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May Meetings
The Annual Parish Meeting - This is not a Parish Council Meeting. It is a meeting
with the purpose of raising and discussing parish affairs. All residents are welcome
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to attend and it will be held on Wednesday 9 May at Briantspuddle Village Hall
from 7pm.
The meeting is an opportunity for the Parish Council to report on the activities it
has been involved in throughout the year. In addition, other organisations have
traditionally offered their own reports.
An Agenda for the meeting will be posted on the Community Website and
Noticeboards.
The Parish Council AGM - This meeting will follow The Annual Parish Meeting.
The Parish Council May Meeting - This meeting will follow The Parish Council
AGM.
Annual Grants Under Section 137 and 133 of the Local Government Act
1972
Each year the Parish Council sets aside a sum of money which can be applied for
by local organisations for projects which will be of benefit to residents within the
Parish.
Last year the Parish Council received grant applications from Briantspuddle
Village Hall Committee and the PCC of Affpuddle. Awards were made as
follows;
PCC of Affpuddle - Purchase of materials and equipment to maintain the large
churchyard. Maintenance and repair of churchyard mowers and purchase of a
new mower to replace a worn-out machine. The award approved was for a sum
of £250.
Briantspuddle Village Hall Committee – To help fund improvements to the kitchen
in the Village Hall, including better cooking and washing up facilities. The award
approved was for a sum of £750.
Grant applications for the coming year are invited by 30th June 2018. A copy of
the Parish Council’s Grant Policy and an application form can be found on the
Council’s website.
The Council has a budget of £1,000 for awards to be made and has already
received enquiries from the following organisations;
 Citizens Advice Bureau
 Artreach Dorset
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can remember. His contributions to the church and to the village have been
enormous, from churchwarden to postmaster to historian to visitor to countless
people who were sick and needed ‘a bit of something from the allotment’ to
cheer them up. It is difficult to think of any aspect of Bere Regis life that he was not
in some way involved in. And of course, all the while, he was helping Mary to
continue to participate in and enjoy all the many activities that are part of our
community.”
Jon added: “He was a scientist, but he became a very committed historian, very
keen to pass on the excitement he felt in his local history discoveries to anyone
who was interested or might benefit.
“He had a very engaging manner that almost instantly came across to individuals
and to larger audiences. He had an un-rehearsed way of speaking which came
over as ‘fresh news’ even if he had spoken about it many times before.
“He was particularly dedicated to the history of the bells and the bell tower –
witness his books and ongoing research into very old parish magazines and other
records.
“His interest in our church history lead him to establish the ‘Guides’ with which he
persevered even if weeks went by with almost no takers. To John, it was worth it if
just one individual benefitted in a whole year – a dedication I appreciated even if
I gave my own time more sparingly!
“His historical side pops up again and
again with his ‘Following in George’s
footsteps’ and in ‘Well, Well, Well!’
There is not much that Captain John
could not tell you about the tower and
its bells. To mark the Millennium in 2000
he researched the first 500 years of the
tower and published ‘Tower 500’.
“When I first joined the band, Adrian
would ring the fifth and John the sixth
bell and together they added a
completely together ‘bong, bong’, that
followed the wildly variable first four
bells with metronome-like precision and
held everything together.
“John was the Tower Captain for longer
than most of us can remember. He was
taught to ring by Tom Woolfries, who
was also the clock-winder, churchyard
tender and flag-raiser. John joined our John England teaching in 2004
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