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Jayne Louise Clark (28th January 1966 – 23rd July 2020)
Our dear sister has passed to higher service but what sadness she has left behind. Jayne was the only child of Christine and Bob Storey. She was married to Nigel and had daughters Penny, Kerry and the soon-to-be adopted Sophie. She was an enthusiastic member of our congregation, helping with Messy Church, Junior Church, Friday Youth Club and she was a member of the church committee.
She worked with children of various abilities throughout her career, firstly on a voluntary basis and then as a full-time job and it was her experiences with these children that gave her the inspiration to start our Food Hamper Project with her mum, Christine. Initially, this was created to provide Christmas hampers to needy families in Dukinfield but this work carries on every week of the year and provides not only food but toiletries, household items, bedding, towels, etc. It seems that anything that is required is forthcoming and we have Sister Jayne to thank for
that. She would open up her home to people who needed love and support and, with Nigel, has provided respite care for both young people and adults.
Her funeral service,
conducted on 11th August in the Dukinfield church was attended by 30 of her family and close friends, socially distanced. An overspill into another room was made possible by the set-up of speakers and TV screen so that more of us could share in the celebration of Jayne's life. Our minister, Peter, also repeated the service in the evening, via Zoom, and we are grateful to him for going this extra mile. The hymns, ‘Love Divine, all love's excelling’ and ‘Shine, Jesus, Shine’ were provided by YouTube but we did sing along quietly, I must admit. The bible reading was taken from Matthew 25, where it speaks of the sheep
and the goats and the fact that anything you do for the least person, you do for Jesus. We can all agree that this is the way Jayne lived her too-short life. Her daughter, Kerry, spoke movingly about her mum and Peter's eulogy was heartfelt.
The final piece of music was the song ‘For Good’ from the musical
‘Wicked’ and I think everyone who knew Jayne, will agree with these words from the song:
Who can say if I've been changed for the better
I do believe I have been changed for the better
And Because I knew you I have been changed For good
Rest well, Jayne.
Sr Sue Selby
Helping reduce plastic one cup at a time
I know it sounds a bit like a song and dance, in fact Barnum comes to mind: 'One stalwart chap with a cup and bunch of hours.'
Now having the hours and thanks to Lloyds Banking Group I also have my 'Keep Cup'. So how does this help
reduce plastic? The main purpose of the 'Keep
Cup' was to use it and reuse it in the cafés,
restaurants and vending machines.
As a member of our Mission and Society Committee I thought I would share this cup story.
Towards the end of 2018 a gradual rollout of 'Keep Cups' took place in over 48 UK office sites, as part of the challenge to remove single use plastic. Was this an early Christmas present from the management? In some ways YES! The reduction in plastic usage was amazing!
A previous successful pilot in Bristol managed to avoid sending 250,000 single use items into the waste stream in 10 weeks. Across the estate saw 4.3 million single use cups in the onsite cafés and restaurants, a further 16.7 million plastic cups in vending machines and over 14.4 million condiment sachets along with 4.30 million items of plastic cutlery.
What made this a real success:
• Cups were removed from the hot drinking vending machines, so that we would have to use our 'Keep Cup'.
• Condiment sachets were replaced by dispensers.
• Plastic cutlery was replaced by metal cutlery and drop off stations for used items were put in place for collection.
• A levy of 25p was introduced on drinks served in disposable cups through the cafés and restaurants, similar to the UK Government plastic bag charge.
So it can be seen that by the end of 2019 great reductions had taken place throughout the estate. To reduce the single use cups in the water towers all staff were given an aluminium cool drinks bottle.
The reduction in plastic reusable cups continued 'one cup at a time.'
Sadly as we came to March 2020 my planned retirement came - O Happy Days! Little did I know that I would take everyone with me due to lockdown. The staff then started to become homebased.
As we now have easing of restrictions and return to a new 'normal' have you noticed face masks and gloves dropped in the street adding to the plastic toxic waste?
The BBC1 programme aired 1st September with Anita Rani and Hugh-Fernley Whittingstall 'War on Plastic - The Fight goes on' highlighted once again that plastic waste was increasing.
The fight does go on - can we as individuals once again reduce our plastic use and can business reduce theirs?
Br Ian Haggis
Fulneck
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© Sr Jayne Clark
© Br Ian Haggis