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ALL ABOUT CLEEVE Vol: 29-02 MARCH 2021 FREE YOUR VILLAGE MAGAZINE INDEPENDENT - SELF SUPPORTING - DELIVERED FREE TO EVERY HOME WELL, YOU CAN TRY USING THE FOOTPATH IF YOU LIKE! Photo courtesy: Steve Molloy Closing COPY DATE: 15th MARCH1 (for APRIL 2021 issue.) CHAIRMAN’S MESSSAGE POST OFFICE Welcome to the March edition of Opening times “AllAboutCleeve”. It’s been a quiet Cleeve (Good News) month as most families have been very Tuesday & Friday restricted in what they can do and where 08.30 – 12.00 they can go legally due to Government Claverham (Village Hall) guidelines associated with the Corona Monday & Wednesday virus. But there is much better news 09.00 -12.00 than 4 weeks ago with infection rates, hospital admissions and deaths reducing rapidly. LOCAL POST-BOX Could we remind parents with school COLLECTION TIMES age children that we would welcome any wildlife photos from our area to go in our Mon-Fri Sat. photographic competition. If we receive Woodview Drive 9.00am 07.00am some interesting entries, we will ensure Bishops Road 4.00pm 10.30am that their efforts are recognised at the Main Road (Old PO) 9.00pm 7.00am end of the year Photos taken on iPhones Claverham Park 9.00am 11.00am and IPads are acceptable.(contact Yatton PO 5.45pm 11.15am [email protected]). Congresbury PO 5.15pm 11.15am Stay safe! Congresbury Broad St. 5.30pm 9.00am Andrew Grogono Backwell PO 5.30pm 12.15pm Chairman “AllAboutCleeve" Clevedon Delivery Office 6.00pm SEEKING VOLUNTEERS ALL ABOUT CLEEVE Steve the distribution manager for All Editor Hilary Perry About Cleeve is looking for two [email protected] volunteers to deliver the magazines each month one covering Millier Road Chairman Andrew Grogono 835264 and covering Meeting house lane. If Secretary Diana Cook 834621 you can help please contact Steve Distribution Steve Molloy 834412 on 834412 or email at Treasurer Elizabeth Vaughan [email protected]. The [email protected] requirement is for only ten months of 07787 781716 the year as there is no edition in January Graphics Pauline Leverett 833648 or August Member Sarah Cush 832059 We are all grateful to the volunteers who walk TIP FROM CLEEVE NURSERY the village each month to deliver your copy free of charge Top dress alpine plants with horticultural Full copy of our editorial DISCLAIMER and grit to ensure that there is fast drainage Committee minutes are available for inspec- around the base of the plant. tion from the Secretary 2 3 4 5 6 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE The Village Hall is the assembly point and operating base for the community resilience team (when mobilised) providing help and assistance in an emergency. So if you need (or are willing to offer) help in an emergency and can not contact Community Resilience by phone please go along to the village hall. Contact details for Community Resilience can be found in the directory on page 22. 7 POP UP CAFE CLEEVE March 6th Alissar Amali will be returning to Cleeve with the Pop-Up Dinner Fundraise Team on March 6 between 530-630pm at the village hall car park to sell more of her delicious Middle Eastern food. This will be a welcome return after the success of her first visit in November 2020. Alissar is making and selling food to raise money for her alternative cancer treatment for which she receives no NHS funding. Her new menu includes FIVE authentic Palestinian dishes: Tahinni Kufta/ Kufta bi Tahini (Mince lamb, caramelized onion, potato, baked in tahini sauce with lemon cumin and garlic) or vegetarian alternative with cauliflower (please request on your order) Yellow Rice/ Ruz asfar (rice cooked with ghee, turmeric and other authentic spices) Olive Salad/ Salatet zaytun (green and black olives, tomatoes, spring onions, cucumber, garlic, green pepper, dried mint, parsley, lemon and olive oil) Raw Vegan Kubbeh (bulgur, potato, caramelized onion, pomegranate molasses, sumac, chilli paste, walnut, olive oil, fine chops of tomatoes and pepper) Falafel & bread Each meal at a cost of £15 per person needs to be ordered by 8:00 PM on Saturday 27th of February through the team coordinator Helen Watts via email [email protected] Your pre-ordered meals can be collected from the Cleeve Village Hall car park between 5:30 & 6:30 pm. We will be there as usual with the Palestine flag 8 9 BEING HUMAN It feels like this lockdown has been a long slog, with less energy for zoom, facetime or simply phoning for a chat, but there is no doubt in my mind that it is now more than ever that we need to reach out, as much for ourselves as others. I have been reading Being Human by Rowan Williams, the third book in an unintended trilogy that is less about the basics of Christian belief and more about what 'real' humanity might be all about. It is an extremely thought provoking read, and I highly recommend it to anyone of any faith or indeed if you don't consider yourself a person of faith at all. It challenges our assumptions about individuality, especially in this age of social media, suggesting that being human is much more about how we relate to one another as part of a local, and global community. He goes further to suggest that we should consider this in the broadest sense to include nature and the environment as part of the system within which we undertake our daily lives. I very much agree; it literally is the foundation for life as we know it, and as we have seen, our failure to protect and nurture it, is a failure to protect and nurture ourselves too. I am truly blessed now to be able to enjoy nature through the eyes of my daughter, who thankfully still seems to enjoy being outside as much as being sat in front of a screen. Fingers crossed we will soon be able to do so with others. Darren Hall CLEEVE LADIES GROUP I do hope all members have been keeping well and hopefully are feeling excited and more secure having had your jabs! Sue C from Yatton has kindly collected completed knitted items from those members who have been busy during the pandemic as the premature baby knits were urgently needed. Thank you also for the circulation of books between members as I understand there has been plenty of reading going on! I have still to catch up!! Hopefully this year we will be able to look forward to resuming activities. Diana Cook 10 COURT DE WYCK PTA IS A CO-OP LOCAL COMMUNITY CAUSE We’re delighted that Court de Wyck School PTA has been chosen to benefit from the Co-op Local Community Fund. We’re raising funds for a Forest School within the grounds of the school. Over the last year, most of our pupils will have missed many months of being in school due to the coronavirus pandemic. This will undoubtedly have had a negative impact on their educational progress and in some cases their physical and mental wellbeing. Forest Schools are known to build confidence and independence, physical fitness, improve mental health and promote team building. At a time when fundraising for community groups is difficult we’re incredibly grateful for this opportunity to make a real difference. To help us raise vital funds, we’ll be relying on Co-op Members. When a member buys selected branded products and services, the Co-op will give a helping hand to local causes like ours. If you’re not a Co-op member why not join either in store, online or by downloading the app. As a member you can: · earn 2p back for every £1 you spend on selected Co-op products and services save on your shopping every week with personalised offers · get more discounts and deals on Co-op services and products Co-op members can select us as their local cause by visiting Co-op. We really hope that people will visit the Co-op website or download the Co-op app and select us as their local cause. YATTON LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Tuesday March 2nd 7 30pm by Zoom and telephone The AGM will be followed by a talk on Leigh Court and Stoke Park Colony by David Ford. David Fords father was hospital administrator for Leigh Court and will cover the history of Stoke Park Colony for patients with mental disabilities. If you are not a member and want to join or want to register an email address please contact YLHS at [email protected] Marianne Pitman TIPS FROM CLEEVE NURSERY Mow the grass on dry days. Roll lawns [slowly!] to even out bumps. This is especially effective when the soil is moist. Reshape lawn edges using a sharp half moon lawn edging iron. Consider installing lawn edging to support the edges. Divide overcrowded clumps of herbaceous perennials, discarding the older central part and replanting the younger more vigorous outer sections. 11 COMMUNITY RESILIENCE UPDATE Just a few lines from the Community Resilience (CCR) team. Firstly, we receive a weekly update from North Somerset District Council which is circulated widely in the village to all Community resilience volunteers, All About Cleeve distributors, Rev. Nigel and the Parish Council. In addition useful information is regularly posted on the Parish Council Facebook page by the Parish Clerk Andy. You can also ring either of our co-ordinators with any queries, their details are on the contacts page. Next, we are encouraging everyone in the village to look out for their neighbours. We, as the CCR team, can do our bit but nobody knows our residents better than their family, friends and neighbours.