MEMORIAL HALL NEWS
Hopefully you have all enjoyed your summer even if it was a little belated and short. Our various clubs and societies have continued and are still operating a full diary of events and always welcome new members. Please check and see if you would like to attend any of them. The Memorial Hall would welcome any new clubs or groups that would like to set up and use the excellent facilities there. Do get in touch.
The generosity of Helpringham is well known and we would like to thank you all for collecting the plastic bottle tops which have now helped to buy two wheel chairs for children. As there are no children on the waiting list at present we will continue to collect the bottle tops but they will go to the Lincolnshire Air Ambulance until another child needs a wheel chair. So please keep them coming. We are also still collecting used stamps for the Hearing Dogs for the Deaf.

QUIZ NIGHT 20TH OCTOBER 2012 
Tickets will be available soon at £5.00 per person, with teams of four to six. Ploughman's Supper is included and a licensed bar will be available. It promises to be a fun evening so do get your team together and come along.

HALL DIARY September 2012 

Tue	4th	Arts and Crafts	1:30pm
		Ballroom Dancing	7:00pm
Thur	6th	Lunch Club	12:30pm
		Ballroom and Sequence for beginners	6:30pm
Fri	7th	Kung Fu	7:00pm
Tue	11th	Arts and Crafts	1:30pm
		Ballroom Dancing	7:00pm
Wed	12th	Petticoat Club	7:30pm
		Parish Council	7:30pm
Thur	13th	Ballroom and Sequence for beginners	6:30pm
Fri	14th	Kung Fu	7:00pm
Sat	15th	Darby and Joan Rummage Sale	1:30pm
Mon	17th	Hall Committee	7:30pm
Tue	18th	Arts and Crafts	1:30pm
		Ballroom Dancing	7:00pm
Thur	20th	Lunch Club	12:30pm
		Ballroom and Sequence for beginners	6:30pm
		History Society	7:30pm
Fri	21st	Kung Fu	7:00pm
Tue	25th	Arts and Crafts	1:30pm
		Ballroom Dancing	7:00pm
Wed	26th	Gardening Club	7:30pm
Thur	27th	Darby and Joan	2:00pm
		Ballroom and Sequence for beginners	6:30pm
Fri	28th	Kung Fu	7:30pm

To hire the hall for all your functions, weekday rates are £6.50 per hour for clubs
and £11.00 per hour for fund raising and weekends, plus £10.00 for use of the
kitchen and £10.00 for use of the bar.
Hire of Conference Room £6.00 per hour
Daily Hire of complete Hall £120.00
These prices include heating or air conditioning.
For Bookings please telephone Mick 421853 or Laraine 421 1 1 0

HELPRINGHAM POOR'S LAND CHARITY
The committee of HPLC will be conducting their annual review of eligible recipients for the Christmas payments at their meeting in early October. 
In the past the committee has relied on their local knowledge of members to keep the list updated. This has sometimes resulted in eligible parishioners being missed off the list. 
So if there are parishioners who think they meet the criteria and were not on the list in 2011 could you please let us know. 
The criteria for inclusion on the list are: you have been a resident of the parish for 5 years or more and are eligible for the state retirement pension (only one payment per household). We require any additions before 1st October 2012.
My address is Bridgeway, 35 Highgate, Helpringham.
Geoff Hotchkin

Helping to keep you safe and independent in your own home... 

 People aged 60 and over are able to access free information and advice from a range of organisations through one point of contact.  The First Contact leaflet contains a simple form which helps people to identify the information and services they could benefit from.These services can provide information and advice on issues such as home and fire safety, housing issues, adult social care, energy efficiency, falls, healthy lifestyles, money, benefits, clubs and activity groups, caring for friends or relatives, domestic help and volunteering. The relevant organisations make contact within 28 days to offer information and advice on their services and to discuss what may be available to the person.   First Contact leaflets are available from your local GP surgery, Info Links or parish office.  Alternatively, you can contact our Central Co-ordinators on 01522 782172 to request a form, ask for help with form completion, to organise a home visit or community talk.  You can also complete an e-form on our website by visitingwww.firstcontact.org.uk and click on' Get Advice' to access the form.

OR VISIT The free coffee morning at Heckington Village Hall  on Tuesday, 18th September

 10 am – 12 noon

  For free information and advice:

 

 

Enquiries re Baptism, weddings etc. should be made to The Reverend Chris Harrington on 01529 460904.
For other Church queries in Helpringham please contact John West on 421871

NEWS FROM THE PEWS byRev Chris Harrington   01529 460904
Then on Thursday evening 30th August at 7.30pm the Bishop of Lincoln is coming to rededicate the new roof at Asgarby at a service of Evening Praise. We hope the group choir will be able to join us and there will be refreshments afterwards.  Do come and support one of the smallest church communities in our group of parishes and have a look at the medieval wall paintings. However you spend your summer, take some time to smell the roses.

PETTICOAT CLUB NEWS
We took a step back in time at our last meeting when Laraine Wright gave us a fascinating insight into the production of the History Society’s first publication “Helpringham”.  It all started in 2007 when a small group of villagers met to discuss the possibility of gathering together suitable archive material to compile a history of the village.  Initial research found that significant historical events had simply passed Helpringham by and that the main points of interest were not events but people. With this in mind a decision was taken to focus on the development of the village through local eyes and, in 2010, with additional help and support the group became the Helpringham History Society and the task began in earnest. The printing of the first edition was funded by members themselves together with donations from others in the village and the first 100 copies sold fast. Another 100 copies have since been printed and these too have now been sold.  Apart from the publication itself the archive material collected has been exhibited in the village to mark special events to great effect. At the end of a very interesting and enjoyable evening there was an opportunity for us all to get involved by putting names to faces in photographs.
Our next meeting is at 7.30pm on Wednesday 12th September when Debbie Chessum will be coming along to tell us what it was like to be an Olympic Torch bearer. Do join us, we have a very varied programme and new members and guests are always welcome.

HELPRINGHAM AND DISTRICT GARDEN CLUB
Members are reminded that the Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday 26th September 7.30. p.m. in the Memorial Hall
Please do your best to attend

HELPRINGHAM HISTORY SOCIETY
The Society would like to thank all those who helped us mount the "Sporting Helpringham" exhibition in St. Andrew's Church over the Feast Weekend. It was amazing to see how many people in Helpringham have had sporting success and we hope all those who attended found it enjoyable and interesting. 
We are already planning the exhibition for next year's Feast "School Days" so please keep this in mind and look out your old school photos, artefacts and stories. This will include not just those educated in Helpringham but everyone. We ALL have school memories.
On Remembrance Sunday this year we will once again be remembering our war heroes at the Memorial Hall and would welcome any information or artefacts you may have to add to our already sizable collection, including all conflicts since the Second World War where our heroes have served and died.
The Society is now starting work on its next project "Buildings and People of Helpringham". To help with this we are seeking information on all buildings in the village and knowledge of previous ones. If you can help with this we would love to hear from you. Contact Laraine on 421110 or Julie on 421265 or any other Society members.

DARBY AND JOAN CLUB
September is a busy month for the Darby and Joan Club!
Starting with an outing to Springfields in Spalding on 13th September, leaving the chapel at 11.00am, return by 4.30pm.  The outing is open to everyone – to book please ring Alison on 421478, or Carol on 421617.
Table Top and Rummage Sale on Saturday 15th September, 1.30pm to 4.30pm.  Preserves, tombola, bric-a-brac etc.  Tables £5.  To book please ring 421478 or 421617.
Thursday 27th September is the Darby and Joan Harvest Festival, there will be a short service followed by a sale of produce and a buffet tea.  Everyone welcome from 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
Please note – flu vaccinations will be on Thursday 8th November.