‘Tis the season to be jolly! and we at Prout Bridge have all the more reason to be as the wonderful Beaminster Christmas Trees at Lower Barrowfield Farm have very generously chosen us as their charity of choice this year. Every Christmas tree they sell, we get a donation to the charity.

Go and see their selection at the farm as soon as you can.

Once again,

Thank You!

A huge thank you to St Mary’s Church, Beaminster for allowing us to run our band and group work sessions from the church.

On Tuesday nights, our Phoenix Youth Band will meet from 6.15 to 7.30. They will follow all COVID guidelines to remain safe, which sadly means we will be an instrumental band only.

We have 3 spaces if any young person aged 9-14 would like to join us, please contact Paula.

DO YOU HAVE A YOUNG PERSON WHO IS NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL AT THE MOMENT?

We are running a set of 6 sessions after half term on Resilience & Coping Strategies which are aimed at supporting young people who may be finding life difficult at the moment. The sessions are FREE and are run by 2 qualified youth workers, Paula and Henri. They will run on Thursday mornings from 9am – 12 noon in St Mary’s Church. We help young people through a supportive, peer mentor model of work where young people are empowered to make changes to identify and understand their emotions.

Both of these sessions are closed groups and once registered a young person is expected to attend all 6 sessions. This is vital to enable us to keep to COVID safety guidelines.

Please call Paula on 07802514171 if you would like to register or just to find out more.

Following last night’s announcement from the government I have contacted Dorset Police to ensure that we are assisting rather than hindering Police efforts at this difficult time. They have confirmed that it will continue to be a valuable service to young people and other members of the public.

We will be out during the hours below to ensure that anyone can make contact with us, if they need support for themselves or know of someone else who needs help. We will also be able to ensure that vulnerable young people have up to date information to enable them to keep themselves safe.

We will obviously be complying with the social distancing rules and ask that if any member of the public does want to talk to us, they recognize the need for us to remain 2 metres away. We will also be complying with the legal limit of 2 workers together at a time.

When will we be out:

• Tuesday 6pm – 8pm

• Wednesday 5pm – 7pm

• Thursday 12.30pm – 1.30pm

• Friday 7pm – 9pm

We will be wearing our Hi-Viz jackets and will have our ID cards on us. Please approach us if you need help or just want a chat – at a 2 metre distance please.

Stay safe. Paula