FOPs chair Kirsty Cann has stepped down. During her years in office she was instrumental in many school achievements - the play equipment for the wild area, the Willow shelter and making the May Fair a fantastic day.
Thank you Kirsty, everyone will miss you!
Kirsten Brauer and Georgina (George) Burton will be taking on the chair from September.
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Archives for July 2017
All Change at FOPs
Payhembury Provisions News – August 2017
Each year our community shop has been able to help fund various projects around the village, sometimes as a one-off grant from our profits (eg the pavement outside the shop which we all take for granted now) or sometimes from the proceeds of our weekly raffle topped up by the shop profits.
Many village groups and clubs have benefited this way over the last 6 years and in September we will be asking you to apply in writing to the shop committee for this year’s allocation of grants. Please consider supporting the raffle as by doing so you will …
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Thanks for Your Support
Tale Valley Choir and Bassoonery would like to thank everyone for their support at the concert on 17th June in church. The evening was greatly enjoyed by a large audience and guide dogs.
£400 was raised for Guide Dogs East Devon and £400 for St. Mary’s Church.
With many thanks, Mary Lorimer. …
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Open Gardens for Children’s Hospice South West
If you would like to support this wonderful cause by opening your gardens in 2018, please click Open Gardens for Childrens Hospice SW for details, or visit the website https://www.chsw.org.uk/. …
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Payhembury Spring Bulb & Flower Show 2016
The hall looked beautiful on show day thanks to the concerted efforts of all those who displayed exhibits, and it smelled pretty good too. Thank you to all those who entered - without you there would be no show, and it proved yet again that there are a lot of talented Payhembrians out there.
I would like to thank the committee first and foremost; for some it was their first show and everyone rose to the challenge and helped make sure everything ran smoothly. Also to Jo Vincent, Joan Jarvis, Julie Moore, Pat Holdaway and all the …
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Alan’s Nature Notes from June
Hi Everyone,
The big news this month has been the sighting of a pair of red kites at Hembury Fort. Brian and Janice tell me that the pair stayed overnight, and for a while hovered over their chicken run, causing some consternation. About a hundred years ago, red kites were almost extinct in Britain, but these days they have made a great recovery in several counties, partly due to re-introduction programmes. We don't see many of them in the South-West, so lets hope this is the start of them colonising Devon and Cornwall.
Biddie tells me she …
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Yellingham Farm in June
There is one main objective for me in June which is at the top of my shepherding list. Get my sheep shorn as soon as possible. Our shearer is absolutely fantastic. I sent the normal text to him and awaited the reply, which was pretty swift. Yes, he said, will be with you in a couple of weeks’ time. That was on the Thursday. Friday morning, I get a text to say see you at 5 o’clock tomorrow. No warning, no nothing, but if you don’t say yes you never know when you might see him again…..if ever, as they are in high demand! So drizzle was forecast …
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New Project to Give People a Better End of Life
Everyone has the right to a good death, but less than 30% of us have had a conversation with family members about their wishes for end of life. A new Lottery funded project, sponsored by leading East Devon charity Action East Devon, aims to put an end to the taboo of talking about death by organising ‘Death Café Conversations’ across East Devon. Death Cafes are being held across East Devon. Forthcoming Death Cafes can be found at www.deathcafe.com.
Passing Matters is also teaming up with Citizens Advice Bureau East Devon, to deliver ‘Putting …
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