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From 10 am to 12 noon every Thursday we have a coffee and crafts morning. Some people just come for the coffee and a chat whilst others bring their crafts to work on. Everyone is welcome.

We like to feature a series of workshops in our coffee mornings. If you’d like to share your craft with others or there’s a particular craft you’d like to learn, please let us know!

We have a special date set aside for one of our coffee mornings.

29 March 2012 10am to 12 noon. Visit from the Fire Service to give a fire safety talk and answer any questions.

COLLECTIONS Have You any Wool?

Our Knit n Natter ladies at the Bureau are really short of Double Knit wool. Have you any spare that you could donate to us to keep these ladies knitting away? Find us behind Eastwood Library Please phone us or bring it in. Thank you!

We’ll take in your old spectacles and used stamps for recycling for charity. Also, if you have any unwanted furniture, in good condition, you would like to donate to our Furniture Scheme, or bed linen & kitchen goods, we’d be happy to hear from you.

Supported by County Council, Broxtowe Borough Council, Please phone the EVB if you would like an article to be included in our next newsletter. Town and Parish Councils, Lloyds TSB, local fundraising and donations. Your can ring us on 01773 535255 or email : [email protected] Reg. Company 4379873 Reg. Charity 1091495. Welcome to our first Newsletter of 2012. At Our Lady of Good Counsel Social Club, 280 Nottingham Road, Eastwood Firstly, I would like to say thank you to staff and volunteers for NG16 2AQ raising almost £800.00 leading up to the Christmas period. Beginners Class Obviously, funding is the principal thought on our minds at present. We are waiting for the decision from Nottingham Juniors mat Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm - 8pm County Council to see if they are awarding the EVB funding for our Transport & Befriending Schemes. Unfortunately funding is Seniors mat Tuesdays and Thursdays 8.30pm—10pm getting harder and harder to obtain because there are so many Juniors 5 to 16 years old organisations competing for the same pots of money. Seniors 16 years old plus We have just heard from the new Sainsbury's shop at Hilltop that we are to be their Charity for the Year. Sainsbury’s are also Lady coach, Commonwealth games silver medallist 2006. providing £500.00 to enable us to buy extra food for our food GB Team member with 30 years of experience, 18 years of parcel scheme. them coaching judo and self defence to people of all ages, including Notts Police. CRB checked. Further good news received recently is that we are to receive a large donation from Eastwood Town Football Club. For more details, pop in and ask for Karen (Head Coach) or call 07590 654 351. Thank you to Sainsbury’s and Eastwood Town Football Club.

We are really encouraged by the number of donations we are currently receiving. Easter Egg Hunt,

Thank you. Friday 23rd March 3.30 - 5.00 p.m. Brookhill Leys Infant and Junior School, Susan Bagshaw Manager Eastwood

Broxtowe Women’s Project are going to hold an Easter Egg Hunt for the very first time and we hope Also a Big Thank You that it will be great fun for everyone. It will be £1 for an adult and 50p for children to To the very kind gentleman who wishes to come and hunt for eggs. remain anonymous who has donated at If anyone has a couple of spare hours, we do need least £250 to Eastwood Volunteer Bureau three volunteers to help out on the day. for our Food Parcels. Please contact Andrea on [email protected] or 0115 9222701 Have you ever considered volunteering Recently over the Christmas period we have raised as a visitor? a total of £800.00 The Be A Friend Scheme is here to A big THANK YOU to all of the Volunteers who help people who, through no fault of their own, may feel helped, and to the people who attended these alone and isolated. The aim is to provide events. companionship by a volunteer visiting the person in their own home. Thank you for supporting us! We ask if you can spare an hour a week or fortnight to visit and have a chat and maybe a cuppa! No previous WE NEED YOUR CANS! experience is necessary, you just have to be yourself.

Please do not throw away your old aluminium All we ask is that you provide two referees from people cans. who have known you for over two years. A Criminal Just rinse them out and bring them to the Records Bureau check (CRB) will have to be completed before you can begin your visits. Eastwood Volunteer Bureau as we are collecting them for the Your car keys can unlock lives!! Church Roof Appeal. If you have a few hours to spare, own a car, and enjoy helping people, why not consider driving for our Community Transport Scheme?

Our Transport Scheme benefits elderly and disabled people in North Broxtowe who have difficulty using public transport. We need more volunteer drivers to At Lynncroft School continue this much needed and appreciated service.

Last Friday of every month Please pop into the office, or call Jane on 01773 535 255 to find out more about becoming a 9am to 10.30am volunteer driver.

We are able to produce colour as well as black and white copies. If you or your group need things like leaflets printed or any kind of photocopying, then please contact us. Come along and meet other Carers Our rates are as follows:- Make new friends A4 black & white (single-sided) 5p Share your experiences A4 black & white (double-sided 7p Learn from others A4 colour (single-sided) 15p Relax & enjoy yourself A4 colour (double-sided) 25p Everyone welcome A4 Lamination 30p We meet on the first Wednesday of every month at Eastwood Volunteer Bureau Gloria De Piero, MP for Ashfield, has a Wellington Place surgery at the Bureau on: Eastwood

Friday 16 March 2012 1pm to 2.15pm Friday 20 April 2012 1pm to 2.15pm NG16 3GB

Friday 18 May 2012 1pm to 2.15pm 1.30pm to 3.30pm Please telephone 01623 720 399 for an appointment, and details of other dates. “A carer is someone who, without payment, provides help and support to a partner, child, relative, friend or Phoenix Community Group neighbour, who could not manage without their help. are a well established group, run by volunteers. This could be due to age, physical or mental illness, All ages are welcome. The Group meet every addiction or disability.” Friday 12 to 3.30pm for Lunch & Dessert at a cost of £4.75. Bingo, Raffle, Guest Speakers. Various activities including guest speakers, sharing of Also trips out to places of interest. information on Caring, socialising, music & movement, and quizzes. Located at St. Patrick’s Community Hall, Watnall Road (near the Three Ponds Public House), Nottm. Refreshments available. Wheelchair Access Available. Disabled facilities—Wheelchair access

Contact Linda on 01159 382 650 CROSSROADS CARE East . Charity No. 1051649 Tel: 01159 628 920; Email: [email protected] Job Club

The Elderberries: Every Friday afternoon at Greasley Operates at Eastwood Volunteer Bureau on Tuesdays Sports Centre, Dovecote Road, Eastwood 2 – 4pm from 10am to 12 noon and is for anyone in the area who Bingo every week. Guest speakers/singers/dancing. Contact Mr Albert Birkin; tel: 01773 788 020. is seeking employment, training, education or volunteering opportunities. It is completely free of

Age Concern: Edward Road, Eastwood. Open Monday to charge and as part of the service we include free Thursday. refreshments, computer/internet access for job searches.

Contact Annette Longdon; tel: 01773 714 596. We run regular training sessions on alternate weeks. This free course is made up of six sessions and includes Eastwood Friendship Club (Over 50s): Wednesday training on where to look for jobs, boosting confidence, 2 to 3.30pm. Contact: Janet Shaw tel 01773 788 194. writing CVs, interview techniques etc. This is a certificated course.

Blind and Partially Sighted Club: Thursdays at Scalby The aim here is to work in a relaxed environment to meet Hall, Eastwood 10am to 3 pm. other people in a similar position, to share ideas and Contact: Jan Thorley; tel: 01159 252 635. experiences. We are open to everyone and can help people who are long term unemployed as well as those Nuthall Friendship Club: The Temple Centre, Nuthall. recently out of work. Every Monday and Thursday. Contact: Mr Russell Kirk; tel: 01159 389 682. To book a place either visit the bureau and ask for

Colleen or Anthony or telephone us on 01159 178 080. Nuthall Phoenix Community Group: Fridays at St. The job club is run by Voluntary Action Broxtowe and is funded by the Patrick’s Community Hall, Nuthall 12 – 3.30pm. Serve home National Lottery. cooked hot lunch. Contact: Linda Carter; tel 01159 382 650

The Spinney: At Nuthall on a Wednesday between 10am & 2pm. Colleen Kelly from Voluntary Action Contact: Sheila Longdon; tel: 01159 382 862. Broxtowe is available at the Eastwood

Volunteer Bureau on Thursdays from Watnall Women’s Institute: 3rd Tuesday of each month at 10am to 3pm for advice about Watnall WI Hall (opposite the transport testing centre). Start volunteering in this area. time: 7.15pm. To book an appointment with Colleen Contact Mrs Joyce Widdowson; tel: 01159 384 291. please ring us on 01773 535 255. WHEN IN 2012 WHAT WHERE DETAILS CONTACT Every 2nd Tues Eastwood & Brinsley WI Dora Phillips Hall Meet 2 pm. Contact Eileen Elliott for details. 01773 712 132 Last Thurs of each month Monthly Coffee Morning Volunteer Bureau Eastwood 10am -12pm. 01773 535 255 Thursdays Coffee & Crafts Volunteer Bureau Eastwood 10—12 –everyone welcome, just ask for Christine or Angela. 01773 535 255 1st Monday each month Brinsley Women’s Fellowship Brinsley Parish Hall 2 - 4 pm 01773 712 575 1st Saturday each month Farmers’ Market Kimberley, Toll Bar Square 9am-1pm 07751 970 640 Every Wednesday Friendship Club St Mary’s Church, Eastwood 2.00-3.30pm 01773 712 458 2nd Thursday of month Jumble sale in aid of Mencap Harpenden House, Nottm 6.30pm, next to City Hospital’s Edwards Lane entrance 01159 209 524

Mons, Weds & Thurs Walk & Talk Various in North Broxtowe Short walks Mons & Weds; longer walks Thurs. Phone for details. 01159 173 752 Last Fri of each month Coffee Morning Lynncroft School 9.00 — 10.30 am 01773 719 436

Mon 5 Mar Brinsley Women’s Fellowship Brinsley Parish Hall 2.00 pm tba 01773 712 575 Mon 2 Apr tba

Tues 13 Mar Eastwood & Brinsley WI Dora Phillips Hall 2.00 pm “Owld Ilson” talk by Stephen Flinders 01773 712 132 Tues 10 Apr Talk on the Air Ambulance

Tues 13 Mar Brinsley Retired Persons’ Club Brinsley Parish Hall Healthy Eating & Gardening—by Groundwork 01773 762 742 Tues 27 Mar 2.00 pm Beekeeping in Nottinghamshire—talk by Alison Knox Tues 10 Apr tba Tues 24 Apr tba

Tues 6 Mar Nuthall History Society Nuthall Church Hall 7.30pm AGM + Cheese & Wine + slides “Outings of the Past” with Tony 01159 137 754 Horton & Spencer Spooner Tues 3 Apr Restoring Hempshil Hall—talk by architect Peter Rogan Weds 21 Mar Eastwood Historical Society Beauvale Methodist Church tba 01773 786 977 Wed 18 Apr 7.30 pm “Old Heanor” - illustrated talk by Brian Key Every Friday Nuthall Phoenix Community St. Patrick’s Community Hall 12-3.30pm. Provide a home based cooked lunch. Bingo, Raffle, 01159 382 650 Group occasional trips out. Guest Speakers. Thur 1 March Chiemarelion (Kimberley) History Community Room, The Cossall—talk by Roy Plumb 01159 382 411 Thur 5 Apr Society Kimberley School Annesley Hall & its family—talk by Richard Starr

Friday 23 March Easter Egg Hunt Brookhill Leys Infant & Junior Broxtowe Women’s Project first Egg Hunt 2012. 01159 222 701 School Contact Andrea.