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WELLBEING Wellbeing Fair The New Year, New You event was held in the Vestry Hall and it was very busy. Several of the organisations attending have put together a paragraph on what they do, and how to get in touch with them WINDMILL Cranbrook windmill needs seven or eight stewards on duty every time we open to the public. Replacement stewards are needed each year as some retire. The Wellbeing Fair gave a good opportunity to let visitors know about the windmill, what being a steward involves and the training we give for them to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and confidence. We expect a number of the visitors who showed interest at the Fair to join us. If you weren’t able to be there it’s not too late, email volunteering@unionmill.org.uk HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HELP One You Kent can help boost your motivation or kick-start some lifestyle changes if you would like to lose weight, stop smoking, get more active or reduce your alcohol intake. We enjoyed attending the Wellbeing Fair in Cranbrook and spoke to residents about our free services including Wellbeing Walks, one to one lifestyle advice and group weight management. For more information on our services visit www.oneyoukent.org.uk or call 01892 554411. Toasty Tuesdays in the Vestry Hall! 10.00 –11.45am Join us for coffee, tea and a chat at Cranbrook & District Age Concern Coffee Morning 12.00 – 2.00pm Hot soup and a warm welcome at Wellbeing in the Weald’s Community Kitchen 3.30 – 4.00pm Hot after-school meal for primary and pre-school children Wellbeing in the Weald’s Community Kitchen Children must be accompanied by an adult Contribute what you can. Supported by local businesses, charities, Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council and Kent County Council. GUIDING As part of Girlguiding ,Cranbrook has a thriving Rainbow unit (over 20 girls aged 4-7) and a growing Brownie unit (around 30 girls aged 7-10) who meet on a Friday afternoon/evening. To sustain these units, we need adult volunteers who will help the Rainbows with their activities and/or encourage teamwork and promote independence with our Brownies, to enable the girls to develop, grow and gain confidence. We hope some on the people we met at the Wellbeing Fair (and any who are interested but couldn’t make it) will consider joining us to create an inclusive nurturing environment for girls and adults. Volunteering with us can be flexible and is rewarding with fun and friendship at the core! If you are interested in knowing more email karen.meikle@btinternet. com GARDENING WITH DISABILITIES Gardening with Disabilities Trust exists to get people gardening again, so that more people can enjoy the feel good feeling that gardening brings. We award micro-grants to purchase specialist equipment or make garden adaptations, so that gardening becomes possible despite disabilities. Although The Trust awards grants nationally, it is based in Cranbrook and we are searching for new committee members – no gardening expertise required, just an enjoyment of beautiful gardens, a sense of humour and enthusiasm. www. gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust. org.uk TEMPO SINGERS We are a mixed choir and sing a wide variety of songs in four-part harmony. We believe that singing in a group is a great restorative to wellbeing, whether one can sing well or not, and we aspire to bring joy and friendship to adults of any age. We sing on Saturday mornings from 9:30-11:00am in the Vestry Hall. More details at www.temposingers.org 12 The Cake • <strong>Spring</strong> 2023
WELLBEING KENT HIGH WEALD PARTNERSHIP (KHWP) We are a countryside management partnership and run volunteer task days across the High Weald, including at Crane Valley Local Nature Reserve. This work includes a variety of tasks from litter picking and path clearance to the annual meadow cut, managing the site on behalf of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst Parish Council. Days run from 10am- 3pm with tools and coffee break refreshments provided. Keep up to date with our work programme as well as other projects at www.khwp.org.uk. You can also contact Steph (partnership officer) at steph. dowling@kent.gov.uk if you have any further questions! INVOLVE KENT Involve Kent provides various services across Kent including social prescribing in the Weald. We took part in the wellbeing fair to share information about our services and meet members and partners of the local community. Social prescribing offers support around your non-medical needs and the service is open to all patients 18 or over who may benefit from a conversation about their wellbeing. Please contact your surgery for a referral to Involve social prescribing which is a free service funded by the NHS. CRANBROOK OPERA AND DRAMATIC SOCIETY (CODS) CODS is a long running community orientated drama company that is based in the Queen’s Hall Theatre (QHT) in Cranbrook School. Our next production will be an Easter treat as we are producing Blackadder Goes Forth, which is currently in rehearsal. After that we will start our audition process at the end of April/May for our autumn musical Made in Dagenham. All performances being in the QHT. To keep up to date with our shows and information about the Society follow the https://linktr.ee/cranbrook COACH OUTINGS ARRANGED BY THE CRANBROOK BUSINESS ASSOCIATION CBA Millennium Outings’ first trip took place in May 2000, so we’re now in our 24th year. We offer days out, by coach, covering a wide range of interests (gardens, theatres, special events etc.) throughout the year, as well as two or three holidays or shorter breaks. We are well supported by members of the communities of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, along with others who join us from villages all around. We maintain a database of some 340 names and addresses all of whom are sent details of new trips as they are launched. For further details contact Carol Gower (01580 712521) on weekday evenings between 7pm and 9pm please. THE CRANBROOK MUSEUM AND LOCAL HISTORY SOCIETY Visitors learnt about forthcoming talks, exhibitions, research facilities, publications, group visits and loans, as well as the wonderful Wheels of Time scheme for 5 to 11 year olds. They were also able to find out about some of the many ways that people can be involved as volunteers, from one-off sessions to longer and more regular support. See www.cranbrookmuseum. org for more information and contact details. The Community Kitchen Toasty Tuesdays in the Vestry Hall Age Concern and Wellbeing in the Weald have joined forces during the cold winter months to provide a warm welcome and hot food every Tuesday in the Vestry Hall to anyone living in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst. Since September, Cranbrook and District Age Concern’s Tuesday coffee mornings have been followed by a hot soup lunch, cooked and served by volunteers, and the whole community has been welcomed in. All ages are dropping by for a chat and a bowl of soup, including coffee morning guests who stay on, workers in their lunch hour and families with pre-school children. Buoyed up with the success of the lunch and the sense of community, Wellbeing in the Weald’s volunteers started providing a hot after-school tea for primary and preschool children at the beginning of January. Food is served straight after school from 3.30-4.00pm and the menu is announced the week before on the Toasty Tuesday Facebook page. One of the following dishes is on the menu each week – macaroni Cranbrook and District Age Concern KEEP FIT, COFFEE, CAKE AND HEARING AID SUPPORT! Church House, opposite the main entrance to St Dunstan’s Church, has started an ‘in chair’ keep fit class every Tuesday from 9.45–10.15am, finishing just in time join the coffee morning. The weekly coffee mornings, held in the Vestry Hall between 10.15 and 11.45, continue to go from strength to strength. Numbers are growing as new people join in and enjoy the friendly atmosphere, coffee, tea and delicious cake. The coffee morning now offers hearing aid maintenance nearly every week and free hearing aid batteries for NHS hearing aids are always available. Events are now being planned, starting with a two course lunch at the Milk House in Sissinghurst at the end of February. Visit the www. cranbrookdistrictageconcern.org for more information. cheese, bangers and mash, pasta with tomato sauce and shepherd’s pie – all followed by fresh fruit. All children under 12 who live in Cranbrook and Sissinghurst are very welcome. There’s one proviso, children must be accompanied by an adult but there’ll be a cup of tea or coffee for the grown-ups provided! There is a very special atmosphere created when a community comes together to share food and chat. None of this would have been possible without the support of the local community and financial support from Kent County Council, TWBC and local donors. A great big thank you to our four soup makers, Wendy and Julie from Larkins, Paul and the ‘Men’s shedders’, the Milk House, Carolyn, and Emma for staying on after lunch and cooking the children’s meal. A big thanks too to local businesses for supplying food and ingredients including eggs from Fridays Ltd, bread from Cranbrook Bakers and cakes from Hartley Dyke Farm Shop. Please come and join us for coffee or a soup lunch and we’d love to welcome your pre-school or primary school kids for a hot meal straight after school on Tuesdays. The Cake • <strong>Spring</strong> 2023 13
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