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November 2016

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Eye Spy Game 1

Christmas Lunch 1

Eye Spy Shops 2

CAB Visit 3

Depression? 3

Sheryl Murray 4

Contact Info 4

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This year we are having a

Christmas lunch on the day of

our December meeting, Meet

at CHAT as normal at 11.00

then 12.30 for 1.00 pm. At the

conservative club, Macey St,

Torpoint.

Cost for 3 courses for £15.00

each.

The group will buy the 1st

drink.

Please, if you have not yet chosen what you would like from the menu, let Tracey

know ASAP.

Those of you that haven't paid any money towards the meal please could you pay a

£5.00 non returnable deposit

please.

The menu has three choices

for each course,

Starters Prawn cocktail. Garlic mushrooms. Smoke salmon.

Christmas Lunch ~ 2nd December

Main Turkey. Beef. Lamb shank. Puds Christmas pud. Porfitarolls.

This month we are running

a fun game around the

shops of Torpoint, called

Eye Spy.

The object of the game is

to find the 'Odd' or

'Random' item in each of

the shop windows. That

is to say something that

does not appear to

belong there.

Entry forms are available

from Hearts cafe (¯`'•.¸A

N D¸.•'´¯) the Emporium

and cost £1 each entry

fee.

To play the game write

down what the item is in

the table of the form,

next to the name of the

shop it is in.

The game starts on

Saturday 12th

November

and will run for the

following two weeks.

All entries must be

returned by Friday

25th

November. The

correct entries will then

be entered into a draw

which will be called out

on Saturday 26th

November, when the

town's Christmas

lights are turned

on.

The winning prize is

a Christmas Hamper.

List of participating

establishments on next

page.

Good luck if you are

taking part.

Winning Prize A Christmas Hamper

EYE SPY GAME

P A G E 2 F M - M E - C F S - T O R P O I N T

Title Address Genre Telephone

1 Emporium 25 Fore St Gifts 07913 811247

2 Kardkadia 2-4, Tamar St Wedding services 01752 814247

3 Pet Shop 18A Macey St Pets 01752 657177

4 Boots the chemist 16 Fore St Chemist 01752 812591

5 Torpoint Carpets 62 Fore St Carpets 01752 813530

6 First Choice 19 Fore St Travel Agents 01752 812818

7 Fish Shop 21 Fore St Fishmongers 01752 814040

8 Gliddons 22 Fore St Butchers 01752 812453

9 Warrens 49 Fore St Bakery 01752 812436

10 Co-op 53 Fore St General Store 01752 812429

11 St Lukes 56 Fore St Charity Shop 01752 813426

12 Lloyds 57 Fore St Bank 03450 725555

13 Fruit & Veg Shop 59 Fore St Green Grocers 01752 814480

14 Studio 2 60 Fore St Womens Clothing 01752 815804

15 Price Busters 61 Fore st MiniMart 01752 815092

16 Dashers Ltd 63 Fore St Pasties 01752 812775

17 McColls 66 Fore St Newsagents 01752 816273

18 Miller Countrywide 67 Fore St Estate Agents 01752 648133

19 CHAT 3 Fore St Charity Shop 01752 815626

20 VIP Vapers 71 Fore St Vapers / Tobacconist

21 Ideal Homes 1 Fore St Estate Agents 01752 812333

22 Hearts 1a, Fore St Cafe 01752 816442

23 Green Sails 3a Fore St Florist 01752 815587

24 Mane Attraction 4 Fore St Hair Salon 01752 815808

25 Beauty Within 5 Fore St Beauty Salon 01752 816266

26 Torpoint Hardware 9 Fore St Home Improvements / Ironmongers 01752 812477

27 Alternative Styles 14 Fore St Hair Salon 01752 429065

28 Cycle Action 1a Harvey St Cycle Shop 01752 815571

29 Rossons Men's Barbers 2 Elliot Square Barber 01752 814401

30 Luxstow Vets 4 Eliot Square Vetrenary Practice 01579 342120

Eye Spy ~ Participating Establishments

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The Lucky winner of the EYE SPY competition was 5 year old Mikey Bright from

Torpoint,.

Congratulations to

Mikey and his family

who have kindly

granted us

permission to use the

photo’s of Mikey with

the prize, a Christmas

hamper.

P A G E 3

A t this months meeting we again greeted Dawn Allen

from the CAB to learn about the PIP / DLA application

and review process.

Dawn told us that the pip assessment guide was available

online from the DWP gov.uk website

There are two private companies contracted to perform the

assessments, Maximus for the ESA and ATOS for PIP.

It is advisable and you are allowed to record the interview and

take someone with you, but you must advise them before

attending and you have to provide them with a copy of

whatever you record.

Often the interviewer will refuse to discuss mental health

issues and they are able to make assumptions about your

abilities.

The age limits are PIP age 16-65 and for Attendance

Allowance over 65 –help can be found from Age UK

The Personal Independence Payment – runs through a table

of activities, descriptors and points, to qualify;

For PIP a standard rate - score minimum of 8 points

Enhanced rate of PIP - score minimum of 12 points

Award for Mobility part - score minimum of 8 points

ESA - score minimum of 8 points, 15 points for support group

Some examples of questions:

1) Preparing & cooking a meal - how your condition

makes it difficult for you to prepare a meal for ONE,

Does not refer to microwave meals, it is concerned with

preparing from basics ie, recipe and raw ingredients,

including elements of risk of harm to self or others by using

knives, pans, boiling water, anything heavy etc.

2) Dressing yourself - whether you use a shower or bath

if in the house and if you can do this on your own, answer no

if you are not confident without someone else in the house.

Can you put on your own clothing, reaching down to socks or

tie shoes etc.

Besides the CAB, the armed forces also have assistance

through their SAFA group

Help available for carers - attendance allowance for over 65’s

is means tested, awards are given for fixed amount of time

and then need to fill out review form. Assessing if things are

easier, harder or there is no change, for carers allowance, age

16-65 the total time support is needed must be over 35 hours

per week.

Existing DLA claimants – they will write to you to apply for pip.

Need to apply rather than a review.

CAB website for assistance is ~

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/sick-or-disabled-

people-and-carers/

Age UK for attendance allowance ~

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/search1/?keyword=attendance+all

owance&nation=ageuk_en-GB

How to apply for a Blue Badge ~

https://bluebadge.direct.gov.uk/directgovapply.html

There is also a group called Turn2Us that helps by checking

whether you are receiving all the benefits you are entitled to, I

(am a registered facilitator) please give it a try ~

http://benefits-calculator.turn2us.org.uk/AboutYou it also

looks at one off grants that you may be able to receive from

other charity groups etc.

Citizens Advice Bureau

Depress ion ?

Some Suggestions and ideas worth trying

When I was working I had a very

stressful job and sought help from a

counsellor, she was really good and

her experience was extremely

helpful.

On explaining I was having

difficulty sleeping at night, she

suggested I play music in quietly the

background and asked who my

favourite artist was. It wasn’t really

helpful when I Told her Bon Jovi

and Guns and Roses, but we settled

on ‘Enya’ and some innovations on

the Pan Pipes.

This seemed to work most of the

time but I was still suffering from

annoyingly depressive ruminating

thoughts. I really needed

something to distract me from

them. Then it came to me, I love

music of all kinds, think of a song

and sing the words or hum the

tune to yourself,. Even better if you

are quite good or just don’t care,

sing them aloud, for when you are

trying to remember or recite

something the other thoughts have

to take a back seat.

It can difficult and doesn’t work all

the time but does give me quite a

respite most of the time, give it a try

you might be surprised..

MikeD

V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

We have been tagged in a link from Sheryl Murray’s official Twitter account, after her visit to us in September.

Meetings: 1st Friday of every month 11 am until 1 pm 1st Floor above reception CHATLink Okd School House Macey Street Torpoint PL11 2AJ

Group Traceys’ Phone: 07962210259 E-mail: torpointfmmecfs@gmail.com Web/News MikeD Phone: 07716800511 E-mail: fmt@piskies.co.uk

Sometimes it’s okay if the only thing

you did today was breath.

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