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A trusted tradeswoman with sensible rates covering Southampton, New Forest & Waterside areas CONTACT HANNAH 07585 778136 W: www.hannahs-electrics.co.uk • E: hannahelectrics@gmail.com Like us on Facebook Send your local news to The Editor, The Herald, 2 High Street, Hythe SO45 6AH ROTARY CLUBS OF NEW FOREST AND HYTHE & WATERSIDE VISIT MINSTEAD LODGE Minstead Lodge is the home of Minstead Trust in the New Forest and hospitality at Minstead Lodge is back up and running following the Covid shutdown. As well as providing an award-winning venue for weddings the catering team have been busy producing their popular a ernoon teas. Set in the panelled Long Hall with a view over the gardens and surrounding forest this venue has a tranquillity which sets it apart from other a ernoon tea venues. Coupled with that is the knowledge that it forms part of the hospitality training programme for people with learning disabilities which makes it a special experience. New Forest Rotary have been supporting the work of Minstead Trust for nearly forty years so it was to be expected that members would enjoy the return of the a ernoon teas as a social event. e a ernoon tea was enjoyed by 30 members of the Rotary clubs of New Forest, Hythe & Waterside and Lymington. e President and President elect of both New Forest and Hythe & Waterside Rotary clubs were there not only to enjoy the food but also to see for themselves the work carried out at the Lodge. e food was delightfully presented by the people supported by the Trust learning skills in catering and hospitality and thoroughly enjoyed by all present. e guests then le for a tour of the workshops, leaving the hospitality team to see that the food had been eagerly devoured! e Rotary group visited the workshops including, the new jam and chutney making kitchen. This relatively new social enterprise to the Trust, e Real Jam and Chutney Company was taken on as a going concern over a year ago now by the Trust with an array of avours that can be purchased from local shops including Furzey Gardens, as well as being used in hotels as far as North Hampshire. Some of the produce such as chillies and rhubarb, grown at the Lodge gardens are used in the production. In a similar manner the the pottery workshop uses clay from the grounds following the uprooting of a large tree in summer 2023 in a eld at the Lodge. e cra workshop was busy paper making, weaving and felting, using locally sourced wools from rare sheep breeds and alpacas, as well as making other cra s. e wood working studios have an impressive display of products being produced for commission or for sale at the shop in Furzey Gardens. It was in the wood nishing area that New Forest Rotary President Ian and Rotarian Jane Wilson-Brown were able to Ann Frame, Steve Timms (past President New Forest), Rosemarie Tiffen (President Elect New Forest) Jim Whitehouse (past President Hythe & Waterside), Terri Whitehouse (President Hythe & Waterside) and Ian Frame (President New Forest) see how the latest nancial donation was being utilised to produce beautiful nishes to the wood. e visit concluded in the walled garden where people learning horticultural skills had been growing food to be used in the kitchens at the Lodge as well as chillies in the greenhouse for the jams and chutney production. Minstead Trust is a local charity, number 1053319, whose base is at Minstead Lodge in the New Forest. e Trust also supports people with learning disabilities, both locally and in Dorset and along the coast in Portsmouth, helping them to gain skills and con dence and to be as independent as possible. For more information about their work, about visiting Furzey Gardens or Hanger Farm Arts Centre you can visit: www.minsteadtrust. org.uk Are you over 55 and want to make the most of life once you’re no longer in full time work by exploring and sharing new ideas, skills and interests with your local U3A? Across the UK, U3A members are learning, staying active and having fun in later life. It’s local, social, friendly, low-cost and open to all. Totton U3A is now open to new members so why not join them. ey meet every second Thursday of each month at 1.45pm in the Palm Room at Totton & Eling Community Centre. eir next meeting is on Thursday 12th September for a talk titled ‘Carve Her Name with Pride - Violett Szabo’ by Jeremy Prescott. Various interest groups meet throughout the month to participate in learning and leisure activities and perhaps you can bring a new skill to share with others. Contact Christine Farleigh on 023 8086 2882 or email: cefarleigh@gmail.com for further information or just go along to their monthly meetings. Give it a try; you can be sure of a warm welcome! Carve Her Name with Pride - Violett Szabo
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