Issue 62 October 2017 Village Eye
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Local Officer is<br />
Plodng !<br />
We know that the Armed<br />
Response Vehicle team at<br />
Three Mile Cross Police<br />
Station is filled with heroes,<br />
but word has reached us about one in<br />
particular. PC Tyrone Powell is planning<br />
to walk from Land’s End in Cornwall<br />
to John O’Groats, Scotland - while he’s<br />
off duty on annual leave, of course - to<br />
support a national mental health charity.<br />
PC Powell will be raising money by walking<br />
around 25 to 30 miles each day, covering<br />
approximately 1000 miles of the UK! Wow.<br />
The plan is for the challenge to take between<br />
35 and 40 days.<br />
This epic walk is due to take place next year on<br />
27 April 2018. PC Powell will be taking the trip<br />
completely alone, completely unsupported,<br />
with only the contents of his rucksack and will<br />
sleep in a tent each night.<br />
This challenge is in aid of the charity Mind<br />
which runs a Blue Light Programme. The<br />
Blue Light Programme provides resources,<br />
advice and support for members of all of<br />
the emergency services and their families.<br />
They also provide peer-to-peer support to<br />
colleagues in need by training Blue Light<br />
champions in the various emergency services.<br />
PC Powell told us, “Mental ill-health is<br />
something that can affect anybody at any<br />
time; especially within the emergency<br />
services, where we can be exposed to<br />
horrendous experiences which can stay locked<br />
up within the confines of our minds and seldom<br />
shared or spoken about with others.<br />
“By undertaking this walk, I’m hoping to help to<br />
tackle the stigma around mental health issues<br />
and promote the service that Mind offers to<br />
our extended emergency service family, as<br />
well as the service they provide to the public.”<br />
I’m sure you’ll join us in wishing PC Powell<br />
the very best of luck and if you would like to<br />
support Tyrone’s fund raising, please visit:<br />
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/<br />
tyrone-powell-00<br />
Happy 100th Birthday to the Lions<br />
This year, Lions Clubs International is celebrating its 100th year of Service and is the<br />
world’s largest and premier International Voluntary Service Organisation. Our local<br />
Lions Club, Loddon Valley Lions Club, currently has 37 members drawn from all walks<br />
of life. Their work in the community has been continuing in abundance across <strong>2017</strong><br />
and last month was no different. September saw the Loddon Valley Lion Club’s 23rd<br />
annual Charity Golf Tournament take place at Bishopswood Golf Course. Eighteen<br />
pairs competed and the event raised £1500. The beneficiary of this amount was St.<br />
Michaels Hospice in Basingstoke who provide the highest quality palliative care. Lion<br />
President Peter Haggith presented the cheque to the Hospice representative who<br />
gave a very informative talk on the running of the organisation.<br />
Teenage Imperfections<br />
Local teenager, Paige<br />
Heath has taken her first<br />
steps to a musical career<br />
by launching her debut<br />
album. Having started<br />
singing at the age of six,<br />
the Hurst Community<br />
College student, who<br />
is now 15, has already<br />
played Basingstoke Live,<br />
The Tadley Tea Party and<br />
Basingstoke Beer Festival.<br />
More importantly, she<br />
went down a storm at<br />
Basingstoke Live and<br />
earned herself a new army<br />
of new fans.<br />
Impressively, Paige writes<br />
her own material and<br />
says that song writing<br />
comes quite easily to<br />
her. She has been writing<br />
songs since she was<br />
just eight years old and<br />
has composed a large<br />
back catalogue of music.<br />
Recording an album was<br />
initially Paige’s mum’s<br />
idea. She suggested it to<br />
Paige, knowing how much<br />
music she had created<br />
over the years. Paige’s<br />
singing teacher and friend,<br />
Simon Driscoll, also<br />
played a key role and gave<br />
his support and guidance<br />
to getting her material<br />
recorded. So Paige took<br />
the leap and has now<br />
released her debut album,<br />
Imperfections.<br />
Paige accompanies<br />
herself on her ukulele,<br />
an instrument which she<br />
learned at school. She<br />
was inspired by<br />
a YouTuber she<br />
discovered called<br />
Doddie who also<br />
plays Ukulele and<br />
sings. The ukulele is<br />
enjoying a massive<br />
surge in popularity<br />
in the UK and Paige<br />
has found that the<br />
sound of the Ukulele<br />
matches - even<br />
enhances - her songwriting<br />
style.<br />
You can purchase<br />
Imperfections by<br />
visiting Paige’s<br />
Facebook page<br />
at facebook.com/<br />
PaigeHeathMusic.<br />
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