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HILLESLEY HAPPENINGS ISSUE 330, October 2020 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY OCTOBER Black History Month : Breast Cancer Awareness Month Thursday 1 National Poetry Day Sunday 4 World Smile Day J Sunday 4 Harvest Festival Service, 10am St Giles Sunday 4 to Sunday 11 Elves and Fairies sponsored walk, Hillesley Thursday 8 International Clean Air Day Saturday 10 World Mental Health Day Sunday 11 A Communion Service, 8am St Giles Tuesday 13 Parish Council Zoom meeting, 8pm Sunday 18 Anti Slavery Day Friday 23 KLB halfterm start, NB no school today Sunday 25 Monday 26 to Friday 30 Hillesley School halfterm Saturday 31 Halloween Monday 2 Nov KLB and Hillesley School start term 2 Sunday 8 Nov Remembrance Day Monday 26 October HH copy deadline for November edition Facebook @HillesleyHappenings www.facebook.com/HillesleyHappenings ‘Like’ the page to stay in touch, 196 people currently follow this page Hillesley Happenings WhatsApp Please message Jacqui Moore (07799 618009) or Mez Elcome (07849 833001) and we can add your phone number. Around 100 people in the group. All contributions welcome – this is your local newsletter so send us your info about local events, clubs and all-sorts. Editorial to Louisa Lockwood [email protected] and advert enquiries to Arlene Greenwood [email protected]. Printed at Hillesley Primary School and kindly delivered to local houses by Lillian Mountford, Maria Chappell, Margaret Plummer, Louise Clements, Chris Taylor, Kate Woodrow and the Whitbreads. The printing is paid for from advertising revenue. Hillesley Happenings Help – how to get in touch! With rising cases across the UK and new government guidelines from 23 September to follow, we might also be anticipating a two-week national lockdown at some point. While the South West still has the lowest numbers, there could be fresh outbreaks and we do need to stay aware of NHS advice, alongside the changing government regulations. Some medics are expecting a second surge this winter, and some predict that the NHS will take 4 years to recover, so we want to keep this wonderful, strong community spirit of looking out for each other. So, whether you need some loo paper or paracetamol, some shopping, a dog walked, bins putting out or just a chat, we can all help each other, particularly when people are self-isolating. • Facebook @HillesleyHappenings • WhatsApp group chat HillesleyHappenings. • Phone Jacqui tel: 01453 521826 / 07799 618009 • Phone David tel: 01453 842947 Please text, email or ring with your details or drop a note in at Hope Cottage (on left, at top of lane from war memorial). Please do not be embarrassed to make contact at any point, all of us may need support over the next few weeks/months. We are a strong community. If you are able to help your community, please also make contact preferably via the internet. Coronavirus is contagious. We will take every precaution to spread only kindness. Avoid physical contact (2m). Wash hands regularly. Items will be left on doorstep. NHS.UK NEW #NHSCOVID19app find out more at https://covid19.nhs.uk For advice on cornovirus (Covid-19) go to www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ GOV.UK Lots of useful advice on this website. You can find information out about what behavior is expected; about self-employed grants; school closures; business information; healthcare workers; travel; public services. www.gov.uk/coronavirus After careful consideration the WAMA administrators have decided to put all services on hold from the 5th September. This will include our essential food box deliveries and phone helpline. was launche in response to the ovi paneic. lthouh we are pausin all services, if we need to we will be able to resue thins aain uicly. General upport There is a list of eneral support services on our website. www.wottonareautualai.co.u If you cant fin the help you are looin for you can contact your GP or one of the services below. If you are facin financial harship or those livin in Gloucestershire otton ebt vice entre is a local support service for those struggling to get out of debt. Call , or eail helpwottonebtavice.or.u P3 can help access support for buetin an financial concerns, Iprovin aily livin sills, specialist services (such as counsellors) an ealin with ebt. They can also refer you to the local trou ooban for eerency foo parcels. You can call to access that support. itiens vice (trou otswols) runs a helpline that provies support an epert avice on anythin fro ealin with a breaup, sortin out wor probles to checin your benefit entitleents. They can also refer you to trou ooban. You can call or or o to the website below: httpswww.citiensavicestrouancotswol.or.ustroucabeailavice.php or those livin in outh Gloucestershire The ousin ccess Tea at outh Glos. ouncil will be able to put you in touch with relevant support services in the county. ust call to contact their helpline. The ne top hop in Yate will be able to refer you to the Yate ooban for eerency foo parcels. ust call to spea with an aviser. itiens vice outh Gloucestershire offer all the avice liste above. They can also refer you to The ooban for eerency foo. all to spea with someone who can help. If you prefer, you can access this online: httpswww.southloscab.or.uetaviceonline www.wottonareautualai.co.u HILLESLEY & consider them in TRESHAM December. PARISH COUNCIL www.htpc.org.uk Parish Council’s next meeting, via Zoom, will be Chairman: Dave Darlow on Tuesday 13 October, Elves & Tel: 01453 842947 commencing at 8.00pm. Fairies … walk this way Clerk: Elizabeth Oakley Anyone wishing to attend A sponsored walk along a Email: should contact the Parish Fairies and Elves trail. [email protected] Clerk 2 mile and 5 mile routes. ([email protected]), Chairman’s report who will provide access In the past we have had Before we could start last details. great success with month’s meeting, there Dave Darlow (Chairman) sponsored walks. This was a technical glitch, time we will be setting up which resulted in some of a trail which will be in us being unable to join. place for a week from However, the Parish Clerk FRIENDS OF 4 October to 11 October sorted it out and we were HILLESLEY SCHOOL so that we can all soon down to business. At (FOHS) maintain social distancing. There will be elf and fairy this time of year, the The Friends of Hillesley homes along the route, Parish Council reviews the School are one of the with letters to find which current year’s many charities struggling will make up a mystery expenditure and starts to to raise funds under these word. consider its spending challenging plans for the following circumstances. We do, Details of the route: year. Part of this year’s however aim to stay the walk starts at the budget is earmarked for positive and have come playing field and then grants for the benefit of up with plans for some heads past Farmcote and the community. fun fundraising activities. along the track towards Alderley. The 2 mile route Organisations that have Matchbox Challenge then loops back to received grants The matchbox challenge Hillesley along the previously, as well as any has been entered by all Cotswold Way. The 5 mile that have not, are now the children in the school. route heads up to invited to submit We are asking them to fill Tresham and down the applications to the Parish a matchbox with as many Monarch’s Way and back Clerk at different items as to Hillesley. Both routes [email protected]. possible. There are prizes will be well marked and for decoration of the box end at the school. You should ensure that too. We look forward to she receives these by the some interesting and Entrance to the walk is end of November, so that inventive entries. children’s sponsorship the Parish Council can money or £5 for adults and £1 for dogs. Entrance aid agencies for The page is fees can be paid easily distribution. There has www.chuffed.org/project without contact. As a already been a generous /Becky’s-bathhouse registered charity, Friends response from the village. of Hillesley School always Items needed are: SEWING SKILLS greatly appreciate There is also an initiative contributions, no matter • nappies making washable sanitary how small. If you wish to, • toothpaste towels so if any sewers you can donate using our • roll-on deodorant are interested please bank details below, thank • shampoo contact me for details. you. • shower gel • bars of soap Thanks, Jacqui Moore Friends of Hillesley School • double-layer fabric [email protected] Account no. 02716576 washable masks 07799618009 Sort code 30-98-29 • new women’s pants in Please put your own small sizes name as reference. STROUD DISTRICT As always we greatly Any items can be dropped COUNCIL appreciate the support in to my porch at Box Tree !"#$% &'( for from our community. Cottage, Kingswood Road, squashing your plastic, Rachael Preece Hillesley. squeezing your cans & [email protected] folding your cardboard CASH DONATION Alternatively, a donation Whether you squash, of cash (UK pounds) can stamp, cut or fold - by REFUGEE be used to buy essential making your recycling supplies locally, this also COLLECTION FOR take up as little space as supports the economy PEOPLE IN GREECE possible you're helping to and avoids transport save valuable: costs. ITEMS time There is a local collection journeys of items for refugees in I have a funding page with Greece including those a small charity called fuel displaced by the awful Becky’s Bath House which money fires at Camp Moira on is a British charity working #RecycleWeek2020 Lesbos.