Thank you for continuing to support the Royal School of Church Music. I am writing to you to flag up a few ways which the RSCM is supporting member churches and highlights all the information that is currently on offer to affiliated churches and individual members, especially in these difficult Covid times. Useful links can be found further down this email. 

May I draw a few things to your attention that are available to your church as a member of the RSCM: 

• The affiliation applies to all members of your church. 

• All members of the congregation can sign up for our e-newsletter.  They can do this by logging into www.rscm.org.uk and scrolling down to the bottom of the Home Page. 
  
   
• The RSCM Website contains the latest relevant government guidelines for COVID, in addition to all the other necessary Risk Assessment templates, advice and FAQs etc.  
  
   
• Church Music Quarterly (our quarterly magazine) is available online at https://www.rscm.org.uk/magazines/   
  
   
• The Sunday by Sunday magazine is an excellent planning tool which helps with the choice of 
  music for every Sunday of the church’s year. The online version is available in the Members’ Area of the Webshop. 
  
   
• Please look out for RSCM online services. The next is the Big Christmas Carol Service on December 12th. Links for that service and resources can be found below my email signature and I have also attached some more information about it. 
  
   
• Members Music eBooks are free to download from the RSCM Webshop. 
  
   
• The RSCM is presenting a weekly series of free Friday lunchtime lectures at 1 pm on a range of topics on interest. These can be accessed via the Royal School of Church Music Facebook and Twitter pages and the YouTube channel. 
  
   
• Recent Webinars are available as digital downloads from the RSCM Webshop for a small charge (see below). 
  
   
• Music Sunday 2021 is June 6th – please put the date in your diary, and encourage your church to support it. 

Useful links to RSCM Digital Resources 

 Membership details are available here:  

https://www.rscm.org.uk/get-involved/join-us/  

How to sign up for a newsletter:  

Please scroll right to the bottom of the main page: https://www.rscm.org.uk/  

RSCM’s help in times of COVID here:  

https://www.rscm.org.uk/covid-19-resources-for-churches/  

·         This Includes: FAQ’s – on the Resumption of Singing  

·         Models for playing and singing in church  

·         A Risk assessment introduction and template  

·         The Latest Government (all individual areas of the UK) and C of E guidance  

Help sheets covering the following topics:  

https://www.rscmshop.com/features/rscm-helpsheets  

Virtual Choir Kits:  

https://www.rscmshop.com/features/virtual-choir-kits  

Magazines access:   

https://www.rscm.org.uk/magazines/  

Members music e-books and the latest current Sunday by Sunday.  

Other material is available via the webshop, including a range of Christmas gifts, cards, carols and collections.  

Member resources at Music Direct: 

https://www.rscmshop.com/  

Links to recent webinars:  

https://www.rscmshop.com/features/rscm-webinars

SURGERY:

Repeat Prescriptions – 21 June 2020

Third Party Repeat Requests

We will no longer accept prescription requests from a third party on your behalf i.e. from all community and online pharmacies and from appliance contractors. We would like you, the patient or representative, to order your prescription medicines that you need directly from the surgery. This will help to reduce medication waste, stock piling and improve overall patient safety. This directive came from the CCG and has been rolled out Nationwide.

Order Online

SystmOnline is available to ALL our registered patients. Once registered, you can order your Repeat Prescriptions online via your home PC or mobile device.

Please contact the surgery and ask to register for SystmOnline Access if you don’t have a username and password.

Other ways

•In person at the surgery

•Post – we can return your prescriptions by post if you attach a stamped self-addressed envelope to your prescription request

•Automatic repeats - If you have the same medicines and the same dose each month we can set up an automatic repeat to avoid the need for re-ordering each month.  Please call the surgery and ask for an appointment to the pharmacist to see if this can be set up for you.

•By email kfhc.scripts@nhs.net

For previous messages from Kelvedon & Feering Health Centre and Dickens Place Surgery please look at their website by clicking on this link: https://www.kfhc.co.uk