30th March 2023 • The HERALD • Page 53 v THE HERALD - Your Community Magazine v LYMINGTON RAMPS Safer Easier Access SEE MORE PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS AT: www.lymingtonramps.co.uk NHS and Local Authority Approved ANY DESIGN TAILOR MADE FOR YOU SAFEST ANTI SLIP SURFACES Free no obligation visit Call 07511 801493 WE CARE, YOU CARE WOOLDRIDGE VIEW EXTRA CARE APARTMENTS COMING SOON Places for People Living Plus and Partners are pleased to introduce Wooldridge View, their latest Extra Care service which consists of 50 a ordable rental one-and two-bedroom apartments for people aged 55 and over, situated in Forest Pines, New Milton. Wooldridge View will be ideal for people who wish to remain independent, with their own front door and privacy, yet with the knowledge that they can access care and support within their own home when required. is exciting new development is due to open in the autumn. Wooldridge View is provided through a partnership between Hampshire County Council, New Forest District Council and Places for People Living Plus. To be eligible you must have a care need (assessed by Hampshire County Council) and a housing need (assessed by New Forest District Council). Wooldridge View will be open to eligible people over the age of 55 who have a local connection to the New Forest District Council area. If you are interested in making an early ‘expression of interest’, please call New Forest District Council on: 023 8028 5222 or email: Extracare@nfdc.gov.uk Artists impression of Wooldridge View Coffee Morning at the Horrill Centre ere will be a co ee morning at the Horrill Care and Wellbeing Centre, Challenger Place, Challenger Way, Dibden SO45 SSZ on Wednesday 5th April, 10am to 12noon. As well as refreshments and cake there will also be an Easter ra e. For more information please email: donna.best@ ageconcernhampshire.org.uk Additional funding for New Forest National Park welcomed e Secretary of State for the Environment has announced that the New Forest National Park will receive an additional oneo payment this nancial year to support increasing costs. e extra £440,000 will help deliver the ambitious Re:New Forest Partnership Plan for the National Park, focusing on climate, nature, people, place and partnership. e award is part of an additional £4.4 million which will be provided to the country’s 10 National Park Authorities to support vital services. Environment Secretary érèse Co ey said: “Our National Parks are the jewel in our cherished landscapes. They support thriving communities, economies, wildlife and are important places for public health and wellbeing. This additional £4.4 million of funding will support the important work that National Park Authorities do across our countryside and allow local people and visitors to enjoy these much-loved spaces.” e Government also announced that the Farming in Protected Landscapes scheme, currently delivered across 10 National Parks and 34 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) since 2021, will also be extended until March 2025. e New Forest National Park Authority has already been given £456,000 to issue in grants between July 2021 to March 2024 which has seen miles of hedgerow planted, ponds created, orchards planted and measures to reduce ooding. Prof Gavin Parker, New Forest National Park Authority Chair, said: “The New Forest National Park is a haven for wildlife in the busy south with many rare habitats and species. It also has 34,500 residents and welcomes millions of visitors each year. Our core funding has halved in real terms since 2010 with much of our £3.3m Defra grant being used to provide protection of the New Forest and support of our communities and businesses, including through our planning function. So this one-off grant is vital to ensure we can continue to resource our rangers and continue projects with Forest partners to ensure people respect and care for the New Forest; help more children and young people learn about the natural world and gain green skills and jobs; and carry out vital conservation work to maintain and help recover nature.” AndrewMcCloy, Chair of National Parks England, said: “Today’s announcement is welcome news. At a time when our National Parks are facing a real term reduction in Government grant, this additional funding is desperately needed. National Parks account for almost 10% of England’s land area and have ambitious plans to deliver on Government targets for nature, climate and public access. We have been calling for the powers and resources needed to achieve this ambition. It’s vital that today’s announcement for this one-off funding is backed up by a commitment to support our National Parks in the long term.” Cole Porter Hythe Townswomen’s Guild recent AGM went well with a Stand-up Bingo game with cakes and tea a er. e walking group is starting up again, hopefully, according to the weather. Knit and Natter as usual, once a month on a Monday a ernoon, making things for charity. Skittles every month on a Friday morning at e Ship Inn at Redbridge. ey will hold their next meeting on Thursday 13th April for a talk by John Sherbourne titled ‘Cole Porter’. ey meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at St Andrew’s Centre, Dibden Purlieu from 2pm to 4pm. Everyone is very welcome. Go along and enjoy interesting talks, and a friendly chat with a cuppa and biscuit. For more information contact Yvonne Mulvenney on: 023 8084 4768 or email: yvonne@mulvenney.plus.com Art in Lymington Lymington Arts Group holds meetings in the McLellan Hall at Lymington Community Centre, New Street, Lymington SO41 9BQ, on the second Friday afternoon of each month (excepting February and August). Meetings start at 2.30pm and normally last two hours. eir next meeting will be on Friday 14th April for an evening with Valerie Nerva for a Critique (of members work). On Friday 12th May for an evening with Mike Bragg for Drawing media/ Figures. Visitors are very welcome and pay £3.50. A Charity Cake Day raising money for the neonatal unit at Princess Anne Hospital is taking place on Saturday 29th April, 11am to 3pm, at Hedge End Social Club, 4 Bursledon Road, Hedge End, SO30 OBR. ere will be co ee and cakes, a ra e and lots more. Parking is free. New Beginnings Charity Cake Day
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