Sussex Local - Barnham - June 2017

June 2017

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June 2017 Cover Photo Issue 1 - June 2007 Thakeham Church by Sheila Mills

10 years in publishing!

Happy Birthday to us! This month our magazine is ten years old. We started with just one magazine covering Storrington and West Chiltington - originally called ‘Key Local’ - and now have six separate editions.

I recall visiting the businesses in Storrington with some trepidation, to seek advertising. Happily at my first stop I met James Williams owner of MJ Cars who booked (and paid for) a full year of advertising for his and also his mother’s business. We still work with several businesses who took space in our first ever issue and are grateful to everyone who took a chance on me and a new magazine.

As is customary at these times, I would like to thank all the wonderful local people we have worked with. Our superb distributors, some of whom have been with us for over 8 years; the brilliant team at Evonprint Printers (which very sadly went into administration recently) who helped us get started and never missed a deadline; our knowledgeable editorial contributors and not forgetting Sheila Mills, my mum, who has helped in so many ways and has also supplied many of our wonderful cover images over the years. Many thanks to you too for reading and supporting our advertisers who of course make the whole venture possible.

To celebrate our anniversary we have produced a short video which you can view from the home page of our website.

Kris & Jeff

Words of Wit “The best birthdays of all are those that haven’t arrived yet” - ROBERT ORBEN Disclaimer - Whilst advertisements are printed in good faith, Sussex Local (Kay Publishing Ltd) is an independent company and does not endorse products or services that appear in this magazine. Sussex Local cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions or claims made by contributors.

The views and opinions of contributors are not necessarily those of the publisher.

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Win tickets to Madehurst Big Night Out Saturday 8th July, Madehurst Cricket Club The Madehurst Big Night Out sees Madness tribute band ‘One Step Behind’ headline in what promises to be another fun packed evening of madness at the beautiful, idyllic Madehurst Cricket Club.

After last year’s sell out event, tickets are likely to be more sought-after than ever with a line up of supporting acts including Little Big Band and Great Scott.

There are few more stunning venues for a music festival than the lovely Madehurst Bowl. This great family event is firmly entrenched in people’s summer calendar so book early to avoid missing out. There is a bar and food outlets on site but picnics are welcome.

To book tickets and find information please go to www.madehurstbno.co.uk or call 01903 735327.

Win tickets to Madehurst Big Night Out For your chance to win, just answer the following : Q: What band is One Step Behind a tribute to? a) Madness

b) Abba

c) Fleetwood Mac

Send your answer and full contact details including daytime telephone number to: Madehurst Big Night Out Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after the closing date 27th June 2017. Please indicate if you wish to remain on our mailing list.

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Barnham June 2017 April 2017 solution shown below.

Winner: Christopher Ashton from Chichester Congratulations and thank you to all who entered.

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Win tickets to Priory Park Festival!

Friday 7th — Sunday 9th July at Priory Park, Chichester Billed as ‘an eclectic weekend,’ Priory Park Festival returns for a second year with a live music event that is part of the Festival of Chichester, with a fabulous lineup of artists includes chart-toppers Tony Christie, The Stranglers front man Hugh Cornwell, S Club, Dodgy, Georgie Fame, Deborah Bonham, Chris Farlowe, Cockney Rebel and Rod Stewart guitarist Jim Cregan and, as part of their 30th anniversary tour, The Christians.

Topped off with smokin’ hot jazz from Le Havana Jazz Club and the incomparable Johnny Mars, as well as brilliant tribute acts Abba Chique and The Bog Rolling Stones and local talent in the shape of the Ovation Music Showcase, there will also be entertainment for children and superb food and drink, including real ale and O’Hagan’s sausages!

Featuring two stages, each day of the festival has a different theme. Friday evening is steeped in Jazz and Blues, while Saturday will be Rock and Pop, with a sprinkling of Classical. Sunday is scheduled to be a popular family fun day, with huge chart acts and some of the biggest hit songs from the last 50 years.

Festival Director Robin Bextor said: “We are delighted with the list of artists we have managed to put together and there is a wealth of local talent, too.” The festival is also supporting two local charities, Children on the Edge and The Apuldram Centre.

To book/info: www.prioryparkfestival.co.uk

Win tickets to Priory Park festival Valid for any one day (Fri 7th—Sun 9th) For your chance to win, just answer the following : Q: How many days does the Priory Park Festival run for? a) 1 b) 5 c.) 3 Send your answer and full contact details including daytime telephone number to: Priory Park Festival, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after the closing date 28th June 2017.

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Young Readers’ Puzzle Page Wordsearch - Colours

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Find the listed words in the grid. Words may be hidden horizontally, vertically or diagonally and in either a forwards or backwards direction.

Trace the lines connecting the circles to find out what the 2nd word is

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CERISE LILAC SCARLET

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Help the hungry mouse reach his tasty cheese! Start at the arrow on the top of the maze.

Place the numbers 1 – 6 once in each row, column and 3x2 bold-lined box

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Asparagus & Parmesan Risotto With the asparagus season upon us, here is a delicious way of making this seasonal treat go a long way wine and continue cooking Ingredients - serves 4 gently, covered until the wine        

225g asparagus, washed, trimmed & chopped 60-70g butter 4-5 spring onions, chopped 225g Arborio or risotto rice 1 wine glass dry white wine 600ml vegetable or chicken stock salt and black pepper 50g parmesan cheese, flaked

Method: 1 Partly cook the asparagus (keep back the tips) in 300ml boiling water for about 10 minutes.

Drain, reserving the water.

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3 Stir in the stock gradually, as the liquid is absorbed, until the rice is swollen and really tender.

4 Stir in the asparagus and the spears, season to taste and at the last minute stir in the remaining butter.

Sprinkle with the cheese and serve..

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2 Heat half the butter in a large pan and cook the onion until tender. Add the rice and cook fast for another minute. Add the hot asparagus liquid and cook gently until this is absorbed. Then add the

Win a copy of “A Home in the Pays d’Oc!”

By Patricia Feinberg Stoner

Patricia and her husband Patrick became accidental expatriates on a sweltering Friday in the hot summer of 2003. It was just another sleepy day in Morbignan la Crèbe. They were enjoying their summer holiday in their old village farmhouse.

Then a brown and white spaniel called Purdey walked into their lives and turned everything upside down. They never meant to keep her. ‘It’s just for tonight,’ said Patrick.

‘We’ll take her to the shelter tomorrow.’

But, of course, the next day was Saturday: the shelter was closed. Instead they spent the weekend getting to know the little creature. On the Monday her owner turned up. Patricia found herself saying: ‘We like your dog, Monsieur. May we keep her?’ When they got home, they soon realised that an energetic young dog and a central London flat just didn’t mix. It was time to make their home in the Pays d’Oc. This is the story of their four years as Morbignanglais, as the villagers came to call them.

It follows some of their enchanting and sometimes bizarre encounters such as the Velcro bird and the

elusive carpenter who really did have to go to a funeral.

At Home in the Pays d’Oc’ is all about the joys and the occasional heartbreak of living in a land where just because you speak the language it doesn’t necessarily mean they will understand you.

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To be in with a chance of winning answer the following question: Q: What was Patricia & Patricks dog named? a) Purdey

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Send your answer and full contact details including daytime telephone number to: “A Home in the Pays d’Oc” Competition, PO Box 2237, Pulborough RH20 9AH or email competitions@sussexlocal.net Winner will be first entry drawn after the closing date 30th June 2017. Please indicate if you wish to remain on our mailing list.

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Volcanoes & Sun Barnham-based Travel Counsellor Mike Frank visits Tenerife Despite having been in travel nearly all my working life, until March this year I never visited Tenerife, except for one of our annual Travel Counsellors conferences there many years ago and a day’s visit on a cruise last winter. I was fortunate enough to win 5 nights accommodation there at a travel trade function recently so this gave me the opportunity to discover for myself why it so popular with the British market.

My wife & I flew out with Monarch and I had a hire car booked for the short drive to Costa Adeje and the hotel IberoStarBouganville Playa which hosted our prize. The resort is at the quieter end of Playa del as Americas and the hotel is perfectly situated above the dark sand beach and promenade which links the resorts up. It is also handy for the motorway behind the resort for getting to the other parts of the island, which I made full use of.

It was the day we spent driving to and visiting Mt Teide that was my highlight. The roads in the interior of Tenerife are great, smooth, little traffic, scenic and winding up the hills. Driving past ancient lava flows as we neared Mt Teide was a reminder we were on a live volcanic island. We soon found the visitors centre and cable car station for Mt Teide, and after a short wait in the cool fresh air – it’s already over 2000 metres up here – went up on the breathtaking ride up to the top station, just 170 metres from the summit. At over 3500 metres here, it was cold, just 5C – and patches of hard snow were still around. A special permit is needed for the difficult-looking trek up to the final summit, which is accompanied by park rangers – I didn’t try it. Sulphur steams could be seen

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leaking from several cracks in the rock faces near the summit. The area by the top station has paths prepared in the volcanic rocks and from that high vantage point the whole of Tenerife can be seen and on clear days even other Canary Islands.

On another day we spent exploring the north-western part of the island and Los Gigantes, from where the dolphin and whale sightseeing trips go from. On the way back, I made a point of stopping off at the RitzCarlton Abama hotel for an inspection visit and tour of it’s 5* facilities, as Travel Counsellors has a direct contract here.

Of course, any visit to Tenerife is as much about winter sun as exploring and our visit coincided with above normal temperatures, into the low 30C’son our last two days. Great for a dip into the still-chilly sea !

The IberoStar provides all the essential facilities for a good hotel-based holiday, and the buffet breakfast selection catering for their international guests was fantastic. Our evenings were spent exploring the huge array of eateries and bars along the promenade, and found the prices reasonable. I loved the island and sure you will too ! Just don’t leave it as long as I did to have a holiday there.

For all your holiday and travel requirements, contact Mike Frank on 01243 554563 or send an email to mike.frank@travelcounsellors.com

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Local Walks - June These walks are supported by Chichester District Council, are led by volunteers and are designed to cater for all ages and abilities. No booking is required but please arrive 10 mins before the walk is due to start. Dogs are welcome unless otherwise stated but must be kept on the lead. If the weather is poor the walk be cancelled, if unsure please check, contact 01243 534589 health@chichester.gov.uk www.chichesterwellbeing.org.uk. L = Walk Leader Thurs 1st 10.30am Poling Ponds L: Peter 2 hours 4 miles Acircular walk via Angmering village to Poling Ponds. Rustington Golf Centre car park, BN16 4NB Mon 5th 10.30am Tillington L: Gerald 1½ hrs 3 miles.

A gentle circular walk down to the River Rother through Smugglers Lane. The Horse Guards Inn, Upperton Road, Tillington, GU28 9AF Mon 5th 10.30am Emsworth to Westbourne Sq L: Anne 1½hrs 2½ miles Through meadows to Emsworth and back. Emsworth Town Square. Park in public car park (pay & display) by information board Mon 5th 10.30am Westgate L: Helen 30mins 1 mile A flat walk at a gentle pace, suitable for beginners. Westgate Leisure Centre, PO19 1RJ Weds 7th 10.45am Climping L: Dominic 1 hour 15 mins 2½ miles Along dunes and beach to Climping Mill, then across fields to Ferry Road and Rope Walk to club.

Arun Yacht Club Car Park, Rope Walk, Littlehampton, BN17 5DL Mon 12th 10.30am Emsworth to Langstone L: Anne 2½ hrs 4 miles Town square, Emsworth Thurs 15th 10.30am Selsey L: Helen 30mins 1 mile East Beach Car Park in Selsey – it is a pay and display Thurs 15th 6pm Treyford L: Pete 1½ hrs 3 miles Up to Devil’s Jumps and Treyford Hill; steep in places. ‘Royal Oak’ car park, Hooksway Fri 16th 9.30am Sussex Day Walk L: Gerald 2½ hrs 6 miles A lovely flat summer's walk from Tillington along part of the new Midhurst Way to Easebourne.

Not suitable for beginners. Horse Guards Inn, Upperton Rd, Tillington GU28 9AF. If staying for lunch, book by Monday 12th June with Gerald on 01798 342151 Sat 17th 10.30am Whiteways L: Dominic 2 hrs 3 ½ miles Walk along Monarch Way and South Downs Way. This walk has steep inclines and is not suitable for beginners. Whiteways car park on A29 Mon 19th 10.30am Emsworth to Prinsted L: Anne 1½ hrs 3 miles An easy flat walk. Allow sufficient time in the car park. Emsworth town square Tues 20th 10.30am Canal Walk L: Janet 1½ hrs 3 miles Return by bus. Chichester Canal, Basin Road, Chichester PO19 8DT Weds 21st 11am Midhurst L: Helen 30 mins 1 mile Entrance to The Grange Leisure Centre Bepton Road, Midhurst GU29 9HD Weds 21st 6.30pm Black Rabbit L: Dominic 2 hrs 3 ½ miles Riverbank & lake walk. All level, mostly on paths. Could be muddy. Mill Road car park near the river in the town centre (charge) Thurs 22nd 10.30am Burpham & Wepham L: Jane 2 hours 5 miles Hilly walk with some stiles. Lovely views. The public car park behind the George at Burpham Fri 23nd 10.30am River Rother Walk L: Fiona 2½ hrs 4 ½ miles A scenic walk following the meandering course of the River Rother from Woolbeding to Iping.

Woolbeding Parkland car park Mon 26th 10.30am Chichester Canal L: Helen 30mins 1 mile A flat walk at a gentle pace, suitable for beginners. Chichester Canal, Basin Road, PO19 8DT Weds 28th 10.30am Walberton to Binstead L: Dominic 1¾ hrs 2 ¾ miles A mainly flat headland path, grass, gravel. Coffee at the post office. Walberton Village Hall car park, BN18 0PQ Thurs 29th 9.30am Walderton to Compton L: Jane 3 hours 5 miles This linear walk is through woods and fields and finishes in Compton village. At the junction of the B2146 and the Walderton/Stoughton Road

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Sussex Snippets On 24th June Littlehampton is hosting an Armed Forces Day event, which includes a spectacular aerial display from the Twisters, BBMF Dakota Flypast, arena shows, military vehicles, drill competition and charity fair featuring services organisations and local cadet groups. The event takes place on Seafront Greens, South Terrace, Littlehampton, BN17 5LQ www.visitlittlehampton.co.uk The Stellar Arts Orchestra is on a mission to revolutionise the cultural scene across the county, and invites you to join them on the journey - initiated by pianist and conductor, Rudi Eastwood, the SAO is a proposal for a permanent, world-class orchestra in West Sussex that will endeavour to revolutionise the cultural scene across the county and involve the community at large. The SAO promises a unique synthesis of music, art, culture and varying disciplines, and to be refreshing, whilst inspiring. For more details, contact: www.stellarartsorchestra.com In a bid to cut poor diets and rising levels of obesity, Worthing-based social enterprise company Health Champions will be teaching West Sussex residents how to cook and eat more healthily on special, free, courses. The courses encourage people to ditch ready meals and takeaways and to create delicious

SUSSEX LOCAL meals and snacks from scratch more regularly - people attending the courses often lose weight as a result of changing their diets and becoming more food aware. www.healthchampions.co.uk Probus is a social club, for retired and semi-retired men, with over 1,500 clubs across the UK and thirteen worldwide - the Arundel branch meets twice a month and has members from not only Arundel but a dozen nearby towns and villages. The club has recently launched a website to raise the club’s profile and tell its story; built by Probus members the website explains the club’s history, gives details on speakers and events – past and future, the club’s diary and membership details Contact: www.arundel probus.club Storrington based charity, Little LifeSavers delivers free training, to children aged 9-18, in how to deliver basic life saving skills - including choking, child and adult CPR, and the recovery position - and recently appeared on the ITV This Morning Show.

Set up in 2016 by a group of local parents passionate about delivering these valuable lifesaving skills to children, Little LifeSavers now has groups across the country delivering free training; and would like talk to you if you have a school, group or club that would like to receive training or if you would be interested in being involved in the charity by becoming a volunteer, or by undertaking a fundraising activity, email info@littlelifesavers.org The Conservatives have retained control of West Sussex County Council, following the local elections in May, when, after the votes were counted the Liberal Democrats became the main opposition party at County Hall. The size of the County Council has decreased from 71 to 70 seats because of changes approved by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England and the new constitution of the 70 member council is: Conservatives 56 seats, Liberal Democrats 9 seats and Labour 5 seats.

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Flower & Produce Show Blooms

Despite doubts about its future, The Arundel Flower and Produce Show will be held on Saturday 12th August at Arundel Football Club. This year’s show will include all the usual traditional classes for flowers and vegetables as well as painting competitions for local schoolchildren whose work will go on display on the day of the event. Entry forms for everyone wanting to enter any of the classes will be available from June at a number of locations around the town and entries will close on 4th August. For more information visit www.arundelgardensassociation.co.uk

Cass Sculpture Foundation 2017 is set to be a busy year for Cass Sculpture Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that inspires and enables creativity in contemporary sculpture.

April saw the unveiling of an exhibition of monumental works by the iconoclastic duo Jake and Dinos Chapman. The Meek Shall Inherit The Earth But Not The Mineral Rights comprises three corten steel dinosaurs towering as high as eight metres amongst the beautiful woodlands at CASS. Alongside this outdoor display will also be presented, ‘Four Legs Good Two Legs Bad’ in the beautiful Main Gallery space. The installation of 31 miniature sculptures, constructed by the Chapman brothers in papier -mâché and poster paint, takes its name from the animalist mantra in George Orwell’s Animal Farm.

The year will also see the launch of a unique public events programme of artist led workshops, such as ‘Plasticine Portraiture’ with the Spitting Image sculptor Wilfrid Wood and ‘Get Rich or Tie Dyeing’ with artist Lizzie King. Contact: Cass Sculpture Foundation, New Barn Hill, Goodwood, PO18 0QP Tel: 01243 538 449 or visit www.sculpture.org.uk

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the specialist Retro and Vintage outlet in the centre of the City, to the numerous shops throughout the area selling clothes, bric-a-brac, collectibles, toys and more, St Wilfrid’s shops can be treasure troves.

Next time you have a clear out, you may wish to consider donating your unwanted good quality items. You can take them to any shop, and for larger items such as bikes or furniture, collection from your home can be arranged.

And if you are inspired further, St Wilfrid’s shops rely on volunteers to keep them running, so if you would like to meet new friends and make a contribution to the Hospice – which relies on public support to raise the £7million a year for the essential services it provides – you might be interested in volunteering.

Details of locations of all the shops, donation centres and volunteering opportunities can be found on the website. Tel: 01243 775302 www.stwh.co.uk

Information Shop Wins Funding

Chichester Information Shop has been awarded £3,850 By Sussex Community Foundation in its latest round of grant giving. The grant will allow the shop to open five days a week, meaning even more time is available to support young people. The shop offers free and confidential information, advice, support, and counselling to any young person aged between thirteen and twenty-five years old. This service extends across a variety of topics including emotional support, advice work, and sexual health. Young people have received help for issues including bullying, eating disorders, pregnancy and advice about benefit entitlements. See: www.chi-infoshop.org.uk Sussex Community Foundation raises funds for and makes grants to local charities and community groups across East and West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. Most of the grants are between £1,000 and £5,000 and the Foundation manages funds of money on behalf of Sussex donors and has built a permanent endowment fund that currently stands at £12.6 million that will benefit Sussex people for generations. www.sussexgiving.org.uk.

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WWT Arundel Awarded Grant

WWT Arundel Wetland Centre has received a grant of £60,000 from Viridor Credits Environmental Company to improve habitat for wildlife at the Centre, as part of the Landfill Communities Fund.

WWT will use the grant to create a series of new wetland pools, wildflower-rich grassland, and chalk banks, to manage grassland through sustainable grazing, and to help restore ditches around the reserve. This work will support many wetland animals and plants – the rare grizzled skipper butterfly, grass snakes, amphibians such as the Common Toad and waders that breed at Arundel in the summer months.

Contact: www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/arundel/ news

Ford Prison Music Project

Registered Charity Finding Rhythms has received £4,900 to fund music-based rehabilitation and training for prisoners at HMP Ford. The donation was provided by the Santander Foundation, which offers Discovery Grants to UK registered charities for projects that help disadvantaged people in local communities.

Finding Rhythms runs 36-hour music projects in prisons. Prisoners are challenged to write, compose and record an album of original music, with the help of professional musicians. In the process they learn valuable skills including collaboration, communication, conflict management, and earn a valuable BTEC in Employability Skills. www.finding-rhythms.co.uk or www.santanderfoundation.org.uk

New Group Promotes Bypass

OneArundel a group formed by local residents to promote the long awaited A27 Arundel Bypass, has announced the formal launch of their website.

The Press Release accompanying the launch, states “The OneArundel group’s aim is to raise awareness of and support for an offline dualcarriageway bypass on the pink/ blue route, which will take traffic away from the town, thus alleviating the problems, which have plagued Arundel for many years. www.OneArundel.co.uk

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In Your Garden Monthly gardening ideas and tasks by Andrew Staib of Glorious Gardens Space Creating Tricks The creative use of curves can make your garden seem to go on and on past the fence lines.

Mirrors can reflect the light from one side to another especially if the area is very dark (make sure they are not very big and in the open as birds will fly into them). A small lawn can be made into a receding trapeze shape to give the effect of a greater sense of distance. Rhythmic planting can draw the eye to the repetition rather than straight to the end of the bed.

Garden Design Ideas for the Small Garden When designing your small garden I recommend buying very large and bold pots for a small courtyard garden. Small pots look like you are trying to squeeze as much as you can into the space where one big pot gives the space a sense of power and gravitas. The bigger the better sometime as the pots, seating or raised beds exude a sense of generosity of spirit.

As with trees- it is much more effective to buy one really wonderful big specimen than three little shrubs.

With paving materials because you don’t have much area to pave you can go for an expensive basalt or porcelain tile which will offer you endless pleasure.

Also, investing in a really original sculpture can give your space a sense of creativity and purpose.

The Elements You can bring the elements into a small garden- in fact in designing your garden this is imperative as most smaller gardens are quite hemmed in and often don’t have other neighbouring greenery to enrich the outer perimeter.

A fire bowl can be stored under the stairs or in your shed and brought out when a few friends pop over.

Once you sip a G and T and the fire is roaring under the stars you will forget where you are and your little space will feel timeless!

A water feature will give you the sound of water which is generally calming for the nerves and gives an echo of larger bodies of water that you have visited in the past. Birds will frequent you feature or pond and the sky will fill the reflections.

Movement- Ornamental grasses, dwarf willow trees or pendulous trees like Betula pendulosa will sway in the wind and bring an element of wildness and unpredictability.

Parts of the garden can be hidden from the frontal view so one has to go on a little walk to see what is around the corner. This can be done in the smallest of gardens. Painting the back walls and fences a dark grey, black or dark green can make the back of the garden recede to a greater depth than it actually is.

Growing a mix of evergreen and deciduous climbers can also have this effect and give the visitor a sense of interest with splashes of colour taking their attention away from the limits of the garden.

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24 Gardening Layers Most small garden designs shy away from trees and large shrubs as the fear is that the garden will look over crowded.

However the exact opposite can be true. A line of obedient, shaped little shrubs can make the garden feel restricted and limited.

When designing a small back garden I will often concentrate on establishing a larger tree is a natural corner of the garden. Even if the garden is less than 10 meters long an apple tree with maximum height of 4 meters can give the garden a sense of age and majesty, and bring in the feeling of a complex ecosystem than reminds us of the countryside. Under the larger tree one can plant a small swath of ornamental grasses, mid size shrubs or bulbs that can evoke a larger landscape.

Multi functional If you can make your garden for you with multiply functions it will be a much more enticing place to be.

Herbs can be grown from hanging baskets, tomatoes up the sunny shed wall, climbing roses can be piled

up over sheds and up conifers, and fruit can be grown as espaliers along the edges of paths.

Good luck if you decide to re think your small space.

And if you have a bigger garden you can create a network of smaller gardens within it to give it the feeling of a never ending exploration.

Where to Visit in June Ambrose Place Back Gardens, Worthing This year the group of more than a dozen tiny terrace gardens in Ambrose Place in Worthing will be celebrating thirty years of opening through the NGS. These gardens have been described as a ‘horticultural phenomenon’ with the variety of styles and layouts to visit in one area.

There is the traditional cottage and Victorian gardens, to Mediterranean and Moroccan themed spaces and there is plenty to inspire ideas and prove that small can be beautiful.

Ambrose Place Back Gardens, Worthing BN11 1PZ NGS: Sun 9 June (11am—1pm & 25pm) Adults £5, child free www.ngs.org.uk

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Dead head roses and give them Summer feed

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Secret Millionaire

By Richard Cohen FPFS ACII MCSI Chartered Financial Planner As a nation, we have a reputation for being very repressed when it comes to talking about money. If most people suddenly became a millionaire, they would probably keep it secret from all except their nearest and dearest. Over recent months I’ve come across a phenomenon of people keeping it secret from themselves.

This isn’t because they’ve won the Lotto but not checked the ticket it’s that they’ve ignored old pensions. Most people don’t have a clue what “deferred” pension they’re entitled to from previous employers and even fewer people know what transfer value they’d be offered to surrender that pension. The mechanism for revaluing a deferred pension can mean that pensions from the 1980s and 1990s where you had a reasonable period of service can sometimes be worth more than the salary you were on when you left that employer. Even deferred pen-

sions from employers you left since 2000 can be worth more than you’d expect.

Whilst the income stream may be higher than expected it’s the sum pension schemes are willing to pay in exchange for giving that income up that can be life changing. I recently had a case where a pension that a client initially described as “probably worth nothing” was in fact worth £26,000 per year and the scheme were willing to pay £1.1 million as a transfer value. When we first met, he was convinced he was going to have to work into his seventies because he hadn’t made provision for his interest only mortgage and felt bad how he couldn’t help his daughter with university expenses. Three months later he was a millionaire and able to retire immediately.

Not all forgotten pensions will be as large, not all schemes offer such a large multiple of pension to transfer value and for many people a guaranteed income for life suits them better than a large lump sum.

However, not having a pension transfer qualified independent financial adviser to check your pensions for you is like buying a lottery ticket and not checking the numbers.

For more details visit www.nsurefinancial.co.uk or to arrange a free review please call 01903 821010

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28 Charity Profile

Enable Me... ...Enabling disabled people, by raising awareness Chris Jay is a man with a mission. The CEO and Chairman of West Sussex based charity Enable Me, wants to make his organisation more visible – to raise its profile amongst the schools and businesses of West Sussex, and beyond.

Chris Jay CEO and Chairman

Enable Me is a small user-led charity providing disability awareness days in schools – allowing children of all ages to learn about the needs, challenges and unique life experience of disabled people, from disabled people. The charity also provides specialised disability awareness training for sports coaches, teaching professionals and businesses; exploring language, legislation, communication and how to make the work environment more inclusive.

This year Enable Me will be expanding its portfolio of services by delivering new work in the form of Disability Access Audits and Autism Awareness workshops.

Originally established in 2004 by Helen Sage, a secondary school teacher inspired by her disabled son, David, to run workshops in order to dispel

negative myths and attitudes faced by disabled children, young people and adults.

Over the intervening years Enable Me has provided disability awareness training to over 50,000 school children, teachers and professionals working with disabled children, young people and adults and has been through many changes.

Born with cerebral palsy, Chris Jay joined Enable Me in 2008 as a volunteer. He was working on a part-time Masters degree, when a friend called up and suggested he might like to join him volunteering at a small charity promoting disabled awareness. From volunteer, Chris became Deputy Project Manager, supporting the then Chief Executive, before becoming Enable Me’s Chairman and CEO himself.

Chris describes himself as being: “Delighted and thrilled to be in charge of an organisation whose work is so close to my own heart.” With a degree in Politics and a Masters in Global Security, and as a wheelchair user for over twenty years, Chris is able to deliver Enable Me’s training from first hand experience.

through the door Unsurprisingly, one of the factors driving changes to the services offered by Enable Me is fluctuating levels of funding. A few years ago, after a significant funding stream dried up, Chris was led to make a tough decision: to take the charity out of the business of running clubs for disabled children and concentrate instead on delivering disability awareness training to schools and businesses.

Although the charity covers an area of a sixty-mile radius, providing services across West Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey, Chris is keen to make the charity better known, to increase its visibility outside of the local area and to reach even more schools and businesses across West Sussex. However, he is full of praise and gratitude for the local community. The people of Littlehampton, where the charity is based, have in Chris’s words “been amazing, they have helped raise tens of thousands of pounds (over the years that Chris has been involved with the charity) … and support us every time we do an event.”

Chris illustrates just how lucky Enable Me has been in finding support from the local community when he tells me that the charity recently received donations totalling around £10,000 from the local community; funding, from various donors – including the Co-op’s local funds, from Littlehampton’s Bonfire Society, a Golf Day hosted by Littlehampton Golf club and a £5,000 from a donor who wishes to be anonymous. A pool of funding that will allow Enable Me to offer awareness training to Sussex schools, that would ordinarily pay a fee to receive, free of charge.

Chris reckons that the average cost of taking Enable Me into a school is £500 – so the charity currently has capacity to offer free training to around twenty schools. Chris says that ideally he would like to have a waiting list of schools eager to host Enable Me’s awareness training, and says he would love to hear from any schools interested in organising disability awareness training in their school.

However, one of the challenges that the charity faces is that of being known and gaining access to schools in order to present their training. As well as the expected difficulty of getting past “the gatekeeper”expected as a result of heightened security in and around our schools - a number of other factors, not least being the lack of money available to state schools, and the compression of the curriculum, make getting access to schools, in Chris’s words: “Bloody awkward.”

This is the first prong of Chris’s drive to make the

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charity more visible. Whilst wanting to make schools aware of the charity and what it does, he realises just how difficult it is for schools to fund external training in these cash strapped days, and he is keen for schools to know that even if the funds run out then Enable Me can go to its supporters and say, “we have a school that wants our training and needs funding.”

Chris’s ideal is to make Enable Me practically selfsufficient, which is where the second prong of making the charity more visible come in. Taking awareness training into businesses is an area that Chris “would like to make a big push for.” He stresses that Enable Me is “not looking for handouts from businesses” but that the charity wants to work with them, providing an

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30 Charity Profile excellent training package for professionals, leisure centres etc. The more work Enable Me can do with businesses then the more income will be generated to support more free work with schools.

All of Enable Me’s disability awareness training is designed and delivered by disabled people. For instance, Enable Me trainers delivers training to sports coaches, sports science students and leisure centre staff, are active athletes with disabilities and able to offer a unique insight into the challenges facing disabled people who want to participate in sport. Enable Me has two full-time staff and Chris who is also fulltime, but on a voluntary basis. The charity is always on the look out for new volunteers with disabilities, to go into schools and businesses.

Chris says current volunteers have a mix of disabilities, mainly physically disabled and he would be interested in working with someone with autism, who would be comfortable delivering training from an autistic persons point of view. The charity also requires able-bodied volunteers – who can drive and are able to help co-ordinate volunteers on the training day.

tion, which generated their first business case study and may lead to an ongoing relationship with the bank.

Spending time chatting to Chris Jay reveals a man not only driven to take his experiences out into the wider world, but also someone with the enthusiasm, intellectual engagement and dry sense of humour that must make his training sessions, particularly those delivered to businesses, not only informative and thought provoking but entertaining. What better way to get your message across?

Contact : Enable Me, 1 Bayford Road, Littlehampton BN17 5HL Tel: 01903 734400 You can email office@enablemeproject.org.uk or visit online at www.enablemeproject.org.uk

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