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Rogate Village Defibrillator Appeal Update:- Press Release by Appeal Organiser Penny Croucher. July 2010.
Just when you think you have it all sorted - along something comes to upset your applecart!
Following the magnificent success of our “Final Push” campaign through the Rogate & Terwick News, some very kind local benefactors dug deep into their pockets and donated sufficient additional funds to enable the purchase of the Defibrillator and now, the special all-weather external box to keep it in, safe, warm and ready to go. So we set about ordering the defibrillator, the box, the signs and all the various bits and pieces to go together to make up a complete tailor-made package. We placed the order with our preferred supplier AED Locators, www.aedlocator.org breathed a sigh and sat back with a smug we’ve done it look on our faces, to await delivery of our box of goodies. Then we get a phone call! A phone call in fact from AED Locators Managing Director, Clive Setter, informing us that the British Heart Foundation had just announced new guidelines on the use of Defibrillators and in particular the way chest compressions are carried out, therefore the machine we had decided to use, was now being updated and would not be available for another few weeks. Basically following research it has been decided to add an additional built-in monitoring system, this not only counts the chest compressions as they are applied but, and this is the really clever bit, it will tell you not only at what speed you should be doing the compressions by use of a metronome, it will also now tell you if they are deep enough, if you are going too fast or too slow, very clever when you think about it, saves all that counting when lets be honest, you have enough going on without counting compressions all the time. The good side is that we can get one of these new machines at the same price, the slightly down side is we have to wait a few weeks before it can be supplied and installed, hay ho, two steps forward and half a step back, but to be honest we have been very lucky really as we could have installed a new machine only to discover it was in need of updating within a few months. So watch this space and in the next few weeks we will be announcing the grand unavailing and you will all be invited. Once again many thanks for all your support and the help of the Rogate Parish website www.rogatevillage.co.uk and especially the Rogate & Terwick News and all its wonderful people who put it together and distribute it around the parish and finally not forgetting the most important people to thank, YOU! For without a few community minded people of this parish this would not be happening, WELL DONE AND A BIG THANK YOU, you all know who you are! Penny & Ian Croucher. Keep checking the parish website www.rogate-rake.org for news and updates, many thanks, Penny & Ian Croucher.
*Donations Pledged so far:- Animal Aunts. http://www.animalaunts.co.uk/ Anne Arnold, Rogate Village Stores. Carol Young. Foresters Friendly Society. http://www.forestersfriendlysociety.co.uk/ John Burnside. Mr & Mrs David & Karen Coke. Mr Woodage. Rogate Cars http://www.rogatecars.co.uk/ Rogate Bowls Club Rogate Parish Council. Rogate Parish Website. Rosemary Andrews. Valarie Jones. Roddy Carritt. + £725 in Requested Anonymous Donation. That’s £2,548.58. Raised So Far. Donations still coming in so this list figure will be updated as & when required.
MANY THANKS EVERYONE for your donations big or small it all helps save a life. |
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Double Milestone for Rogate Vicar As The Sun Shine's Down on his congregation The Reverend Edward Doyle celebrated not only his 10 years anniversary as Rogate’s Parish Priest but also a landmark age (the big 40) amongst his many friends and family in Rogate on Sunday. In a moving end to the special United Benefice Service held to celebrate Pentecost being held in a marquee kindly loaned by village newlyweds Stephen & Mary-Anne Berendt. (Edward presided over their lovely marriage service in St Bartholemews just the day before) and just as Edward thought he was drawing the magnificent service to a close, John Field stepped up to the microphone and turned the tables on the fast talking bubbly Welshman. Edward who is not known for being a quiet, some may even say even somewhat shy wallflower, was visible overcome with joy as he was presented with 40 candles by Anne Arnold Churchwarden for Terwick Church along with Hilly Buell who presented a truly beautiful birthday cake made by local award wining cake designer Debbie Harwood The marquee was pack to overflowing with the churchwardens struggling to find enough seating for the warm hearted crowd drawn to this very special Pentecost Church Service. With the renowned singer-songwriter and teller of tales Ish Smale, giving a delightful portrayal of Jesus' Peter along with a special song called Count Your Blessings sung by the Rogate School Children & Staff all coming together on a fabulous sunny day, Rogate was THE place to be last Sunday morning. After the service and presentations including special flowers & gifts to Edward Doyle’s family along with heartfelt thanks for their input into the community. The congregation was invited to join in with a lovely buffet luncheon, which had been put together by the combined efforts of the Churchwardens of Rogate Church St Bartholomew, Penny Croucher & Tim Salter along with Ann Arnold with Lady Nixon from Terwick Church St Georges and Elizabeth Brown & Charles Homan, churchwardens of Trotton Church St Peters along with Hilly Buell and John Field. A lovely family event, in a lovely rural community, on a truly lovely summers day in England, marvellous simply gwych ! Click this Link to more picks |
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East Pallant House, 1 East Pallant, Chichester PO19 1TY. Tel: 01243 534754. Email: smeaden@chichester.gov.uk Date of Release: 13 May 2010. Ref: 2654. Date: 28 May 2010. Ref: 2664 ARRANGEMENTS FOR ROGATE BY-ELECTION Only one candidate was nominated to stand for the Rogate by-election, which was due to be held on 24 June 2010. Nigel Johnson-Hill, the Conservative Party Candidate, has been elected unopposed as the District Councillor for this Ward. He will serve on the District Council until May 2011. The by-election was called after the resignation of William Mason. For further information, please contact Susan Meaden, Public Relations Officer, on 01243 534754. |
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Another Step Forward For Midhurst Rother College The event is being staged from 3.30pm-6.30pm at Midhurst Rother College, Memorial Hall, North Street, Midhurst. Members of the design and construction team and representatives from Midhurst Rother College and West Sussex County Council will be on hand to talk about the design for the new building and grounds, which will open for the start of the Autumn term in September 2012. Feedback forms will be available for people to submit their thoughts. A planning application is due to be submitted on August 2. This will be available to view on the WSCC planning portal – Midhurst Rother College became the first Academy in West Sussex when it opening in January 2009 under the sponsorship of the United Learning Trust. The main construction work is due to start in January 2011. The scheme also includes an interchange for school buses and an all weather sports pitch. The outline business case for the scheme and the funding has been approved by the Department for Education’s Partnerships for Schools board, and the final details are due to be completed in November 2010. Balfour Beatty Construction Ltd has been appointed as the preferred contractor for the four West Sussex Academies. Peter Griffiths, West Sussex County Council’s Cabinet Member for Education and Schools, said: “Everyone connected with the project has been very anxious to involve the community as the proposals are developed, and I hope people will take advantage of this latest chance to comment and meet members of the team. "I am confident the end result will be a superb new learning environment that will benefit students for generations to come.” College Principal Dr Joe Vitagliano said: “Midhurst Rother College’s new building will be at the heart of the local community. We have already received many valuable suggestions for its design. We now look forward to the next step in securing a building that will not only inspire us all but serve the many demands that will be made of it.” |