The New Milton Covid Support group is a Mutual Aid Group.
An unfunded group run entirely by volunteers, supported by New Milton Town Council
Digital Distraction Calendar
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8th 4 pm Sunday afternoon tea and cake chat |
9th |
10th 11 am Tina's Top Tips for the Garden |
11th 4 pm Teatime Talk - "Who are we remembering?" |
12th |
13th 2 pm "Laughing for the 'Health' of it" |
14th |
| 15th 4 pm Sunday afternoon tea and cake chat |
16th |
17th 11 am Tina's Top Tips for the Garden |
18th 4 pm Teatime Talk - "A Good Man in Milton Parish". |
19th 2 pm Going Back to My Roots |
20th 2 pm 'Hands on Health' |
21st |
| 22nd 4 pm Sunday afternoon tea and cake chat |
23rd 2 pm Wildlife on your doorstep: Ballard Water Meadow |
24st 11 am Tina's Top Tips for the Garden |
25th 4 pm Teatime Talk - "Indian Guests in Milton Parish" |
26th |
27th 2 pm TBC |
28th |
| 29th 4 pm Sunday afternoon tea and cake chat |
30th 2 pm Wildlife on your doorstep: Biodiversity in New Milton |
1st Dec |
2nd Dec |
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Click on the appropriate link below to enrol for each session.
Our Digital Distractions
programme of one-hour online events between now and 2nd
December is growing.
With the colder weather and
renewed restrictions keeping us indoors over the next month
we are offering a programme of activities via zoom for our
Neighbours in New Milton, Ashley, Bashley and Barton-on-Sea.
A series of one-hour sessions over the whole of November
some for fun, some for information but all with the
intention of keeping us connected and maintaining our
wellbeing.
The New Milton Covid Support
Group will host every meeting but we have invited special
guests along to lead talks and activities to entertain and
fill at least one hour of your day with a distraction from
the limitations of lockdown.
Here is the programme so far:
Sunday at 4pm
– Afternoon Tea
Grab a cup of tea and a slice
of cake and join our neighbour Helen on zoom with other
neighbours from across New Milton, Ashley, Bashley and
Barton-on-Sea. Come and tell us your top tips for staying
positive during lockdown; share your favourite books, films,
TV, radio or podcasts; or just come along for the company -
we might even throw in the odd tea-time teaser.
Sign up here
Sunday 8th November: Request a Zoom link
Sunday 15th November:
Request a Zoom link
Sunday 22nd November:
Request a Zoom link
Sunday 29th November:
Request a Zoom link
Monday 23rd and 30th November from 2 pm to 3 pm - we will be finding out more about the Wildlife on our Doorstep.
In the first of the two
sessions, Bob Lord will tell us more about the wildlife in
Ballard Water Meadows and the amazing work local people have
been doing to conserve it. In session 2, Bob will invite us
to a conversation about the biodiversity in New Milton, so
come and share your own experiences of wildlife in New
Milton.
Sign up here:
Monday 23rd November: Request a Zoom link
Monday 30th November: Request a Zoom link
Tuesday at 11am - Tina’s Top Tips for the Garden
Our wonderful neighbour Tina
will be bringing her own gardening wisdom and we want you to
bring and share your own tips and thoughts for November in
the garden too.
Sign up here
Tuesday 10th November: Request a Zoom link
Tuesday 17th November: Request a Zoom link
Tuesday 24th November: Request a Zoom link
Wednesday at 4pm – Our Wednesday Tea-Time Talk
With local historian, Nick
Saunders. Nick telling us about three different aspects of
our local history.
1.
Beginning on Remembrance Day (11th
November) “Who are we remembering?” will look at some
of the names on New Milton’s War Memorial .
Every year we stand beside the
war memorial and we say “We will remember them” but many of
us do not know who the people are, where they lived, what
they did and how they ended up on our war memorial. This
talk will tell the story behind a few of those names.
Sign up here: Request a Zoom link
2.
On 18th
November “A Good Man in
Milton Parish”
The Reverend John Edward
Kelsall was the Rector at New Milton from 1897 to 1924. He
did so much for our town. He taught natural history at the
local school and for adult classes in the Rectory. He wrote
a book on birds in Hampshire. He taught French classes in
the local school and in evening classes. He paid for trees
to be planted along Barton Court Avenue and Barton Court
Road. He befriended the Indian soldiers who were here in
1914 to 1916, arranging for gifts to be sent to them at
their convalescent deport in Barton. He raised money to buy
a field on Haywards farm which was converted into the
Recreation Ground. He raised money to pay for the war
memorial, unveiled in September 1920. He bequeathed his book
collection to create New Milton’s first library. He set up
the Milton Institute.
Sign up here: Request a Zoom link
3.
On 25th
November “Indian Guests in
Milton Parish”
This talk will tell the story
of the Indian army in the New Forest from 1914 to 1916. It
will explain why there was an Indian army convalescent depot
in Barton on Sea and at Milford. It will also explain about
the visit of the King to the Indian hospital in Brockenhurst
in 1914. We will also look at how Miltonians reacted to the
Indian guests. Why did they leave and what happened
afterwards? We will also look at the lasting Indian
memorials in our town.
Sign up here: Request a Zoom link
Thursday 19th from 2 pm to 3 pm - Going Back to My Roots
Have you ever watched "Who Do You Think You Are" and thought you'd like to research your family tree but wouldn't know where to start? Have you ever wondered who your ancestors were and what they did? Then join Steve Clarke who will tell us stories from his own family tree and give us top tips on how we might get started on our own.
Sign up here: Request a Zoom link
Friday from 2 pm to 3 pm - we have Wellbeing into the Weekend
With guests who will tell us
about different ways to maintain our emotional wellbeing at
this challenging time.
1.
Friday 13th
November –
Lesley Lyle will bring us ‘Laughing for the Health of It’
where she will talk about the power of laughter to promote
physical, psychological and emotional wellbeing and
encourage us to share our own stories of times that laughter
has helped us at times of adversity. This is sure to be an
uplifting hour to see us into the weekend.
Sign up here: Request a Zoom link
2.
Friday 20th
November –
Nicki Benoit-Means will bring us ‘Hands on Health’ where she
will tell us all we need to know about reflexology and the
different contexts in which she has used it. We will be sure
to head into the weekend feeling calm and relaxed as she
shows us some simple reflexology techniques to restore our
inner calm.
Sign up here: Request a Zoom link
3.
Friday 27th
November - tbc
We have more sessions in the pipeline and will update as they are confirmed.