From 10 am to 12 noon every Thursday we have a coffee and crafts morning. Some people just come for the coffee and a chat whilst others bring their crafts to work on. Everyone is welcome.

We are featuring a series of workshops this year—if you’d like to share your craft with others or there’s a particular craft you’d like to learn, please let us know!

We have some special dates set aside for some of the coffee mornings—please see below:

Thurs 28 April Bilsthorpe Heritage Society Mining Exhibition

Thurs 12 May Introduction to jewellery making with Eunice

Thurs 30 June Pandora’s Box by Maurice Styles

If you’d like to receive your copy of our newsletter by email, then email Barbara on admin@evbvols.org.uk Your details will not be passed on to any third parties.

The deadline for articles for the next newsletter is Friday, 2 Sept 2011. Please phone Barbara on 01773 535255 or email her on admin@evbvols.org.uk

We’ll take in your old spectacles and used stamps for recycling for charity. Also, if you have any unwanted, good-condition furniture you’d like to donate to our Furniture Scheme, or bed linen & kitchen goods, we’d be happy to hear from you.

Supported by Nottingham County Council, Town and Parish Councils, local fundraising and donations.

Reg. Company 4379873 Reg. Charity 1091495.

Find us behind Eastwood Library

Welcome to our Spring/Summer Newsletter

Susan Bagshaw

Manager

Meetings held at 2pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, Eastwood.

Programme for the rest of 2011:-

10 May: Resolutions by Joan Cretney 14 June: Life & work of Noel Coward by David Darby 12 July: A.C.W.W. By Sue Watkins 09 August: Fund Raising 13 Sept: Make a Christmas Cracker by Betty Sable 11 Oct: A.G.M. 08 Nov: Hand Made Chocolates by Dave Stone 13 Dec: Christmas Party Choir

For more details, please contact Eileen Elliott on: 01773 712132.

As part of a Craft Market, there will be a craft supplies stall to raise funds for Eastwood Volunteer Bureau on Friday 22 & Saturday 23 July at Dora Phillips Hall, Eastwood. If you have any unwanted craft items please contact Angela Smith on 01773 712637. Alternatively you can drop items off at Eastwood Volunteer Bureau between 10 am and 3 pm Monday to Friday.

This sale is part of Eastwood Arts Festival.

I will start with the good news. We held a Table Top sale at our Coffee Morning on March 31

st which raised over £105.00

and because it proved very popular we are going to make this a quarterly event. The next one being at our Home and Garden Fair on Saturday June 4

th as part of Volunteers

Week. I would like to say thank you to Mandy for all her help organising the Table Top, and to the following shops on the High Street for their kind donations, Boots, Burrows & Close, Rowells, Bargain Booze, Memories & Eastwood Post Office. If you have any items you no longer require please contact the office.

A second thank you comes from Nottingham University Hospitals, from the staff & babies on the Neonatal unit, for all the knitted garments sent to them. We have also raised £50 by selling Easter bunnies, chicks & baskets. Thank you to all our knitters out there. Please keep the wool coming.

Now to the serious items, unfortunately we have not been too successful with our funding, as have many other organisations in the area. We have received grant aid from NCC for our Transport scheme, and a donation from Nuthall Parish Council, but only a very small grant for our Be a Friend Scheme. We are presently looking for funding for our furniture scheme.

I would like to thank the staff & Management Committee for their continued support in these difficult times. We remain very optimistic about our future at EVB, we value all the help that you have given us in the past, and hope this will continue in the future. I hope you all have a lovely Summer.

The Be A Friend Scheme exists to help people who, through no fault of their own, may feel isolated and alone. The aim is to provide

companionship by a volunteer visiting the person in their own home.

We urgently need new volunteer visitors. This is a fulfilling role, for which no previous experience is necessary. With a commitment of just 1-2 hours a week or fortnight, you could really make a difference to someone’s life.

If you would like to find out more please call in or telephone Barbara on 01773 537895.

If you have a few hours to spare and own a car, we need you!

Our Transport Scheme benefits elderly and disabled people in North Broxtowe who are unable to use public transport. We urgently need more volunteer drivers to continue this much needed and appreciated service.

If you enjoy helping people and would like to contribute to your community, please pop into the office, or call Jane on 01773 537892 to find out about becoming a volunteer driver.

Colleen Kelly from Voluntary Action Broxtowe is at the Volunteer Bureau on Thursdays from 10 to 3 pm for advice about volunteering in this area. To book an appointment with Colleen please ring us on 01773 535255.

For children/babies (0-5 years) and their carers.

Our group offers a warm and friendly atmos-phere. It is a great place to chat and make new friends, while your children play in a safe and fun environment.

We have an enclosed area for babies, and an enclosed outside play area, which is opened up when the weather permits, with plenty of space for the toddlers to run around and play with the many toys we have avail-able.

Dads, Mums, Grandparents, Childminders - Everyone welcome!

We meet every Thursday (school term-time only) 9.30am to 11.30 am at Kimberley Parish Hall, Newdigate Street, Kimberley. A fee of £1.20 is charged for 1 adult and 1 child, which includes a hot drink for adults and juice and a biscuit for children.

Come along and check us out; no need to book a place.

The Eastwood Festival is now in it’s 11th Year!

Full brochure and online information available from mid May.

This year 35 individual events will take place from the 1st—31st July. Ranging from Jewellery making, Stamp Competition, Have

a go at singing with Choirs and the annual Family Fun Day & The Vibe.

Come along, get involved and be inspired!

See below for some events taking place at the

Eastwood Volunteer Bureau Coffee Morning Dates for 2011 (Thursdays):

28 April 25 August 26 May 29 September 30 June 27 October 28 July 24 November

Have You any Wool?

Our Knit n Natter ladies at the Bureau are really short of Double Knit wool. Have you any spare that you could donate to us to keep these ladies knitting away? Please phone us or bring it in. Thank you!

Gloria De Piero, MP for Ashfield, has a surgery at the Bureau on:

Friday 17 June

Please telephone 01623 720399 for an appointment, and details of other dates.

We are able to produce colour as well as black and white copies. If you or your group needs things like leaflets printed—in fact any kind of photocopying—then please contact us. Our rates are as follows:- A4 black & white (single-sided) 5p A4 black & white (double-sided 7p A4 colour (single-sided) 25p A4 colour (double-sided) 40p

Village Volunteers are participating in the following events:

Craft Market at Dora Phillips Hall; Fri 22 July 2-7pm Sat 23 July 10am-4pm

Design a Stamp Competition for children at Eastwood Post Office; Sat 9 July-Fri 29 July

Exhibition of work by local artist Steve Reeve at Eastwood Volunteer Bureau; Thurs 7 July 10-12 noon.

Exhibition of woodturning by Kenneth Hickling at EVB; Thurs 14 July 10-12 noon.

Writing workshop facilitated by local author Helen Sharp at EVB; Thurs 21 July 10-12 noon.

Inspiration & Skills Share at EVB; Thurs 28 July 10-12. The Art of Afternoon Tea at EVB; Sunday 17 July 3-5pm The Art in Recycling at the indoor market at the Post Office; throughout the Arts Festival during Post Office Opening Hours. To find out more, please contact Angela Smith on 01773712637 or angela.kinton@talktalk.net.

Springs Nottingham is a new charity based at Spring Bank Farm in Brinsley.

We are setting up a resource centre for adults and young people aged 14+ who have learning disabil i t ies (including people who are on the autistic spectrum), to visit with their carers. We are aiming to open on

Monday and Saturday mornings, 10am-1pm, after Easter. Please ring the numbers below, or email if you would like to book a place. Cost £1.50 per session. We are looking for volunteers to help out for 3 hours or more a month. We will provide training. You can choose to help with activities or work on the land.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sally Hodges on 0774 2578987 (text or speak to Sally) or 01773765766 (leave a message).

www.springsnottingham.org.uk

American Barn

Large room for

sensory therapy

The Field – to be developed into allotment and soft fruit areas The Woodland 2 acres of

woodland offer a peaceful

outdoor ‘quiet green space’, a

sensory nature trail and seating

Main Stable Block computing, all-

the-senses room, kitchen and

eating area. There are toilet

facilities in the stable block.

Things to do

Messy Stable Block art & crafts, indoor gardening

At Holy Trinity Church, Kimberley on Saturday 21 May 11.00 am until 4.00 pm

Performance of Clog Dancing at 2 & 3 pm

Free admission. All welcome.

For details please contact Anne Carr on 0115 9385362.

In aid of Eastwood Volunteer Bureau

Date: Friday 6 May.

Time: 4.00 - 6.00 pm viewing; 6.15 - 8.30 pm Auction Sale.

Venue: Dora Phillips Hall, Wood Street, Eastwood.

Refreshments provided: tea, coffee and cakes.

Admission free; donations welcome.

Come along for a chance to acquire a selection of prints & paintings by local artists

WHEN IN 2011 WHAT WHERE DETAILS CONTACT

Every 2nd Tues Eastwood & Brinsley WI Dora Phillips Hall Meet 2 pm. Contact Eileen Elliott for details. 01773 712132

Last Thurs of each month Monthly Coffee Morning Volunteer Bureau Eastwood 10am-12pm. Not December. 01773 535255

Thursdays Coffee & Crafts Volunteer Bureau Eastwood 10—12 –everyone welcome, just ask for Christine or Angela. 01773 535255

1st Monday each month Brinsley Women’s Fellowship Brinsley Parish Hall 2-4 pm 01773 712575

1st Saturday each month Farmers’ Market Kimberley, Toll Bar Square 9am-1pm

Every Wednesday Friendship Club St Mary’s Church, Eastwood 2.00-3.30pm 01773712458

2nd Thursday of month Jumble sale in aid of Mencap Harpenden House, Nottingam 6.30pm, next to City Hospital’s Edwards Lane entrance

Mon 9 May Mon 6 June

Brinsley Women’s Fellowship Brinsley Parish Hall 2.00 pm Beauvale Priory—talk by Ann White Headway Charity—talk

01773 712575

Tues 10 May Tues 14 June

Eastwood & Brinsley WI Dora Phillips Hall 2.00 pm Resolutions with Joan Cretney Life & Work of Noel Coward—talk by David Darby

01773 712132

Tues 26 April Tues 10 May Tues 24 May Tues 7 June

Brinsley Retired Persons’ Club Brinsley Parish Hall (Except for 10 May) 2.00 pm

Talk on living and working in Uganda by Pat Clarke Cream Tea in aid of Scope at 25 Nethergreen, Eastwood Talk on Trek to Cambodia by S Butler Bingo

01773 762742

Weds 20 April Weds 18 May

Eastwood Historical Society Beauvale Methodist Church 7.30 pm

Paupers & Patients: Workhouse & Records - Philip Jones AGM & a Surprise Speaker

01773 786977

Wed 11 May Wed 8 June Wed 13 July

DH Lawrence Society meeting Durban House, Eastwood 7.15 pm

Susan Reid: Lawrence and Music Andrew Harrison: Moods & Voices in Lawrence’s Early Writings AGM with readings and Discussion

0116 2714402

Thurs 28 April Thurs 30 June

Coffee Morning Volunteer Bureau, Eastwood Bilsthorpe Heritage Society mining exhibition. 10-12 noon Pandora’s Box by Maurice Styles. 10-12 noon

01773 535255

Fri 6 May Blood Donation Sessions Greasley Sports Centre, Dovecote Road, Newthorpe

12.30 to 3.15 pm & 4.45 to 7.30 pm. 0300 1232323

Fri 6 May Art Auction in aid of EVB Dora Phillips Hall Viewing 4-6 pm; Auction 6.15-8.30 pm 01773 535255

Fri 22 + Sat 23 July Craft Market Dora Phillips Hall Fri 2-7 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm. Stalls & Craft Supplies. 01773 712637

Sat 4 June ―Home & Garden‖ Fair Volunteer Bureau, Eastwood 11 am to 3 pm, stalls refreshments, entertainment, etc. tba 01773 535255

Sun 17 July The Art of Afternoon Tea Volunteer Bureau, Eastwood 3-5 pm. Waiter service & traditional teas. 01773 712637

Throughout July Eastwood Arts Festival Throughout Eastwood Please see Festival Brochure