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By Carla Morson, Ash, Ash Vale & Ash Green Coronavirus Support Group
I’m going to start by thanking all of our volunteers, whether they are part of the Food Parcels Team or not, as all have done so much to help our community over the past 10 months. Without everyone we would have been lost and unable to do much of what we have.
Continue reading “Food Parcels Team Update”
At The Parishioner we love getting to know our neighbours!
Continue reading “Meet The Local: John Tonks”
By Alex Sanderson
With so much uncertainty we are being very slick and adaptable (otherwise known as making a new plan every time the rules change!) But we do have a plan and we will be putting the mess into Messy Church for you all to enjoy some family friendly church activities in 2021. So what’s on the list?
Continue reading “Messy Church fun in 2021”
By Simon Brown, Chair, Trail Action Group
Dear Jeremy,
Before delving into what will be a challenging topic I would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your staff a very Happy New Year.
Trail Action Group was set up around 10 years ago with the aim of retaining access to the military training lands for cycling. On talking over the Chairman’s role I wanted to build on the previous negotiations with DIO. My goal was to enable and encourage responsible mountain biking on the lands defined by the Aldershot and District Military Lands Byelaws and to correct the anomaly restricting cycling that was added in the 1976 byelaw review.
Continue reading “Ash Ranges: An open letter to Jeremy Quinn MP”
James Morgan-Yates (local resident and founder of AshRanges.com) shares frustration at the situation that local residents find themselves in. http://www.AshRanges.Com
Continue reading “Frustration and Injustice”
By Carl Cookson
2020 will always be remembered as a year of frustration. COVID-19 has had such a dramatic impact on the world and our community. But in the frustration, you see glimmers of hope.
Continue reading “Glimmers of Hope in 2021”
By Helen Lambert
New Year, new you! New Year’s resolutions. New “normal”. New cases. New vaccine. New variant. New rules. New lockdown. Do you ever wish things would stop being quite so new? 2020 was a whole new experience for everyone – not just in Ash Vale, not just in the UK, but on the whole planet. But what about you? Do you feel renewed? Or just wrung out? The “new” has become “old” and we would all like to move on, but times remain uncertain and precarious.
Continue reading “Bible Study for a New Year : 2 Corinthians 5:15-18”
One of our Eco-Champions, Keri Barber shares some ideas:
Every day, we have the opportunity to either worsen or improve our personal impact on the planet. In 2021 I’m challenging myself to try new things to chip away at my eco-footprint, and tread more lightly on the earth. What will you do for the planet in 2021?
Continue reading “Eco-Church: New things to try in 2021”
By Mike Jacobs
Over eighty years ago I was marked with a sign that said I was safe. In 1940, I and many, many other children were vaccinated at the clinic in Stoke Road, Guildford. This left a scar high up on my left arm that was affectionately known by everyone as a ‘Dickie Bird’. The vaccination was to protect me against smallpox (variola), a disease that had decimated Europe throughout the middle ages. This process was followed a few weeks later by injections against Diptheria and Scarlet Fever. Since discovery of the process of vaccination, smallpox has been eliminated and is now considered exterminated.
Continue reading “A sign that it worked”
By Vicki Fox
The perfect seasonal recipe, and you can even forage for the ingredients!