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November 2018 November 2018
AFFPUDDLE & TURNERSPUDDLE PARISH

COUNCIL

Briantspuddle - Best Small Village
2018
Sarah Lowman and Sue Jones attended the
annual award ceremony organised by Dorset
Community Action held on 25 September in
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Cerne Abbas Village Hall, on behalf of the Parish
Council. Councillors had entered Briantspuddle
in the Best Small Village category of the
competition earlier in the year and are delighted
to have won this prestigious award. The awards now span some 30 years and
amount to a celebration of rural communities across the whole of Dorset.

The Parish Council would like to thank residents who took part in the annual litter
pick and to all those who have helped along the way. The award comprises a
plaque, which will be placed alongside the previous winning award of 2009 in
front of the shop, a framed winners certificate which will be placed inside the bus
shelter and a cash prize of £200 from Magna Housing. At its October meeting
Councillors voted to spend the £200 on litter picking equipment. Previously items
have been borrowed from Purbeck District Council but over the years the quantity
and quality of the equipment has reduced to such an extent that there were
more litter pickers than equipment available this year.

Parish Defibrillators

The parish now benefits from two defibrillators, one attached to Briantspuddle
Village Hall and a new one in Affpuddle housed in the refurbished telephone kiosk
opposite the church. To coincide with the new installation a cardiac arrest
response seminar has been organised. This is a free training session and will be
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held from 10am on Saturday 24 November at Briantspuddle Village Hall. All are
welcome.
Councillors are very grateful to David Griffith who has brought both of these
projects to fruition on behalf of the Council. His work has included securing grant
funding from Dorset County Council and the National Lottery. The Parish Council
would also like to express its thanks to these sponsors.

Southover Farm Slurry Lagoon Planning Application WD/
D/18/001035

Councillors have been in discussion with planning officers and it understands that

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