RECRUITING THE NEXT WAVE OF VOLUNTEERS

~ BAACA

The Volunteer Matching Service, which is run by Community Impact Bucks in partnership with Buckinghamshire Council and The Clare Foundation, matches registered volunteers to roles where they are most needed in the county.

In Spring 2020, more than 1,800 local residents signed up to volunteer via the Buckinghamshire Council’s website to support local communities during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, the recovery period and any local outbreaks that may arise. Since then, the Volunteer Matching Service has been placing volunteers with groups and organisations needing help to support our communities.

While many volunteers have stepped forward to help, a number have had a change in circumstances and are no longer available. We are now looking for more volunteers from across Buckinghamshire, and particularly in certain areas of the county to carry out a range of roles from short term or one-off tasks, to ongoing positions providing essential support.

As of Autumn 2020, we are particularly keen to receive volunteer registrations from the High Wycombe, Missendens and Chesham areas.

More information here: https://communityimpactbucks.org.uk/buckinghamshire-volunteer-matching-service/

St John’s Bellingdon – Sunday Service 11th October 2020

~ BAACA

Dear all,

It’s Saturday again and so time to upload our the service for St John’s Bellingdon for Sunday 11th October onto YouTube.

Once again we’ve filmed most of it in church and continued with the words and images together – and we’ve stayed with the slightly different angle so that you can still see the flowers and the communion table.

This week our Psalm is Psalm 78 verses 1-8 and readings are Philippians 4:1-9 and Matthew 22:1-14 and they are read by Fionnagh. I’m leading the intercessions. More volunteers for readings and intercessions would be very welcome!

It is on the Parish YouTube channel as usual – and this link should take you there https://youtu.be/gWVgG_-luy4 but it’s in the same place as usual and you’ve lots of experience now of on line services!

As before the service is available after 09.45 tomorrow when it goes public (and live)!

I’ve attached the notice sheets for St Mary’s and the Parish.

Hoping to meet with some of you ‘online’ on Wednesday to talk about the next few months and to tell you some about the ‘Captain of Captain’s Wood’!

With prayers and best wishes to you all

Tim

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Harvest donations for Chiltern Food Bank

~ BAACA

Harvest is a time when there are lots of donations to Foodbank from churches and schools but this year that’s difficult so we’re hoping to collect from the village to help out!

More people than ever are having to use the foodbank owing to the current crisis, so please do contribute if you can.

We’ll plan to have the Store at the side of St John’s Church open for people to leave donations to Foodbank on:

  • Wednesday 14th October 10.00 – 14.00
  • Saturday 17th October 10.00- 14.00
  • Wednesday 21st October 10.00 – 14.00
  • Saturday 24th October 10.00 – 14.00

To get to the store go down the right hand side of the building.

Currently the Foodbank urgently requires

  • CUSTARD
  • TINNED FRUIT
  • MACARONI CHEESE TIN OR PACKET
  • SHOWER GEL
  • TINNED CARROTS
  • TINNED RAVIOLI
  • TOOTHPASTE
  • TOOTHBRUSHES

but any other non-perishable goods are welcome

They’ve got plenty of:

  • SOUP
  • DRIED PASTA
  • UHT MILK

Alternatively you can donate money direct to the foodbank here https://chiltern.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/

Making a difference for wildlife

~ BAACA

Every windowsill, yard, and small garden is a stepping stone in the patchwork of spaces that animals and plants live in and move through – for shelter, and for food. Tiny changes that we can make help to improve the connections between these patches, making a huge difference to our wild companions. If you’d like to find out more about the simple changes you can make to help wildlife this autumn, join (me / Katie Horgan – Rough Around the Edges Project Officer) for a walk through some wildlife gardening ideas.

Rough Around the Edges (RATE) is part of the Chalk, Cherries and Chairs Landscape Partnership Scheme led by Chilterns Conservation Board. The Scheme is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and has three key themes: Wildlife, History, and People and Communities. Rough Around the Edges is one of six Wildlife themed projects and is being delivered by BBOWT.

Small, wildlife-rich areas can be just as important as big ones – and by improving and connecting these little islands of nature we can help wildlife recover across the central Chilterns. Examples of sites we are working on include:

  • community gardens
  • woodlands
  • churchyards
  • allotments
  • ponds and watercourses
  • meadow areas

You can learn more about the Rough Around the Edges project here: https://www.bbowt.org.uk/rough-around-edges

Real lives 12-18th October

~ BAACA

Residents will have received the flyer for the Real Lives event taking place from 12 – 18 October, not at the Elgiva but now available online, both live and as catchup.

Christian author and speaker Roger Carswell will be interviewing a former addict and city high flyer, an ex-loyalist terrorist who did time in the Maze prison, a top cancer surgeon and a double Olympic Rowing medallist, to help us discover more about their lives and how Jesus has impacted them profoundly for good. More information can be found at
www.realliveschesham.org

All the events are going to be hosted and streamed online so it will be possible for friends and family outside Chesham to connect to the events too!

Event schedule

  • Debbie Flood, double Olympic Rowing medalist on Monday 12 October at 7.55pm
  • Piyush Jani, a leading cancer surgeon on Wednesday 14 October at 7.55pm
  • Billy McCurrie former member of the UVF and imprisoned in the Maze on Friday 16 October at 7.55pm
  • Yvonne Edwards on overcoming addiction on Sunday 18 October at 7.55pm.