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September 2019
CHURCH AND VILLAGE September 2019

ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS THE BISHOP’S LETTER

Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info God’s World, Our Business
Over the summer I have read two important reports. The
first was a report by the Food, Farming and Countryside
Ancient Order of Andrew Jones 19 Louise Road, andrew@jones Monthly Turberville Court
Foresters Court Dorchester, DT1 2LT er.freeserve.co. 1st Monday - 7.30 pm Commission set up by the RSA. That executive summary
Prospect 6575 uk of the report starts ‘Our future depends on the land. The
land nourishes and supports us. It provides for our
Autumn Leaves Sylvia Bayliss 472697 sbayliss194@ou Monthly - Scout Hut
tlook.com 2nd Wednesday @ 2.30 pm nutrition, our health and our wellbeing. Food and
farming, depend critically on the fate of the countryside.
Bere Regis Bell Ringers Adrian 471774 Normal practice night -
Standfield Wednesdays 6.30 p.m. to Those who live and work here are the stewards of this
Jenny Clifford 7.30 p.m. relationship but the responsibility for it rests with us all.’
The report highlights the urgency for us to recover and regenerate nature; and to
Bere Regis Book Group Janet Gilpin 01929 First Tuesday of the month
471829 at 2.30 p.m.. Various restore health and wellbeing to both people and planet. Decades of policy to
locations produce ever cheaper food has created perverse and detrimental
consequences. The UK has the third cheapest food amongst developed
Bere Regis Primary Wayne Roberts 471334 Southbrook office@berereg Pre-school and Primary
School and Pre-School - Headteacher Bere Regis is.dorset.sch.uk School for pupils aged 2+ countries, but the highest food insecurity in Europe. It calls for radical change, the
BH20 7DB to 11 years development of sustainable systems, an investment in skills and rural infrastructure.
Bere Regis Floral Group Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ 2nd Tuesday at The second report ‘Counting lives’ comes from the Children’s Society. It highlights
Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com Winterborne Kingston
village hall the exploitation of children for criminal gain, particularly through the ‘county lines’
model of distributing drugs around the country through the use of dedicated
Bere Regis Gardening Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ Monthly. Drax Hall mobile phone ‘lines’ and called for statutory agencies to have access to
Club Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com 1st Tuesday. 7.30 p.m. appropriate resources to identify and support victims. There are some children
particularly vulnerable to exploitation particularly those growing up in poverty,
Bere Regis Strollers Lynda Crisford 471180 11 Bitchams Mead Michael.crisfor Every Tuesday 10.30 a.m.
BH20 7ND d@btinternet.c Bere Regis Car Park having learning difficulties, being excluded from school or a looked after child and
om
there is increasing evidence that primary school age children are targeted.
Bere Regis Junior Pat Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage, peterwharf@bti Second Sunday of every
Church West Street nternet.com month in Church 10.000- All these issues are not just words on paper, but our issues, involving people in
11.00 a.m. Wiltshire and Dorset. They involve God’s world and God’s children, and force us to
Bere Regis Parish Ian Ventham 471480 Wateredge, 5A Monthly, Drax Hall look at ourselves and our churches to see what we can do. Both reports are
Council Chairman Shitterton, 2nd Thursday shocking in their own way, they call for us to look outwards, to see with eyes of
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faith what is happening in our towns and villages, our countryside and farms, our
Bere Regis Sports Club Andy Kent 471079 94 North Street andy@contact. Village football and cricket economy and social provision and to speak and act.
Cricket Herbie Swann 472812 go-plus.net teams for all ages
Football I hope that as a diocese we can partner with others in taking forward some of the
recommendations of these reports and contribute towards a better world and that
Bere Regis Swimming Bob Holman 01305 Camelot, Affpuddle bobdiholman@ 5.15 p.m.—7.00 p.m. at the
club 848262 DT2 7HH btinternet.com Purbeck Leisure Centre, as individuals and churches we continue to think
Wareham
about life around us and respond as we are
called to do. Acting with care and compassion
Bere Regis Wildlife Tony Bates 471563 The Beeches, tonybates19@g Meetings arranged as and
Group Barrow Hill mail.com when and speaking up for justice, equity and those
Mike Gee 07759 mike.n.g@outlo whose voices are seldom heard.
884942 ok.com
Bere Regis Scout Liz Teather 01929 lizteather@hot Wednesdays 6 - 7 pm
Group (Beavers) 471216 mail.com 5¾ - 8 years
Scout Hut, Elder Road
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