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and the Townsend Business Park and houses, in order to get feedback on the BERE REGIS WI
possibility of moving the gate which is currently at the edge of the Sports Club car
park, further down to the junction with the last house in Townsend and the road to
the Shell Garage. The reasons behind this are to hopefully improve the safety of Like the schools, it was back to normal for Bere
the residents in those houses at Townsend, who have offered to pay some of the Regis WI in September. For our first meeting after
costs for moving the gate themselves. The consultation had a mixed response but the summer break, local artist, Marilyn Allis, gave
we will continue to consider all options, take further traffic engineering advice and us a short watercolour painting demonstration. In
ensure that opinions from all those involved are taken into account. only an hour, Marilyn was able to convey the
‘rules’ for watercolour painting while effortlessly putting them into action

producing a beach scene featuring her daughter as a child at Weymouth beach.
Community Assets
Following on from providing a short notice ‘emergency’ afternoon tea for 36
In the light of recent events at the Sports Field, the Council discussed the possibility touring members of the National Trust at the end of September, October seems to
of adding some of the local businesses and amenities on to the Community Asset be a food themed month. At our monthly meeting, The Watercress Company, will
Register. This would ensure that in the hopefully unlikely event that any of these be telling us everything we didn’t know we needed to know about growing and
businesses could no longer continue, the Community would have an option to selling watercress. Why not join us on 16 October 2019 at 19:30 at the Sports and
make an offer to purchase and continue to run them. The clerk is looking into the Social Club to be learn more about this nutritious local crop and share a hearty
registration process and checking what type of assets can be registered. bowl of watercress soup?
We’re also pleased to be hosting the Woodbury Hill Group Harvest Supper on 30

Donation from Mid-Summer Bere Fest October 2019 at the Scout Hut. This event is held biannually for the Woodbury Hill
Group of WIs (Bere Regis, Milborne St Andrew, Not Just the WI (Lytchett Matravers)
The Council generously received a generous donation of £50 from one of the stall and Sandford) and provides a great opportunity for members of our local WIs to
holders at The Mid-Summer Bere Fest and were asked to choose which local get together for a friendly catch up and to share ideas.
organisation to grant it to. We unanimously decided to award it to the Carers
Group, run tirelessly by Mechelle who organises events and meetings for local To round off the food related activities for the month, the Lunch Club will visit The
carers to help them continue the fantastic support they provide. Scott Arms in Kingston on Thursday, 3 October 2019.
Stitch and Twitch will continue its new

programme of open meetings on Wednesday, 24
Environment Group Reorganisation
October 2019 from 9:30am to noon at the Bere
Regis Sports Club. Despite this author’s short but
We have now split our Environment Group into 2 smaller groups, to help give
better focus to specific areas. The Wildlife Conservation Group will consist of Amy vocal campaign to continue the food theme into
Yeats, Councillor Tony Bates and Mike Gee, with a new Parish Amenity Group this session (appliqué apple block anyone?), this
formed, consisting of Councillors Robin Pitcher and Laurie Fairhurst, to focus more month we’ll be continuing our more sensible and
on the Park, Rights of Way and Street Furniture around the village, and to provide straightforward project to create a quilt for
support to the Lengthsman. We always welcome more volunteers though, so if you Project Linus UK – a charity that provides new
wish to be involved with either of these groups, please contact the Clerk, Amanda homemade quilts and knitted blankets for sick
Crocker, for further information. and traumatised babies, children and teenagers.
As usual, all materials and equipment will be

provided, together with light refreshments.
Purchase of Speed Indicator Devices (SID) Please do join us for what is usually a very jolly
and enjoyable session.
Recently we have been discussing the option of purchasing a portable Speed
Indicator Device in order to try and reduce the speed of vehicles in certain areas For details of future meetings or further information about the WI, please contact
around the village. In order to do so, we need to have some traffic surveys carried Di Pitts on 01929 471322 or Moira Mathers on 07900 906278. You can see more
out by Dorset Council, who will shortly be fitting survey strips at various points about our past meetings and activities on our Facebook page @BereRegisWI.

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