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Have you ever wondered how you would cope, if you dialled 999 in an emergency and an ambulance did not arrive for nearly an hour? This is what happened in Lockerley and a man, who had a heart attack, died. As a result of this tragedy a group of First Responders was formed in Lockerley in 2002.
Now also called Community Responders, they are trained by the Ambulance Service and their role is to give first aid until an ambulance arrives. The equipment they carry includes oxygen and a defibrillator. As well as initial training, Responders have re-training every 6 months to keep up to date. When called out, they aim to arrive at an emergency within eight minutes. When the group started up local people were fantastic in raising money for our equipment, so our greatest need at the moment is for more volunteers. We would like to be able to provide 24 hour cover for our villages, but we do not have enough members to do so. So if you are fit, willing to train in first aid, would like to join a team to help your community and can spare some hours each week to be on call, we shall be delighted to hear from you. The Lockerley group covers Lockerley, East Dean and Carters Clay.
Defibrillators
Instructions on how to access the apparatus and how to use it are set out an an adjacent panel. One is located in the door way of the Lockerley Village hall - What3Words acrobatic.hope.wobbling. A second defibrillator which was provided through local fundraising is located outside the village shop on Lockerley Green What3Words washing.ribcage.camps.
We would like to be able to provide 24 hour cover for our villages, but we do not have enough members to do so. So if you are fit, willing to train in first aid, would like to join a team to help your community and can spare some hours each week to be on call, we shall be delighted to hear from you. The Lockerley group covers Lockerley, East Dean and Carters Clay.
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After a period when fêtes seemed to be growing larger and more like fairs Lockerley has bucked the trend and has run a very successful family focused village fête for the past four and more years. The fête has a deliberately local sense of scale and it has been well supported. In recent years it has taken place on the last weekend in June. Volunteer effort is welcome is setting up stands and organising teas and refreshments, directing traffic and so on.
Contact Phil Webb.
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Lockerley has its very own coffee shop. It is open on the same day and time as the Post Office outreach service in Lockerley Village Hall. This is usually on Mondays and Thursdays except on Bank Holidays or when the hall is requistioned as a Polling Station. At the outreach Post Office you can buy stamps, post a parcel, collect some euros for your holiday, pick up pension and other services and payments and have coffee and home made cake at the same time
A group of over 30 volunteers work on a rota to serve the coffee, bake cakes or set up the tables and chairs and have great fun doing so. We are always happy to recruit more helpers, so if you would like to join this enthusiastic band come to the shop when it is open or please get in touch with one of the organisers.
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Bentley Wood is an area of private land that was left to a trust with the specific aim that the woodland should be managed and made available as a publicly accessible space. The trust does, from time to time, open the wood so that vehicular traffic may enter to reach its main meeting point called The Barn. From the Barn there are often forays into the wood to appreciate the flowers, mushrooms, moths, butterflies and other natural history features. These are nearly all free to participants. News of the events is usually placed in the Newsletter so that's the best place to look initially.
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The campanologists … You could be a ringer for a church bell. If you can spare one evening a week from 1930 until 2130 to learn and practise your skills and then, on the occasional Sunday for half an hour to ring before the service at Lockerley or East Tytherley. You do not have to be strong; if you can push a child on a swing then that is strength enough. If you can drive, ride a bike or swim then you’ll have sufficient co-ordination.
New recruits are very much desired. Please enquire using the contact form on this page.
The bell ringers practice on the bells of St Johns and, from time to time, on the bells of other local churches. Why not come along and meet the resident band? By the way, a band is the technical term for a group of bell ringers. You will find yourself in a warm supportive group who will carefully guide you through the first steps towards becoming a ringer. If you find that you do not have the aptitude or the desire to continue you can, at least, say “I had a go!”. We look forward to welcoming anyone over 11 years old so do contact me and talk over any further details which you would like. The Tower Captain is Gary Davies and his deputy is Jen Churchill.
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