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Barrow Jane Tindle 01509 414201 Jane.Tindle@outlook.com BISHOP BEVERIDGE CLUB NEWS. The next Fun Quiz is today Wednesday, 11 April, starting at 2.45pm. All very welcome, and the cost of £2 includes prizes for members of the winning table, a raffle, and tea and cake. An extra 50p is added for visitors.
As usual our quiz masters are Alan Willcocks and Roger Grew. Just come along and help make up a table of 4 or more, or less, and join others in this fun afternoon.
On Monday, April 16, our Monday Movie is ‘ Victoria & Abdul’. This starts at 2pm and doors open at 1.30pm. Starring Judy Dench. A true story, Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. Cost for members is £4, visitors, who are most welcome, £4.50. This includes tea and cake.
Friday, April 20 is the next lunch date. Call Sylvia if you cannot attend on 413565.
Our next Afternoon Tea is on Wednesday, April 25 at 3pm. Cost remains at £3.50 members, £4 visitors, booking list is now on the notice board with details. Payment is required with booking. The next Bingo will be on Wednesday, 18 April, starting at 2.30pm. Cost is £2 for members, £2.50 nonmembers. Including tea and cake, six games with 2 prizes for each, and a raffle. May Fayre, Saturday, May 12. Please consider donating goods for sale, bric-a-brac, good quality book and items for our Tombola Stall. Last year we had few cakes so if you could bake for us it will be much appreciated.
Any donations can be brought to the club anytime we are open, or to 8 Ribble Drive.
The date for the trip to Charlecote Park (National Trust) is Monday, 14 May. The cost is £24 for members (£14 for National Trust members) and £26 for visitors (£16 for National Trust members). Look out for the list on the notice board, call Wendy on 413212 for details. Posters outline details about the venue.
On Wednesday, July 4, in the afternoon, we are having a group guided visit at Goadby Marwood Hall Gardens with refreshments. This is not a coach trip so you will need to make your own travel arrangements, or ask if a lift is offered.
The cost will be £10 which includes tea and cake, just £7 without the refreshments. For details call Joyce on 414519.
We have a small number of tickets for the Curve Christmas production by Irving Berlin ‘ White Christmas’, which will be on Wednesday, 9 January 2019 in the afternoon. Ticket price is £ 29.50 for a balcony seat, but if we sell 10 or more this is reduced to £24.50. Speak to Joyce 01509 414519.
SILVER SPORTS AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH. Join us for table tennis, carpet bowls and other indoor games every Friday from 10am – 12 noon in the Gap. This group runs during term time and most school holidays.
HELP NEEDED! We hope you value Barrow Voice. We hope you value it enough to help make sure that it continues to exist. Barrow Voice is paid for by its advertisers. The income needs to cover the cost of its design and printing by Mulberry Square (who give us a very generous discount; thank you Mulberry Square!) The present Advertising Manager will be retiring from the job shortly. WE MUST FIND A VOLUNTEER REPLACEMENT!!!
What does the advertising manager do?
i) Gets advertisers, existing and new
ii) Collects copy and passes it on by a deadline to Mulberry Square and the BV Treasurer
iii) Sends out invoices (made by treasurer) iv) Collects money in Initially, we expect that someone new in post would work with the existing advertising manager to learn the ropes. This is a job that could be shared. If you think you might be able to help, please email Judith on judithrodgers155@gmail.com or phone on 07718153117.
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE. Barrow W I is meeting in the function room at the Conservative club at 7:30pm on today ( Wednesday, April 11). Sue Wainwright will be speaking about Ikebana.
LADIES CIRCLE. The Ladies Circle is meeting at 7:30pm on Wednesday, 11 April.
RHYME TIME. Barrow community library has Rhyme Time for 3s and under from 10:30am - 11am on Friday, 1April 13. £1 donation suggested towards library funds. Refreshments available.
GET CRAFTY. Come along and get crafty at Barrow community library from 1:30 pm – 3pm on Friday, April 13 This is a weekly group for knitters, stitchers, crocheters and other crafters of all ability levels. £1 donation suggested towards library funds. Refreshments available.
MONDAY MOVIE. Monday Movie at the Bishop Beveridge Club, 22 South Street. This month’s film is ‘ Victoria and Abdul’, on April 16.
A true story, starring Judy Dench, it tells of the unlikely friendship between Queen Victoria and a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim. Cost for members is £4 for visitors, who are most welcome, the price is £4.50. This includes tea and cake. Professionally presented on a large screen, doors will open at 1.30pm, start time is 2pm.
COACH TRIP TO HARROGATE SPRING FLOWER SHOW. Coach Trip to Harrogate Spring Flower Show on Thursday, April 26. Cost £35 to cover coach and entrance to the show. The coach will leave from Three Crowns at 9am prompt, returning at 6.30pm approx. Contact:- Tilly Yates 01509 413085 for more information or to book seats.
THE KING AND QUEEN OF UK COUNTRY ARE BACK. For Barrow’s last Centre Stage performance of the season we are incredibly lucky to host classic country music husband-and-wife team Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish in an uplifting evening of classic country music of pure gold.
Both are incredible singers, with spellbinding voices, and songwriters of the very highest calibre.
Add a 50s-60s golden era styling to the mix, and just a little knowing tongue in cheek and expect My Darling Clementine to deliver terrific countrified thrills, with every song sounding like a forgotten Nashville classicthey revitalize the country duet with a heavenly set of original songs that brilliantly evoke the spirit of June Cater & Johnny Cash and George Jones & Tammy Wynette.
The roots of their music are taken from the folk music of working class Americans, Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional English ballads and the blues.
But this show is not just for fans of county music, rather for fans of great songs, great voices and great entertainment. Friday, April 27 at 7.30pm at Humphrey Perkins Community Centre, Cotes Road, LE12 8JU.
Tickets can be bought from Barrow’s Paper Shop or the library in Barrow or by Paypal from www.busca.org.uk (you don’t need a Paypal account; just use your card).
Bought in advance of the show they cost £10, £9 (concessions) and £5 (children under 16). With the feel of cabaret, you can enjoy our well stocked bar while you watch the show. Easy parking and excellent disabled facilities.
Sileby
SILEBY METHODIST CHURCH. The Easter Service was enjoyed by a good congregation when Rev John Pugh came along to conduct the Communion Service. John has a good singing voice and Janet played the piano, thank you both so much.
Wednesday, April 4, saw Vanessa Savage from Hanson’s Auctioneers visiting for a Valuation Evening. About 10 folk came along for valuations but as this was the first time we have held this event in April that was good. Many thanks to Betty, Ann, David and Jane for all their work.
There was no coffee morning on Thursday as Brenda was indisposed but there will be one this week, 12th April from 9.30am -11am. There was another coffee morning on Saturday, 7th so many thanks for supporting this effort.
Sunday, 8th April saw Rob Newton visiting Sileby for the Service at 10.45am. As there was no pianist, Rob brought along his guitar and some of his own music. Granville, our Local Pastor, assisted with the readings and the good congregation so enjoyed the service that they applauded Rob at the end.How wonderful to receive God’s words with applause!
On Thursday afternoon at 2.00pm, there will be a funeral service for Mrs Pat Squires.
Don’t forget, on Friday, April 13, at 7pm, there is a concert by Caroline Sharpe Singers entitled ‘A Spring Serenade’.
This will be a wonderful event as they all work so hard and enjoy their singing so do come along for an evening out. The entrance fee is £5 and refreshments will be served. We look forward to welcoming you.
Next Sunday our service will be conducted by either John or Dorothy Pipet, or perhaps both, and it will commence at 10.45am.
Castle Donington
Mike Elliott 0115 937 6506 elliottnews@btconnect.com NEW PARISH HEADQUARTERS. Excitement is growing in Castle Donington as actual work starts on an ambitious programme to provide the parish council with its new headquarters in the former Tudor Restaurant alongside the main road through its area and at the same time provide a super community facility for other groups.
The project will mean the council will move from its present somewhat cramped headquarters on Hillside into what will be a major community facility to be known as The Hub.
Council chairman Coun. Chris Hills, commenting on the current situation with Castle Donington, says the village has grown into a town, with its population growing year on year.
“The commercial development in the area is relentless. If the real number of new jobs is only 50 per cenr accurate we will have an additional 4000 people working in the community or close enough to walk or cycle to Castle Donington. All this development has resulted in significant amounts of planning gain money flowing into sections of the community.”
The chairman says the doctors surgery has grown but will need to grow more to accommodate newcomers and consideration has to be given to education provision.
“As part of that development the town will have a relief road which will link the road above Hilltop to Park Lane and on to Back Lane. This will take significant traffic away from Station Rd, Bondgate and High street.
The chairman makes his comments on the council’s website and says about three years ago prior to its budget meeting the Parish Council debated its current situation and possible ways forward.
“For 10 years since the financial crash the higher tiers of local government have been exposed to significant budget cuts. According to the National Audit Office central government funding for councils has fallen by 38 per cent between 2010 and 2015 and has continued to fall. This has resulted in significant cuts in support and services offered by both the County Council and the District Council.
“The Parish Council had two choices. Either accept the reduction in support and services or use our funds to increase our support and take on some other services that we deemed important to our community.
“We unanimously chose the latter which resulted in a 50% increase in Parish Council precept. I believe this approach has been supported by our community because we received no significant objection to this increase.”
Coun Hills says it is not a coincidence that both the District Council and County Council are extolling the virtues of ‘Engaging with Communities’, ‘Community Partnerships’, and ‘Empowering Communities’.
“They are fully aware that many activities that were once their job will now only get done if communities do it themselves for free. I have issues with their choice of priorities but I do not have an issue with this approach. They have no choice, the money is no longer available. This approach has resulted in libraries run by the community, and funding cuts for our Volunteer Centre and many other worthy organisations like the Friday Club.”
The chairman says in the current climate all their local charities, groups and organisations are experiencing a triple squeeze. “All suffer from a shortage of volunteers and a reduction in funding just when local authorities are asking them to take on more work. The hub will provide a long term cost-effective base to be shared by all organisations where services can be shared. For example a single volunteer receptionist working for all groups, a single telephone system, a single photocopier, a single IT system. Shared services open longer with fewer volunteers hours. What is not to like?”
Coun Hills says the idea of a one stop shop / hub is not a new idea. “It was first proposed in a paper 15 years ago by Mick Shaw manager of the Volunteer Centre. It was supported by the Parish Council from that day. “Personally I have been working towards its creation for the last 10 years.
“The community confirmed their wish for a one stop shop via the questionnaire delivered to every home as part of the Village Appraisal.”
The chairman he was confident Castle Donington is in need of a community facility.
“Although the Village Hall committee do an admirable job of operating our Village Hall our community facilities are little better than that of Hemington and Lockington.
“The problem has always been finding a suitable building close to the centre of the community. Last year the Parish council unanimously decided that the sale of the Tudor Hotel was a once in a generation opportunity to fulfil this need.
“The new Hub will provide a home for the community library. The model used by LCC to setup the community libraries involves a sliding scale of financial support from 100% to 0% in seven years. This leaves the volunteers with the task of funding the library from donations. In particular finding the money to heat a single brick single glazed flat roofed building with a large inefficient heating system. Plus funding a photocopier, broadband, IT services, waste collection, and water rates.
“The new Hub will provide a home for The Volunteer Centre. The Volunteer Centre does have good premises in the centre of the community. However it does have similar financial commitments to the Parish Council, energy costs, rent, photocopier costs, broadband, IT services.
“The new Hub will provide a home for the Parish Council. The current building has similar overheads to that of the volunteer centre. The offices are small and the council chamber is greatly underused as it has only one purpose.
“Moving to the Hub will allow all three organisations to share one set of services and the overheads of a well equipped low energy building that has a secure future. But this is only the start.
“The offices upstairs will have hot decks which can be used by any organisation that benefit our community the meeting room and consulting room will allow NWLDC, LCC, Citizens Advice, Police etc to hold surgeries so that officers controlling facilities in our community come and see us. It will provide opportunities for the organisations to work more closely. Modern facilities available to be used by any local volunteer groups.”
“The community facilities down stairs will allow the community to develop services they need such as seniors lunch clubs, before and after school clubs, youth clubs, mother and toddler groups, health advice that we struggle to offer at the doctors surgery. We are only limited by our imagination. The function room will be large enough to act as a theatre
“It will also be a place for people to just drop in and have a chat and a coffee. Read a book or paper in the library, use the computer or WiFi.
“I truly believe this building will serve our community well for many years.”
The annual parish meeting for Castle Donington takes place tomorrow ( Thursday April 12) in the Hillside Rooms and will start at 7.30pm and it is expected there will be comment on the Hub development.