Kingfisher Christmas Draw

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Kingfisher Christmas Draw
Dave is selling tickets for the Kingfisher Christmas Draw to raise money for the new canoe hut at Abingdon Lock. He is selling tickets from davidsurman@hotmail.com or they can be bought easily from Annie`s at Abingdon Bridge ,or from Richard and Frank at Abingdon Lock. They will also be available on the Kingfisher Canoe Club stand at The Abingdon Christmas Extravaganza on Saturday November 30th.
Kingfisher Christmas Draw
Dave says We are now working hard to raise the remainder of the funds needed for the structure to ensure the sustainability of the 45 + year tradition of community canoeing in Abingdon. £5 for a book of 5 tickets . Oodles of good prizes,donated by well wishers.
Kingfisher Christmas Draw
We are really grateful to Christ`s Hospital Abingdon who showed their support for what we are trying to do in the form of a significant  grant. Huge thanks to all in the community who have and continue to support us.

The pictures are a couple of those taken in June during the Canoe Club Blastathon at Abingdon Weir.

Trinity Christmas Fair, St Helen’s Christmas Market, and The Local Excellence Market

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Trinity Christmas Fair
Trinity Church had a Christmas Fair this morning. This is the raffle.
Trinity Christmas Fair
St Helen’s Church had a Christmas Market this morning. This is the jewellery stall and art under the St Helen’s window.
Trinity Christmas Fair
There was also a Local Excellence Market on Abingdon Market Place. Janes Kitchen was selling meat and vegetarian pies, pasties, and cakes and puddings. I was told it will be her last time at the Local Excellence Market.
Trinity Christmas Fair
Chillies2u had chillies and chilli sauces.
Trinity Christmas Fair
The Abingdon Gin company have set up a craft distillery in Bath Street, Abingdon.
Trinity Christmas Fair
They sell mostly through their website but were giving samples and selling at the Local Excellence Market. Abingdon Gin can also be tried at The Tipsy Mercer and Brewery Tap in Abingdon.

Waitrose ‘Unpacked’ in Abingdon

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Waitrose 'Unpacked' in Abingdon
Waitrose in Abingdon had all the new parts of the store reopened from today.

This is the third Waitrose store in Oxfordshire to trial ‘Unpacked’ after Oxford’s Botley Road, which has been running for a few months, and Wallingford, which is very recent. Customers can take and weigh their own containers and refill them in the “Refillable” zone with: lentils, rice and pasta, dried fruit, breakfast cereals, seeds etc. . There are also wines and beers on tap; unpacked frozen fruits; coffee beans for grinding in-store; and Ecover detergents and washing liquids. The aim is to give people the choice to buy things with less disposable packaging. You can still buy most of these products in wrappers elsewhere in the store.
Waitrose 'Unpacked' in Abingdon
Other changes included reconfigured areas of shelving; the cafe area is walled off from the store and called Waite & Rose; and outside are some new cash machines.

I did not notice a big change in the unwrapped range in the fruit and vegetables section. That may be to come. The Unwrapped trial in Oxford had a lot more unwrapped fruit and veg.
Waitrose 'Unpacked' in Abingdon
The fruit and veg section has been expanded but is mixed with more pre-processed vegetables like the new range of sliced potatoes.

Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Abingdon

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Primary Care Networks
Healthy Abingdon invited people interested in our local health services to a presentation and discussion on Primary Care Networks (PCNs) in Abingdon.

Primary Care Networks were set up in July 2019, after six months of planning. They group GP practises into larger units covering between 30 – 50,000 people. Abingdon is split into two PCNs. One covers The Abingdon Surgery and Malthouse Surgery, in the town centre, with 33,657 people. The other covers Marcham Road Health Centre and Long Furlong Health Centres in Abingdon, Berinsfield Health Centre and Clifton Hampden Surgery with 30,043 people.

PCNs will allow closer coordination between GP practises to allow things like better extended hours cover. They will also get more funding for extra specialist services in the area. One such service that has already been set up is Social Prescribing. More services with funding will follow.

Social Prescribing is something GPs have always done. It is referring people to activities in the community, possibly college courses, possibly for help from voluntary groups (The Abingdon Bridge – counselling, and Health Walks Abingdon are examples). Treatment from the NHS is not the only answer.

Having a specialist Social Prescriber allows GPs to do this more effectively. Emma and Emma, the two ladies who job share the role, told us something of what they did and how they help people. There followed an interesting round table discussion about what people in Abingdon would like out of social prescribing.

About forty people attended the meeting at the Conduit Centre, at Trinity Church, in Abingdon.