The Purbeck Gazette - Issue 249

November October 2020 2019 Issue no. 249 238

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Editor’s note...

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elcome to the October edition of your Purbeck Gazette!

We’re still living in strange times, are we not? We’ve been in touch with lots of our wonderful local businesses this month and many are extremely worried about the future. Any likelihood of a further lockdown would see many of our local businesses fold, so to reiterate a much-laboured point, please do choose to shop locally - now more than ever before!

To help our local Gazette stockists, we are now including a published list each month of the local outlets where you can pick up a copy if you don’t live in an area where we can offer door-todoor delivery. Increasing footfall to local outlets is instrumental in helping them stay afloat during hard times, so please do pop in to pick up a copy of the paper and make a purchase or two at the same time - every penny adds up and equals someone local holding on to their job, enabling them to pay their rent, to feed their family.

We’re all in this together, so let’s work as a team, stay strong, be supportive of one another and be aware that people around us are struggling - remember the #bekind movement? Keep it alive and together, we’ll all remain standing as a community.....

Another great edition for you this month - thanks to all involved!

Plenty for you to read and ponder, plus lots of great local businesses reaching out for your support and continued custom!

We’re entirely funded by advertising, so the adverts you see pay for all the words to be published - our local businesses literally give you a voice with your Purbeck Gazette by advertising with us. #together #bekind #purbeck

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Swanage Town Council Meetings - October 2020

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Purbeckian hound, ‘Lupo Wright’, guarding his family’s haul of gourds this autumn! Photo by Adrian Wright

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 36 BUSINESS MATTERS 28 COMMUNITY MATTERS 6 COUNCIL MEETINGS 2 FEATURES Blast From The Past 24 Farewell, Koggie 14 Gazette Gardening 32 Hope Remains For Swanage’s Christmas Market 14 John Garner writes - Green Recovery 30 National Coastwatch 12 Rewilding Purbeck Scheme (Swanage Town Crier) 15 Robin And The Returned Rucksack 7 Telling It Like It Is - David Hollister writes 6 Trevor Chadwick Memorial Trust 18 - 19 VIP Bulk Stockists Of YOUR Purbeck Gazette!

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Getting To Grips With County...

Dear Editor, It is good to have the Purbeck Gazette dropping through the letterbox again, another indication that we are on the road to some kind of normality.

I note your contributor David Hollister still hasn’t got to grips with the reorganisation of local government in Dorset which abolished the County Council, Borough and District Councils, replacing them from 1 April 2019 in this area with Dorset Council.

Eighteen months on David in his column ‘Telling It Like It Is’ continues to refer to county, county members and county councillors, all terms which refer to the now abolished Dorset County Council. To be fair, there were two references to Dorset Council which is now, for better or worse, responsible for all the services of the abolished councils.

So, for the future, it needs to be Dorset Council or Dorset Council Councillors or Members.

Being a Wareham resident, can I take this opportunity to point out that our elected Dorset Council Councillors do not represent North and South Wareham, but Wareham, which comprises Wareham Town. Arne Parish and Wareham St Martin Parish.

I’m looking forward to the next edition and reading David’s column.

David Budd, by email.

Beer, Ale & Cider Specialists Food served 12 noon - 3pm, 6pm - 9pm High Street, Swanage. 01929 423533 difficulties faced in continuing to provide high quality care alongside Covid-19, and especially how Purbeck residents have rallied around their local communities and practices in support of one another.

Purbeck PCN aims to build on some of the success achieved and will continue to explore new opportunities, developing new and innovative services for the residents of Purbeck. As Purbeck residents are at the heart of any new services the network delivers, we have been and will continue to work closely with the Practice Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and are developing a Youth Patient Participation Group (YPPG).

These groups provide feedback from patient representatives to help shape our projects, ensuring they deliver what Purbeck residents both want and need. You may start to see changes in the way that existing services are delivered or be offered new services or new ways of interacting with health professionals.

As these services develop, we will continue to involve Purbeck residents in evaluating their impact. We look forward to your continuing support as we move forward together.

Dr James Jackman, by email.

Just As Genuine

Community Health Updates Dear Editor, My name is Dr James Jackson, I have been Clinical Director for the Purbeck Primary Care Network for the past fourteen months. I’m writing to keep Purbeck residents informed of changes that are happening in GP and community health services.

Primary Care Networks (PCN) are a new initiative in the NHS designed to improve the quality of care outside of hospital. A group of GP practices working with community providers develop services at scale for the residents of a defined area. Funding is available to PCNs to develop new services and employ new members of staff such as Clinical Pharmacists, First Contact Physiotherapists, Paramedics, Dieticians, Social Prescribers and others.

Working together, our six Purbeck PCN practices, (Sandford, Wareham, Bere Regis, Wellbridge, Corfe Castle and Swanage), along with Dorset University Foundation Health Care Trust, Mental Health Services and Community Voluntary services are looking at new ways to support Purbeck residents with a range of physical and mental health issues, as well as promoting health activities and wellbeing.

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Dear Gazette, Bikes Blot On Landscape, Sept 2020 I refute strongly the statement that the motorbikes parked near the pier are a blot on the landscape (Gazette letters, September edition).

There is plenty of room on the extra wide pavement to accommodate both the motorcycles and pedestrians. The motorcycles are invariably in concourse condition and many are classic vehicles.

These visitors with their bikes are just as ‘genuine’ as any other visitors and should be made to feel welcome to our town like any others. The motorcycles attract a lot of interest from the public who often engage in pleasant conversations with the riders.

The bikes and riders are, without doubt, a tourist attraction, plus of course the bikers, like all tourists, introduce further funds to our local retailers, who need all the custom they can get, especially in these very difficult times.

Hussein Jemal, by email

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Offended By Encounter?

Dear Editor, Re: Offensive Exhibitions - Letters, September edition The letter that you published in your September edition reminds me of my student days, a long time ago. My medical school friends used to write spoof letters, like this, as pure entertainment.

The couple’s first “encounter” - they observed a man, in the nudist area of Studland Beach, “displaying his manhood....in a state of semi-arousal”.

How is such a “state” defined? By measuring the elevation of a penis by its angle with horizontal? And - what is normal? I once had a friend who had a permanent erection, which, although unusual, was not regarded as lewd or a problem and it certainly was not illegal. Nor, for that matter was he impotent.

Their second encounter, with a man sporting a large fake penis, need never have occurred, anyway. Surely, it would have been better to have returned across the Heath to save further outrage? Your correspondent is flattered if he thinks the wearer was looking through binoculars in order to identify other potential voyeurs. More likely, he was looking at boats, ships or the magnificent scenery. The couple was offended by the first encounter and, yet, returned from the ferry using the same route.

Some years ago, I beached my small sailing boat, by accident, on the nudist area of the beach. I was met with equanimity by the nudists, which nullified any potential embarrassment at my genuine error.

Philip Roberts, by email.

Swanage’s Paramedic Car

Dear Gazette Readers, It is some time since there has been an update, so I am writing to fill you in with where we are.

In January, the Secretary of State agreed the plans that will end A&E and Maternity care at Poole and shift Children’s care to Bournemouth Hospital.

However, the Independent Panel advising the Secretary of State, suggested “A&E Local” - a daytime full A&E, closed overnight, could be a “possible viable option.” While I know that the majority of Swanage residents signed the petition to retain the current level of A&E and Maternity care at Poole, ‘A&E Local’ seems a possible compromise, it addresses the issue of the chronic traffic across the conurbation during the day, and it is certainly better than no A&E care at Poole.

A Poole Hospital Freedom of Information Act response shows that 27,000 Dorset residents who were emergency admission to Poole in 2018/19 will have longer journeys under the plans. These 27,000 patients make up 70% of Poole’s emergency admissions and include 1,400 admissions from Swanage and villages (BH19 postcodes). From a maternity perspective, there is also the worry that Dorset County Hospital no longer offers newborn, intensive or high dependency care, which will only be available at RBH, for the whole County, under the plans. It is likely that more Purbeck mums will go to Dorchester, so their maternity department will be busier.

I hope to work with our Dorset Councillors and our MP to try to secure A&E Local at Poole, and the reinstatement of newborn, intensive and high dependency care at Dorset County.

The planned loss of A&E, Maternity and Children’s care from Poole will not take place for some time as there needs to be new building at Bournemouth Hospital to accommodate the services there.

Swanage Paramedic Car: We’re still waiting to hear what is happening. Mel

Norris’ petition to keep the car and our fantastic Paramedic has reached almost 4,000 signatures. Mel has had an email suggesting that there will be consultation before any decision is made about the car, and the Town Council is following this up with Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group.

For more information, and to sign and share the petition, please go to: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-swanage-ambulance-car Best wishes all, Councillor Debby Monkhouse, Swanage Labour Party Co-ordinator, Defend Dorset NHS residents’ group

The Friendly Food Club Dear Editor, Working together in Swanage during the pandemic In late May and in response to a request from the Friendly Food Club (FFC) to support families facing difficulties during the pandemic, Swanage and Purbeck Rotary and Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust joined forces with FFC and local schools to prepare and distribute food bags.

Every Wednesday morning up to fifty yellow food bags have been prepared by a small team of Rotary volunteers at Herston Village Hall (following strict Covid guidance) and have been distributed through the schools or collected during the holidays. Each bag contains a recipe and all the ingredients to prepare a sweet or savoury family meal for four people. A video is also available so that youngsters can learn to cook some delicious meals and have fun at the same time. Funding for the bags has been provided by Rotary and a grant from the Dorset Community Foundation.

Families are encouraged to take photos of the meals prepared and send them to FFC who will post them on their Facebook page. We have received some very positive feedback for this scheme which has brought together local organisations pleased to help during recent difficult times.

The plan is to continue this service until at least the end of October this year. Any photos of the meals prepared, or constructive comments would be appreciated and may help to secure future funding.FFC would like to reinstate family cooking sessions when the virus allows.

Our thanks to all those who are helping Rotary and Swanage and Purbeck Development Trust to serve our local community with this worthwhile project.

Rotarian, Maggie Hardy, by email

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TELLING IT LIKE IT IS...

Not Going Away!

by David Hollister

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sn’t it good to be back again?! So good to see so much correspondence and to see our loyal advertisers remaining with us, despite us all being in the same rather unenviable financial position. Let’s hope that in return for them supporting your community magazine, our community supports our local traders – keep it local, folks!

Still no ‘Motoring Pages’ as we haven’t been anywhere and there are still no ‘demonstrators’ to drive…… any dealer out there reading this issue who can spare me a car for a weekend, you know where I am! Seems to me that the roads are a lot quieter this summer following ‘lockdown’, although we have had a few ghastly jams, mainly caused by visitors escaping their imprisonment and heading for Studland or Lulworth at the same time!

Some amazing stories of people parking – nay, abandoning – their cars across gateways, emergency exits, on both sides of the Ferry Road, leaving little room for emergency vehicles. It’s as if they come down here and leave their common sense behind. I know that you don’t like it when I blame the visitors but surely no locals would dream of such inconsiderate behaviour…..?!

Then we’ve had some amazing lifeboat callouts! Each time I feature one of these on my radio show, I play the theme from ‘The Professionals’ because that’s what our lifeboat crews, coastguards and other emergency services are; professionals. Who deserve to be treated as such, rather than abused.

Strange story of a woman and two children who thought Poole Harbour was a bit rough for their paddleboards so they set off from Studland and ended up at Old Harry. The woman, who suffered an agonising injury whilst ‘coasteering’ (which involves jumping off a cliff into the sea), and hoped that she could swim or climb back or that some eagle-eyed person with a mobile phone had the presence of mind to dial 999. The mysterious case of the empty fishing vessel adrift at Peveril Point in rough seas. Too rough to tow to safety, so it was allowed to drift on its way. Lost opportunity there, guys! What about salvage rights? Storm Francis certainly kept our crews busy.

Good to see the Swanage Railway back in operation, although not without loud public criticism of the ‘filthy smoke’ which hangs in clouds over the town occasionally. This is omelette and egg territory; if we want a steam railway to bring visitors to our town, then we have occasionally to face the fact that when the wind’s in the wrong direction, it stinks. But most of

the time it works well and Swanage would be much the poorer without it.

Yet the railway management must take control of it; ensure that the crews are using the very best smokeless coal and that they are all fully experienced in what they are doing. For a seaside town, we have far too many asthmatics in Swanage, so why not all pull together and - now the thrill of being out of ‘lockdown’ is over - clean up the act and regain lost supporters?

I was fascinated to receive a press release from the police on the subject of drones; it sets out the legal requirements involved when a drone is flown, and goes on to say “you cannot shoot down a drone over your farm’. If you believe that a drone (or its owner!) has breached the rules, please ring 101 or report via the website. By which time, no doubt, the drone has been packed away in its box and will be in the car with its owner on the way back to Basingstoke or wherever. A 101 call can be lengthy and frustrating, especially trying to explain to a call centre operator where you’re calling from, at times indeed where Swanage is, and then they send out a car…… it may be illegal, but the shotgun sounds a lot more effective.

When will the police come to terms with the fact that they’re underfunded, under-equipped, undermanned and therefore often ineffectual? That even when they arrest someone, there isn’t anywhere to put them, that a magistrate will more often than not issue a ‘community service order’ or a ‘suspended sentence’ – i.e. let the miscreants off. If I were a policeman, I’d be tearing my hair out at the lack of support all down the line.

Dorset Council are apparently still discussing ways to take single-use barbecues out of circulation; by the time they’ve actually made up a policy and found a way to enforce it, the season will be over and the forests will be back to their usual sodden state. Many people use these things sensibly but the few who don’t, spoil it for the rest of the users. Myself?

Part cooking (or part burning) and then eating some nondescript sausage, made of goodness knows what part of an animal, and which has been in a box in a shop for an indeterminate time, doesn’t really appeal. Does it to you? Really?

Durlston Country Park has won the ‘Accessible and Inclusive Tourism Award’ in the Visit England Awards for Excellence 2020. Beating off strong competition from across the nation, they were presented with an award on ‘Zoom’ by Julia Bradbury.

The improvements they have made are dramatic, improving the paths and making them easier to walk along or use an off-road wheelchair, as well as improving the interpretation of the area with new signage, accessibility leaflets, and a video guide in BSL. So – well done to all involved. Swanage is proud of you.

Regrettably, no positive reaction from county on the matters of the Wareham footway, the Harmans Cross pavement or the crazy Langton Matravers junction.

Yes, they have been kept very busy with Covid-19 and the associated grants and stuff (which they have done brilliantly), but these three local issues are not going to go away.

Neither am I.

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Robin And The Returned Rucksack....

Dear Readers, I wonder if you have ever lost concentration like I’ve done recently? When I stopped for coffee one Saturday at the Old Harry Rocks, I realised that I had left my rucksack outside the toilets at Studland.

My companion asked if I had anything important in my rucksack. I said it contained my car and house keys, my wallet with £40 in it, my driving licence, bus pass, life membership of the Swanage Railway, my credit and debit card and two mobile phones.

As we walked back to Studland, we asked someone if my rucksack was still there and he said it was. As we approached the toilets, I saw a black shape outside but when we got closer it was a large stone. There was no sign of my rucksack and the owner of the cottage opposite said no-one had handed it in.

Walking back home, I wondered how I was going to get back in because the communal door was locked and I was not sure if I could remember the key code. Fortunately, a neighbour let me in and I did remember the code. I proceeded to cancel my debit and credit and mobile phone cards and to submit police and insurance reports.

I told the Black Swan that I had no means to pay for the meal on Sunday, but the manager told me I could pay when my credit card came. I also had enough credit on my Co-op card to get some food. I would have to wait until Monday to sort the rest out. Now the person who had my rucksack could get into my flat and drive my car away.

At 23:00 someone knocked at my door and gave me my rucksack. I opened my wallet but he refused to take a reward. This was an enormous relief, but it was a week before my phones and bank cards were up and running again.

Yours sincerely, Robin Brasher

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Yet Another Donation From Wareham Whalers!

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n Friday 11th September 2020, The Wareham Whalers presented a cheque of £1,000 to Friends of MS Purbeck on board the Monarch paddle steamboat at Wareham Quay.

The cheque was presented to John Smith and Carole Turner. Wareham Whalers present were Kevin Brooks, Jacquie and Chris Hall, Pippa Daniels and Dave Wheatley. The presentation usually takes place on MS Fun day in July but due to the Covid 19 virus, this could not happen this year.

This was a particularly surprising and poignant occasion to take place on the Monarch paddle steamboat as owner Noel Donnelly’s wife Margret suffers with MS. Thank you, Sue Kemp.

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ere we are in October! Please keep an eye out for the deer, according to folklore if the deer have a gray coat in this month you should expect a hard winter. Hopefully, they are wrong.

So what else have we been up to? Well, we have been very busy; during the period 13 August – 08 September 2020, we dealt with a total of 576 occurrences in Purbeck, of which 170 were recorded crimes, resulting in 48 arrests.

There were 90 occurrences of Road Traffic collisions. Please be patient on our busy roads, remember that anyone can make a mistake. Slow down and hold back if a road user pulls into your path at a junction. Allow them to get clear. Do not overreact by driving too close behind to intimidate them.

During September we had a number of incidents of ASB, including criminal damage on the pier and at the Sailing Club and Divers Down. This is clearly not acceptable and we have been working closely with these organisations to identify preventative measures and identify offenders.

If you see anything suspicious, please report it. We still require and urge you to keep reporting any ASB or other issues in your areas so that we can maximise our resources and target our patrols to any potential hotspots.

Help control the virus - To protect yourself and others, when you leave home you must: • Wash hands - keep washing your hands regularly.

• Cover face - wear a face covering over your nose and mouth in enclosed spaces.

• Make space - stay at least a metre away from people not in your household.

• If you are feeling unwell, get a test and do not leave home for at least ten days.

A fuller list is set out in the regulations. You can find out more here: https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus Information can also be found at: https://www.dorset.police.uk/covid-19-coronavirus/ We ask you all to continue to keep yourselves updated by visiting the websites shown above and observe Government guidelines and stay safe.

Finally, if you need to contact Dorset Police please call our Police Enquiry Centre by calling 101 or email 101@dorset.pnn.police. uk. Always call 999 in an EMERGENCY when there is a risk of HARM or a CRIME in progress. Alternatively, call the free CRIMESTOPPERS line on 0800 555 111.

You can also use our website to report a number of issues, from full crime reports to lost property; just use the following link https://www.dorset.police.uk/do-it-online/ Don’t forget to visit us on our Facebook page Facebook.com/ Purbeck-police and Twitter - @PurbeckPolice – we really value your support and comments. You can also see our latest priorities and up and coming events at https://www.dorset.police. uk/neighbourhood-policing/purbeck/ Purbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team

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Ian’s Twenty-Two Weeks Of Lockdown Beard Growth Shave Off

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local Financial Adviser has had his lockdown beard shaved off, as part of a fundraising challenge to raise money for Lewis-Manning Hospice Care charity.

Mr Futcher commented: “As barber shops were opening up, I had booked to get my hair trimmed and beard chopped off, when it was suggested that I grow it longer and raise some money for a great cause.

“Over the weeks, it’s grown to the point where people who’ve seen pictures say I look like Tom Hanks in Castaway. It has been extremely difficult in the recent heatwave but knowing that I would be making a difference to someone else’s life kept me going.”

Now Ian has put twenty-two weeks of growth to good use and has had his beard shaved off, by Bournemouth based Master barber, Kyran Woolrych, with all money raised going to local charity, Lewis-Manning Hospice Care.

Ian said: “My target was £500, however through the generosity of colleagues, family and friends and the support of members of The Purbeck Business and Community Group, amongst others, I was able to exceed my target and raise £734. I am overwhelmed by the generosity that

everyone has showed. It’s such a good feeling knowing I’m helping local people living with life-limiting illnesses to continue receiving the care and support they need.”

The Pines Hotel, Swanage kindly hosted the lockdown beard shave off on 18th August.

About Lewis- Manning Hospice Care: Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is a charity helping people with life-limiting illnesses and their families across Poole, Purbeck, East Dorset. Their free hospice care services include: - Day hospice, Creative arts & wellbeing support, Lymphoedema clinic, Better breathing clinic They promote acceptance, hope and peace of mind, helping people live well through their illness. Lewis-Manning Hospice Care is also developing new services all the time and this includes education, and support groups for families and carers.

From its new base, Lewis-Manning Hospice Care will be able to help even more people in Poole, Purbeck and East Dorset with life limiting illnesses.

Its aim is to increase people’s physical and social well-being, reduce isolation and loneliness, support people to stay in their homes longer, and alleviate the huge pressures on family and carers.

Charity Registration No. 1120193 https://lewis-manning.co.uk/

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Fantastic Feedback For Agincare Home Care Services

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he results of its annual satisfaction survey confirm that Agincare’s home care makes a positive difference to people’s lives. In total, 95% of the 888 people who responded to the survey said they were satisfied with the service from Agincare. 96% agreed that the home care service enabled them to have choice and control over their daily life.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Agincare has been doing everything possible to minimise the risk of infection and keep clients and care team members safe. So, they were extremely pleased that 92% of clients agreed that they felt comfortable and safe with their care workers and 94% agreed that the care staff who visited them wore correct PPE. In April, at the height of the pandemic, Agincare also surveyed its care team members. One of the key statements - which 98% of the care team agreed with - was: “I am provided with enough information to know how to protect myself and the people I care for from Covid-19.”.

Luke Holmes, Agincare Operations Director, said: “Home care can make a massive difference to a person’s independence at home. Helping someone get up and about in the morning, making sure they’re taking the right medication, getting the shopping in, or simply being there for a chat and a smile - these are all ways our teams support people to be able to stay in their own homes. So, it’s gratifying that 96% of the people who answered our survey agreed that our home care helped them maintain or improve their quality of life.

“Despite the overwhelmingly positive response to this year’s satisfaction survey, we’re not ones to rest on our laurels. We’ll be looking at the changes we could make to support even better scores next year.”

A Sad Farewell To Ken

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he whole team, past and present, at the East Bar and Club in Swanage are truly saddened to hear of the passing of Ken Stanley (pictured, above).

Ken has worked both doors during different stages over the past ten years and most recently, the Swanage Carnival tent.

Sending our condolences to Ken’s friends and family at this difficult time.

The East Bar team, Swanage.

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View from the Lookout ying on the foreshore, just below the Lookout is a small metal object and from time to time we’re asked if we know what shipwreck it’s come from and what it is. The simple answer is that we’re not sure. Our best guess it that it’s an old cast iron stove but whether it comes from a wreck and is flotsam or jetsam is up for debate. My best guess is that it’s either a bit of marine “fly tipping” or may have come from the Victorian villas that were in Durlston Bay, before succumbing to the landslips.

The words flotsam and jetsam go back to the sixteenth century and are tied up with the complex laws of salvage. The 1591 “Articles concerning the Admiralty of England, and the jurisdiction thereof” refers to: “Any ship, yron, leade, or other goods floating or lying under the water or in the depth, of which there is no possessor or owner, which commonly are called Flotzon, Jetson, Lagan.”

According to maritime law: ‘Flotsam’ is defined as the floating debris that is unintentionally left behind after a shipwreck or has been washed overboard. This could range from the fisherman’s glove washed up on the beach to ships’ timbers. ‘Jetsam’ is used for anything that is cast overboard or otherwise jettisoned from a distressed ship either to lighten the cargo load or as some other reaction to a problem the vessel has encountered.

Basically, if it ended up in the water on purpose, it’s jetsam. Everything else floating around the site of the incident is flotsam.

Both these terms refer to objects that are floating or get washed up on the beach. The other word that is used is ‘lagan’. This describes goods that are thrown overboard but are marked (usually by a buoy) so they can be recovered. Back in the 1700s, when smuggling was rife in Purbeck, ‘lagan’ could have easily been barrels of brandy, weighted and buoyed,

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that were thrown overboard to hide them from the customs and excise men, to be later picked up by the local quarrymen or fishermen!

Wreckage that sinks to the ocean floor and has no hope of recovery is called derelict and would cover most of the shipwrecks around our coast.

All these four terms cover the legal definition of what a “wreck” is.

Within the United Kingdom any recovered wreck material, whether from underwater or found on the beach, must be reported to the Receiver of Wreck, however small or insignificant it may seem.

The job of the Receiver is to administer the law in relation to the recovery of any wreck material. Up until the late 1990s the role was carried out by customs officials (often the local harbourmaster) around the coast. The role is now centralised and sits within the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. It’s an interesting fact that up until that time the Receiver (and our own coastguard rescue team) had the right to bear a cutlass in relation to their duty!

If a boat comes off its moorings, it isn’t generally classified as a wreck for the purposes of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, as it hasn’t been abandoned without hope of recovery. The same applies for craft such as kayaks and sailboards that have been washed off the beach.

With the storms we had at the end of the summer, incidents where craft were washed up on the beach were very common. Most had no identification marks and there was often no way of knowing if the craft had simply been washed ashore or was there because of an incident.

This often meant that the lifeboat had to be launched or the coastguard rescue teams had to carry out a search.

Some of these rescues could have been avoided by the simple means of writing a name and contact details on the vessel. This would enable the search and rescue teams to make contact with the owner and ascertain whether there was an issue or not.

As well as managing the search and rescue facilities, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency provide a number of free safety leaflets, including waterproof contact labels that can be stuck onto your kayak, paddleboard, or windsurfer. As many of us begin to prepare to get our gear ready for winter, it would be a good time to make sure that relevant equipment is marked.

This is Swanage NCI, listening on Channel 65, out.

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Planning Convergence And Transformation

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orset Council is reaching a key point in a project to transform their planning system.

Over the last year they have been working to pull together the six former district, borough and county councils planning functions together into one team using one planning management software version. They have also used an outside agency to clear the validation backlog.

Transferring the data onto the new system will be phased. The first phase is for the former North Dorset area. This will happen 24 – 28 September.

Next will be former West Dorset and Weymouth and Portland, then former East Dorset and Purbeck and finally the former Dorset County Council data.

During the time of transfer there will be no access to the information online and no ability to add comments. Any consultation deadlines that will fall during this time will automatically be extended by four days to compensate.

Once the transfer has taken place information on planning application for the former North Dorset area will still be accessed as before using the relevant area button on the planning web page. The new system has a similar look to the current East Dorset pages. Comments can be entered onto each application online and be seen immediately.

When all the information has been transferred, early in 2021, the benefits will include more efficient processing of applications, and consistent information available to customers.

There will also be further work to review all our processes, as part of the planning transformation project.

Cllr David Walsh, Dorset Council Portfolio holder for planning, said: “This is a huge achievement for the council. By bringing all planning services into one team and one system, we can make sure that there is a consistency of approach across Dorset.

“But please bear with us, this is a huge task and we will continue to improve our services.”

Find out more information about planning services at www. dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/planning

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Hope Remains For Swanage’s Famous Christmas Market Rotary - Swanage & Purbeck

Christmas Fair

Sat 5 Dec - 10am to 4pm DO YOU WANT A STALL? If so, call Deirdre on: 07971 764823 or email: secretary@swanagerotary.com or visit our website: www.swanagerotary.org Swanage Town Centre

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ith all the uncertainty around organising an event during the Covid-19 pandemic, Swanage and Purbeck Rotary, organisers of the hugely popular Swanage Christmas Street Market, have been considering if and how the market might still go ahead in a safe way.

This is a very popular local festive event attracting a large number of people, so could potentially make social distancing challenging. Rotary are developing a number of ideas and this year are grateful for the support of

the Carnival Committee, who are helping to organise the market. They have some good ideas for adding in some extra fun and games.

Watch out for an update in the November edition of your Gazette and if you are interested in booking a stall, please see the advertisement in this edition (above) and get in touch with us - we’d love to hear from you! A wide range of local sellers, craftspeople and artists sell at the annual market so why not join them and make a little extra money to see you through?

The more the merrrier - we need some cheer on the horizon!

Remembering Maureen - Our ‘Koggie’

Remembering Maureen Cowen (Koggie), who sadly passed away peacefully at home on 17th August 2020. Her funeral was held at the Catholic Church in Swanage on September 4th at 11am.

Due to the current covid restrictions, only a few people were able to attend, so over 100 residents lined Horsecliffe Lane to pay their last respects to this very special member of our Purbeck community. aureen was involved with Girlguiding Swanage for over forty years, receiving her forty-year service award in 2018. She was also presented with the Dorset County Gentian Award in 2004 and the County Good Service Award in 2000.

She will be best remembered by many as Tawny Owl of 1st Ulwell Brownies where she was leader from 1978 to 2014, or as ‘Koggie’ by 1st Swanage Guides which she ran with Braddy (June Bradford) and 1st Langton Matravers Guides - another unit that she helped and supported.

Being passionate about Guiding, Maureen mentored many of our leaders, especially in gaining their camps and holiday licences.

She would take on the role of QM at many of our Guide camps and Swanage was always known to have the best camp food, with casseroles or porridge made in the traditional haybox way, later revamped without the hay to make it more hygienic!

When we had to give up our old hut in Prospect Crescent, Maureen was

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determined that we should find another home for Girlguiding Swanage and she encouraged the district to put in an offer for the old Methodist Chapel in Bell Street.

As District Treasurer, she helped with the fundraising campaign for our new home. When it came to the ‘Gang show’ at the Mowlem Theatre, she and Janet MaCauley tirelessly made all the costumes, as well as working on the Supper and Quiz nights, cake sales and more. At the markets you would always find Maureen behind the stall or in the kitchen.

It was a proud moment when Maureen was presented to HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex on the official opening of Bell Street in 2012 (pictured, above left - Maureen can be seen shaking hands with HRH Sophie, Countess of Wessex).

Maureen loved quilting and many who had babies, got married or left for university would be generously given the most beautifully crafted quilt.

Koggie was the foundation of all that Guiding represents; she was reliable, fun and always there for you. Her knowledge is irreplaceable but the memories that we share of this remarkable lady will live with us forever, she now truly is our Guiding Star.

Rest in peace, Koggie - you will be missed by all who knew you.

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Publication Of Report On Dogs In Open Spaces

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he consultation gathered views from residents, visitors, businesses and other organisations about a dog-related Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) across the Dorset Council area.

These views will be used to create a new order that will give clarity and consistency for both dogowners and non-owners. Councillors will make the final decision on the controls to be included in the new order.

The survey originally ran for twelve weeks and this was extended for another three weeks to ensure people who wanted to respond with paper copies were able to.

8,602 responses were received. 83% of responses were from local residents, with 15% from visitors and 2% other organisations. 64% of responses came from dog owners and 36% from non-dog owners. 6.6% of the respondents considered they had a disability.

Questions were asked about whether dogs should be kept on leads in certain areas, if dogs should be permitted into cemeteries, graveyards, public gardens and sports pitches.

There were also questions about how people felt about restrictions on specific beaches across Dorset. These were about dogs on leads, whether the start and end dates of the restrictions should be harmonised across Dorset and whether there should be a dog exercise area.

Cllr Jill Haynes, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Customer and Community Services said: “We have had an excellent response rate for this consultation. It gave us a wealth of information to base the new PSPO. Thank you to everyone who took part.

“The full report and recommendations was due to be discussed at the Place and Resources Overview Committee on 21 September and then it will go to Cabinet on 6 October.”

To view the complete report, visit www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/dogspspo

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he Swanage Railway has re-opened, enabling the public to take a safe steam or diesel heritage train through the beautiful Purbeck countryside – from Swanage to Corfe Castle or Norden as well as from Norden to the seaside at Swanage.

But the operation of the five and a half mile award-winning heritage line is different in the wake of Covid-19 and the need to keep passengers and staff safe as well as ensuring social distancing in the fight against the Coronavirus.

That means that seating has to be pre-booked and assigned – up to 6pm before the day of travel via the Swanage Railway’s website at swanagerailway.co.uk or at least 30 minutes before the train departs if purchased on the day at Swanage, Corfe Castle and Norden station ticket offices.

Passengers wishing to get off the train at Corfe Castle should start their journey at Swanage – because of a one-way system at Corfe Castle station to keep the public safe – and passengers wishing to visit the castle ruins should pre-book via the National Trust website.

Corfe Castle station is a pretty 15-minute footpath walk from the Dorset Council ‘Purbeck Park’ car park next to Norden station.

Face coverings should be worn on stations and trains. Swanage station shop is open, subject to volunteer availability and social distancing, but there is no catering at Swanage or Norden stations.

Keep an eye out for updates by visiting swanagerailway.co.uk where you can register to receive our free email newsletter and automatically receive updates about operating days, train services and train times.

Wareham Town Council Update

Julie, our Gazette correspondent, details the goings on in recent council meetings.....

News from Wareham Town Council - August think it would be fair to describe Wareham Town Council as hot and bothered at the August meeting, in some cases, more hot, and in others, more bothered.

Councillor Critchley explained that it was the practice for unbudgeted expenses to be considered by the Policy, Resources and Finance Committee (PRF) which had closer knowledge of the council’s finances than the whole council. Laptops had been offered to councillors so that no councillor was excluded through lack of IT equipment. An outside agency was to undertake a council staff review to determine whether all the functions of the council were met and whether the job descriptions and pay matched the duties.

Since Wareham In Bloom is a council committee, it cannot lawfully raise money from the public which leaves it two options: either to be autonomous or to be part of the council and funded by the council.

Autonomy gives a sense of ownership to the businesses and individuals who contribute as well as boosting the finances and could result in greater volunteer participation.

The disadvantages are that in the current economic climate it is difficult to replicate the late Councillor Osmond’s ability to get business sponsorship; running a group and servicing the hefty number of flower installations could

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overstrain the volunteers; and, if membership tailed off, Wareham In Bloom could be lost. It was felt that the council option gave greater security to the legacy of Councillor Osmond. Councillor Dean was opposed to the subsuming of a strong volunteer organisation into the council and he and Councillor Goodinge worried about adding to the financial burdens – money and staff time - of the council and the loss of volunteers’ support.

The Town Clerk considered that by not financing an awards ceremony, not subsidising the cost of fundraising events and by continuing to sell baskets, the cost was manageable. The council confirmed the earlier resolutions of the PRF and the Wareham in Bloom committee that the flower displays be taken on by the council with the support of a group of volunteers who would then be covered by the council’s insurance, but stipulated that the situation be reviewed after two years. The Mayor paid tribute to the work of Tara and Heath from the council and volunteer, Ross.

The new town council website is now live. Jean Dixon has been retained as the council’s official photographer. An Equalities Policy – the first for the town council – was unanimously accepted. Red Oak Court temporary houses on the former Middle School site were complete in July and tenants expected in August.

The next meeting of the town council will be on Tuesday 3rd November at 7pm. Do have a look at the council’s website, www.wareham-tc.gov.uk, or ‘phone 01929 553006 for details and to submit questions or comments.

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Welcome Back To Purbeck Mobilty!

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ello everyone! Since our relaunch last year, the shop continues to be busy and we have Covid precautions in place to keep everyone safe. It has been so lovely to see our customers in person again - even though it is sometimes hard to immediately recognise the face behind the mask. It is rather like a Venetian masked ball at times! We have really missed you – dropping off items on your doorstep and waving from the end of the garden is just not the same. Deliveries can be a bit like an adult version of ‘Knock Down Ginger’ sometimes!

Servicing and Repairs Andy has been incredibly busy in the workshop servicing and repairing mobility scooters and powerchairs that have been standing idle over the past few months. We have noticed an increase in battery problems as scooters have not been in use. Please take a look at our ‘How to look after your batteries’ help sheet (available on our website: www.purbeckmobility. com) or, if you don’t like using computers, phone us on 01929 552623 and we will pop one in the post for you. Nothing is wasted at the Purbeck Mobility Centre - all old batteries, cardboard and packaging go to an approved recycling centre.

CosiChair Riser Recliners As the lockdown has eased, we have noticed a big increase in demand for our high quality, British-made CosiChair riser recliners. Perhaps all that sitting at home during the early summer tempted people to treat themselves to a new, supremely comfortable and supportive chair?

Best-sellers Two of our most popular chairs, the dual-motor Ambassador Tilt-in-Space and the Medina with independent controls, have pocket-sprung chaise seating and deep, soft fibre-filled waterfall cushions which fully support the hips, back and neck. The zipped cushions allow shaping of the fibre to suit individual needs and the chairs come in small, medium and large to suit all body sizes. There are a range of beautiful fabrics to choose from and matching two and three-seater sofas are available to make a complete suite. I have my eye on a small Ambassador in Spray Cocoa which is just the right size for me!

Christmas Orders Details of all our chairs can be found on our website or phone/pop in for a brochure or come in and try them out. Standard stock fabrics are generally available in two-three weeks, but non-standard orders may take from eight-ten weeks so order now for delivery before Christmas.

New Cosyfeet autumn 2020 brochure As many existing satisfied customers already know, we are approved stockists for Cosyfeet extra roomy footwear. Specially designed to fit and flatter swollen feet, Cosyfeet footwear is much roomier than the wide fitting footwear available on the high street. There are some fabulous styles to choose from for both men and women. Why not take advantage of our free delivery and returns service for Cosyfeet products ordered through the shop allowing you to try before you buy?

Free home visits If you are unable to come to the shop, we are happy to bring products to your home for you to try out free of charge. Just give us a ring and we will arrange to come over at your convenience.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Lorraine, Andy and Blue at the Purbeck Mobility Centre

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Remembering Trevor Chadwick...

The ‘Purbeck Schindler’

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he Trevor Chadwick Memorial Trust has been established to bring long-overdue recognition to the inspirational work of Swanage school teacher, Trevor Chadwick, in the rescue of 669 children from Prague in 1939, both before and after the Czech capital was occupied by German forces on 15th March that year.

This date was a turning point in the build-up to the Second World War, for Hitler’s takeover of Prague and the remaining Czech lands not allocated to Germany under the 1938 Munich Agreement finally persuaded the British and French governments that only force would be effective against further German expansion.

Trevor McKenzie Chadwick was born in Godalming, Surrey, on 22nd April 1907 to Arthur Chadwick and Muriel (nee Hill). He had two older siblings, Vivian and Cicely, and a younger one, Hugh. For the first few years of his life he lived at his father’s school - Forres Preparatory School for Boys, Ducks Hill, Ruislip, Middlesex. As a young adult, following colonial service in Nigeria, Trevor came to Swanage after the Forres School (now Purbeck View) was set up in Northbrook Road by his father and uncle in 1928.

Trevor was resident there as a Latin teacher, living in ‘New Moorings’, latterly known as the Headmaster’s House. He was remembered at the school for his kindness, for arranging bus trips for townspeople to attend sporting events, and for organising parties for local disadvantaged children.

He was well liked by the town’s fishermen and became a volunteer member of the Swanage Lifeboat crew, being a particular friend and drinking companion of Lifeboat Coxwain, Bob Brown, at the ‘Black Swan’ Inn in the High Street.

In early 1939 Trevor Chadwick became one of a handful of mainly British volunteers seeking to organise the rescue of those children in Prague most threatened by an impending German occupation. The majority were Jewish, but others were the sons or daughters of Czech and Slovak anti-Nazis.

The group’s work was made possible by a 1938 Act of Parliament which permitted entry to the UK of refugee children under the age of 17, on condition that £50 per child was deposited by a sponsor to cover, in due course, a supposed return journey.

All in the group remained virtually unknown until Nicholas Winton received belated recognition in Esther Rantzen’s landmark ‘That’s Life’ BBC TV show

in 1988. Many honours for him followed, including a knighthood in 2003.

Nicholas had spent only a little time in Prague in the early weeks, thereafter, switching to London to make the necessary arrangements at the UK end of the operation. Much to his credit, Nicholas readily acknowledged that Trevor Chadwick was, as he said: ‘the real hero’.

“My associate Trevor Chadwick was in a much trickier situation. He did the more difficult and dangerous work after the Nazis invaded....he deserves all praise. He managed things at the Prague end, organising the children and the trains, and dealing with the SS and Gestapo.”

It was sensitive as well as dangerous work, especially interviewing parents and selecting the children, then obtaining forged passports and other documents as necessary. When asked why Chadwick, a fellow Briton, had received so little public acknowledgement for his vital role in what came to be known as the Kindertransport, Winton - who died in 2015 aged 106 - pointed out that: “Chadwick died many years ago, while I’m still here.” By then all others in the rescue group were likewise long gone.

They included Doreen Warriner, Beatrice Wellington, Nicholas Stopford, Bill Barazetti and Josephine Pike.

Trevor Chadwick’s first visit to Prague in January 1939 was to bring two refugee boys to the school in Swanage. In the event he also brought a third child, a girl, who became the poet Gerda Mayer. Having delivered the three children, he promptly returned to Prague to work for the rescue of many more child refugees. According to a 2010 book by his younger son, William, he had thousands of potential refugees on his lists but, to his abiding regret, could only save some hundreds of them.

It was Trevor Chadwick who often stood on the platform of Prague’s Wilson Station to see the refugee trains depart, where a statue of Sir Nicholas Winton, surrounded by grateful children, now stands. Unable to save the final full train of children who were about to start their journey from Prague when the borders were finally closed by the Germans - a tragedy which was to haunt him for the rest of his days - Trevor Chadwick returned to England that summer, initially to teaching in Swanage and, like his associates, he rarely spoke of this time.

More than 370 of the 669 children saved have never been traced and do not know - or never knew - the full story behind their existence. It is estimated that alive today are many hundreds of descendants of the 669, all of whom owe their lives to Chadwick and that small group of rescuers.

In the following years Trevor Chadwick led something of a chequered life, which contrasted somewhat with his conservative, Christian family upbringing. Described by fellow teacher Guy Phelps as ‘not the heroic type’ and something of a ‘black sheep’, at one point he joined the RAF, where he was first court-martialled then later promoted.

Mrs Annie Bridger, 67, of Swanage, whose father was Trevor’s cousin, says the family today is ‘very proud’ of his pre-war achievement. She recalls in her late teens spending time together with Trevor and his second wife Sigfrid – twenty-eight years his junior - at their home in Oslo, Norway.

Trevor was suffering from tuberculosis and had moved there to recuperate, saying that the clean, fresh air helped him. For a time, he worked for the academic publisher Oslo University Press. ‘He had’, says Mrs Bridger, ‘a wonderful wit. I only discovered in the last few years what he had done.’

Trevor Chadwick, lately described as ‘The Purbeck Schindler’, died aged seventy-two at 90 High Field Lane, Southampton, on 20th December 1979. He was buried in Godlingston Cemetery, Swanage, on 7th January 1980 in Plot B994, which is unconsecrated ground. Other members of the Chadwick family are buried nearby.

It is the purpose of the Memorial Trust to ensure that Trevor Chadwick is never forgotten and an appropriate, high quality memorial to him and his achievement is permanently displayed in a public place in his hometown of Swanage.

To that end, a bronze statue is being commissioned at an estimated cost of £80,000, for which a public appeal is being launched. Renowned local sculpture artist, Moria Purver, has, after intensive research, produced the maquette of the final, intended statue of Trevor - as pictured, above and opposite.

It is intended to locate the finished memorial on part of the recreation ground, overlooking the sea and close to the children’s play area, which will be renamed accordingly.

A tree commemorating Trevor Chadwick will also be planted at a suitable location. The Memorial Trust’s plans enjoy the full backing of Swanage Town Council, together with many people and organisations within the town.

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Above: Trevor Chadwick, image supplied thanks to Moria Purver. Other images - the completed maquette of the statue of Trevor Chadwick. Top right artist, Moira Purver working on the marquette in her studio.

HOW CAN YOU HELP? THE OUTLINED PLAN....

A bronze statue is being commissioned at an estimated cost of £80,000.

A public appeal is therefore being launched.

It is intended to locate the memorial on part of the recreation ground in Swanage, overlooking the sea and close to the children’s play area, which will be renamed accordingly.

A tree commemorating Trevor Chadwick will also be planted at a suitable location.

The Memorial Trust’s plans enjoy the full backing of Swanage Town Council, together with many people and organisations within the town.

An online crowdfunder may be launched in the near future. In the meantime, if you wish to donate towards this most worthy of causes, please drop your donation into either Swanage Town Hall or Corben’s Estate Agents, Swanage, for the attention of the Trevor Chadwick Memorial Trust.

IF EACH PERSON READING THIS DONATED JUST £1, WE WOULD HAVE A MINIMUM OF £60,000 TOWARDS COMMEMORATING THIS AMAZING SWANAGE MAN AND HIS REMARKABLE AND QUIETLY HEROIC DEEDS. BE PART OF SOMETHING SPECIAL - PLEASE SUPPORT THIS CAUSE!

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MYTime Receives £26,500 Funding

National Lottery Funding allows MYTime Young Carers online programmes, born in lockdown, to continue YTime Young Carers’ Charity has received £26,500 of National Lottery Funding which has ensured that new online services, born in lockdown, are able to continue.

Executive Director, Krista Sharp said, “We are absolutely delighted to receive this financial support from the National Lottery. During lockdown, we worked extremely hard to continue providing support to young carers across Dorset.

“We created a brand new online provision, the MYTime Youth Group, which enables young carers to come together on a weekly basis, allowing them to spend time with one another and to take a break from their caring responsibilities. There has never been a service like this previously because of the enormous distances young carers from Dorset would have had to travel to attend.

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“The funding will mean that our online MYTime Youth Group can continue.

The Carers Trust conducted a survey of young carers across the UK about the impact of Covid, 69% reported feeling less connected and 66% feeling more stressed.

“The MYTime Youth Group has enabled them to spend time with other young carers, take part in a huge range of activities from circus skills to creative writing and has enabled them to take a break from their caring responsibilities. All of the young carers involved in this programme have reported feeling less stressed and less lonely as a result of taking part.

“Finally, we have also been able to run several Making Memory Days with the young carers. We have had some brilliant days out over at the Brenscombe Outdoor Centre, seeing our young carers take on some incredible high rope challenges. We have also had groups using our R&R Retreat Centre, enjoying some valuable down time and having the chance to hang out with one another.”

About MYTime Young Carers MYTime Young Carers seeks to provide young carers between the age of 5-25 with the support, opportunities and friendship that help to level the playing field.

In the UK, there are an estimated 700,000 young carers, yet only 166,000 are registered as such. This means that the vast majority are facing the challenges of caring for a vulnerable relative, without support from their school or local authority.

It also means that the scale and nature of the challenges young carers face are hidden and often misunderstood. It is our aim to help young carers overcome these challenges, and to create a society which is more aware, inclusive and supportive of young carers.

NOVEMBER EDITION DEADLINE NOON, FRI 9th October EMAIL your copy to: ed@purbeckgazette.co.uk

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Dorset Residents Urged To Reach Out Early For Support If Needed

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orset Council and Dorset Citizens Advice have launched a new campaign encouraging residents financially affected by the Covid-19 pandemic to seek support before things become more difficult.

With nearly 50,000 people in the Dorset Council area furloughed during the crisis and potentially 15,000 unable to return to work due to redundancy or business closure, the Reaching Out campaign signposts to the wide range of support and advice available.

Dorset Council Cabinet member, Councillor Laura Miller, is leading the campaign. She said: “These are difficult times for many, and we are encouraging people financially affected by the crisis in Dorset to seek help early.

“For many people in Dorset, this will be the first time they have experienced such financial difficulties. We want to reach anyone who is worried about, or is facing redundancy; including those aged 16 to 25 (who are most at risk of unemployment or reduced hours); and anyone struggling to pay their rent, mortgage or other bills’.

Councillor Miller continued: “Our message is reaching out early and speaking to experts can help prevent things getting more difficult.

“We want you to know you’re not alone – there is a range of help and support available. We are working with Citizens Advice and their specialist advisers can help you with immediate problems and plan for the longer term.”

Daniel Cadisch, Dorset Citizens Advice, said: “Experience shows talking to someone early on can really turn things around quickly. Citizens Advice can advise on a range of issues, from difficulty paying the rent and mortgage; problems with redundancy; accessing benefits; and loan or credit card repayments; to paying the bills, free school meals and changing career.

“Our knowledge of the Dorset area means we can help put you in the touch with the right people and access support you may not be aware of.

Our advice is free, confidential and impartial. Often just a chat with us is enough to set you in the right direction.”

The key themes of the campaign, which will be running until 2021 are: • Work and skills – employment rights, careers advice, access to training • Money and home – rent or mortgage advice, managing debt, accessing benefits, finding somewhere to live, foodbanks, other financial help • Health and relationships – health & wellbeing advice including signposting to mental health and domestic abuse support Get support now To talk to someone who can help, call the Dorset Citizens Advice Adviceline on 0344 411 1444 or see more about the support available at www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/reaching-out

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A Plea For Younger Volunteers To Host Homeless Families From Dorset

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ction for Children’s Dorset Nightstop is making an urgent plea this month for younger volunteers to support its work with homeless young people across the county.

The project provides emergency temporary accommodation to homeless young people aged 16 to 25 from across the region, placing them with volunteer host families, typically for up to three nights, while local agencies find a long-term solution.

Volunteer coordinator, Simon Keys, said: “We recognise some people might be reluctant to host a homeless young person at this challenging time but we’re putting risk assessments in place to take account of Covid-19.

The coronavirus crisis and lockdown has put a lot of pressure on families since March but also on services like ours across the region.

“So, we need new volunteers now more than ever – particularly younger hosts who we can place young people with despite the pandemic. We have a lot of scared and vulnerable homeless young people who are just very grateful for a safe and secure home for a few days while we help them back on their feet.

“Our volunteers don’t necessarily have direct experience, but they all share two things; a genuine concern for children’s welfare and the desire to really make a difference in a young person’s life.”

Laura, 35, and Carl, 36, from Christchurch (pictured, above), have volunteered for Dorset Nightstop for over two years, and have offered temporary shelter to five young people.

Laura said: “It’s meant a lot to us to have been able to be there for these young people and be that first step up to a better situation for them.

“Many of those we’ve supported simply had nowhere to turn after a family argument or relationship breakdown. Others couldn’t afford their private accommodation anymore for one reason or another and had no support network to fall back on.”

Action for Children’s Dorset Nightstop offers full training and support to all its volunteers, as well as reimbursement of expenses associated with carrying out the role. Volunteers can be from anywhere in the region but need to be over 21 years old. They also need to be able to drive and have access to a car.

Future training sessions will be held virtually and at a venue in the Bournemouth area.

To find out about becoming a volunteer host for Dorset Nightstop or offer your driving services, please call Simon Keys (pictured, right) on 07779 029 292 or email: simon.keys@ actionforchildren.org.uk actionforchildren.org.uk

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Dorset Care Leavers University Achievements Celebrating our brilliant Dorset Care Leavers’ university achievements ongratulations to our Dorset Care Leavers who recently graduated from university. A graduation celebration has been held to mark the success of nine Dorset Care Leavers who gained their degrees this summer. The event, which had to be held online this year, was arranged to recognise their academic achievements. A dinner was held via Teams for the new graduates and short speeches were given by Theresa Leavy, Dorset Council Executive Director of People - Children and Mark Blackman, Dorset Council Corporate Director for Education and Learning.

Theresa said: “I was very privileged to attend the graduation ceremony for some of our wonderful Dorset Care Leavers. It was an honour to celebrate their achievements and their graduation from higher education.

I am very proud of them, they have all achieved so much.”

Cllr Andrew Parry, Dorset Council Portfolio Holder for Children, Education and Early Help said: “We are very proud of our young Care Leavers’ achievements. We are also very proud of our Foster Carers and our teams who work hard to support them. Many of our Care Leavers have progressed in training, further and higher education and we will continue to support them and young people in Dorset to achieve their potential.”

This year’s graduates achieved degrees in a range of subjects from universities across the county, including Forensic IT at Bournemouth University, Social Work at Plymouth, Biomedical Science at UWE with a placement year at Virginia University in the US, History at Kent, Musical Theatre at the London College of Music, English at Birmingham, Politics at Westminster, Music Production at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford and Photography at Plymouth. Several are going on to post-graduate courses.

Children and young people in Dorset come into care for many different reasons. More Dorset Foster Carers are needed to help all our children and young people achieve their potential. If you are considering a change of direction, please find out more about fostering here: https://www. dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/children-families/childrens-social-care/fostering/ fostering.aspx

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Blast From The Past!

This month, A Decade Ago...

hat a difference a decade makes! The October 2010 front cover of the Purbeck Gazette announced the upcoming 4th Swanage Blues Festival and the renowned Purbeck Film Festival - with Johnny Depp featuring in a showing of Edward Scissorhands.

Both festivals occur in October each year, in an area which is famous for hosting a plethora of varied annual festivals, from film to blues, jazz to pirates, folk to fish, lifeboats to carnival. This year has been very different.

Other than the early March Blues Festival, every other local event has been cancelled due to the covid-19 restrictions. Purbeck has been quiet indeed this year.

This October shall remain no different - both the annual October Blues Festival and the Purbeck Film Festival are not being held, with much hope that 2021 brings us a different picture.

In October 2010, congratulations were offered to Ron and Muriel Cory, who celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on October 2nd. Ron and Muriel (pictured, left) married in Plymouth when Ron had leave from the army during WWII. By 2010, the couple had lived in Swanage for over thirty-five years and were very active in local affairs, with Ron starting the ‘Probus 1’ group. Muriel formed the Swanage branch of ‘Wives Fellowship’.

Swanage Rotary Club actively tried to recruit women to join the club in our October 2010 edition, noting that having recently welcomed some new female members had seen a very positive effect on the club. The first woman president had also been appointed, so an article was penned for publication, leading with: ‘women wanted - apply within’. Again - what a difference a decade makes! Today we wouldn’t dream of distinguishing in such a way between two genders. More and more, the majority of us are accepting that including a wide variety of people has a positive effect on pretty much everything - and we don’t break that grouping into two genders (male or female) any more.

All to the good - who really cares who you find attractive, what you chose wear or if you identify as a specific gender - or not? Surely what really matters is what you bring to the table - what qualities you have and who you are as a human being? We’d hope so and it is truly fascinating to look back a mere decade ago and see just how quickly some aspects of modern society are progressing away from constricted views and ideologies!

Purbeck District Council encouraged locals to attend a meeting on Tuesday October 5th with regards to the summer consultation asking ‘Where shall we build in Purbeck 2012 - 2026?’ The original consultation received 3,150 responses (12%), which the council suggested was a ‘good response rate’.

The consultation showed significant support for new housing sites at Wareham, Lytchett Matravers, Bovington and Bere Regis. The results were less clear cut in Swanage, Upton, Wool and Corfe Castle. The possibility of a new supermarket in Wareham was once again mentioned. Detail from the consultation was due to be included into the Core Strategy which set out the location of development in Purbeck to the year 2026.

Then GP, Dr David Haines, wrote a full page article on the subject of the need for Swanage Medical Practice to be replaced with a new ‘modern, fit for purpose primary care facility’. Dr Haines stated that: ‘We are struggling to provide current services as safely and effectively as we would wish.

Indeed, Dorset Primary Care Trust has stated that our nurse treatment room is beginning to fall short of current infection control standards. We currently have two consulting rooms in which two clinicians share the facilities. We have already had to stop some services being carried out at the Practice due to a shortage of space.’

Dr Haines went into greater details in the rest of his article as to the reasons why the existing (and still current) Health Centre was not fully fit for purpose, finally inviting members of the public to attend a meeting at Swanage Town Council on Monday October 4th, which was going to be preceeded by a presentation on the future of Swanage Health Centre.

Today, ten years on, we continue to seemingly be successfully continuing to

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utilise the original health care centre with few complaints from residents, so it seems staff and doctors should be congratulated for ‘working with what they have’ and continuing to provide an excellent and dedicated health care service to Swanage residents.

Purbeck had played host to Britain’s first classical music festival, Serenata, which was held at Smedmore Estate, Kimmeridge, in August 2010.

Headliners were Katherine Jenkins and Russell Watkins. Security was provided by the Gurkhas, who were dressed in full military style and were decidely smart. The site was impresively set up with marquees, stages and a wide range of stalls and outdoor ‘undercover’ restaurants.

With tickets priced at £65 per day, with no acts on stage until 6.30pm, numbers attending were sadly very poor and a mere 3,000 visited over the festival weekend. Those there were disapointed at the lack of day time entertainment and a lack of activities. In our October 2010 edition, organisers promised to return in 2011, having ironed out the creases and taken on-board the feedback..... did they return? Not as yet!

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Further Improvements To Take Place In Swanage

Ground improvement work at Swanage Quay orset Council will be carrying out ground improvement works along the historic Swanage Quay during October.

The works involve injecting a specialised geopolymer resin down into the quay construction to strengthen the structure, which will be carried out from The Parade along to The Stone Quay from 5th October for five days.

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From The Kitchen Garden...

Stuffed Winter Squash/Pumpkin

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nbelievably we’re already coming to the end of the main growing season. With September being warm and dry, growth is coming to a gentler end but plants can certainly tell the waning daylight hours and are either producing seeds or the foliage is starting to die down and the energy is being stored in the plant’s roots. Looking back, this year has been a fantastic one, no blight, no mildew, no slug damage as generally it’s been a dry year and having the poultry roaming freely over winter helps too.

However, I know by now there are always winners and losers and this year some of my crops have been hit hard by deer grazing the lush growing tips, especially those of runner beans, bush beans, carrots and chard. Out comes the netting as a physical barrier is the only way to protect those affected crops, but weeding in between the rows becomes a lot tricker and more time consuming. The garlic, onions and the leeks have been doing very well as have the heritage spuds, celeriac, salad leaves and chicory heads.

The whole of the cucurbits (courgettes, cucumbers, cucamelon, winter squashes and pumpkins) have done very well. They appreciate the moisture retaining clay soil here and the previously applied thick manure mulch. I do love all the winter squashes in particular. After making sure no hungry mice get to the germinating seeds in spring, they quickly develop into seedlings with sizable leaves right from the start.

After growing on for a few weeks in my unheated polytunnel, it’s time to accustom them to outdoor conditions and finally, it’s planting out time.

After a little while settling into their new spacious home, the plants rapidly fill the area (and more!) with lush leaves, tendrils everywhere and big, yellow flowers inviting the pollinators. The whole patch is buzzing and in as little as eight weeks from planting out, the fully formed winter squash lies on the ground, more visible as the leaves are dying back. Like long hidden jewels I can see more every day, showing off their fantastic colour arrangements - autumn has arrived!

Burnt oranges, shades of deep yellow to light green, stripes and dots and

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not only are they beautiful to look at, most of them also taste wonderful and are a really good vegetable to store for weeks. Impressively, the harder and thicker the skin to get into, the longer the squash will keep, hence winter squash. I have used a hatchet in the past...!

You can also tell how fresh a squash is by how brittle the skin feels. A truly remarkable veg, coming with its own storage wrapper! Useful for savoury dishes it combines well with rosemary, or in a sweet version, winter squash really works with cinnamon and nutmeg. This month’s inspiration is more of a suggestion, rather than a full-blown recipe. This idea is fast food at its best, as it’s healthy, homemade and helps with wasting less food!

Stuffed pumpkins/winter squash • Preheat your oven 200C. • Take one small squash per person, cut off the top 3rd, then scoop out the seeds with a spoon • Use any ingredients to your liking for the stuffing (leftover bolognese, bits of cheese, herbs, rice, bacon etc.).

• Make sure it’s all well-seasoned.

• Once the squash has been stuffed, stick the lid back on and put it on a baking tray in the oven for about 30 to 40 minutes. How long it takes to cook very much depends on pumpkin size and stuffing density.

• When it all feels soft and well-cooked but not falling apart, take it out and serve. Yum!

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COMING SOON! Wild-harvested Dorset Sea Salt, especially packed by Dorset Spice Shed on behalf of the Isle Of Purbeck Independence Group.

The jar states: ‘The Isle of Purbeck in SE Dorset is an area of outstanding landscapes and rich history. Surrounded by sea & river, the Isle stretches from Lulworth to Corfe Castle, to Studland & Swanage.

Tourists and residents share the enjoyment and peace to be found here and work to preserve and maintain its future. The flag (IOP) was designed in 2019 by Swanage School students.’

Coming to a table near you, soon!

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Business Starting your own business?

Cash Buffers I recently saw the following quote in a magazine which grabbed my attention: “So, in retrospect, in 2015 not a single person got the answer right to ‘Where do you see yourself five years from now?’”

A simple statement, but very true. None of us anticipated the current situation and how we are financially coping with the pandemic varies from person to person depending on our situation, our character, our outlook and our way of dealing with things.

Research has shown that, at the moment, households are holding record amounts of cash – the highest level since 9/11 – and that £1.5 trillion of cash is currently held by individuals, which is the equivalent to the total of UK residential mortgage debt. With the current average return on cash just 0.39% there is an awful lot of cash earning very little and certainly some way below the latest annual rate of inflation for July 2020 of 1.1%.

As an investment manager, yes, I am keen to encourage individuals to invest their monies when it is sensible for them to do so based on their circumstances and taking into account things like attitude to risk, age and capacity for loss. However, it is also always really important to maintain a cash buffer to fall back on in case of need and just so that you feel comfortable.

It is generally felt that a cash buffer should be at least three months of normal income. However, this is not always possible for younger people with lots of outgoings and doesn’t sound very much for an older person, as we tend to get more cautious as we get older and I would generally advise that my clients with investment portfolios have much larger cash buffers than that.

Your cash buffer will, therefore, depend on your circumstances and what makes you feel comfortable.

2020 has taught us that the unexpected can happen and lots of people have had their incomes affected directly or indirectly by the pandemic and there are likely to be further shocks when the furlough period finishes at the end of October. Aiming to have a cash buffer is a really important goal.

This needs to be something which is relatively easy to access in case of need and could be cash deposits and/or something like Premium Bonds. Premium Bonds currently offer an average return of 1.4% and are arguably a bit more exciting than just holding cash, as someone has to win the big prizes!

All prizes are tax-free and you can invest between £25 and a maximum of £50,000.

Establishing a cash buffer can be a gradual thing and even a small amount of regular or deliberate savings can easily build up over time and can be as simple as putting aside the monies that you would normally spend on an activity that has been curtailed or even selling some items somewhere like eBay. Until next month, take care and stay safe.

Kate Spurling, Investment Manager, Redmayne Bentley, Tel: 01202 714 450 Redmayne Bentley is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Members of the London Stock Exchange. The Redmayne Bentley Bournemouth and Poole office is located at 139 Commercial Road, Ashley Cross, Poole, Dorset, BH14 0JD. Follow us on Twitter @redmaynebentley and visit us on the web at www.redmayne.co.uk/bournemouth

One of the consequences of recession, such as the present downturn in activity caused by the Coronavirus outbreak, is the likelihood that many will face redundancy as employers try to manage the process.

In the past, this shake out process seems to reawaken dreams of not placing all your income eggs in one basket and instead, dusting-off those long-desired plans to run your own business.

There are sound reasons for doing this. For example, a business with 100 customers has 100 separate sources of income. Employment usually requires that you secure all your income from one source.

However, starting a new business – even in times of buoyant economic activity – is fraught with risk. To mitigate these start-up risks we suggest that you: Try and use your past experience and skills.

Talk to other business owners, especially those that have made a success of their business and that are willing to share about their experience of starting a new venture.

Take professional advice. There are probably a whole bunch of considerations that you need to work through before you open your business. It is what you do not know that will catch you unawares.

Professional advice before you start will mitigate these uncertainties.

Add to these normal considerations the added uncertainties occasioned by the Coronavirus outbreak – and Brexit – and the need for cautious and thorough planning are self-evident.

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Greetings From Quilter Financial Services!

would like to introduce myself, as the Local Financial Adviser, from Quilter Financial Advisers.

Quilter Financial Advisers is a UK advisory business devoted to helping individuals with their financial planning. We pride ourselves on service and aim to be recognised as one of the very best advisory businesses in the industry. We believe in face-to-face service and have a large team of Advisers spread across the UK. Quilter Financial Advisers rebranded from Charles Derby in January 2020.

We pride ourselves on our service and want to be known as your trusted financial adviser. Long-term security and peace of mind is paramount to us and we aim to secure your financial future through a lasting relationship and delivering trusted, advice-based solutions.

We understand that your financial journey lasts a lifetime, from your first savings through to inheritances and retirement. We can help you, wherever you are in your journey.

We are part of the Quilter Financial Planning network who are wholly owned by Quilter plc, a leading provider of financial advice, investments, and wealth management both in the UK and internationally.

They manage £110.4 billion of investments on behalf of over 900,000 customers (as of 31st December 2019).

Quilter was also ranked number one in the FT Advisers top 100 financial advisers 2019.

Quilter is a leading provider of advice, investments and wealth management. This means we have the security and protection of a substantial organisation behind us, which helps us with research and uses its buying power to drive down the costs and negotiate exclusive deals. This means you can get better value for money.

I offer an initial complementary no obligation review at a time and place to suit you, covering the following areas of financial planning: pensions, investments, life assurance, mortgages, critical illness, income protection, estate planning. I have over a decade’s experience in the financial sector.

As a self-employed Advisor my aim is to help businesses and individuals by offering a holistic view of their financial position in a jargon free manner and to work with them to understand their options and help achieve their objectives.

Ian Futcher, Financial Planning Consultant, Quilter Financial Advisers Contact details m: 07581 282440 e: ian.futcher@quilterfa.com

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Battens Charitable Trust Supports Dorset Road safety

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he Battens Charitable Trust has donated £250 to support SafeWise’s new digital operating model to serve all Dorset and South Wiltshire.

SafeWise provide realistic and immersive learning experiences to equip visitors with the skills, knowledge and confidence to live active, fulfilling and safer lives in stronger communities.

Like many organisations and charities, Covid-19 has impacted the way SafeWise delivers their programmes. SafeWise will operate one centre in Bournemouth to serve Dorset and South Wiltshire, and move to an enhanced three strand delivery model of digital, outreach and centre-based experiences for its skills for life programmes.

SafeWise Chief Executive Rob Hattersley said: “On behalf of SafeWise, I’d like to thank Battens Charitable Trust for their generous donation. This will help us continue to deliver essential skills for life, such as our developing digital offers, which will enhance existing in-centre programmes.”

“Skills for life includes things like building resilience, confidence and wellbeing, plus assessing risks; and these will be more important than ever, as the country meets the challenges of COVID-19 and all that it brings, particularly for our children and young people.”

The donation follows Battens’ support of Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) Injury Prevention week, 17th – 21st August, with a focus on pedestrian safety helping raise awareness of road traffic issues, particularly for the important return of schools in September.

Over the course of the pandemic, the charitable trust has donated over £25,000 to local charities, hospitals, schools and community initiatives helping vulnerable people.

To discover SafeWise’s online programmes visit: www.safewise.org For more information on the Battens Charitable Trust and how you can apply for a grant or donate visit: www.battens.co.uk/battenscharitable-trust

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Green Recovery

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s the country and indeed the world braces itself for a winter like no other, it seems like a good time to think about planet wide solutions to the recovery. Much has been said about helping the economy to recover after what has been a devastating few months for all those affected by the virus. The human cost has been unprecedented and of course should be the focus for any caring society, but attention now seems to have shifted to the economy.

In those heady days when the only anxiety was the Brexit non-negotiations and in the run up to the election based largely on that one issue, many claims were made about future green policies. I remember writing that I hoped that these would be honoured and that the claims made were not just the usual political vote chasing rhetoric. The fact that Bonkers Boris sent his unelected father as the conservative representative to the Channel 4 environmental debate didn’t instill much confidence.

But then no-one foresaw the Covid-19 crisis. In fact, some were well into the Covid-19 crisis before they recognised it as the life shattering event it has become. The government floundered, distorted, lied and manipulated the data to try to kid the people of the country that it was all part of a cunning masterplan. The truth appears to be that somewhere there are a bunch of used envelopes and fag packets with some hastily scribbled ideas written on the back of them in crayon, replete with the odd note such as ‘this might work’ or ‘give this a go’.

Let’s try to be fair. This was never going to be easy, but the arrogance and pig-headed refusal to accept that they could be plunging us deeper into the pandemic than any other country you care to mention was ignorant and dangerous. By a criteria they have dealt with this pandemic just about as awfully as it was possible to do so. As someone I met recently who works to try to ready African countries for extreme events such as Ebola and Covid-19 stated, they just weren’t up to it. Completely out of their depth.

What does my opinion count for in all this? Nothing at all really and you will have formed your own opinions based on what you’ve experienced.

I really wanted this column to be about the possibility of focussing efforts on a green recovery, but the rush to get the economy back on its feet at any cost seems to be the way forward at present. And this is really important. Every effort should be made to protect jobs and kick start the economy. But make it a long-term thing. Threatening people that if they don’t go back to their offices and work, rather than working safely from home, they might risk losing their jobs, smacks of intimidation.

Getting children back to school as a ‘moral duty’ may well be the case, but it’s very hard to be lectured about morality (think Cummings and Jenrick) from this government.

A recovery that protects jobs, is sustainable and works towards lowering greenhouse gas emissions is absolutely possible according to various reports that you can look up yourselves should you wish to. Unfortunately, evidence so far suggests that the vast majority of recovery funds have been given to high carbon industries with no conditions in place about low carbon emissions or how the money should be spent. A very small amount of the recovery funds have been allocated to low carbon industries, yet these will be the larger employers of the future.

According to some reports, investing in low carbon energy such as wind and solar has the potential to create nine million jobs worldwide. Energy efficient buildings and equipment will have a huge effect. There was no mention of this when the government rejigged the planning laws to accelerate this sector of the economy.

So far Bonkers Boris has not included much about a green recovery in his various rallying cries. Lots of bluff and bluster and we’ll fight them on the beaches flannelling, but not much of substance.

I really, really hope I’m wrong by the way. I really, really hope they have got it right and they will properly invest in long term solutions that will help to reduce emissions. As I write this, we have just experienced the coldest August bank holiday on record. Last year was the hottest on record. I’ve just got back from two weeks in Pembrokeshire, where the owner of the campsite has given up predicting the weather. During our thirteen day stay, Storm Ellen and Storm Francis did their best to uproot us and send us careering out to sea. He said the seasons were all merging into one. It could have been November or March.

Elsewhere in Wales and across the UK flash floods devastated areas, with a relative here in Dorset saying they had never experienced rain like it.

This column should be about the possibilities of trying to combat some of these extremes before it’s too late. I sincerely hope we can.

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Take A Tour!

ould you like to know more about Margaret Green Animal Rescue? Learn about how the charity works, gain an insight into the work we do? Now you can by booking onto a Guided Tour.

We are now offering tours of Church Knowle Visitor and Rehoming Centre, bookable by appointment only. Each tour will consist of a 1 to 1.5 hour guided tour of the centre, including the animal facilities, a meet and greet with some of the rescue animals and a souvenir from your visit.

You will enjoy hearing about the history of the charity and get to see how the centre runs on a day-to-day basis.

The price is £40 for four people and then £5 per additional person and all money raised from the tours goes towards the care and welfare of rescue animals. Tours operate between 1000 - 1500 at the Church Knowle Rehoming and Visitor Centre, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5NQ. Please check the website for opening hours. Bookings are now being taken via email: churchknowle@mgar.org.uk Useful info: Dogs on lead are welcome, please wear suitable and practical clothing, tours will go ahead in all weathers – be conscious there is no shade or cover on site, all tours are able to be socially distanced, tours are non-refundable. Book your tour today! www.margaretgreenanimalrescue.org.uk

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Dorset National Park

A Dorset National Park can help improve young people’s health and life chances he past months have reminded us that access to nature is vital for all communities’ health and wellbeing. A recent ONS survey found that 42% of young people felt that lockdown had made their mental health worse. Long before the pandemic, rising obesity levels were a growing concern, with only one in four boys and one in five girls in England achieving the recommended sixty minutes of physical activity each day.

There is compelling evidence that regular contact with the natural environment can help address these challenges. A recent report by the Dorset National Park Team on Youth Engagement, Health and Wellbeing: the Role of National Parks shows how National Parks play a vital role in connecting young people with nature, helping them to enjoy the great outdoors.

National Parks promote mental and physical health and help improve educational experience, family and community relationships and life chances.

The report illustrates some of the benefits a Dorset National Park would offer our young people and families, communities, economy and environment. It would be a key partner for councils, communities, the health sector and others, and would build on the experiences and successes of other National Parks to support a thriving, healthy, greener future for everyone.

“With our interest in supporting the mental health of children and young people in Dorset, we would welcome the increased resources a Dorset National Park would bring, and the new and exciting partnerships it could foster.” (Anna Powney, Children and Young People Service Manager, Dorset Mind.)

You can find the report and other News at: https://www. dorsetnationalpark.com/news

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Gazette Gardening with Simon Goldsack

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A walk around Durlston Country Park As I walked towards the woodland one morning, a Devil’s Coach Horse beetle was crossing the path, its narrow black body waving its rear pincers as it walked.

A Red Admiral butterfly flew past me uncontrollably, looking a little lost in the breeze. A few of the autumn moths are around including Black Rustic, Feathered Brindle, and Beaded Chestnut. A recent moth survey also discovered a Flame Brocade – a migrant species travelling from as far as the Mediterranean!

A few Shaggy Ink Caps stood tall beside full blown fairy rings of what looked like Pale Milkcaps. A few steps later I came across the white-purple hews of a Wood Blewit, as well as the fading yellows of a cluster of Sulphur Tuft. My next discovery was a Golden Mystery Fungi nestling on the roots of a Holm Oak. Along the coastal path, the sight of some small black and white birds whirring low above the waves caught my eye, my brain slow to recognise them as Guillemots - one of Durlston’s most iconic species, and not usually here in the autumn. The birds all show their ‘winter’ plumage, with white heads rather than the summer brown colour.

Further out to sea, a single Great Northern Diver was noted, the

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long neck helping me spot it. Also in the Park, Siskins, Linnets, Meadow Pipets, Pied Wagtails, Goldcrests and the first Firecrest of the season.

The Park is open every day with the Visitor Centre at the Castle open 10.30-16:30. This month there is a new Autumn kids trail for the October half-term and a ‘Durlston Pleasure Grounds’ exhibition in the gallery.

The Seventhwave café is open daily 10am – 4pm, for breakfast, lunch and teas and coffees. Please contact 01929 421111 to reserve a table. All visitors entering the building will need to wear a face covering and provide track and track details on arrival. For further information visit www.durlston.co.uk Durlston has also recently welcomed volunteers back, including socially distanced work groups helping to pulling ragwort and rebuilding dry stone walls.

Sessions at the ‘The Shed’ accessible work-base have also restarted, with help from the regular ‘Sheddies’ and students from Purbeck View school. To receive the e-newsletter for regular park updates or to hear about how you could get involved; please email durlston@ dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

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ello! I hope you are managing to keep safe and well in these strange times. Please note as previously confirmed: There will be NO Swanage Blues Festival on 1st - 4th October 2020 due to Covid-19. Also, there will be NO live music at Swanage Royal British Legion on the weekend of 1st - 4th October 2020.

I am unaware of anything else going on that weekend in Swanage.

The 2021 Festival dates are: 4th - 7th March and 30th Sept - 3rd Oct 2021.

Very best wishes, Steve Darrington, Founder, Sole Director/Organiser Swanage Blues Festival and ex-touring musician.

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ear Readers, Earlier this year I recorded a CD entitled: ‘Karen G In Lockdown’ and I have raised £550 for the Swanage Cottage Hospital through selling my CD. Recently, I was delighted to hand the cheque over to the Sister at Swanage Hospital, as pictured, above. I would like to thank everyone who bought a copy and I will be doing another CD in aid of The Lewis Manning Hospice for Christmas! Best wishes, Karen Grant

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The Mowlem Is Reopening!

wanage’s iconic Mowlem Theatre is set to reopen in October with a series of event screenings and popular family movies.

The Mowlem closed more than six months ago as the UK went into lockdown. Like theatres across the country, it has remained closed throughout the summer even while Swanage has been filled with visitors.

The Mowlem’s Trustees and Operations Manager Thomas Curtis considered reopening for cinema showings during the holiday season but considered the continued risk of Coronavirus too great at that time.

With the risk now greatly reduced, and with additional cleaning, social distancing and safety measures in place, the theatre’s management are now confident that audiences can be attracted back. They are also confident that visitors will be impressed with the work that has been carried out to The Mowlem’s interior over the past months, with trustees and volunteers redecorating the foyer, landings and auditorium.

Chairman of The Mowlem Trust, Matthew Haysom, said: “We’ve decorated everything from the auditorium to the ladies’ toilets, some of it for the first time in twenty years. We think people will like what they see!”

The opening programme includes a series of five event screenings beginning with Matthew Bourne’s ‘The Red Shoes’, filmed live at Sadler’s Wells in London, and including live recordings of 42nd Street, Kinky Boots and The King & I. During October half term The Mowlem will also show three family favourite movies priced at just £5.

According to General Manager, Thomas Curtis, The Mowlem will be returning better than ever: “We’ve made lots of improvements behind the scenes to make people’s visit an experience to remember. We want to remind people why the theatre is a special place to be, a real event they can look forward to.”

Tickets for all events can be booked online now at www.mowlemtheatre. co.uk, by calling 0333 666 3366 (telephone booking available 9 - 5pm Monday to Friday) or by visiting the Box Office on Mondays and Fridays between 10.30am and 1.30pm from 28th September.

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October At Burngate!

urngate Stone Carving Centre, nestled just above the village of Langton Matravers with unbeatable views down over the valley to Swanage Bay, reopened in July this year after the forced Covid-19 lockdown, and enjoyed a fabulous summer of stone carving, arts and crafts.

We held a daily arts and crafts market throughout the summer months, with over fifty different exhibitors selling their wide-ranging wares from the on-site market. Invited local stone carvers also exhibited and sold carvings and sculpture through our newly-refurbished Sculpture Gallery.

We’d like to thank all those who joined us in offering the public a chance to see some of the amazing arts and crafts created by local people, as well as thanking those who came to the Centre to enjoy a cuppa, purchase some unique locally-made items and enjoy our view.

Our stone carving courses have been extremely well attended this summer, with people from the age of eight upwards joining us to learn the basics of stone carving and to create a work of art to take away with them at the end of their two-hour or full-day course.

Teaching and education are main aims for us as a charity and we are looking forward to working with a range of local schools as part of the national cirriculum in future. We have a primary school joining us for lessons in October, when we’ll be teaching the youngsters about the stone trade from ancient Egypt through to the Romans shipping stone from the Isle of Purbeck, right around the world. Encouraging children to understand their environment and offer them additional possibilies for future trades and careers is a wonderful gift to give - let’s hope they enjoy their time with us at the Centre!

Burngate Stone Carving Centre will be going into ‘hibernation’ from the end of October through until next spring, when we will be reopening with a special relaunch - possibly around Easter time.

We thank all of you for your support to date and we look forward to seeing what 2021 brings us all - hopefully a brighter outlook for everyone and the ability to ‘carry on as usual’ will return!

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Matron’s Round - Our Local Hospitals’ Monthly Column

his month I’d like to focus on some good news from the Radiology Department at Swanage Hospital, and to highlight their experience of dealing with the challenges of working during lockdown.

First of all I am proud to report that the department, which provides an X-ray and ultrasound service, achieved the Quality Standard for Imaging accreditation in February 2020 after two years of hard work and preparation.

The QSI assessment programme sets the national quality criteria for imaging services and is designed to ensure diagnostic imaging departments provide patients with a consistently high quality of service. It also guarantees that services are delivered by competent staff working in a safe environment. Departments seeking accreditation need to meet, and continually improve against, the set criteria.

Not long after achieving accreditation the Covid-19 lockdown started.

Karyn Hunt, Senior Radiographer says: “Because of the pandemic we have had to adapt the way we provide our services in order to ensure the safety of our patients and staff, while continuing to provide the same level of quality. Changes in working practice include increased cleaning and longer appointment slots, as well as the use of additional PPE. From day one of lockdown we have been seeing patients face to face.

Initially we were only accepting X-ray referrals from the Minor Injury Unit and urgent Ultrasound scan requests, but in mid-July we recommenced routine appointments as well.

We have ensured that those patients most in need have been seen in a safe and timely manner throughout lockdown. Since mid-July, we have been playing catch up on our backlog of referrals. I am happy to inform you that we have now caught up and are carrying out routine referrals. “ It is thanks to the hard work and commitment of the Radiology team that we can now offer a near normal service.

However, due to the reduced capacity for appointments routine referrals may wait a little longer than pre-Covid.

On another note, if there is anyone with an artistic flare who would be prepared to arrange some flowers, kindly contact us on 01929 475006.

Until next time, take care, Matron Donna.

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A Gateway To Help For Teenagers With Mental Health issues

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oung people aged 16-18 in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch who are struggling with their mental health can now seek support direct from Dorset HealthCare.

Our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are trialling a new assessment system in the conurbation. From Monday 14 September, GPs, social care workers and other professionals concerned about a young person’s mental state can refer them to a new CAMHS Gateway service.

For the first time, 16 to 18-year-olds will be able to self-refer without needing to go through their GP. All referrals will be assessed by Gateway staff and, where appropriate, people with a milder diagnosis will be supported by a new ‘brief intervention’ team. Those with more serious issues can still be transferred to the regular CAMHS teams for more specialised, intensive treatment.

The Gateway service – which is set to be rolled out across the rest of Dorset next year – is designed to provide all young people with prompt assessment and early intervention help when appropriate, while also freeing up other CAMHS staff to see people with a moderate or severe diagnosis more quickly.

CAMHS offers expert help and support for a range of mental health issues,

including depression, anxiety, self-harming behaviour, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and more.

Head of CAMHS Stuart Lynch said: “Often a brief, early intervention when someone is feeling low or struggling with a particular problem can help that person recover and prevent a more serious deterioration in their mental health.

“The Gateway service and our new team will help us meet this need, and also reduce waiting times for those who require a more in-depth, sustained degree of care.

“By enabling older teenagers to refer themselves directly, we hope this will encourage them to manage their mental health and seek professional support if they need it.”

For more information about how to self-refer to CAMHS, visit camhsdorset.org If you are in crisis and need to speak to someone urgently, call Connection, our 24/7 mental health helpline for people of all ages, on 0300 123 5440.

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was a sensational 6 wicket-haul by promising youngster Sid Nash against Marnhull. There were also 5 wicket-hauls for both Jack Grace and Nash again.

There have also been some very encouraging performances by a number of Swanage’s youth section - Matt Dunster, Charlie Dyke, Andrew Hancock, Freddie and Harry Long, Safia Nadaf, Regan Norman, Jacob Pope, Tom Wells and Alex and Lily Wood.

Swanage’s youth teams: from the Under-8s all the way through to the Under-15s have all performed admirably in their various mini-leagues.

For all the latest news with regards to Junior Winter Training etc., please visit our website: www.swanagecricketclub.co.uk Kind regards, Mike Nash – Swanage Cricket Club Press Officer.

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he 1stXI finished second in their mini-league, with the highlight of their batting being Craig Wells innings of 91 against Winton.

There were also half-centuries for Mike Hernandez, Steve Kent, Ben Hodder and Wells again. The highlights of their bowling were the 4 wicket-hauls by Hernandez, Kent and Ryan Stearn.

The 2ndXI finished third in their mini-league. With the highlight of their batting being Geoff Willcocks’ first-ever Century against Wareham, there was also a half-century for Pete Baczala. The highlight of their bowling was Mike Nash’s 4 wicket-haul at Winton.

The 3rdXI finished fourth in their first-ever season. The highlight of their batting was Sam Willcocks century at Stalbridge. There were, also, halfcenturies from Tim Ives and Chris Wood. The highlight of their bowling

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CORONA LOCKDOWN POETRY...

During lockdown, reader Glenys Robinson penned some poetry regarding her life and the changes which occurred whilst we were all unable to go out and about as usual.

Glenys had written the poems, composed into a booklet, in the hope of using them to raise some money for the NHS and she very kindly sent them to us. We have selected a few of her poems to reproduce for you here. If you fancy it, pop a few pounds in the next collection box you see for the NHS and continue to support our healthcare service - once the best in the world. It’s up to us to keep it that way....

CORONA When I was a child Corona was a drink Lemonade was clear Raspberryade was pink.

When I was a child Corona was a treat Delivered to the door With milk, bread and meat.

When I was a teenager Corona was quite hip With Dandelion & burdock And Cherryade to sip Now I am an adult These drinks are in the past Replaced by a new Corona That’s taking over fast.

Now an aging OAP I must stay inside Keep my distance, stay safe As Corona travels wide Missing family missing friends They all must stay away Until this virus disappears Then we’ll all come out to play.

CUPBOARDS

SHOPPING

COMMUNICATION

Another bag for charity As drawers are opened wide To reveal a medley of things That lay uselessly inside

Today I’m doing shopping But not going to the store I’ll try to order online For delivery to our door

The first words when ringing Is how are you today?

What have you been doing To keep this bug at bay

We separate pens and pencils Unravel bits of string Looks like a schoolboy’s pocket It’s really not the thing

I fire up the computer My aim to get a slot Once I’m in the system I see what they have got

Daughter who is a doctor Working in a hospital ED Rings to say she is fine I know to reassure me

We open up the sideboard Where there’s glassware in a row So unused flutes and tumblers To the charity will go

I order all essentials Eggs, milk and bread Then await with bated breath For substitutes instead

Our best friend is so distant We ring nearly every day We see each other on an app As that’s the only way

We browse along the bookshelves At books that have been read Get rid of all the trivia Keep factual ones instead

Toilet rolls are something else Whatevers going on When trying to obtain some Told Sorry their all gone

The grandchildren all have mobiles With all the latest gear They send us all their antics We wish that they were near

Tablecloths and napkins Blankets sheets and such We only use the same old ones Why do we hoard so much?

Delivery time has come The van pulls up outside We don our plastic gloves The front doors open wide

We hope that all our efforts Will be of benefit to many When Corona goes, shops open up And they make a pretty penny.

Shopping is now so different As we keep ourselves apart Hoping we are helping others For the future, that’s a start.

Wer’e missing all our loved ones It’s now been quite awhile But to communicate some more We only have to dial Although we all can talk It’s very plain to see Maybe lockdowns not so good But safety is the key.

COMPLIANCE We’ve finished all our lowdown How our groundhog days have been Staying home for lockdown We’re really not that keen We hope we managed to comply In all our communication Keeping ourselves to ourselves Following the terms of isolation

We all know that this pandemic Is still across the nation So, spare a thought for everyone And show consideration.

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Diary Entries are FREE if your event is FREE. If you charge, then it’s £5 plus VAT per entry, per month. DEADLINE for NOV is noon, 9th OCT KEY: * = Start time not known or n/a; Ffi = for further information; Sw = Swanage; Wm = Wareham; VH = Village Hall, Telephone code 01929 unless otherwise stated.

OCTOBER 2020

WEEKLY EVENTS

EVERY MONDAY 09.00 U3A Table Tennis Group meet at Harmans Cross VH. 09.30 Under 2.5 years old group. Till 11am. at Parish Hall, Wm. 09.45 Toddler Club URC, Sw. Till 11.15 10.00 Table Tennis Club Sw FC All ages/abilities £2.50 Till noon. 480093 10.30 Flowers with Liz at the Purbeck Workshop in Wool. The Workshop provides craft activities free of charge to those touched by cancer - friends and family are welcome too. Unit 6, Woolbridge Business Centre, East Burton Rd, Wool. BH20 6HG. www.purbeckworkshop.org 07757 776907. Email: richris95@gmail.com 13.00 Play and Learn at Wareham’s Children’s Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Till 2.45pm 13.00 Under 1s and Tums at Chapel Lane, Swanage. Till 3pm 14.00 Pins and Needles at Harmans Cross VH. 14.00 Swanage Digital Champions. Support people in the community to use the internet and gain basic online skills. Booking essential on 01929 423485.

14.00 Wareham Short Mat Bowls. Meet at Furzebrook Village Hall. New members welcome to come along and meet us!

14.00 Swanage Disabled Club meet until 4pm. Meeting place alternates between Catholic Hall & Queensmead Hall, Sw. Transport available. Call Mrs Daphne Saville on 01929 425241 ffi.

16.00 Colour Me Happy. Adult colouring session at Swanage Library. Drop in.

16.45 Soccer Skills Sw FC First Sch chldn £1 Till 5.45. 425175 18.00 Lesbian and Gay Friendship Group meets every Monday evening for social events and shared interests, such as meals, walking and outings. Ffi: contact Karen via email: outinpurbeck@gmail.com 18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 7pm 18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 8.30pm.

19.00 Wareham Choral Society meet URC Meeting House, Church St, Wm. Till 9. New singers always welcome.

19.00 Swanage Youth Club. School year 10 and upwards. Till 9.30pm 19.00 Whist. Come & join us at the Reading Room, Church Hill, Swanage. Ffi, call 07984 968733 19.00 Purbeck Chess Club. Mortons House Hotel, Corfe Castle. Ffi, call Steve Peirson on 01929 552504.

19.30 Purbeck Quire rehearse at Wm Methodist Church. New/visiting singers (no audition necessary). String & wind players also welcome. Ffi: 423505 or 480737.

19.30 Wareham Art Club Workshop at Wareham Parish Hall. Ffi: 553718.

19.30 Wm Folk Dance Club Stoboro’ VH. All welcome. 552763/551029 19.30 Swanage Air Cadets meet at Air Training Corps HQ, Court Road, Sw. Cadets age 12+. Ffi: email: oc.2185@aircadets.mod.

20.00 DARTS at the RBL Club, Sw. 20.00 Herston Hall Management C’ttee Bingo EVERY TUESDAY 09.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 10am 09.30 Isle of Purbeck Arts Club. Painting and sketching. At the Catholic Church Hall, Rempstone Rd, Sw. Till 1pm. Outdoors in summer. Ffi: Gina on 421689.

09.30 Well Baby Clinic at Chapel Lane, Swanage. Till 11.30am.

09.30 Kiddies Corner Mother & Toddler Group (term time only) No fee - donations welcome. Purbeck Gateway Church. 551415 09.30 Wareham Art Club Workshop at Wareham Parish Hall. Ffi: 553718.

09.30 First Steps Parent & Toddlers’ Group. Swanage Methodist Church till 11.30am during term time. Ffi: Sylvia Garrett 425420, office hours.

10.00 Men & Women’s Mixed Walking Football Club at Swanage Football Club. Come and try! All levels welcome, even if you’ve never played before. Come and join in or just come along to watch a very friendly group of people playing football. Until 11.30am. Call Nick on: 07745 907509 10.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 11.30am.

10.00 Wareham Croquet Club meet at the Recreation Ground until 5pm. New members and visitors welcome. Call Tony on 01929 550190 or Lesley on 01929 553927 or email warehamgolfcroquetclub@hotmail.com 10.00 Sandford Toddlers at Sandford Community Hall, till 11.30am.

10.00 Short Tennis at Sw FC All ages & abilities £1.50 Till noon. 425175 10.00 A Place Of Welcome at 21 Commercial Road, Sw. Friendly drop-in for everyone, providing a free cup of tea or coffee, a listening ear, conversation and basic information. Everyone welcome, whatever the circumstances.

10.20 Adult Dance Classes. Modern Line dance. Until 11.20am. At The D’Urberville Centre, Wool. Ffi: 01202 243803 or see: www.purbeckdancestudio.co.uk 10.30 Employment Hub at Swanage Library. Until 12.30pm. Book via Skilla dn Learning on 01202 262300.

10.30 Swanage Walking for Health Group starter walks (15-30mins). Start from the Mowlem Shelter on Swanage Seafront. Get back into the swing of things gently!

Ffi: 481000 10.30 Wareham Walkers. Convivial health walks for mainly older people, of up to two

Please call prior to attending events listed to ensure they are still on! hours in and around Wareham, ending with coffee at a local tea room or pub. Ffi: www.wareham-walkers.org.uk or call 552933.

12.00 Nature Tots (0-4yrs) at Bovington Memorial Hall Garden. Until 2pm.

14.00 Wareham Short Mat Bowls. Meet at Furzebrook Village Hall. New members welcome to come along and meet us!

14.00 Swanage Walking for Health Group. Walks of 60-90mins, various locations.

Walks are very social, for a range of abilities. Walks start from car parks at Studland, Corfe, Arne, Durlston, Langton, Acton, Worth and Kingston. Ffi: 481000.

14.00 Swanage Town Walk. Local historian takes walks lasting 90 minutes. Meet outside the Museum in the ‘Square’. No charge but voluntary contributions welcome.

14.00 Harman’s Cross Village Hall Art Group Till 5 18.00 Sw Youth Centre Girls’ Night (Yr 8+) Till 10 18.15 Sw Cricket Club Practice till 8.30pm 18.30 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Community Room. 421840 19.00 Wareham Air Cadets meet at Air Training Corps HQ, St Martin’s Lane, Wm. Cadets age 12+. Ffi: email: oc.2185@aircadets.mod.

19.30 Swanage Group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Swanage Day Centre, High Street, Swanage. If you want help to stop drinking, you are welcome. Or call 01202 296000 for more details.

19.30 Women’s Walking Football Club at Swanage Football Club. Come and try! All levels welcome, even if you’ve never played before. Come and join in or just come along to watch a very friendly group of people playing football. Until 9pm. Call Nick on: 07745 907509 19.30 Sw & Langton Folk Dance Club Langton VH. Ffi: 421913 19.00 Belvedere Singers rehearsal at St Mark’s CE VA Primary School, High St, Sw. Parking on-site. Till 9pm. All singers welcome! 423350.

19.00 Give Rugby A Try! FREE! at Swanage & Wareham Rugby Club, Bestwall Rd, Wm. We’re looking for new players, so come and have a go! Until 9pm. Over 18s only. Call John C. on: 07970 500357 Ffi. 20.00 Carey Hall, Wm Bingo EVERY WEDNESDAY 09.00 St Mark’s Toddlers Group, St Mark’s Church, Swanage. Herston, Sw Till 11am 09.45 Corfe Wool Workshop Corfe VH, East St. Members £1.50; non-members £2.50.

Till12.00. 427067 10.00 Short tennis for adults at Swanage Football Club. All welcome. Equipment supplied. Till noon.

10.00 Breast Feeding Group at Wareham’s Children Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Offering peer support and breastfeeding counsellor advice. Till 12 noon. Ffi: 552864 10.30 Adult Dance Classes. Modern Line dance. Until 11.30am. At St Edward’s Church hall, Swanage. Ffi: 01202 243803 or see: www.purbeckdancestudio.co.uk 10.30 Play and Learn at Kids of Wool (BH20 6DY) until 12 noon.

10.30 Books and More - at Swanage Library. Reading & discussion group.

13.00 Studland Toddler Group at Studland Village Hall until 2.30pm.

14.00 Herston Senior Citizens meet Herston Hall, Jubilee Rd, Sw. All welcome 14.00 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 3pm. With Penny at the Mowlem Community Room, Sw. Ffi 07969925502 14.30 Local Historian takes you on a town walk around Swanage, lasting 1 1/2 hours.

No need to book, just turn up in the Swanage Museum in the Square, voluntary contributions welcome.

15.00 Extend Exercise Class, now at Morton Village Hall. To improve strength, balance and flexibility. All welcome. Donations welcome. Ffi: 471490.

16.15 Swanage Football Club U-7s Training til 5.15pm. £1. Ffi: 426346 17.15 Swanage Football Club U-9s Training til 6.15pm. £1. Ffi: 426346 18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 7pm 18.00 Swanage Youth Club. School years 7&8. Till 8.30pm 18.00 Table Tennis at Harmans Cross Village Hall. All ages & abilities welcome.

Coaching given. Till 8pm or later. Ffi: 424591 18.30 Sw & Wm Hockey Club Junior (6-14yrs) Training, Wm Sports Centre. Until 7.30pm. Email: swanagewarehamhockey@outlook.com 19.00 Wm Bridge Club at the Library, South St. 552046 19.00 Swanage Depression Support group. We meet on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday each month at the Lower Hall, Salvation Army, Kings Rd East, Sw. BH19 1ES, until 9pm. Ffi: Nick on: 07766352062 or email: nickviney@hotmail.com or call Mary on: 01929426896.

19.00 Wareham Depression Support group. We meet on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at Not Just Sundaes, South Street, Wareham. BH20, until 9pm. Ffi: John: 01929556315 or 07871 727278 or email: johnoneil905@yahoo.co.uk 19.00 Swanage Town Band meet for our weekly practice in the Council Chamber, Swanage Town Hall. New musicians warmly welcomed. Please call David Cook (musical Director) for further informaiton on: 01929 422909.

19.00 Give Rugby A Try! FREE! at Swanage & Wareham Rugby Club, Bestwall Rd, Wm. We’re looking for new players, so come and have a go! Until 9pm. Under 16s-18s only. Call John P. on: 07725 567541 Ffi. 19.00 Purbeck Runners meet at Beach Gardens Pavillion, Sw.

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19.30 Swanage Musical Theatre meet Swanage Bay View Complex Rehearsal Room.

All welcome. Ffi: 426161 19.30 Sw & Wm Hockey Club (13+ years) Training, Wm Sports Centre. Till 9pm. Email: swanagewarehamhockey@outlook.com 20.00 Sw Youth Centre Club Night (Yr 9+) Till 10 20.15 Dorset Buttons Morris Practice. URC Hall, Wm. 423234/421130 20.30 Wm Swimming Club Adults. All standards + stroke improvement. Till 10 22.00 Sw Youth Centre Club Night (16+) Till 11.59 EVERY THURSDAY 08.30 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 9.30am.

09.00 Carey Crafters meet every Thursday at Carey Hall, Mistover Road, until 12.30pm (come anytime between). No age or gender restriction. All crafts welcome we have a wide variety!. Come along and share your craft or learn a new one! Conntact Donna on 07870 993311 or Helen on 07368 352737 ffi.

09.00 Swanage Painting Club. Catholic Church Hall, Rempstone Rd, Sw. Friendly group. New members including beginners welcome. Till 1pm. Ffi: Jane on 01929 427078 09.30 Play and Learn at Chapel Lane, Swanage, till 11am.

09.30 Well Baby Clinic at Streche Road, Wareham, until 12 noon.

09.30 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 11am.

09.30 Sensory Play for under ones, at Bovington Centre until 10.30am 09.30 Adult Dance Classes. Latin American & Ballroom dance. Until 10.30am. At the Wareham Scout & Guide Hut, N. Bestwall Rd, Wareham. BH20 4HX. Ffi: 01202 243803 or see: www.purbeckdancestudio.co.uk 10.00 Wyvern Savings & Loan Credit Union opens until 12 noon at Not Just Sundaes, South Street, Wareham, opposite the Library. A secure place to save and loans available at fair rates. Call in for a cuppa and a chat, or call 01305 268444.

10.00 Wm Parent & Toddler Group During term Parish Hall, Quay Till 11.45. 556806 10.00 Wool Country Market D’Urbeville Hall. Cakes, preserves, plants, crafts, vegetables. Coffee & biscuits available.

10.00 Tea, Coffee, Biscuits at Queensmead Hall, Sw. Til 11am. Adm 50p 10.00 Volunteer Centre Drop-In at Wareham Library till 12pm. Find our about volunteering to support community groups & charities.

10.00 Wareham Croquet Club meet at the Recreation Ground until 5pm. New members and visitors welcome. Call Tony on 01929 550190 or Lesley on 01929 553927 or email warehamgolfcroquetclub@hotmail.com 10.15 Chess at the Cafe Tratt, Lower High Street, Swanage (from 8th February 2018).

Call in for a friendly game of chess and a chat. All welcome.

10.30 Mid-Week Market Morning Service URC, Church St, Wm. Prayer requests to Revd. Simon Franklin 556976 10.30 Woodworking with Bernard and Terry at the Purbeck Workshop in Wool. The Workshop provides craft activities free of charge to those touched by cancer friends and family are welcome too. Unit 6, Woolbridge Business Centre, East Burton Rd, Wool. BH20 6HG. www.purbeckworkshop.org 07757 776907. Email: richris95@gmail.com 11.00 Sensory Play for 1-4yrs old at Bovington Centre, until 12 noon.

13.30 Under 1 year olds at Wareham’s Children’s Centre, Streche Rd, Wm. Antinatal mums welcome. Till 3pm. Ffi: 552864.

13.00 Wareham Area Men’s Shed meets at Purbeck Connect, Sandford Lane, Wm. Ffi: call Chris on 554758, Harold on 792591 or Mike on 288045 13.30 Toddler Group. All Saints’ Church, Sw. 423937. Till 3pm (Term times) 14.00 Swanage Town Walk. Local historian takes walks lasting 90 minutes. Meet outside the Museum in the ‘Square’. No charge but voluntary contributions welcome.

14.00 Wareham Happy Cafe. Friendly conversation, talks, activities and some fun to put a spring in your step! Everyone welcome. Held at the Not Just Sundaes Cafe in South Street, Wareham. BH20 4LU. From 5th March 2020 onwards.

FREE. Until 3.30pm.

14.00 Studland Chair-based Exercise in the Village Hall, Studland. Ffi: Julie on 558139 or email: jbrad@uwclub.net 14.15 Sw Over-60s Meet in the Rectory Classroom, Swanage, Sw. All Welcome.

17.45 Swanage Youth Club. Learning Difficulties and disability (age 11-25) night. Till 7.30pm 18.00 Isle of Purbeck Arts Club. Weekly evening Art Group. Aimed at beginners, at Purbeck New Wave Gallery, 25 Commercial Rd, Sw. BH19 1DF. till 9pm.

18.15 Sw Cricket Club Practice till 9pm 18.30 Swanage Sea Rowing Club Circuit Training at Swanage Middle School. Ffi: 07776 201455 19.00 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 8pm. With Penny at Furzebrook VH, Wm. Ffi 07969925502 19.00 Over 40s Men’s Walking Football Club at Swanage Football Club. Come and try! All levels welcome, even if you’ve never played before. Come and join in or just come along to watch a very friendly group of people playing football. Until 8.30pm. Call Nick on: 07745 907509 19.00 Purbeck Gateway Club meets at Wareham Youth Centre until 9pm. Purbeck Gateway is a club for adults with learning difficulties. We meet during term time and have fun! All welcome. Ffi: Lew on 552173. Email: Lewisbell1@aol. com 19.15 Wm Town Band Brass & Woodwind players welcome. 551478/01202 242147 19.30 Short Mat Bowls in the Durbeville Hall, Wool. All standards welcome, till 9.30pm. Ffi: 552682 19.30 Purbeck Arts Choir meet for rehersals, with conductor David Fawcett, at St Mary’s School, Northbrook Road, Swanage. Sept-May. All welcome. For more information please phone Liz Roberts 01929 481419 19.30 Swanage Youth Club Youth Action (year 7 - sixth form). Till 9.30pm 20.00 Herston Hall OAP Committee Bingo Sw EVERY FRIDAY 08.45 Coffee @ 112 - Drop In For Coffee! Catch up with friends at 112 High Street

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(United Reformed Church) in Sw. Cake and bacon butties. Fair trade stall.

Donations for ‘Besom in Purbeck’ and church funds.

09.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 10am 09.30 Health Qigong: Fitness and relaxation. Till 10.30am. With Penny at Furzebrook VH, Wm. Ffi 07969925502 09.30 Wareham Area Men’s Shed meets at Purbeck Connect, Sandford Lane, Wm. Ffi: call Chris on 554758, Harold on 792591 or Mike on 288045 09.30 Little Fishes Baby and Toddler Group. Catholic Church Hall, Rempstone Road, Swanage. Term time only. Until 11.30am. Ffi: Alex on 07904 412067.

10.00 Table Tennis Club Sw FC All ages/abilities £2.50 Till noon. 480093 10.00 A Place Of Welcome at 21 Commercial Road, Sw. Friendly drop-in for everyone, providing a free cup of tea or coffee, a listening ear, conversation and basic information. Everyone welcome, whatever the circumstances.

10.30 Do you want to volunteer in Swanage? Meet the team at the Volunteer Bureau in Swanage Library! Until 12.30pm.

11.00 Swanage Library Rhyme Time, ages 0-4, until 11.30am.

11.00 Toddler Time For Under 5s And Carers. Wareham Library. Stories, songs and crafts. Every Friday, including school holidays. Ffi: 01929 556146 14.00 Wareham Short Mat Bowls. Meet at Furzebrook Village Hall. New members welcome to come along and meet us!

14.30 Short Mat Bowls at Durbeville Hall, Wool. Till 4.30pm. All standards welcome.

Ffi: 552682.

18.00 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 8.30pm.

18.00 Purbeck War-Game & Model Club. Royal British Legion, Sw. 426096.

18.00 Sw Youth Centre Club 12-13 (Yr 7-9) Till 8 18.00 Purbeck Youth Choir at the United Reformed Church Hall, Sw. 8-18 years old.

Till 7pm. Ffi: Jay Buckle on: 07947 866945 18.30 Sw Bridge Club Mowlem Community Room. 421840 19.00 Sw Youth Centre Seniors Club Night (Yr 9+) Till 9.30pm.

19.30 Short tennis for adults at Swanage Football Club. All welcome. Equipment supplied. Till 9.30pm. £3.

19.45 Alcoholics Anonymous Wareham. Talk and tea from 19.15, meeting from 19.45 until 21.00. At Wareham Day Centre, 21 Bonnets Lane, Wareham. BH20 4HB. If you think you may have a problem with alcohol, you are welcome. You can learn about living sober frmo people who do. The first friday of each month is also open to professionals and friends/family of problem drinkers. Ffi: 01202 296000.

20.00 Sw Youth Centre Live Bands (as advertised) Till 10pm.

22.00 Sw Youth Centre Late Session (Yr 9+) till 11.59pm (members free) EVERY SATURDAY 08.00 Purbeck Runners meet at the Mowlem, Sw. 4/5 mile run.

09.00 Sw CC U11 - U15 Practice till 10.30 09.30 Sw CC U9 & U10 Practice & Kwik Cricket till 10.30 10.00 Tea, coffee and home-made cakes in the Parish Hall on Wareham Quay during the Community Market. Til 2pm. Bric-a-Brac stall weekly. Christian bookstall most weeks. All welcome for a warm-up and a friendly chat.

11.00 Lego and Megablok Mayhem at Swanage Library, until 12 noon.

20.00 Herston OAP Committee Bingo at Herston Hall, Sw EVERY SUNDAY 09.00 Purbeck Runners meet at the Mowlem, Sw. 8+ mile run.

10.00 Arts and Crafts Market at the Mowlem in Swanage. A wide range of local art for sale, including pottery, glass, cards, fabric and much more! To book your table, or for more information, call Tony on 01929 421321.

10.00 Give Rugby A Try! FREE! at Swanage & Wareham Rugby Club, Bestwall Rd, Wm. We’re looking for new players, so come and have a go! Until noon. Under 6s-16s only. Call Claire on: 07799 842225 Ffi. 10.30 Stoborough Emmanuel Baptist Church meet at Stoborough First School, Stoborough. All very welcome.

13.30 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Cardio Tennis taster. Till 2.30pm 14.30 Swanage Tennis Club at Beach Gardens, Sw. Free Matchplay taster session for prospective new members. First 3 sessions are free. Until 4.30pm.

19.00 Quiz Night with cash prizes at the Red Lion, High Street, Swanage. All welcome - come along and see if you can win the prize pot!

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