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Village Voice June/July 2020
CLUBS
& SOCIETIES
P&TG Guides & Brownies
Hello VV readers! Most importantly, I hope that
this report finds you all well. It has been an
incredibly challenging time for us all in so many
ways. I hope that in the not too distant future I
will be able to write about our units and packs
reopening and our girls enjoying being reunited
and working on activities together. Such simple
things that we all took for granted.
In the absence of unit meetings, I set up a
Facebook page called Kind Hearted Notes
https://www.facebook.com/Kind-Hearted-
Notes-112103930417196/ to try and set up links
between local care homes and children so that
they could write or draw pictures for the
residents. It doesn’t have to just be children
though! If you have the time to share a note,
picture or photo I know it will be gratefully
received.
I wanted to wish you all very good health,
and to leave you with an extract from a poem I
wrote for my Grandad’s funeral after
contracting COVID-19.
“And while the world around us has been
turned upside down; You slipped away, without
a sound. Yet our planet sings with renew, as we
battle with this virus for survival; I hope you got
to hear it before you went, the sweet song of
nature’s revival.” Katie Barrell
P&TG Scouts & Beavers
Despite this all consuming Covid-19 crisis, we
are continuing with the day to day stuff when
and where we can. The Group had stopped
having any committee and pack meetings. That
said we have had a few virtual Zoom / Skype
sessions which work well. The Scouts with their
families all joined together for a successful fun
virtual meeting. All very different but it works
well and the Scouts & their families will
confirm it was fun. The Scout association have
put a lot of work into their web site with loads
of activities / things to do, have a look and
check it out. See the link scouts.org.uk. We can
all communicate safely using technology. Now
the bad news one of our Beaver colonies is in
danger of extinction. It has been on the
endangered list for a while now. We can’t let
this happen. We must be able to find some more
support. We know there are people out there in
Penn & Tyler’s Green and beyond who could
join our Group. Perhaps you and a friend could
volunteer as a job share. Be a Helper or leader,
experienced or just keen and willing to lend a
hand. Closure would be so cruel, the young
boys and girls in the village deserve the chance
to discover the fun and learning that is all part of
being a Beaver and going up into cubs, Scouts
and beyond. Please contact us before it’s too
late, this is more than just a cry for help.
Jumble Sales. So, our Spring Jumble Sale had
to go the way of all other meetings or groups of
people coming together. Fingers crossed our
next sale will be able to take place being much
later in the year but at this stage who knows.
Please put the date in your diary/calendar just in
case. We will confirm as soon as we are sure.
Saturday 10th October at the Village Hall, doors
open 12.30. We hope to see a big crowd there
on the day. Paul Wicks, 07879668244, ptgscouts.org.uk
Morning WI
Hello everyone and I do hope that whoever is
reading this is keeping well.
Needless to say the Morning WI has not got a
lot to report. We are keeping in contact with
members a lot of whom live alone but generally
everyone is keeping busy. It would seem the
online keep fit classes are doing great business!
We had a plea for laundry bags for the NHS
so some of these were duly made and many
more spare pillow cases were collected and sent
to a central point to be made up.
As we know, all this is a total unknown
quantity and when we shall have another
meeting we have no idea. I don't think it will
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