Luppitt Packet May 2nd 2013
May 2013 USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS
LUPPITT Parish Council: Chairman, Gavin Brake 892767 Clerk: Mrs Tracy Bell 01823 681138 Village Hall: Chairman: Brian Pulman 891324 Secretary: Mary Joyce 891328 Commoners: Secretary : Gavin Brake 892767 Footpaths : Kathy Crabb : 891662 Luppitt Wives: Mrs Jean Hooper: 892969 Youth Club: Julia Crabb: 01404 891192 PCC secretary: Wendy Watson 891959 Vicar: Rev Rik Peckham - 01404 891243 Church Administrator: Mrs Karen Davies 890121 (9:30 to 10:30 am) Churchwardens: Brian Pulman 891324 John Arbuthnott 891032 Mothers Union: Olive Clapp MBE 891386 Captain of Bellringers: Pearl Pulman 891324 Cricket Club: S Berry 891268 Luncheon Club: Jean Hooper 892969 Hartridge Buddhist Monastery: 891251 Highway Faults - online: http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/transportroads/roads/ road_maintenance.htm Alternatively, telephone 0845 155 1004 and give the fault information or email
OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS To get in touch with your MP - Honiton Police: 08452 777444 Write: Crimestoppers:: 0800 555111 Neil Parish MP Blackdown Practice: House of Commons Dunkeswell 891861 London Blackdown Support Group: SW1A 0AA (Hemyock) 01823 681036 Telephone: Honiton Medical Centre : 548544 0207 219 7172 Honiton Hospital: 540540 email: Dev.Air Ambulance: 01392 466666 [email protected] TRIP: 46529: community transport C.A.B.: 44213 Local Constituency Agent : Honiton Library: 41212 Lucille Baker E. Devon District Council: 01395 233503 [email protected] 01395 516551
Did you know that there is an Election Day on May 2nd. I didn’t until polling cards came through the door. Having looked elections up on Google it is Devon County Council who are being elected. I do hope to get this Packet to you before the 2nd because as far as I can see, there has been very little publicity about it.
Your chance to see your Parish Council in action is on May 7th so do come to the Village Hall at 8pm and support your council.
Events are hotting up in Luppitt as the weather gets warmer . Lesley Goode is preparing for the Flower Festival by holding a “Fantasy Vegetable Figure “ Workshop. See page 21. Bell ringers are having a day out See page 21, and there is a Walking Treasure Hunt on May 12th, see page 9.
It is the time of year to remind you to beware of ticks that can be picked up by you or your pets, walking through vegetation. There are many good websites including this one Have a good month Lindsey Dalgety 1 LUPPITT PARISH COUNCIL Clerks abbreviated minutes for a meeting of Luppitt Parish Council held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 2 nd April 2013 at 8pm. Minutes of the previous meeting held in the Village Hall on Tuesday 5 th March 2013 were signed as a correct record of that meeting. AGREED with one clarification that application13/0243/FUL that roof water will not cause any issue with flooding the road or properties as it is on the lower side of the road. PLANNING http://planning.eastdevon.gov.uk/PublicAccess/tdc/DcApplication/ application_searchform.aspx for full details Decisions (for information) 12/0184/FUL Franklyns Farm Beacon - Approval with conditions for change of use of land to domestic curtilage to enable construction of 2 storey extension to form sitting room/dining with bedrooms and bathroom over Parish Plan/Neighbourhood Plan – clerk has spoken to Claire Rodway EDDC and Lisa Turner BHAONB about working with all 12 of the East Devon parishes in the AONB to produce a neighbourhood plan as per the recently adopted Upper Eden model. Cllr Diviani will speak to Mark Williams EDDC and clerk to take forward. Luppitt Parish Council are broadly supportive of the idea and would be open to working with other parishes to achieve this. HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC Parish Highways programme – No further work has been done this month. Items to report: Gulley lane potholes are now an urgent issue as someone has placed broken paving slabs in them. Nothing has been done in the last month, Coombeshead to Ringborough cross there are two very large potholes. Meadowcroft to Cornerhouse tarmac up against concrete gulley is degraded. Hedge at Halsdon House entrance needs at least 4ft cutting back as it is overhanging the road. Salt bins /Winter road gritting/snow warden – The parish has good salt reserves still. ENVIRONMENT/COMMUNITY FACILITIES Community policing report – one theft of domestic heating oil in Luppitt since last meeting, please beware. QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC none Dates for next meetings – 8pm Tuesday 7th May 2013 (APM) Luppitt Village Hall 8pm Tuesday 14th May 2013 (AGM) Luppitt Village Hall 8pm Tuesday 4th June 2013 Luppitt Village Hall 8pm Tuesday 2nd July 2013 Luppitt Village Hall 2 LUPPITT ANNUAL PARISH MEETING Will be held at The Village Hall at 8pm on Tuesday 7th May 2013 ALL WELCOME 3 Devon Wildlife Trust Get Devon Buzzing campaign 2013 The beloved bumblebee is in trouble. This widespread, familiar and much loved insect is becoming a scarcer sight. Three of our 25 British bumblebee species have already disappeared. This is why Devon Wildlife Trust has set up its ‘Get Devon Buzzing’ campaign this summer to help the bumblebee and now you can help by making your garden more bee-friendly. Bumblebees are important Insects pollinate around three-quarters of our crops, without them it would cost billions of pounds to for us to do their job. Did you know that every tomato, strawberry and blueberry you have ever eaten was pollinated by a bumblebee? And yet bumblebees are in trouble. Just like us, bumblebees need a varied diet to stay healthy. They like to drink nectar and eat pollen from a mix of different flowers. However this mix of flowers is disappearing from our landscapes. Help the bumblebee in your garden Whether you have a window box, a balcony, a small garden, an allotment or a corner of the school playing field, there’s plenty you can do to help bumblebees! Complete the garden to do list below to make your garden a haven for bumblebees. 4 Garden to do list Grow a variety of flowers throughout the year - great bumblebee plants include: willow, apple, bluebell, cowslip, ivy, red clover, thyme, lavender, forget me not, strawberry, chive and daisy. Find more plants on our website below Build a bee nest – make a log pile, use an upturned flowerpot or build an earth bank Put away the pesticides - these are harmful to bees. Try to avoid spraying hedgerows and wildflower areas Create a pond – for bees and other wildlife to drink, but make sure bees can climb out if they get stuck Help a sick bee - if you find a weary bumblebee place it in a quiet spot with a few drops of sugar water to help revive it Attend a Get Devon Buzzing event 27 April - DWT Wildlife Festival 2013 (Plymouth City Centre) 30 May - Buzzy bees (Bovey Heathfield DWT nature reserve, Bovey Tracey) 4 June - Garden wildlife (Braunton, North Devon) 9 June - Bumblebee walk (RHS Garden Rosemoor, nr Torrington) 6 July - Bee aware (Combe Farm, Axmouth) 18 August - Bumbling at Northernhay (Northernhay gardens, Exeter) The Get Devon Buzzing Campaign has been supported by Western Power Distribution , Devon Doctors, The Paper Florist and Tideford Organics Help support the bumblebee further Become a member of Devon Wildlife Trust and help us improve habitats for bumblebees. Or why not adopt a bumblebee for a year for £20? Find out more by visiting www.devonwildlifetrust.org 5 LUPPITT WIVES Our meeting will be held on Thursday 23th May 2013 at Mrs Jean Hooper's ORCHARD VIEW at 8pm. It will be our A.G.M. Anyone is welcome to come ,please bring along some ideas for our new programme . Jean Hooper 892969 . LUPPITT OVER 60'S LUNCHEON CLUB. Thursday 9th May 2013 Glass of Sherry Cottage Pie Seasonal Vegetables Fruit Jelly with Ice Cream Tea & Coffee Raffle £4-00 Jean Hooper Tel - 01404 892 969 6 Too old to farm? - by PS I asked for interesting questions and that’s what I got. Whether this person really wants an answer or just wanted to cause a stir, I don’t know. Question : When should a farmer retire? The diplomatic answer can never be straight forward. The politicians would like to think that every farmer retired at the normal age, as if farming was like any other profession. However farming is different and farmers are . . . varied. Statistically UK farmers are getting older, with the average UK farmer being 59 years old. A huge 28% of farmers are more then 65, with this figure rising! Farming can be a physical job, especially livestock farming, putting a natural upper age limit on those participating. Arable farming is a lot more tractor based and therefore not so physically demanding. There are many exceptions to these broad sweeping statements, but as a rule of thumb this can be said. The size of your setup can also hugely effect how long a farmer can keep farming. A larger farm can afford to employ workmen and therefore create the option of delegating some of the more physically demanding jobs. You don’t get older without getting ‘wiser’. A smaller farm is often run at a slower pace though, with less pressure on both farmer and animals. I can think of examples of farms where few animals are kept and where those animals are semi tame and therefore comparatively cooperative and safe. Less animals, obviously means less income, (unless you are able to enter the higher value pedigree world) and is therefore more suited to someone seeking to retain a lifestyle, rather than a business. Whether the farm is rented or owned, influences the amount of financial pressure on the business and therefore the number of animals or acres that need to be farmed to be sustainable. 7 Tenant farmers aren’t able to relax in the same way as landowners, as a rent still has to be found each year, as well as an income. Farmers owning land have the added option of not actually farming their land, but renting it to someone else for a smaller, but easier income. Obviously the lifestyle that comes with farming is almost lost with this option, so wouldn’t be everyone’s choice. It does give the next generation a potential chance though! In farming a strong bond is created between farmer and farm, which in turn creates a stronger need for farmers to have a successor, to continue caring for their farm. Traditionally this would be the son, (or daughter) who would know exactly what would be required and how to do it. However if the successor has other ideas or maybe isn’t trusted with the reins, the whole process can get delayed well beyond retirement age. This is obviously a sensitive subject, whichever side of the fence you sit and possibly where this question originated from. Farming can often be quite an isolated occupation, with some people seeing retirement as a way to break free from their continual commitments and become a more social person. However some people get to the point when they are happier in the company of animals, then they are with people, due to them not answering back etc. Good conversation is tricky to achieve though. Another issue which can stop a farmer wanting to retire is the farmhouse. This is not only where they live, but also part of where they have worked and potentially brought up a family. To retire can sometimes mean moving out, to make way for their successor, leaving this all behind. If retirement can happen without moving, there is always going to be the temptation to just lend a hand, or give a little advice. Both are welcome at the right time, but can be a potential hindrance at the wrong time. To be blunt, farming can become a habit, being something that has been done day in, day out, for year after year. Assuming it is something that has been enjoyed, it can be very hard to stop this habit and change. Change is not necessarily a bad thing though. It might even be good for you. 8 Walking Treasure Hunt Sunday May 12 th Luppitt Village Hall Starts 2pm £3 adults £1.50 children Includes afternoon tea at Hall 4pm Walk takes approx 2 hours. Sorry route is not buggy or wheelchair friendly as it is off road and may be muddy in places. Please wear appropriate footwear. Children must be accompanied by an adult. You will be given clues to find your way around the village to return to the Hall. Small prize for the winners. 9 Fun Bike Ride Sunday 9 th June 2pm depart Calhayes Farm by Mountstephens, Luppitt. The ride will be for approx 90 mins at a leisurely pace. We will push bikes up and down steep sections! Suitable for confident bike riders approx 6 years and above. Tag-alongs and baby seats welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Will end at Village Hall with afternoon tea. Adults £3, Children £1.50 (includes afternoon tea). 10 Time for an adrenaline rush? Do something amazing and jump for Hospiscare! Combine the most exciting and exhilarating moment of your life with raising funds for Hospiscare and help us continue caring for local peo- ple with life threatening illnesses. Join our jump on Saturday 13 th July at Dunkeswell Airfield, Honi- ton. We’re taking to the skies and would love for you to join us! Got what it takes? For more information email Celia on Dunkeswell War Stories Dear friends of Blackdown Hills AONB I’m pleased to confirm that we will be having a second showing of the film which was made as part of the Dunkeswell War Stories online project. Date: Wednesday 1st May 2013 Venue: The Aviator Café, Dunkeswell airfield Time: Film showing at 8pm, please arrive from 7pm onwards Although the event is free, there will be limited places. Priority has been given to people who came along on 3rd April and were unable to get in, and will now be allocated on a first-come first- served basis. Please let me know whether you would like tickets by email, including your postal address and how many tickets you would like. I am on leave next week but I will issue tickets on my return. If you are unable to make this showing, don’t forget that the main home of Dunkeswell War Stories is online and I will be in touch shortly with the link. Katherine Findlay, Information officer, Direct line: 01823 681933 Normal working days are Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 11 A Walk in the Park? “Severe abortion storms” - a veterinary expression which does not mean exactly what it seems to mean - can occur in some flocks from a variety of causes. Some people will often try to deny that bugs are purveyed by carrier animals. But you may be able to see the disinfectant foot dips, and put Wel- lington boots on before entering a farm and pasture which has disease. If you have been privileged enough to go on a working farm, you may have seen sheep walking their feet through long disinfectant baths, so that the bugs they pick up from walking on one set of grass will not be carried onto a new set of grass. Or you may have had the nursery book I had when my children were growing up on how to wash your hands several times a day. And everyone knows that if you go into a place or room where some- one has a cold you will get a cold. Therefore from these four cases, you will see that animals - and hu- mans too are animals - carry bugs on feet and hands, and through air and water. There are people who will deny TB is carried onto farms by badgers, and so infect cows with TB, which then have to be slaughtered in great num- bers. However few people would believe humans will catch TB off badgers, don’t you know? But they do catch it from the cows which badgers have infected. To sum up, when I had my beef herd, every year Government vets vis- ited, at Government expense, and managed to eradicate the main diseases of beef cattle, and so there was no loss of production. Vets have worked long years learning the exact details of how to keep up with new strains of disease - nowadays Schallenberg in sheep, but once brucellosis in cattle. So people should know about the prevention of disease and the loss of production from opening gates, as a result of which disease can occur. Looking after animals is a vocation. It is hard work that produces only hard-earned returns. Problems like these show farming is not “just a walk in the park.” Heather Plummer 12 GARDEN JOTTINGS by D.Street Well, it’ll soon be the merry month of May. The garden is bursting with life. After endless days of cold and wet the sun is shining - truly “a summer season when soft is the sun”, as the old poet sang. Yet even today as I write, there’s a chill wind under grey April drizzle. The grass is not green and bright, not in the garden nor in the fields around. Sheep look to be having a hard time of it to get a decent meal from the cropped sward. But the new striped piggies we can just see in the field below seem to be running around happily enough. Spring is a long way behind this year, and it was not just April. March 2013 is said to have been the coldest since 1962. That was the March before the infamous winter of December ‘62 to February ‘63, as I remember it. Now the weather forecasters are at last beginning to think of some spring like weather coming our way. And when I look carefully, there are a few small green shoots in the borders getting ready to welcome a change in the weather. There are plenty of daffodils, and primroses and primulas are everywhere. We’ve some clumps of purple aubretia out in the warmth of our sunny wall. Early tulips however, often out in March, are not doing very well in the cold April gloom. Popular spring climbers, much planted in gardens, are the early forms of clematis. They are truly spectacular for a short time during the months of spring. However these early flowering forms of clematis are difficult to prune. We had one climbing over one of our sheds and growing up nearly to the top of our tall conifer, although not quite so tall in those days. A good prune a few years ago successfully killed it off. Some writers even claim you mustn’t prune early clematis. Later flow- ering clematises are not so difficult in this respect. Books dealing with clematis insist on several important facts. All clematis like plenty of warm sunshine, but their roots and lower stems do not like being too hot, and need some protection. The soil must be rich and not allowed to dry out. All writers mention clematis wilt, and recommend planting new plants below the old soil level. These popular spring climbers will soon be giving us a spectacular show. And with luck this will be followed by a spectacular garden summer. Honiton Mobile Library arrive depart May 8th Village Hall 11.15 11.45 May 22nd Village Hall 11.15 11.45 13 St Mary’s Church, Luppitt Flower Festival 28-30 June In conjunction with the Flower Festival in June, there will be a Plant Stall in the Village Hall & we need your help to make it a success! Please check your garden or greenhouse for any plants or seedlings (vegetables or flowers) you might be able to spare. Pot them up neatly please, label them, cherish them during this unpredictable weather & then bring them to: The Old Vicarage by 26 June , or call me on 01404 892766 & I will collect. Many thanks Ros Grimes 14 THE BELLS OF ST MARY’S, I HEAR THEY ARE CALLING THE LOVE BELL SHALL RING OUT, RING OUT FOR YOU & ME ! This beautiful song was written by Adams A Emmitt after a visit to St Mary’s Church, Southampton, in 1914 and published 1917 with lyrics by Douglas Furber. The song is a love song, and to me that is just what church bells are about, love coming together. Doves too, are a symbol of love and friendship. We often see the two together on gift cards, especially weddings. The truth is, your bells of St Mary’s are doing just what the song says, They are calling out for you & me, for without our help they cannot call out their love song. Let the bells ring out for joy, so come on Luppitt, lets do it with the beautiful bells we have in our church tower of St Mary’s Luppitt We have a happy band that can do this most of the time! But, alas, we are on this earth but a short time and, age along with health, does not always allow us to do what we love to do. We need help, NO! the bells of St Mary’s need you to help them call out. There are many things in this life that we look at with envy and wonder, thinking, I could never do that, it’s just for a favourite few, I am not a religious person, they probably wouldn’t want me, even if I wanted to do it I am embarrassed to approach this little circle of people pulling ropes shouting out jargon that I could never understand. In fact nothing is further from the truth. We need people to help us keep up this wonderful tradition. To see what is actually up there swinging about calling out this love song for all to hear. 15 We will be offering a chance to come and see for yourselves, our beautiful bells of St Mary’s. To come and talk about the love and friendship we enjoy, whilst travelling to other towers to enjoy ringing their bells. It is such a rewarding adventure. Being given the opportunity to ring bells such as Exeter cathedral and, looking down on them whilst in motion, is an experience you will never forget. If you are even a tiny bit interested in the bells, watch out for the flower show add in the Luppitt packet. There will be information, people to talk to, visit to the tower etc. Thanks for taking time out to read this. Look forward to seeing you at the flower show in June. On behalf of, the Luppitt team of bell ringers. Regards - David Thorne invite everybody to their SUNDAY CAFÉ CHURCH at Throgmorton Community Hall Culme Way, Dunkeswell Sunday 19th May 2013 doors open 3:30pm tea/coffee/cake will be served at a cost of £1 live music (there will be no collection) For further information please contact Revd Rik Peckham 01404 891243 16 Sunday 5 May 9:30 am BCP Holy Communion * Sunday 12 May 11:00 am Family Service † Sunday 19 May 11:00 am CW Holy Communion † Sunday 26 May 11:00 am Family Service ‡ Sunday 2 June 9:30 am BCP Holy Communion * (* Revd Alfred Conway † Revd Rik Peckham ‡ lay led) Other Services in the Mission Community St Andrew’s St Nicholas’ St James the Greater St Mary the Virgin Broadhembury Dunkeswell Sheldon Upottery Sunday 9:30 am BCP 11:00 am 9:30 am 11:00 am 5 May Holy Communion Holy Communion Family Service Matins & Baptism Thursday 7:30 pm service for 9 May Ascension Day Sunday 11:00 am 11:00am 9:30 am BCP 11:00 am CW 12 May Worship for All Ages Morning Worship Holy Communion Holy Communion Sunday 9:30 am CW 9:30 am (Abbey) 9:30 am 8:00 am BCP 19 May Holy Communion Holy Communion Morning Worship Holy Communion 11:00 am (St Nicholas) 11:00 am Morning Worship ‘Hope Rising’ Sunday 9:30 am BCP 11:00 am CW 9:30 am BCP 11:00 am CW 26 May Morning Prayer Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion Sunday 9:30 am BCP 11:00 am 9:30 am 11:00 am 2 June Holy Communion American Service Family Service Matins every 9:00 am Wednesday Morning Prayer 17 Church cleaning and flower rota 4 May Iris Selway & Mary Joyce 11 May Christine Page-Turner & Olive Clapp 18 May Shirley Crabb & Beryl Hardwick 25 May Jean Gardiner & Joy Tofts 1 June Ann Arbuthnott & Lesley Rogan If you would like to help with church cleaning or flower arranging, please contact Pearl Pulman on 891324. The Spring Diocesan Council will be held on Tuesday, 8th May at the Boniface Centre in Crediton. Coffee is served from 10 am, and the meeting starts at 10:30 am. All members may attend. Please let me know if you would like to come and need a lift. Our branch meeting will be held on Thursday, 16th May at 2:30pm in the Sidmouth Arms, Upottery, when we shall be looking at how we can fulfil our aims and objects in a practical way: something that can seem very difficult as we all get older! This year, our branch is responsible for looking after Honiton Deanery, so we shall be hosting the Deanery Committee meeting in Luppitt Village Hall on Thursday, 23rd May. We will be serving coffee from 10 am, with the meeting starting at 10:30 am. It would be wonderful to have a good group of our members there. A bring and buy stall will be held, to help defray expenses. Jean Jones Annual Parochial Church Meeting At the APCM held on 18 April, Brian Pulman and John Arbuthnott were elected as churchwardens for the forthcoming year. It was also reported that there are currently thirty- three persons on the church electoral roll. As part of the current action plan, all churches in the Mission Community are now offering transport for anybody who would like to attend church, but cannot do so. Please contact one of the churchwardens (telephone numbers inside the Packet front cover), if you’d like a lift. Wendy Watson 18 Dear Friends As I write this, we are in the middle of celebrating Easter. It is a time of joy and hope. And there is every hope that in the next few weeks, by the time you are reading this, spring really will have sprung! There is so much going on in the church at the moment, celebrating the joy we have. ♦ We are joining the Blackdown Christian Fellowship of Churches with a ‘Spring Praise’ at The Taormina Barn in Kerswell on Sunday, 12th May at 8pm; and then again in August, on the 10th, there will be a ‘Fun Day’ with Roly the Clown, which should prove a great afternoon out for all the family. ♦ In Dunkeswell on 21st April, began a new venture with ‘Café Church’, an opportunity to ask questions and chat with your friends over tea and cake; which we hope will take place every third Sunday of the month. Doors open at 3:30pm and there will be live music! ♦ On 17th, 18th & 19th May there will be a weekend venture at Upottery, led by the Diocesan Missioner Anna Norman-Walker, called ‘Hope is Rising’. ♦ There will also be the usual fêtes and coffee mornings in all our churches. As Christians, we are called to share our faith with others, by loving one another and our neighbours, and inviting those who do not know the Lord Jesus – to come into their lives, and to be there alongside them as they begin their journey of faith. Easter celebrates this new life in Christ that we have, so let’s not keep it to ourselves, but rejoice in the promise that is for all people, and that, in Christ, we can live life to full – full of joy and hope! Rik the Vic Please remember … The church is open every day for private prayer 19 taking place 28 - 30 June 2013 I am organising the catering for this summer’s Flower Festival, and would be grateful for offers from people willing to make cakes and scones. If you’d like to help for a while in the kitchen during the Festival, then do please let me know – you will be warmly welcomed! Jean Hooper (892969) CHALLENGE TO COMMITMENT During May and June, collectors will be calling on houses in the parish on behalf of St Mary’s Church. The money raised is put towards the upkeep of our beautiful church; and it’s true to say that without your generosity, the church funds would be very strained indeed. If you miss our collectors and would like to contribute, please give me a call. Also, please remember that you can give by Gift Aid if you pay tax on your income. This will allow us to reclaim tax from HM Revenue & Customs. Your support is very much appreciated. Philip Watson (PCC Treasurer) 891959 Easter Monday fund-raiser Although it was bitterly cold, and the playing of rounders was rather a trial, our fund-raising afternoon was a success: over £200 was raised. Many thanks to all those who contributed, either by helping, making (we saw some wonderful Easter bonnets!) or by coming along on the day. 20 Bell Ringers Outing Saturday 25th May Leaving Mountstephen at 8.30am prompt Ringing in North Devon area with lunch at Lynton and Lynmouth. Back to Taunton for fish and chips. Arrive home at approximately 8.30pm. A good day out for ringers and non-ringers so come and join us. All are welcome. Names to Pearl –891324—ASAP “And now for something completely different...” FANTASY VEGETABLE PATCH Lesley Goode will be holding a workshop to show children and adults alike how to make fantasy heads from vegetables for entering in the Flower Festival. Workshop will be at the Village Hall on SATURDAY MAY 18th at 10.30am 21 01823 680687 22 Blackdown Hills Transition Group: Building local resilience . This month’s contribution is from Neil and Cathy Arnold from Buckland St Mary on their experience of investigating the new Government initiative “The Green Deal “ to increase energy efficiency at home Have you had your Green Deal yet? Have you heard about the "Green Deal" yet? Do you know what it is all about? Read on for our experiences! The Green Deal is a recent government initiative that is aimed at helping homes and businesses take measures to reduce energy consumption, save money and cut carbon emissions. We all know that energy costs are never going to be low again and that all our sources of supply should be scrutinised and savings sought wherever possible. In fact electricity prices have risen by 79% since 2004 and piped gas by 121%. Similar increases for heating oil (kerosene) and propane gas have also taken place. The Department of Energy and Climate Change estimates that gas and electrical prices will rise by over 100% in the next ten years. This is a sobering prediction that will not be matched by our incomes increasing at a similar proportion. The first stage of the Green Deal is to have an assessor survey your house. He wants to see your utility bills for the last year, will measure each room for size and volume and pop into the loft to check thickness of roof insulation levels. He will ask, are you attaining the best efficiency from your central heating boilers? Are they equipped with functioning controls and are all the exposed hot pipes lagged to retain heat wherever possible? Have all your old incandescent light bulbs been replaced with energy saving units? Have all the televisions and other appliances on 23 "standby" been switched off? He will ask about your central heating programmer times and the occupancy of the house being surveyed. This information is fed into a standardised PC programme and a hard copy report is sent to you. When reviewing the proposed recommendations for your property, these can either be financed by your own funds or a loan from a partner supplier of these renovation services (such as an electrical utility company). The main considerations are for a loan is that "the repayments for these improvements should not be more than the annual energy savings". This is the "Golden Rule" for the Green Deal. Also any loan taken out for energy improvements on a property will stay with that house until it is fully repaid. If you move before the loan has been paid off by you, the next owner of the house has to take over the loan and pay it off in due course. Hopefully you have found this introduction to the "Green Deal" of interest and I will update the proposals and costs of any renovations we carry out in a future article. The Next meeting of the Transition Group will be our AGM to be held at Stentwood Farm Dunkerswell EX14 4RW on 21 st May 2013 starting at 7.30pm If you fancy meeting others with a concern for local resilience to meet the challenges of climate change and energy depletion come along and join in or contact us via the website Jim Rogan, Chair of Blackdown Hills Transition Group 24 The East and Mid Devon Community Safety Partnership A Partnership between East & Mid Devon District Councils, Devon & Cornwall Police, Devon County Council , Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, Devon and Cornwall Probation Service, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. TACKLING RURAL CRIME Due to increasing concerns regarding crimes being committed within rural communities the East and Mid Devon Community Safety Partnership has agreed to include tackling rural crime as one of its priorities for the next 12 months. The Partnership is in the process of developing an action plan which members feel will help in reducing such crime and part of it is about raising awareness of the problem and how we can all help by taking more care and responsibility for our property. We should also be mindful and aware of any suspicious activity or behaviour. Many people working within our own agencies also live in rural areas and the advice is that if they witness what they think is a crime being committed they should not hesitate to dial 999. If they see what they consider to be suspicious behaviour they should dial 101 and that information will then be filtered through for further investigation to a small team of Police Officers working on Operation Newmarket. Operation Newmarket has been set up to coordinate intelligence and to take positive action in respect of criminals engaged in rural crime. Police Constable Simon Aldred, a member of the Operation Newmarket team told me, “It is vital that officers have such information which could then lead to positive action being taken in due course. We need to know who is out and about in our 25 rural communities acting suspiciously because we will do our very best to disrupt their criminal activities”. Preventative measures that can be taken are as follows: - Clearly mark with your name and postcode any items of garden equipment such as lawnmowers, strimmers, hedge cutters etc. For the farming community this includes all valuable items of farming equipment and quad bikes.etc. Often marking the items clearly in large letters with a decent gloss paint can deter would be criminals. Keep a record of all serial numbers. - Secure outbuildings and gates with quality padlocks. - Consider installing security lighting or even CCTV cameras on your property. Ensure that such equipment is regularly maintained. - Join a scheme such as CESAR to protect your vehicles and ensure that they are fully traceable should they be stolen. - Join the free Community Messaging Service operated by the police to receive information and advice relating to local issues including crime. You can sign up via the police website - www.devon-cornwall.police.uk or contact your local officers by dialling 101. Gerry Moore Community Safety Officer Telephone 01395 273802 or email 26 Technical takedowns Crown reductions/ crown lifting Pruning and dead wooding Tree planting Hedge trimming / hedge laying Garden maintenance Emergency work / 24 hour callout NPTC qualified Woodchip Mulch for sale For free quotations and professional advice Please contact Paul Durman: Tel: 01823 353302 Mob: 07815 146343 E-mail: [email protected] PHYSIOTHERAPY Mrs Pippa Lovering MCSP Blackborough I treat all musculoskeletal problems. Particularly backs and necks. Injuries old and new. 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