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10 PLEASE HELP ELAINE FELL RAISE £1000 FOR CHARITY Me and my best mate Debs together with Ruby her little terrier-cross are going to walk the entire Cornwall Coast Path during September – all 273 miles of it! We are by no means the fittest of people and it will be quite a challenge for us. To give us the incentive to keep on walking we want to raise as much money as possible for our chosen charities: The reason why… THE STROKE ASSOCIATION, CANCER RESEARCH, and THE BRITISH HEART FOUNDATION Over the past two years I have lost two very close friends - Jayne Stark, who you all know, died so young and so very suddenly of a brain haemorrhage and Nigel Grace, (Paul’s best friend), aged just 49 who lost his life in a very tragic accident. My dad has also recently been very seriously ill with Cancer, but thankfully he is now in the early stages of remission. So in memory of my two dear friends, and to thank all the hospital staff who are helping my dad I have decided to try and raise £1000 for the above charities. A website has been set up on the ‘just giving’ site if people would like to help us achieve our goal. You can choose which charity you would like to donate to or alternatively you can donate to ELAINE directly if you are not able to go on line or would prefer not to. www.justgiving.com/teams/2madbirdsandadog (There is also a sponsorship form in the White Hart Pub, if you would prefer to sponsor me this way) Thank you for taking the time to read this request. UPDATE FROM ST TEATH KEEP FIT CLASS Since my last article in the June 2012 edition, I am pleased to report that there has been more interest in the Keep Fit Class and three new people have come along, experienced the class and decided to join us. It would be fantastic if even more of you were able to do the same. The classes vary from week to week – starting with a warm up to increase the heart rate and stretch various muscles, moving onto a mixture of leg strengthening work, stomachs, pilates moves, circuit training, bone strengthening moves, upper body strengthening and followed by a cool down of stretches and/or Tai Chi. There is something for everyone’s keep fit & wellbeing. Our situation remains that unless 11 people commit to the class by paying up front at the beginning of each term, then the uncertainty of incoming finances means that we will not be able to continue in September. Currently there are 13 of us who attend (5 of whom commit each term) but unfortunately either due to illnesses, work commitments or other, we rarely seem to have the full quota at each session. We would love to see the number of attendees increase in order to keep the class going. On writing this, we have three more sessions left for this term in July, (we meet on Thursday mornings at 9.30am – 10.30am in the St. Teath village hall) however I appreciate that you won’t actually get to read the article until August, by which time we will have broken up for the “summer” holidays. I would therefore like to appeal to anyone who would definitely be interested in joining the class starting in September to contact me, in order that I may collect numbers. If enough people can commit, then the class could be given the lifeline we have been looking for. Please call me, Rachel Caddy on 07770 788186, I look forward to hearing from you.
11 LETTER TO THE EDITOR With reference to last month’s letter regarding Church Hall bookings, the following background information may be of interest. The people of St Teath did indeed make significant contributions towards the refurbishment of the Hall especially in the early stages. Some £5,000 was raised at the time and had it not been for the sterling efforts of the village then it is doubtful whether the project would have got off the ground. However the vast majority of the £175,000 required came from sources outside the village: mostly grants plus a loan from NCDC. In addition there were some very generous donations from sympathetic benefactors. As some of the grant-funding agencies were anxious to include wider input into the running of the hall, a new Management Committee with members nominated from hall users was appointed to run the day-today affairs, instead of the Parochial Church Council as before. Hence it is often referred to these days as the Village Hall although it remains the property of the Church. In recognition of the tremendous support the people of St Teath had given to the refurbishment project , it was established from the outset that wherever possible concessions would be made to local people and village groups. One such benefit was that tables and chairs would be supplied free of charge for village events and a very reasonable charge of 50p per chair and £1 per table would only be levied in cases of private hire. In respect of the Jubilee Celebrations this was clearly a village event and if tables and chairs were available they should have been willingly provided. Unless there has been a recent change of policy by the Committee, whoever decided otherwise was acting without authority and although they no doubt felt they had good cause and reason they might perhaps wish to reconsider this decision. Incidentally no new tables were purchased as part of the refurbishment. Existing tables were in good condition and some additional ones were donated by the Community Centre. The new chairs were bought by the Pirate Trust, a charitable arm of Cornwall’s pirate FM radio station. As regards a charge for the Hall itself people should be aware that a reservation prevents anyone else from using it so charges are valid even if people subsequently do not use the venue. In practice though, unless revenue has been lost, charges would normally be waived if the hall were not used. In the case of the Jubilee celebrations it seems doubtful that anyone else would have wanted the hall at the same time so again I would hope the Committee might wish to rethink the matter in the interests of good community relations. KEN MUTCH Ex Treasurer, St Teath Church Hall Pre School, Stay and Play and Baby Groups As we approach the end of another very successful pre-school year, we would like to say a big thank you to all those who have supported us so well – parents, friends, and the community. The help they give is much appreciated. We are saying goodbye at the end of term to ten of our children who are all moving on to St Teath Primary School. They have been making visits to the school over the past few months and have already become familiar with the new environment. We send best wishes for a happy move to ‘big school’ to Alfie, Andrew, Blu, Kayleigh, Kiya, Lea, Paige, Ruby, Rosie and William. We have had visits this term from the RNLI , the Police, and a Lollipop Lady, giving the children an opportunity to learn about the role these people play and how they help us. One of the highlights was sitting in the police car, turning on the flashing lights and sirens, and trying out handcuffs for size! Sadly, our Mini Olympics sports day fell victim to the weather, but we did manage a visit to the Aquarium in Newquay where a good time was had by all. You can see examples of the children’s creative work in the village over the summer at the Carnival, the Flower Festival and the Village Show. If you would like more information about the Pre-school, Stay and Play or our Baby Group please ring Sarah on 01208 851548.
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