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In 2017, leading retirement housebuilder, McCarthy & Stone, reported of a downsizing exodus with 5.7 million UK pensioners looking to move to smaller properties – 300,000 more than the previous year. This growth equated to an expected release of £80,000 of equity on average, equalling £450 billion while it is projected to more than double to £877 billion by 2036.
In addition, if you’re adapting to a smaller living space, you are forced to audit your belongings and thoroughly consider what really matters to you and what can be thrown away or donated to charity. There’s nothing quite like a good clear-out to ring in new beginnings.
Values high enough to make any homeowner in their later life dizzy, these findings clearly demonstrate the growing attraction of downsizing to a smaller property. Nevertheless, the decision to downsize is often not an easy one to make. Emotional attachments, memories and even the sheer amount of stuff which has accumulated over the years are often cited as three major turn-offs.
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To help fund retirement Releasing cash is a powerful motivation, but many retired homeowners find that their cash is tied up in a variety of assets which cannot easily be accessed, for example, they own their home but live off a small income such as their pension. Downsizing is an effective way to release funds and supplement a pension during retirement for other expenses such as the opportunity to travel abroad or to purchase the classic car you’ve always wanted. A smaller home doesn’t mean a decrease in lifestyle; in fact it can actually enhance it.
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To live a simpler life As well as the many financial perks of downsizing, there is also a range of other benefits to moving to a smaller property. By having fewer rooms to maintain takes the pressure off if you’re struggling with upkeep.
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by Alison Runham 1st – 5th October is National Work Life Week, an event run by the Working Families charity and focusing on how employees and employers can improve work-life balance. The charity wants to create a society in which everyone can fully meet their work and caring responsibilities and has “real choice in balancing the interdependent demands of family, work and community at different life stages.” However, this vision seems a long way from being realised. In research undertaken by Working Families, half of parents said their work-life balance was a source of stress and one in ten said they were ready to resign without another job to go to. It also revealed that seven out of ten parents worked at home in the evenings and at weekends, due to increasing workloads, lack of time for planning, organisational culture, and manager attitudes. But working long hours is bad for our health. Research published in 2015 by Public Health expert Prof Mika Kivimäki showed that people working 55 hours or more per week have a 33% higher risk of stroke and a 13% higher risk of coronary heart disease than those who work a 35 to 40-hour week. While his study didn’t look at the potential reasons behind this link, experts have suggested that these increased risks are probably due to prolonged sitting, stress, less time for exercise and less time for relaxation and healthy eating. Working long hours can mean not enough time looking after your health and wellbeing. So, what can employees do to achieve a better work-life balance, and what can employers do to help their staff achieve it?
Employers: Listen to Your Employees Some employers panic when employees ask for more flexibility, changes to working times, reduced hours or to work from home, but there’s no need to. It could be a positive change. To become a more flexible employer: • Investigate how technology could help your employees work from home or while travelling for work. Cloud-based apps and services can allow workers to access real-time financial data, message colleagues and collaborate on projects online. • If an employee requests a change to their working practice, listen to what they want with an open mind, but also express any concerns you have so that they have the chance to address them. Offer a trial period so that both of you can see how this new way of working performs in practice before making any commitment. • Consider job-share options for both existing and new roles. You should also consider the well-being of your employees and ensure you’re meeting your legal obligations to them. • Do your employees get the breaks they’re entitled to in a place away from their workstation – and your queries? • Do you signpost or offer mental and physical health services, such as counselling or lunchtime exercise activities? • Do you ensure that the equipment they use is positioned correctly to avoid physical strain and fatigue? • Are employees encouraged to speak up if they feel the demands placed on them are too great? • Do you encourage working smart, not working long? Research shows that happier, healthier employees are more productive and likely to stick around and that millennials are increasingly looking for more flexible employers, so practising flexibility and caring about employee wellbeing is not just altruistic – it makes good business sense as well.
Employees: Think Flexibility The Working Families study showed that half of people in the UK want to work flexibly but currently, fewer than one in ten jobs advertised offer flexible working (even though it may be available in the role). Flexible working can become particularly important if you’re a parent or carer, but before you go looking for more flexible employment, be brave: approach your current employer. Discuss your requirements and possible solutions, such as more flexible working, changing work times, reducing your hours or working fully or partially from home. You could also consider self-employment but be warned: this comes with its own downsides and doesn’t suit everyone. Finding and retaining work, selling your skills, doing your own bookkeeping and admin, taking sole responsibility for the quality and completion of projects and having nobody else to motivate you can be overwhelming and stressful – not to mention lonely. If you work by yourself from home, you also need to think about where you will work and how you will avoid distractions, including family and friends. Some are inclined to see working from home as not quite real work, failing to appreciate that you still have deadlines to meet. • Whether you’re employed or self-employed, know when to say no and when to down tools. • Leave work behind when your hours are finished and don’t be tempted to open those work-related emails. • Get enough sleep. Working into the night is ultimately counter-productive as your memory, response time and concentration The Berkshire Break
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Local Events Please Note: this listing is a guide only; details may be subject to change after publication - to avoid disappointment please check with the event organiser.
To submit an event, please email details to events@thelocalword.com by the deadline (see Front Cover). All entries should be non profit making and will be included subject to space.
Oct
Event
Where
When
Price
Contact
Mon
Woodley Photographic Club, a varied programme of events including guest speakers and competitions.
The Oakwood Centre, Headley Rd, Woodley
7.4510.15pm
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www.woodley photo.co.uk
Mon-Fri
Free tea or coffee, Age Concern, relaxation after a hectic day.
Twyford Adult Day Centre 3-4.30pm
Free
0118 934 4040
Tue / Thu
Charity Knit ‘n’ Natter, making knitted & crocheted toys for Woodley Wool, 106 Loddon 10am – 12 the Extravaganza and carnival for the Woodley Foodbank! Bridge Rd, RG5 4AW noon
Free, inc woodleywool refreshments @outlook.com
Thurs Luncheon Club, Age Concern, a fabulous two course meal with sociable people.
Twyford Adult Day Centre, Polehampton Close
Thurs St Nicolas Over 50s Club, a friendly group for older people with a different activity each week.
St Nicolas Church Hall, 2 – 4pm Sutcliffe Av, Earley RG6 7JN
Thurs Wokingham & East Berkshire Camera Club, all abilities, new members welcome.
The Cornerstone, Wokingham
8pm – 10pm £2
www.webcc.org.uk
11.30am – 2pm
£5
0118 934 4040
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Fri
Wokingham Short Mat Bowls Club, new members welcome at this friendly club, flat shoes required.
Wokingham Youth Centre, Wokingham
6.45-9.30pm
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0118 942 0467
Fri
Meditation, take time to relax, reduce stress, tiredness and revitalise with a guided meditation.
The Bradbury Centre, Rose St, Wokingham
9.30 – 11am
Donation
07979 652 264
1st Mon
Arborfield Local History Society, Trevor Ottlewski, talk, "The Lost Buildings of Wokingham".
Arborfield Village Hall, Eversley Road, Arborfield
7.30 – 9pm
Visitors £2 rayfhill@aol.com 0118 976 0784
1st Mon
Memory Cafe, A friendly place for people living with memory loss to meet and chat.
St Nicolas Church & Centre, Earley RG6 7JN
2 – 4pm
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2nd Tue
Berkshire Museum of Aviation, lecture, ‘History of ASV Radar’ with Simon Watts.
Berkshire Aviation Museum, Mohawk Way, Woodley
7.30 for 8pm Visitors £3 0118 978 6895 0118 934 0712
2nd Tue
Woodley Flower Club, Demonstration: "Pashmina Fever" by Nadura Burki. Doors open 7 pm for Refreshments.
Coronation Hall, Headley Road, Woodley RG5 4JZ
7.45 – 9.40pm
Visitors £5.50
4th Thu
Woodley Townswomen’s Guild Meeting, Helping the Homeless in Reading
Chapel Hall, Loddon Bridge Road, Woodley
7.45 – 9.45pm
Visitors £3 0118 969 8846
6th Sat
Come and Sing Day, Twyford Singers, featuring John Rutter’s Requiem, directed by Helen Styles.
Christ Church, Crockamwell Rd, Woodley, RG5 3LA
£20
www.ticketsource. co.uk/Twyford-Singers
7th Sun
Concert, West Forest Sinfonia, soloist Henley pianist Anita D’Attellis, Rachmaninov’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in a programme of well-known favourites.
The Great Hall, University of Reading, RG1 5AQ
£15 / £14 / £5
07977 050 265 tickets@westforest sinfonia.org
8th Mon
Reading & District Fuchsia Society, instructional evening with Sid Garcia.
Maiden Place Community 7.30pm Centre, Lower Earley
Visitors £1 0118 966 3730
11 – 13th
Twyford & Ruscombe Theatre Group, "It Runs in the Family", see p17 for full details.
Loddon Hall, Twyford
8pm
£7 – 10
13th Sat
Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society, AGM at 1.00 pm followed by Philip Wickens’ memorial lecture at 2.00 pm.
Oakwood Centre, Headley Rd, Woodley
1pm
13th Sat
Thames Valley Chorus in concert with German choir Düssharmonie and quartet The Emerald Guard.
The Great Hall, University of Reading, RG1 5AQ
7.30pm
£15
14th Sun
Little Apple Day Apple tasting, fresh apple juice, heritage Discovery Centre, Lower varieties, insect hunts, walks around the orchard and lake. Way, Thatcham
11am – 3pm
Donation tricia@marcouse for parking .com
16th Tue
Wokingham Art Society, demonstration by Kate Methodist Church, Rose Cochrane painting a “Semi-abstract landscape” in Acrylics. Street, Wokingham
7.30 – 9.30pm
Visitors £4 www.wokingham artsociety.org.uk
17th Wed
Woodley Afternoon WI, the Woodley First Responders demo First Aid CPR; visitors & new members welcome.
Christ Church Hall, 1.55 – 4pm Crockhamwell Rd, RG5 3LA
Donations josephine_legg welcome @yahoo.co.uk
18th Thu
Woodley Central WI, ‘Red Cross Quilt’ by Barbara Hately, competition: cross stitch/embroidery/patchwork.
Chapel Hall, Loddon Bridge Road, Woodley, RG5 4BG
7.30pm
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18 – 20th
Mostly G and S double-bill. The Zoo, a rarely performed one-act musical folly by Arthur Sullivan, words by Bolton Rowe, and HMS Pinafore by Gilbert and Sullivan.
Oakwood Centre, Woodley, RG5 4JZ
7.45pm
£10
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22nd Mon
Reading & District Fuchsia Society, talk by Alan Goold "Autumn Care and Pruning plus Winter Colour in the Garden"
Maiden Place Community 7.30pm Centre, Lower Earley
Visitors £1 0118 966 3730
25th Thu
National Health Service Retirement Fellowship, all previous employees of the NHS welcome.
St Barnabas Church Hall, Elm Rd, Reading RG6 5TS
10am
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26 – 27th
Woodley and Earley Arts Group, Autumn Exhibition. An opportunity to buy original art, cards and craft. Friday evening meet the Artists and enjoy a glass of wine.
Oakwood Centre, Woodley, RG5 4JZ
Fri 10am - 5pm, 7pm - 9pm Sat 10am - 5pm
Free
Mike Pennicott 07771 404 552
27th Sat
Concert, Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band and Wokingham Choral Academy, see p17 for full details.
Waingels College, Woodley RG5 4RF
7.30pm
£8
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Small, tutor led classes with a maximum of 10 learners.
The buying side, explaining the bidding system, your responsibilities as a buyer and feedback. The selling side, with hints and tips, covering the best time to sell, your responsibilities as a seller and feedback. There will be practical exercises to listing items and an opportunity to set up your own eBay account.
Wednesday 24th October 2018 10:00am – 3:00pm Fee £25 *Lunch available to purchase on the day.
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31st October28th November 2018
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Community News The Chilterns Walking Festival autumn event The Chilterns Walking Festival autumn event takes place from 06 to 21 October 2018. The 16-day programme of over 50 themed guided walks and activities caters equally for experienced walkers and complete novices and is designed to encourage exploration of new areas, share a love of the local landscape and provide sociable opportunities for healthy outdoor activity. Led by experienced local volunteer guides, the autumn programme includes seasonal highlights like colourful beech woods, stories of former residents, glorious views and opportunities to learn new skills like map-reading and Nordic walking. There are linear and circular walks involving trains, farms, landmarks and churchyards. Many are will appeal to families seeking country adventures, others are inspired by a love of history and local stories, and some provide the perfect excuse to try a local tipple or cream tea. Website www.visitchilterns.co.uk/walkingfest describes all of the programmed walks and activities. No previous experience is necessary, and each walk has guidance for the length, suggested level of fitness and terrain involved. Most walks are free of charge, though must be pre-booked via the website to assist walk leaders with expected numbers. Tell your friends and family or come along to make new friends with shared interests. All it takes is a pair of comfy walking shoes and a love for exploring the Chilterns countryside in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
challenge and great fun to play. We hope that the audience enjoy watching as much as we have enjoyed putting the play together. Suffice to say that I have been watching the play twice a week for two months and I am still laughing. We hope you will too. Tickets £7 - £10 from 0118 328 2825 or www.twyrusdrama.org.uk New Ladies Vocal Ensemble Sapphire will be a new female vocal ensemble that will be led by local music teacher and choir director Suzanne Newman. Suzanne directs Jewel Tones - a girls' choir for 10 to 18 year olds. Sapphire will be running from September 2018 to July 2019. Rehearsals will be held at Charvil Village Hall on Monday evenings between 8.00 and 9.30pm. The group will be working on a wide variety of songs including Hushabye mountain, Blue skies, Cross the wide Missouri and some Christmas songs. Sapphire have several performances lined up including a concert with Jewel Tones at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead and a concert with The Young Voices of Colorado. We have two spaces for ladies for love singing and who can show commitment and enthusiasm! For more details please contact Suzanne on 0118 9340589 / suzanneynewman@btinternet.com National Centre of Excellence Plans have been announced to create a National Centre of Excellence for succulent plants at Hare Hatch Sheeplands plant nursery near Twyford. Sheeplands currently houses a “National Collection” of the plants, which is approved as such by the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens. Sheeplands owner Rob Scott explained “I already have visitors coming from as far away as Brighton and London to see the plants we have here and Agaves from my collection were shown at the Chelsea Flower Show this year. “Now I intend to create a centre that will attract enthusiasts from all over the country, and even from abroad on occasions. That's because they will be able to see such a wide range of succulent plants in a single location. We have enough space and the intention is to display plants that will be real showstoppers. “People can’t see such a comprehensive range of succulents at places like Kew and Wisley because they have to stock a much wider range of different species.” Being recognised as a National Collection means that a centre has to preserve, document and propagate plants and make them available for the public to view. Mr. Scott explained “succulents are becoming much more popular because they are so easy to care for and are also architecturally impressive. Younger people are happy that they are tolerant of some neglect and the elderly also find them easy to care for. They are becoming a feature in more and more residential properties and interest in the plants is increasingly rapidly".
Bowmen of Burleigh – Archery Club in Wokingham Beginners Course – October 2018 The Bowmen of Burleigh are to run a Beginners Course over 2 Saturdays - 6th and 13th October 2018. Both sessions must be attended to be able to complete and pass the course. Start time will be 1.30 pm and each of the two sessions will run until 4.30 pm giving a total tuition time of 6 hours. Tuition will be provided by qualified Archery GB licenced coaches. Equipment will be provided for the course. Minimum age is 10 years, no upper age limit. The cost of the course is £55 payable before the course commences. Details regarding payment will be sent once the application form has been completed and returned. If you are interested then please contact bowmenofburleigh@ btinternet.com for an application form. Please be aware that a parent or guardian must remain with juniors at all times during the course. Juniors are aged 10 – 18 years. Further information about the Club can be found at www. bowmenofburleigh.org.uk Once you have completed and passed the Archery Beginners Course, you can join Bowmen of Burleigh or any archery club in the UK Twyford & Ruscombe Theatre Group It Runs in the Family 8pm Thursday 11th – Saturday 13th October, Loddon Hall, Twyford A note from the Director, Beth Reynolds: Some years ago I was lucky enough to play a part in 'Funny Money,' another of Ray Cooney's very funny plays. It was a joy to do, especially as his brilliantly well written dialogue makes the actor's job so much easier. Bearing that in mind, when I was looking for a comedy for the Autumn slot, I naturally looked at Ray Cooney first. Standing in Reading library I found myself laughing out loud at the script for 'It Runs in the Family,' and I was hooked. Set in a Doctor's common room in a large hospital sometime in the 1980s it is a delicious blend of mistaken identity, bluff and double bluff and all that makes British farce great. It is an exciting blend of wit and challenging physical comedy. Not only is the play funny but the incredibly complex knots in which the participants tie themselves are beautifully realised and are both a The Berkshire Break
Arborfield Local History Society Arborfield Local History Society has regular meetings with speakers giving illustrated talks on local and national historical topics, together with regular outings to places of interest. We also have a social side where we have our annual dinner together with picnics and garden parties if the weather is kind. We make a nominal annual membership charge and guests are welcome to attend any of our monthly meetings for a charge of £2. We also have a very active Research Group which delves into mostly the history of Arborfield. Our website to be found at www.arborfieldhistory.org.uk is crammed full of interesting information. Our next regular meeting is on Monday 1st October when Trevor Ottlewski will present "The Lost Buildings of Wokingham". This takes place in the Arborfield Village Hall, Eversley Road, Arborfield from 7.30 - 9.00 pm. Members Free, Guests £2-00" 17
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Green Fingers Beautiful Bulbs By Pippa Greenwood Ornaments on your windowsills and shelves are pretty enough, but why not make your house all the more special this winter with some bowls of bulbs that are really brimful of colour, perhaps with gorgeous perfume too? You can buy ready-planted bowls of bulbs later in the year, but act now and you could soon have a stunning display at a fraction of the price. The best bulbs are those described as "prepared", which basically means they have been put through a carefully planned sequence of conditions to ensure that they flower well, reliably and uniformly indoors. Prepared bulbs are often a bit pricier but are still great value. You can also use standard bulbs but the results may be unpredictable. I like to use some prepared hyacinths, but just cannot help creating more bowls of non-prepared bulbs too. Visit your local garden centre now and you should see a good array of bulbs for sale, plus all the other things you need. Special bulb bowls are a good buy, and are available in just about every colour imaginable. They’re rather like huge soup bowls, but in plastic or china. Unlike standard pots they have no drainage holes, which is better for your furniture! You can use normal flower pots, but do make sure you put a fully waterproof container or saucer beneath each pot – or watering will prove messy later on. You can use standard multi-purpose compost for indoor bulb displays, but better still buy yourself some bulb fibre or special compost formulated for indoor bulb planting. It’s more expensive than multi-purpose compost, but performs better in bulb bowls or other containers without drainage. Hyacinths for forcing are available in just about every shade imaginable – red, pink, white, cream, yellow and blue. It is best to use a single colour in any one container as there is often some variation in flowering times between the colours, and ideally you want all the flowers out simultaneously. Specially prepared crocus, paperwhite narcissus and some other daffodil types are also available. If you want to make some seriously low-cost bowls, then do as I do and buy a large bag of inexpensive dwarf narcissus, such as the cheerful, often multi-headed ‘Tete-a-Tete’. They work very well, as do crocuses. Fill your bowl about one third full of compost for larger bulbs to one half full for smaller bulbs. Firm the compost gently, but don’t compact it or the roots of the bulbs will not penetrate it well and The Berkshire Break
you’ll end up with bulbs popping out of the top of the bowl. Position the bulbs pointed end uppermost – you can put them quite close to each other but not so close that they are touching their neighbours, and make sure they are not in contact with the sides of the bowl either. Nestle the bulbs gently into the compost and then top up with compost so that just the noses (the pointed end from which the shoots will appear) are poking out. Water the compost lightly, making sure it is moist but not waterlogged. Then cover the bowls loosely with a black bin liner and put them in a cool, dark place – a cool shed, garage or cupboard under the stairs is ideal. It needs to be both dark and cool or the bulbs will not form good root systems. Check the bowls every week or so and apply a little more water if necessary. It is time to bring the bowls out into the daylight once the shoots are about 2-3cm tall, which usually takes 3-5 weeks. Put them in a cool spot with plenty of natural daylight – a cool but frostfree greenhouse or a spare room window sill for instance. The shoots will continue to grow and develop a healthy green colour; they will now need a little more water. Once the flower buds just start to colour up you can put your bulb bowl in a warmer room, where you will soon be able to enjoy its perfume and good looks. If you want to give the bowl a really smart look, cover the compost with some moss or tie a seasonal ribbon around the bowl. Visit Pippa’s website www.pippagreenwood.com and you’ll find some great gardening items: Nemaslug, green controls for leatherjackets, chafer grubs, ants and greenfly, plus garden plant supports, raised bed kits, Easy-Tunnels, gardening tools, Grower Frames, signed books and more! You can even book Pippa for a gardening talk at your local gardening club.
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One-Pan Chicken Roast One-Pan Lemon & Herb Chicken Roast A quick and easy roast for midweek or Sunday lunch with hardly any washing up!
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time to work out how to get to the treats, and the activity balls keep them physically active too. Ball games If you have a long hallway, you can roll the ball along and get them to bring it back. Throwing a ball up the stairs is also a great way to give them the exercise they need without setting foot outside. You’ll have a very tired friend on your hands before long, ready to play again the next rainy day. www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-advice/indoorgames-dogs barkpost.com/life/12-rainy-dayentertainment-ideas-for-dogs By Ann Haldon
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