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Produced by Sedgefield Development Partnership: Company No: 4312745 Charity No: 1100906 Sedgefield News Insert logo By the villagers for the villagers of Sedgefield, Bradbury & Mordon April 2005 Spring is sprung and all’s well with these new arrivals! Some lambs are born lucky and others need a bit more care & attention. Adam and Jodie Elders are happy to put in some time playing the doting parents to these little beauties at Swan Carr Farm in Bradbury. Barbara says a fond farewell to lollipop duty After nearly sixteen years patrolling the school crossing at Sedgefield Primary School, Barbara Nicholls (pictured right) retired from her Row, but also when vehicles have duties on March 18th. had to access the school grounds. Barbara would like to say a special She has been a welcome face every thank you to all the children, parents day to so many children. We shall and grandparents who have made all miss her”. her job so enjoyable through all the years. Their friendliness and kindness will always be remembered and appreciated. She would also like to pay tribute to Mr Irvine, the Headmaster, for his constant support, as well as to PC Todd, Helen, of the Community Police, and Tim, the Community Warden for their help in ensuring the safety of the children. For his part, Mr Irving said, “Barbara has been a loyal servant to our school. The safety of our pupils has always been her priority, not only on the crossing at Rectory 2 Zone opening hours Full of New Year Dulcie and Judith getting to grips with the internet gradually increasing enthusiasm, I was delighted when the As volunteers become available and “Zone” opened its more courses come on stream, the doors at the end of Zone at 58 Front Street will be open January and more often, lessening the frustration offered the of people who need to contact the opportunity to get Partnership, Sedgefield News or to know a bit more Sedgefield Learning Borough. There about using the is now a regular open session with Internet. Tim Randall from 10am until Eleven of us turned 12.30.on Monday mornings. Tim up on the first day will deal with general enquiries but of the Wednesday he is, as many of you know, a bit of morning course run by Rob Kirton from Bishop Auckland College. We were a computer whizz as well as being all at different levels of competence (or incompetence!) but Rob managed, webmaster at SedgefieldWeb. So if that first day, to fire our enthusiasm and keep us coming back. At first, I you have an IT query, pop in and set wondered how ever there could be enough for us to learn about the Internet to Tim a challenge! keep us occupied for 15 weeks – I thought I knew all about searching the web Zoe & Maggie continue their open - how wrong I was! Now, eight weeks later, I feel I’ve hardly started. Rob is sessions on Thursday mornings, a mine of information and always knows how to rescue us when we press the and it is hoped that there will be wrong button. He also has a seemingly inexhaustible fund of funny stories! more IT courses starting soon. We all now have an e-mail address so he can send us work (as long as we Thanks for your patience to all who remember to check our e-mails) and we can all work at our own level. Our are waiting for a place on a course. two hours go very quickly! Judith Edgoose SDP is looking out for two more volunteers. COMING SOON TO SEDGEFIELD Firstly we would be very grateful for Interpersonal Skills Level 1 (Introduction to Counselling) the gift of one hour’s cleaning each The Course aims to develop and improve your practical communication skills week - most important for the proper - and to explore counselling theories, confidentiality and referral mechanisms functioning of the learning area. Duration - 12 weeks Cost £70 (the course may be free to those claiming a Secondly, we are looking for a means-tested benefit) volunteer with office experience, No Entry Requirements - just come along and have a go willing to spend a little of their spare For more information and to book a place, contact Maggie, Katie or Zoe time helping with administration and on 01740 657 493 enquiries at 58 Front Street. If you could help with either, please call in ARE YOU FEELING RUSTY? or leave a message at 629011. Are you returning to work and want a qualification in English and/or Maths to plug a gap in your CV? The Alcoa Foundation Do you want to brush up your English and Maths skills and achieve Grant awarded by industry body a Level 2 qualification? If so, this course could be just for you!! Bishop Auckland College are hoping to run a FREE course Sedgefield Development Partnership in Sedgefield after Easter, which can lead on to GCSE in were pleased to receive confirmation English and/or Maths. that they have been awarded a 250 Sedgefield Learning Borough dollar grant from the Alcoa Foundation. This results from the involvement of Free Advertising - BOGOFF! Mike Ashwell, who recently joined Buy One Get One For Free: Buy advertising space in SDP as a volunteer director. Mike is Sedgefield News and get free publicity on SedgefieldWeb the Finance Manager of Reynolds Food Packaging, based in Sedgefield All advertisers in Sedgefield News are automatically listed in the and part of the worldwide Alcoa Business Directory of SedgefieldWeb at www.sedgefieldweb.co.uk/ group. and now also in Sedgefield News Online The Alcoa Foundation supports Yes, you can read Sedgefield News on a computer, anywhere in the world. charitable organisations and projects Go to www.sedgefieldweb.co.uk/snews_archive.html - or follow the link in local communities, with particular from the home page. Keep in touch whilst you are away from home. emphasis on conservation, Let your friends and relatives know, so that they can see more sustainability, health, and education. about the great place you live in. Tim Randall 3 Well intentioned but inherently lazy ‘would-be-ex-couch potato’ seeks enthusiastic, motivated training partner for the Great North Run! My name is Elaine, I am a 33 years old training manager, have lived in Sedgefield for about 3 years and have made the somewhat unexpected decision to attempt the Great North Run on 18th September this year in aid of Cancer Research UK. Although not completely new to running, my sole previous experience was completing the Race for Life in Darlington in aid of Cancer Fundraisers send thanks Research last summer. I managed the not too Sedgefield WI would like to thank shabby time of 31 minutes for 3 miles and everyone who supported their recent raised £750. I hope this year to at least double coffee morning/bring and buy sale, my sponsorship effort and prove to myself, and which was held in aid of the Great a not inconsiderable number of sceptics out North Air Ambulance. They raised there, that I am up to the challenge! the magnificent sum of £100. I believe that Cancer Research UK is a very important charity. There are ap- Sedgefield Lyrics Youth Choir has proximately 200 different kinds of cancer and current statistics say that 1 in 3 sent £250 to Fisherfolk Aid, part of people will suffer from some form of cancer in their lifetime and that 1 in 4 the International Technology will die from it. Think about it. That means that in every household in Sedge- Development Fund, to help victims field one person may die. Cancer Research UK is one major charity working of the Tsunami. To all who turned to ensure that these odds improve every day. out to hear their programme of So if you have a guaranteed place in this year’s in event and would like some- water-themed songs, a big thank-you one to train with, please get in touch via the Sedgefield Development Partner- for your generosity. Jen Wilson of ship offices. And if any of you see me out training please give me some en- Fisherfolk Aid says “Since headlines couragement. I’m going to need all the support I can get! declared a surplus of money donated, people have begun to Retired farmer takes vacant Town Council seat question whether what we are doing is still necessary. The answer is most On March 10th, Sedgefield residents definitely yes. D.E.C. does exactly elected a Town Councillor for the first what it says it will do, that is, it time in 10 years, the elections of 1999 provides emergency relief following & 2003 being unopposed. David a disaster. They have provided Brown, Conservative, took 495 votes, water, food, clothing, temporary while Gail Platts, Labour, took 268. housing etc. to all of the affected The turnout was remarkably low even countries and for that they received by Local Government election massive amounts of money. But it is standards. Perhaps it was the lack of not their job to rebuild communities polling cards, a cost cutting measure, and livelihoods on a long term basis. that the poll did not quite reach the ITDG, as a development agency, did consciousness of the public. If you had not benefit immediately from the registered for a postal vote, you money sent to D.E.C and they are received a ‘prompt’ in the form of a certain that the rebuilding of the Sri ballot paper. Lankan fishing industry is going to take a very long time yet. All offers Brother and sister swim the distance for charity of help are still hugely appreciated.” Inspired by an adopted Romanian orphan who has overcome the immense difficulties in his life and now spends much of his time helping others, Tim and Ciaran Jasper decided they must help him in some small way.