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IMPORTANT – MEMORIAL HALL CAR PARK DISRUPTION

November 16, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

The electricity supply to the hall has now been restored by Western Power Distribution, following a short-lived, recent problem.

However, there is a hole in the car park which will not be made good until Monday. It does not restrict access and only takes out a couple of spaces BUT great care is advised to hall users. Accordingly, it would help if you could ask anybody who will be attending events such as the ‘Churchfitters’ performance on Sunday 18th November to park at Holywell Stores. This will leave the Hall parking for the less able-bodied. The owners of Holywell Stores have kindly said that this arrangement is OK with them.

With apologies for any inconvenience!

pp Charles Harrington, Chairman, Hall Committee

Memorial Hall

ROAD CLOSURE – Challons Combe to Bowls Cross: 17-21 Jan 2019

November 14, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Traffic Notice- Challons Combe to Bowls Cross

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TRAFFIC NOTICE – TAPFIELD CROSS – BOWLING GREEN CROSS: 21-23 Jan 2019

November 14, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Traffic Notice- Tapfield Cross – Bowling Green Cross

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ROAD CLOSURE – MARINE DRIVE, BoS: 22-26 Nov 2018

November 14, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Traffic Notice- Marine Drive

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First Aid, Health and Wellbeing Training

November 14, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Devon Communities Together

First Aid, Health and Wellbeing Training
at the Devon Community Learning Academy

These excellent courses will ensure that your organisation is fully up to speed with first aid, health, safety and wellbeing issues that your colleagues and clients could face …

15th, 19th November or 11th December – Level 3 RQF Emergency First Aid at Work
What to expect: This one-day course is excellent for anyone who wishes to learn emergency first aid life saving skills.
Location and prices: Sidholme Hotel, Sidmouth Exeter from 09:15 – 16:15. To book and for further information about pricing, please contact Amplio Training direct on the link below.
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21st November – Seated Vitality Chair Based Exercise Train the Trainer
What to expect: Age UK Devon offers a comprehensive Seated Vitality Training Package for staff, volunteers and individuals who wish to engage with and support groups of people, or individuals, with compromised mobility to engage in chair based exercises.
Location and prices: Devon Communities Together, Exeter from 09:00 – 16:00. £86.83
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29th November – Safeguarding Adults
What to expect: Legislation such as the Care Act 2014 means you need to understand and develop your workforce in order to prevent abuse and to recognise and respond effectively. This course is suitable for organisations, groups and community centres that have a duty of care in protecting adults who are at risk of harm or abuse.
Location and prices: Devon Communities Together, Exeter, from 09:15 – 12:30. £49.10 for members of Devon Communities Together, £59.88 for Charities, Community Groups or Parish and Town Councils that are not members of Devon Community Together or £76 for Private Sector organisations and Statutory Local Authorities
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29th November – Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
What to expect: The course includes the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) – a set of checks that aims to make sure that any care that restricts a person’s liberty is both appropriate and in their best interests. People working in social care must have an awareness of and be able to implement this act in their daily practice.
Location and prices: Devon Communities Together, Exeter, from 13:00 – 16:00. £49.10 for members of Devon Communities Together, £59.88 for Charities, Community Groups or Parish and Town Councils that are not members of Devon Community Together or £76.00 for Private Sector organisations and Statutory Local Authorities.
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Various dates – Fire Warden and Fire Extinguisher Training
What to expect: Devon Communities Together is working in partnership with Devon and Somerset Fire & Rescue, which is a provider of first-class fire warden and fire extinguisher training with all courses being delivered by 2 serving fire fighters.
Location and prices: This bespoke course can be held at a choice of Devon locations. Price is dependent on specific requirements.
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If you have any questions about these courses please contact us on 01392 248919 or email info@devoncommunities.org.uk

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BIGBURY BOWLS – SUSPENSION

November 13, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts
BIGBURY BOWLS – SUSPENSION

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Neighbourhood Plan meeting 10th Nov 2018 – StAnn’s Chapel housing development

November 10, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

The presentations and site plan for the proposed NP development at StAnn’s Chapel are available in the DOCUMENTS section of the NP GROUP: Click on Neighbourhood Plan tab on front page of website then >DOCUMENTS > select CATEGORIES or scan list of documents

NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
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MUD, MUD – GLORIOUS MUD!

November 7, 2018 Leave a Comment Written by Stuart Watts

Have you ever been up to your neck in that black, gluey and smelly mud which abounds in the upper reaches of the Avon Estuary and around the salt marsh areas – thinking you might never escape its clutches and, somehow, might have to call the Coastguard for rescue if only you could get your hands free of the stuff? If so, you might want to withdraw your curses and instead sing its praises, rather like the old Flanders and Swan song – “Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud” – because, with the recent renewed level of interest in global warming, that black goo has now been reinvented as ‘Blue Carbon’.

Click on this link for a mud bath! YOU CAN SKIP THE ADVERTS! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QW85kfakJc

For an aerial view of some of the estuary mud, click here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ekZu202ZZo#action=share

According to the website at BlueCarbonPortal.org., ‘Blue carbon’ is the carbon stored and sequestered in coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, sea grass meadows or inter-tidal salt marshes. These valuable ecosystems hold vast carbon reservoirs; they sequester atmospheric CO2 through primary production, and then deposit it in their sediments. In fact, most blue carbon is found in the soils or sediments beneath the vegetation.

The rates of carbon sequestration and storage are comparable to (and often higher than) the sequestration rates in carbon-rich terrestrial ecosystems such as tropical rainforests or peatlands. Unlike most terrestrial systems, which reach soil carbon equilibrium within decades, deposition of carbon dioxide in coastal ecosystem sediment can continue over millennia. However, when these coastal ecosystems are degraded or destroyed they can become carbon dioxide sources due to the oxidization of biomass and organic soil.

Because coastal ecosystems do contain substantial amounts of carbon, and because this carbon is in danger of being released, they are important in mitigating climate change. Unfortunately, however, the rate of loss of mangroves, seagrasses and saltmarshes (driven mostly by human activities) is estimated to be among the highest of any ecosystem on the planet, prompting international interest in managing them more effectively for their carbon benefits.

Although the Avon Estuary’s contribution to carbon sequestration may be small on a planetary scale, that contribution to conservation strengthens the argument for its designation by Natural England as one of the new Marine Conservation Zones and for the inclusion of the embryonic salt marsh at South Efford within its boundary.

Those anaerobic bugs thriving in the mud, locking up carbon, could be the saviours of our planet. Disturb them at your peril!!! GLORIOUS MUD indeed!

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