Thanks and Can You Help? October 2021

CONTENTS

Thanks

St. Helen’s Coffee Morning

Deborah Boyle

Gillian McEwan Retirement

Can You Help?

Operation Christmas Child - Shoebox

Cleaner Needed at First School

Poppy Bombing

Stand up to Cancer at Zumba

Village Halls History Project

Wansbeck Valley Food Bank

Thanks

St. Helen’s Coffee Morning

THANK YOU to those who supported the September 4th Coffee Morning and for donations to stall and raffle.
We raised £116 for the Church.

Mary Stephenson 788232
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Deborah Boyle

Following the passing of Deborah on the 30th July, I have been overwhelmed by the love and support from the village. I want to thank everyone who sent a sympathy card, made a donation to St Oswald’s Hospice or paid a tribute to Deborah via the Journal Obituaries site.

It means so much to know how caring you all are. This is the reason Deborah and I moved to Longhorsley, to be part of a close community and I just want to say how grateful I am. My life will never be the same again, but at least I have the comfort of living in the most beautiful village in Northumberland.

Peter Boyle
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Gillian McEwan Retirement

Just a huge thank you to everyone in the Longhorsley community for your kind words, cards and gifts following my retirement from Longhorsley St Helen’s C of E First School - I have been overwhelmed.

I will miss everyone and everything involved with school life and the wider community.

Gillian McEwan
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Can You Help?

Operation Christmas Child - Shoebox

This year I’m collecting actual shoe boxes again!

If you need an empty shoebox or a leaflet explaining what items are appropriate, you can contact me.

We need top-up items and completed shoeboxes by November 15th, please.

Thank you all, Freya 07841 536797 freya@thegiraffegroup.co.uk

For more information, go to www.operationchristmaschild.org.uk
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Cleaner Needed at First School

Part-time Cleaner needed at Longhorsley C of E First School
(Contains more detail than the paper newsletter)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed individual to help with the cleaning of our school.

The hours are daily Monday to Friday and 1 hour every morning – before 9am, however, there is flexibility in starting and finishing times.

It is a band 1 post which is £9.43 per hour and term time only.

If you are interested, please contact school on 01670 788316 or email for further details on longhorsleyadmin@fedlongwhaltschools.uk by Friday 8th October 2021.

As a school, we are committed to the safeguarding of our children and an enhanced DBS check will be carried out prior to you starting.

Longhorsley is part of The Federation of Longhorsley and Whalton Church of England Schools

Executive Head teacher: Mrs Brannen
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Poppy Bombing

The Royal British Legion was formed in 1921 and, as this year is the centenary, Longhorsley Women’s Institute and Embroidery Group are currently working together to knit and crochet poppies to display around the Village Green over the Remembrance week in November.

Having just lived through a period of about 18 months where village hall group activities had to be curtailed, it is hoped that this communal creativity will bring people together and cause a smile.

Any donations of knitted or crochet poppies would be greatly appreciated.

Val Douglas 788338
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Stand up to Cancer at Zumba

On Friday 22nd October Mariana will run her usual 7:15pm session at Longhorsley Village Hall as a fundraiser for Stand up to Cancer.

Donations should be made to me on the day.

Please contact me if you would like to book a place.

Jane Gibson 788711 stephen848gibson@btinternet.com
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Village Halls History Project

Community Action Northumberland are running a project aimed at recording the history of the village halls in the county.

As part of this, Longhorsley Village Hall is conducting an oral history project looking at recording the memories of the villagers about the village hall, its building, what there was for the community prior and any interesting stories around the hall, personal, or community.

If you would like to participate, a member of the team will record your memories on tape which will then be held by the county archives for posterity. You will also receive a CD of your recording for you to keep.

If you are interested please contact either Garry Ritchie 07713 583311 garry7256@aol.com or Liz Elliott 07791 604166 liz2@ascuk.com
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Wansbeck Valley Food Bank

This Can You Help? is not in the paper version.

Just a reminder that you can make donations in Morrisons, Lidl, Morpeth Town Hall, Newcastle Building Society or the Longhorsley donation bin which is now at 53 Whitegates at the side of the house.

Full list of drop-off points;

Sainsbury – Stobhill. NE61 2SB

Morrison – Morpeth. NE61 1HQ

Asda, Ashington – NE63 9XG

Lidl, Morpeth – NE61 1PA

Poundland, Ashington – NE63 9UJ

Co-op, Loansdean Morpeth – NE61 2DR

Morpeth Town Hall – NE61 1LZ

Newcastle Building Society Morpeth – NE61 1HG

Co-op Funeral Directors – NE61 1BH

wansbeckvalleyfoodbank.org wansbeckvalleyfoodbank@gmail.com
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