eNewsletter 5th June 2016

AT A GLANCE – WHAT’S ON IN MINSTEAD JUNE 2016

Parish Council meeting Mon 6th June 7.30pm Old Surgery

Women on Wednesdays Wed 8th June Members only

Her Majesty the Queen’s Official Birthday Saturday 11th June

Minstead History Group 8pm Tuesday 14th June Social Club

Beat Surgery 4pm Monday 20th June Village Shop

Village Lunch 12.30pm (not 2.30!) Tuesday 21st June BYO to Keepers Cottage

Summer Solstice Circle Dancing 7.30pm Saturday 25th June Study Centre

Minstead Makers 6pm Thursday 30th June Furzey Tea Rooms

 See below or the Village website for further details of these and future events.

 BEAT SURGERY

4PM Monday 20th June at the Village Shop

Come along and meet our new police team.  This is an opportunity to raise any concerns you may have with them informally.

To keep informed about future dates for Beat Surgeries, events and incidents in the locality sign up to Hampshire Alert by visiting https://www.hampshirealert.co.uk/

ALL SAINTS CHURCH

Visit https://newforestparishes.com/about/minstead-church/ for All Saints services and events.

CELEBRATE THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY AT MINSTEAD CHURCH

“Open Church” will be held this Saturday 11th June starting at 10am.  Light a birthday candle, decorate a birthday cake, ring one of our church bells, find out a little about your village church, walk the churchyard trail, meet some of the church family.

Keep a look out for posters round the village!

BYO VILLAGE LUNCH 21ST JUNE

Fiona Crosthwaite-Eyre has suggested that people might like to continue meeting during the summer months for a ‘Village Lunch’ and has offered to host the June lunch:

12.30pm Tuesday 21 June

Picnic Village Lunch

Chez Fiona: Keepers Cottage, Brook

Bring your lunch and a chair!

Tel: 023 8081 3140

Would anyone like to offer to host a bring-your-own-lunch on 19 July, 16 August or 20 September? If so please contact Polly: 8081 2375 or clerk@minstead.gov.uk.

From October, we shall resume meeting for lunch in the Trusty Servant.

 AUDITIONS FOR AGATHA CRUSTY AND THE VILLAGE HALL MURDERS

      Auditions for parts in this play are taking place on Wednesday 6th July 2016 at 7.30pm at Hill Close, Minstead. Please advise Helen Bennett (023 8081 2358 or helen.bennett@yahoo.com)  if you are interested in auditioning for a particular part and if you will be attending.

      If you are interested in a particular part and can’t attend please also let Helen know.

      MINSTEAD FLOWER SHOW SOCIETY

The Society is looking for volunteers to join the Committee and help run Minstead’s the famous annual Flower, Fruit and Vegetable Show which takes place each year on the first Saturday in September.  This is a rewarding but not too onerous task so if you are interested please contact the current Honorary Secretary, Janet Mitchell on 023 8081 3484 (jm4mfs@btinternet.com) or Steve Cattell on 023 8081 3574 (steve_cattell@hotmail.com).

 NEW FOREST ARTS FESTIVAL 11TH-26TH JUNE

      Visit the NPA website to find out about a wide range of activities to celebrate the New Forest’s landscape, culture and arts community at exciting events across the Forest!

       NFDC INFORMATION BULLETIN

For those interested, the NFDC Information Bulletin for May 2016 can be accessed clicking here.

 NUISANCE BONFIRES & GARDEN WASTE DISPOSAL

This is the usual annual midsummer request that you be considerate about when and where you have a bonfire.  It is not friendly to smoke out your neighbours (especially on hot summer days and evenings when windows may be open) and also you may be creating a health hazard.

It is perfectly reasonable to have the occasional bonfire but a bit of thought and care about the time, the location and the weather conditions can minimise any unpleasant side effects and avoid upsetting your immediate neighbourhood.

Alternatively, if you have trouble disposing of garden waste then you can join the NFDC’s Garden Waste Scheme which is an easy, affordable way for New Forest residents to dispose of their garden waste.  Bags are collected once a fortnight and composted at a Hampshire facility.

Click here for further information or ring 023 8028 5000.

Alternatively you can take garden waste to the local household waste recycling centre.  Click here for further information or ring 0845 603 5634.

If bonfires are causing a nuisance then it is possible for an Abatement Order to be served upon the person responsible, owner or occupier of the premises (as appropriate) requiring the nuisance to be abated.  Failure to comply with an Abatement Notice is an offence and legal proceedings may result.

For further information about how to make a complaint

see Nuisance Bonfires on the NFDC website

 or ring the Environmental Protection Section on 023 8028 5411.

 PLANNING APPLICATIONS

There are no new planning applications for Minstead this week

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