County Newletter

THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

DORSET COUNTRY NEWSLETTER

ADDRESSES & CONTACTS

Post for the County Office: Goes to:

County Office - RBL Dorset, The Stables, Church Lane, Blandford Forum, DT11 7AD

Telephone and email: The following numbers are the quickest way to get in contact with the County Office:

County Manager - Welfare and Fund Raising: 01258 480805 (fax is 480806) email through jbollatsh@britishlegion.org.uk

Community Fundraiser – (Louise Ravula): 0203 207 2417 email: lravula@britishlegion.org.uk

County Secretary – Membership & Clubs: 01258 458202 (Working hours) email: bharrison@britishlegion.org.uk also the main number for any urgent queries.

County Committee Phone: 01258 452214 Answerphone messages collected when committee members are available, please do not use this number as the contact for Welfare or any time sensitive matters.

(The address must not include Legion House, since that is the old address and means that post is delivered to the Club – we continue to receive incorrectly addressed mail – and delayed post)

ORSET COUNTY 500 CLUB

Wednesday - 18^th Aug 10: County Stand planned for the Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show

Thurs 19^th to Sunday 22^nd Aug 10: County Stand planned for Bournemouth Air Festival
28 Aug 10 Highcliffe Branch: Coffee Morning, Bring &

Buy with Raffle.
25 Sep 10 Highcliffe Branch Coffee Morning with Raffle.

10^th Oct 10 – County Standard Bearer Competition

23 Oct 10 Highcliffe Branch Coffee Morning, Bring& Buy with Raffle in Aid of Poppy Appeal.

30 Oct Ferndown Branch Dinner Dance

13 Nov 10: TRBL Festival of Remembrance in London. Tickets issued for RBL members to the Evening performance via County Offices. Info out to branches with May County Newsletter and through Head Office Special Circular.

13 Nov 10 Highcliffe Branch Arranged trip to Festival of Remembrance Albert Hall (bookings taken in June).

14^th Nov 10 – Remembrance Sunday

14 Nov 10 Cenotaph Parade – London.

11 Dec 10 Highcliffe Branch Coffee Morning with Raffle.

09 Jan 11. Dorset County Conference – Blandford

21-22 May 11. National Conference: Telford

Dates are publicised up to a year ahead and will remain on the calendar until the date passes. Please notify the County Sec of any required inclusions in notices (or cancellations.)

Legion National Training Courses

The Legion programme of National Training Courses for 2010 has been issued to all Branches.

LegionLive:The Legion has started Legionlive as a more informal communication tool. Visit www.legionlive.org.uk and join our online community. Get the latest news from Poppy's blog, join a group or form your own. (This includes being able to set up your own branch site as an easier option.)

Dates and Deadlines

Legion Membership Matters

MS4 – 09 Membership Application. The MS4/08 has been updated to MS4-09 and this time the changes are significant:

· Section A: amended (Under 18s will be Youth Members) to (12-17s will be Youth Members)

· Section D: inserted (Please read joining date notes on page 4) and removed all reference to Proposer

Branches can of course continue to use MS4/06a, MS4/07 and MS4/08 but they should be aware of the change to the rules concerning a proposer. Nobody should be using versions older than MS4/06a they are no longer acceptable and will be returned for update.

Branches should be ordering their new membership forms through Poppy Appeal at Aylesford and can order by email through Wendy Shone at: washone@britishlegion.org.uk

New Branch and Trust Funds Administrator.

Tom Cantwell has joined Finance Division as Branch and Trusts Administrator taking over from Nelson Mendes. With immediate effect anything that branches would have directed to Nelson Mendes should be directed to Tom; particularly regarding BFI scheme and Trusts. Tom can be contactable on number 020 3207 2306 and via email on tcantwell@britishlegion.org.uk .

STANDARD BEARER TRAINING and PRACTICE SESSIONS 2010

For all RBL Branch and Women’s Section Branch Standard Bearers.

Sunday 21 February at the

Memorial Hall Ellis Road

Bovington 2-5pm.

Sunday 21 March to be arranged 2-5pm.

Sunday 18 April at the

Memorial Hall Ellis Road

Bovington 2-5pm.

Sunday 16 May at the Memorial Hall Ellis Road Bovington 2-5pm.

Sunday 20 June to be arranged 2-5pm.

Sunday 18 July at the

Memorial Hall Ellis Road

Bovington 2-5pm.

Sunday 19 September to be arranged 2-5pm.

September, Thursday 2, Monday 6, Thursday 9, Monday 13, Thursday 16, Monday 20,

Thursday 23, Monday 27, Thursday 30 at the Ferndown RBL Club,

Church Road

5-7pm.

Sunday 4 October, Competition Practice 2-5pm at the

Ferndown RBL Club Church Street

All parade details are now sent out with the monthly County News Letter to all Branch Secretaries. Please ask your secretary to pass this to you as soon as it is received by them.

DATES for your diary.

Sunday 13 June Annual Veteran’s Parade Weymouth details later from the County Parade Marshal.

Sunday 27 June Armed Forces Parade Sherborne

Saturday 9 October Dorset County Standard Bearers’ Competition.

Details will appear in the County news letter. This competition is open to all Standard Bearers and the winner of the competition will carry the County Standard for the following year and enter the regional Competition. The competition will be held at Ferndown Royal British Legion Club please come and support the contestants if you do not wish to compete.

Friday 29 October launch of the Dorset County Poppy Appeal place and timings to be confirmed.

Sunday 14 November County wreath laying Netherwood Place Wimborne 9am.

Sunday 14 November Your own local Remembrance Sunday Parades and Services.

Bovington Memorial Hall is next to the MACE? shop on the main road between the two military camps and between Clouds Hill House and the Tank Museum. Turn into

Ellis Road

next to Clouds Hill Pub then left and park in the car park on the left the entry to the hall is from this car Park.

Training can be arranged in other parts of the county if requested. Training has been provided in other locations but so rarely attended by standard bearers from those areas that it has not been cost effective to continue unless requested to do so.

All standard Bearer training information from Jillian Hurst on 01202 679433

All other enquiries to the County Secretary Beverley Harrison 01258 458202

RBL County Office, The Stables, Church Lane, BLANDFORD FORUM, Dorset, DT11 7AD

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