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June 2021

provide a welcome drink, three course meal including wine and tea/coffee for £5
per head. We were able to sit 29 people down in the hall and provide a further 13
meals delivered to peoples homes where they were either specifically shielding or
didn’t feel comfortable coming out. Once again a superb team of helpers set to
and made it all possible, thank you.
Through the year the village shop has also helped us with donations towards
covering the cost of keeping the cleaner on and with the provision of hand
sanitizer helping us to be able to provide a covid safe facility.
Hopefully we are now seeing the beginning of the end of covid restrictions and as
we move forward from here I am looking forward to some great parties and
hoping that some of the ways we as a community have all come together will
continue. We have some amazing volunteers in all the organisations in our
community and working together is so beneficial to all of us. As in all times of
adversity this year and covid has brought out the best in us.
Anyone wanting to arrange a party or event in the hall, provisional bookings from
the end of June onwards are now possible and we look forward to seeing
everyone make the most of this wonderful asset we have.
Stuart Chorley , Chairman of Briantspuddle Village Hall Trustees

AFFPUDDLE AND TURNERSPUDDLE PARISH

COUNCIL

Annual Meetings
On the 5 th May, the parish Council held (remotely) the Annual Parish Meeting
which is an opportunity to all members of the community to gather and discuss
recent events and community issues.
Chairman Sue Jones provided an update, which was a reflection on the work of
organisations throughout the Parish since Covid restrictions and lockdowns began
in March 2020. Organisations had been invited to address the meeting. David
Griffiths spoke about the work of the work of the Covid-19 Community Response
Group, which was established in March of 2020 in response to the outbreak of the
virus. Reports were also heard from Ali Chorley on behalf of the Village Shop,
Stuart Chorley on behalf of the Village Hall and Liz Whatley on behalf of the
Benefice of West Purbeck. Chairman Sue Jones then read out written reports that
had been provided from the Erica Trust, Briantspuddle Community Group and
Bladen Social Club. All reports are available on the Briantspuddle Community
Website under the Parish Council section.

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