Youth Hall Opening 🎉🥂🍾
The renovation work is nearly complete, and we would love everyone to come and visit our new community space & see what’s on offer.
Youth Hall OPEN DAY – SATURDAY 9TH MARCH 10AM-3PM
Within the new comfy setting there is the opportunity to sit & chat, maybe play a board game, or maybe, challenge someone to a game of pool or table tennis.
We will be having a fundraising sale of coffee, cakes, along with a range of table-top sale of pre-loved baby & toddler clothes, and teddy bears looking for new homes ❤️
Youth Hall Grant Award
We are super excited that we have been awarded a grant from Dorset Council from the Shared Prosperity Fund. This is a 23-24 award and so the work will be taking place this month! We will be installing install new efficient heating, LED lighting and other energy saving items that will help to improve the sustainability of the Youth Hall.
Youth Hall After Easter, we will be:
☕️ Opening a Chat Cafe/Warm Space lunch group: come along and have a natter, meet & make new friends, whatever your age.
🌟 Getting the Youth Club going: a space for those aged 10 and over, in years school 6 to 13. This is supported by Dorset Youth who have been training our local Youth Lead and volunteers. Please get in touch if you are interested in joining the Club, or would like to volunteering to be a youth work assistant or youth leader. We can provide training 😊
🏓 Getting clubs and activities started: including board games group, table tennis, pool and arts & crafts. If you fancy organising a club please get in touch.
To book the Youth Hall for your own activity please email Parish Clerk: lytchettmatravers@dorset-aptc.gov.uk
Spring Litter Pick
Spring is on the way and so is our Litter Pick. Please join us on Sunday March 24th at 2:30pm to help clear the litter from around the village.
As usually, we will meet at 2:30pm in the upper Recreation ground car park, near the Village Hall. Here we will provide safety guidance and allocate routes.
If you have a favourite route that you like to do, please let us know in advance by emailing the Parish Clerk at lytchettmatravers@dorset-aptc.gov.uk.
In line with safety guidance, you MUST wear gloves, and please bring your own ‘litter pickers’ and High-Vis jackets if you have them. We do have high-vis jackets available for you to borrow and can supply bags for collecting the litter. See you there 😊
D-Day 80th Anniversary Commemorations
We are planning a host of events on Thursday 6th June 2024 as part of the national commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
- Showing of The Longest Day in the Village Hall in conjunction with Purbeck Film Festival. Doors will open at 5pm with the film starting at 5:30pm. It’s a long film, so we will have an intermission at 7pm and aim to finish at 8:45pm. Tickets will cost £5 to cover the fees for renting the film, etc., and any surplus will be donated to the British Legion.
- Fish & Chip suppers: It’s a Thursday, so Jo Meade will be bringing the fish & chip van to the Rec car park as usual. If you fancy picking up a pre-film or intermission supper, you can place an order with them in advance. We will set out some additional seating on the new Terrace for you, however, no food will be allowed in the hall during the actual film screening.
- Beacon Lighting: The lighting of the Beacon will be at 9.15pm, with the flame representing the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the dreadful darkness of war and will be accompanied by the reading of the Nation’s tribute.
- Pop-up bar: We are hoping to have a bar set up in the Sports Pavilion for those who want to come along to the Rec and enjoy the evening.
Parish Council Highways survey
This will be running until 31st March. If you’ve not already completed it, please take some time to let us know what you think of our various Highways projects and if you think they represent good solutions and good value for the village. You can find more details on our website, or by calling/emailing the Parish Clerk who can send you a copy of the survey if you prefer.
Local Elections will be held on 2nd May for all seats on Dorset Council and Town / Parish Councils.
If you are interested in becoming a Parish Councillor, there are several videos which can tell you more about ‘What parish councils do in the community’, ‘What parish councils do across Dorset’ , and ‘Why becoming a parish councillor in Dorset matters’. Nominations are open until 5th April. Please contact the Parish Clerk at lytchettmatravers@dorset-aptc.gov.uk for more information.
To be able to vote in the elections you need to register as a voter by April 16th. Applications for postal votes need to be made by 17th April, and proxy votes by 24th April. You can find all the details for this on the Dorset Council website ‘Register-to-vote’.
March Meetings:
The March meetings will be in the Village Hall. On Wednesday 13th it will start at 7:30pm but revert back to 7pm for the meeting on Wednesday 27th. Agendas are published online and the report pack is available on request from the Parish Clerk. Meetings always start with public participation, so please come along if you have suggestions or questions that you would like to discuss with the PC or just want to hear what is going on.
Alf Bush,
Chairman, Lytchett Matravers Parish Council
For further information please visit our website at: https://lytchettmatraverspc.org/ or contact the Parish Clerk via lytchettmatravers@dorset-aptc.gov.uk