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KEEP ON YOUR TOES! Surgery
Surgeries are held on the first Saturday of every month. These are held at the
Age UK Dorchester currently have places at communal Lounge in Turberville Court in Bere Regis from 09.30 a.m. to 10.00 a.m. If
next foot care clinic on Monday 22 January you have any questions or queries related to the business of Purbeck District
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at the Drax Hall in Bere Regis. The foot care Council please do come along. If anyone wants to contact me and cannot get to
clinic will offer a simple toenail cutting service for anyone who finds this task the surgery my email address is peter.wharf@btopenworld.com.
difficult. The cost will be £13.00 plus a one off charge of £13.00 to purchase your Peter Wharf - District Councillor
own clipper set.
Amy Crocker, Footcare Assistant at Age UK
Dorchester said, “Caring for your feet is so important DORSET COUNTY COUNCIL
in order to maintain good balance, prevent falls and
reduce the risk of infection. Healthy, comfortable
feet are essential especially for older people and Local Government reorganisation –
ignoring minor foot and nail problems could cause Unitary
them to get worse. Long toenails can be a real
nuisance as you get older and they are not always The Secretary of State has now given his “minded
easy to cut on your own.” to” approval and Purbeck District Council and East
Dorset District Council have now both reversed their
For more information about the clinic or to make an original decisions in the light of this approval. We are
appointment, please contact Amy on 07973 654511. left with Christchurch but I think as the only authority
For more information about other services run by Age left it will go ahead
UK Dorchester, please contact Lisa on 01305 269444.

Consultation on final mineral and waste
plans

Dorset residents can have a final chance to give their say on the county-wide
(including Bournemouth and Poole) mineral and waste plans.
The plans allocate locations for future mineral sites and waste and recycling
facilities across the county. This version has considered previous comments
received in earlier consultations.
At this stage comments are expected to be about the soundness of the plan and
their legal compliance. Guidance on what this means can be found on our
website.
The mineral sites plan allocates suitable sites for quarrying of sand, gravel,
building stones and ball clay to meet development requirements. People can
reply using our online facility, or by email or by paper form – more information is
available at https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/mineral-sites for minerals and
https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/waste-plan for waste.
Alison

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