, I grew up with exhortations to be grateful, but they were often more of an admonition than a celebration. Be grateful when I’d just been told I couldn’t have what I’d asked for?

How was that meant to work??

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ortunately, I’ve learned a bit about gratitude over the years.

Recently, I experienced a situation where an organisation’s errors could have led to significant financial cost and great inconvenience for me. I felt so grateful when it was sorted out, it was as though I’d been given a huge gift. In reality, I was exactly where I’d been a few days before, but it felt so good to be there and not where I might have been had things not been resolved.

Gratitude filled me up and kept me buoyed up all day.

In the past, I might have been in a different state, one focusing on the irritation that it shouldn’t have been like that in the first place, that someone had been wrong or inefficient or unfair.

The situation outside me is the same in both states, but inside, I am living in different worlds. My old inner experience feels hard, betrayed by the world and as though something has been taken away (even though technically it hasn’t), while my new inner experience feels warm, as though the world is supporting me and I have gained something (even though technically I haven’t).

Creating our own world

From the old inner world, chances are I wouldn’t have felt inclined to help anyone else because I would still be annoyed about what happened and would not trust the world to be fair. I would probably have taken my anger into the next things I did, and possibly dumped it on the people I cared most about. From my new inner world, I can give freely to people around me, enjoy the rest of my day and create more positive situations.

Be grateful

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It can change your life. Seriously. Each night, or morning, or once a week (whatever works for you), think through your day and remember three people or events or things, big or small, that you’re grateful for. Really feel grateful - it’s not the words that count, it’s the emotion that goes with them.

You could journal them, or reflect on them and why they made a difference and how. You could collect small notes of gratitude in a gratitude jar and look at them at the end of the year. You could write a letter of thanks. It’s good for you. And studies show that the benefits last.

With gratitude to the many who have shown me kindness this year,

Sonia Duggan CP CC ACC

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Sudoku - page 28

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Do you have spare time in the evenings?

We are looking for a sociable person to help support young adults with learning disabilities to enjoy activities such as games, karaoke, and playing drums/guitar.

Enjoy meeting people?

A local historic landscape garden is looking for volunteers at weekends to help welcome visitors from all over the world. This is an opportunity for anyone who enjoys meeting people & working within a friendly team.

Befrienders for the elderly

Can you spare a couple of hours a week? A charity which supports the elderly is looking for befrienders to provide friendship and social support to people in their own homes.

Volunteer readers

A local primary school is looking for enthusiastic volunteers to encourage children to read. Any spare time would be great, even an hour a week. DBS check will be required.

Wanted! - volunteer drivers across Elmbridge

To provide a daily hot meal (and supper) delivery service to elderly residents in Elmbridge in their home during the week and weekends, to assist customers to live independently in their home. Times between 11.30am to 1.30pm.

INTERESTED IN ANY OF THOSE ROLES? For more info on these roles & many other volunteering opportunities, please contact Voluntary Action Elmbridge,

Please call : 0 1 3 7 2 4 6 3 5 87 Visit : www.vae.org.uk Or email : contact@vae.org.uk Esher Civic Centre: Monday & Weds 10:00 - 13:00 Walton Library: Wednesday 10:00 - 13:00 Walton Quintet: Tues, Thurs & Friday 10:00 - 13:00

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