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Support our Yuri Bear Project
Knitting needles are clicking across our villages and the wider community for the Yuri Bear project🐻❤️.
We’re aiming to knit 20,000 teddy bears for children displaced as a result of turmoil in their country.
We’ve been overwhelmed by the response so far, but 20,000 bears is no small ask!
If you can knit, know someone who can or would like to find out how you can help, please click on the link below.
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Poll: Do you mind when neighbours leave freebies on the street?
Some spare wood, used furniture or children's toys - do you mind when your neighbours leave goods on the street for others to make use of?
Share your thoughts in the comments and poll below.
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83.3% It's fine!
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14.9% It annoys me!
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1.8% Other - I'll share below
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Council using Naenae Hub
Ever since the Naenae hubs been open all of a sudden certain ones from the council have been sitting in there on there high & mighty stink backsides, thinking they can control certain venders like me from behind closed doors, by ringing my daughter & complaining to her because they can't handle me because I'm too straight up & there just gutless if they dont like it leave, I've been there longer than use & they blocked me from Naenae Community page because they didn't like my opion when i was told yesterday they shouldn't of done that the council because its good that people know whats actually going on in the community, when people think it honky dory & it's not because the council thinks there above everyone like this corrupt goverment, But my question after all the lairs you've said to us Chris & not explaing to us about using of the hub how much do use pay to sit in the hub & gossip & complaint what use don't want & dont like. HOW MUCH DO USE PAY TO SIT IN THE HUB OR DO USE. USE THE VENDURES MONEY to pay for use sit in there, because use didnt sit in the pop up shop all day when we used it & it was free, so tell the public which i know people have asked me too, what's your opion, No negativity Oh by the way Naenae pool opens the 14 September so there will be an Event that Saturday.
Bees and insects
The fruit trees are in blossom but where are the bees? A few bumblebees but nothing else?
We seem to have a crisis for some reason. I see in the UK where they actually keep records, 80% of butterflies are in decline, 42% of bees and hoverflies are also in decline since the 1980's, and in another survey all flying insects in the UK are down 60% between 2004 and 2021.Even earthworms in the UK are down 30% in 25 years. Perhaps we are the same? Anyway - no fruit on our trees this summer I guess.