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CHURCH NEWS

 

Please see the rota at the back of the magazine for January’s pattern of services across the Rutland Water Benefice. St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew’s, Ridlington remains open for private prayer on Sundays and Wednesdays 10am – 4pm;

You can still access the weekly services on YouTube or Facebook;

Church flowers: A huge thank you to those who decorated the church for Christmas this year, including: Karen Baines; Louise Fox; Anne Harvey; Sue Hatcher; Jane Moubray; Jan Powley; Pat Roome; Liz Simpson and Debra Thatcher;

Church cleaning rota: thank you, this month, to: Karen Baines and Anne Harvey.

 

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ADDITIONAL FOOD BANK COLLECTION – DECEMBER 30TH

Due to the growing numbers of people accessing the Food bank we have been advised that an additional collection will be made from the church porch on Wednesday, 30th December. 

We have been asked to provide items  store cupboard items to help re-stack the shelves such as:

UHT milk;

Long-life juice;

Tinned peas;

Tinned carrots;

Fray Bentos pies; and

Microwaveable steam puddings.

Thank you for all you have given to the Food Bank this year.  Please continue to donate generously.

Debra

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COVID-19 UPDATE, FRIDAY DECEMBER 18TH 2020

We want to keep you updated about Rutland’s response to coronavirus and other important news. You’ve receive this information because you previously told us you’d be happy to get updates from Rutland County Council. Please share it with friends and family who may find it helpful.

Please note, this is the final weekly update of 2020. Updates will recommence again on Friday 9 January 2021.

Please click on the following link….

https://mailchi.mp/6911f8cd6fda/covid-19-latest-news-5113489?e=85edba0215

 

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DOORSTEP CAROLS & HAMPER RAFFLE

Hello all,

Just a quick reminder that we are holding our Doorstep Carols and hamper raffle tomorrow evening at 6pm.

If you haven’t got your tickets yet (£1 for a strip of 5) please place donations in an envelope with your name and address and deliver to either Louise Fox, Margie Wall, or myself, Anne Harvey. Tickets will be allocated and confirmed by Wednesday.

Thank you for donations to go into the hampers and we look forward to seeing you tomorrow, in fine voice and with your warm clothes and festive fayre!

Best wishes,
Anne, Louise and Margie

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CHANGES – CHRISTMAS BIN COLLECTIONS

Christmas, bank holiday and severe weather collection information

We will collect your waste as normal on all Bank Holidays, apart from those at Christmas and New Year.

All other collection days remain the same unless disrupted due to bad weather or vehicle problems.

Disruption due to severe bad weather
If the weather is very bad, such as heavy snow, we may not be able to collect your bin safely. When this happens we need you to leave your bin out until we can return to empty it.

If your bin hasn’t been emptied within 24 hours of the normal collection day, we will collect a reasonable amount of extra waste or recycling when we do come to empty the bin.

Please leave this waste or recycling in a bag by the side of your bin. We won’t be able to empty your bin if the lid is not fully closed.

Where there are delays due to bad weather we sometimes need to cancel Green Bin collections to catch up.

Christmas and New Year 2020
Over the Christmas and New Year period some of the bin collection days will change. Please check the information in the table below so you know when to put your bin out for collection. We are not able to return to collect your bin if you forget to put it out or if you put it out on the wrong day.

These changes also apply to properties on the separate farms and lodges collection round.

USUAL COLLECTION DAY;           NEW COLLECTION DAY
Monday 21st December;               Saturday, 19th December
Tuesday 22nd December;             Monday, 21st December
Wednesday 23rd December;        Tuesday, 22nd December
Thursday 24th December;            Wednesday, 23rd December
Friday 25th December;                  Thursday, 24th December
Monday 28th December;               Tuesday, 29th December
Tuesday 29th December;               No Change
Wednesday 30th December;         No Change
Thursday 31st December;              No Change
Friday 1st January;                          Saturday, 2nd January
Monday 4th January;                      Normal service resumes

 

Additional blue bags
We will supply you with a blue bag for any additional recycling you have over the Christmas period. Please put this bag next to your grey recycling bin on collection day. No other side waste will be taken.

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COVID-19 UPDATE – FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11TH 2020

We want to keep you updated about Rutland’s response to coronavirus and other important news. You’ve received this because you previously told us you’d be happy to get updates from Rutland County Council. Please share it with friends and family who may find it helpful.

Please click on the following link…

https://mailchi.mp/94b1831b8c09/covid-19-latest-news-5110189?e=85edba0215

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DOORSTEP CAROLS

WHEN? Wednesday, December 16th, 6pm

WHERE? Your doorsteps! Or why don’t you come along to Main Street? (Remember to stay in your household bubble, social distancing and the rule of 6. Don’t forget warm clothes, and some festive food and drink!)

HOW? Sing along with the radio! Tune in to RADIO NORTHAMPTON on 104.2 FM, 103.6 FM

Download your carol sheet and find out more at: www.doorstepcarols.co.uk

REMEMBER! The Christmas Hamper raffle and more prizes…

 

Contact Louise Fox, Anne Harvey, Margie Wall for tickets.

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CYBER AND FRAUD AWARENESS

I recently attended a Zoom presentation given on behalf of Leicestershire police on the subject of Cyber Security.  I had heard a lot of it before but had never heard mention of a website which can be checked to see if your account has been the victim of a data breach, which might lead to your passwords and email addresses falling into the hands of cyber criminals.  There’s a lot of sensitive information linked to your email address – credit card details, important personal information etc.

The website is www.haveibeenpwned.com.  When you insert your email address the site will indicate if there is any chance of your account having been compromised in a data breach.  A good feature of the site is that you can select “Notify Me” which means that if there is a possibility of a breach you will be emailed which would give you an opportunity to change your password for the affected site.

By way of reminder, if you receive an email which you are not sure about, forward it to the Suspicious Email Reporting Service at report@phising.gov.uk and if it is a suspicious text forward it to 7726.

More helpful hints can be found on the National Cyber Security Centre’s website – www.ncsc.gov.uk.

Debra Thatcher