Age UK Young at Heart Social Group Meet.

Natland Young at Heart Social Group for older residents will meet on Monday 11th September at 1.45pm. If you would like to come along for an afternoon of tea, chat, and good company please get in touch on 01539 728118.

Church Magazine for September now available.

Church events are lining themselves up to cheer your autumn, with the Families Group meeting on the 6th September, a coach trip to Blackburn Cathedral and Gawthorpe Hall on the 15th September, a Coffee Morning for Sight Advice on the 21st and a Male Voice Choir Concert on the 30th September. Harvest Festival is on the 1st of October and a Men's Meeting on the 6th October. The Brownies are short of a leader at the moment, too, and tinned items are requested for the Food Bank box at the back of church. Click here for more details of all these events and opportunities, together with interesting articles and notices of church services. 

Report of the W.I. meeting in August

The August meeting of Natland and Oxenholme WI was well supported following the  summer break.The outing in July organised by Joan Ratcliffe was a great success, members enjoyed a beautiful summer afternoon on the Lancaster canal with afternoon tea. Joan was thanked for her time given in putting this event together. Following the WI business, guest speaker Dr Julia Piggot was introduced and welcomed. Dr Piggot is local education officer for beekeepers and gave her advice in  a very interesting and  illustrated talk relating to the ' Identification of Bees'.  Members learned how to identify various species including bumble , honey and  cuckoo bees, they also learned how to distinguish between bees and  hoverflies, the latter resembling bees in many ways.   Dr. Piggott, a founder member of the Brigsteer Bee Reserve,  also teaches nationally in the education of both children and adults in the subject of beekeeping.The vote of thanks was given by Diana Dickinson.Marion Thornton won  the competition for a 'bee friendly posy' with Lynne Procter Second. Rosemary Bateman won the raffle.
The next meeting will be on September 20th 7.15pm in the village hall. We invite you to an  'Open Meeting'  where the  guest for the evening will be Maurice Steele, his subject entitled ' It should have been stopped'. Maurice will be well known to many as a retired hill  farmer and  a very popular guest speaker from  the Eskdale area of Cumbria. The cost will be £3.50 ( for non WI members) to include refreshments. Everyone most welcome.

A defibrillator for Natland

As you have travelled around the district you may have noticed that a number of our neighbouring villages have a defibrillator – a box usually attached to the wall of the Village Hall, which is accessible 24/7 to be deployed in the event of someone suffering a cardiac arrest. This would have lifesaving potential. It is not always possible to get an ambulance here quickly enough and a defibrillator would buy time and more importantly would potentially save a life.

So, a small working group has been set up for Natland to have a defibrillator too.

We have been in contact with Endmoor First Responders, a charity who have already attended several incidents in Natland. On one occasion when they attended the ambulance took 2 hours to arrive. They have been extremely helpful and generous in providing a defibrillator for St Mark’s School in July and also in agreeing to fund up to half the cost of an adult defibrillator in the village. They have also offered to provide training for members of the community.

It now remains for us as community to raise the other half of the funds required which is in the region of £1500 to include the cost of installation, maintenance and electricity to power it.

Our group is holding a Fundraising Coffee Day and Information session in the new Tea Room at the newly refurbished Post Office on 5th October from 10am until 4.30pm. One of the First Responders from Endmoor will also be there to talk about the Defibrillator. So do come along and support us and find out all about it and how it works. It is straightforward and the machine once opened will talk you through what to do. More importantly if it is not needed it will not work – it will only operate if the the casualty’s heart needs restarting.

As this is a valuable resource for the community we are also asking people to consider giving a donation towards the defibrillator. The sooner we raise the money, the sooner it will be in place to save a life. We already have donations of £100 each from the Church and from our Parish Council to start us off and we are very grateful for their assistance. We would welcome donations from other village organisations.

We now need to raise the rest of the money.

PLEASE COME ALONG TO THE COFFEE DAY OR MAKE A DONATION ANY TIME AT THE POST OFFICE AND SUPPORT US IN THIS PROJECT. Cheques can be made payable to the Natland Defibrillator Group.

Pam Mansfield on behalf of the Defibrillator Working Group

Natland Parish Council Minutes

The Parish Council met this week and they considered the Police Report, the proposal for a defibrillator for the village, progress on anyone acquiring Helm,  highway maintenance and planning matters. Click here for the full minutes.

July's Weather in Natland

                                                         2017                                2016
Temperature at 8am                         14.1c                               15.4c
Minimum Temperature (average)    12.7c                               14.0c
Maximum Temperature (average)    21.0c                               19.4c
                                                       mm     in.                      mm.    in.
Rainfall                                         136      5.4                      122    4.9

Another glorious summer month!? We did have some hot days but the school holidays brought wet and windy conditions. It is all down to the jet stream being in the wrong place. John Dobson.