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etc did not benefit from the late rains as they were already ripening when the Grants for people and communities in Dorset Council
rains came. This will result in higher food prices this winter, especially bread and
biscuit products and of course meat products, which rely on barley being a major Grants are now available to help improve the lives of people living or working in
part of the animals rations during fattening. Dorset. Cultural, sporting and community organisations can now apply for money
from Dorset Council’s Leisure Development Fund. We award small grants to
On this note I will say goodbye for now and God Bless you all. voluntary, not-for profit community organisations and Town and Parish Councils.
This is to support the development of: the arts, museums and heritage, outdoor
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play, village halls, sport – all for the direct benefit of people living or working in
Dorset.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available. Applications can be made for up to 20 per
cent of a project’s cost and the money can be used for one-off or capital
projects. More details are available at the Dorset Council website or you can
contact Dorset Council’s Leisure Department by email or by calling 01305
252250.The closing date for applications is 31 December 2020. Decision letters will
be sent to all applicants in February 2021.
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Financial support for people

Your editor fouled up last month! needing to self-isolate
The final paragraph of this story
This article is printed in good faith, as
was truncated, so profuse
grant regimes are changing so fast.
apologies to Paul. Here is the
remainder of that article. People on low incomes who are told by
NHS Test and Trace to self-isolate – either
A historic athletic event took place due to a positive Covid-19 test or being
on 6 May 1954, in Oxford, in front of in contact with someone who has tested
th
three thousand people. This was positive – may be entitled to financial
when Roger G Bannister ran a record support during self-isolation. Since 28
-breaking, sub four-minute mile. September, people across England have
been required by law to self-isolate if
Norris McWhirter (BBC commentator), apparently teased the stadium crowd, by
delaying his announcement for as long as possible. “Ladies and Gentlemen, here they test positive or are contacted by
is the result of event number 9, the one mile: first, number 41, R. G. Bannister, NHS Test and Trace. Breaking this law
Amateur Athletic Association and formerly of Exeter and Merton Colleges, Oxford, could lead to a fine of between £1,000
with a time, which is a new English Native, British National, All-Comers, European, and £10,000. When self-isolating, people
British Empire and World Record. The time was 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds”. As the must not leave the house for any reason.
final words came out of McWhirter’s mouth, the stadium erupted into a They must not go to work, school or any
cacophony of fervour. other public spaces. Any exercise should be taken within the home, and friends or
family should be asked to buy food or other essentials. Residents who receive
If decimal time had taken a grip of the world during the French Revolution, there benefits that have been told to self-isolate but are unable to work from home,
would not be a four-minute mile. Dr Roger G Bannister, prior to commencing a losing income, are eligible for a Test and Trace Support Payment of £500.
brilliant career in Investigative Neurology, would probably have contented himself
with being a jogger. You must be currently receiving Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, income-
based Employment and Support Allowance, income-based Jobseeker’s
Paul J Openshaw (June 2020) Allowance, Income Support, Housing Benefit and/or Pension Credit and have
been told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace.

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