Waldron Village Voice

You may have seen news items about the RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) vaccine which protects us against chest and lung infections. However you may be dismayed to find that you are too old to qualify as it's only offered to those in their 70s. Why? After all, it's estimated that there are 14,000 hospitalisations annually for RSV in older adults and surely anything which keeps older people out of hospital must make sense.

We're told that prevention is better than cure when making the best use of scarce NHS resources and as we get older we become more vulnerable, not less. I notice that the United States has amended its recommendations for 2024 giving everyone over 75 the RSV jab. So how about firing up your computers and write to Wes Streeting our new Health Secretary to press for our new Government's policy tio be changed!

Dates for diaries: there will be two more churchyard tidy-ups on November 2 and 15 from 9.30 am - 12.30 and volunteers are welcome to join the gang, bringing your own tools and wearing stout clothing and boots. Also this monthr there will be an autumn litter-pick on November 9, led by Ben Salisbury.

Ring or contact him on 07823 885702 or [email protected] to let him know if you can spare an hour or two to make our village look smart and litter-free. On the same date there's a coffee morning with music entertainment at All Saints' from 10.30 am.

The next pub quiz will be on November 6 at The Star at 7pm for 7.30pm. Teams are of six people and there's a charge of £20 per head which includes supper. Profits will go to the Friends of Waldron Churches, which is currently raising funds for the Flush Fund (for a loo at All Saints')

Church services this week (November 3) will both be at All Saints'. Holy Communion will be at 8am and the President and Preacher will be Father Simon Hobbs. Parish Eucharist will be at 10am and the President and Preacher will be the Rt Rev Will Hazlewood, Bishop of Lewes.

Our Remembrance Sunday services will be on November 10. Holy Communion will be at 8am at St Bartholomew's, Cross in Hand. The Remembrance Day morning service will be at All Saints' and please note we will gather at 10.45 am for the reading of the names of the village dead before the national two-minutes' silence at 11am.