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is not easy but add to that COVID-19 and the
challenges only increase. Manager Steve Burton
said “We always want to provide a place that the
members of our community can regard as their
home, indeed we’re all one big family. We can
only achieve this through the dedicated team
here led by our Head of Care, to whom I’m
eternally grateful.”
Each day is different with the team applying
the government’s guidelines while at the same
time seeking to ensure that all the residents are
safe and comfortable in these unsettling days.
Colin Hutt, Chairman of the Trustees said “We
are so grateful not only to the in-house team but
also to the doctors and staff at Penn Surgery and
at the Pharmacy. These are difficult times, but
it’s so encouraging to see the way that people
rally around to support us, and for this we are
most grateful”. Tim Marshall
Village Care
As far as Village care clients are concerned, we
have just one requiring active support, who is
taken to and from Wycombe Hospital twice a
week for treatment. Both driver and patient
wear masks. Other clients know that we are
“open” during our normal telephone hours and
will endeavour to help in whatever way possible
although with many of our volunteer drivers
over 70, we have had to suspend the usual lift
service. Telephonists, freed from their normal
duties of answering the phone and finding
drivers to take clients to various places (medical
appointments, dentists, hairdressers, shopping
etc) are phoning round clients in order to check
that they are managing and to have a chat. Both
clients and telephonists have enjoyed getting to
know each other a bit better.
Five Village Care volunteer drivers are
supporting our Penn Pharmacy by taking the
medication to the homes of those who are self
isolating. Each weekday, the duty driver picks
up prescriptions and drives them round to the
relevant person. Arrangements for this home
delivery service are made via Penn Pharmacy
(Lansdales). Highfield Surgery clients should
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ask their doctor to send their prescription to
Lansdales in Penn.
We have postponed the Village Care Open
Gardens afternoon until Sunday 13th September
from 1:30pm to 5:30pm. Meanwhile, Ruth
Powell has set up a Facebook page to which all
gardeners, not just Open Gardeners, are invited
to post pictures of their lovely gardens/flowers
for us all to enjoy. This can be found at www.
facebook.com/PandTGOpenGardens Paul Breeze
Penn Pond Waders Golf Society
Our government has announced that golf
courses can reopen subject to the 2-metre social
distancing rules. Whilst this is very welcome
news, play is restricted to a 2-ball.
We were deeply saddened to learn of the
death of Frank Holder in Spain back in March.
Frank was one of our founder members and a
hugely popular figure within our Society. Many
Penn residents will remember Frank fondly. He
always had the ability to make everyone laugh
around him. He will be greatly missed. We send
our sympathies to Lesley and his daughters.
Against such an uncertain background, it
remains hard to plan any of our 2020 events
with any degree of confidence. We shall have to
wait and see whether golf clubs will allow
societies back onto their courses over the
coming months. As things currently stand, our
next events will be at Berkhamsted GC on 5th
June 2020 and at Henley GC on Friday 10th
July. Please see our website for any changes to
our 2020 event schedule .
Our May tour to Northern Portugal has had to
be postponed until November. Whether the
current 14-day quarantine rules for flights will
still be in place by then remains to be seen.
If you are interested in joining our friendly
Society or coming along as a guest at any of our
future events, please contact our Secretary Bob
Teuton on 07973 137446. We look forward to
welcoming some new Waders at some of the
great golfing venues that we have got booked as
soon as we can resume. For details, please visit:
pennpondwadersgolfsociety.com John Horton
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