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October 2019 October 2019

A NEW TENANT FOR THE VICARAGE IN BERE S137 and S133 Grants
REGIS! Each year the Parish Council has set 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 of Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle. This year the Parish Council had
At the beginning of October, we welcome the Reverend Sandra Williams to our budgeted £500 for such awards.
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community. On the 2 October she will be licensed and installed as an Associate The parish Council received two applications a summary of both are produced
Priest in the Benefice of West Purbeck of which St John the Baptist and St below;
Laurence’s are now part.
Sandra and her husband, Graham, will live in the Vicarage and she will take most Applicant Purpose of How the proposal will benefit the Parish or all Quotation
of the services in Bere and Affpuddle. However, she will be a member of the team and amount the grant or some of its inhabitants
and will also take services in other churches, usually once per month, in the applied for
Benefice in the same way that our Rector, Carol Langford and other Associate
Priests, will take services in our two churches. Affupddle A new large Local residents are buried in the £899
PCC mower to churchyard and it is important to
Sandra will not work full time. She will work 3 days in the week and on Sundays. On cut the their families that the grounds are
the three days a week she is not working, urgent duties will be carried out by A grass in the well maintained.
either Rev. Carol Langford or one of the other Associate Priests. This means that contribution large
from the community’s point of view, there will always be a priest available if of £200 (or churchyard. It is a beautiful situation and a facility for
needed. It also means that we do not ask our clergy to do too much but allow whatever the The all, people often take time to just sit
them time off, which we all need. Sandra will normally work Wednesdays, PC feel previous and think by the river.
Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Contact details for the Rector and other clergy appropriate). mower is Mowing and strimming is needed to
will be found in the Parish Magazine. beyond maintain safe access to all areas.
repair.
We all appreciate this has been a time of transition and change, something that
will continue for a short while to come as everyone settles into their new roles and BVHC To purchase The annual deep clean is currently carried £750
the future plans for the benefice emerge. Thank you for bearing with us. Please a floor out manually by volunteers. This is
join us for the service on 2 October to welcome Sandra as a new member of our A scrubber to an arduous task and not fully
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team. contribution clean the effective.
of £700 non-slip
Elizabeth Whatley, Stephen Sanderson, Sarah Welton, Joan Naylor Benefit comes from easing the work load
flooring in of volunteers and maintaining the
Church Wardens the village village hall, a parish asset, at the
hall.
highest possible standards.

Councillors voted to approve a grant of £200 to each organisation to support their
respective applications.
Councillors would also like to take the opportunity to thank all volunteers who work
so hard throughout the parish in support our community.

Refuse Collection – Recent interruption to normal services
The Parish Council has been in correspondence with Dorset Waste Partnership
about the recent interruption to normal services. A combination of staff

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