A run down of all the things our parish has been up to

over the last 12 months ...

We’re a busy lot in Mawnan and this is our chance to get to let every-

one in the parish know what’s going on. This year we’ve expanded to

not only include reports from groups who attended the Annual Parish

Meeting in May, but anyone we could thin of who’s had something to

shout about this year.

Whilst our Annual Parish Meeting in May is a chance for groups,

societies and clubs to be able to get up and let everyone know what

great things they have done over the year to enhance the place we live

we don’t expect everyone to make time to attend—remember reports

can come in to be read out at the meeting or just to get in this booklet.

We know that everyone enjoys their moment in the spotlight but can’t

always hit the newspapers, trend on facebook or get blogged about …

this is our chance to present information from these unsung stalwarts

of our community and the things they do best … making our parish a

better place to be.

Mawnan Parish Council

Mawnan Report 2015-16 ….

1st Mawnan Brownies

Helford River Scout Group,

Mawnan Pre School

Mawnan Rainbows

Mawnan Cof E School

Friends of Mawnan Surgery

Mawnan Wives

Mawnan History Group

Memorial Hall Trust,

Mawnan Women's Institute,

Mawnan Allotment Association

The Anvil Trust

Film Club

Abbeyfield Scott house

Hedgehog Rescue

Mawnan Methodist Church/ Sunday School

Mawnan Parish Church

St Edwards RC Church

Mawnan Mothers Union,

Footprints Group

Mawnan Bellringers

Mawnan Flower Guild

Mawnan Musical Extravaganza

Craft Market

Red Lion/ MND Harvest Auction

Goldmartin Development Naming

Xmas Lights & Santa's Visit

Mawnan Fun Run

Durgan Regatta

Mawnan Cricket Club

Mawnan Bowling Club

Snooker Club

Mawnan Football Club

+ other reports and quick bits on the many events taking place in the parish

in 2015/6.

1st Mawnan Brownies

Mawnan Brownies is pleased to report we have had a very success-ful year. We have 20 brownies, 2 leaders, 1 helper and 2 young leaders. Our girls are ages 7-10 years and our aim is to provide a varied programme of activities which gives the girls opportunities to try new things and to challenge themselves. We listen to the ideas of the girls themselves and try to incorporate these into our programme.

The girls make a promise to help others, to work together and to help the community in which we live. We try to support local events and activities – our clutch of scarecrows last November was a sight to behold!

The girls work towards obtaining badges – recent ones have been the Hostess Badge when they hosted a tea party for Mother’s Day; Road Safety Badge which included bike maintenance and safety and their Entertainer Badge last Tuesday when they performed their very own “Brownies Got Talent”!

Beverly Benney & Helen Bate

1st Mawnan Brownie Leaders

Helford River Scouts The Troop has grown; I counted 22 Scouts and 5 leaders last night. They recently took part in a County event hiking from one coast to the other with an overnight camp at the Eden Project.

The Beavers and Cubs also have full membership, they have recently had some archery sessions and the Cubs cycled along the Bissoe trail. The group took part in the St Georges Day Parade which was reported in the local press. All sections have a busy program ahead including camping, hiking, outdoor cooking and various visits.

Best wishes, Sue Rosevear.

Mawnan Pre-School

The past year has been another busy and successful year for Mawnan Pre-School. We currently have 43 children on register and are full up every morning and most afternoons.

Looking over the past year the children have visited the Beach, Trebah and enjoyed another fabulous Puppet Show from Squashbox Theatre and lots of lovely Nature Walks.

We have also enjoyed several parties over the past year including, Easter, Superhero and Christmas, any excuse for a good party!

Our fundraising efforts have included a group of staff and parents completing the 12k Tuff Enough challenge, a gruelling obstacle course. Unfortunately we had to cancel our Sports Day, due to our fabulous Cornish weather, for the for the first time in 22 years, which was a huge blow, however we managed to hold a scaled down version later in the term. We also held our Nativity raffle which helped out a bit.

In the autumn term we had a visit from Marc’s Arc with a selection of bugs and animals for the children to learn about.

The children have taken part in many activities such as painting, gluing, dough and construction and at present we are enjoying dig-ging, sowing and growing in our planting area.

As the Pre-School continues to thrive it is encouraging to see so many younger families in the village and the continued support the parishioners and Parish Council show us.

Yours sincerely

Liz Shaw (manager, Mawnan Pre-School)

1st Mawnan Rainbows

Following the kind grant from the Parish Council last year to our 1st Mawnan Rainbows unit please find below a short report for your forthcoming Annual Community Meeting and also I have attached a copy of this coming terms programme so you can see what we get up to!!

Firstly a huge thank you from myself and the girls at Rainbows for your grant last year of £200 which meant that we could buy some games apparatus for the unit to use both indoors and outside when the weather is kind, fingers crossed for this term ! The more expensive item we invested in was a games parachute which just about fits into the Methodist hall where we meet on a Tuesday but will really come into its own at our annual sports evening in July with the local Brownies at Carwinion Playing Field where we can space out to have real fun! The bright and colourful, rather Rainbow like, parachute opens out to a full large circle where we can play team games and helps their co-ordination and movement to get everyone involved.

We try to organise a varied programme of activities for the Rainbows from cookery to planting to woodland walks to sewing and craft all done with a special enthusiasm that only 5 or 6 year old girls can bring to the session!! We currently have 11 Rainbows, 2 leaders and 1 young helper, all looking forward to the new term ahead and praying for some good weather for our outdoor activities!! Although even in the rain like last June, beach BBQs can still be a giggle!!

If anyone on the Parish Council would like to come along to see what we get up to then you are most welcome as I feel a real sense of community in our group that reflects Mawnan as a village. Thank you once again.

Kind regards and best wishes

Tahnya Sweaton

(1st Mawnan Rainbows Leader )

The school has a close relationship with the local Church and diocese and is fully

involved in the life of the community. The school is appreciative of the regular visits

from the Mothers’ Union and other members of the congregation who share their

time and skills with the children. Major festivals are celebrated in St Michael’s

Church and Randall brook and his enthusiastic bans of musicians regularly help lead

the Sunday’s Special Service, with the children often reading and leading prayers.

Other church led activities include visits from the Open the Book team, who lead

assemblies in school once a fortnight and the popular Footprints after school club.

The school was well represented at the Village Remembrance Service, with class 4

reciting a poem and brass players playing the Last Post and Reveille. The brass

players also signalled the beginning and end of the two minutes’ silence at the

parish Church on Remembrance Sunday.

Over the past year the school community has discussed and identified the following

Christian values that are considered to be of particular importance; Trust, Compas-

sion, Hope, Respect, Perseverance and Peace. Each half term through the year one

of the values is made the main focus and forms the basis of most assemblies.

The school continues to focus on ensuring that each child in the school is given the

best possible learning experience in a safe and secure environment of mutual

respect. Standards across the school are improving and the three year rolling

average shows a steady improvement from 2012. The Head teacher, Mr Randall

Brooks, provided a very comprehensive termly report to Governors who are then

able, on their timetabled visit, to monitor and evaluate how the school is progress-

ing against the targets set in the School Development Plan. The Governors, who are

all volunteers, giver generously of their time to ensure that they are abreast of the

constantly changing criteria against which they too are judged nowadays.

Prior to the earthquake in Nepal in April 2015, some of the children had written

letters to the Peace Garden School in Nepal, a contact made through the school

where Randell Brook’s twin brother works. Following the earthquake Mawnan

School and the children organised fundraising and managed to collect over £2500

which was send direct to the Peace Garden School, which was badly damaged. Ran-

dall Brook has just spent 3 weeks in Nepal visiting the school. He will no doubt be

making a full report on his visit.

Just before the end of last term the school had it Statutory Inspection of Anglican and

Methodist Schools. The inspector’s report was very strong and positive and particular-

ly identified the fact that the school, through its distinctive Christian character, is out-

standing at meeting the needs of all learners; she also pointed out that the Christian

vision of the head teacher is unmistakeable, and his embodiment of this vision makes a

positive impact on the well-being of the whole school community. Overall the school

was rated good.

In light of the Government’s proposal that all school should become academies the

school has been taking an initial look at various options that would sit comfortably

with the Christian ethos of the school and the priorities for the local children.

Lizzie Hopkins, Chair of Governors (April 2016)

Friends of Mawnan Surgery

Our small committee of nine was first formed in September 2000. Our main aim is to raise money through fundraising to provide items to benefit the patients, either in the surgery of their homes. We are also fortunate to receive donations from past and present patients and their legacies.

We also provide refreshments at the two flu jab sessions at the village hall each autumn and sell raffle tickets to raise extra money.

Our chairperson, Gill Glower and Treasurer Ian Newman work hard alongside the committee to provide all the extras outside the doctor’s remit.

We are fortunate in having a dispensing Surgery where patients can collect their prescriptions without travelling to Penryn.

Our latest purchase is an E.C.G machine, which should soon be in use at Mawnan. I have attached a short list of some of the tings purchased by the Friends in the past…

Margaret Lugg, Friends Secretary

Mini Doppler

10 Blood Pressure Monitors

5 wrist blood pressure monitors

2 Digital Cameras

Freeze Unit

Woods Ultra Violet Light

Medisave ECG machine

Williams Medical Oximeter with integral printer

Blood Pressure Monitor

Portable Heart Scan Monitor

Dermascope

Doppler Machine

Ear Syringe

2 Nebulisers

Oriscope

VISTA Diagnostic set

Books for Children’s corner

Mawnan History Group The Mawnan History Group has had a very busy and rewarding programme this year.

The History Group has also retained the dedicated committee of five. This year our visitor numbers doubled to sixty four along with our normal member numbers.

Our talks covered Trevithick, Quirky Cornwall and an insight into life living in St Michaels mount.

Also we covered our local history with talks on the History of Mawnan schools and the Rogers of Carwinion.

As the village population ages, we still are able to find new treasures such as old photographs and documents etc. These have been loaned to us for copy-ing to add to our archives, most of them returned the next day. In addition Artefacts are photographed.

A large thank you to all the parish for their valuable contributions and help,

Ted Glover , Secretary Mawnan History Group

MAWNAN WIVES GROUP. Mawnan Wives group meets in the Memorial Hall, Mawnan on the first and third Friday of each month. We have 35members on the register. We publish our meetings on the village notice board, the monthly newsletter and in the Memorial Hall All are made welcome and we regularly have visitors throughout the year. During the year we have various speakers, for example, Head Gardner from Trebah, South West Water, Wool Spinning and crafts, Rodda’s History. Local History, Local Charities, plus entertainment and games evening. We attended a cookery demonstration at The Cove Restaurant and we have excursions and outings locally. Whenever we have speakers we always like to donate from our funds to a charity of their choice and that is always appreciated. Members have boxes for Action for Children and this past year we donated £285.00. We hold two popular coffee mornings a year and this also enables us to donate to various charities. We are a lively group and all our members willingly support the village and all it has to offer. Trudy Smith Secretary.

Memorial Hall Committee

The increased popularity of the War Memorial Hall is due to the dedication of the Chairman, Mrs Beth Lawry, plus the very ac-tive, supportive Committee.

Although the hire rates had to be increased a little, the Com-mittee are still very proud of the fact that the premises are among the cheapest and best in Cornwall and all its clients leave it in a tidy condition. This is due to the success of the Annual Craft Market, which raises significant funds for the up-keep of the premises. Although the Hon. Treas. Mr Ian New-man is always “on duty" for that 2 weeks, he leads the happy band of volunteers, before and after the event.

On 11th November, there was a moving Service of Commemo-ration in the hall, led by the Parish Council Chairman, Cllr Rex Sadler, followed by refreshments served by members of the Committee.

Two other new projects this year have been the re-opening of the Snooker Room and the newly- formed Film Club. Tony Barbary instigated the forming of a Snooker Team, which has had some success winning the Falmouth & District League. Chris Mason qualified for the County Competitions. Rod Allday has organized the showing of some popular films, with many more to come.

The Committee are grateful to everyone who gives freely of their time and expertise, especially Mr Evie Payne, plus the staff, Miss Jane Roberts and Mr Roger Hurst.

At the Committee Meeting on 8th September last year, recognition of the esteem that the former Committee member, Mrs Eileen Newman, held within the community was given by the Chairman. More recently we heard of the unexpected death of a previous, long-standing Committee member & Trustee Mr Joe Gundry, whose grandfather was on the original Committee.

In a recent letter requesting a grant from the Parish Council, our latest financial statement was sent, as well as the answers to the Village Questionnaire, which has resulted in the decision that a Feasibility Study is necessary to keep the premises up to its usual high standard for the local community.

Sylvia King, Hon. Sec. Mawnan War Memorial Hall Committee.

Mawnan WI Report for Parish Council Meeting May 2016

Last year was a special year for the Women’s Institute as we celebrated 100 years since our foundation. There were events taking place throughout the country and locally we took part in a celebration tea at the Maritime Museum when the Centenary Baton was received in Falmouth.

Mawnan WI continues to be involved in many community events and has a thriving membership. Currently our membership is over 50 and the majority meet regularly at Mawnan Memorial Hall on the second Thursday of the month. We have continued to go out for lunch once a month choosing to go to local pubs, cafes and restaurants and we also still meet at Cornish Maid for coffee on the fourth Tuesday of the month.

We have enjoyed a varied programme of activities and speakers in our Monthly Meetings over the last year which has reflected the different interests of members. Talks and demonstrations have been given by members and invited experts. To give some exam-ples: we began our 2015/16 programme with a visit by Nelson the fire dog; Henrietta Boex, the curator of Falmouth Art Gallery gave us a wonderful talk about her work there and we have been on a visit there to look at the current exhibition.

We were visited by owls from the Screech Owl Sanctuary last summer which was fascinating! In October we enjoyed an evening with Hatty Walker who demonstrated what can be done with Pampered Chef products. At our first meeting this year we had a talk by a local lifestyle chiropractor who emphasised the importance of good posture and immediately had us all sitting up straighter!! All of our meetings have ended with a delicious WI tea provided by the evening’s refreshments team.

Apart from our Monthly Meetings we have been busy with other activities. We were thrilled by the success of our second Garden Safari and have decided to repeat it again this year on 18th June. Another popular repeat in our programme was to one of Arty Williams Master Classes at The Cove. Our Fashion Show in October has continued to attract a lively audience and this event has become one of our annual fund raisers. Another of our big fund raising events is the Christmas Gift Fair which we held at the end of October.

We have particularly tried to involve the young mums and children in some of the events that we have arranged. Children from Mawnan School in Years 5 & 6 joined us when Lesley Newman came to do a Clay Workshop.

In November our Beetle Drive was held and we again arranged a Christ-mas wreath making activity which was open to the community. The interest shown led us to put on a spring flower arranging session as well. Our first Knit and Natter session in January proved most enjoyable and as a result, we have set up a Stitch and Knit group which will meet at 1.30pm in Mawnan Memorial Hall on the third Monday of the month. Shrove Tuesday would not be the same without the Pancake Races held for all the commu-nity. In 2016 the occasion fell during term time and we were thrilled to welcome children from the Pre-School and the Reception Class from the school. It was lovely to see the enthusiasm of the participants and the organisers as well!

We have continued to have regular trips to The Hall for Cornwall this year. We went on a boat trip down the Helford in June and had a day tour of Bodmin Jail in September. Next week we are off to the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

In the last year Mawnan WI members have again helped out in the front of house at the village pantomime and Musical Extravaganza and were up on the field serving refreshments at the Fun Run in September. We supported the Craft Market in August by serving refreshments and we have continued to arrange the Village Christmas Party which is supported by the Rendlesham Trust.

We are looking forward to another exciting year and hope to continue to increase our membership and the profile of WI in Mawnan.

(Gill Druce - Hon. Secretary)

Mawnan Allotment Society

The last 15 months have seen amazing growth in for the Mawnan Allotments

Association.

In March 2015 we were starting our ”new year" from a bleak position, as fol-

lowing the resignation of our founding Chairman Alex Marshall, we were down

to only 5 active members. However, numbers picked up during the spring and

slowly gathered momentum, so that by mid-summer, we had 17 of our 20

plots allocated, with our member numbers increasing to 18. This was due in

part to the improvements made to the entrance of the field and parking area,

that had been funded by the National Trust in October 2014 and the purchase

of a rotavator in April 2015 (funded by a grant from Shell International) to help

us to prepare plots for new members as part of our new "Ready to GO" policy.

During autumn 2015, the National Trust agreed to fund the connection of a

water supply to the field, which has helped to attract even more members and

by the end of the year, we welcomed the return of Alex Marshall as our Life

President. In January this year we were able to announce our successful bid for

funding from the National Lottery Awards for All scheme, which will enable us

to build a shed and polytunnel, erect fencing and install a water distribution

system, as well as the planting of an orchard.

Whilst we have not been able to hold on to all of our new members, we have

witnessed rapid expansion this spring, so much so that we have had to in-

crease the number of plots on site to 34. At this point in time we now have

active 44 members with several additional helpers. Ages range from early 20's

to late 70's with several children accompanying

their parents.

We would like to thank the Parish Council for the

donation of £500 which I understand we been

granted, to help us to pay for improvements to

the entrance to the field, to full conditions laid

down by Cornwall Council on approval of a plan-

ning application for the building of a shed and

polytunnel on the site.

Granville Williamson, Secretary

Mawnan Anvil Trust.

In the last twelve months we have filled the last remaining workshop vacancy with a furniture maker. We now have a full complement of craft workers - a blacksmith, a jeweller, a sign writer and a furniture maker -and the craft centre offers a varied and an interesting range of traditional crafts of exceptional quality. The Trust has also welcomed two new trustees - Kate Hellyar and Alan Tully- who will bring valuable skills to our Board.

On site, the appearance of the craft centre has been much improved by the addition of a purpose-built split stable door which adds greatly to its traditional appearance. The door was partly financed by a grant from the Parish Council and the trustees are very appreciative of your continuing support.

Currently, the trustees are working to raise the profile of the craftcentre A new publicity leaflet has been prepared and we aim to improve the information available on site by revising and refreshing the information boards to give added interest to visitors.

Routine maintenance work continues and the trustees now undertake monthly checks on health and safety to ensure compliance with all new regulations.

Ian Martin

MAWNAN FILM CLUB

The film club was established at the Memorial Hall in January

2016, with the support of Film, a branch of ‘Carn to Cove’ arts or-

ganisation. The club is able to hire films from Film at a very low

cost, which includes the licensing arrangements. This enables the

club to screen recent films and classics at the very reasonable fee

of £3.00 per member for each screening. Annual membership

costs £5.00 per member and this includes the cost of admission to

the first film. Membership of the club permits entry to screenings

by other similar film clubs throughout Cornwall. Since the club’s

foundation, there are now (at May 2016) nearly 100 members.

Films are shown monthly on the fourth Friday, starting at 7.30pm,

and occasionally there are ‘Meals & Reels’ evenings when food is

served, to match the theme of the film. Details of the screenings

are publicised in the village newsletter each month and by posters

on the village notice

board.

Abbeyfield Scott House

Scott House has 9 residents, all housed in their own accommodation but with communal facilities including a lounge and conservatory. Fundraising takes place to cover the funding to keep a regular calendar of social events, activities and outings up and running.

Marjorie Briers, one of the founding members of Scott House recently passed away and her loss would be felt greatly.

Nigel Druce

I’m Anne-Marie Long and, together with Bill (my husband), we run Hedgehog Rescue here in Mawnan. We have been here since the early part of 1999 and have seen hundreds of hoggies come through our door in that time. We are not a registered charity but are termed a “not-for-profit organisation” (just the 2 of us). 2015 was another busy year for us — our patients came to us for lots of different reasons, either directly or via a vet. In all our time we have never turned a hoggy away — we will always find room no matter how many we have at any one time — and we never close (including Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year). 2016 has already seen a steady stream of hedgehogs and We have been really busy on the telephone — we are able to give advice to people from all over the country (and out of it as Well) - we can help them with the immediate care and can pass them onto Carers who are in their area. When they have come through their crisis we will release them, either back to Where they came from or to vetted hedgehog-friendly sites. If, by the way, you are interested in knowing whether hoggies are visiting your garden the obvious way to tell is by observance of their droppings - hedgehogs are not territorial and so you may have far more visiting your garden than you first appreciate. They are definitely here in the Village so keep your eyes peeled for evidence. LIKEWISE - PLEASE REMEMBER — IF YOU SEE A HEDGEHOG OUT IN THE DAY IT IS CRUCIAL THAT YOU SEEK ADVICE STRAIGHT AWAY - DO NOT LEAVE IT OUT IN THE OPEN UNTIL "LATER" — THE HEDGEHOG CAN BE APPROACHED AND CAPTURED QUITE EASILY - BE CAUTIOUS - YOU JUST NEED A THICK PAIR OF GLOVES OR A TOWEL AND A SMALL BOX (PREFERABLY WITH A HOT WATER BOTTLE[HEAD PAD) I would like to close by saying a HUGE “THANK YOU” to all who have supported us over the years (and still do) in so many ways — your generosity has been immense and does such a lot of good. These are very precious mammals that deserve to be helped in their hour of need and you are part of doing just that.

Hedgehog Rescue

Mawnan Methodist Church & Sunday School

Our Chapel in Mawnan still has regular attendance by local and visitors at 11am each Sunday and a warm welcome awaits them all.

We are so very grateful to our Parish Council for the very generous donation you have granted us this year, enabling us to repair one of our windows. The work is due to be start-ed very soon, it will be nice to be able to remove the board and let the light shine in once more.

We always seem to have a challenge in front of us and we are now in the process of seeking permission and carrying out the conversion of our toilets into a disabled one – not easy when it is Grade 2 listed. We are fortunate in having local builders to guide and carry out the necessary work.

We are also grateful to the Guides, Rainbows, Table Tennis Group, Mothers’ Union and *-in-a-Bar who use our Sunday School Room for their weekly and monthly activities, which helps with the upkeep of the Chapel.

Our relationship with the other churches in the village is good, we share and attend Easter Services with the Church of England and the Catholic Church joins with us to provide soup lunches every Friday throughout the Lent period, will all of the proceeds going to Christin Aid. Although our Sunday School does not meet regularly, they present a Nativity every Christmas and contribute to Easter and Harvest Festivals, as do the guides, brownies & rainbows which is very uplifting.

MAWNAN PARISH CHURCH

Now the holiday season has started the church is opened daily - thank you to Gail who opens up and takes care of the money boxes and sales of tea-towels and mugs. It is lovely to read the comments in the visitors’ book which show that hav-ing the church open is really appreciated and the peace, tranquillity and serenity are often remarked on too.

We are very fortunate that Ann Benney looks after the flower arrangements every week, and they are always lovely. The Easter flowers were beautiful and their scent filled the church, with thanks to the flower guild. This year Bob Sanders employed by the Parish council has been looking after the churchyard. He has done a marvel-lous job and it always looks tidy and well kept. The primroses along the path to the north door are beautiful as usual and often commented upon.

We have introduced a cleaning rota this year. There are 8 volunteers and each is responsible for an area of the church. Sharing the work in this way has worked well as we can go to the church when convenient to us. In mid-March we held a mainte-nance day to clean gutters, drains and the area surrounding the church. Many thanks to all who helped make it look much tidier.

We have our Quinquennial assessment in mid- May. This is a five yearly inspection to check the structure of the church.

There have been 8 weddings and 13 funerals this year and at the end of last year there was the first burial in the new parish graveyard.

Libby Reed ( Verger)

Report on St. Edward the Confessor Roman Catholic Church Old Church Road, Mawnan Smith

St. Edward's RC Church has two Masses weekly; at 10.00am on Thursdays and at 9:00am on Sundays. Our parishioners come from areas covering Mawnan, Truro, Budock, Mabe, Constantine and Port Navas. We also have support from our regular, frequent visitors and holiday makers.

We are fortunate in having Father Brian Kenwrick, Parish Priest of St. Mary Immaculate RC Church in Falmouth, officiating at Masses at St. Edward’s. We have recently provided improved kitchen facilities within the church, which enables us to easily provide refreshments after Masses.

We are an active group of parishioners, who have in the last two years been involved in organizing ground clearing sessions, culminating in a controlled bonfire in an open area within the grounds on 5th November. Refreshments that were provided included hot dogs, soups, cakes and hot drinks, served by the ladies of St. Edward's.

During Lent we unite with other churches in the village to provide Lenten Lunches; homemade soups and bread, served Q many of our villagers. All money raised is donated to Christian Aid.

Our present project is to help fund three of our parish teenagers to attend World Youth Day in Poland next July. To this end we have had a successful Fund-raising afternoon and it is also planned that we take part in an organized parish family walk on Sunday 3"’ July. Refreshments will be served at St. Edward's during and after that event.

The parishioners feel privileged to continue having a Catholic Church in the village and hope that it remains an important part of the local community.

Report for Mawnan Parish Council from Mawnan MU

The Mawnan Branch of the Mothers’ Union continues to be one of the largest in Cornwall. Our monthly meeting in the Method-ist Schoolroom are cheerful, inspiring occasions and our coffee mornings & Afternoon Tea Parties attract many from the local community, whose generosity enables us to donate significant amounts to MU projects in Cornwall, around the United Kingdom and Overseas.

MU is all about supporting family life, underpinned by prayer.

We appreciate the friendships we have made with t young fami-lies of the areas, especially thein their loyalty to our Activity Mornings & Carol Service & all the families who are keen to host the Travelling Nativity on its rounds of the parish.

Recently, we staged an Exhibition at St Michael’s Church, cele-brating HM the Queen’s 90th birthday, which was enhanced by the colourful painting of the village schoolchildren.

We hope that our colourful flower tubs at the two entrances to St Michael’s Church will have cheered up passers-by; our thanks to the Parish Council for their assistance in purchasing the plants and bulbs.

Sylvia King, Hon. Sec. Mawnan Mothers’ Union

Mawnan Mothers Union—Annual Report

For 140 years the Mothers’ Union has put faith and love into action. From one small

meeting organised by Mary Sumner in Alresford near Winchester, it has grown to

support Christian care for families with 4 million members in over 80 countries.

Here in our branch in Mawnan, members through prayer, enabling and campaign-

ing, continue to fulfil the MU aims and objectives by undertaking projects in our

own church and community, the diocese and worldwide.

Within the diocese we are involved in fundraising for the Kernow Young Carers fam-

ily intervention project; a self-esteem fund organised by Action for Children as well

as supporting the Truro Women’s Refuge and the men’s refuge; St Petroc’s; the

Mission for Seafarers; Mission Moldova, providing knotted items for the neonatal

unit at RCH and local nursing homes and helping resource the much needed and

appreciated AFIA Holidays in Mullion. Members from branches throughout the

diocese joined together for the annual Lady Day Festival Service at the Cathedral and

Mawnan’s banner was carried by one of our members accompanied by her grand-

daughter. In our daily wave of prayer and services we are linked with members around

the world.

Our many branch activities within the church and local community include organising

fun, games and craft morning for primary age children, the travelling nativity set, the

Teddy Horlsey project, the Christingle service with the school and planting and maintain

the flower tubs at St Michael’s. Some of our members also help with the Footprints

and Open the Book. We have regular correspondence with the MU in Australia and we

now have links with both Toukley and Merewether in the diocese of NSW and also with

the MU in Albany, WA one of whose members used to live at Penjerrick and worked at

Trebah.

At our monthly meeting e have listened to inspiring talks including the work of an

educational charity in Bangladesh, the National Coastwatch Institution, Fair Trade,

Jewish Festival and Scripture Union’s holidays for children with learning difficulties. In

the summer w all thoroughly enjoyed “Tea at the Ritz” in the garden of one of our

members and were entertained by one of our local “clergy” who had us all “laughing in

the aisles”. Later in the year a Christmas crafts afternoon was the source of much

merriment as well as creativity. Our Carol Service was very well attended and it was a

joy to have the children from Mawnan School with us.

Sadly three of our members have died. Mrs Mary Nottingham was a faithful and loyal

member from many years. Mrs Marjorie Roach joined us when the Budock branch

closed and many of us attendee the service in memory of our oldest member, Mrs

Marjorie Briars. We remember with thanksgiving the contribution that each of the

made to the MU in Mawnan and worldwide. May they rest in peace.

We are grateful to the clergy and the PCCC for their continued support, encouragement

and prayers and also to everyone who supports our fundraising event.

To celebrate 140 years of the MU, throughout this year the MU asks all of us to take

every opportunity to celebrate the faithfulness of God to us over the years. We will

honour the loyal witness of members past and present and strengthen our determina-

tion to be a relevant influence for good in the future as we continue to put our trust in

God.

Mary Cockeram, Branch Leader & Miss Sylvia King MU Hon. Sec.

Footprints after school club runs on Monday from 3.15 – 4.30pm. We have 20 children

attending.

Since September each volunteer has run a session. This has worked out very well giving

the children a varied input. We use the church calendar as our basis fitting our activities

around it where possible. We are mostly crafty based as that is the medium that majority

of children enjoy but we incorporate cookery and drama sessions too.

In the autumn term we covered Harvest, Bible Study, Joshua, Daniel, the Saints, Advent

and Christmas. We made bread, Lions dens out of cardboard boxes, painted glass jars for

tea lights, had a race to make an advent ring and enjoyed the Christmas story.

In the spring term the focus seemed to be on food, and we made pretzels. The children

were particularly struck with the story of why pretzels are the shape they are. If you

would like to know, as a Footprinter! We ate hot cross buns and enjoyed a meal of the

sort Jesus would have eaten at the Last Supper. We also learnt a prayer using smarties.

When we weren’t eating we made chatterbox prayers, angel hand print pictures and

played games. For our last session we created Easter Gardens – always a favourite activi-

ty – with the children beavering away outside in the sun exchanging and sharing plants,

stones, moss and shells.

I was particularly impressed with the way children engaged in the Last Supper. We ate

pittas, olives, olive oil, dried fruit and a bean and barley casserole flavoured with Za’atar

(a middle eastern herb) yoghurt and honey. Surprisingly the children’s favourite was the

casserole. We sat on the floor and passed the dishes around. We broke bread and

passed it around, similarly with wine – or in our case – grape juice. The children were

very interested in the whole process, very respectful and immersed themselves in the

action. This term we are covering the time after the Resurrection, Ascension, Pentecost

and early church. Later in the term we hope to get out and about to visit St Michael’s and

have a trip to Durgan.

Our thanks to Mr Brook and the staff of Mawnan School who are very supportive and Sue

the Caretaker who has the unenviable task of cleaning up after us.

We have had a productive, full and happy year but we are aware we provide very little

music as none of us are very gifted in that field, so if anyone musical and able to join us

for a session we would be very grateful.

My thanks to the Footprints team of Sylvia, Bev, Anne, Tahnya, Pauline & Gill.

Libby Reed

Mawnan Bellringers

Another successful year for our team. With once more every service and wedding

rung for with a full team. However, due to age induced retirement and people

leaving the district we are now in urgent need on

new blood.

If there is anybody out there who themselves would

like more information about what we do, or if you

know somebody who might be interested please con-

tact any of our ringers, or just turn up to the Parish

Church (Old Church Road) on a Tuesday evening

(7.30 pm – 9.00pm) to see if bellringing is something

you may like to do. No obligation and no pressure.

Ringing is suitable for all ages from about 11 years

upwards (no upper limit)

Tony Grimmer

Mawnan Flower Guild

The Flower Guild members continue to enjoy decorating

both churches for regular worship as well as for special

festivals and weddings.

We have keenly felt the loss of Mary Nottingham this year,

not only for her skills but for her cheerfulness at all times.

We are very grateful to all those who give of their time and

skill to creates such wonderful displays and anyone who

feels they have expertise in this area is welcome to contact

me with a view to joining the group.

Anne Benney (Llanwarne)

And over the year we also saw:

10 year old Kate Bates have a 90th Birthday Poem sent to the Queen after being

selected by Devon & Cornwall’s Rotary clubs;

A Save the Children bake off at the Budock Vean Hotel which saw £1200 raise for

the charity … and a bit of cake eaten!

Mawnan School trio getting top prize in the

Famouth Rotary ’Youth Speaks’ competition …

with a Red Onion tale ….. and a visit from the

Cornwall Pirates & Exeter Chiefs Rugby player,

former student Jack Innard;

The Snow Queen show up to amaze villagers in

this years panto ;

Sneaky fashion vlogger “Zoella” and her 10

MILLION followers reporting on the wonders of

a winter afternoon on the beach at Trebah

Snorkelling, Bar-B-Qs and outdoor painting events with the Helford Marine

Conservation Trust

Coffee all round at the Macmillan Big Coffee Morning run jointly by the WI & MU

which raised £955 … even if there was an early 8am start!!;

Shakespeare, The Musketeers, The Magnificent Three, a Cornish Party (Kevewi

Kernow) and the Mousehole Cat all taking over at the new Trebah Amphitheater

on top of Big Cats and Hair-Raising Hedgehogs in the garden

Aren’t we a busy lot?

MAWNAN'S Musical Extravaganza hit all the right notes with villagers and supporters of the Global Natural Healthcare Trust, raising £860 for the charity which pro-vides medical care to people, mainly children, in South Afri-ca.

Participants were drawn from Victoria’s Dance Academy in Falmouth and the panto groups of both Mawnan Smith and Mylor Bridge who took to the stage on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16.

“Once again an energetic and talented group are working hard to surprise and delight audiences in order to raise money for the Global Natural Health Care Trust,” said Mawnan’s Sue Rosevear. “This is a charity based in Truro which works in South Africa helping some of the poorest people in the world.

“This show is a riot of colour and energy with vibrant cos-tumes, excellent choreography and a superb selection of music.”

The cash raised will be used to replace the tyres on the ve-hicle used by Annette Montague Thomas, the founder of the charity who lives in Truro, to travel around the settle-ment giving medical help to those too sick to go to the med-ical centre. The vehicle, known as Helga, has done over 200,000 miles and needs to be in good condition to cope with the pitted roads.

A charity harvest auction held at the Red Lion in Mawnan Smith raised over £4,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

The overwhelmingly generous support from the village residents and local businesses helped to raise the staggering amount of £4,029.31.

The organiser of the event Karen Tremaine said: "A huge thank you to all our supporters on whose generosity we rely and also to Martyn Tremaine (auctioneer) - for a job well done."

Mawnan Smith's annual fundraising Cornish Craft Market has got off to a fine start with people keen to snap up a bargain or a unique gift while also helping a worthy local cause.

The market has been a popular date in the village's calendar for over 35 years and over the decades it has gained a reputation for quality art, craft and produce created across the county. The market is run by members of Mawnan Memorial Hall's committee with the help of a gang of volunteers from the local community and is the hall's main fundraiser of the year.

A percentage of all sales made over the 15 days of the market go back into hall funds and are used towards its ongoing mainte-nance. Thousands of pounds have been raised which help keeps the cost of hiring the hall down making it accessible for use by more local groups.

PUPILS IN MAWNAN SMITH PUT ON THEIR THINKING CAPS

TO NAME TAYLOR WIMPEY’S NEW DEVELOPMENT

The youngsters at Mawnan C of E Primary School in the village

were asked to put forward name ideas for the new development,

which will be located on Goldmartin Field off Sampys Hill.

The winning suggestion of ‘Lowena Fields’ – which means ‘joy’ in

Cornish – came from 10-year-old pupil Rosanna Benney.

Randall Brook, headteacher at Mawnan C of E Primary School,

says: “It was great that the school was asked to help name the

new development and Rosanna’s suggestion was a worthy win-

ner. It is amazing to think that the name she has chosen will prob-

ably be associated with that part of Mawnan for all time to come.”

Rosanna’s prize was a £20 book voucher while the school re-

ceived a £50 book voucher for taking part in the initiative.

Clare Brimble, Sales and Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey

Exeter, says: “Our new development in Mawnan Smith is located

close to the primary school so we thought it would be a great idea

to ask the children what they thought it should be called.

“The pupils came up with some fantastic name ideas and we were

delighted with Rosanna’s suggestion of Lowena Fields – it works

perfectly and it’s nice to think that as she grows up, she will be

able to point to the development and say ‘I named that’.

“We’d like to say a massive thank you to all of the children at the

school for taking part in our naming competition and to the staff

for their help.”

Reindeer appeared all over Mawnan Smith on Friday to herald the arrival of Father Christmas and the annual lights switch-on.

Organiser Beth Lawrie said more people than ever before gathered in the square to see the man in red arrive, having followed his progress from his northern home via a big screen.

Beth, who is a member of the lights committee, said: "It went very well. We were very lucky we had a lovely weather window and we had lots and lots of people there.

"All the shops were open in the square and it was a very happy evening, a lovely start to Christmas."

Mawnan Fun Run

A record breaking number of runners of all ages turned out on a beautiful sunny Sunday morning on 27th September to take part in the annual Mawnan Fun Run. The event, which is organised each year by Falmouth Rotary Club, was hailed as a huge success and raised over £2,500 which was split between Rotary Charities and Mawnan School PTA.

The event is intended to be fun for all the family with a 1 mile fun run around the village which is aimed at primary school children aged 11 and under, a 5K race which heads out towards Trebah Gardens and a 10K course for those who want more of a challenge. The event started and finished in Carwinion Playing Field in Mawnan Smith, where Gillian Sadler of Embrace Dance Fitness led a warm-up for the competitors prior to the race. Mawnan School PTA laid on a variety of refreshments and entertainments which were enjoyed by the runners and spectators after the event.

Well over 100 competitors took part in the children’s 1 mile fun run and the winner was Ben Stevens in a time of 6.44, with Jago Leuzzi in second place closely followed by Lucy Bate who took first prize for the girls.

Tony Brewer of Mile High Running Club was the first man home in the 10k race, in a time of 33.42 and the first female was Donna Raggett from Cornwall Athletic Club. The 5k race was won by 17 year old Tom Slattery in 17.03 with Rachael Edwards crossing the line as the first female.

Rotarian Rod Allday, Chairman of the organising committee, said “We are delighted with the success of this year’s event and it was great to see so many people of all ages enjoying their run in the sun around Mawnan. This is the second year that Falmouth Rotary Club has worked in partnership with Mawnan School PTA to stage the event and we are very grateful to all of our sponsors for their generous donations and all the volunteers who helped to make the event such a success.”

Durgan Regatta 2015

Rowing, running and rubber ducks were

the order of the day at the annual Durgan

Regatta, the final event in the Helford

River regatta series. The pace was fast

and furious as competitors spanning 80

years took to the water to battle it out for 34 cups and trophies.

A forecast of rain failed to materialise, allowing hundreds of spectators to enjoy a packed schedule of rowing, kayaking and swimming races, plus a demonstration of lifesaving skills by the RNLI inshore lifeboat. On dry land, activities included a ‘Bake Off’-themed sandcastle competition, beach games and a treasure hunt. Business was brisk for burgers and home-made cakes, while a tombola, a raffle and an auction of luxury wines further boosted the funds that will be donated to local charities and the RNLI.

Regatta patrons Gill and Mike Pascoe presented the prizes, which includ-ed four Victor Ludorum trophies for the greatest number of points won throughout the afternoon.

Helen Todd of the Durgan regatta committee said: "It was another fantastic year for the Durgan regatta, with good attendance and a great atmosphere both on and off the water. "There were plenty of smiling faces - and we raised a considerable amount of money for the RNLI and various local charities."

Mawnan Football Club - SEASON REVIEW

Mawnan FC had an enjoyable season in the Trelawny League despite having to battle the dreadful wet weather this winter gone.

The first team looked to be in contention for the Premier Division title at one point and were unbeaten until late February.

However the fixture backlog did not help our cause and our challenge tailed off somewhat, though our final position of 7th is still very admirable for a village club.

The Reserves also had a steady season and fin-ished 6th in Division 3.

The club staged two notable social events - The annual Race Night which is a fun-filled fund raising occasion, and also held our End of Season Do at The Cove which was attended by over 80 guests.

We are very lucky to have terrific support from the village both during matches and afterwards in the MCA Pavillion where there is a welcoming family atmosphere to enjoy.

Pre-season training will be begin in July, and as always anyone from the vil-lage is welcome to along, whether you are interested in playing for the club or just want to help keep fit!

Andrew Prynn

Mawnan Snooker Club

Work on the new and improved table lighting will commence soon and should prove to be a huge benefit to the playing environment.

The snooker Club continues to grow in popular-ity and with the support of the Parish Council we can look forward to an even brighter future.

Martin Tremayne (chairman)

MAWNAN CRICKET CLUB REPORT 2015-l6

Last year the Club put out two sides, a Saturday team in Corn-wall League Div 6 West & a midweek team in the Mining Even-ing League. The season turned out to be like the film “The Good, the Bad & the Ugly”. The good was the Saturday team got promoted. The bad was we played the least number of games that I can recall in my time to achieve this & the ugly was when the treasurer produced the balance sheet at the AGM.

The Saturday side were in a l2 team division & should have played 22 games but ended up only playing l2.Three games were lost to the weather, l more than average, whilst the other 7 were against teams who could not raise a side and in two cas-es withdrew from the League altogether. We finished third in the league with the top two automatically promoted but during the winter months more teams dropped out in higher divisions & we were invited to fill a vacancy in Division 5 West. We know that this is a big challenge for us but we should get better cricket & fewer cancellations & can hopefully do enough to stay in this league.

The midweek team which we run for beginners, improvers & people who can’t play at the weekends took part in the Mining league Group stages and found it hard to compete as we were the lowest ranked club in the competition ,in some cases playing against players from 4 divisions higher than us. However we did win l game from 8 &just lost another game on the very last ball of the match.

The Club would like to thank the Council for last year’s grant cheque & for the investment in improving facilities in and around the Ben Spike Centre which of course benefitted all us-ers not just the Cricket Cub. Also a big thank you to the people in the village who contributed to our fundraising which was the best for many a year. It was unfortunate that we could not re-alise the full potential of these funds as we had a big loss of in-come from all of the cancelled games. However we did manage to upgrade one of our very old mowers & for the first time in many years the square was dug up at the end of the season, reseeded & dressed & during the winter aerated and eventually rolled with a heavy roller. Now with the weather improving that hard work has paid off and the wickets are playing truer and better.

Martin Ley

Mawnan Bowling Club.

Bowls has been played on this site since 1929. Before that it was played briefly at Bosloe on the lawn in front of the house, which must have been magnificent on the green overlooking the meadow leading to the Helford River. So all that repre-sents a lot of history with the club for a long time an important part of village life.

It is an exceptional - and at the moment underused - facility. It is spacious with lovely views to the North and East. The greens are as good as any in the area, considerably better than many. There is plentiful parking - unusual for bowling clubs- a fine pavilion - and a friendly, welcoming atmosphere prevails. However the club faces a considerable challenge. For

a number of reasons member-ship has fallen in recent years. Some 20 bowlers - men and ladies - play throughout the busy Spring/ Summer season and there are a number more who are either social members or play carpet bowls throughout the whole year.

The emphasis is always on enjoyment and standards are pretty high. We manage to hold our own in matches with any of the local clubs and there have been fine individual and team performances at a higher level.

Anything I say at the present time has to be tinged with sadness as John Paget, long standing member who took great pride caring for the greens, collapsed and sadly died just over two weeks ago. His funeral is tomorrow.

It is typical of the club that everyone has rallied around to put in place a system which ensures that the greens and grounds generally continue to be well looked after. It is a demanding site to maintain.

I might also mention that the club has raised funds for various worth-while charities. This year we have been supporting Cornwall Blood bikes. A healthy sum has already been raised.

We do need an increase in mem-bership if the club is to thrive and the site used to the full.

I am pretty new to the game having played other sports ton acceptable level. Rather to my surprise I have found it enjoyable and rewarding. It calls for skill, patience, applica-tion. Nearly always there is a friendly atmosphere.

Also, contrary to what some may think it is increasingly a game for all ages. On television we frequently see young players performing wonderfully well, wearing shorts or other quite casual clothing too. A stuffy image is one of the past.

I would urge anyone interested to come along and give it a try. Thursday afternoons throughout the season are what we call roll ups, practice days, but the best way forward is to contact me or another member to give you a taste of the sport.

Everyone is welcome.

Peter Moody, secretary of the Bowling Club

Contact Details

PUBLIC FACILITIES

Carwinion Playing Field, Mawnan Smith & Junior Playing Field, Mawnan Smith –

contact the parish Clerk on (01326) 251022 or email clerk@mawnan.org.uk

Mawnan Memorial Hall, Sampys Hill, Mawnan Smith

Mr Ian Newman, (01326) 250334 Email: iannewman2002@aol.com

MCA Hall, Carwinion Road, Mawnan Smith. Mr Colin Bate, (01326) 250582

Mawnan Pre School, Liz Shaw (01326) 250627

Mawnan Smith Play Group, Mrs Liz Shaw (01326) 251083

email: shawliz126@aol.com

Mawnan Smith Toddler Group, Mrs Jo Dyer (01326) 250911

Email: dyer@btinternet.com

Mawnan School PTA, - Libby Reed, contact via the school on ( 01326) 250660

First Mawnan Brownies , Brown Owl, (01326) 250280

First Mawnan Guides, Mrs Gill Druce (01326) 250688

Mawnan First Responders, Aline Turner, (01326) 251233

Email: alineturner@btinternet.com

This team is trained to give immediate assistance prior to the arrival of an ambu-

lance. Will you volunteer to join the team?

Helford River Association, Lindsay Leyden (Secretary) email: lk243@exeter.ac.uk

& Helford Voluntary Marine Conservation Area , Sue Scott (01326) 340961

Both groups help to safeguard and help maintain the unique charms of the Helford

River and the surrounding countryside for locals and visitors alike.

VILLAGE GROUPS

Mawnan Anvil Trust, Mr Ian Martin, (01326) 250415

Mawnan Friendship Club, Ms Veronica Chegwidden, (01326) 250713

Meets each Wednesday from 2.00pm to 4.00pm, in the Memorial Hall (for older resi-

dents)

Friends of Mawnan Surgery, Mrs Gill Glover, (01326) 250048

Support Group linked to Penryn Surgery - Fundraising for the benefit of the patients.

Mawnan Allotment Association, Mr Granville Williamson, 01326-250112

Email: granville.williamson@talk21.com

Allotments available

Hedgehog Rescue, Mr Bill & Anne-Marie Long, (01326) 251033

Email: hedgehogrescue@tinyworld.co.uk

Hedgehog Rescue, Cornwall was set in the village in 1999 and takes in orphaned, inured

ad sick hedgehogs as well as offering advice on “hedgehog related” issues.

Mawnan Old Cornwall Society (Local History Group), Mr Ted Glover, (01326) 250048

Meets on selected Wednesdays in the Memorial Hall (information on local history

always gratefully received) - check the Memorial Hall noticeboard for the next meeting

Mawnan Mothers Union, Mary Cockeram (01326) 250726

Meets on second Wednesday of months at 2.30pm, in the Methodist Schoolroom

Mawnan Panto Group, Mrs Beth Lawry(01326) 250264

Produces the annual panto, and other productions

Mawnan Wives Club, Mrs Di Sanderson (01326) 250994

Meets each month, in the Memorial Hall, on the 1st & 3rd Fridays of the month

Mawnan Womens' Institute, Mrs Gill Druce (01326) 250688

Meets each month, in the Memorial Hall, on the 2nd Thursday of the month (except for

August)

Mawnan Book Club, Denise (01326 250112)

Don’t forget—the community What’s on Diary

comes out every month and is packed with

information on events, clubs, meetings and ,

most especially (after cake sale dates!!),

forthcoming event dates.

If anyone wants to join the extensive mailing list

which gets this sent in email version all you need

to do is contact mawnandiary@gmail.com and

the lovely Emma will add you to her list.

Alternatively, the Spar Shop always has paper

copies … but get there early in the month as they

go fast!

You can also use this address to send Emma any

events you might like to get added. Who, what,

where, when … basic details please in plenty of

time. Diary gets drafted by the 3rd week of the

month.

The Diary also gets posted on the wonderful

Mawnan Community website, which itself

if full of information about the village,

parish and history. Local small ads,

tradespeople, holiday accommodation …

you name it and it’s probably here.

And of course, there’s the Parish Council’s

own website (www.mawnan.org.uk) where

you can see upcoming agendas, recent

minutes, check out planning applications

under discussion and see a list of services

provided by the Parish, as well as contact

the clerk with any issues.

Remember, our community

noticeboard is brimming with

information on local events

taking place.

Situated just outside the

surgery in the centre of

Mawnan Smith anyone is

welcome to advertise their

events free of charge—put up

your own posters if you can

find room!

Mawnan Smith also has an

independently run facebook

page: https://en-

gb.facebook.com/

Want another copy? Additional copies of

this booklet are available in village shops &

pub or direct from the parish clerk

The Parish Offices, c/o MS Electrical, The Square, Mawnan Smith, Cornwall TR11 5EP

Tel: 01326 251022 Email : clerk@mawnan.org.uk Website: www.mawnan.org.uk