THE FLYER Issue No 168: August 2020

Photo: Laura White A person ma onl touch one persons heart.

A rainbow touches many.

Anthony T Hinkes

WELCOME TO THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF FARMBOROUGH VILLAGE The Village of Rainbows

Notes from the Editor: Fairies in Farmborough? Hello everyone “It is understood that the beauty of a rain- As I write, rd July, it is exactly months bow does not negate the ravages of any since Boris Johnson announced the UKs storm. When a rainbow appears, it does lockdown owing to the worldwide corona not mean that the storm never happened virus pandemic STAY HOME, PROTECT THE or that we are not stll dealing with its NHS, SAVE LIVES was the slogan, and we afermath. It means that something beaut- did! Mostly, the populaton complied We ful and full of light has appeared in the stayed at home So, no Farmborough Flyer midst of darkness and clouds. Storm clouds since the April one, as there was nothing to may stll hover, but the rainbow provides a report on Everything was closed And counterbalance of colour, energy and now, the slogan has changed to STAY hope” Anonymous ALERT, CONTROL THE VIRUS, SAVE LIVES as I felt this quote, exactly, sums up our posi the government eases lockdown And so, I ton right now with the pandemic And for decided to bring out an August Flyer, as Farmborough Village, something beautful things get going again Most people have and full of light appeared in the midst of responded to my polls saying they would our darkness of lockdown A Rainbow prefer a printed copy, so here it is! Hope Fairy visited us in the nights and deposited, fully, I will be able to contnue with a on random doorsteps throughout the vil monthly editon there are several condi lage, beautful, hand made, solid tons, obviously enough material, enough rainbows! income for the printng thereofetc To this day it remains a mystery who this This editon focuses mainly on how lock kind person is How excitng is that? Her down has afected our community Of His it could be a he, couldnt it? rainbows course, many of you worked from home, brought joy to so many and has uplifed were turned into school teachers, baked a those individuals spirits so much In fact, lot, took online courses like yoga, cycled a so many spirits were uplifed and are stll lot more, trained hard dieted all re being so - rainbows are stll being deliv sultng in magnifcent bodies!, ZOOMed a ered, by receiving a rainbow, that there lot, cleared out your homes and gardened. has to have been a collectve uplifing of And others volunteered for the frst tme the spirit of Farmborough Village!! The What did we miss most during lockdown, village has been abuzz with what has been apparently? See penultmate page I would happening and every single one of us says add hugging grandchildren and seeing fam a huge, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, RAIN ily face to face! What do we miss now? BOW FAIRY! We love you! And you and Probably, the peace of very litle trafc and your rainbows have touched many hearts planes overhead- the slowing down of life! The virus is stll with us and will be for a Stay safe and well Take care long tme stll, but the rainbows in win dows and doorways all over our village will Sandra Byrne provide a counterbalance of colour, ener farmboroughfyergmail.com gy and hope to those storm clouds of the pandemic Enjoy the sight of them as you wander through the village

Farmborough Pre-school is crowd- brought in, in order for parents to socially funding distance from each other and the staf Everyone adapted really well, Our village pre-school is a small, not for partcularly the children As the proft pre-school and, as a result of Covid- children are so small, it was not , like many other charites, our opportu expected of them to socially nites for fundraising events this year have distance from one another. been hugely impacted We were unable to Rebecca Allan Commitee hold our normal Easter and Summer party events We rely on these extra funds so Stephanie Mayor, Chairperson of the Man that we are able to provide extra opportu agement Commitee adds The staf nites to our children members have maintained their high standards of care for the children and have In place of these events, we have launched even managed staggered graduaton cele a Crowdfunding page in the hope of raising bratons for our children moving up to vital funds so that we can ofer our chil school They have endeavoured to keep dren Forest School and Yoga sessions We things as normal as possible whilst follow really believe that health and wellbeing are ing all the government guidelines and their more important than ever now and we eforts have been rewarded by very posi know frst-hand how much value these tve feedback from our parents sessions give our children Guide to online shopping from police Any contributon, large or small, will be hugely appreciated Please use this link The current pandemic is just one of the reasons for a huge increase in the number htpswwwcrowdfundercouk of people shopping online farmboroughpreschool ActonFraud has produced a handy guide Please feel free to share this link with any on how to stay safe when shopping online friends or family members A huge thank Please pass it on to your friends, relatves you on behalf of our staf, commitee and and neighbours the children at Farmborough Pre-school! wwwactonfraudpoliceuka-z-of-fraud

The Pre-school during lockdown online-shopping-fraud The pre-school was closed during lock Did you know….... down as we didnt have enough demand that rocking eases stress, reconnectng to keep it open It re-opened in June with us as it does with the gentle slosh of amni priority to children going to big school in otc fuid in the womb? September so that we could contnue help ing them prepare for the transiton There that pets may be very stressed when was a maximum of day initally and then their owners go back to work? The RSPCA at the beginning of July a few more chil has cautoned pet owners that pets may dren came back but there were never start showing anxiety separaton behav more than full capacity is Many iour Read wwwrspcaorguk-help-your risk assessments had to be made before -pet-adjust-when-you-go-back-to-work- the pre-school could open and new pro afer-lockdown for more info on how to cesses for drop of and pick up were acclimatse them

Thoughts from the Rectory Aad gien o lead Chalain a Bah Sa Uniei As I sit writng this, Im feeling every inch a glamorous granny! Youve guessed At the end of the academic year the Vice yesI have had my hair cut It hadnt Chancellor of BSU holds the Unsung Hero/ been done since January Every Zoom Heroines Awards. These are given to recog- meetng I atended I could see a somewhat nise outstanding individual and team shaggy haired me sitng in my litle box achievements at the University. Tribute Its been great fun afer admiring two tone was paid to those who make a signifcant hair styles etc fguring out what people impact to the successful running of the are wearing for these on line meetngs University. Preb Jan was honoured with Apparently, for some, a smart business like an award for, as VC Prof. Sue Rigby said, top half has been married with pyjama ...... contnually fnding ways to enrich the botoms and fufy slippers I, it must be student experience and being creatve and said, own neither pyjama botoms nor enthusiastc in fnding ways and opportuni- fufy slippers and have always been im tes to do this...... .Jan thought it was an peccably dressed! honour to have been nominated, surprising to be a fnalist and astonishing to have What we wear plays a part, I suppose, in won an award! who we are and, if were honest we ofen Congalaon Jan Editor judge others by their outward appearance Someone unkempt, dirty and smelly will Farmborough Floral Art ofen put us on a kind of inner alert We The Farmborough Floral Art used to have a true gentleman of the road group has decided to remain come by the Rectory every summer Inital closed untl when, hope ly, I was very cautous but, what a lovely fully, we will be able to cele person he proved to be Shame on me for brate our Emeald Anniea Yes, the judging without knowing club has been running for years - in This brings me to thinking of God and how style! we are loved and valued, however we look and are God sees beyond the superfcial We are planning many excitng events for into the heart God understands the trials the year, including our annual Flower Fes and joys that have shaped us God wants tval at St Marys Church, Timsbury the best for each and every one of us All visitors are welcome to our meetngs Looking at the life of Jesus, the man we on the second Monday of the month at may seek to follow, we encounter God in pm in Farmborough Memorial Hall him, embracing the leper, the beggar, the haemorrhaging woman as well as dining Look out for details later in the year when and debatng with the well to do Jesus hopefully things will be a litle clearer and shows us that God cares, regardless Thank we can all meet again Liz Bence goodness for that It can be a comfortng Life is about dancing in the rain thought to hold on to while the sun sings its music and

With love blessing the rainbows deliver hope Jan Knott the one with the fabulous hair! Mimi Novic, Brilliance of Dawn

Volunteers Corner local and the natonal Dogs, Lost, Found, Stolen and Rehoming Groups as a volun Thi i a ne o be egla econ of he teer Unfortunately, these seem to have magaine hee e hoe o inodce been even busier this year Beware of illage o ome of he man olnee drones which are currently scoutng sites ho kee hi illage going Thei oie for suitable opportunites Wach hi ace fo moe inodcon We have also spent a lot of tme in the Alison Wilson garden this year My husband grows lovely Alison volunteers at our Community shop and produce in our vegetable plot and green has done so since it opened years ago and house which I love cooking We also love throughout lockdown. She is also a volunteer to holiday and travel whenever we can distributor of the Farmborough Flyer and volun- teers for other charites. Alison and Ian live on I have really enjoyed my sessions at the The Batch. This is Alison’s story. Editor shop and getng to know a few more lo Having spent many years cals, not just the dog walkers and contacts in the Hospitality Sector from the Pilates group! Alison as a Chef in Birmingham, The Goodwill Club London, Devon and Bath, I moved with my family to Dear members, Farmborough in I hope you are all keeping well during the COVID- crisis At present, we Leaving work meant that I have tme to have no idea when we will be able to re devote to my other interests, which in turn to normality I am sure, however, volve largely outdoor pursuits that you will appreciate everyones health Since , I have been a week is the number one priority I will update ly volunteer at HorseWorld Trust, you when the situaton becomes clearer In Whitchurch, where we provide Discovery the meantme, please, everyone keep safe Courses for young people who beneft and keep well Pat Tiley, Secretary from learning to care for rescued horses and ponies The experiences and progress And...the winner ….IS…. that these sessions ofer, to ofen vulnera Bridge Gardens! The best lockdown actvi ble and excluded young people, is very ty has to be the Git-up Dance Challenge rewarding for all concerned by Blanco Brown on the Internet, taken In , I became the organiser of the up by Bridge Gardens residents! They Mendip Area United Retriever Club, which learned the steps and videotaped them is a natonal organisaton concerned with selves doing various parts of it, which Holly the training of working and sportng dogs Reynolds put together in a fabulous video! Usually, there are meetngs and events throughout the year but, current ly, everything is suspended Following the thef of my cocker spaniel, Louie, in happily returned a few weeks later, I also began to support the

BBNES News Did you know…. • Bath Recycling Centre at Midland Road that calculatng a dogs age by taking its opened on July - days a week to chronological age and multplying by is Bath and North East residents incorrect? In fact, dogs live mostly in what You must book an appointment online we would call middle age! There is a before you visit, otherwise you will be logarithmic formula that can be used to turned away Permit holders for vans over calculate your dogs actual age It is metres will not be able to visit Bath recy xlndogs chronological age cling centre and will be turned away where ln natural logarithm found on Please use recycling centre or any modern phone calculator book an appointment at Midsomer Nor ton All other van permit holders can book Puppies age much more quickly than older an appointment at Bath on any available dogs And the size of the dog maters too slot, days a weeks Your puppy of year-old • Residents can also help the Council by using that formula is identfying locatons across Bath and North years old! A year-old dog is East Somerset where we can create more not ; a year-old space for walking and cycling using our dog is not and a new map-based online Liveable Neigh- year-old dog is not bourhoods Consultaton tool htps years old! bathnesliveablestreetscommonplaceis Try that with your dog’s age! Editor Over people have made suggestons via the site so far The fnancial impact of A home from home for the pandemic has been severe, so using your dog our limited budgets and resources well is Dog Boarding with Othello critcal; the informaton gained directly is a local boarding facility from residents will help to focus our Dogs are boarded one-on-one in eforts in the right places Othellos home • Did you know that the B&NES website With all our lovely felds surrounding has a secton advising about all the difer Farmborough, the Recreaton Ground and ent scams out there which have increased Greyfeld Wood nearby, your dog can ex over lockdown? Enter this link htps pect interestng walks and lots of socialis wwwbathnesgovuksearchsitescam on ing with the other dogs of Farmborough the Bathnesgovuk website Advice is giv en on all sorts of scams from rogue traders Details as to fees, food, facilites, etc can to internet, telephone and doorstop and be found on the website more scams wwwdogboardingwithothellocouk • Bath Central, Keynsham and Midsomer Bookings are flling up for and the Norton Libraries reopened on Monday rest of Phone for info. July , from am to pm, Monday to Friday There are some changes in place to The annual Farmborough Flower Show is protect public health See the website cancelled this year owing to the pandemic

DEADLINE FOR THE the existng playpark so that it can be used SEPTEMBER before any changes are made, please con FARMBOROUGH FLYER : tact Trudi Gilbank, the clerk to the PC, at th August clerkfarmboroughparishcounciloruk and register your intenton to help She Farmborough Playpark Remains Closed needs defnite ofers of help, please Trudi says And, people need to be realis tc with their expectatons We are a small village, with a small PC and limited funds I am happy for people to contact me with any ofers of help and suggestons The September Farmborough Flyer will report on decisions made at the July PC meetng Please volunteer now to move things forward Please note: The monthly PC meetngs can As you will have notced, the playpark is be atended by an parishioners. Please looking a bit sad and people are enquiring contact Trudi to get the Zoom ID number so as to when it will open now that the gov that you can join online. ernment has said playparks can open up again YOUR ADVERT HERE The Parish Council rents the land the play park is on from the Church Recently the annual RoSPA Royal Society for the Pre Which is YOUR favourite charity? venton of Accidents inspecton was car ried out and there are several issues that have to be addressed to make the play park safe and able to be used by children under H ab hi idea ai he Fabgh Fe ih fd, On st July, the Parish Council will have iead f a dai? assessed, at their monthly Zoom meetng, (ae, diffee, ea!) whether to relocate the playpark to the Rec, which it owns and, in doing so, also Adee fae provide facilites for older children There ca ee was a lot to discuss Also The PC has to consider that a lot of I i a WIN-WIN iai! volunteers are going to be needed to help with any changes Finding volunteers to T fid e, eae help maintain the existng Play Area has cac Sada a fabghfe@gai.c been very difcult over the years If you would like to volunteer to clean up 01761 753189

In , in the famous Domesday Book, the village appears as Ferenberge and ws recorded as being seventy-seven acres of meadow and seventy four acres of pas ture and was worth four pounds! It was also recorded that Ferenberge had one riding horse, beasts and sheep! Source: Patrick Bridge’s and Grenville Jones’ Jubillee Record ‘Famboogh The Stores, Cold Bathcirca Courtesy P Bridges Ferenbergians have been busy grow- Did you know….. ing things during lockdown! This is Chris Hunts allotment where he has that Farmborough, in days past, was been growing enough lovely produce to noted for making superior cheddar feed himself and the neighbours! cheese? why we sometmes call Farmborough residents Ferenbergians? The early name of Farmborough was Ferenberg or Feren- bergas, which was of Saxon origin The village was frst mentoned in an Anglo -Saxon charter of AD in a recording of an exchange of land at Ferenbergas

Fundraising Eforts for Guide Dogs and ordered over Lockdown by the Hillman Family gorgeous platers from During lockdown the Hillman family of The Connies Farmborough has been holding driveway We baked an sales at Hobbs Wall selling plants and amazing cake Guide Dog trading items We have had joint efort great support from the village and sur with Lego peo rounding neighbours, both in donated ple on top rep plants and garden equipment and in pur resentng the bride and groom! chasing plants, etc We got all our wedding stuf out to deco Just like every charity, the Guide Dogs As rate the table, etc All the toys came out to sociaton has been unable to ofcially act as wedding guests! fundraise at village events but, as it costs in the region of , to pay for a guide And then we replayed our wedding day dog from puppy untl retrement, we are with the kids - read the vows and even hoping to make a difer Facetmed my parents in South Africa for ence with our small sales the bit where it asks who gives this wom an to this man or whatever they say! We held two at home in Jude was the ring bearer - on roller skates May and also took part in during the whole ceremony! the Peasedown St John Yard Trail at a Guide Dog And then we walked down the road in our Owners driveway wedding atre and shared some cake with Sara Hillman, Hobbs Wall the neighbours - and then came home and Subject to having experienced good weath- had a disco with the children!! er they also, hopefully, held a two day sale It was great fun and really special and our at their home on the last weekend of July antcs defnitely put smiles on the faces of

the neighbours! We all loved it! I hope it was a great success, Sara. Editor A small selecton of the wonderful baking and www.farmborough.org.uk cooking that Lylah Hay is YOUR Farmborough Community Web- wood has done during site for events, news, village facilites, ser lockdown She has al vices and more To add an event or news, ways loved to bake but please email newsfarmboroughorguk over the past few months she has learnt The Haywood Family in Lockdown to cook dinners and bake delicious things, It was our year wedding anniversary on all by herself, and has even started to cre May - right in the midst of the proper ate her own recipes from scratch lockdown We thought there was no Anja Haywood, Bridge Gardens beter tme to do something a litle strange to celebrate, so we got dressed in our Lylah is ! Well done, Lyla and Happy th wedding clothes squeezed in, in my case! Anniversary, Daniel and Anja. Editor

The Chandler’s Lockdown Research The new government rules clearly state that children under do not need to During lockdown my husband, Tim, and I wear a mask or covering, as well as people made a great discovery! Afer speaking to with certain physical and mental disabili family members on Zoom, of course, tes which make them exempt which so many people did, I was intrigued and started delving into Tims family histo I bought a puppy during lockdown! ry Having always thought his family were The lockdown was the result of something all from the Bedford area because that was negatve However, like most negatve where he grew up, we were amazed to things, you have to fnd the positves discover that his maternal great- therein For me it really highlighted the grandmother, Violet Hanney, was from fact that we have some truly amazing ! One day we walked to Publow and neighbours and a fabulous Farmborough visited the churchyard where so many of community spirit, from help with groceries Tims relatves are buried Its a beautful to Wake n Shakes spot and it was quite a moving experience We have lived in this area all our adult lives Working from home has been a major and had no idea of that connecton change for many of us; I for one really en joy not having to commute every day and I Furthermore, I found out that Violets am negotatng to be able to contnue brother, Jim Hanney, was the publican of home working on a more permanent basis! the Bell Inn in Farmborough from to !! What a coincidence that Tims par Without the lockdown and working from ents, when they came to live in Farmbor home, I would not have had the opportuni ough for a while, should choose to buy a ty to get another puppy! Jasper has been a house in Bell Close, just a stones throw real positve during this tme and he enjoys from the old pub where his mothers great meetng many of you out on the felds uncle used to live! Thanks to all who have made my lockdown bearable Ive enjoyed it! Jim Hanney was also vice-captain of Farm Diana Durbin borough Cricket Club, so its ftng that Tim Brookside Drive should have started helping with the maintenance of the pitch Its been fantas I don’t think that Jasper is tc to discover so much about his family the only lockdown puppy! Ed and so many local connectons It makes us feel even more at home here in the village! During lockdown, VE Day occurred and Pat Bridges, lifelong Farmborough resident, many people dressed up and celebrated in remembers Jim Hanney and even sent me their gardens Here a picture of him How lovely to have it! are Neale Gilbank and Maggie Chandler, Bridge Gardens mother-in-law Anita Face Masks for Young Children? Eatherden Public Health has issued a serious And, of course, most warning to parents PHE has become village residents aware that face coverings for very young clapped for carers on children and babies are on sale in England Thursday evenings

Buterfy Walks during Lockdown How ‘Balance, The Countryside Gym’ coped during Lockdown Its defnitely been a good year for buter fies, with a fair number of yellow Brim The Worst and the Best of Times stone, and quite a few Holly Blue visible Worried, but determined to do all we early in the season, but keep a lookout for could, Sue and the rest of the Balance the Painted Lady and Small Tortoiseshell team quickly got to work With the help of which should put in an appearance soon her loyal instructors, Sue soon got Zoom The majority of these up and running and, despite some reserva buterfies were the Mead tons, we managed to encourage over ow Browns which ofen rose of our members to partcipate in their usu in their hundreds of the al weekly classes from home via video, and felds as you walked even managed to extend our customer through, giving a much base internatonally, reaching New Zea Meadow Brown needed uplif to the spirits land and Canada These have reduced to much smaller num Suddenly, we were not limited by travel bers now, but another of the restrictons and soon people of all ages meadow species, the Ringlet, and abilites were joining the Balance com can stll be munity It also meant that as well as ft seen fitng ness and well-being being maintained, it about, along also enabled our members to connect with Ringlet side a few of their instructors and other members of the more colourful species, their class, before and afer each session, such as Marbled White, providing human contact, which is crucial Comma, Red Admiral and Marbled White to many during this pandemic In fact, I Peacock would go as far to say that our balance community has never been stronger Its easy to forget that all these species were once far more common than they are The whole Balance community has had to today, along with many other invertebrate make sacrifces Staf members have re species To see them in such abundance as duced their income and the number of they were in June should be commonplace classes they take, and membership has and not a novelty Hopefully, by growing dropped slightly due to unemployment or the right plants, we can encourage more health conditons with clients However, species than the usual cabbage white our members contnued loyalty has been varietes the Small and Large White and heart-warming return to a sky full of buterfies of all So, from facing the worst of tmes we have shapes, sizes and colours! all learnt to adapt, change and carry on A video of the Farmborough Buterfy Walk and, thanks to our Balance community can be viewed on the Farmborough Com spirit, led by our Colonel-in-Chief Sue Jack munity website wwwfarmboroughorguk son, we have also had the best of tmes! farmborough-buterfy-walk Vicky Rees-Davies, Marketng Manager Sam Ross, The Batch Fitness Instructor PT Video and Photos : Sam Ross Balance, The Countryside Gym Studio

COVID Symptom Study Community Shop News

The COVID Symptom Study is a non-proft It has been a very busy period research initatve working to support the for the Farmborough Commu NHS, the health of the UK public and to nity Shop these past few months, with facilitate the safe release of lockdown people from within the village and the sur through science rounding area relying on our services more than ever We have provided a home deliv With COVID-, evidence is mountng that ery service, installed screens at the tll some people who have had relatvely mild point, limited numbers of customers in the symptoms at home may also have a pro shop at any one tme and increased our longed illness Overwhelming fatgue, pal range to meet the increased demand pitatons, muscle aches, pins and needles and many more symptoms are be We have heard from various customers ing reported as afer-efects of the virus how having a shop in the village has been a Around of the people contributng to lifesaver to them this year, the COVID Symptom Study app have as many would not have had access to a efects lastng more than four weeks home delivery service so early into lock down, and others have appreciated having There is a wealth of informaton about somewhere to walk to which didnt have COVID- on the site htps crowds of people we have had our queues covidjoinzoecomdata such as maps though, all maintaining social distancing,! showing the level of infecton on each day in each part of the country This is also None of this would have been possible where the app can be downloaded without our volunteers, many of whom have helped out for the frst tme owing to The app is a collaboraton between Kings a change in circumstances brought about College London, Twins UK and health sci by the pandemic, so I would like to take ence start-up ZOE It is the largest commu this opportunity, on behalf of the village, nity-powered COVID research project in to thank the world As of th July, the them for COVID Symptom Study app has over mil their lion people contributng to the fght eforts against COVID! This makes the study one of the biggest citzen science projects in As things, the world change, hopefully, As a non-proft research initatve, it is over the Queues at the shop powered by donatons from the public coming Further funds will allow the contnued months, work of over scientsts, engineers, re please searchers and data science experts to ana contnue to Socialdistancing outside the shop lyse COVID- data being delivered to the support us as you have been doing it is NHS, the Scotsh Government, the Welsh ice cream weather soon! Government and PHE daily Christopher Bullock, Manager See htpscovidjoinzoecom Farmborough Community Shop

Farmborough’s MUGA Mult-User Again, some wonderful volunteers worked Games Area in Lockdown hard during lockdown to dig up the old Isnt it won concrete and derful to see broken post our Recrea holders, dig ton ground new holes, being used so much during concrete in the new lockdown? posts and then to erect the new nets Phil Gray, who manages the Rec on behalf of the Parish Council reports Farmborough recreaton ground will be home to a new cricket team Pakistan Raja Royals CC They will join the other team Hard work! who use Farmborough as their home, Pakistan Express CC

The pandemic obviously stopped the league from playing this year but PRRCC have planned fve friendly matches for each Saturday in August now that cricket has been allowed to be played again, with restrictons in place

Id like to thank Tim Chandler and Chris Hunt who have worked trelessly this spring and summer keeping the grass cut Here are some of them celebratng the around the pavilion, resurrectng the crick end of the work! et pitch and making the place look present Those volunteers involved were able to all those using and enjoying the recreaton ground during this pandemic Scoty McKean - Organiser and Planner Tim Chandler - Volunteer wrangler Tim was also instrumental in getng the Jon Jones weeds cut back around the tennis court Jody Paul and installing the new net Daniel Haywood If you’d like to get involved with helping Dave Underwood maintain our valuable village asset, please Mark Goodchild contact Phil Gray on or Mike Reynolds email therecfarmborough.org.uk” Phil Gray - re freshments duty. And what about the new foot ball posts and nets? How the Well done everybody! And thank you on children are enjoying those behalf of the Farmborough Community! and a few big guys, too! Editor

Where does all X DO NOT put them in your recycling bin the used PPE go? Take them home with you if there is no liter bin What do we do X DO NOT drop them as liter with our used You do not need to : masks? X Put them in an extra bag X Store them before throwing them away Intensive care staf need to wear gloves, a gown, an Source: Britain Recycles apron, a respirator and a face shield to do their jobs safely. And they can only wear their PPE once. This is now the world’s greatest threat Photo: Neil Hall/PA Wire/PA Images – and it’s not coronavirus Used PPE is generally labelled as infectous A detailed analysis of environmental re contaminated with bodily fuids or ofen search has revealed the greatest threat to sive contaminated but not infectous by the world afuence. the NHS, which means disposal needs to prevent the transmission of disease to the True sustainability will only be achieved wider populaton The most efectve way through drastc lifestyle changes, it argues to do that is to burn it high tempera The World Economic Forum has called for tures destroy viruses In the UK, waste a great reset of capitalism in the wake of labelled as infectous is sent to hazardous the pandemic incineraton plants Thats one of the main conclusions of a As well as destroying viruses, incineraton team of scientsts from Australia, Switzer can reduce the amount of waste lef over land and the , who have in general Heat produced by municipal warned that tackling overconsumpton has energy from waste incinerators can also be to become a priority used as a source of energy, either to heat Source: World Economic Forum local buildings or produce electricity In Lockdown ‘Wake ‘n Shake’ waste incinerated in municipal plants contributed almost of UK energy In the beginning of lockdown, Brookside In modern waste plants, greenhouse gases Drive was rocked by music booming out in the cul-de sac at am, twice a week! that contribute to climate change and toxic Residents came out and rock n rolled in gases, which can harm human health, are removed through the use of gas clean their doorways Great fun, especially if self ing technologies isolatng Organised by Laura White Source: www.theconversatoncom Single-use masks go into landfll They are not recycled Gloves too The government is advocatng the use of washable at C and reusable face masks If you need to throw away used face cov- erings or PPE, such as gloves: Dispose of them in your black bag waste bin at homework or an outside liter bin What was missed most during lockdown?

We e-oened ih ome eicon on Monda h Jl O ne Ho ae Monda and Thda -m and Sada - noon We are so excited to have our doors open again for people to return their books and to choose up to new ones. The downloading of books and e-reading has been very popular while we have had to be closed. These apps will stll provide a great alternatve for many - but we know that a lot of you will welcome the chance to select an ‘actual Book’ from the shelf! There are understandably some changes in place at our Library, in order to pro- tect public health. We cannot provide a Click and Collect Service, no public com- puters are available, social distancing is to be adhered to and, therefore, num- bers need to be restricted at any one tme. Timb Commni Liba YMCA Noh Road Timb