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Our Magazines: The Directories: Dear Readers, Welcome to the May edition of The Directory! We hope you have all been enjoying the glorious spring weather. Did you know that May is National Walking Month? So why not put on your walking shoes and discover more of beautiful Hampshire!

If you are a keen gardener, you will enjoy our latest gardening column, ‘Greenfingers’ by Alan Titchmarsh, who talks about the impact his iconic Ground Force series had on the nation.

In this edition, we explore ways to boost your memory by sharing four exercises for you to try, and we also introduce you to our ‘Charity of the month’ Home-Start Butser. This fantastic charity is a local community network of trained volunteers who help families with young children through challenging times.

As always, inside is packed full of amazing local businesses, a number chain puzzle and, of course, our ‘Find Barney’ competition below!

I hope you all have a wonderful May, enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend, and thank you for keeping all things local!

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In this month’s column, Martin Lewis looks at taking financial responsibility for ourselves in these post-pandemic days.

What the Coronavirus pandemic has given us, probably more than any point in the past 50 years, is an idea that we can turn to a bank, or the government, or a charity, for help and support. And I won’t deny that, in some examples, these entities have stood up and there has been a feeling of support and community.

Yet I think we all realise that can only go so far. We have now emerged out of the darkness of the pandemic, and slowly but shortly the directive is that we have to fend for ourselves again. I don’t doubt some support remains, but I wouldn’t expect it to last forever.

I think we are all living slightly differently now, and certainly in wake of food shortages during the first lockdown, I have seen much greater understanding and willingness of people to feed their families more responsibly.

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If you have any packaging that has a date on it, if it’s after that date, lots of people just sling the food. Well, let’s remember – Use By is a health notice to you. If something is beyond its Use By date, you need to chuck it in the bin. Best Before is the manufacturer’s guide to optimum quality. All it means is that the item will be in its best possible condition before this date.

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With some canned goods, it’s still perfectly okay to eat them three or four years after the Best Before date.

So, use your nose to smell it, use your eyes to look at it, use your senses to decide whether it’s right for you.

Just by diminishing that, and by having a decent shopping list and proper menu planning, you will cut down waste. That’s not just good for your pocket, but also good for the environment.

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Boost your memory Four exercises that will boost memory and protect wellbeing.

Your brain may not in fact be a muscle, but it does work in much the same way as those in your body – the harder you work it, the stronger it gets and the better it performs.

Here are four exercises that you can carry out over a four-week period – try them and see if you start noticing the results.

Exercise 1: Sleep treat Just as you’re ready to go to sleep, think over what you did that day from the time you got up until you got into bed. Follow your entire day step-by-step, visualising each and every step.

Don’t worry if in the beginning you can’t remember much detail – you’ll probably move rapidly from task to task or think of the day in larger, broader sections.

It’s important to really try to slow down and remember as much as you can, and with time and practice, you will soon start to notice significant improvement in your recall of events and details.

Exercise 2: Map attack On a piece of paper draw a small square for where you live, and begin to add in roads around you.

Gradually build a map of your square mile until you reach the edge of the paper.

This is a great exercise as it promotes an ability to picture an environment, factoring in scale and perspective, and boosting rapid recall of memories

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Compare side-by-side to a real map and see what you included and missed.

Exercise 3: Non-dominant hand Testing the efficiency of tasks with your ‘wrong’ hand is a great way to get brain activity increasing as it aims to focus harder and find solutions to what are, in fact, regular jobs.

Moving your brain out of its comfort zone in this way is a great way to stimulate it, all the while encouraging it to reach out further in the pursuit of other tasks, at other times.

Exercise 4: Socialising Perhaps the most satisfying task of them all!

Experts say the brain is at its most challenged when in a social or party situation, particularly when around strangers. In simple terms, the more we interrelate with others, the better.

How brain exercises help you: • They help improve your memory • They aid your ability to visualise things • They help improve your concentration • They boost perceptiveness at every point throughout the day • They improve powers of observation • They reduce stress • They help us live in the moment • They may well result in you falling asleep faster because your mind is exercised

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Greenfingers…

The Alan Titchmarsh Column He’s a brilliant presenter, accomplished gardener, talented novelist and all-round horticultural inspiration. This month, Alan Titchmarsh talks about immersing ourselves in the great outdoors this summer.

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In reality, it doesn’t matter. Of course I want our gardens to be at their most beautiful as regularly as they can, but these spaces are as much about what they give us, as they are what we give them.

Get out! Get out! Get out!

Yes, you – I’m telling you to get up, put your shoes on, open the door and immerse yourself in what a wonderful country and wonderful landscape this is.

Even after my 70-plus years here, I am proud and passionate and loyal to the UK, and I could never live anywhere else; and while those emotions hold firm all year round, in my mind there is never a better time to soak up the majesty of nature than now, with the sun out, the days growing longer, and nature unequivocally at her most resplendent.

When I suggest getting outdoors in this way – and I suggest it a lot!

– on some occasions I get the answer back that the person isn’t into nature, or doesn’t know where to start when it comes to pruning or

So while our own lawns and beds and trellises are often a priority, in these early days of summer I would encourage you to take the opportunity to sample those of others… in the wild, at a country house, even at a neighbour’s. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so get out there, get imitating, and get inspired.

And by the way, take your kids… every time. Get them off their consoles, prise them away from social media – it’s really good for them to see this whole other side of things. It’s funny, the three big things government are always ranting on about are law and order, health, and education. That’s fair enough.

And yet, time outdoors, time gardening, gives us all of them. If you’re letting off steam, you’re less likely to use your anger in a place where it wouldn’t be suitable.

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If you’re out there, you’re learning about how things grow, so that’s

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Garolla garage doors are expertly made to measure in our own UK factories, they’re strong and solidly built. The electric Garolla door rolls up vertically, taking up only 8 inches inside your garage, maximising valuable space.

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Because childhood can’t wait.

Home-Start is a local community network of trained volunteers and expert support helping families with young children through their challenging times. We are there for parents when they need us the most because childhood can’t wait.

Home-Start also support families in groups, hold day trips and Christmas parties and help access local services, as well as lots of other support.

The earliest years make the biggest impact: Home-Start makes sure those years count so that no child’s future is limited. Children who are raised in a stable, loving family environment are more likely to have a positive and healthy future.

Life-changing events can happen to anyone. That is why Home-Start is ready to support families through their toughest times.

How Home-Start can support your family Being a parent has never been easy. It can be lonely, frustrating, heartbreaking and overwhelming. Life-changing events can happen to anyone. That is why Home-Start is ready to support families through their toughest times. Families struggling with postnatal depression, isolation, physical health problems, bereavement and many other issues receive the support of a volunteer who will spend around two hours a week in a family’s home supporting them in the ways they need.

Volunteering at the heart of Home-Start At the heart of each Home-Start’s work is home visiting volunteer support. Every HomeStart volunteer is trained to help them work alongside families to overcome the challenges they are facing. Home-Start works because our volunteers understand how hard it can be. They work alongside parents, in their own homes to help them cope with the stresses and strains of life and make sure they have the skills, confidence and strength they need to nurture their children.

Home-Start schemes are rooted in the communities they serve: Home-Start Butser covers the southern parishes of East Hampshire from Greatham and Liss through Petersfield and the surrounding villages down to Rowlands Castle. www.homestart-butser.org.uk 01730 23375. Home-Start in Hampshire covers Havant, Alton, Rushmore and Hart, Meon Valley, New Forest and Fareham and Gosport. www.home-starthampshire.org.uk Home-Start Portsmouth, www.hsportsmouth.org.uk homestartbutser

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COUNCILS AND JOB CENTRE Job Centre Plus 08001690190 East Meon Parish Council 01730 262882 Bishops Waltham Parish Council 01489 892323

CHURCHES SERVICES Non-Emergency (Police) 101 Hampshire Fire & Rescue 023 8064 4000 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 British Transport Police 800 40 50 40 or text 61016

GAS, ELECTRIC AND FLOODING

Hambledon Church of St Peter and St Paul 02392 632717 St Mary & All Saints Church 01489 877512 Rector 01489 877422

LIBRARIES Bishops Waltham Library 0300 555 1387 West Wickham Library 020 8777 4139

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HOUSING Housing Advice (Hampshire) 01730 234378 SHELTER England 0808 8004444

Boundary Oak School 01329 280955 Wickham C of E Primary School 01329 833065 Swanmore College 01489 892256 HSDC 023 9387 9999

To help with your Mental Health MIND: Promotes the views and needs of people with mental health problems.

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