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OUR LOCAL

• Doorstep visits HUGE thanks to Les, Hugh, Clair, Rhiannon,
• Creating amazing webpages Jan, Spencer, Sam, Jan, Sue plus Sarah and her
• Stepping up to the challenges with a smile friends and family.
and funny WhatsApps The volunteers were kept fed and watered by
• Cleaning extra thoroughly to keep everyone Murray, who by the way makes delicious cakes
safe and tray bakes!
Helping others
is really at the
heart of our
village making it
an amazing place
to live!

MANEA MAGIC

I set up Manea Magic Radio in November 2019
SEB’S ALLOTMENT with the intention of it being a community

Back at the end of 2019 the O’Keefe family radio station just
for Manea, letting
decided to take on an allotment in Manea to local residents know
create a safe place where support workers could what's happening in
bring their son, who is 16 and has half a heart and around Manea.
and autism amongst other things, where he It didn’t take long,
can be creative, have a space to make and grow thanks to social
things and get exercise outside. They made a media and my
good start rotavating, but wet weather followed bands’ fan base, for
by lockdown meant all the hard work they had the radio station to become worldwide, with
put in came to nothing when weeds and thistles listeners in America, Australia, Holland, Belgium
took back the ground. and France - including many listeners here in the
When the family UK.
could get out and During these unprecedented times of Covid-19,
about, they realised we obviously noticed a larger peak in listeners
they would need as a lot of people were at home, and we always
help, so a plea went have good interaction with our listeners. All
out on the village the Presenters are volunteers and simply do it
Facebook page for because they love doing it...
volunteers for a
weekend work party. Simon Paul
www.maneamagic.com

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