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The Grapevine Magazine May 2001 Issue No 159
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Lottery Funding for Recreation Ground & Hall
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£96,250 for Lewknor Parish Recreation Ground and Hall The Trustees of Lewknor Parish Recreation Ground and Hall are delighted to announce that the Recreation Hall has been awarded a grant of £96,250 from the Community Fund of the National Lotteries Board. This is in addition to the £40,200 we have been awarded by the Community Trust Fund of South Oxfordshire District Council. We also have been awarded £6,000 from the Trust For Oxfordshire's Environment specifically for funding two car parking spaces and WC facilities for disabled people at the hall. We are now in the position of having full funding to complete the hall. The Trustees appointed Mr Ifor Rhys at the beginning of the current fundraising initiative as project manager. A qualified architect and quantity surveyor Mr Rhys will be co-ordinating the completion works for the hall. The Parish Council will continue to pay his fees. A number of people have approached members of the committee inquiring about an adventure play area at the Recreation Ground, along similar lines to those at Tetsworth and Kingston Blount. The committee would be happy to designate an area of the Recreation Ground for an adventure play area and would like to hear from parishioners who wish to set up a fundraising committee. The annual AGM for the Recreation Ground and Hall will be held at 8pm in the Recreation Hall on 7 June 2001. Everybody is welcome. The electors of every parish and town are required by law to convene an annual meeting. Since local affairs are, in practice usually handled by the Parish or Town council, there is rarely any specific business to conduct. Nevertheless, the statutory constitutional obligation remains and the occasion provides both a public forum and an opportunity to provide an update on recent activities. In the past we have usually been fortunate enough to persuade our local County and District Councillors to say a few words of local interest and we hope that they will be able to attend this year too. This year's meeting will be held at 7.30 p.m. in the village school on 14th May. A reminder will be posted on the notice boards in Lewknor, Postcombe and South Weston. All electors are invited to attend. The agenda will be as follows: 1. Introduction and welcome. 2. Annual Report on Parish Council activities 2000-01 - Mrs Bindoff. 3. Financial statement - Clerk. 4. County Council perspectives - Cllr Tim Horton. 5. District Council perspectives - Cllr Rodney Mann. 6. Matters raised by the public. 7. Arrangements for the Annual Horticultural Show. Census Day was Sunday 29th April. Many thanks to all of you who have so far returned your completed forms. May I remind those of you who have not yet done so that NOW is the moment. There is a legal obligation to complete a census form. The Census is taken for the benefit of everyone chiefly so that public spending may be directed to the areas where it is needed. The Census is confidential and anonymous. If you have any queries please ring the census Helpline on 0845 301 2001 or speak to the Census District Manager on 354 533. Phyllis Joan Johnson nee Head was born on the 20th May 1923 at Watlington Hospital and lived with her parents Charlie and Alice, older brother George and sister Gladys at what we know as No8 High Street, Lewknor, where her parents dealt in antique furniture. It was in Lewknor, at the age of 11 that she met a charming young man called Laurie from Watlington, who used to pass through the village on his bicycle on his way to work at a furniture factory in Stokenchurch. They became very close but at the start of World War II they lost touch. During the war years Phyllis worked in the WAAF at Bomber Command, High Wycombe as a Tele-printer operator. After the war she was re-united with Laurie and they married in November 1946. They lived with Phyllis's parents in Lewknor for a while so that she could nurse her sick mother. Later they moved to High Wycombe where Phyllis began working for the British School of Motoring and later started P Johnson's School of Motoring. Their only daughter Valerie was born in Wycombe but in 1977 the opportunity arose to live in Lewknor, in the same house in which Phyllis grew up. It was here that she lived for the rest of her life. She was always a fond animal lover of all kinds, especially her dogs. Phyllis and Laurie have been together for 68 years and been married for 55 of them. She was a wonderful daughter to Charlie and Alice, wife to Laurie, sister to George and Gladys, mother to Valerie and grandmother to Christopher and Karl. She will be dearly missed by all that had the pleasure to have known her. --------- The family of the late Phyllis Johnson would like to thank everyone for their kind thoughts. They were a comfort to us all at this sad time, also for the donations towards The Cancer Research Campaign. PARENT PARTNERSHIP OXFORDSHIRE More volunteers needed to support parents whose children have Special Educational needs. Many people do not realize that one in five children have Special educational needs at sometime during their school career. The Parent Partnership Service of the Oxfordshire LEA run a successful scheme of support for parents whose children are experiencing difficulties. Parents may need someone to explain to them what the official letters mean or need help preparing for a meeting. Having someone who understands the process can make a big difference to an already worrying time. 50 Independent Parental Supporters are presently enjoying the opportunity to befriend and offer assistance or a listening ear to parents whose children have Special Educational Needs. Supporters meet together monthly to share experiences and often an interesting speaker talks to the group. All Independent Parental Supporters are offered training in:
Support, consultation and expenses are provided for all volunteers. Anyone interested in becoming a Parent Supporter, please ring: Marian on 01865 810541 or Wendy on 01865 816232. (following on from Helen House...) Many of you will have heard of Helen House, the world's first children's hospice which opened in Oxford 18 years ago and which continues to give day-to-day love and care to children who face life-threatening illness as well as offering support and friendship to the whole family. Advances in medicine and feeding techniques mean that many of these children are now living longer than they might have done a few years ago. For some in their late teens and early twenties the environment of a children's hospice is no longer suitable or appropriate to meet their varied and special needs. Sister Francis Dominica, the founder of Helen House, therefore intends to build Douglas House, a purpose-built hospice-respite care centre (a respice) for young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions who are beyond the age of using a children's hospice, but for whom there is presently no other suitable provision. Douglas House, like Helen House, will be the first of its kind. Douglas House will seek to add life to days, even when days cannot be added to lives, and to offer the best quality of care to every young person according to his or her needs and wishes. It will be an occasional home-from-home, where young people will not only receive love and care from experienced staff, but also where they can develop social relationships with people their own age outside the family circle. Whilst they enjoy relatively good health they may wish to take advantage of the opportunity to study, take up new leisure pursuits or just relax in a warm and friendly atmosphere. There is immense pressure on those who care for young people with life-limiting illness and they do deserve a well-earned rest: some may like to stay close-by in the family rooms to be provided within Douglas House, whilst others will prefer to take a short holiday in order to recharge their batteries. However, when the time comes, staff at Douglas House will be there to help young friends to die with peace and dignity and to help families come to terms with the death of their dearly loved young relatives. Douglas House will be built across the garden from Helen House within the confines of the convent walls. So, we have the land, and we have the planning permission. The task now is to raise the £4 million needed to build and equip Douglas House. Sir Trevor McDonald, already a supporter of Helen House, has very kindly become Patron of our fund-raising appeal, and over recent months we have received considerable national and local media coverage, all of which is helping daily to bring us closer to our target figure. There is, however, an urgency to the situation in which so many young people find themselves. Sadly, for some Douglas House will come too late: for others it could make a significant difference. If you can help in any way, or know of an organisation willing to raise funds for Douglas House, please complete and return the form below to Valerie Mather, Douglas House Office, 110 St Mary's Road, Oxford, OX4 1 QD.
The team of Friends would like to thank everyone who supported the Shrub Sale on Saturday April 28th. It was a great success and just over £300 was raised.
We were sad to say goodbye to Jack Brett, Charlotte Coles, George Graham, Nicholas Greaves, William Notley and Jason Prior who started full-time after Easter - we miss them all. This summer term we have welcomed Alice Dormer, Sofia Dutton, Madeleine Lee and Oliver Magrath and we hope they will enjoy their time with us. The theme for this term is physical development and we will work towards improving motoring skills and hand and eye coordination. We are all looking forward to having a visit from the firemen and we hope we will get to go inside their fire engine. We will learn what foods are good for us and we will be very busy making bread, making a kite and making a clay pendant as well as practising for our annual sponsored trike ride on Tuesday 22 May - let's hope the sun shines that day so we can all enjoy the celebrations. We are well on our way towards our target of collecting 1km (£800) of 2ps to help jointly support the construction of Belaunde School in Arequipa, Peru and to build a sensory garden for Lewknor School and Krakatoa. To date (27-4-01) we have collected almost 130 metres of 2ps - £103.57 thanks to contributions from many adults, children and businesses in the community. Special thanks go to Postcombe Service Station and their customers who have so far collected £32.43. A collection bottle for 2ps can be found in the library of the school or contact Ana Murray (281 602) who will be happy to collect your 2ps. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP SO FAR AND PLEASE KEEP THE 2PS COMING.
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