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February 2017
From the Editor Friends of Library
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The Children’s Voice 3
Chudleigh Film Society Chudleigh Rotters Amenity Society Chudleigh WILD
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Chudleigh Singers Cabaret Sauvignon Red Earth Opera Con Club Open Mic
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Scrambled Legs Haldon Belvedere Phil Beer in Concert
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Fairtrade Evening Cridford Inn Neighbourhood Plan Children’s Voice cont’d
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Rotary International KRF Handyman Service
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Town Hall news TDC Residents’ Panel Carbon Trust Fund
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What’s On On The Beat
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Inside this issue:
www.chudleighphoenix.co.uk
A huge thank you to this
month’s sponsors:
KRF Handyman Services;
The Cridford Inn; and
Webselect
Protecting our Health
It’s taken a while, due to the need to get planning
consent, but the community defibrillator is now in
place on the outside of the Town. The project was
first suggested by Chudleigh residents, Vince and
Emilie Westerland.
Cardiac arrest does not discriminate against
age, sex or fitness—it can happen to anyone,
anywhere and at any time. It can be caused by
many things including heart attacks, strokes and
major trauma; and early defibrillation for patients
in cardiac arrest can make all the difference to the
outcome.
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs)
are purposely easy to use. Anyone can use them—
the machines talk you through what to do, and that,
alongside advice from our emergency call-
handlers, means that anyone can help to save a life.
In a rural community like Chudleigh the
presence of a defibrillator improves survival
chances because it means the patient can receive
treatment while the ambulance is en route. The
first free training session to equip people to
administer CPR and to use a defibrillator is being
held on 16th February and spaces are still available
(see poster below for details). If the demand is
there, more courses will be run in the future.
Contact Town Clerk, John Carlton, if that interests
you.
The defibrillator is located on the outside of the Town Hall,
to the right of the front door, below the fire escape
Chudleigh Phoenix February 2017
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From the Editor
February already, and love is
definitely in the air, what with
yesterday being Valentine’s
Day. The Junior Reporters have
taken ‘love’ as their theme for
the month and have come up
with some unusual aspects.
And in working with
them this time, I had to brush
up on my mythology. In case
you are confused: Aphrodite
(Greek) is the same as Venus
(Roman); while Eros (Greek) is
the same as Cupid (Roman).
You will notice on the
front page, a couple of short-
dated events, both on Thursday
16th February. During the
afternoon, there is an
Friends of Chudleigh Library from Chairman, Douglas Neely
If you would like more information about Friends of Chudleigh
Library, please contact Librarian, Jill Hughes on 01626 852469
or Chairman, Douglas Neely on 01626 853456.
We are holding another of our popular Shakespeare events in
the library on Wednesday 1st March. This time we are asking
people to bring along their favourite pieces from the Tragedies.
You do not need to be great actors or you can just come along and
listen. It will start at 2pm and go on to 4pm.
Also in March, to tie in with Red Nose Day, we are
holding a Red Nose Cake Sale on Wednesday 22nd March. Come
along to the library from 10am and get some delicious cakes and
buns and raise money for Comic Relief at the same time.
Finally an early warning for an event in April. On April
5th, starting at 7pm, Derek Gore will be giving us an illustrated
talk on the “Ipplepen Dig”, It was thought that the Romans did
not venture past Exeter but the discovery of many Roman remains
during this dig at Ipplepen, proves this not to be the case. Tickets
will be £2 to include refreshments and are now available from the
library. More details of this event in the March issue of Chudleigh
Phoenix.
opportunity for the little ones
to get creative in the library.
And in the evening,
there’s a free training session
on CPR and the new
defibrillator at the Town Hall.
(Of course, if you put
this month’s CP aside to read
later, rather than opening it as
soon as the email arrived—
then I’m afraid you’ve missed
the boat.)
As we move ever closer
to spring, those intrepid women
of Scrambled Legs are at it
again. Read about their latest
campaign on page 6. And if
you see them running around
the streets on Saturday
afternoons, do give them a
wave or a cheer.
Happy Reading!
Kate
Copy date 28th February for the March issue. Reserve your space in
advance: [email protected] or phone 854611. The
editor reserves the right to edit copy for considerations of space.
Views expressed in CP are not necessarily those of the editor.
Chudleigh Phoenix February 2017
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The Children’s Voice ‘Love’ Special With Guest Editor Izzy Kennedy-Bruyneels
We set this theme as yesterday was St Valentine’s Day. We
are looking at love from lots of different angles.
Introduction to Love Special
Amazing Aphrodite by Eliza & Jess
Ever wondered why we fall in love?
Well, here is one theory, originating
from the Greeks.
Aphrodite was the Goddess of
Love. She had a very unusual birth as
she was born out of the sea foam,
beautiful and fully grown up. She loved
birds, especially doves, sparrows and
swans. Aphrodite was married to
Hephaestus, the God of the Forge, but not at all happily. She
was really in love with Ares, the God of War.
It is said that Aphrodite started the Trojan war!
Jealous of her sister, Helen, she tricked a prince called Paris,
into kidnapping Helen. Her husband, King Sparta, somehow
heard and went to rescue his dear wife with a massive navy of
Greek warriors. They set off for Troy, ready for anything.
Aphrodite’s powers meant she was able to affect
emotions and had amazing power over men. Her son, Eros, made
Paris is sooo romantic. It’s the city of love; it even has...the
’Bridge of Love’, a popular and romantic attraction for all-age
couples. The bridge is teeming with love locks, representing the
everlasting relationship between two lovers.
After the padlock has been placed, the key is thrown
into the Seine so it may never unlock the love. Recently the
French authorities
have taken parts
of the bridge wall
down. The 45
tonnes of padlocks
were proving too
heavy for the old
bridge and the
parapets were
falling down.
M a n y p e o p l e
wonder whether the couples stay together. Hopefully they do!
Keyhole to Love by Otis & Saffron
Rockin’ Romance by Hattie
Did you remember that yesterday
was Valentine’s Day? If you forgot,
you might be in trouble!
How many roses are sold on
Valentine’s Day? The answer is a lot!
In 2010, an estimated 198million roses
were sold worldwide. Men purchase
about 75% of the annual 110 million
roses sold in the US, at this time
every year.
How much money do we spend on Valentine’s Day? In
2016, sales soared to an all-time record breaking £18.9billion.
I hope you’ve enjoyed these Valentine’s Day facts and
have been interested in them
The Origin of Valentine’s Day by Dominic & Jun Li
Valentine’s Day originates from the third century AD and a
priest called St Valentine.
At the time, Emperor Claudius II banned marriage,
causing chaos. Valentine thought that this was unfair, so
arranged marriages in secret. Claudius found out and sentenced
him to death on 14th February, which is why we celebrate his
dedication on that day.
It was considered bad luck in
Victorian times to sign a
Valentine’s Day card.
However, you celebrated, we
hope you had a great time.
You may think that humans are
the only ones in love. THINK
AGAIN! Even fish have fiancés
and penguins have partners.
Step into the amazing animal
kingdom and discover the duos!
The most iconic love
creatures have to be swans,
especially when they make the outline of a heart with their
necks. But would you believe vultures are lovebirds? These
scavenging soulmates may look ugly, but underneath their
wrinkly skin, love is at work. These brilliant birds nest in shelted
spots such as woodland and caves, and incubate their eggs until
they hatch. Then they raise their young together.
But rats, fish, antelopes and wolves are couples too. Now
you know that cupid is at work in the animal kingdom too.
Creature Couples by Ellen & William
The story of Cupid. More from The Children’s Voice on page 7.
Amenity Society News
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Frances Daysh: Treasurer, [email protected], 853173
Lyn Paris : everything else, [email protected], 852090
Julie Rayner: work sessions, [email protected], 835432
Chudleigh Rotters Update
Our various bays are doing their job of composting the donated
green waste during this cold weather, without our assistance,
during our winter break! Teignbridge District Council have
once again kindly sent their contractors who have shredded all
the donated Christmas trees to produce excellent weed-
suppressant mulch which will be bagged up for sale via
committee members. Once again PLEASE DO NOT HELP
YOURSELF, thank you.
Meanwhile Julie will have contacted members by phone
or email to book work parties for the first Saturdays in each
month from March onwards, so by the time you read this, those
members will know who they are for Saturday 4th March! Our
work parties are very friendly with lots of chat and
tea/coffee/hot chocolate and biscuits [or cake!] provided so don't
be put off by the word "work"! Looking forward to catching up
with everyone.
Our next screening is a period drama,
Belle (Cert 12A; 104 min) which was
released in 2013. The film is inspired
by the true story of an illegitimate
mixed-race daughter who is raised by
her aristocratic great-uncle, Lord
Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) and his
wife (Emily Watson). The horror of
slavery is raised but from a position of
hope and love. Belle will be screened
on Friday 10th March and has been
kindly sponsored by a Chudleigh
resident.
Doors open at 7.15pm in the
Woodway Room, Chudleigh Town
Hall (entrance in Woodway St) Admission is £6 on the door and
refreshments are also for sale before screening at 8pm. Further info
available at www.chudleighfilmsociety.org or 01626 859593.
Chudleigh Film Society
On Friday 20th January, promptly at
7.30pm, 33 members were formally
greeted by our toastmaster, Michael
Underwood, whose scarlet tunic
added to the presence of the voice.
He quickly secured our attention!
Many years ago, huntsmen
wore scarlet so that they did not get
shot by archers. At the hunt dinner
later in the day, a huntsman would
lead the toasts still wearing his
scarlet tunic. The Victorians, with
their love of formality, created the
role of toastmaster. Today there is
a guild of toastmasters that sets out the requirements of the post.
A Toastmaster must be an event manager, have excellent
organisational skills and be tactful. Any event involving royalty
requires the keeping of confidences whilst some relatives may
need to be kept apart at some weddings! Familiarity with Debretts
and a knowledge of protocol is a must. Michael’s talk was
interspersed with wit. At one event, when putting an inebriated
heckler through an outside door, he found it was, in fact, a
cupboard!
On 27th January, CADAS and Chudleigh WILD jointly
hosted Magnificent Mires, by Jasmine Atkinson from the Devon
Wildlife Trust. Responsible for an educational project involving
ten schools around Dartmoor, Jasmine teaches the importance and
variety of interests to be found in mires. She does this, amongst
other things, by taking them on field trails and demonstrating how
to dry sphagnum moss and convert it into a sponge or filling.
There is a bog festival week in July.
Mires (think quagmires), peatland and bogs are different
names for the same habitat that covers 3% of the British
landscape. Much of it has been altered by farming and industry
(e.g. peat cutting and moss collection at Widecombe during the
First World War to make bandages) but
what remains is vitally important for our
wellbeing. For example, carbon storage
by the Dartmoor bogs is equivalent to a
year’s emissions nationally!
Mires are formed by the growth
and activity of sphagnum moss that
creates its own eco-system, discouraging
the growth of most other plants. When
the moss dies, it eventually becomes
compressed and forms peat. Although
bogs inhibit the growth of most plants,
some such as sun dew, cotton grass and
bog asphodel thrive, as do insects and birds such as the dunlin that
do not occur elsewhere. Mires are indeed magnificent and should
be cherished and celebrated.
Chudleigh WILD Update
Apart from the ongoing tasks of wildflower growing and planting,
verge raking and walks, we will soon be starting on the Bat n Moth
Garden on Rock Road, hoping to complete it with school children
helping with the final planting at the beginning of the summer
term.
Before then however, Chudleigh will take part in the Great
British Spring Clean on the afternoon of Sunday 5th March. We
are borrowing some pickers and hi vis jackets and will meet in
Fore Street play park. You don’t have to join in, you can always do
your own litter spotting and picking. We are not bad on tidiness in
Chudleigh, but could always do better.
We are involved in contributing to the Neighbourhood
Development Plan and do need your thoughts, so please try and
come to the launch at the Town Hall from midday on April 22nd.
Tessa Frost, 01626 852551, [email protected]
Chudleigh Phoenix February 2017
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Scrambled Legs 2017: Training for the 6 mile Road Race begins this month. 4pm every Saturday outside Kingsley House—All Women
Welcome!
Road Race: 7.30pm, 14th July
Have you heard of us? This is
our 4th year of local women
being just a little curious to see
if we could train to run 6 hilly
miles—from a starting place of
zero fitness or running
experience! By the time this
goes to print we will have had
our first training session. So far
over 15 new women have been
in touch to say they would like
to have a go and then there are
those that have run before who
can’t wait to do it again!
The Legs are being
supported this year by an
activation fund from the national This Girl Can campaign.
Scrambled Legs founder, Lisa Lea-Weston, has been asked to be a
This Girl Can Ambassador for Devon in recognition of her support
for women in overcoming challenges and getting out and having a
go. Scrambled Legs embodies much of what the campaign is about.
It began because Lisa had cancer and wanted to see if she
could run as she was recovering—because she was so grateful
treatment had been successful—not because she had ever been a
runner! Andy Palmer and Alison German offered to support Lisa in
getting fit enough to run. Then some friends offered to train with
Lisa; then there was logo and a FaceBook page. This was followed
by a commitment to raise funds for Cancer Lifeline South West, a
small local charity which supported Lisa and her family with a free,
3 night Time To Retune break. This was so nurturing and
transformative that Lisa wanted to raise funds for them.
Scrambled Legs actively welcomes all women. Nobody is
left behind as the faster runners always loop back—and we train
hard but we have sooo much fun supporting each other in our fears
around not being good enough.
So if you are interested, please do get in touch via our
FaceBook page: The Scrambled Legs. Also follow #ThisGirlCan
and #devongirlscan on Twitter and take a look at our charity’s
website: www.cancer-lifeline.org . Our fundraising page will be up
and running soon.
Stop Press: Training for this year’s race started on
Saturday 11th February when a record-breaking 37 women
turned up to learn how to beat those hilly 6 miles. If you would
like to join them, there’s still time. Next Saturday, 4pm, outside
Kingsley House.
More Scrambling!
Lisa Lea-Weston, founder of Scrambled Legs and Devon Ambassador for
This Girl Can
Phil Beer
Friday 17th March, 7pm Chudleigh Community Hall
Tickets £14 each
from Sue on 01626853651 or [email protected]
www.philbeer.co.uk
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The Children’s Voice (continued)
Your Chudleigh: Have Your Say
Late last year I reported on the Town Council’s decision to
proceed with the preparation of a Neighbourhood Development
Plan (NDP) for the parish. The Town Enhancement Committee,
under the chairmanship of Cllr Mike Underwood, is acting as the
steering committee and has established an NDP Team which has
five groups working on the major issues so far identified :
the natural environment
indoor community facilities
outdoor community facilities
new housing and employment development
access and communications.
Steady progress is being made by all five groups and the
steering committee has recently agreed a draft Vision and
Objectives.
The next major step will be the public launch of the
plan-making process at a half-day exhibition in the Town Hall on
the afternoon of Saturday 22nd April. Everyone attending will
have the chance to comment on the Vision and Objectives and
discuss the issues with members of the working groups. We need
to know whether you agree with what has so far been done: are the
Vision and Objectives right for Chudleigh, are there any other
current issues that can be dealt with by the Plan?
At the end of the event we should have sufficient
information to produce a questionnaire that will be delivered to
every household in late spring. If all goes to plan, the draft NDP,
called the pre-submission version, should be published in the
early autumn and we will then be on track to complete the Plan
sometime next year.
So please put 22nd April in your diaries and come along
to the Town Hall in the afternoon. All those attending the exhi-
bition will qualify for a treat!
Graham Wall
Love With Wings by Connie and Issy
Cupid—a young man with white wings and an arrow to make any-
one fall in love...
Cupid’s mother, Venus, was very jealous of Psyche as she
was so beautiful. So she ordered Cupid to go to Psyche’s room
and shoot her with a n arrow to make her fall in love with the
most horrid person in the world. But Cupid fell in love with her.
He visited Psyche every night while she slept; he told her never
to look at him. Her sisters told Cupid if he wouldn’t allow her to
look at him, he must be a monster. When he came into the room
that night, Psyche looked at him. Cupid was so angry he flew
away. Psyche was so upset because she thought she’d lost him
forever. She searched the whole world for him. Jupiter helped
her by giving her immortality so she and Cupid could live to-
gether forever. Later on, they had a daughter called Voluptas.
“You don’t need to be better for others; just be the
right person for someone.”
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This 1.2 million-member organization started with the vision of
one man—Paul P. Harris. The Chicago attorney formed one of the
world’s first service organizations, the Rotary Club of Chicago, on
23 February 1905 as a place where professionals with diverse
backgrounds could exchange ideas and form meaningful, lifelong
friendships. Rotary’s name came from the group’s early practice of
rotating meetings among the offices of each member.
There are now 35,000 Rotary clubs worldwide, organised
into 530 Districts. In the British Isles, we have a Rotary
organisation, still part of RI, known as Rotary Great Britain and
Ireland (RGBI), with around 50,000 members.
The Devon and Cornwall District within RGBI includes
local Rotary Clubs of Newton Abbot (a twilight or early evening
Club), Ashburton / Buckfastleigh (lunchtime) and my Club,
Dartmoor Vale, which currently meets at Bishopsteignton, but
draws membership from a wide area including Chudleigh, Bovey
Tracey, Newton Abbot, Kingskerswell, Kingsteignton and
Shaldon.
Regrettably, the Rotary Club of Chudleigh and Bovey
Tracey recently closed, but two of its members transferred to
Dartmoor Vale which has around 32 members and meets almost
every Thursday evening, usually for a meal with some time for
business, a speaker or just fellowship and fun. Often we have
outside visits for pleasure, ranging from gentle sports to theatre or
restaurant visits. We join in golf and skittles competitions with
other Rotary Clubs.
Our members are from a range of backgrounds, which
means they bring many different skills to bear on our projects.
Dartmoor Vale has its own charitable trust and usually raises
between £20,000 and £30,000 per year, which we use for a variety
of good causes, both locally and internationally. Our many
charitable projects have ranged from buying a specialist pram for a
local disabled child, through to building a toilet block for a school
in a poor part of Africa.
We are known for our annual events. In October we hold
our running races—marathon, half-marathon and 10k races run
simultaneously. Club members and other friends do the organising
and stewarding—not the running. In recent years the races have
started and finished at the Sibelco West Golds site near the
Newton Abbot Tesco. They attract serious
runners and charity fund-raisers. We
have had around 1,000 entries for one
day's races. We encourage charity
runners to pass their sponsorship money
to us, so we can claim gift aid and add to it a proportion of the
entry fees we receive, thus giving their charity much more than the
sponsorship raised.
In early November we have a darts competition with a
number of teams of six playing simultaneously; trying to achieve
the highest score over a two-hour period. We ask the darts players
to get sponsorship. This pays for our third major project.
We hire the Buckfastleigh to Totnes train on the last
weekend in November and run four Santa Special trips for some
800 disabled and disadvantaged children with parents or carers and
siblings. Of course, we have Santa and his helpers with gifts, food
bags and a great festive spirit. It is so heart-warming to see the
pleasure it gives
so many chil-
dren who other-
wise have hard
lives.
Another
arm of our work
is with young
people. We
i n c r e a s i n g l y
w o r k w i t h
primary and
s e c o n d a r y
schools in activities such as mock interviews and community
projects. There are also Rotary competitions for young people—
Young Chef, Youth Speaks, Young Photographer and many more.
We fund a small number of pupils through a Rotary Youth Leader-
ship Award programme and give dictionaries to children when
they leave primary school.
For more information, search for web-sites of Rotary
International, Rotary GBI, or Dartmoor Vale Rotary.
John Calderwood
Rotary International
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Town Hall News: featuring items
from CTC not covered elsewhere in CP
Contact details: John Carlton, Town Clerk, 01626 853140,
[email protected] ; Chudleigh Town Council website
Chudleigh Citizen’s Award for 2017
This award was introduced by the Town Council in 2012 to
recognise individuals who, in a voluntary capacity, have served
Chudleigh and its people and made the town a better place. The
first recipient was Alan Brunton. Since then the award has been
presented to Sue Metcalfe, Joan Prowse, Gillian Wood, Stewart
Sapp, Mike Moyse, Alan Holman and Annie Holman. It is now
time to seek nominations for the 2017 award. If you would like to
nominate someone, please contact the Town Hall office and we
will let you have a nomination form. The closing date for
nominations is 17 March 2017 and the award will be presented at
the Annual Town Meeting on 28 April 2017
Free one to one computer lessons
The Friends of Chudleigh Library are offering this facility on
Monday mornings between 10am and 12 noon. They can offer
basic training for beginners, assistance with using the internet,
emails, word processing and graphics. They will also offer advice
on specific problems. You can take along your own laptop or use
the machine provided. Please phone the library on 01626 852469
to book your lesson. Library opening hours are 10am-1pm Mon,
Wed and Sat; 3pm-6pm Tuesday and 2pm-5pm Friday.
Classic car reliability trial
On Sunday 12th March, Torbay Motor Club is holding a reliability
trial in this area between 8.30am and 10.30am. They are planning
two short trials on private land at Farley Copse and will exit using
the byway near Northwood Farm. Vehicles will travel towards
Chudleigh from the north, along the main street and continue
towards Chudleigh Knighton before joining the A38 southbound.
The organisers have stressed that this is not a race or a rally
and the vehicles will be travelling at low speed throughout. All
competitors will be aware that they may encounter people on foot
or on horseback while using the narrow roads and will be prepared
to stop and turn off engines as necessary.
Appeal for volunteer drivers
Across South Devon and Torbay, many isolated, elderly and
disabled people find it difficult to get about due to their restricted
transport choices and more volunteer drivers are urgently needed
in Bovey Tracy, Buckfastleigh, Dartmouth, Dawlish, Newton
Abbot, Teignmouth and Totnes. Drivers need only to be available
a few hours a week or month.
One of the vital tasks volunteer drivers perform is to help
patients attend medical appointments. Community Car Schemes
support patients and carers who have limited access to personal or
public transport to attend health appointments and therefore
actively contribute to positive outcomes for patients and assist the
NHS.
In 2015-16, 43 Community Car Schemes across Southern
Devon alone provided at least 18,134 passenger journeys to and
from health appointments, and 17,814 journeys for social and
wellbeing purposes, covering an incredible 190,459 miles.
Mavis is an elderly lady who lives on her own. She is
visually impaired and goes to regular appointments at the Eye
Clinic at Torbay Hospital.
She is totally dependent on this voluntary sector provider as the
bus service is so irregular. Besides which, she often has eye
injections at the clinic which affect her vision and because of this
it would be impossible for her to find her own way back home on
public transport. She is very grateful for the service that the
voluntary sector offers.
“I am so grateful for the service. The driver drops me off at
the entrance of the clinic and comes back to find me after parking
the car,” she said. “I do enjoy the company and conversations we
have and it really helps me to have somebody to talk to on the way
home, particularly if I am feeling a bit worried!”
Volunteer driver, Brian, said: ”I get a lot of enjoyment
from the driving. You have to avoid all the bumps and drive as
smoothly as possible because a lot of our passengers are frail. I
also enjoy being able to help people who seldom get out of their
homes due to mobility issues. People are often very pleased when I
collect other passengers on the way to or from appointments and
treat it like an outing. (‘Ooh, I`ve never been around here before’
is often heard!) I also enjoy the humour and Mickey taking of the
other drivers and staff (which I miss after working on building
sites all my working life).”
If you have a driving licence and would like to find out
more please contact your local Volunteer Centre on FREEPHONE
0800 304 7413 or email [email protected] to be put in touch
with any of the transport organisations in South Devon.
A new energy efficiency support service for SMEs
Join the Carbon Trust Thursday 2nd March
Padbrook Park, Cullompton, 9.30am - 12.00pm
CARBON TRUST FUND 03456 047 047
Teignbridge Talking Residents’ Panel: Members Sought
Teignbridge District Council’s 'Talking Teignbridge' Residents'
Panel is made up of local volunteers who have agreed to regular
consultation by the Council. The Panel's views are taken into
account when the Council makes decisions about the things it
does.
Panel members include younger and older people, men
and women, and people with disabilities—in fact membership is
monitored to make sure it represents the whole area, creating a
'mini-Teignbridge' that reflects the views of all the different
people that exist around the district.
If you fancy having more of say in what happens around
the district, more information can be found here.
Chudleigh Phoenix February 2017
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What’s On In Chudleigh
Thursday 16th Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 8.30am to
1pm. Story Creating Workshop: Chudleigh Library, 2pm, details page 1. CPR Training: Town Hall, 7pm,
details page 1. Friday 17th
Amenity Society: Mark Cottle with The Building of Buckfast Abbey, Woodway Room,
7.30pm. Saturday 18th
Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm.
World Challenge Coffee Morning: Rest Centre, 10am.
Sunday 19th C a b a r e t S a u v i g n o n : Constitutional Club, 7.30pm,
details page 5. Monday 20th
Chudleigh Writers’ Circle: Rest Centre, 10am.
Thursday 23rd
Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 8.30am to 1pm.
Saturday 25th Weekly Produce Market:
Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm. Carnival Coffee Morning: Rest Centre, 10am.
Tuesday 28th
Chudleigh Phoenix: copy date for February issue.
Wednesday 1st
FOCL: Tragic Shakespeare Day, Library, 2pm, details page 2.
Thursday 2nd Carbon Trust Fund: Seminar,
Cullompton, 9.30am, details page 9.
Friday 3rd Con Club: Open Mic, 7pm, details page 5.
History Group: Paul Rendell with 100 Miles Across Dartmoor with Packhorses, Woodway Room, 7.30pm.
Saturday 4th
Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm. Chudleigh Scouts Coffee Morning: Rest Centre, 10am.
Town Council: Surgery, Town Hall, 10am to noon. Chudleigh Rotters: Monthly
working party, 10am, details page 4. Chudleigh Singers: Workshop with Alf ie Pugh , Scout Headquarters, 10am, details
page 5. Sunday 5th
Chudleigh WILD: Great British Spring Clean, details page 4.
Monday 6th
Town Council: Full Meeting, Town Hall, 7pm.
Thursday 9th Weekly Produce Market: Outside Town Hall, 8.30am to
1pm. Friday 10th
S E A R C H : F a i r t r a d e Extravaganza Evening, Town Hall, 6.30pm, details page 7.
Chudleigh Film Society: Belle (Cert 12A); 7.15pm for 8pm, details page 4.
Saturday 11th Weekly Produce Market:
Outside Town Hall, 9.30am to 1pm. World Challenge Coffee Morning: Rest Centre, 10am.
Sunday 12th
Classic Car Trial: through Chudleigh, 8.30am onwards, details page 9.
Tuesday 14th Diners Club Monthly Dinner:
Contact Phil on 07702418458 for details.
Wednesday 15th Chudleigh Phoenix: March issue due out.
FEBRUARY
On The Beat with PC Ali Hooper (14939); PCSO Mark Easton (30315)
Contact Details: website;
Emergencies: 999; General enquiries: 101
There were a total of nine crimes recorded for Chudleigh during
the last reporting period, broken down as follows:
Theft from shop (3): There were two shoplifting incidents in the
CO-OP and one in the Spar shop. On all occasions the offenders
have been captured on the CCTV systems. The images have been
published on the police computer briefing page for possible
identification.
Criminal Damage (3): 1: Two sheep were injured in a dog attack.
The animal has not been identified. A community message has
been sent to the local residents to make them aware. 2: A vehicle
parked secure and unattended was scratched. There are no suspects
or witnesses. 3: A private/rented property had an object thrown
through a downstairs window. Two suspects were seen driving off.
The registration was noted and the offenders are known. Enquiries
are continuing.
Theft: A purse was taken out of a handbag left unattended in a
workplace. There are no suspects or witnesses.
Burglary: An unknown person entered the church while it was
open to the public. An attempt was made to gain entry to a filing
cabinet and some damage was caused around the church. A couple
of lines of enquiry were followed up however no offender was
identified.
Theft from motor vehicle: A highways road maintenance HGV
left secure and unattended in a rural location was entered by
unknown means. Several items were taken from the cab along with
an amount of fuel from the fuel tank. No offenders have been
identified and enquiries are complete.
MARCH
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