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and Wednesday, 3 rd June 2020 have been cancelled.
The meeting on Wednesday, 1 st July is due to go
ahead as normal. If there are any changes a notice
will be put in Focus, the Community Centre
Newsletter and a poster in the Community Centre.
FRIENDS OF NEW MILTON: The Bingo night originally
scheduled for Friday 29 th May has been cancelled.
MEN’S GET TOGETHER: It is with regret that it has
been decided to cancel the April and May MGT
meetings and to postpone the AGM that was due to
take place in the April meeting.
MILTON UKULELE STRUMMERS KLUB: All meetings
cancelled until further notice.
NEIGHBOURCARE NEW MILTON: The current
unprecedented situation made it necessary for our
committee to hold an emergency meeting
recently. To begin with, in view of a rather uncertain
future, our planned move to other accommodation
has been put on hold, and our present landlord is very
kindly allowing us to remain where we are for the
time being. Secondly, our office routine has been
shattered due to hospital cancellations, clients
cancelling their bookings, office volunteers having to
self-isolate, and our drivers (many over 70!)
understandably being reluctant to transport clients to
hospital. At the same time, we are most anxious to
keep our vital service going for as long as humanly
possible. Accordingly, whilst the office is now
temporarily closed, Manager David Whittington will
maintain a “mini service” with the cooperation of
some of our wonderful drivers - mainly catering for
clients needing ongoing, repetitive treatments and
shopping for those who can’t get out and about. A
revised message is on our answer phone. Please call
either David or Phyllis (as indicated above) if you are
in any difficulty. We will, of course, monitor the
situation as time goes on, bearing in mind
Government directives and what we can sensibly
continue to do to serve this community.
Contacts: Chairman Phyllis Inglis, 01425 615069;
pcinglis27@gmail.com; David Whittington, 01425
611662, neighbourcarenewmilton@gmail.com
NEW FOREST QUILT GROUP: The New Forest Quilt
Group has cancelled it’s meeting for the evening of
Monday 6 th April.
NEW FOREST PLAYERS: Provisionally we have
postponed our next production ‘Curtains Up’ until the
15 th - 18 th July at Ballard PAC.
NEW MILTON BAPTIST CHURCH: The Church regrets
that it has cancelled all the Wednesday morning Drop
-in sessions and Church Services until further notice.
NEW MILTON & BARTON ON SEA FLOWER CLUB:
Have cancelled their monthly Tuesday meetings at the
Barton on Sea Methodist Church until further notice
and also the outing on the 16 th June to Motisfont.
NEW MILTON CARERS’ SUPPORT GROUP: With a
heavy heart monthly meetings of the Support Group
have been cancelled until further notice, For further
information please contact Maggie on 01425 614714.
NEW MILTON TOWNSWOMEN’S GUILD: The
Townswomen's Guild meetings have been cancelled
for now and at the moment the next one will be in
June. If things change we will advise you. For further
Guild information please contact Mary 01425
547608.
NEW MILTON STROKE GROUP: Closed until further
notice.
NEW MILTON U3A : The Meeting scheduled for April
22 nd has been cancelled.
PAST ROTARIANS & ASSOCIATES CLUB: Meetings
cancelled for the foreseeable future.
SSAFA VETERANS CLUB NEWS: As we all struggle to
come to terms with social distancing, self-isolation
and a lack of toilet rolls, I thought I would update on
the VE75 Veterans’ Tea Party.
It has been a privilege to talk to so many of you who
have rung in to register and we will certainly be in for
a very fun afternoon when it eventually happens! I am
amazed at how many of you still have such incredible
recall of some of the events during and after the war
years, when I have trouble remembering what I was
doing last week.
Unfortunately we cannot run any of the SSAFA Social
Club Tea Parties for the time being but will start these
up again as soon as we are all allowed to gather
together once more.
I will be calling you all personally over the coming
days to make sure you are aware of the new proposed
date for the Tea Party, Saturday 15 th August, but also
to check that you have access to some support in
these troubled times. I know many of you manage
extremely well yourselves but just be aware that if
you do need something you are very welcome to call
the SSAFA number.
For any veterans who still haven’t registered for the
VE75 Tea please do call me if you would like to join us.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sue Larking. New Forest SSAFA
newforest.division@ssafa.org.uk 07712 569016
ST MARY MAGDALENE PARISH CHURCH. All drop-in
Coffee Mornings and Church Services have been
cancelled until further notice.
Provisionally circumstances permitting, the Annual
Parish Fete is still scheduled to be held in the Rectory
Gardens from 2.00 p.m. on Saturday 26 th July.
TIPTOE: The Wednesday Coffee mornings organised
by the Tiptoe Community Group have been cancelled
as has the Tiptoe May Fayre scheduled for the 9 th
May.
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