CORVEDALE NEWS June 2020
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CORVEDALE NEWS THE CORVEDALE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE £7.00 per annum Nordy Bank at sunset Charlotte Hart June 2020 Healthwatch has three main priorities during the Coronavirus pandemic: 1. Information We are focusing on supporting the health and care systems to get clear and accurate information and advice out to communities. Our website www.healthwatchshropshire.co.uk has the main links for national and local sources of help and information. Our Instagram, Twitter, Facebook feeds supplement this with trusted and up-to-date information from the sources. www.facebook.com/HealthwatchShropshire www.twitter.com/HWShropshire www.instagram.com/healthwatchshropshire 2. Signposting and Networking Our enquires phone line remains open and in operation Monday to Thursday 9.00am to 5.00pm. We have been able to signpost people to a variety of services, for example a local food bank organizer was having difficulty contacting health visitors because of staff changes and we have had multiple discussions about anxiety over prescriptions which we have shared with the medicines management team at the Clinical Commissioning Group. 3. Gather health care and social care service user feedback One of our key functions is collecting feedback from the public anonymously and sharing it with service providers, the Clinical Commissioning Group and members of the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, including Shropshire Council, and we continue to do this. With so many service changes it is more important than ever to give people the opportunity to share their views and comments to highlight what is working well and pinpoint where there are difficulties which can be addressed. One of the ways we are doing this is by running an online questionnaire. We are independent of the NHS and social care but asked for their input on designing the questions to make sure the feedback we receive is as useful as possible. People can complete the questionnaire on our website or by phoning us directly and a member of the team will go through the questions with them. The questionnaire takes about 5 minutes to complete and can be completed more than once by a person over the coming weeks if their situation changes. www.healthwatchshropshire.co.uk/health-care-and-wellbeing- services-during-covid-19-pandemic Ditton Priors Morning/Evening Not Mon/Wed/Thu YOUR LOCAL PARISH COUNCIL IS HERE TO HELP Help is on hand from your local parish councillors. If you or anyone you know of is in need of help or wants to help during the current Coronavirus crisis, please contact your local parish councillor who will initially try to coordinate help. It is not going to be a short crisis and obviously as time goes on and the Government/Shropshire Council adapt and legislate, things will change. COUNCILLOR LOCATION CONTACT NO Gary Trim Abdon and Heath 07977 431112 Rowland Price Abdon and Heath 07974 972364 Chris Yarwood Abdon and Heath 07977 912322 Chris Snow Abdon and Heath 07791 851515 Lee Durnall Abdon and Heath 07496 227557 Mike Woodhouse Bache Mill 01584 841265 David Hedgley Bouldon 01584 841068 Stephen Povall Corfton 01584 861623 Jacki Watts Culmington 01584 861473 Andrew Pike Culmington 01584 861361 Tom O’Boyle Diddlebury village 01584 841690 Amie Watson Diddlebury village 07486 414742 Robert Povall Seifton 01584 861284 CORVEDALE NEWS June 2020 Corvedale News - Meet the Team This month we thought that you might like to ‘meet the team’ behind your Corvedale News. Laurie Robinson - Chair and photographic manager I am the newest member of the team, only joining the more established members in September 2019. My role in the team is to be custodian of the historical archive of photographs that has been provided over the years and to collate these, together with any new submissions, to propose both the picture for the front cover and any photographic features that are to be included in the body of the magazine. I also sub-edit any proposed contributions to the magazine that relate to children and their education. I recently took over from Kath Worthington as chair of the committee. Now retired, I originally trained as a Mechanical Engineer before working for many years in general management within a corporate setting. I finished my working life, teaching MBA students at the University of Worcester. My wife and I have lived in Middlehope, since 2005. In my picture I have just finished driving a locomotive on the Severn Valley Railway, an experience that I would recommend to anyone! Sara Thompson - Editor and advertising manager I took on the role of advertising manager in the summer of 2018, having retired from my work in a private accountancy practice at the end of 2017. I became editor of the Corvedale News in July of last year. The role is quite different from the world of numbers which I was used to! Being editor involves issuing monthly reminders to our contributors; receiving copy in and forwarding it to our team of sub-editors; approval of final copy for print and liaising with our printers: Craven Design and Print. My partner Ian and I moved to Diddlebury village in 2007 and love living in this beautiful area. As we are both now retired, we have plenty of time to indulge our hobbies of walking, cycling and gardening. Martin Jones - Treasurer Since 2004 I have been the treasurer of the Corvedale News and, in the last year, an assistant to Sara in her work as Editor along with other members of the team.. I was born and bred in Gloucestershire but spent most of my working life as a chartered surveyor in Yorkshire before retiring to the Corvedale nearly 20 years ago. Since coming to this area I have had spells as clerk to both Diddlebury and Munslow Parish Councils and am currently secretary to Diddlebury Parochial Church Council. Mary Kirkby - Secretary I am the minutes secretary for the Corvedale News. Also, I help with the monthly collation and distribution of the magazine to the individual distributors for Peaton and Bouldon. Since moving from Peaton to Ludlow I deliver the four copies to those Ludlow residents who have moved there from the Corvedale. Geoff Neden - Subscription manager My role in the team is to coordinate house to house deliveries of the monthly printed copies by our army of loyal, local and volunteer distributors of whom there are now 20. Each distributor (whose individual number of deliveries range from 5 to over 40) has a list of subscribers which is kept up to date. Distributors also have the task of collecting annual subscriptions. Without these volunteers, we would be unable to run the magazine. I am a Civil Engineer who spent around 40 years living and working in various African countries. I am married with two children who both live near London with their children. My wife Beth and I retired to this delightful part of Shropshire in 2012. As always, the Corvedale News Team is very grateful to all its contributors, volunteers and distributors without whom the magazine could not be published. The Corvedale News Team 1 CORVEDALE NEWS June 2020 Copy for July 2020 Magazine To make sure your contribution is included in the July 2020 magazine, please send by email to [email protected] by WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE 2020 at the latest. ADVERTISEMENTS. If you would like to advertise in the Corvedale News or amend an existing advertisement, please contact our Advertising Manager by WEDNESDAY 17th JUNE 2020 at the latest for inclusion in the next issue: [email protected]. All adverts must be in electronic format and sent in either jpg or Word format. PICTURES. We are always very pleased to receive high quality pictures of scenes or events around the Corvedale to add to our library for use on the front cover. Email to [email protected]. EDITOR’S NOTE. If anyone knows of other events taking place within their immediate area in the next few months, could they please let the Editor know so these may be included in the Dates for Your Diary. OUR DOMESTICS DON’T FORGET. If you are aware of anyone who does not receive the Corvedale News in your area but would like to, please have a word with your distributor. FINANCE. If you have an outstanding subscription, please pass it to your distributor. If this is not possible, you can contact our Treasurer (giving your name and address): Martin Jones, Yew Tree Cottage, Corfton Bache, SY7 9LE. DISCLAIMER. Views expressed in this paper are those of the relevant authors and not necessarily those of the Corvedale News team. We reserve the right to edit or omit any material submitted for publication. No liability is accepted for loss or damage arising from any omission of copy or advertising, and the appearance of advertisement does not imply endorsement or recommendation. The Corvedale News is published and distributed entirely by volunteers, with production costs defrayed by advertising and subscriptions. OUR MAGAZINE is designed, set and printed by: Craven Design and Print, Email: [email protected] Unit 1, Stokewood Road, Craven Arms Business Park, Craven Arms, SY7 8NR. Tel: 01588 673972 Information for Subscribers - List of Distributors and Their Areas Name Address Area Served Name Address Area Served Garage Cottage, Yew Tree Cottage, Corfton/Corfton Mrs P Baynham Westhope Mr M Jones Westhope Corfton Bache Broadstone, Rowe Mrs B Bowers Hungerford Culmington Court, Lane, Hungerford Mr D Jubb Culmington Part 2 Culmington Holdgate Mrs