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please contact the clerk, Amanda Crocker, on 01929 472327 to put your name
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forward. The closing date is the 2 February 2018.

Grant to the Sports Club
The Council considered a grant application from Bere Regis Sports Club towards
the cost of refurbishing the patio and picnic bench area outside of the club.
Councillors voted unanimously in favour of approving the grant and are looking
forward to the parish community as a whole benefitting from the improved
facilities at the Recreation Ground.

Village Calendars
Cllr Wharf informed the meeting that the sales of the 2018 Bere Regis Calendar
had raised a profit of over £535. The money will be given to the Church to be put
towards some final costs relating to the large-scale roof improvements. The
Council would like to offer a huge thank you to the Post Office, Spar, Drax Arms,
Hair Visions, Rye Hill Farm Shop and the Pop In Place for their efforts in maximising
the sales of the calendars.
We are already working on the 2019 version and would particularly like to include
seasonal photos throughout the year, so if you have or take any photographs that
you wish to include in this, please just email them to
bryan@cheapprintingdorset.co.uk.

Bryan Benjafield

THE VILLAGE NATURE RESERVE

Background

Our nature reserve area was designated as a Site of Nature Conservation Interest
(SNCI ) in 1999. There are about 1000 such designated sites throughout Dorset and
the SNCI designation is given because of their high wildlife value. The SNCI within
our village includes the Souls Moor wet meadow and Bere Stream. We are very
lucky to have such a site running through the village and the wet woodland
alongside it.
In order to protect our SNCI for the benefit of not only the wildlife but also the
enjoyment of our village community and visitors, in 2012 Souls Moor was
purchased by Bere Regis Parish Council from a development company who had
previously acquired the land from the Debenham Estate.

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