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April 2023                                                                           April 2023

       POP IN PLACE NEWS                                                                    BERE REGIS WI

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        Good Friday 7  April Easter Bonnet                                                  We  are  nearly  at  the  end  of  the  WI  year  with
        Parade and Egg Raffle 10am – 12noon at                                              next  month  (April)  being  our  Annual  Meeting.
        The Village Hall                                                                    That  means  it  is  time  to  think  about  becoming
                                                                                            President,  Secretary,  Treasurer  or  a  Committee
        It’s time to get  making those  Easter  bonnets again  and                          Member to help run your WI. We work as a team
        come and join in the fun on Good Friday morning. Donations of Easter Eggs would     so a full compliment of eight members widens the variety of knowledge, skills and
        be  very  welcome  for  our  raffle,  please  drop  them  off  at  the  Hall  on  Friday   ideas. Please think hard and join us as you will get so much pleasure and fun as
        Mornings.                                                                           well as helping others in the village. Please contact our President, Mrs. Dian Pitts,
                                                                                            (01929 471322 ) if you wish to join us at our monthly  meetings at the Bere Regis
        There will be a children’s and an adult bonnet competition so get busy and make     Sports Club on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 7. 30 pm.
        those beautiful bonnets.                                                                                              Our  "speaker"  from  Dorset  Ginger  last
        We look forward to seeing you and enjoying one of our popular annual events, all                                      month was most interesting and amusing.
        are most welcome.                                                                                                     It  is  a  local  Company  from  Lytchett
                                                                                                                              Matravers who supply award winning non-

                                                                                                                              alcoholic  drinks  containing  ginger  of
        Pop In Place AGM Friday 12  May 10.30am                                                                               course  all  over  the  country  and  locally
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        The Pop In Place will hold its AGM please do come along if you are interested in                                      can be purchasd from Holme Nursery.
        all the work we do, we would love to have some new volunteers and committee                                           We  were  able  to  sample  all  the  different
        members.                                                                                                              drinks from Sicilian Lemonade, Apple Juice
        Please  do  give  me  a  call  if  you  want  to  know  more  about  what  we  do.  01929                             with a ginger kick, Original Ginger, Strong
        472023                                                                                                                Ginger,  Extra  strong  Ginger  and  Extra
                                                                                                                              Strong  Ginger  with  Cinnamon.  Some  of

                                                                                                                              these  samples  left  us  gasping  for  breath
        Pop In Place Movement to Music Classes                                                                                and caused lots of laughs but it was a very
                                                                                                                              enjoyable   evening   and   we   could
        The classes will take a holistic approach to wellbeing.  They are primarily designed
        to promote physical health by helping people of all ages and abilities stay or get   purchase  all  the  different  items  which
        more  active,  improve  overall  fitness,  muscle  strength  and  joint  flexibility  using  a   did also include a book with suggestions
        combination  of  chair  based  exercises  and  dance/gentle  aerobics  based        for  "ginger"  cocktails  and  recipes  for
        ones.  Over time I will be creating some simple routines for some of the exercises   ginger  drizzle  cake  and  dorset  apple
        as this can help with cognitive functioning.   All  the exercises will be to music to   cake.
        promote mental health and well-being and where possible, movements can be
        adapted so that people with movement limitations can still join in. There is also no   Our  SoupaSandwich  lunch  was  well
        pressure on anyone to do all the exercises and if anyone wants to sit out any of    attended  for  its  first  "outing"  and
        them  they  will  be  very  welcome.  The  classes  will  be  in  a  friendly  relaxed   members seemed to enjoy a chance to
        atmosphere where everybody will be made very welcome.                               chat and lunch. All being well we hope
                                                                                            to repeat this mini event after Easter.
         The classes are 45 minutes in duration and will be held every Monday from 11am-
        11:45 at the Village Hall.                                                          Ten  members went to the Tivoli Theatre
                                                                                            in  Wimborne  for  the  performance  of
        The cost is £4 per class payable on arrival at the hall                             "Bedroom Farce" and agreed it was an
                                                                                            enjoyable  afternoon's  entertainment.

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