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RUTLAND FOODBANK

COLLECTION BOX

During Covid 19 the collection box can be found in the church porch. We have now signed up to the RCC scheme, so Voluntary Action Rutland (VAR) are now collecting from the church to reduce the number of people visiting the Foodbank.

Thank you for your generosity and…please, please keep your donations coming.

Items needed at the moment include: coffee; dried potato; jam; small bags of sugar; tinned potatoes; small sponge puddings; UHT milk; tins of custard; shaving gel; washing up liquid; non-bio washing capsules; toilet roll; baby food for 7months+

Alternatively, you can make a donation to The Trussell Trust.

More information can be found at https://rutland.foodbank.org.uk/

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Leicestershire & Rutland NHS Citizens’ Panel

Please read below a letter we have received from Mr. Chauhan informing us of the new online network – NHS Citizens’ Panel.

“Dear Mr. Johnson,

Did you know that the local NHS organisations have launched a new online network, NHS Citizens’ Panel for people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR), to help people stay connected and  participate and share  views about their local healthcare service?

I am hoping that you can assist us to spread the word.  People we talk to are telling us about the great job that Parish Councils are doing at this difficult time – sharing articles, posting information on websites and also putting information on their notice boards to keep their local community informed.  We are also experiencing this for ourselves.

I would be grateful if you could display the attached poster  and use the attached article on your website and in any local newsletters/community magazines.  If you use any social media – a mention about the Citizens’ Panel would be great.

Citizen Panel Poster FINAL 21MAy2020 v2 Rutland

Citizens Panel article 150520 final (2)Ridlington

Should you need any further tools to support with promoting the Citizens’ Panel through social media such as Facebook, twitter or your internet, or you would like further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

To find out more about the Citizens’ Panel and join yourself visit www.healthcareviewsllr.co.uk

Thank you for helping and supporting your local NHS.

Kind regards
Shelpa Chauhan
Mobile: 07826 934328
Email: shelpa.chauhan@westleicestershireccg.nhs.uk”

from a letter dated 29 May 2020

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Community Medicines Collection Scheme

A LITTLE REMINDER ABOUT THE MEDICINES COLLECTION SCHEME

 

If you would like your prescription collecting, please ensure that you let me know by phone (823910) or by email (debrathatcher@hotmail.com).  We have to give the pharmacy 72 hours’ notice of the proposed collection.  The prescriptions from Uppingham are collected on a Friday.

 

Debra

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FOODBANK COLLECTION

The Next Collection Date

First, a huge thank you to everyone who has given items for the food bank collection in the church porch.  David and Anne Harvey kindly delivered the items earlier this week.  In future, Rutland County Council working with Voluntary Action Rutland will collect the items to support social distancing and limit journeys to the Food Bank.  They have supplied us with two boxes to use – they can be found on the left hand side of the church porch: they are smaller than our usual collection box but will be easier for them to collect, so please use the smaller boxes first.  We are waiting for confirmation of the next collection date but understand that it might be Wednesday, 20th May.

Items requested include:
Tinned carrots, Tinned potatoes, Smash, Jams/spreads (not homemade), Sponge puddings, Small bags of sugar (500g), Tins of meat, Tinned meat pies, Tins of custard, Full cream UHT milk, Toilet rolls, UHT juice, Small jars of coffee, Children’s toothbrushes and toothpaste.

If you are unable to access the collection point and would like someone to collect an item from you please contact me (debrathatcher@hotmail.com or 823910).  Alternatively, if you would like to donate money, you can pay direct by bank transfer to:

Account name: Rutland Foodbank

Sort code: 20-45-77

Account number: 70782629

Every donation makes a difference, so please continue to donate to help meet the increasing demands being made on the Foodbank.

Debra Thatcher

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AGENDA FOR THE RPC MEETING & JOINING INSTRUCTIONS

Notice and Summons to attend Parish Council meeting
Wednesday 13th May 2020 at 7.30 pm via Zoom
All welcome

AGENDA

  1. Welcome
  2. Public participation
  3. To receive declarations of member’s interests and consider dispensations
  4. Apologies and approval of absences
  5. To approve the adoption of revised Standing Orders (Covid-19 April 2020)
  6. To approve the cancellation of Ridlington Parish Council Annual Parish Council meeting
  7. To approve the minutes of last meeting held on 19th February 2020
  8. Matters Arising from the last meeting not listed separately in this agenda.
  9. Clerk’s report – for information only
  10. Correspondence
    a. Letter to Cllr. Thatcher from NALC clarifying making grants for charitable purposes.
  11.   To approve the renewal of annual membership of LRALC – £130.61
  12.   To approve asset register following valuation of village assets.
  13.   To approve renewal of Parish Insurance policy
  14.   Ridlington Covid-19 support
  15.   Updating Land Registry entries
  16.   Complaints re. noise from bird scarers located close to village
  17.   Complaints of 20 vehicles parked on road at mouth of Park Farm
  18.   Finance:
    a.    To approve current financial summary 31.03.20
    b.    To authorise accounts for payment since last meeting
    – Clerk’s salary April & May £196.45 x 2
    – HMRC (Q4) £136.60
    – A V Wainwright Surveyor £300
    – RCC (street lighting) £113.17
    c.    To approve payments:
    – LRALC £130.61
    – Zoom (H Duckering) £143.88
    d.    To receive the Internal Auditors Report
    e.    To approve Annual Governance Statement 2019/20
    f.     To approve Accounting Statements 2019/20
    g.    To approve Certificate of Exemption – AGAR 2019/20
  19.   Planning
    a.     To approve minutes of Planning meeting held 9th March 2020
    b.    Planning decisions received since last meeting
  20.   To agree dates of Parish Council meetings 2020/21

 

Helen Duckering
Parish Clerk
5th May 2020

This meeting will take place virtually via Zoom. If you would like to join the log in details are below:

Helen Duckering is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
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Members of the public will be invited to speak during item 2 of the agenda only and will then be observers.

 

 

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Planting of Saplings in the Ridlington Playing Field

Native Tree Saplings

The Woodland Trust has kindly donated 3 tree varieties to the Ridlington Playing Field. We were given 5 of each of Crab apple, Rowan and Hazel.

Luckily just before the national lockdown in the UK, Mike, Mariane, Ruth and Chris planted 15 samplings at the back of the Playing Field in the area that, you may have already noticed, has been temporarily cordoned off. A big Thank You to Mariane for organising the receipt of these young samplings.

A few snippets of information on the trees in case you did not already know.

Crab apple, Malus sylvestris
Crab apple is a wild ancestor of the cultivated apple with sweetly scented, pink–white blossom in spring. The fruits make a rich amber-coloured crab apple jelly.  Wildlife loves it; the flowers are a good source of early pollen and nectar for insects, particularly bees. Birds like fieldfare, song thrush, blackbird and redwing enjoy the fruits, as do some mammals.

Hazel, Corylus avellana
In spring, hazel is laden with lovely “lambs tail” catkins and in autumn it produces delicious nuts. The hazel dormouse eats the caterpillars it finds on the leaves and the nuts to fatten up for winter. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, jays and native mammals all love eating the hazelnuts too.

Rowan, Sorbus aucuparia
Are a wildlife magnet and a pretty tree in all seasons. Rowan leaves turn a lovely burnt red in autumn. In spring it produces clusters of creamy-white flowers followed by vibrant, orange-red berries in autumn. It’s bitter, raw berries are rich in vitamin C and can be made into a delicious jelly for meats and cheeses. Its other common name is mountain ash. Here too the flowers provide pollen and nectar for bees and other pollinators, while blackbirds, thrushes, redstart and redwing eat the berries.

Should you wish to find out more,  you can browse the Woodland Trust’s website using the following link. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/03/british-trees-to-plant-in-your-garden/

All in all we continue to encourage wildlife to flourish and hope that everyone who uses the Playing Field also will get some pleasure and enjoyment from them.

The photos show the planting party at the beginning of March 2020 and the growth of the samplings so far (May 6th).  We will continue to keep you updated as to their progress.

 

 

 

 

The Playing Field Planters

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VE DAY 75 – SCONES RECIPE FROM SSAFA

SSAFA would like to share an authentic VE Day recipe for scones. You may like to have a try of this for tomorrow’s “Tea in the Afternoon”?

VE DAY 75 SCONES

Ingredients:

  • 12 Tablespoons Self-Raising Flour
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • 4 Tablespoons Sugar
  • 8 Tablespoons Grated Carrot
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder
  • Vanilla Flavouring

Method:

  1. Let the butter come to room temperature so that it is soft, then mix with the sugar. Add the grated carrot in stages along with six drops of vanilla extract;
  2. Next, add the flour and baking powder in stages. As you mix, the carrots will release their moisture and bind the mixture together. Make sure all the flour is mixed in thoroughly;
  3. Break off into pieces, roll in your palm and pat down. Sprinkle sugar on the top. Pop the scones on a baking tray and bake for 20 minutes at Gas Mark 6/200C;
  4. When the scones are golden brown on top, remove them from the oven;
  5. Leave them to cool completely and serve with jam and cream.

Enjoy,

Debra Thatcher

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Rutland Water Benefice Magazine – May 2020

Due to the circumstances with regard to the current Coronavirus measures in place, it is not possible to circulate The Rutland Water Benefice Magazine in a Hard Copy format.
Therefore an electronic version has now been made available and can be accessed on the Benefice Magazine Page of the site by clicking HERE.

If you are aware of anyone in your village or neighbourhood who is unable to access the internet or does not have the means to read it on a tablet, iPad or iPhone, please kindly print off a copy or the relevant pages they would like to read.

We will continue to bring you news every month from around the different parishes.

Thank you.