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Community update Hayling Herald
Men’s Shed: Progress
By Nik Nickerson
AT the end of last year, I wrote, ‘Now, 2025 beckons.
The success of this year (2024) will propel us forward
to even greater achievements.’
Our plans are taking shape to enable us to realise our
ambitious goals. These plans encompass ideas for the
exterior of the Shed, as well as measures to enhance the
security of our estate and that of the church.
Within the Shed, we intend to offer workshop training
to equip more men with the tools and facilities we have.
All that’s required is their ideas and imagination.
We hope to empower individuals with prior knowledge of mobile phones and computers to gain a sufficient
understanding of these essential tools for modern life.
Almost every aspect of survival in the latter part of
one’s life requires some form of internet device.
The Art Group will continue to provide relaxing
activities, including enjoyable conversations (though
not necessarily more intellectually stimulating) so that
our members can unwind and spend a few hours in the
company of others of their own age and gender.
Our charitable work will focus on actively participating in the Hayling Community, but always not on an
individual basis.
We are a small and elderly organisation, so our resources are limited, and we believe they are best spent
where we can make a significant impact on a larger
number of people.
We will not engage in
any activity that jeopardises the viability of
local businesses. If you
need our assistance
with anything, we will
always listen and consider your request.
Please be understanding if we decline
to get involved in what
you are asking us to do.
The truck, above
A decorative truck
refurbished by HIMS
right, was made not
long after the war by Charles Froude of Bognor Regis.
Charles made a lot of furniture in his shed during those
painful years: he was very accomplished. The truck
stood in his garden for years.
Towards the end of his life, the truck was passed to his
daughter Trudie, and then on to her sister Ann. Both of
the girls now live on Hayling.
It was in a sad state, the wood was rotten in places and
rust was eating into the small metal parts. The truck
found it’s way to the Men’s Shed where it was restored
and returned to Charles’ daughters as Charles would
have wanted. This is what we do.
• Fascia and Guttering
• Lo昀琀 Insulation and Boarding
• Conservatory Roof Insulation
• Conservatory Repairs
• Glazing
• General Maintenance
• Windows & Doors
Free Quotations or Advice
Becky - 07860 844401
Andy - 07516 723151
0800 014 1404
sales@srwservices.co.uk
Age Concern
By Cathy Shoebridge
AGE Concern lunch club finished the year for
members with an excellent Christmas lunch
cooked by Jan and her volunteers which included turkey and all the trimmings and five
vegetables donated, once again, by Stoke Fruit
Farm which we very much appreciated.
A super huge raffle was also held and organised
by our volunteers.
Throughout the year we have had a number of
donations which of course all go towards helping
with the running costs for Sunnyside Hall which
we have to continually maintain. Thank you to
everyone who has donated during the year.
It was a busy year for our kitchen and minibus
volunteers who not only ran the minibus and
lunch clubs three times a week, they also helped
with other events organised for members.
To show our appreciation the committee hosted a New Year lunch at the Yew Tree to celebrate
and thank everyone which was enjoyed by all.
We have welcomed some new volunteers
during 2024 which we are very pleased about.
However, we are still looking for a Thursday
lunch club cook to volunteer with us once a
fortnight. If this is of interest then do contact us
on 07544 218855 and leave a message and we will
call you back.
You would be welcome to join our team for a
Thursday morning to see what is involved.
We held our first Age Concern committee
meeting of 2025 in January where we welcomed
two new committee members. Along with all our
normal committee business we will be focusing on health and safety this year where we are
reviewing all our safety processes and procedures
to ensure our members and volunteers stay safe
with us.
We will be having some more health chats from
professionals and the Sensory Team will come
in again to advise members about aids they can
have in the home to help them.
We are using local suppliers where we can for
our lunch club now and Hayling Fruiterers are
kindly delivering our vegetables each week. Some
new menu ideas have been introduced at the
lunch club which have mostly been successful.
We are always open to new ideas so members
if you’re reading this do feel free to make suggestions when you next come to the lunch club.
Hall hire was busy during 2024 and the introduction of our online booking system has helped
with this.
We must thank Hayling Print for all their help
with this and with many other printing tasks.
Also, thanks to the Hayling Herald editor for
giving us space each month we really appreciate
it and receive a lot of feedback from our articles.
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