Treats at Street (From Dorset Echo)

Treats at Street

12:41pm Friday 14th November 2008 in Community

• TWO TRIPS have taken place this week to Street for shopping.

The trips were funded partly by donations given by local people to the collection at Alf's Fish and Chip shop and Barclays Bank.

DISABLED residents from the Dorset Close community centre went on a special bus on Tuesday, 11 November.

Free sausage and chips were provided by John and Karen from the chip shop.

The second trip consisting of two fifty seven seater coaches was on Wednesday, November 12 and was for the elderly of various areas including Fairway Court, Dorset Close, Southill and Westhaven House.

John would like to thank all the people who made donations to enable the trips to be held.

JOHN is hoping to feed around 360 people with fish and chips for a Christmas treat from various centres around the area.

He is raising funds for this by holding a raffle and would be grateful for any donations.

• LOCAL non league football training will take place at Beechcroft St Paul’s School every Wednesday from 5.30 to 6.30.

The training is free and is open to boys and girls from the age of eight upwards. Local police and PCSOs and local lad Glen will run the training and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council are funding the first 10 sessions.

For further information please contact Chris Edwards the chairman of the Westham COPS on 01305 781620.

• THE NEXT Pact meeting is being held at the Fire Station on Tuesday, November 25 at 7pm.

The meeting is open to anyone and if people have any issues or worries concerning their neighbourhood, Pact is the place to go.

• CONIFERS are holding a Christmas Fayre at the school on Friday, December 5 at 3.30pm.

The first prize in the raffle will be £100 and there will be lots of other lovely prizes.

There will be a craft area for the children to be creative.

As well as lots of popular stalls, Father Christmas will be there in his special grotto.

Refreshments will be available plus weather permitting there will be a barbecue.

• ON SATURDAY, December 6, the history book of Westham called Over the Bridge of Time will be sold at ASDA during the hours of 10am to 4pm. The price of the book is five pounds and all proceeds from the book will go back into the local community.

• A NEW fortnightly café for people with memory problems to attend with their carers, friends and family is starting at St Paul’s Community Hall in Abbotsbury Road.

They will be held every fortnight between Tuesday November 18 and Tuesday December 16 and then starting again fortnightly from Tuesday January 13 between 10.30am and 12.30pm.

For further information please contact Derek Dodd on 01305 259740 or email ddodd@alzheimers.org.uk or Trudy Belt on 01305 762500.