Page 14 • The HERALD • 20th November 2025 v READ THE HERALD ONLINE: www.herald-publishing.co.uk v Wet clean or Dry clean • Carpets • Rugs • Upholstery • Cushions • Mattresses • Caravans & Motor Homes Contact Chris for a free estimate and advice. We have full liability insurance 023 8104 0185 07770 792361 clean-u-up@hotmail.com We provide one of the best professional Carpet & Fabric cleaning Systems New Forest Scaffolding All aspects of scaffolding undertaken • Extensions • Chimneys • Re-Roofing • New Builds etc For a friendly, local, reliable service and a free quotation Telephone: 07734 476855 www.newforestscaffolding.co.uk Full Liability Insurance Lychette Cottage, Roughdown, Blackfield SO45 1XG • Re-Skimming • Rendering • Coving • Dry Lining • Tacking • Artex Covered • Floor Screeding www.tbrownplastering.co.uk Call: 07919 183989 Friendly • Reliable • Professional • Free Estimates Presentation to Age Concern New Forest by Waterside Quilters Each year Waterside Quilters choose a charity to support, this year they have chosen to support Age Concern New Forest (ACNF). As a result of their 2025 group project the group were able to present two lovely handmade 48” square quilts to the charity. On 12th October they welcomed Carol Marley, Information and Advice Coordinator from the charity to their meeting where she was given the quilts, plus a wall hanging donated by Anne Wellington, one of their members. Carol was very pleased to receive the quilts, thanking the group and saying the charity will look into the best way of using them to raise funds and ‘to do justice to the time and effort the group have put in to producing the works of art’. e quilting group will continue with their fundraising until the end of the year when they will present the charity with the money they have raised. Age Concern New Forest is an independent local charity providing support for older people 55+ years, their families and carers in the New Forest. ey are displaying one of the quilts in their main charity shop in Dibden Purlieu and people are invited to ‘choose a date’ from an annual calendar (365 days) for a minimum donation of £1. e last date to donate will be Thursday 11th December (shop closes at 4pm) the winner will be chosen on Friday 12th December. For more information about Age Concern New Forest visit: www. ageconcernnewforest.org.uk Judy Elson, who put the quilts together, Carol Marley and Wendy Axton the groups committee chair Have Your Say In New Forest National Park Authority Residents’ Survey New Forest residents are invited to give their views about the National Park in an online survey. A previous survey by the New Forest National Park Authority (NPA) in 2021 received more than 2,700 responses and 10,000 comments. It helped inform the National Park Partnership Plan of actions for organisations looking a er the New Forest. Many respondents in the last survey said they wanted to live a more sustainable lifestyle. e National Park Authority set up the £1.4m YouCAN youth for climate and nature scheme with partners to drive climate awareness and action through a Climate Action Fund grant from e National Lottery Community Fund. It established a Green Groups Network, a New Forest Awakening Festival, and sustainable living pledge to harness and increase this activity in New Forest communities. People also said they wanted wildlife and nature prioritised, so partners introduced two Public Spaces Protection Orders enabling nes to be issued to reduce the threat of wild res and feeding and petting Commoners’ animals. e NPA secured a £1.3m Species Survival Fund with partners to enhance 250 hectares of land for nature across 25 sites – the equivalent of 350 football pitches. By March 2026 it will have given out over £1 million in grants to farmers, commoners and landowners to support nature recovery and sustainable farming through Defra’s Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme. NPA Communications Manager Hilary Makin said: “Our communities and local organisations are best placed to understand issues on the ground and how to solve them to enable people and nature to thrive in the National Park. New Forest partners have been acting on previous feedback. We’re now encouraging people of all ages to tell us their thoughts and ideas for the future of the National Park.” Have your say at: nfnpasurvey2025. commonplace.is. e survey closes on 30th November.
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