November 2020 Devon Notices

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Inside this issue: Chudleigh Will Sparkle Despite Everything! From the Editor 2 Contact Details 2 This has been a very difficult year in which to businesses and town Chudleigh Library 2 plan any community events! retailers to take part in Chudleigh Remembers 2 The fate of the Christmas Fayre, the Christmas window Children’s concert in the Church and the Lantern competition. Children Chudleigh Notices 3 Parade was decided several weeks ago when we from the Primary School and last year’s Task Force Newsletter 4 felt (rightly as it turns out) that we could not take the risk of attempting to run them. winner of the Retailers Task Force Newsletter 5 The second lockdown and the uncertainty prize will see which about what will happen in early December has windows they like the Chudleigh Notices 6 forced our hand and we have now had to best sometime in the abandon plans for our Grand Christmas Raffle. week beginning 9th Chudleigh Notices 7 However, the really disappointing news is December. And…new for Chudleigh Notices 8 that Father Christmas will not be able to come to the Saturday markets in Chudleigh on 5th and this year, Chudfest has Chudleigh Notices 9 12th December. ordered some small This decision was not taken lightly and Christmas trees for the Teignbridge Notices 10 Primary School and for the two Pre-Schools. The Devon Notices 10 the Chudfest Christmas Committee are truly sorry to make this announcement. children will decorate the trees and then they will be displayed inside the railings around the War Devon Notices 11 There is some good news: the Christmas lights are up across Fore Street and the Christmas Memorial in the centre of town. Do look out for them towards the end of November or early Devon Notices 12 Trees are due to be delivered to the War December. National Notices 12 Memorial site and to the Churchyard by Friday 20th November. The town centre tree is kindly Thank you everyone for your Chudleigh Businesses 13 donated by Clifford Estates and Hares understanding that Christmas cannot be as Landscaping are sponsoring the tree at the normal this year. But Chudleigh will sparkle. Christmas Market 14 Church this year. The contractors will return to Alison Neely, light up the trees and then the Christmas lights Chair, Chudfest Christmas Committee Christmas Market 15 will go on. Christmas Market 16 Without the efforts of all the people who Local Businesses 16 donated to the fundraising appeal, back in July, this year’s lights would not have been possible, On A Lighter Note... 17 so thank you once again all of you lovely people. We have once again invited the On A Lighter Note... 18 Useful websites and telephone numbers Wild About Chudleigh 19 Wild About Chudleigh 20 Chudleigh Covid Task Force: 01626 853140 or email: [email protected] Medical Advice Government Guidelines Help and Support for businesses Employees: Statutory Sick Pay

A huge thank you Employees: Short Timeworking to our distribution HMRC Coronavirus Helpline: 08000159559 sponsor, HMRC Self-Assessment Payment Helpline: Webselect 03002003822 Helpful information can also be found on the Devon County Council website by clicking here.

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From the Editor

I was talking to a friend this morning who of the regular events are definitely off. looking after ourselves, can I draw your is a partner in a large accountancy Starting tomorrow, Monday 16th attention to the latest TDC update which practice. She was saying her staff are November, I will be presenting a week’s includes free virtual fitness sessions with finding this second lockdown much harder worth of Pause for Thought on BBC Radio Teignbridge Leisure trainers and a 5 day than the first, even though the restrictions Devon. It goes out at 6.20am on weekdays, online Mindfulness challenge beginning are not so severe this time around. and an hour later at the weekend. I’ve done tomorrow. Check out the details on page “Everyone is tired,” she said, “and it’s it two or three times a year for some years 10. showing in the way things are being blown now; some of you have even told me you’ve Have a good month; stay safe and up out of all proportion.” listened in. look after yourselves. I’ve been having similar chats with Usually, I talk about incidents Kate other people too, whether they are working related to my thirty years travelling on fulltime for someone else, self-employed, or business. But this time around, I have gone retired. for a more traditional approach. I am Reminder: It’s not unusual to feel down in compiling a verbal gladness jar. All advertising fees November. The seasons are changing; crisp A gladness jar is where you deposit, dry autumn is turning to dark sludgy each day, slips of paper recording things have been waived winter. In our house, these ten days are you are grateful about; and when times get until the end of the always treated with extreme caution as the tough, you pull out some of those slips and three floods we’ve had in the thirteen years remind yourself that life’s not so bad after year. What do YOU we’ve lived here have all happened between all. I’ve managed to find enough to fill 15th and 25th November. seven daily slots, and, as you might want to tell the Usually we are all starting the imagine, there’s the odd mention of people of Chudleigh countdown to Christmas. This edition of Chudleigh in there. So do tune in if you are Chudleigh Phoenix should be packed with an early riser. about your business? details of the Christmas Fayre and other And while we’re on the subject of seasonal events. But 2020 is so different. Copy date Saturday 12th December for the next issue. Phone us on 01626 854611 or We don’t know at the moment what it will email us: [email protected] . The editor reserves the right to edit copy be safe to do this year. And we know some for considerations of space. Views expressed in CP are not necessarily those of the editor. Chudleigh Library

No parade but Chudleigh still remembers and honours its War Dead

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For the duration of the second lock down, Chudleigh library is only open for our Choose and Collect service. Please email me at [email protected] and tell me what books you would like from the library and I will get back to you with a time slot for you to collect from the foyer. I am regularly checking our inbox to process Choose and Collect requests and to assist with renewals or any other enquiries. I will get back to you as soon as possible.

For Devon Libraries updates please visit the Coronavirus webpage Jill Hughes First Assistant, Chudleigh Library 01626 852469

Libraries Unlimited is a registered charity (1170092) responsible for running Devon Libraries and Torbay Libraries. You can support us to continue delivering life-changing library services, find out more here: librariesunlimited.org.uk/support-us

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Chudleigh Notices Chudleigh Covid Task Force TDC has advised the rural skip service is to be withdrawn with immediate effect. This is a part of a series of cost-cutting measures the council needs to take. The cost of the service supplied to Chudleigh is circa £2,700. Multiply that by the number of communities that received the service and one starts to understand the decision taken. One piece of good news is that The County Council intend to keep their recycling centres open during the lockdown. This includes the Newton Abbot centre.

COVID-19 Hardship Fund As restrictions continue to change and requirements are not always clear, it is imperative that people only do what they are In association with Devon County Council, the District Council comfortable with. have launched a Local Hardship Fund to support those whose The government paused the shielding programme on 31st financial situation has been affected by the current pandemic and July. The implications of this are as follows: are now out of cash for basic essentials for their household. The COVID-19 Hardship Fund can provide financial • the government is no longer advising you to shield assistance to help with basic necessities, household essentials, essential travel costs, utilities and other discretionary expenditure • the support from the National as a result of COVID-9. Applications are assessed on an Shielding Service of free food individual basis. If your application is successful, payments will parcels, medicine deliveries and be arranged on your behalf and are not awarded in cash. The care has stopped maximum award is £200. • NHS Volunteer Responders will You may be eligible if: carry on delivering the food you • you run your own business, and cannot currently buy, prescriptions and essential trade/your business has been drastically reduced because items to you if you need it of the pandemic • you will still be eligible for priority supermarket slots (if • your employment situation has changed and your income you registered by 17th July) no longer covers your essential needs

• you have lost your job due to the COVID-19 outbreak It is recognised that some vulnerable residents may be anxious about stepping outside again and adjusting to the • you have still not received expected government funding changes. Local support will continue with the Chudleigh Town (i.e. self-employed) Council's Helpline arranging Food Shopping Deliveries and • you can demonstrate that you do not have accessible Prescription Collections through our fantastic team of Chudleigh capital in excess of £500 Community Volunteers. Please call the Town Hall on 01626 • you have not received financial assistance from another 853140. source for the same reason. If you are a resident and have been affected financially by Town Hall News Covid19, and can demonstrate a need for immediate short-term financial help, you can apply for a grant by completing the COVID-19: Impact on the Town Hall resident support form on Teignbridge District Council’s website Many of you will be aware that the Town Hall or you can phone the Coronavirus Hotline on 01626 215 512 for reopened to public callers at the beginning of help to fill in an application form. September. At the same time many of our hirers resumed their activities. Covid: Grants for businesses Sadly, the announcement of a new national lockdown with effect from Thursday Businesses required to close in England due to local or national 5th November meant more changes. With restrictions will be eligible for the following: effect from that date the Town Hall closed to public callers and all • For properties with a rateable value of £15,000 or under, room hires ceased until at least Wednesday 2nd December. grants to be £1,334 per four weeks This does not mean that you cannot contact the council • For properties with a rateable value of over £15,000 and staff. They are working the normal hours of 9am to 3pm Monday below £51,000, grants to be £2,000 per four weeks to Friday and can be contacted by telephone or email. The • For properties with a rateable value of £51,000 or over pre-school continues to operate during lockdown and the police grants to be £3,000 per four weeks. continue to work from the Town Hall. The Government will also provide one-off funding to While the playparks remain open, the MUGA, the Skate enable councils to support businesses who are a key part of the Park and the Outdoor Gym are closed and should not be used. local economy. This will include grants for businesses without a business rating, those not forced to close but seriously impacted Rural Skip Service and funding for wider business support activities. We are currently awaiting further Government guidance This is a service provided by Teignbridge District Council to on the eligibility criteria of these schemes. Please be aware that it outlying communities in Teignbridge for many years. In could take several weeks until eligible businesses receive any Chudleigh this service was provided from the central car park in grant funds. Keep an eye on the District Council website for February of each year. It is understood that it has been invariably details of when the scheme goes live and how to apply. well-used.

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Chudleigh Task Force Newsletter

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Chudleigh Task Force Newsletter

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Chudleigh Notices

A pump track for Millstream Meadow Upcoming Meetings At the full Town Council meeting on Monday 2nd November, councillors voted to accept a design (see above) and quotation There will be a meeting of the Planning from Forte Trailscapes to construct a pump track at Millstream Committee on Wednesday 18th November. Meadow. This will be situated between the skate park and the There will be a meeting of the Town Hall and outdoor gym. Pump tracks are for wheeled sports enthusiasts but Finance Committee on Wednesday 2nd are very different from skate parks. Skate parks are generally December. constructed from concrete and are best suited to small wheel users There will be a meeting of the Full Town (skate boards, roller blades etc.) The pump track will be Council on Monday 7th December at 7pm. constructed from asphalt which better suits large wheel All these meetings will be held via enthusiasts. Zoom and are open to the public. Anyone Councillors selected Forte Trailscapes because they are a wishing to attend any of these meetings should local company, based in Kingsteignton. They build tracks all over email the Clerk at [email protected] or telephone 01626 the world, including one at River Dart Country Park. This allowed 853140 to be provided with instructions on how to login and join. councillors to see at first hand the quality of the company’s work. It is also reassuring that the owner, Kai Forte, is an ex-professional Chudleigh Youth Centre AGM 2020 BMX rider, so he fully understands what users want of a facility. The new pump track will be paid for from section 106 funding which cannot be used for any other purpose. The Youth Centre AGM will be held Culver Green on Monday 30th November starting Recent visitors to Culver Green will have noticed we have recently at 7.30pm. renewed all the seating in the park. The new benches by the mosaic are made wholly from recycled materials. We’ve used this design at the cemetery for several years so we know that they are The meeting will extremely robust. Best of all, they require no maintenance! We be held remotely owe a debt to our County Councillor, Jerry Brook, who has kindly this year, by Zoom, and you are cordially invited. If you would paid for two of the three benches. We have also replaced the two like to attend, please get in contact with me and I will send you an picnic benches. Our thanks to the Sue Partington memorial fund, invitation nearer the date. which paid for one of these tables. Looking forward to seeing you. John Carlton With kind regards, Town Clerk David Lillington 01626 853140 Secretary – CYC Management Committee [email protected] Home telephone: 01626 852155 Mobile: 07810 881262

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Chudleigh Notices Chudleigh Together Selling Masks For Charity Huge thanks to JoJo and the team at Chudleigh Post office who are stocking our Christmas and patterned hand-made cotton

face masks. This is so kind of them

especially now we are unable to have our Chudleigh Together is looking for volunteers who might have stall outside the Town Hall. a spare hour once a week or fortnight. Anyone over 18 with an All masks have nose wire, ear interest in people please! adjusters and are reversible. They are £5 We run a local befriending scheme, Chudleigh Together, each with £1 from every sale donated to which aims to link volunteers with local residents who feel Cancer Lifeline South West and the remainder donated to Bags of isolated. They could be new parents, people recently discharged Hope. from hospital, those experiencing mental health challenges or We are still selling masks ourselves and can deliver locally finding their mobility is restricted, or people affected by a host of or post. Please contact us if you would like to order. other factors that can affect our ability to meet with others, Anne Jenkins particularly since the onset of Coronavirus in 2020. Donna Cook Chudleigh Together has a steering group and we run the 07972 911053 scheme in partnership with Volunteering in Health (ViH). We accept referrals directly or through ViH. Our volunteers have DBS Recycling Plastic Tubs checks and we run a regular support and training group. We have had training sessions on volunteering guidelines, domestic abuse, hearing loss, dementia and crisis intervention. Since the outbreak of Covid-19 we are mainly in touch with residents by phone (or internet if they wish). We do carry out some visits, on agreement and socially distant, for example outside the home. We can keep in touch by day or in the evening, whenever suits the person. We aim to find a way for the person to explore their interests and obtain assistance from relevant organisations if needed. Again, much of this is currently restricted but we can help to develop interests through library resources and online groups, working closely with Migs Atkinson and the Home Library Service. Since we began in late 2018, we have received 42 referrals from Volunteering in Health, Connecting Communities, Chudleigh T.C. Covid Task Force, GPs and Social Prescribers, and local organisations and residents. We have eleven volunteers visiting residents currently and need more so that we can respond to the increasing number of referrals. We would also like help with a Facebook page. Devon Contract Waste is collecting as many confectionery tubs, During the November Lockdown, Chudleigh Together ice cream tubs, cracker tubs, milk bottle tops and takeaway will continue to support local residents by phone as we have containers as possible this year to raise money for two charities: been doing during 2020. Do get in touch with us if you need Mind and Dartmoor Zoo. You will find a green wheelie bin to some support or you know someone who does. Also please let collect all the above tubs, located by the new clothing bank next to us know if you would like to become one of our volunteers. Chudfridge (pictured below). Thanks. Contact Mary Anne McFarlane, Co-ordinator, on 01626 852002, [email protected] for a chat. Friends of Chudleigh School Exciting News...We now have a clothing bank Cancer Lifeline South West located at the Town Hall. All donations collected here directly support FOCS at 30p per kilo. So paces are still available for our S please get donating! fully-funded creative support groups for those who are close to someone New to the who has cancer. The groups will Town Hall meet weekly for ten sessions. Two yard (next to groups will be offered within Devon, Chudfridge): the green bin at locations to suit attendees. In view for your of the current restrictions, an online plastic tubs option is also available. (left) and the For more information, contact recycling Amy on 07792217365. bank for old clothing (right)

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Chudleigh Notices Advent @ The Square The Vicarage You may have noticed there is a ’To Let” sign on the Vicarage gate. This is normal procedure for the Diocese during the appointment process which can take six to nine months, even before we think about Covid-19 which has slowed things down even further. Please be assured this is a short term let and a vicar will be appointed in due course.

Co-op Community Fund In 2019 Co-op delivered £17m to over 4,000 local causes, thanks to their members. That's because every time Co-op members buy selected Co-op products and services, 2p for every £1 spent goes back to you (the members) AND Co-op give the same amount to support community organisations and local causes. It's time to select a new cause …The next funding round For the last couple of years we have staged a retelling of the has begun and below are details of three fantastic projects in Christmas story at the Square using figures crafted from logs Chudleigh looking for your support during the coming year. placed in the garden. Day by day we have moved the story on and invited Chudleigh to pause and reflect, take up a challenge or do Chudleigh Wild manage something fun as we wait for Christmas Day. verges and green spaces around This year the log figures will Chudleigh to support and increase our take to the garden-stage once more local wildlife and will create a nature on 1st December and you are trail using rubbing plaques and invited to follow along with the information boards to educate and story, this year with a Covid-aware connect our community with our local twist or two...In order to keep nature. Find out more by clicking everyone safe, we won’t be able to here. have our Christmas gift box at the garden railings for you to open. Chudleigh Community However, we will display a QR Project and Community Pool code which will give you the instructions for each day’s reflection provide a facility accessible to all, or action. where families and groups can come An added feature this year will be the option for families to together as a community to socialise, sign up online in advance to receive a craft pack which will partake in indoor sports or compete in contain materials needed for the weekend craft projects and the the swimming pool. Find out more by daily activities. These will be delivered free to your door at least clicking here. 72 hours before the start of Advent @ The Square on 1st December. Signing up is simple: click here and sign up to receive Friends of Chudleigh School a craft pack for each of your children. Sign-ups are possible from (FOCS) are working with the school Monday 16th to Friday 27th November. Although there is no to improve the outdoor play and work charge, we suggest a donation of £2 per pack which will go to a areas by purchasing seating and local foodbank to provide Christmas hampers. structures that provide shade and Whether you sign up for the Advent craft pack, follow the shelter, enabling them to use their action on Facebook, or simply stop to look in at the garden each outdoor spaces better. Find out more day, we hope to bring some hope and joy into this season as we by clicking here. share again the wonderful story of God’s love. Remember: we’re in his hands > amazing grace > he came to this place! If you are already a member, Co-op have made it easy by sending you an email recently with links to each of these causes. Doorstep Church, Advent Sunday In just one click you can select which local cause you would like to support. If you can’t find your email, just login to your Co-op A number of people stood on their doorsteps for account and select your cause. Remembrance Sunday. As churches will still be closed Not a member of the Co-op? Becoming a member is on 29th November, we again invite you to stand on simple, just pick up a Co-op card next time you are in store and your own doorstep and pray for Chudleigh and your join for just £1. Once your card is registered you will be able to neighbours at the beginning of Advent. You might be choose which local cause you want to support. able to sing a verse of your favourite Advent hymn. Get the Co-op App: You can also download the Co-op We suggest 10am, to avoid clashing with streamed App and use it to donate your rewards, select your local cause and services from other churches. More about Doorstep Church next browse deals and recipes. The app also lets you use a digital month. membership card to collect and spend your rewards. Rev’d Terry Brighton: Get more information about membership here. Free Church of England

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Chudleigh Notices

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Teignbridge and Devon Notices

TDC Updates DCC Updates Teignbridge District Council has issued Devon County Council has issued six five update bulletins in the past month. update bulletins in the past month. The first, The first, on Friday 16th October on Friday 16th October, covers: case includes an appeal for caution as Covid- numbers changing in Exeter; local COVID 19 infection rates rise; details of the test and trace support alert levels introduced; new advice to the clinically extremely payments scheme; a project to foster a wider understanding vulnerable; Job Support Scheme expanded; ethnic minority between cultures; and Teignbridge Green Flag winners. It can be communities and the elderly asked to volunteer for vaccine accessed by clicking here. studies; support for making some active travel measures The second, on Friday 23rd October, includes an update on permanent; and financial help if you cannot work from home the rise in Covid-19 cases; and the unveiling of super-fast electric while self-isolating. You can access this bulletin by clicking here. vehicle recharging points in Chudleigh and Buckfastleigh. It can The second, on Thursday 22nd October, covers: Exeter be accessed by clicking here. case numbers back in line with national average; a plea to half- The third, on Friday 30th October, includes a reminder to term holiday makers; stay safe this Halloween; helping unpaid Smart Phone users to download the test and trace app; information carers take a break; ask a minister a coronavirus question; and about funding for people struggling to make ends meet; and a Lockdown Legends. This bulletin can be accessed by clicking review of what is required from anyone who needs to self-isolate. here. It can be accessed by clicking here. The third, on Friday 30th October, covers: help available to The fourth, on Friday 6th November, includes an appeal to pay for basic household essentials; celebrate Halloween and obey the rules in order to minimise the length of the lockdown; Bonfire Night safely this year; be travel-aware this half term specific details on what the lockdown means for Teignbridge; holiday; updated guidance for employers; and be on the look out support for most vulnerable residents; and an advert about for scammers. This bulletin can be accessed by clicking here. volunteering for the NHS. You can access it by clicking here. The fourth, on Monday 2nd November deals specifically The latest one, on Friday 13th November, covers: steps we with the new restrictions announced by the Prime Minister on 31st can take to protect our wellbeing during lockdown, including October. This bulletin can be accessed by clicking here. the launch of workout@home with Teignbridge Leisure The fifth, on Friday 6th November, covers: new national trainers and a five day mindfulness challenge beginning on lockdown restrictions; rising case numbers in working age Monday 16th November; supporting local businesses and population; councils ready to support clinically extremely residents; Avian Flu hits black swans in Dawlish; a new signing vulnerable; improve your wellbeing with Learn Devon’s service for the deaf and hearing-impaired; HMRC tax scam Mindfulness Challenge; financial support available if you need it; warning; community group funding available; online advertising changes to some services during lockdown; and guidance issued of junk food; and a reminder of where to get local corona virus for Remembrance Sunday activities. This bulletin can be accessed advice and support. You can access this latest bulletin by clicking by clicking here. here. The latest one, on Friday 13th November, covers: a thank you for complying with national restrictions; Devon leads £2 TDA Business Update million bid to end holiday hunger; vaccine news welcome, but Director of Public Health Devon advises caution; are you Teignbridge District Council issued a worrying about money?; funding available to support Corona Virus Support Update for communities; are you looking for a job?; and celebrate Diwali businesses on Wednesday 4th November. safely. This bulletin can be accessed by clicking here. It covers details of Business Grants; the Job Retention Scheme; Self-Employment Income Support; and Bounce Back Loans. You can access the full bulletin by clicking DCC COVID-19 Fund here. Devon County Council has temporarily reopened its ‘COVID-19 Fund’ to help provide valuable resources to organisations Teignbridge CVS working in communities that have been affected by this second national lockdown. The latest newsletter is The money will help voluntary and community groups to available now. It includes tackle the social and economic impacts of this lockdown and help news on upcoming forums those who are most vulnerable in their communities. and learning events; You can get full details of what the money can be used for, guidance and resources for and who can apply, by clicking here. employers; funding information; and health and wellbeing. You can access it by clicking here. Business Growth Hub HITS Issues SOS Consult our website; Email us; We are needing cardboard boxes for our Give us a call: T: 03456 047 047 hampers. If you see some while shopping please pick them up for us. You could even cover them in Christmas wrapping paper if you want to help The latest bulletin from the Heart of the South West Business more. We could always pick them up from you. Growth Hub is available now. It can be accessed by clicking here. Thank you for your ongoing support.

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Devon Notices

Avian Flu Hits Devon Voluntary registration You can choose to register fewer than 50 birds, or birds you keep as pets. The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) encourages you to register even if you do not have to by law. By registering, APHA will be able to contact you if there’s a disease outbreak (such as bird flu) in your area; and you’ll help prevent the spread of disease and protect the national poultry flock.

Devon and Cornwall Police Help Shape the Future of Policing People are being asked to take time to complete a survey which will be used to shape the future of policing in Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. In previous years residents of the Devon and Cornwall Police force area have helped the Police and Crime Commissioner set the strategic direction of the force and influenced decisions to increase taxation and bolster police officer numbers. Now Commissioner Alison Hernandez is launching her most comprehensive survey into attitudes towards policing and community safety as she prepares a 2020/21 budget. For more information and to take the survey visit, click here.

Crime Rate Plummeted During Lockdown The amount of crime being committed in Devon and Cornwall plummeted as the coronavirus lockdown came into force, figures out last week confirmed. There were nearly 10,000 fewer crimes recorded in the Devon and Cornwall Police force area in the year to June 2020 than there were in the previous 12 months, the Office for National Statistics said. The period covered by the report included the first 11 weeks of restrictions on people’s movement and activity in order An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone has been declared across the to control the spread of the disease. whole of England effective from 5pm on 11th November 2020. There were 54 crimes per 1,000 people in Devon and All poultry keepers in England (whether they have Cornwall, down 9.5% from 57 per 1,000 in the previous 12 commercial flocks or just a few birds in a backyard flock) are months, meaning it was the second safest force area of 43 in Eng- required by law to take a range of biosecurity precautions. land and Wales. If you keep poultry (including gamebirds or pet birds) or other captive birds, you must act now to reduce the risk of disease Other News in your flock by following the relevant biosecurity measures required within the AIPZ. Your stock needs to be feed and • Investment and public scrutiny are helping to improve the watered under cover to prevent contamination from wild birds. 101 service Good biosecurity improves the overall health and • Virtual courts must be staffed soon productivity of your flock by helping keep out poultry diseases such as avian influenza and limiting the spread of disease in an • Pioneering project will benefit the environment, reduce outbreak. housing shortage and teach prisoners valuable skills All bird gatherings within the AIPZ are prohibited therefore the general licence that had permitted bird gatherings has • New student officers were thrust onto the front line been revoked. Click here for more guidance. • Why it’s more important than ever to call out hatred in our If you find dead wild waterfowl (swans, geese or ducks) or communities other dead wild birds, such as gulls or birds of prey, you should report them to the Defra helpline (03459 33 55 77). • People have had enough of dangerous driving – it’s time to Public Health England advises that the risk to the public’s take action health is very low. Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said that on the basis of the current scientific evidence, avian influenzas pose a very low food safety risk for UK consumers. Avian influenza is unconnected with coronavirus (COVID-19).

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Devon and National Notices

Pavement Parking: A public consultation instructions. The scheme aims to improve connectivity between existing A reminder about the article in last strategic trails and promote safe and sustainable travel in the month’s edition of Chudleigh Phoenix; the natural environment of the Teign Estuary. Department for Transport is seeking our More information on the proposals will be available online views on the issue of pavement parking. from Tuesday 17 November. You can read the full story by To further develop its understanding clicking here. of the pavement parking problem, the DfT is seeking our views on a number of options. The DfT recognises that there are pros and cons for each of the NCVO options, and your responses on each will inform how this issue The National Council for Voluntary Organisations should be addressed. issues regular bulletins full of information, advice

and funding news. You can register to receive these How to respond bulletin by clicking here. The consultation period began on 31st August and will run until 22nd November so ensure your response arrives before the closing date. If you would like alternative formats (Braille, audio Employer Support CD, and so on), contact [email protected]. ou can get information on Covid-19 business You may respond via: Y support on the Government website, by clicking here. And you can find full details of help and • the online survey, our preferred method support available from HMRC by clicking here. • by downloading the response form and emailing it to [email protected]

• emailing [email protected] directly

The full consultation document can be viewed by clicking here.

NHS Update Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust published issue 15 of its update bulletins recently. It covers: the campaign urging people to get cancer symptoms checked out; an appeal for plasma donations; a reminder about flu jabs; and more. You can download the full bulletin from the CP website by clicking here.

Teign Estuary Trail An online public consultation is being launched by Devon County Council on Tuesday 17th November on proposals to complete a missing link of the Teign Estuary Trail between Newton Abbot and Teignmouth. The County Council is seeking views on its plans for a 5km section of the multi-use trail next to the estuary, starting at the Passage House Inn in Newton Abbot and joining the A381 at La Roche Maurice Walk. From there, a shared use path would link to the junction near Morrisons supermarket, at the western edge of Teignmouth. As part of the consultation, a webinar will be held from 6pm to 8pm on Wednesday 25th November to cover the scheme proposals and provide people with the opportunity to ask questions and give feedback to the project team. A further virtual ‘drop-in’ consultation event will be held from 5pm to 7pm on Wednesday 9th December enabling people to dial in to talk to the project team. Those wishing to attend either event should email [email protected] for joining

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Chudleigh Businesses

Chudleigh Post Office silver Jewellery (all pieces individual and unique) for sale on my Facebook page so you can click and collect. Thank you for Due to the latest COVID lockdown, I am supporting us local businesses, we all need each other right now. afraid that our Ashton Post Office outreach service, held on a Tuesday at Teign Valley Golf Club, will not be happening until further notice, Bracken Gallery due to the Golf Club being shut. Please be aware all our other outreach services are carrying on as normal.

Harvey’s of Chudleigh After great consideration we’ve decided to remain open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays for takeaways from 10am to 1pm. We can also take orders by phone for collection or you could drop in; Zuko would love to see you. Why not stop by and grab one of our yummy hot pasties? Other than our traditional Steak pasty, we also now have Steak & Stilton, or Cheese and Onion. Maybe you would prefer a sausage roll, or a slice of cake? All food can be taken away hot or cold.

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Christmas Market

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Christmas Craft Workshop

If you have a sewing machine at home and have done a little sewing, why not sign up for my online Christmas Craft Workshop? For £28 you will receive a bag of fabrics, ribbons, buttons and template sheets, and a link to my videos for six different Christmas craft or present ideas. For more details or to book a place: [email protected]

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Christmas Market

Christmas Craft Workshop

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Christmas Market Local Businesses

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Refills On Wheels Chudleigh Market every Thursday, even during lockdown. Operating with the same covid measures as before: please wear your masks & only one person/household in the van at once. Happy to accept your containers for refilling, just please make sure they're squeaky clean! Website for more details.

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On A Lighter Note...

Monthly Musings Exeter. Oh, and tea in the garden at Topsham Museum & an ice cream on I don’t remember the first museum I the roof terrace at Teignmouth went to, but I do know it wasn’t the Museum. Of course it is a boon at lovely little one in my home town of times like this to be able to conjure up Newton Abbot. That was opened, I any museum of our choice to view on think, in the 1990s & was in a house in a screen in our own home, but it’s Devon Square originally owned by Mr really not the same. Rowell, the architect of those I have happy memories from handsome Victorian buildings that across the years of visits to little were built around the square with St. museums overflowing with exhibits & Paul’s church in the middle. That was with loads of character. Many are in Newton Abbot Town when the railway brought prosperity to & GWR Museum an historic house or shop in the main Ashburton Museum town & gave us Courtenay Park, & the street. I wonder if you remember when villas for the gentry on Knowles Hill & Wolborough Hill. At the Alan Brunton & Chudleigh History Group made a brave effort for same time terraced rows of good, solid dwellings were built for Chudleigh & managed to put a tempo- the workers who were attracted by the multiplicity of jobs that rary Heritage Centre in our Car Park. It quickly followed. Thus the population grew & after centuries of was opened by our newly elected MP, being a market town at the centre of local agriculture, Newton Mel Stride and several of us were on a Abbot also became famous as a railway town. rota to man it. Perhaps one day, like When Newton Abbot Town neighbouring towns, our local history Council opened the museum all those archive will find a permanent home— years ago, it was decided it should not we have so much of interest that might only celebrate the history of the town, even attract visitors. Could we put a but also have a special section on the mezzanine in the library or the railway which would complement the Woodway Room or find a disused Totnes Museum huge Railway Studies Collection held shop? There will be all sorts of at the library, displaying the artefacts Teignmouth Museum changes, post-covid. Who can forecast what they might be, but that had been gathered over the years. I’m looking forward to what awaits us ‘on the other side’. It was a delightful if rather cramped space in which to show off Take care & stay safe. Only a couple more weeks & we’ll the succession of special exhibitions. be allowed to meet up again. So to bring this story up-to- C.S. date, I’m delighted to say that last month I visited the spacious, newly P.S. It was a really sunny summer in opened museum at the opposite end of 2010 when we came the closest town, near the Tower. After years of we’ve got to our own museum. hard work by the curator, Felicity Cole & her team, funding was raised Mel Stride MP (left) and Alan Brunton at to transform a disused chapel into the opening of the Chudleigh heritage Newton’s Place, the new home of RAMM Exeter Centre Newton Abbot Town Council & Newton Abbot & GWR Museum. They have battled through this most difficult of years and, despite the pandemic, opened it to the public. Unfortunately, the rules meant that only six people were Lily Tackles Tors For Charity allowed in for an hour at a time, and after only a month we were hudleigh resident, Lily Law, is no back to lockdown again. Hopefully, it will be open again in C December and you’ll be able to go & see for yourselves the stranger to fundraising. During the fascinating exhibits in their new, spacious setting. first lockdown, she walked many Museums, large & small have miles and raised hundreds of pounds improved so much across the years & for NHS charities . are rather marvellous institutions. This time around, she hopes They come in all shapes & sizes— to raise £2000 towards the NHS and monumental buildings in cities to tiny Children’s Hospice South West ones in villages and they all provide a Charity. She is tackling Haytor, window into the shared past of local Hound Tor, Rippon Tor, Top Tor, Pil people with someone on hand to talk Tor, Bowerman’s Nose, Bench Tor about it. Any family looking for free and Bell Tors; and will be covering 100 miles in total. entertainment, a class of children Topsham Museum researching their local history through If you would like to support artefacts or indeed anyone passing that wants to shelter from the Lily, you can make a donation by rain, all have easy access to much pleasure & education. Not only clicking here. that, but I’ve enjoyed coffee & a biscuit at Bovey Heritage Centre, a delicious lunch with a Plymouth friend at her local museum and a pot of tea & a cake at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum at

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On A Lighter Note...

Chudleigh Mummers

Family Enquiry: Bowden The following email was received recently via the Church website. Mrs Wates would love to hear from anyone who could answer her questions. Get in touch via the CP office (01626 854611; [email protected]) and we will give you her email address.

Dear Sir/Madam, I have been filling my time in Covid isolation by writing my memoirs and am now in the middle of the second book of what has expanded to become a trilogy. Alas, having reached 1967, I find I have an important piece of information missing and I wondered if you could help me? As I am elderly and disabled, it would be difficult for me to come to Chudleigh myself, to do any research. I am searching for any information about the Bowden family, particularly Arthur Bowden. I will try to explain as briefly as I can: The surname of my family line is Snell and I can see intermarriage with members of the Bowden family going back to the 1700s on my family tree. In 1967, I visited Devon with my Mother, who was keen to see her relatives before she died. We met a William Snell, married to a Susie Bowden who lived in Newton Abbott. Susie took us to see a lady called Phyllis Bowden who lived at Rock cottage in Chudleigh, an address which is listed further back in my family tree as a Snell home. Knowing that I was at art college, Phyllis Bowden gave me Lockdown Poem an old box of paints that had once belonged to Arthur, now deceased. He had used the watercolours to paint two large pictures of Kate Brook and Ham farm, which he gave as a wedding gift to We’ve not had one of these for a while, but this popped up on my parents when they married in 1941. I still have both Facebook last week and I thought it was worth passing on. The watercolours and while it is clear that Arthur was an amateur author is Unknown, but there are all sorts of references to other artist, they are very skilled. poems contained in the lines. See how many you can spot. (And So that's all I know. I am kicking myself now that I did not maybe, if you are feeling creative, have a go at composing your ask for more information at the time. Now that I am 73, all of my own Lockdown Poem.) family who might have helped are dead. I have tried to contact one Bowden in Devon, but he could not help...too young to know his ancestry. I won’t arise and go now, and go to Innisfree Many years ago, I came to the new churchyard in I’ll sanitise the doorknob and make a cup of tea. Chudleigh and saw the graves of my aunt Ethel (nee Snell) and I won’t go down to the sea again; I won’t go out at all, uncle Eli Turner. They lived in Pullins Terrace, Chudleigh. I’ll wander lonely as a cloud from the kitchen to the hall. I suppose I am hoping that the Bowden family may be There’s a green-eyed yellow monster to the north of Kathmandu buried in Chudleigh or that there may be a friend or relative still But I shan’t be seeing him just yet, and nor, I think, will you. living in the village who might know of them. Otherwise I will While the dawn comes up like thunder on the road to Mandalay have to put in the memoir that I have no idea exactly were Arthur I’ll make my bit of supper and eat it off a tray. and Phyllis fit in to the family tree. The relationship must have I shall not speed my bonnie boat across the sea to Skye, been close, otherwise Arthur would not have given the Or take the rolling English road from Birmingham to Rye. watercolours to my parents. There is also the niggling thought that About the woodland, just right now, I am not free to go I may once have been told when I was a child...and have forgotten. To see the Keep Out posters or the cherry hung with snow. And no, I won’t be travelling much, within the realms of gold, Yours faithfully, Or get me to Milford Haven. All that’s been put on hold. Mrs Wendy Wates. Give me your hands, I shan’t request, albeit we are friends Nor come within a mile of you, until this virus ends.

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Wild About Chudleigh

Chudleigh Prickly Hedge

This column is usually written by Barbara Steel on behalf of Prickly Hedge. But this month, we hear from Claire Larkins who runs the Chudleigh Hog, and whose efforts on behalf of these delightful little creatures was recognised in a shout-out from Dermot O’Leary on BBC Radio 2 last weekend.

This month has been extremely busy for most hedgehogs rescue centres. Here at the Chudleigh Hog we have been receiving hoglets from Chudleigh, Kingsteignton, Kingskerswell, Bovey and Newton Abbot. The poor little ones at the moment are all below 250g and unlikely to survive the winter outside without intervention. They arrive cold and full of internal and external parasites. Chudleigh is very lucky to experience such high numbers compared to the rest of the UK and there are many things that you can do to help them. If you have hedgehogs in your garden, please help them to fatten up. You can leave cat meat or biscuits for them and some fresh water. If you see a hedgehog out in the daytime, please phone it in to your local rescue centre. There are 3 nearby including one here in Chudleigh. Pop your hog in a high sided box somewhere warm and offer a little water. If you see baby hedgehogs (hoglets), please seek advice as anything smaller than 350g needs to come in now as the weather changes. Leave the piles of leaves in your garden, they attract insects that feed your hogs! The British Hedgehog Preservation Society has lots of info on their website. I have had so many poorly hoglets in recently, that I have used up nearly all my meds. Today I collected a bag of medicine which has wiped out most of my wages! I desperately need your donations, please to help out. All the money goes to feeding and medicating these little spiky beasts! There are Barbara Steele several ways to donate...my go fund me page (which does take chudleighpricklyhedge@gmail. com a fee), PayPal and BACs. Facebook: Chudleigh Prickly Hedge You can find me on Facebook as The Chudleigh Hog or contact me by phone on 07852513636.

Claire Larkins Chudleigh Wild The March lockdown sent many of us out into the sunshine to work in our gardens and to walk and enjoy the countryside around us. We had lots of interesting sightings of local wildlife; thank you to all of you who sent us your records. Dave Smallshire is making a list of all the species found in the Bat fields off Oldway, along with all the records in the Parish. This will be added to the new Town Council website in due course, but if you have any records of wildlife that you haven’t yet submitted, please send them to [email protected]

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Wild About Chudleigh Chudleigh Wild Lockdown Activities

A lovely autumn with jobs around the town, lund ckily we can do these in couples at social distance. The list so far reads like this:

• removal of Italian alders in preparation for new fruit trees in Millstream Meadow; • clearing and planting at the wire fence by Orchard Close; • Bat Garden titivated, mown and planted; • and some progress at the Cider press.

We have been working on Saturday mornings, weather permitting, but if you would like to join in on other occasions get in touch and we can make plans. There is still a community allotment up at Exeter road; we have used some of the trees grown on, but have space for a few more. We will also be propagating insect friendly native plants to continue improving our local biodiversity on public and private land. We are developing an archive of the wildlife and changes in the parish over the years. Chudleigh Town Council website will host it and Dave Smallshire is compiling the records. Again, be in touch if you have interesting records. [See page 19 for details. Ed.] A Good Time For Fungi! These pictures were all taken in and around Chudleigh. We’ve had a go at identifying them, but can’t guarantee we have got it right. Remember, many mushrooms and toadstools are poisonous, but vital to the release of nutrients from dead plants. Do not eat them, unless you are an expert!

Top left: immature Amanita muscaria (Fly Agaric); top middle and right: possibly another type of amanita; bottom right and middle: Hygrophorus coccineus (Scaret Hood); bottom left Collybia asema. [Without any size comparison, i.e. height of stem and underside of the cap, it is difficult to be sure. If anyone wants to correct us, please feel free to get in touch. Ed.]