Benefice Newsletter 11th August 2023

#LearnForLove – new family health and wellbeing resources worth £100 for every Somerset resident

 A new series of online relationship, health and wellbeing resources worth £100 per person have been launched in Somerset. The learning resources are available to all Somerset residents, and span topics such as pregnancy, labour and birth, parenting, mental health and wellbeing, and relationships.

Residents can access the online learning by:

• Visiting bit.ly/LearnForLove or scanning a QR code with their phone
• Entering the code ‘dragon’

They can then choose the subjects they are most interested in learning about – there is no limit on the number of resources residents can access. An email address is needed for those signing up, but no other personal information is needed.

#LearnForLove is a Connect Somerset Project delivered by Somerset Council. Connect Somerset is a partnership between Somerset Council, Somerset NHS, Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprises (VCFSEs), schools, colleges and early years settings, which aims to make it easier for Somerset residents to get the help they need and to get it early.

To find out more about Connect Somerset, contact ConnectSomerset@somerset.gov.uk 

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Yoga with Terry

When I don’t stretch & move my body for a few days, I know about it!  

There are the physical niggles – tight muscles, stiffer joints…

Yoga eases out all of these tight spots, and strengthens my weaker areas.

Yoga also gives me precious time to stop moving too. To be really still – and to loosen the grip that my thoughts have on things too.

Yoga gives me time to be.

Come and join me for a drop in session next week…

On Monday in Wootton Courtenay or Wheddon Cross Village Halls.

Or on Friday in the Good Vibe Veg field at Horner Farm! 

Book your spots here:

https://shiatsuyoga.co.uk/inpersonyoga/

Or here:

https://shiatsuyoga.co.uk/sunriseyoga/

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Police Information

Please find attached some leaflets/Posters that may be of interest to anybody involved in court proceedings:

For clients – LiP bi-fold leaflet – May2023

For clients – LiP poster – May2023

For Professionals – Litigants in Person Service

Kind regards

Linda Moden

Police Community Support Officer Porlock and Dunster Areas

The landowners on Wootton Ridge (including areas of Alcombe Common, Hopcott Common, Wootton Courtenay and Grabbist Hill), in association with Butterfly Conservation, are considering how best to carry out future management to improve the open areas of the site for people and wildlife. They have contracted Footprint Ecology to assist with the consultation, and an online presentation about the site and other background information can be found at www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/living-and-working/management-of-wootton-ridge.

The consultation period runs from Monday 14^th August to Saturday 30^th September 2023, after which a suite of preferred options for future management, in the light of the views you and others provide, will be identified (at that point we will be in touch with you again).

The landowners are seeking the best solutions for the future management of the open areas of Wootton Ridge and the widest consensus on how this can be achieved. Please help us by giving your views and ideas. Please do this by emailing Fenella Lewin at commons@footprint-ecology.co.uk.

Additionally, following on from a conversation with Emma Bishop (Ecologist at Footprint Ecology), we attach a copy of the poster. Wootton Ridge Consultation Phase 1 poster The questionnaire and background information can also be found using the website link above. Thank you for helping us to share this information.

Best wishes,

The Footprint Ecology consultation team

REGAL COMEDY NIGHT!

Friday, 8th September 2023 – 7:30pm
Four acts, all from the cream of the UK Comedy Circuit!
Join us for a night of fun, laughter and something a little bit different at the Regal Theatre… the evening will feature a professional line up from the cream of the UK Comedy Circuit, to ensure you have an amazing night.
Book now – join in and tell your friends… let’s make Comedy Night a regular in Minehead as laughter Is the very best medicine!
All tickets £10.00 which can be bought from the Box Office Monday to Saturday, between 9.30 and 12 noon (01643 706430) or on-line at
https://www.regalboxoffice.co.uk

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PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

Staged By The Minehead U3A Photographic Group as part of the ‘WATCHET SUMMERTIME FESTIVAL’.

                Tuesday and Wednesday August 15th and 16th 2023     10am – 4pm

The Methodist Church, Harbour Rd, Watchet.  TA23 0AQ

Opposite the Main Car Park and Station.

Admission  FREE

Local people exhibiting and stewarding.

‘SEEN THROUGH THE EYE OF THE LENS’

‘IT’S NOT WHAT YOU SEE BUT HOW YOU SEE IT’

Come and SEE for yourself !

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                                    FLOWER FESTIVAL –   All Saints Church Selworthy

                                August Bank Holiday Weekend 2023

                                 FRI   –  SAT   –   SUN   –   MON

                                 25th –  26th  –  27th  –   28th

                                               10am -5pm

                                     Creative Floral Arrangements

                                 Bric-a-brac stall and books offering an

                                  array of once loved items to be loved again!

                                  Delicious teas and cakes throughout the 4 days.

                                  On Sunday 27th Aug there will be no Morning Service

                                  but a SONGS OF PRAISE at 4pm, followed by refreshments.

August Cream Tea on the 13^th August is cancelled at the Old Dairy

Timberscombe Show – The Village Hall

 Saturday 19th August

  Calling all exhibitors

young or old

experienced or novice

classes for everyone

Not long to go for Timberscombe Show

So don’t be slow

Take your entry forms

To the Village P.O

Deadline Monday 14th August

If you have misplaced your entry form Sarah

  has a few spare in the Post Office

We hope to see lots of entries

There is an intention to have a National Celebration of the 80th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings next year on 6 June 2024. This is likely to include lighting of National Beacons and various community and school activities.

This 80th Anniversary Booklet gives a flyer of what is being promoted to a community groups.

POLICE NOTICE

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