Cambridgeshire Older COPE People’s Enterprise Registered Charity No. 1110887 June - July 2019 Newsletter 146 Editorial In this Issue The appeal in the previous Newsletter for Volunteers brought members to COPE's aid especially in the St Ives area. Many thanks to them for offering their services, which has meant that we can 1 Editorial continue with the monthly meetings there. Unfortunately, because 2 Obituary & Weather Lore of emergency repairs needed in the Free Church Hall we had to 3 Membership form cancel the April meeting, but the St Ives Monthly meeting is now 4 Trustees back on track. 5 Wordsearch 6 Avoid Scams This month we are concentrating on the worry that so many of 7 Avoid Scams us have, how to avoid being caught by scams. Loneliness is still the 8 The day Sheila met the Queen major campaign for COPE as it causes so many other problems 9 CRC Lunch/Memories especially ill health, and lonely people are more likely to fall prey 10 Letter: Digital Services to scammers. Many people who fall prey to a scam are often too 11 Members’ comments proud or frightened to admit they have been scammed. If you 12 Mental Health have unfortunately been subject to a scam inform the police or 13 Hunstanton visit talk to your relatives or neighbours about it. Do take heed of the 14 Recipe / Holme Fen Posts advice in our article on the problem. 15 Outings 16 Photography competition Another article is about mental health and the countryside. All 17 COPE AGM too often we ignore the countryside and its beneficial effect on 18 Adverts our well-being. How often do we appreciate the 'fresh air' of the 19 Activities, events countryside, but with so many of us living in crowded and pollut- 20 Regular meetings ed towns and cities, many of us rarely get the chance to do so. This is why at COPE we try to provide outings for our members, even a trip to the Botanical Gardens is a relief from the hurly and burly of Cambridge traffic. While the trip to the Norfolk Laven- Correspondence address: der fields and seaside at Hunstanton will provide a much needed tonic. COPE, St Luke’s Community Centre, The Photo Competition has produced some excellent photos of Victoria Rd Cambridge CB4 3DZ the Cambridgeshire countryside – please keep sending them to Telephone: 01223 364303 us. [email protected] See you all at the AGM on the 15th July, when we will be having some excellent speakers. Make sure you let us know you are www.copecambs.org.uk coming. David Bailey, Chairman Funded by: 1 Obituary MAURICE GARNER , COPE’S FIRST CHAIRMAN DIES AT THE AGE OF 91 It is with great sadness that we have to report that Hon Councillor Maurice Garner MBE died last month peacefully at the age of 91. Maurice was COPE’s chairman from our formation as a Registered Charity after Cambridge City Council disbanded Phoenix 2000 and a group of eighteen volunteers needed a leader to ensure the future of our older people’s group. He was honoured with an MBE for service to charities after Alice Zeitlyn organised an application before he retired from the position having led us to become a countywide organisation of nearly 3,000 members. It was hard to believe that Maurice was one of the longest surviving members of the Zipper Club having had a triple heart bypass during his year as Mayor of Cambridge back in the year of the Silver Jubilee more than 40 years ago. Robert and Rhona Boorman More Weather Lore most pleasing are those which resemble small white fluffy patches, as they are normally associat- Bees ed with fine weather. Anyone who has a hive of bees can regard the inhab- itants as reliable weather guides and there are many If woolly fleeces strew the heavenly way, rhymes and sayings regarding bees: Be sure no rain disturbs the summer day. A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay, When cirrus clouds appear, high up and wind A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon, whipped like mares' tails, they foretell the arrival A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly. of wind: This is commonly said and reflects both the weather Mackerel sky and mares' tails, and the amount of money that the beekeepers will Make tail ships carry low sails. get for their honey during a good and bad season. Bees thrive in the sun and the verse is true which Much weather lore associated with clouds has a says: nautical link, as weather is a dominant factor in the daily lives of sailors as well as countrymen: When the bees crowd out of their hive, The weather makes it good to be alive. When clouds look as if scratched by a hen, Get ready to reef your topsails then. They also hate rain and storms, which makes these two lines appropriate: A mackerel sky as its name suggests, is mottled like the fish, and when the sky gradually clouds When the bees crowd into their hive again, over with this pattern, fine weather is on the way It is a sign of thunder and of rain. out. There are many rhymes and verses about the mackerel sky: Mackerel sky-rain is nigh, is one, but Clouds usually the rain will not be heavy: These are obviously a great influence, as they dictate sun and shade, rain and snow, and also wind. The Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, Never long wet, never long dry. Happy birthday to all members celebrating in June and July 2 Information and Advice Service Age UK COPE FORUM Cambridgeshire Older People’s Enterprise Do you have a query but don’t New member application know who to ask? Age UK Cambridge- shire and Peterborough is a local in- form dependent charity working with and for older people. FREE information is New Member Number: ________________ available on a range of issues, by (To be allocated after joining) phoning the Helpline below. (BLOCK CAPITALS PLEASE) Name: ___________________________________________ Address: __________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ Post Code_________________ Telephone: _________________________ Email: _____________________________________ Are you happy to receive Newsletter by email? Yes/ No AGE RANGE PLEASE CIRCLE RELEVANT GROUP Under 50 50-64 65-74 75-84 over 85 Data Protection Act Disability - Yes / No Signature Limited information is recorded on our computer in ___________________________________________ respect of those who receive this Newsletter and/or Date: __________________ contact COPE. Basic information only is held; a list of names, postal and/or email addresses used for the How did you hear of COPE? preparation of address labels or electronic delivery or ___________________________________________ for reference purposes by Officers of COPE. This information will not be communicated to third parties Special Interests: without your express permission. Unless COPE is ___________________________________________ advised to the contrary we will assume that you have no objection to your basic information being recorded. Open to all residents of Cambridgeshire over 50, and to carers DONATIONS and “Friends of COPE” as Associate Members any person, Once again, thanks for all the donations, whether or not he or she is aged 50 or over. both monetary and raffle prizes, which The Olive Golding Room are very much appreciated. With the St Luke’s Community Centre, Victoria Road Cambridge CB4 3DZ Phone; (01223) 364303 monetary donations, would you please email; [email protected] Registered Charity No. 1110887 fill in the‘ gift aid’ section of the applica- tion form. Peter Murfitt, Treasurer He (or she) who hesitates misses their parking place 3 COPE FORUM Trustees (2018/2019) Cambridgeshire Older People’s Enterprise Donation Form I would like to make a donation of £_______ I DO NOT pay UK Income Tax I DO pay UK Income Tax David Bailey, COPE Chairman Peter Murfitt Please tick the box above applicable to you I would like Cambridgeshire Older People’s Enterprise (COPE) to treat as Gift Aid this donation, all future donations and previous donations within HM Revenue and Customs time limits, until I notify COPE otherwise* Please tick this box if you would like COPE to reclaim from Alice Zeitlyn Jennie Jenks HM Revenue and Customs the tax you have paid Please sign below and print and date underneath Signature_________________________________ (BLOCK CAPITALS BELOW PLEASE) First Name_________________________________ Doreen Ryan Ken Lovett Surname_________________________________ Address__________________________________ _________________________________________ _______________________Postcode: Date____________________________ Deborah Katznelson The Olive Golding Room Brian Reynolds St Luke’s Community Centre, Victoria Road Cambridge CB4 3DZ Phone; (01223) 364303 COPE has a new Website: email; [email protected] Registered Charity No. 1110887 www.copecambs.org.uk *Notes i. You can cancel your declaration any time by notifying COPE ii. If in future your circumstances change and you no longer pay Income Tax, please notify COPE Let us know if you wish to have iii. Please notify COPE if you change your name or address whilst your contacts inserted or other the declaration is in force. iv. I confirm by signing this form that I am a UK taxpayer and under- details noted stand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations, it is my responsibility to pay any difference Many thanks! 4 Word Search AIM Place the 27 three character ‘tiles’ in the left -hand grid TO the CORRECT spaces in the right hand Grid relating to MATHEMATICAL TERMS containing NINE letters horizontally and in alphabetical or- der Keep sending in your Photos Last month’s solution Photography Competition Cambridgeshire Countryside Send in your favourite photo of the Cambridge- shire countryside.