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MANEA MATTERS
MANEA MATTERS
FROM OUR CHAIR

Dear Readers Contents

This issue is providing a lot of really
useful information from organisations Useful Contact Details .............................................2
which are specifically helping and
supporting the people who live in Message from Chair & Contents .........................3
Fenland. I hope it will also prove useful
for future reference – both as a hard Manea Community Groups .............................4 - 7
copy and online. Alzheimer’s Society in Cambridgeshire .............8
Training courses, free ones as well as
some at a small charge, are being offered Herbert Protocol.........................................................9
locally (P16-17 and the Noticeboard) so
please check them out in case they are Hedgehogs in Manea ............................................10
of interest. Pops the Guide Dog Puppy – Part 2 ................11
Saturday 11th October sees the Village
Hall celebrating 100 years, so make a New Tiger Bus Routes ................................12 - 13
note in your diary for 1:30pm – 4:30pm
that afternoon (see the Noticeboard for Is your Landline your Lifeline? ..................14 - 15
more info). CPSL MIND
You will also see from the Gala Report – An Update & Free Training ....................16 - 17
(P18-19), that next year marks Manea
Gala’s 70th anniversary so be sure to put Gala Report 2025 .........................................18 - 19
Saturday 11th July in your 2026 diary!
The ever-declining hedgehog population Cambs ACRE – Cancer Awareness ........20 - 21
is lamented on P10. In the 1950s it was Update on the events of 25th January ...........22
estimated there were around 30 million
of these iconic creatures in the UK – Getting About and DEADLINES .........................23
now it is less than 1 million. If you keep
your old copies of Manea Matters, take Parish Council Update .................................24 - 25
a look at MM63 P17-18 (Autumn 2019)
where I also gave similar useful actions Noticeboard .....................................................26 - 27
for you to take as well as some Humble
Hedgehog facts.
Finally, there is an interim update on DEADLINE FOR THE WINTER ISSUE IS
the hare coursing and other rural crimes FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2025
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event, which took place on 25th January
(P22) but, unfortunately, the sentences
given to some of the perpetrators won’t The views and beliefs expressed by contributors are not necessarily
be available to publish until this copy has those of Manea Matters Committee and the Committee reserves
gone to print. the right to amend submitted items at its discretion. The Committee
does not represent or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any of the
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Manea really does Matter.
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