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raise money in support of the Village Hall Charitable Trust. COMMUNITY BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP
The applications were considered and approved by the Parish Council against its Did you know? There is a Community Bereavement Support
grant budget of £500 budget for the financial year ending 31 March 2024. Group for the Benefice community run by two experienced
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retired nurses. Sessions start on 13th February, and will be held

in the Meeting Room at The D’Urberville Centre between
Annual Parish Litter Pick 2024 10.30am and 12.00noon every Tuesday, with each course of
It is a sad fact that there is an sessions lasting
increasing amount of litter appearing six weeks.
across the Parish. Over the last If you are interested, please contact the Church office or fill in a
decade or so we have conducted an request for information (to be found in a leaflet in the churches)
annual litter pick, and this year is no and we will get back to you.
exception. The litter pick this year will
take place on Saturday and Sunday We are able to provide a place for reflection and revisiting
16 and 17 March. memories – good as well as painful ones – with other people who are also grieving.
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Equipment will be supplied including This support group is for people of all faiths and of no faiths.
gloves, high viz vests, litter grabbers office@westpurbeck.org.uk
and sturdy bin bags. These will be
available from the village hall from
9am until noon on both mornings. The
pick will be split into routes of varying
lengths so participants can select a route that suits them best. CHURCH CLEANING ROTA
The litter pick could not happen unless we have volunteers, so, please do try to
help out. Your assistance would be much appreciated. If you have any 26 February - 10 Rosemary Cleave
questions, please call Sue Jones on 07971 500333. March 2024 Sarah Trenchard
11 March -24 Nancy Gibson
March 2024 Sue Steggals
OPEN GARDENS 23 JUNE 2024 –
AFFPUDDLE, BRIANTSPUDDLE AND 25 March - 7 April Ian Ventham
Diana Ventham
2024
THROOP
SANCTUARY FLOWER GUILD
Plans are well underway for this year’s Open Gardens event raising funds for the
maintenance of the Village hall. Open Gardens is one of the major events to raise 2nd LENT No flowers
funds in the Village hall calendar and up until 2019 had been run at least every
other year. Of course the dreaded Covid got in the way over recent years but we 9th LENT No flowers
are back with a vengance for 2024.

June 24 is a busy month with 80 year D Day celebrations and fathers day but we 16th LENT No flowers
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hope the sun is going to shine on Sunday 23 June and many a visitor will turn up
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Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle website: www.briantspuddle.info 30th EASTER Sunday 31st Spring colours

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