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Calling all past Saturday morning Brownies……..

This is not only a special year for GirlGuiding as we celebrate our Centenary, but also marks sixteen years since 3^rd Verwood Brownies was re-opened in July 1994. If you have been a Saturday morning Brownie during our sixteen years or even earlier, when the pack was first formed in the 1970’s, we would love you to join us at our Birthday get together.

We are holding a coffee morning on Saturday 24^th July from 10:30 to 12:30 and invite you all to drop in and bring along copies of photographs to put in our “Memory Book”.  So please mark the date in you diaries, contact your old friends and join us for a trip down memory lane, all friends and family welcome.

For further information please contact Brown Owl (aka Mary Selby)

07919 911582 or email maryselby@talktalk.net

Friends Wanted

Why not join us on our monthly visits to

 Poole Lighthouse to hear this brilliant orchestra.

Coach pick-up points through 
Verwood, Three Legged Cross, Ashley Heath & West Moors.

Call us on 01202 824959 NOW For full information and 2009/10 programme

 
VERWOOD AREA GOOD NEIGHBOURS

Over 50 and need safe transport to clubs, doctors, shops etc or for medical appointments.
Volunteer Drivers can help.
Clients will be asked for a small donation to be put into a provided envelope and can be cash or cheques payable to V.A.G.N.
All drivers are CRB checked and can only handle the donation envelopes - not cash or cheques.
Ring on of the facilitators on 07593 373580 on a weekday between 10 a.m. and 12 noon to book a driver.
You can book up to 2 weeks ahead. Driver availablility is not gauranteed but the Facilitators will try and match your requirements.

Over 50? Need some help or information.

Your local wayfinders have a huge list of contacts and information and can point you in the right direction for specialist help and advice about all of these questions and many more.

For FREE, impartial and confidential information contact:

Wayfinders are part of Dorset POPP and managed by Age Concerns in Dorset.

MUGA PROJECT

(Verwood) Multi Use Games Area

Active Games for All is a group of Verwood residents who formed a committee with the intention of fundraising for a multi use games area in the town (MUGA).

The facility is being proposed for the corner of the Memorial Ground in the centre of Verwood and would be situated behind the Memorial Hall. The group is independent of the local council and is chaired by local resident Pat Morrow.

A consultation was held on the 4th April 2009 in the Memorial Hall to give the public an opportunity to vote on their favourite design and talk to members of the committee as well as different exhibitors and see to how the plans would affect the Memorial Ground.

The aim of the group is to provide a facility that all members of the community will want to use. This includes facilities for older residents, as a result, the consultation will feature exhibitors with equipment specifically designed for older residents to try. Active Games for All do not wish to encroach upon any existing users of the Memorial Ground and were keen to show the public that the proposed MUGA will easily coexist with the other activities that already take place in the ground.

Contact - Simon Gibson  07977510943 or email cllr.gibson(at)hotmail.co.uk .

VERWOOD MEMORIAL HALL 
GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION
(Opened 9th May 1959)

Over the past four years there have been a large number of improvements made to the Verwood Memorial Hall.

On Saturday, 9^th May 2010 – exactly 50 years since the unveiling of the plaque and the inaugural ceremony at the hall, the Committee held a celebration and exhibition to mark the Golden Jubilee.

Wanted - Old Photographs etc.

The Committee are looking for photos taken at events at the Memorial Hall over the past 50 years that could be copied and displayed, or used to compile a souvenir and kept in the archives.

Photos can be sent by email to pamron(at)talktalk.net or post to Mrs P Reeks, 49 Moorlands Road , Verwood BH31 7PD with a stamped addressed envelope if you wish the original to be returned.

Were you there 50 years ago when the Memorial Hall was inaugurated?

Then the Committee would like to know so you can meet up with others who were there and you may be able to recognise yourself in a photo of the audience taken at the time.  If you have been an Officer on the Committee or a long-serving member, then also get in touch – contact Angela Daymond (01202) 822549 or email : mike(at)aspen.plus.com.  

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Verwood Area Fiftyplus Forum

An independent ACTION Forum for people aged 50 and over

Including Alderholt, Chalbury Common, Cranborne, Edmondsham, Horton, Mannington,
Three Legged Cross, Wimborne St. Giles and Woodlands

Forum Meetings are normally held every 3 months

at The HUB from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 
Refreshments are provided for a small donation, 
Want to know more about meetings? Contact Dave Hazel one 07793 988744 or Hilary Foggo on 07891 351766 .

Problems getting to the meeting? The Good Neighbour Scheme may be able to help. Call 07825 206058

Volunteers Needed

In a new initiative, the partnership of WRVS and Dorset County Council are piloting a ‘self-referred’ meals service – so that people who fall beneath the Local Authority ‘eligibility criteria’ can have a hot meal delivered.

 As numbers and uptake increases, we will need additional volunteers to assist us to deliver this new initiative.

 If this opportunity appeals to you and you have 2 hours a week to spare between 11.30 -1pm, any day of the week, anywhere in the County -  please contact the WRVS Dorset Food Manager for more details.

 Contact Marion on 01305 269184 or 07714 898 627

marion.webb(at)wrvs.org.uk 

Library books Delivered to your door 
for FREE

Verwood Library wants to hear from residents who are housbound and would like to have books delivered straight to their door. The service is FREE and avialble to all ages if you are unable to leave the home due to disability, illness, or if you are caring for someone that cannot be left alone. 
For more information please phone Verwood Library on 01202 822972 or visit http://www.dorsetforyou.com/libraries .

Music Grants for Older People

The Concertina Charity makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. The charity is particular keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. 

The trustees of the charity review applications on 31 January, 30 April, 30 June and 31 October.

Website:http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/

Age Concern Dorchester - (Registered Charity No. 204974)

Rowan Cottage, 4 Prince of Wales Road, DORCHESTER. Dorset. DT1 1PW

Tel/Fax: 01305 269444

E-mail: forums@acdorchester.org

www.acdorchester.org

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