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26 The Parish Magazine - May 2021 Please mention The Parish Magazine when responding to advertisements TREAT YOURSELF TO A SPRING STAYCATION from 17th May 2021 at info@thegreathouseatsonning.co.uk 0118 969 2277 l www.greathouseatsonning.co.uk Bright and Fresh The Professional Carpet, Upholstery, Curtain and Leather Cleaning Specialist. 0118 9883026 ~ 07956137308 www.brightandfresh.co.uk info@brightandfresh.co.uk Plumbing & Decorating Service Complete Project Refurbishment Repairs to Bathroom Suites, Showers Toilets, Basins, Radiators and more ... Full Interior and Exterior Decorating Reliable, Clean and Efficient DAVID SHAILES 0770 860 2442 i.plumber@btinternet.com www.iplumberuk.com Interior & exterior blinds, shutters, awnings & screens Always excellent service and great value www.blinds-reading.co.uk Call John at Blinds Direct on 0118 950 4272 johndacre@blinds-reading.co.uk
around the villages PACT seeks key worker adopters The Parish Magazine - May 2021 27 Would you like a picture of your pet? Adoption charity Parents And Children Together (PACT) is appealing for people from key worker professions to consider adoption. The agency would like to hear from key workers — nurses, teachers, police officers, social workers, doctors, ambulance staff, child minders and care workers — because their professional experience and skills typically make them strong adopters. They are also valued by local authorities when looking for a good home for children in care. PACT began helping families over 100 years ago when Bishop Francis Paget held a passion to address the vulnerabilities of needy families living in the Oxford Diocesan area in 1910. Today it is rated by Ofsted as outstanding. Last year it placed 89 children with 66 families through its adoption services. INCREASING NEED Throughout the Covid pandemic, children have continued to be placed in care and the need for adoptive families is increasing. PACT is open to couples or single people, those from the black and minority ethnic communities and LGBT+ who can consider adopting children over four years old, sibling groups of two or more, children with a black or minority ethnic background and children who may have physical or learning disabilities. PACT holds regular information events where anyone considering adoption can find out more about what’s involved in the adoption process and hear from an adopter about their own experiences. To book a place, call: 0300 456 4800. For more information about PACT: http://www.pactcharity.org Ben Wickes on unsplash.com New project to start for local female voices From September there will be a new choral venture for female voices led by local music teacher and choir director, Suzanne Newman. 'The Project Singers' will undertake a series of choral projects starting with A Night at the Movies. This will run from September to March 2022 and culminate in a concert at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts on 26 March. Songs include: City of stars, We have all the time in the world, Deep in the meadow, God help the outcasts, Hopelessly devoted to you and Fame. There will be a junior group for girls, 10-18 years, with rehearsals on Sunday evenings, 6.15-7.45pm, in Charvil Village Hall. The senior ladies group will rehearse in the hall on Mondays, 8-9.30pm. Auditions for both groups will be held on Zoom in May and June. For more details, contact Suzanne on 0118 934 0589 / suzanneynewman@ btinternet.com Sow for victory! It's time to sow and plant this year's prize winning vegetables — that's the message from the Sonning Village show organisers who are planning this year's show on Saturday 11 September at Sonning CofE School. Let's hope for good growing weather and bumper crops. The show schedule will be published in about two months. Pearson Hall AGM The Pearson Hall Annual General Meeting will be in the committee room on 30 June 2021, at 6.30pm for a 6.45pm start. Everyone who uses Pearson Hall is welcome to attend. Janette Crouch has been using lockdown to take up her paint brushes again and has been painting other people's special pets, some of which are shown above. In return the owners have made donations to charity. Janette is now offering to do the same for people who would like a painting of their favourite pet. She suggests a £30 minimum donation for St Andrew's Church. You can contact her on: janette.crouch1@btinternet.com
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