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October 2022 October 2022

VILLAGE HALL BERE REGIS WI

Hall Bookings Summer has now gone for another year and
what a hot one we had. The gardens have
If you want to book the Hall , both of the rooms are £10 suffered terribly especially the grass and I am
per hour ,please phone… sure the farmers have welcomed the heavy rain
VILLAGE we have had in the last few days (but not the
Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528 or email thunderstorm though)!
popinplace@gmail.com HALL

We are happy to show you around if you are not familiar On Bank Holiday Monday - a
sunny
day
lovely
thank
with the building. goodness - the Cricket Club
The Hall need all the bookings we can now to help it survive, please consider welcomed the team from
using this village facility. Essex, plus their families, who
come every year to play
various matches in Dorset. We

Fancy a game of table tennis were asked to supply the tea
for the Club and we duly laid
As part of our bid to try to generate some income for the Hall we are able to offer out a vast variety of food -
family table tennis sessions, if you are interested in hiring it the fee is £10 per sandwiches, sausage rolls and
family for an hour. cakes - which were soon
book. devoured. I think Bere Regis
Please telephone 01929 472023 to
but
an
match
the
won
enjoyable day was had by both teams and onlookers.
On a more serious note it is impossible not to notice the effects of climate change
across the world but the WI is shouting louder than ever about protecting our
planet. This Summer the NFWI was invited to talk at the United Nations 2022
Ocean Conference in Lisbon. It is the first time in many years that
The village hall is an ideal venue for
myny village activities the WI has received such international recognition and it really shows the power
of our collective voice.
September means WI Day and the 16th September is a chance for us to
celebrate our organisation, everything we stand for and everything we have
achieved. At the present moment the WI are campaigning on the issue of
modern slavery, stem cell donors and something close to our personal lives - do
we become a cashless society? This may be good for the Banks but does affect
the normal public, especially those without a Bank account.
On the 21st of September we are celebrating a special occasion to remember
one of our dearest members but a full article will appear in the next Parish
Magazine to tell all about it.

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