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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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Child Okeford Outreach Post Office for Stourpaine

An acknowledgement of the Stourpaine Parish Council’s Chair for working so hard to retain a postal service in Stourpaine.

Thanks also to Child Okeford store and Royal Mail for continuing the outreach service.

It is now in our interests to support the service to ensure its retention.

Post Office

Do note the following changes:

  • Tue 09:30 – 12:30 – normal opening period
    • Tue 06 June 2023 – 10:30 – 12:30 – reduced hours
    • Tue 13 June 2023 – 10:30 – 12:30 – reduced hours

Delayed Bin Collection – Monday 20 March 2023

Please Note, that due to a funeral taking place at Holy Trinity Church on Monday the 20th of March, it has been agreed with Dorset Council that bin collection will not take place until Tuesday 21St of March.
Could I ask you therefore to NOT put your bins at the road side until Tuesday morning.
On behalf of the Stourpaine Parish Council could I thank you for your understanding on
this matter.

Scott Norman,
Chair SPC
01258 454607

Breastfeeding Network (BfN) Dorset

https://dorsetcouncil-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/free-breastfeeding-peer-support-training-for-parents

The Breastfeeding Network (BfN) Dorset is looking for mums who are passionate about breastfeeding to train as breastfeeding peer supports and volunteer across the county supporting parents. BfN Dorset is commissioned by Public Health Dorset to provide families in Dorset with evidence-based information and support with a range of everyday breastfeeding challenges, support with positioning and attachment as well as emotional and moral support. From pregnancy through to natural term weaning, combi-feeding, expressing or exclusively breastfeeding, all parents are welcome at any stage of their journey. 

The training on offer is fully funded and gives mums the opportunity to gain an OCN accredited level 2 qualification. Mums will then go on to volunteer in their local community, offering friendly support and information to other parents, as well a safe space and a community for likeminded parents.

Our volunteers receive regular supervision sessions to help with their ongoing training and support needs, and become part of the wider Breastfeeding Network team, as well as being able to go on and complete further training if they want to (dependent on availability of funding).

The next BfN Dorset Level 2 peer helpers course is running from 20 April, it will last for twelve weeks, with one two hour session per week and is all delivered online via Zoom.

The Breastfeeding Network Dorset is looking for volunteers to complete the course that can go on to volunteer in their local communities across Dorset, particularly: 

  • Somerford (Monday mornings)
  • Weymouth (Monday mornings)
  • Blandford (Friday mornings)
  • Wareham/Bovington (day tbc)
  • Dorchester (day tbc)
  • Sherborne (Tuesday mornings)
  • Our most recently launched support group in Boscombe (Monday mornings)

Sam Morris, Peer Helper volunteer says

“I’m very privileged to support families when they’re growing and moving into the next stage of their life, as much as I can help others, it’s personally rewarding to be in this lucky position too.”

Ashley Gallimore, the Breastfeeding Network Dorset Service Manager says

“Our service relies on our amazing volunteers to support parents, and our training courses really equip our volunteers to do this. The OCN accreditation means that our volunteers are gaining a qualification and valuable experience whilst also doing something they’re all so passionate about. We’re so excited to expand our team of volunteers!”

If you are interested in becoming a peer helper, fill in the application form: https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/30859-2/ 

More information about the support groups in Dorset can be found here: https://www.breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/dorset/  

Polly Durrant
polly.durrant@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

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