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West Dean Parish Council Newsletter Winter 2018 Volume 2 Issue 11 Our villages remembered Berry Hill; Bream; Brockhollands; Cannop; Christchurch; Clements End; Edge End; Ellwood; Joyford; Little Drybrook; Nine Wells; Oldcroft; Parkend; Pillowell; Shortstanding; Sling; Viney Hill; Whitecroft; Yorkley ◼ The Cenotaph at Bream beautifully dressed in knitted poppies for the well supported Service of Remembrance. © Nigel Woodhouse ◼ Preparing for Whitecroft’s annual ◼ Yorkley’s watchful soldier at the Remembrance Service the Rev Denise war memorial in readiness for the Hargreaves, with, left to right, Ken Service of Remembrance Giddins, Paul Roberts, Ian Howells (Standard Bearer), Dave Kent (clerk, West Dean Parish Council) and Barry Jessop, service organiser. More reports P12 Page 2 West Dean Centre Users England Primary School to Bream School, we are site, highlighted the poor very concerned about condition of the building. raising sufficient building We are unable to funds. renovate it because it is If something were to Spotlight situated on both county happen to our current to support your council and Gloucester building or we were local pre-school Diocese land. We are unable to raise sufficient on also able to use the funds for new premises, BREAM Early Learners West Dean Parish we may have to close — is a registered charity Centre one morning per meaning a great loss to and not-for-profit week. the local community. We BREAM business, which has Now the county would be grateful if you been serving the local council and Bream could help us raise EARLY community for 53 years. School have identified awareness and lend An Ofsted ‘good’ land at the school where your support by rated pre-school, our we can put a new ❖Spreading the LEARNERS last inspection found our building. Our current word children “make good or lease expires in ❖Completing a better progress” and our November 2019. questionnaire staff team “create a very Over the past six ❖Supporting welcoming environment years we have raised fundraising events for children and almost £33,000 but ❖Donating on our parents”. require £130,000 for our website - http://www. A 2016 building new building. breamearlylearners. survey of our old As the only pre- com/fundraising/ modular building, on a school in the village and Estelle Harvey Bream Church of the main feeder nursery rules on the application form. £ £ Financial support is available Non compliant applications will be rejected. If you need further advice for your community work £ £ please contact the clerk. WEST Dean Parish Council makes dates please download the rules grant awards twice a year. The and the application form from the dates and times for next year been parish council web site. decided and will be strictly ob- Alternatively contact the clerk at served. West Dean Parish Council, The Par- NOON on Friday 31st May 2019 ish Office, The West Dean Centre, is the closing date for the summer High Street, Bream, Lydney, GL15 grant applications and Noon on 6JW; 01594 564484 or email: Image for illustration only Friday 4th October, 2019 is the [email protected] date for the second round of appli- Please read the rules very care- cations. fully to ensure your application ◼ Need financial help with To make a bid for either of the complies in every way with the community project? Page 3 Shed celebrates Inside this issue Bream Early P2 Learners Stake your claim P2 £ £ Visit The P3 Shed ◼ All the tools of the trade at Whitecroft Men’s Shed. P4 BREAM NOW one-year old, the Forest done, we also contribute a of Dean & Wye Valley Men’s small amount voluntarily to the What’s in P5 Shed is a registered Communi- club's future. store? ty Interest Company. Does this sound of interest How can we P5 Originally set up for lonely to you or to someone you use these? older men and women, we know? Then 01594 780170 now welcome anyone over 18 and join us. Creative P6 years of age. If you are a voluntary group Canopy The group meets in White- or charity looking for assis- croft on Thursdays from 10am tance we can also help. Our P7 to 5pm and offers a safe, sup- activities range from carpentry, Dabdown portive and friendly place to furniture repair and renova- where we socialise and work tion and sharpening tools and P8 together to learn and share knives. Sling skills. With more than 30 men and You shop — P9 In our workshop we pursue women, from 29 to 95 years, we win! hobbies, chat and have re- we need permanent, larger freshments. To raise funds we premises and would also wel- Christmas P10 work on our own projects; help come donations of woodwork comes early others and contribute to com- hand tools. In this way we can munity projects. Run by the extend the type of activities. Meet your P11 members who decide what is Secretary Jane Trout councillors Page 4 BREAM Your from Mary Rontree village & Jon Graham matters Now you can help — both home and away volunteers, however, for various reasons numbers have recently become depleted. Now, in order to sustain our current opening hours, we desperately need more people. varieties so often Please bring milk If you would like to discarded when bottles bottle tops to the West WEARNG two hats at the join us, please pop in for are put for re-cycling. Dean Centre collection same time, I’m entering an informal chat during We have identified a point in the café during pleas for both Bream opening hours, which charity supporting the the Centre’s opening Community Library and you will find on the manufacture of hours. the West Dean Centre door. prosthetic limbs and We will ensure they Café. ◼ MY second request is they will be grateful for reach their final any contributions large destination. ◼ AS you know the for milk bottle tops — or small Library is run by cheerful the red, green and blue Mary Rontree Spooky goings on at Bream Sports Club MANY scarily dressed games for all the kids. ◼ Isobel visitors were at Bream The organiser Julie and Jack Sports Club for the annual Holder said: “I hope next Eisel with Trunk or Treat evening year’s event will be a draw Violet held in October. for even more scary cars Rose- To add to the atmos- and their owners to come Hunt phere residents dressed and join in the fun. ready to up their car boots with “I thank everyone who enjoy a scary items relating to came to support us this spooky Hallowe’en. year.” night in There was also a fami- Jonathan Graham Bream. ly disco including party Page 5 Water harvesters come to rescue after long dry summer FOUNDED in 2010, the a plot of our own and a Forest of Dean Allot- volunteer committee ment Association has ensures the sites are taken on land at two managed fairly for all. sites — Parkend and We also wish to help Whitecroft. others in the communi- Tucked away next to ty to have access to a the church the Parkend growing space. site is tranquil and sur- The Whitecroft site rounded by wonderful has a raised bed which woodland while the is available for people Whitecroft site is over- who would not be able looking the hills rising to manage a full or half ◼ Water harvester in situ to ensure produce towards Bream offering plot. grows. stunning views of graz- The long dry spell ing land and the Forest. much enjoyed by many cil towards buying wa- volunteer, the harvest- Both sites were ear- led to problems getting ter harvesters. ers were in position marked for community water to both sites. Members were re- when the rain came. use and allotments Water was being carried lieved and pleased to Thank you WDPC. were decided to be a by hand which was back receive the grant and fitting use. - breaking work. after hard work by the Our aims are primari- An emergency grant allotment holders, in- ly to have a place to request was made to cluding a fall which led grow our own food and West Dean Parish Coun- to broken ribs for one Parish saves the red BT phone kiosks – how will you use yours? WEST Dean Parish Councillors have 01594 564484. bought 14 former British Telecom The kiosks are at: Holly Tree Place, Old- iconic red telephone kiosks. We have croft; Viney Hill, GL15 4LZ; Clements carried out an audit on their condi- End, GL16 8LN; Pillowell Road, White- tion and now need YOUR support and croft, GL15 4RL; Yorkley Wood Road, ideas on their future use. We need to GL15 4TX; Main Road, Pillowell, GL15 establish whether they be retained 4RB; Bailey Hill, Yorkley, GL15 4RS; for purely heritage reasons or encour- Parkend Road, Bream, GL15 6JX; Park age communities to use them as lend- Road, Berry Hill; Woodland Road, ing libraries, defibrillator boxes etc. Christchurch, GL16 7NR; Oakwood If you are interested in being in- Road, Sling, GL16 8JH; Ellwood, GL16 volved please contact Phil Jones at 7LY; Brecon Way, Edge End, GL16 7EW; the parish office in Bream, email Highfield Road, Bream, GL15 6HU. deputyclerk@westdean pc.org.uk or Phil Jones, deputy clerk WDPC Page 6 Like us they want to see more cultural, creative, artistic events Opportunities and opportunities in the Forest and are willing to invest signifi- cant funds to make this happen. to celebrate West Dean Parish Council, working with artists and arts or- ganisations from across the dis- Forest’s culture trict, has pulled together to make this ambition a reality. Get involved As a major partner in Creative Canopy’s establishment, WDPC has stepped up to the mark and the heart of Creative Canopy, provided significant guidance now is a great time to get in- which will continue throughout its volved.
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