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Call for schools to join charity elephant stampede

Stampede by the Sea is raising funds for Weldmar Hospicecare, who provide specialist end of life care for local adults with a life limiting illness, and support for their loved ones.

As Learning Partner, Wessex Internet is encouraging schools across Dorset to get involved in designing their own elephant and also helping Weldmar to provide vital resources to help teachers tackle ‘the elephant in the room’: the loss of loved ones.

Wessex Internet CEO, Hector Gibson Fleming, and staff from Weldmar meet a full-size elephant and two of the 'mini herd' at the charity's hospice
Wessex Internet CEO, Hector Gibson Fleming, and staff from Weldmar meet a full-size elephant and two of the ‘mini herd’ at the charity’s hospice

With discussion of grief and dying still a taboo subject, Weldmar will work with teachers, leaders and schools to support group conversations with young people while they work on the art project, and to help those directly affected to safely share their feelings with their friends, parents and teachers.

Wessex Internet will also be funding longer-term training and resource materials for teachers and schools, which will help them to support young people who need it in the future.

Our only ask of you is to spread the word so that more young people can be helped:

If you are involved in a school – as a parent, staff member, governor, PTA member or other volunteer – please take a moment at the start of this new school year to let the school’s leadership know about the initiative. 

There are still a few baby elephants available to schools or other learning venues to take part in Stampede by the Sea, and leaders can speak to Weldmar about the resources that are available.

Weldmar has extended the deadline for schools and groups to sign-up online at https://www.stampedebythesea.org/learning-programme. They are also happy to answer any questions or arrange a visit by emailing stampede@weld-hospice.org.uk.

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Dorset Police Meet-up – 17 August 2024

Community Contact Point
Meet your neighbourhood policing team
When & Where is it?
Sat 17 Aug 2024 10:00
M&S Foodhall, Langton Road
Blandford Forum
DT11 7EN ///surveyors.cling.unloading
     
Community Contact Points are pop-up events where you can speak to an officer from your neighbourhood policing team to report a crime or an incident or discuss issues affecting your community.
These are drop-in style events with no need to make an appointment. Please come along as this is your opportunity to speak with your local officers to discuss any issues of concern to you.
If you are unable to attend this meeting but would like to attend a future one, look out for the dates on Dorset Alert or follow us on social media.
You can report concerns in your area, view policing priorities and a calendar of events from your local neighbourhood policing team via this link:  https://www.dorset.police.uk/npt  
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(Dorset Police, NEO, North & East Dorset)
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Cook with Care

During 2023, one third of the kitchen fires attended by Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) were in the homes of people aged over 65 and living alone. To combat this alarming statistic, DWFRS is launching a new safety campaign, with a focus on preventing cooking-related incidents and making residents safer at home.

‘Cook with Care’ has four key themes to help reduce kitchen fires:

  • Prepare – Before you start cooking, create a clear space to prepare your meals safely. Keep tea towels and cloths away from the cooker and hob, and take care if you’re wearing loose clothing.
  • Prevent – Never put anything other than pots and pans on your cooker hob; even after you’ve finished cooking, the hob will remain hot for some time.Never put anything metal into the microwave.Saucepan handles left sticking out create a danger; there’s a risk they could be caught, leading to the pans being knocked off the hob.
  • Focus – Don’t leave cooking unattended.Avoid cooking if you are tired, have been drinking alcohol or are taking medication that leaves you drowsy.
  • Stay Safe – Keep the oven, hob and grill clean as a build-up of fat or grease can catch fire when hot. Switch off the oven and/or hob when you have finished cooking and take pans off the heat.

It’s vital that we do all we can to protect our communities, especially those people who are perhaps more vulnerable because of their age or where they live. By highlighting some of the potential dangers in the kitchen, DWFRS hope to encourage safer cooking behaviours amongst those most at risk.

There is more information on the DWFRS website about safety in the home, www.dwfire.org.uk/safety-at-home and anyone with an older friend or relative who lives alone is asked to share this advice with them.

If you are concerned for someone’s safety, you can contact the DWFRS Safe & Well team – call 0800 038 2323 or visit www.dwfire.org.uk/safe-and-well-visits

Village Hall Outreach Service

Child Okeford Stores, The Cross, Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11 8ED, runs The Post Office Outreach Service in the Stourpaine Village Hall every Tuesday morning.

The Post Office pays for this service to us and The Post Office is doing an audit for the next 3 months about usage in outreach places.

Stourpaine is in danger of losing this post office facility unless we use and promote it more.

Please can everyone do their bit and try and buy some stamps, post a parcel (Parcelforce Express Services), use Drop & Go rather than get the Postie to come to you (a great convenience), withdraw some money, open an account, etc as much as possible ( especially whilst the audit is happening).

At the same time the Village Hall Committee invites you to the “Warm Hub” between ten and twelve where tea, coffee, biscuits and a chat are always brewing.

Beats cycling or walking to Blandford Forum or beyond.

Local Elections – Thu 02 May 2024

https://dorsetcouncil-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/voters-encouraged-to-get-their-id-ready-ahead-of-this-years-local-elections

Residents are reminded that they will need be registered to vote and show an approved form of photo ID when they go to the polling stations on Thursday, 02 May 2024 to elect for Dorset Council councillors as well as Town and Parish Councils. The Police and Crime Commissioner elections also takes place on the same day.

To cast your vote in the upcoming elections, you must be registered by Tuesday, 16 April, 2024. If you’re not already registered, you can complete the process on the Government’s website. Voters only need to register once, unless they have changed their name or address.

Village Hall Committee – AGM Notice

Dear Neighbour

Stourpaine Village Hall and the adjacent playing fields are a great asset to our village in many ways. There are regular clubs and activities held there as well as events like the Jubilee and Coronation events and The Annual Garden Club Show. The Big Breakfasts are a lovely social gathering held a few times a year. It is home to the Tennis Club and used by many people for informal recreation and is available for football games. There is always potential for developing more activities and facilities. The hall and pavilion are also available for hire for family parties, weddings, art shows, poetry events, yoga retreats, etc. etc. The hall rental forms the main income source of funding for running and maintaining the facilities.

The Village Hall and Playing Fields are managed by a management committee of volunteer trustees. This is where I am asking for your help. Most of the volunteers have to leave the committee this year, either because they have served the maximum term allowed by our scheme of governance of 6 years, or for other personal reasons.

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Wessex Internet – Community Meeting

Wessex Internet (WI) are inviting Stourpaine residents to the Village Hall on Tuesday 24 October for a Community Meeting to find out about their plans on bringing full fibre broadband to Stourpaine.

Time is 18:30, Tue 24 October 2023
WI email: community@wessexinternet.com
WI Phone: 0333 240 7997

Funding is through Project Gigibit North Dorset

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