Herald - Issue 403

11th March 2021 • The HERALD • Page 27 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Local ~ Airports ~ Seaports ~ Hospitals ~ Weddings Hotels ~ Events ~ Day Trips ~ Evenings Out Tours ~ Daily Hire ~ Wait & Return ~ UK Travel 07788 665846 kph2407@gmail.com www.keithsprivatehire.com KEITH’S PRIVATE HIRE Travel in Executive Style & Comfort 8 Luxury Leather Seats & Air Con Credit & Debit Cards Accepted • J ewellers • W atchmakers J. COLLINS & SON Proudly Serving the Waterside since 1972 10 Marsh Parade, Hythe, Southampton, Hants Tel: (023) 8084 3074 WE ARE KEEN TO BUY ALL SECONDHAND JEWELLERY, SCRAP GOLD Stockists of large range of gold, silver and gem set jewellery M ain A gents for C itizen , R otary , P ulsar , L orus W atches and S eiko C locks Kit Heath & Hot Diamond Silver Jewellery Stockists Secondhand Jewellery for Sale Our Professional Services include Jewellery & Watch Repairs, Re-Stringing, Ear Piercing EXXONMOBIL FAWLEY DONATION BRINGS ‘PEACE OF MIND’ TO CHILDREN’S NURSERY STAFF Staff from a Waterside children’s nursery say they will have “peace of mind” thanks to a donation from ExxonMobil Fawley that will be used to buy COVID- 19 testing kits. Like other nursery settings, Saplings Children’s Day Nursery Ltd, which is based in Holbury, did not fall under the current lockdown guidelines introduced at the beginning of January governing the closure of educational establishments. Hannah Moody, Manager at Saplings, said: “When the whole country went into lockdown on 5th January, we were advised by the Department for Education that we would be expected to remain open to all our children as usual. We have robust systems in place to protect everyone from COVID-19, however, we all feel a certain amount of anxiety knowing how virulent the new variant of the disease is. Although we have been told that the transmission rates in young children is low, the nature of our work means we still have a lot ofindirect contact with many individual families.” Saplings is a community nursery run by a voluntary management committee made up of parents and professionals. It provides day care for children from three months to ve years. It is not eligible to receive free COVID-19 testing kits, leading sta decided to seek alternative arrangements. Hannah said: “To try and relieve some of the anxiety we were feeling, I looked at the cost of testing kits. However, the last year has been difficult due to the pandemic and we have very limited funds available. I decided to contact Saplings staff and children say thank you to ExxonMobil Fawley for the donation towards COVID-19 testing kits very generous donation means we can purchase the kits we need to make sure staff can be regularly tested over the next few weeks. Thiswill minimise the risk to us all, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the staff, the children, and their families. The tests will give us peace of mind that we’re not putting any of our colleagues or our own families at unnecessary risk. Everyone at Saplings is incredibly grateful to ExxonMobil for coming forward to help.” Alison Jones, Community A airs Manager at ExxonMobil Fawley, said: “We have very robust COVID-19 measures in place at Fawley to help protect our staff and contractors, so we know how important it is to have that kind of reassurance. We were very pleased to be able to offer our help to Saplings during whatis a challenging time.” the committee directors, who themselves work in the education sector, to see if they had any suggestions or information that might help us further.” One of the suggestions that came back was to contact ExxonMobil Fawley, and the site promptly stepped in to help with a contribution of £500. Hannah said: “This A “Zooming” Good Time! Like many clubs and organisations Hythe & Waterside Rotary have been holding their weekly meetings on-line since the rst lockdown last March. But that does not stop them still having fun! A ‘Call my Blu ’ evening has just been held where 46 Rotarians, their families and friends took part in an on-line version of the old TV programme where they try to guess the meaning of obscure and fascinating words. www.hwrotary.org or telephone: 023 8181 8187. Setting the questions, and arranging the teams on-line was a joint e ort amongst Rotarians and ensured that a good time was had by all. If you would like to know more about Hythe & Waterside Rotary please visit their website: Hythe & Waterside Rotary weekly Zoom meetings