1 Issue no. 51 August 2015 Published by St. Day Parish Council Copy date for next issue is 14th October. Please see inside on page 5 More news— see page 6 inside! In this issue Proposed Pharmacy Parish Council News W.I. Cornwall Councillor Clock Tower celebrations Local churches St. Day A.F.C. Local School Carharrack 200 Festival Wild flowers And lots more! Read the Newsletter online at http://issuu.com/St.Day St. Day Newsletter
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Issue no. 51 August 2015 Published by St. Day Parish Council
Copy date for next issue is 14th
October. Please see inside on page 5
More
news—
see page
6 inside!
In this issue
Proposed Pharmacy Parish Council News W.I. Cornwall Councillor Clock Tower celebrations Local churches St. Day A.F.C. Local School Carharrack 200 Festival Wild flowers
And lots more! Read the Newsletter online at http://issuu.com/St.Day
St. Day Newsletter
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From our Cornwall Councillor Dear Resident,
Parking Issues
Bus drivers are facing major problems getting around the village, mostly during the evenings. The problem is caused by inconsiderate parking around junctions on existing double yellow lines which are virtually non-existent due to the lack of yellow paint. Many bus users in the village are very concerned that, if this continues to happen, the service may be withdrawn. Having secured the evening bus service 2 years ago I will do all I can to help retain this service for the people of St Day. I have held meetings with senior Council Officers and will be getting the double yellow lines repainted. Once this has been done there will be regular visits from the Parking Enforcement Officers who will be giving out parking tickets/fines to those who park in the no parking areas. (The lines have now been repainted so please respect them).
Proposed St Day Pharmacy
I attended the NHS England oral hearing at Crofthandy Village Hall on the 11
th of June to listen to the case for
and against the setting up of a new pharmacy in St Day. It became very clear from this hearing that, if this was to go ahead, the Doctors’ Surgery in the village would suffer financially as it would not be able to dispense the prescriptions to any person living within a radius of 1,6 kilometres of the pharmacy if it was built. This was also the case for anyone living within this radius who attends the neighbouring
surgeries; you would have to go to the new pharmacy in St Day if it was built to pick up you prescription as your GP Surgery would not be allowed to continue to dispense the medication needed. I, along with many Parish Council representatives, voiced many concerns and all were totally against the setting up of this pharmacy.
Cornwall Council Chief Executive
Andrew Kerr, the Chief Executive Officer at Cornwall Council, is leaving the Council to work in his home town of Edinburgh in Scotland after serving just two years. Assurances have been given that he will not be given a golden handshake and I will be seeking reimbursement for the relocation allowance he was given to move here. The Council will again have to go through appointing a new Chief Executive Officer and hopefully this time they will be more committed to Cornwall and the services this Council provides.
St Day Feast
The sun shone and Feast Day is proving more and more popular and it is always so good to see so many people enjoying themselves. A special thank you must go out to all of the Feast Committee for all of the planning and organisation, Carharrack and St Day Silver Band, and the many who took part in the dancing.
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We know it’s early but .... there won’t be another Newsletter published
until early November so we’re having to take this opportunity to tell you about the great celebrations planned for Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th October. As part of the community events to celebrate the refurbishment of the Town Clock and War Memorial building there will be two evenings of festivities in Fore Street. These festivities will revolve around the digital animations which the Day-light Group has been heavily involved in preparing with the help of local residents and especially the children of St Day & Carharrack Community School and they will also feature the debut performance by the St Day Choir as well as performances by several other local musicians and the Hayle Storm Samba Band. In addition there will be stalls in Market Square and we are hoping that local groups will want to use the opportunity to run food stalls etc., to raise funds for themselves. It is the intention of the organisers, made up of members of the Day-light Group and the Parish Council, to arrange for Fore Street to be closed to traffic between 7.00 and 10.00pm on Friday 23rd and between 4.00 and 10.00 pm on Saturday 24th (this will be the main event) and we are asking all people who usually park in Fore Street and Market Square not to park in those areas during those times. We do understand that parking elsewhere is not easy but the area next to the Wheal Jewell play area has space for a number of cars and we hope that you will understand the need for this request on these two evenings. So please, put these two dates in your diaries or phones and try to be there to support St Day on these two evenings. Many people have put a lot of work into making this event something special for the people of St Day and we hope it will mark the beginning of the final stage of the refurbishment works on the building – one step nearer to getting the hands back on the clock and hearing it chime again!
We look forward to seeing you all there!!
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Carharrack & St. Day Pensioners Club Meets on the 1st Monday of every month at
2pm at The Mills Hall, Carharrack. You will be made very welcome.
Please contact Ellen on 01209 202577 for more information
St Day Bricks for sale
Lime mortar removed and stacked on pallets.
60p/brick, 1600 available.
01209 820027, 07811 430313
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Carharrack Methodist Church
Bicentenary
Continuing our journey of faith
Carharrack Methodist Church is celebrating 200 years of worship and witness in
Carharrack with a special week of music and drama.
The Carharrack 200 Festival Week will take place from Monday 26th October to Sunday
1st November 2015. There will be special events each day including the opening night
of the Festival when there will be a Musical Evening with Carharrack Voices. During the
week there will be dance and musical items from RedYouth, Cornwall Youth Brass
Ensemble and a concert by our own Carharrack & St Day Youth Band and St Day &
Carharrack Community School Choir.
We have invited Mark Topping, a professional actor, to bring his amazing performance
of “An evening with John Wesley” to the Mills’ Hall on Saturday 31st October at 7.00pm.
This is a performance not to be missed. The ticket price of £5 includes refreshments.
Tickets will be available at Carharrack Church’s Coffee Mornings on Thursday 10th
September and Thursday 8th October between 10.00am and 11.30am.
To close our week’s celebrations we join with our friends from St Piran’s Church in an
Anniversary Service on Sunday 1st November at 10.45am in the Chapel. We are
delighted that our guest preacher will be Rev Steven Wild, the President of the
Conference for the Methodist Church in Britain (2015 – 2016).
There are so many events for you to join in with – and we hope you will!
Finally, Carharrack Chapel’s weekly services are held each Sunday at 10.45am. Please
come and join with us, you will be very welcome.
Rev Mark Liddicoat
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Carharrack 200 Festival Week
Programme of Events
Carharrack Methodist Church
Celebrating 200 years of worship and witness
Date Time What’s on Where
Monday
26th October 7.00pm
Musical Evening
with Carharrack Voices Chapel
Tuesday
27th October
3.00pm
Tea and Tunes:
A hymn tour of Cornwall
& afternoon tea
Chapel
7.00pm An Evening with the
Carharrack Players Mills’ Hall
Wednesday
28th October 7.00pm
Concert
St Day & Carharrack Community
School Choir and
Carharrack & St Day Youth Band.
Mills’ Hall
Thursday
29th October
10.00am Coffee morning
with dancing by REDYOUTH Chapel
2.00pm
Carharrack Workshop Wind
Band
Any age or ability welcome
Chapel
6.00pm
Concert
Carharrack Workshop Wind
Band
Music Workshop performance—
come and hear us!
Chapel
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Saturday 31st October at 7pm An evening with John Wesley with Mark Topping as John Wesley Tickets £5 available in the Chapel on Thursday 10th September & 8th October (10am-
11.30am). In this inspiring presentation John Wesley shares something of his life and adventures. History is brought to life, providing an insight into what Wesley was like and into his Christian faith. With wit and passion Wesley challenges listeners afresh to join him in what he sees as his mission: My business on earth is to do what good I can.
Date Time What’s on Where
Friday
30th October 7.30pm
Open Band Practice
Come along and join in with the
band or sit and listen to the mu-
sic!
Mills’ Hall
Saturday
31st October
2.30pm Cream Tea with music by
Cornwall Youth Brass Ensemble Chapel
7.00pm
“An evening with John Wesley”
Tickets £5 to include refresh-
ments
Mills’ Hall
Sunday
1st November
10.30am
St Piran’s
Church
Service in
Chapel
10.45am
Anniversary Service
Rev Steven Wild (President
Methodist Church in Britain)
Continuing our journey of faith
(Followed by buffet lunch)
Chapel
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Children's Hospice South West We have been approached by Roger Clarke, who used to live in Goongumpas and is the Chair of the Truro Fundraisers for Children’s Hospice South West, about the group’s intention to run a sponsored walk from Devoran to Portreath in Spring 2016.
The proposed date is Sunday April 17 and the fundraisers are looking for people to act as marshals in the Scorrier area. To be precise they need about 10 marshals for a period of a couple of hours and we would like to help out this very worthy cause by finding volunteers from St Day. It may also be that there are some locals who want to join the walk and raise funds and people can join in at Devoran, Bissoe or Scorrier. They have enough marshals who will actually be walking with the group and at this point are just looking for volunteers to stand at certain points at Scorrier to make sure no one goes the wrong way. Obviously if you then wish to follow on and join the walk you will be very welcome.
There will be free pasties and refreshments at the end (marshals included) and Williams Coaches are providing a coach to ferry people back to their cars. We appreciate that it is very early days in the arrangements but the organisers clearly need to make arrangements well in advance so, if you are prepared to give up a couple of hours to help raise funds for the Children’s Hospice, all you need to do is contact Steve Edwards (details below), put 17
th April, 2016 in your
diary – surely you can’t be booked up this far in advance – and sit back and wait for more information in about 9 month’s time. Go on, it’s a cause that’s well worth a couple of hours of your time.
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5 pm—8.30 pm
5.30 pm and 7 pm
Presentation and welcome by Mr Craig Martin, Headteacher
Information about moving to secondary school
Introduction to key members of staff
5 pm — 8.30 pm
Teaching staff available for questions and answers
Faculty displays and competitions
Activities in all subjects
Guided tour of the school with current students
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Parish Council News The Parish Council normally meets on the second Monday of each month, (except in August), at 7:00pm in the Community Room in Mills St.. There is car parking available in Barracks Lane.
The meetings are open to the public (unless an item has to be taken in private) and agenda item 3 is always for public participation (limited to 15 minutes). It is sometimes necessary to arrange extra meetings, often concerning planning ap-plications. Notices of all the meetings are displayed on the notice board at least 3 days before a meeting. Minutes of meetings are displayed on the notice board and also on our web site www.stday.org
Parish Councillors
Bobby Dyer 820021 Vacancy Donna Jones 820573
Jim Moores 820160 Geoff Nankivell 820201 Steve Penny 820774
John Newcombe 820841 Cornwall Councillor Mark Kaczmarek 211366
Clerk to Parish Council Steve Edwards 821829
Budget Cuts. The cuts in spending at County Hall are becoming more evident in the parish, grass trimming of roadside verges and open spaces has been reduced. Some of this work could be taken on by the parish but would result in an increase in the parish precept. Our parish Council Tax remains considerably less than most parishes. From September Cornwall Council will not send paper copies of Planning Applications for consideration by the Parish Council. Although members can view the applications individually online, it may be necessary to purchase a projector for group viewing at meetings. Defibrillator. Following an approach from Truro Lions Club with an offer of money towards the cost, the Parish Council decided to pursue the matter and has had financial support from Camborne/Redruth Lions, Cornwall Councillor’s Community Fund, St. Day Football Club, Enterprise Centre Carpet Bowls Club, the WJ Mills Grant
Fund and St Day Line Dancers. In addition the Star Inn and St. Day Inn are planning to stage fund raising events later in the summer. Our thanks go to those who have contributed and we can now purchase a defibrillator and get a few people trained to use it. It is proposed to fit it to the wall outside St. Day Inn so it will be readily available for use by members of the public. The defibrillator will not operate unless the patient needs it and it gives verbal instructions and guidance on how to give chest compressions and will monitor the force used and the speed of compressions, so anybody can use it. It is possible that we shall have enough funds to buy a second machine but we will keep you updated on progress through this newsletter. Letter Box The letterbox at Tolgullow along with about 10 others in the surrounding area has been vandalised by breaking the cast iron door. Royal
Mail is trying to find replacement doors but, as ours dates back to Queen Victoria’s reign, it is not easy. If a replacement cannot be found it will be necessary to fit a pedestal mounted box and this will require agreement from Cornwall Council; a process which will take several months. Update… the door has been repaired and following a coat of paint the letter box will be back in action soon. Chemist’s Shop. NHS England held an oral hearing at Crofthandy on 11
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June into the application by Day Lewis to open a pharmacy in St. Day. There were objections from the 5 surgeries that dispense medications, the 5 Parish Councils covering the patients who will be affected, the WJ Mills Cottages Trust, and letters of objection submitted by 115 residents. No one spoke or wrote in favour of Day Lewis. All 5 surgeries claimed that they rely on income from dispensing to help cover the higher costs of branch surgeries in rural locations. Apparently some years ago a judge ruled that doctors should not rely on the profit from dispensing to cover the cost of their medical practice. NHS England has granted Day Lewis permission to open a pharmacy in St. Day despite the objections. Of the 3700 population within 1.6km of the proposed pharmacy only about 25% are patients of St. Day Surgery so NHS England considers there are great benefits for the other 75% of residents who will have easy access to the new pharmacy which will be open five and a half days a week but overlooks the fact that many are working in towns and includes residents of Carharrack who will probably get their medicines in Redruth or Truro.
Day Lewis has to open within 6 months of the approval or subsequent appeal decision. Day Lewis says it will not open if it causes the doctors to close and is willing to help the doctors financially to acquire new premises but the partners of Homecroft Surgery have not received any firm proposals and do not think Day Lewis can afford to cover the lost income. We understand that the 5 doctor’s practices are considering an appeal. Housing. There is nothing to report on the proposed development in Telegraph Hill as the doctors will not be able to commit themselves until a decision is reached on the proposed chemist shop. Handyperson Scheme. Cornwall Council can provide help with household maintenance and repairs for those over 60 or with a disability. For those on means tested benefit the cost is £12 per hour inclusive of VAT and for others the cost is £18 per hour plus the cost of materials. For details ring 01872 224707. Town Clock. Two officers from Windsor and Maidenhead Council have been in Cornwall investigating how devolution of services is progressing as Cornwall seems to have progressed further than their authority, but perhaps their grants from central government were not cut so savagely. As part of the tour they came to St. Day to learn how we managed to fund the take over and renovation of our Town Clock. Cornwall Council has also made a DVD on the subject. As part of Feast Week Lesley Trotter gave a presentation on the history of the clock and Steve Edwards gave a presentation on the renovation work. Those who attended found it most
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interesting as nobody realised the extent of the work required on the structure. Rubbish Collection. Residents are reminded that they are responsible for their rubbish until it is collected. If the bags become broken and the contents scattered they are responsible and people in Helston have been fined when bags have been broken open by birds or animals. Parking. Following pressure from our ward member Cornwall Council has repainted many of the yellow lines and has said that the Civil Enforcement Officers will be visiting the area, especially during the evenings when illegal parking is at its worst. Litter Pick Saturday August 8
th. Volunteers required for the Litter Pick, meet at
the rear of the Community Centre at 10am to tidy up the area around St. Day. Please come along and help and enjoy a cup of tea, a biscuit and a chat afterwards. Police. The Beat Manager is P.C. Mark Pearce assisted by P.C.S.O. Paul Ferris. To report incidents and suspected crimes ring 101 If it is an emergency ring 999 To speak to the local officers ring 01209 202324 Chairman John Newcombe 820841 Clerk Steve Edwards 821829
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St Day Feast 2015 St Day Community Council and WJ Mills Benevolent
Fund would like to thank everyone who helped to make
this year’s Feast week events such a great success.
Hello again, hope everyone has enjoyed the summer so far and that there is plenty more fine weather to come The meetings of May and June do not follow the normal format as we do not have guest speakers. May We discussed the resolutions to be debated at the annual conference, this year to be held in London. Having dealt with the official business we had a quiz to end the evening. Needless to say there was quite a bit of cheating and peeking at other peoples answers. Jenny Davies volunteered to attend the confer-
ence as the representative of our institute. The coach left Cornwall early on the day prior to the conference for the trip to London, full of ladies from groups all over the county. Having settled in at their hotel, which Jenny says was excel-lent, a group of ten opted to go out for a meal, what nicer way to relax and an opportunity make new friends. The following day after breakfast they took a lei-surely stroll through Kensington Gardens to arrive at the Albert Hall. Following the business of the morning they sat out by the memorial for their lunch. They were entertained by Brassed Off, a group of W I ladies from Yorkshire who formed a brass ensemble. Their finale was Jerusalem, learnt in only four
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months. You can imagine that got a rousing cheer and everyone sang along. The Queen, Princess Ann and the Countess of Wessex attended the event. The Queen follows in the footsteps of the Queen Mother and before her Queen Mary in being a member of Sandringham W I, I wonder if she takes her turn at making the tea! The day ended with a fashion show presented by students of Kingston Universi-ty who had collaborated with 21 W I ladies who specialised in some form of handicraft. All the garments were created from crotchet, knitting, lace, embroi-dery and of course sewing. After such a busy schedule I am sure it was a coach full of very tired but happy ladies that made it's way back home. June What else but Feast to keep us all on our toes. Quite literally in the case of the ladies who roamed Carharrack and St Day selling raffle tickets. Some-times it can be a bit of a disheartening job but we still manage to have a good laugh, the weather was kind to us and we were delighted that our takings were up on previous years, made all that walking worth while. The stall at the Fayre with plants and books did very well, as did the cake stall on Feast Monday. A big thank you to all the ladies who got busy baking also to the hard work of the members on the Raffle stand. July After all the activity of June this month's meeting was a lovely way to re-lax. Linda Cole paid us a very welcome return visit. Her aim to show us how to put a bit of sparkle in a flower arrangement. As always we were amazed at the speed and what appears to be ease Linda produced three beautiful modern pieces. Having picked and cut in our own gardens we were all eager to have a try at producing our own masterpiece. The final results were extremely good and so varied, some would not have looked out of place in florists, we certainly have some very talented ladies around. We decided it would be nice to go out as a group for a lunch occasionally, We have visited the college, which was very good, and last week a visit was paid to The Sportsman at Four Lanes. I was unable to go but understand they had a superb meal. Forth coming events August David Lay Valuing antiques. All are welcome. Maximum 3 items at 50p per item. There will be notices around the village. September Summer Mystery afternoon coach trip. All welcome. See poster for more details October Quilting for Christmas Regular meetings are at 7.00 p m in the church hall on the 2nd Wednesday of the month. We would love to welcome some new ladies, especially some of the younger generations. Come along and meet us
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St. Day and Carharrack Community School RLG TRUST CEREMONY
– PRIMARY WINNERS 2015
Endeavour under difficult circumstances
Outstanding contribution to others
Leadership
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Winners Reason
Sarah C Sarah is a shining example to us all of how you do not have to be held back by anything that life throws at you. Sarah is a popular member of class and her constantly positive attitude lifts every one of us when she arrives at the end of the week. She continues to make good progress in her learning and she pushes herself to her physical limits. It is a fantastic sight for all of us to see Sarah walking unaided when it was said that she never would. We can all learn something from Sarah’s zest for life and ability to smile at all times.
James T James experienced a significant home move with his family this year, school has been really impressed with his willingness to throw himself in to school life. Not only has he shown a great attitude to learning, but James has also become a key member of the school choir, inspiring others to participate, as well as representing the school in foot-ball tournaments.
Winners Reason
Tom S Tom has shown a huge commitment to a close friend in school; where others have giv-en up, Tom has shown lasting friendship that has helped another child to successfully come to school.
Belle G Belle is a fantastic role model to her peers, and adults! She is always cheerful, sees the positive side of life and will take time to complement others on their successes. Belle is highly involved in community life as well, showing dedication to the Methodist Chapel and a high level of commitment when participating in the Carharrack Players annual pantomime.
Winners Reason
Daniel V Daniel is always willing to help others; sensitively guiding them to success. He cares about other people and shows this in his leaderships, both in small groups and through-out the whole class.
Cerys L Cerys is a fabulous role-model to others, her leadership skills allow her to support her peers by modelling a love for learning and life. Cerys influences the choices of others and is therefore a girl that others want to spend time with.
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Academic progress
Sporting achievement
Creativity
St Day and Carharrack Community School is a member of the Redruth Learning Group Trust (RLG), along with other local primary schools and Redruth School. We work together under the same values to provide opportunities for all of the children across our schools. This is the second year of the RLG Awards evening, where schools nominate 12 children to receive an award under 6 different categories. This year the awards evening took place at Redruth Methodist Church and the awards were presented to the children by Gold medal rowing Olympian Ed Codes. Ed was inspirational in his presentation to the children and our sports award children are now
talking of the day that they will represent Great Britain in their chosen sport. In all of our schools we are proud of the children's achievements and this is just one way in which we can celebrate together.
Winners Reason
Ellie H Ellie is making fabulous progress in her writing; the language she chooses makes her writing exciting to read. We will be looking out for Ellie’s name amongst future authors.
Lewis G Lewis is always willing to have a go at learning. He shows a high level of perseverance and is conscientious in his learning, this has enabled him to be successful in his learning.
Winners Reason
Ruby R Ruby is an amazing gymnast. She has shown incredible commitment to her sport, prac-tising both in and out of school. Through her dedication she has become successful within competitions; although she is proud of her achievement she is humble in cele-brating this. Ruby shares her love of gymnastics with other children and teaches them her skills as well.
Lowenna P Lowenna is always delighted when she arrives in school celebrating her horse riding achievements. She is a great role-model to others, showing the benefits that come from practice and determination.
Winners Reason
Eden W Eden shares her creativity in baton twirling in school with her friends. She has been suc-cessful in her chosen hobby, which leads to her travelling far and wide to enter compe-titions. She is confident to perform to large audiences whilst remembering detailed rou-tines.
Rohan B Rohan oozes creativity! He has fabulous, imaginative ideas for writing. His creative abil-ity has led to starting a music band in school this year, writing music and lyrics for oth-ers to enjoy. Rohan’s creativity has also extended to care for others, where he has made items of art for a local homeless group, bringing pleasure to others.
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W J Mills (Cottages) Trust The W J Mills (Cottages) Trust is looking to recruit additional Trustees. The Trust, which owns 42 properties, was set up in 1933 to provide afford-able accommodation for people aged 60+ who live in or have a strong connection with St Day and the surrounding area. We have 7 voluntary Trustees who form the management committee for the Trust, making policy decisions and providing guidance for the devel-opment of the organisation. Meetings are held quarterly on a weekday morning. Ideally, but not essential, candidates should have experience in the hous-ing sector, building or charity management and have local knowledge. For more information on this opportunity please contact: Carol Freeman, Secretary, WJ Mills (Cottages) Trust, The Community Room, Mills St., St Day. Email: [email protected]
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Proposed Pharmacy in St. Day St Day Parish Council have kindly afforded us the opportunity to comment on the news that, in defiance of local opinion, Day Lewis plc have been granted permission by NHS England to open a pharmacy in St Day if they choose to do so. While this is unwelcome news, we would like to reassure patients that this is not the end for the Homecroft Branch Surgery in St Day and (despite a misquotation in a recent newspaper) certainly no threat to Homecroft Surgery itself. Day Lewis have repeatedly acknowledged that it would be uneconomic for them to open a pharmacy in the village if there were no surgery there and we think they have slowly realised that in reality it would be a very poor commercial decision to open one. In summary it seems unlikely that anyone would saddle themselves with a loss-making chemist shop by taking up a pharmacy licence and forcing us to close the Branch. If we are right, then the main difficulty arising from the decision in favour of Day Lewis is that it seems effectively to scupper any plans for replacing the current premises with a new building. Day Lewis have presented themselves as willing to put money into such a project and claimed that a new surgery could be put alongside their pharmacy but it seems downright obvious that such an arrangement would not be viable and, despite repeated requests, we have not been able to obtain even the outline of proposals from Day Lewis to
support their claims. With this in mind it is our intention (along with other practices) to mount an appeal and we will let our patients know if our advisers recommend that we ask patients to write letters supporting this. On Day Lewis's website the Chief Executive , Mr Kirit Patel, states that the company's core purpose is "To help people in the community stay healthy and feel better". If anyone wishes to write to Mr Patel with their views (positive or negative) on how his company is 'helping people' in Cornwall, the registered office of Day Lewis plc is Lion House, Red Lion Street, London, WC1R 4GB. Those who wish to make representations to the local MP should address them as follows: - By Post: George Eustice MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA By E-mail: [email protected]/p> Or Call: 01209 713 355 Meanwhile the best way to support the surgery is to continue to use it and we trust that with your support we can keep predators at bay and stay open for many years to come. Drs Spittle, Sharp & Whiteley Partners Homecroft Surgery Stephen Holby Strategic Manager Homecroft Surgery and Pool Health Centre'
Services offered at St Day:- doctors’ clinics, phlebotomy, nursing, annual review clinics, baby immunisations, health
checks, annual flu jabs & travel advice.
New Patients Welcome.
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By using the link above, and registering on
Patient Access, Patients are able to book &
cancel online appointments, request medication
or prescriptions and view allergies. For any
assistance with this or any other enquiries
please call Homecroft 01209 843843
The partners and staff would like to thank patients for
their immense show of support recently with regards
to the Day Lewis application. See separate article for
latest news.
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Thursday 8.15am to 1pm 3pm-6pm
Friday 8.15am to 1pm -
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The Grand Bard
The Grand Bard ( Maureen Fuller ), deputy Grand Bard ( Mervin Davey ) and Ex Grand Bard Ann Trevenen Jenkin were present at St. Day to celebrate the marriage of Alex and Susan Little in Scotland a few weeks before. The marriage had taken place at Bridge of Dee, Castle Douglas on the 17
th June.
The best man Dan Clement was 102 years old and he has applied to the Guinness book of records as being worlds oldest
The event took place in the Enterprise Centre St Day on the 10
th July, 50 plus
people including family, and friends turned up to enjoy the ceilidh band PYBA lead by the Deputy Grand Bard and his family. Thanks to the people who helped this event run smoothly.
Alex & Susan
St Day in Bloom - the results Members of the Parish Council judged the competition on 10th July in order to get the results into this newsletter and, as usual, the standard was very good and the variety of tubs, boxes and baskets interesting.
We chose Lynmouth Cottage, Telegraph Street for first prize as the containers were in full colour, the plants were flowing over the sides of the containers and suited the location perfectly – congratulations to Frances Whitham. Second prize went to Billy Williams, 1 Buckingham Terrace . It was lovely to be able to see into the garden this year and we particularly liked the standard fuchsia and the fact that the baskets matched in groups. 3rd prize went to Tina Bushel of 2 West End. The window box was particularly colourful and the plants were beginning to trail effectively. The containers were all full with plenty of colour to come throughout the summer.
The Parish Council would like to thank everyone who entered as well as all the St Day residents who add colour to St Day through baskets, containers or gardens.
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Saturday 17th
October 2015 Doors open at 2.00pm
Schedules available in
local shops in September
Prizes presented by: Mr and Mrs Bill Bannister
(of Bill Banister, Estate Agents)
Education
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Children’s Domestic Craft
Flowers, Vegetables, Floral
Art & Children’s Section
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Saturday 8.30 am—11.30 am
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APPOINTMENTS
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Appointments available on the day Telephone consultations
Saturday morning surgery
(pre booked appointments only)
REPEAT PRESCRIPTION ORDERING
Telephone (24 hr voicemail): 01872 562201
Fax: (24 hr): 01872 562(Chacewater)
01872 864790 (Devoran) Internet (24 hr):
www.chacewatersurgery.co.uk Post or by hand
REPEAT PRESRIPTION DELIVERY SERVICE available for housebound pa-
tients every Thursday—please ask for details
ROUTINE HEALTH CHECKS
Diabetic reviews Asthma reviews
Heart reviews Blood pressure checks
Well woman checks Well man checks
ALSO AVAILABLE
Minor surgery Physiotherapy
Travel advice Travel vaccinations
Joint Injections Soft tissue injections
Contraceptive reviews Midwife service
Baby checks Routine immunisations
Foot clinic provided through Age Concern at both Surgeries once a
month
For more information please visit our website
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or contact us on
01872 560346 / 01872 562200
Dr Russell Bolton, Dr Tony Shaw, Dr Margie Shaw & Dr Natalie Dawes
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Proposed pharmacy in St. Day A message from Chacewater & Devoran Surgeries NHS England have recently granted Day Lewis’ application to open a pharmacy in the village of St. Day.
We, in conjunction with neighbouring practices, are opposing this and intend to appeal.
If the pharmacy goes ahead, patients- many elderly with mobility problems- who live within a mile of it will no longer be able to get medicines from their local surgery.
In addition, GP practices in the area may have to reduce their services. The St. Day branch surgery may even close.
We and the local parish councils don't think this will benefit the residents of St. Day, Carharrack, and the surrounding area. We urge you to help us fight this.
St. Day is a small village, with a few small shops and a post office. One of the local surgeries has a branch surgery there.
Pharmaceutical services are provided by the local surgeries (Chacewater being open for 50.5 hours per week) and the local pharmacies. There are five pharmacies within 2 miles of the applicant’s site and nine pharmacies within 4 miles, one of which is a 100 hour pharmacy. The majority of these
pharmacies (including Chacewater and Devoran) deliver if requested to the villages of St Day and Carharrack. Our surgery provides a range of services in addition to NHS prescription dispensing which are well established: - Dispensing review of medicines (DRUM reviews) - Palliative Care Service - Monitored Dosage Systems - Return of unwanted medicines - Chronic Disease Clinics (including COPD, diabetes, heart disease, asthma) - Minor injury service - Travel advice - Sexual Health Services We are also currently working with other health and social care professionals, operating clinics aimed at ‘de-prescribing’ amongst vulnerable patients – significantly improving the quality of medicines management. The local community (both St. Day and Carharrack parish councils- who comprise the vast majority of patients that will be affected by this application) is against this application. They consider that any benefits in having such a pharmacy will be far outweighed by the inconvenience caused to many (often elderly) patients who under the new proposal after seeing a GP, would then have to travel to the new pharmacy to get their medicines, which at present are dispensed at the GP surgery. They also acknowledge the negative impact on the local surgeries who depend upon dispensing income to provide their services. They are
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fearful that the local St. Day branch surgery may well have to close.
The Pharmaceutical needs assessment produced by NHS Cornwall in 2015 did not identify the need for an additional provider of pharmaceutical services in St Day.
We therefore ask for your support in opposing the application that we feel that will be a great detriment to the local community.
Please write to your MP and newspaper.
George Eustice Conservative MP : House of Commons, London. SW1A 0AA
Email : [email protected]/p> West Briton: Reporter for Redruth: Esme Ashcroft
A new Plantlife study shows that Britain’s road verges are home to 703 species of wild plants, more than in any other part of our landscape, and 87 of them are either threatened with extinction or heading that way. In ad-dition, 88% of these wild plants pro-
vide nectar and pollen for bees and other insects, making road verges essential refuges for insect life; bird’s-foot trefoil alone is a food plant for 132 species of insect. Plantlife is the organisation speaking up for the nation’s wild plants. We work hard to protect wild plants on the ground and to build understanding of the vital role they play in everyone’s lives. Plantlife carries out practical conservation work across the UK, manages nature reserves, influences policy and legisla-tion, runs events and activities that connect people with their local wild plants and works with others to promote the conservation of wild plants for the benefit of all. They have much information on their website http://www.plantlife.org.uk/ Including a petition to encourage local authorities to adopt their guidelines re-garding trimming of verges.
Plantlife began in 1989, following a conference of leading conserva-tion organisations, where the case was argued that not enough was
The ‘Oil Club’ helps more people save on their fuel bills Residents are saving money on heating oil by having deliveries on the same day each month. By using an independent local supplier we not only get a discount but also have experienced good service in extreme weather!
To join in and save on your oil costs you need to order through Nigel Knight on 820441. You can also order online by emailing your
In order to receive a discount you must place your order with Nigel, please do not phone our supplier direct, this could result in you getting a double delivery!
Deliveries are made on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
Janet and David welcome you to their new B&B. Set in its own grounds with off street parking, situated in the middle of Church Street. We have 2 double rooms, 1 twin room and a family room, all with on suites, free WiFi,
TV, DVD, tea and coffee facilities. From the conservatory enjoy our full English breakfast while overlooking lovely views of the garden and
unwind in the evening in our comfortable lounge. If you have friends or relations looking for somewhere to stay, you are more than welcome to
St. Day warmly welcomes you to share with them in their events and activities. Methodism has been present in St. Day for many
years. The Methodist Church and family seek to serve and fol-low Christ's teaching as a group of believers and individuals.
We extend the love of God to all.
Friendly fellowship, transport no problem, Comfortable surroundings, genuine love and support offered to all
Second Monday of every month Pop In 11:00 am to 1:00 pm . A chance for a soup and sweet lunch, chat and fellowship.
Tuesdays 2:30 pm 4:00 pm Bright Hour - a fellow-ship meeting for ladies and men. (Not in August)
Wednesdays 4th Wednesday of the month 12 noon for 12.15 Luncheon Club
1st and 3rd Wednesday - (not in Aug.)
Ray’s Bargain Bin 10.00-3.30pm
Thursdays 10.15 am Coffee, Prayer and Bible Study
Other special events are organized, details can be found on the Church door or notice board.
Contacts
Church services and activities -
Ralph Gilbert 821100
Junior Church – Bobby Dyer 820021
Hirings – Janet Homer 820881
Notices all around the town with latest
details of services and events
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Carpet Bowls Club St. Day Carpet Bowls club meets at Trinity Church
Hall every Thursday evening, 7.00pm. Ladies and Men are welcome, a £1.00 fee
includes refreshments. Phone Cliff on
01209 719034 for more details
Lonely Pawz Pet Rescue.Based in Sandy lane in Redruth this local Charity has for many years given shelter to a huge variety of little animals and birds that need our help. Over the years we have taken in and treated and cared for nearly 2000 animals. The majority of these have either been released back in to the wild or found a new home........There was William the turkey who was meant to be for Christmas .....the fish that was dragged in to a kitchen through the cat flap by the large ginger tom (we are not sure who was most surprised ..the cat the owner or the fish!)......A tank full of African snails that just kept on reproducing ....and Charlie the parrot who wouldn't stop talking! Sadly we are getting a lot of cats to be rehomed where the owner is moving in to accommodation where pets are not accepted. If you would like to find out more about our work or would like to volunteer then please either call 07776205658 or visit our website www.lonelypawz.org.We are also on facebook or you can email us on [email protected]. We also have a friends of Lonely Pawz get together on the first Tuesday of every month at the Star Inn at Vogue so do come if you can. We are very friendly and don't bite! Starts at 7pm. We currently have 7 cats needing homes so if you are looking for a new feline friend give us a call....we may be able to fix you up!
August 7th Family Barbeque 6.00pm in the Vicar-age Garden
September 11th Coffee Morning 10.00am-12.00noon at “Kennedy”, Car-
harrack
October 5th Harvest Supper 7.00pm in the Church Hall
October 25th Craft Fayre 11.00am-3.00pm in the Church Hall
November 6th Skittles Match 7.30pm in the Church Hall
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Dear Friends to be, As your newest member of clergy to join the Eight Saints Cluster I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. My name is Dom, I’m married to Hannah and we are looking forward to moving into Devoran vicarage at the beginning of July when I will take up the post of ‘Cluster Vicar’.
We are coming to you from Marazion were I have been ministering for the last four years. Hannah is a teaching assistant and trainee teacher at Marazion School, we have three dogs and three cats and we are all very excited about the move.
Over the next few weeks and months I will shake hands with and meet many of you in person, something I am looking forward to greatly, as we no doubt will touch each other’s lives. Over the 33 years of Jesus’ life I wonder just how many people he must have met who are unknown to us, how many lives he touched and how many touched him.
We see only a 3 year snap-shot; from the dodgy tax collector up a tree, with whom he shared dinner, to the Christian-persecutor Saul and have even less insight into those who impacted Jesus’ life – we hear of the woman at the well, an outcast from society, who gave the Son of God a drink and we see Jesus’ tears over the death of his close friend Lazarus, whom he then raises from the dead.
Jesus not only met these people, he touched their lives and transformed them. No one who ever met with Jesus was ever left the same. They were changed by Him and changed for the better. Zacchaeus the tax collector left his old life, paid back four times as much as he had ‘stolen’ and Saul became Paul, the greatest Christian missionary. Everyone that met Jesus knew they had met someone special, someone amazing, they knew that they had encountered God. I suspect that Jesus too was touched and influenced by every encounter.
I have always felt so privileged to serve as a Priest in God’s Church, a calling I sensed at the young age of 8 years old. I knew there was something special about the love of God which I wanted to share with other people. I look forward to doing just that, sharing our lives and love, in the beautiful parishes that make up the Eight Saints Cluster.
So, over these next few months I will probably make many mistakes, forget names and ask daft questions - for this I ask your forgiveness now. However I look forward immensely to walking together on this journey of transformation, as we continue to encounter the life-changing love of Jesus, day by day.
Hannah and I are excited to be moving to the Cluster where we will all get to know each other. If you are able, please join us for an open house at ‘The Vicarage’ in Devoran, on Saturday 25
th July, between 11am – 3pm.
Yours in Christ, Dom Revd Dom Jones Eight Saints Cluster Vicar
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ST. DAY A.F.C. What a difference a year makes, 2014/15 season was so much more en-joyable with Steve Roscoe and Tony Reynolds running the 1
st team, ably as-
sisted by Shaun Clinton, not an easy task to build up the team after the loss of several players at the start. The weather was also much kinder to us last season which meant far less post-poned games to catch up with at the end. My grateful thanks again to the manag-ers, Joff, Kieran and John, who has sadly left us, but Scott continued to run the 3
rd team, to the assistants and the
players, all teams did well although no major achievements this year, to me it was a year for rebuilding the club and it’s reputation, and this, I feel, we have achieved. The final league positions for the sea-son. 1
st team finished 10
th in Jollys Combi-
nation League 2
nd team finished 6
th in the Trelawny
Premier Division 3
rd team finished 11
th in the 3
rd Division
of Trelawny League My deep appreciation goes to all the background volunteers, the grounds-men, those who help with refreshments for the teams and officials, the launder-ing of the kits, and 100 and 1 other things which have to be done to run 3 football teams, too many of you to
name individually, but without all of you it would not be possible. Many thanks. As you know, I have retired now as Fix-tures Secretary and welcome to Scott who has agreed to take on this enor-mous task, good luck and many thanks, I am sure we will all support you as much as possible. We are a local village football club to be proud of, 3 football teams, a terrific youth section, good facilities and a band of dedicated volunteers on and off the pitch week in and week out For the coming season, Steve is step-ping down as 1
st team Manager due to
work commitments, however, I am very pleased to say that he is staying with the club. In his place we will welcome Luke Kelland as 1
st team Manager, with
his enthusiasm and the ideals that he has expressed, I am sure he will do well and I wish him every success and offer our support in any way we can. A warm welcome awaits all supporters to our matches which begin at Vogue Park in early September and to the fa-cilities of our clubhouse, I hope it is a good season for all 3 senior teams and all the youth teams. Tony Evans Chairman St Day AFC
ST. DAY A.F.C.
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LIVING & LEARNING IN ST DAY
Action St Day Group
to make St Day a better place to !live
and work
Two and a half years of work have paid off and St Day is to have a
whole new play area at the Wheal Jewel Playing Field. The play equip-
ment that is there was well past its sell by date years ago and the Ac-
tion St Day Group with the help of Scott James, Bryony Nicholls and
Mervyn Smallwood of Kerrier District Council Regeneration team have put
together £65,474 of funding granted by the Liveability Community Pot,
Cornwall County Playing fields Association, Cory Environmental Trust,
St Day Parish Council, the Neighbourhood Renewal Community Chest, Devon
& Cornwall Housing, Living Spaces, the Local Network Fund, the Neigh-
bourhood Community Chest Grant Fund, Lt. Comdr. J Mills, the St Day Ju-
bilee Committee and the Action St Day Group. Quite a list but it’s
quite a sum of money and it shows that the support is wide based.
The project started with the selection of potential contractors and
Rolf Necked of Kerrier DC Engineering Service provided a select list
and has kept in touch with the project right through and, since the
completed play area is to be maintained by KDC, he will always be in-
volved.
Five contractors were asked to submit a scheme and their designs were
exhibited at St Day & Carharrack School to be commented on by the pu-
pils and their parents. As well as being shown at the school a public
display was viewed at the Action St Day Group Annual General Meeting
and from the comment forms completed one contractor came out on top.
The prices submitted were keen and "best value", other than just price,
determined the final choice. The chosen suppliers are Company, who also
supplied the play equipment at Tucking Mill. Up until recently Company
were part of the Lego Group so we are dealing with people who under-
stand children very well, and adults who like playing, sorry, designing
with Lego.
The final design is made up of eleven separate pieces that set out to
appeal to young people from two or three up to fifteen or sixteen.
There are two sets of swings, two twizzley sticks, these are real fun,
two very modern roundabouts (one you can sit in and the other you can
use in all sorts of ways), a rocking ‘wasp’, a spinning bowl, a ‘stand-
up’ seesaw, a play house, come slide , come climbing frame and a mon-
ster climbing frame the likes of which you will have never seen before.
It is 18 feet (5.5 metres) across and about 10 feet (3 metres) tall and
is certainly the most exciting piece of kit you will have seen in a
long time. The whole set up is to provide interesting and challenging
and exciting "FUN" and it will belong to the young people of St Day
and, please can I have a go sometimes.
The order for the installation has been placed and completion will be
around the end of September. When it has been completed an official
opening will be held with all the pupils from St Day School doing the
honours. The date for the opening has yet to be fixed but there will be
notices giving the date, time and place.
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