Halesworth & Southwold Community News May 2022

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2 - May 2022 - Halesworth & Southwold Community News

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At the March meeting of the Blyth Valley and Southwold SWT Wildlife group, Geoffrey Abbot gave a fascinating talk about small mammals. Much of his research comes from the Flatford Mill area, which has a wide diversity of habitats: arable fields, woodland, hedges, grassland and marshes.

Pride of place goes to the charming harvest mouse, with its attractive russet fur above, and white below. It's the only mouse with a prehensile tail that it can wrap around twigs and grasses.

Their spherical, woven nests are barely a foot or so above ground, and they thrive in areas where wild plants grow in amongst crops.

Other mice (house, field, wood, marsh and pygmy and dormice) are all present, utilising different habitats in the area. Other species were discussed. Bank and field voles are present in good numbers,

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An update from the Halesworth branch of Cancer Research UK

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and both voles and mice can swim if need be in the tidal areas of the marshes. If you've ever wondered why your cat doesn't eat shrews, it's because of scent glands that emit distasteful odours. Moles are highly specialised. Their tunnels act as giant worm traps, as worms fall into the spaces. It is an area rich in these small creatures, and both tawny and barn owls benefit from the variety of creatures to predate.

We all enjoyed the wide range of photographs, and learning about the sensitivity with which the surveys are conducted.

Our next meeting is on Thursday 21st April at 7:30pm in the Southwold Arts Centre, IP18 6JP. We have a brief AGM, with wine and snacks, followed by a film: "Secret Rivers - the Blyth", featuring Paul Heiney.

Free admission.

chutney for many years and have made 1,000's of jars which very quickly disappear from Sue and Debbie's stall at our fairs. They also supply the marmalade for our Big Breakfast.

Thank you to everyone who supplied a raffle prize or a cake for the cake stall.

We have a fantastic committee and group of volunteers who supplied all the rest of the food for the breakfast and also made cakes and gave raffle prizes. Well done to the kitchen ladies and Phyllis and Margaret for keeping everyone well fed. It was nice to see both Jill and Gill back with us again.

On Tuesday 22nd, we all met at The Huntsman and Hounds to celebrate the many years of service Dot and Colin have given to Cancer Research. Dot has now stepped down from the committee but it's not goodbye as she and Colin will still come along and help at our events in the future when they can.

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special thank you goes to Sue Gerrard for 36 years of work in Scotland, London and Suffolk.

Also, to Alan Rutter for the books for over 10 years. Roger and Carl Stammers of Waveney Windows for being the best supplier I have dealt with. Last but not least, Michael Cubitt for 13 great years of working together in Suffolk, the Kyle of Lochalsh, Glasgow, Manchester and London.

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At our last meeting, we were entertained by 'The Harbour Lights Trio', three gentleman who sang and played a variety of musical instruments which had our toes tapping as we joined in the choruses. An excellent way to start our meeting on a lovely spring day and much enjoyed by all.

We congratulated our President, Molly Page who had been presented at the SEF County AGM with a certificate to celebrate Halesworth WI's

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seventy-five years, started in 1946 and seventy-five years old in 2021. The AGM was not held in 2021 due to Covid, so we're now seventy-six years old and still going strong.

Menus were handed out for our birthday lunch to be held in May, date for our next kurling afternoon the 7th. April and for our diaries, a date for our Christmas lunch in December.

Our next meeting speaker will be David Wollwebber on the "Lincoln Letters".

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On Saturday, we held our annual Big Breakfast on a lovely sunny day. The hall also looked lovely and sunny as we set out the tables with our lovely new tablecloths and jam jars of spring flowers.

We raised £942.85 which is an amazing amount. We'd like to thank the following businesses for their very generous support: • Clark's Butchers for providing the bacon and sausages.

• The Co-op Halesworth for the bread, milk, butter, tea and coffee etc.

• Spectra for sponsoring our event.

• Dunelm for the lovely tablecloths.

• EPS Transfers for our bright and cheerful banners - We're so grateful for everything you do.

• Jane for making all the pancakes.

• Nina for supplying the jam.

• Maureen from the Co-op Café for the sausage rolls and scones.

A special thank you to Anne and David who have been making marmalade, jam, pickles and

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Dot was given a bouquet of flowers as a token of our appreciation for all her hard work and we all hope they enjoyed their meal. Thank you to Ian at the Huntsman for looking after us so well.

Our next event is our Spring Fair on May 14th in Holton Village Hall. We'll be serving light lunches (hopefully, we'll have a new menu) and our delicious desserts. We'll also have our usual stalls and our popular spring garden stall. Please come along and support our event.

We at Cancer Research were all saddened to hear that Rowley had passed away. We all send our deepest and heartfelt condolences to all the family. Rowley had been our "book man" for many years, selling the books at our jumble sales and fairs, everyone loved Rowley. He will be greatly missed by us all.

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In memoriam

Rowland (Rowley) Sharpe Aged 79, died 3rd March 2022.

Dean, Maria and Joanne and their families would like to say a big thank you to everyone for all the kind messages and cards they received following the sudden death of their dad.

A special thank you to the many people who attended his funeral on the 25th March at St. Mary's Church, Halesworth.

A total, to date of £761.84 has been raised for Cancer Research UK, a charity Rowley was involved with and held close to his heart.

Rowley was a well known person in Halesworth, he was kind, friendly and would always have time to stop and chat to people. He was dearly loved by his family and will be sadly missed by them and everyone who knew him.

John Want Margaret, Michael, Sarah, Mark, Ellie and Phoebe would like to thank everyone who attended John's funeral and will always be deeply appreciative for all the support and kind words of condolences. We are all very grateful for all the cards, flowers, donations and kind expressions of sympathy during this difficult time.

Many thanks also to Faith, David and all at Rosedale whose kindness, support and help were very much appreciated, the Reverends Dominic Doble and David Sochon for a special and thoughtful service and to everyone at Halesworth Golf Club for the wonderful catering and hospitality.

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Community News - May 2022 - 3

Halesworth Repair Cafe

If you haven’t already been, you must pop down and see Halesworth Community Larder.

If you have food or staple goods that you cannot use, you can swop those for items that you really want or need. And if things are a bit of a struggle, we have fresh veg and fruit and lots of tins to help you ensure that you and your family can eat well during the week. We also have a supply of nappies and lots of cleaning goods too.

Our Larder relies on the very generous donations from local people and the many shops and local businesses that support us.

Thanks to all of you for your support.

The Community Larder and Tescos.

We are delighted to announce that the Community Larder has been nominated as one of the 3 ‘in-store vote’ Charities at the Beccles and Southwold branches. If you do a little shop at Tescos (it only has to be one item), you will be given a token and we would love it if you could place your vote for the Larder. You have until the end of June – thank you!

Paddy Flegg Paddy Flegg, District Councillor, Town Councillor, School Governor, HVC Chair, Charity Trustee and friend to so many people died in March.

Our current Chair Karen Austin has written the following tribute.

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Paddy Flegg, our former Chair and Trustee.

Paddy was the charity’s

longest serving Trustee, her tenure spanning over three decades. As Chair she guided and supported the charity for over twelve of those years.

During this time HVC expanded significantly, and became a key provider of volunteer led community support in the area.

Many of the services we value today, including community transport and befriending, were developed by Paddy and her team and her strong leadership laid the foundations for the sustainable organisation we are today.

After retiring from HVC in 2013, she maintained a keen interest in our activities whilst also serving the Halesworth Dementia Carers Fund. In 2019 we were delighted to recognize her as one of our first Community Champions, in recognition of her outstanding and enduring contribution to our organisation.

Our thoughts of with Paddy’s family and many friends at this difficult time.

And on a lighter note…

Thank you to all of you who popped into our office to wish Happy Birthday (and it was a big one) to our wonderful colleague Karen Kerridge. HVC was able to give Karen a small gift too.

We are delighted to announce that on the 1st April, Karen became our Deputy Director in recognition of her amazing contribution to HVC. And very touchingly, it was Paddy Flegg who interviewed Karen for her new job at HVC over 17 years ago. We have so, so much to thank Paddy for.

pleased to be able to showcase more of the Museum’s collection of fascinating artefacts not usually on display. ‘Life Stories in Stitches’ has got our season off to a great start.’

The exhibition is available until 9th July, after which the history of The Beccles Society will be featured as the season’s second special exhibition.

Please email museumadmin@ btconnect.com or leave a message on 01502 715722 if you would like information about the wide variety of opportunities available to volunteer at the Museum.

The Museum is open on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoons, 1.45 – 4.30, until the end of October.

Wenhaston Flower Club Our meeting on 5th of April was very well attended and we were delighted to welcome Lizzie Woolnough to flower club. Lizzie's workshop on how to make an Easter table centre piece without the use of florist foam was great fun and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it.

The arrangements produced were beautiful.

Our next meeting is on Tuesday 3rd May at 7:30pm in Wenhaston Village Hall.

We are delighted to welcome Jane Bastow to the flower club.

Jane is a local flower gardener with a wealth of knowledge and experience.

As we look forward to the warmer days and time in the garden Jane's demonstration is entitled "Preparing For Summer". This will be a flower demonstration with a difference.

Jane will be showing us how to pot up our summer bedding

plants to keep them flowering all summer and which plants grow best together, she will also be demonstrating how to pot up two different types of hanging baskets.

We're a friendly little club and offer a warm welcome to everyone. We don't have an annual membership fee. If the demonstration is something that interests you, just come along on the night (£5 with tea/coffee and biscuits). For more information, please contact Jackie on: 01502 478401.

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St Mary's Handbell Ringers The team is back in action and has a wide-ranging programme of patriotic and traditional music to play for this Platinum Jubilee year. Contact us if you'd like us to entertain your group/organisation.

We are now taking bookings for summer 2022 through to 2023.

We're available for weddings, after-dinner entertainment, care-home and sheltered accommodation venues, youth groups, school workshops and much more... Why not get in touch for more information?

A date for your diary: We are hosting an interactive workshop at Halesworth Library on Saturday June 4th from 10:30am-12 noon.

Why not call in and join this "Come and Ring" extravaganza?

Open to all ages with no need to book a slot.

We're actively seeking new ringers. No experience is necessary. We meet every Tuesday afternoon in Halesworth and you're welcome to drop in on one of our practices to meet the team and 'pick up a bell or two'.

If you'd like to learn more about us, join the team, book us to play for an event/group meeting, please contact Linda on: l.sherman654@btinternet. com or phone 01986 798397. We look forward to hearing from you!

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Beccles and District Museum at Leman House, Ballygate, Beccles, has opened for its 2022 season with a special exhibition - a display of samplers and sewing entitled ‘Life Stories in Stitches’. The skill and determination shown by the children whose work is on display are impressive. Eightyear old Louisa Anne Rockhill, for example, delicately stitched an elaborate sampler which is dated 1837.

Pam Finch, who looks after the Museum’s textile collection and who has prepared the exhibition, has also provided interesting background information about samplers.

Barry Darch, chairman of trustees, said, ‘We are very

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4 - May 2022 - Community News

An update from Halesworth Library

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Along with this, we're also the main sponsor for this year's Heritage Coast Run 10k and Half Marathon, taking place on Sunday 1st May. If you fancy stretching those legs, then please enter at www.entrycentral.

com/costal or just pop down to Thorpeness on the day and support all the great people taking part, including some of our staff! It is also great to see that the ever-popular Aldeburgh Carnival will return this August, which we have great pleasure in once again being a sponsor for this wonderful event.

Our Chief Executive Officer Paul Gray comments: "After a tough couple of years for everybody, it is great to see us all getting back to some sort of normality and for the fantastic events that our great Heritage Coast offer are coming back once again. We play a very small part compared to the so many great, local people that give up their time to make these events happen. It really is a pleasure to be involved and to support these events that make our Heritage Coast what it is."

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The East Suffolk Council Advice Clinic is held in the library on Tuesdays from 10am-4pm and Barclays Bank hold a dropin session from 9:30am-4:30pm on Wednesdays where they offer help with money management, financial help, business support and home loans. On Tuesday 19th April, Connected Communities are hosting a drop-in session from 10am-12pm to speak to your local councillor.

Special dates for your diary this month: Monday 25th April, 2pm-4pm: Repair Café - Bring along items for repair and recycling.

Thursday 28th April, 6:30pm The Friends of Halesworth Library Annual General Meeting (please book by Monday 25th April).

Thursday 28th April, 7:30pm - Thursday Book Talk - 'Block prints and book covers' by Sandy Horsley, local illustrator and print maker.

We look forward to seeing you! For further details out any of our activities, please email us at: halesworth.library@ suffolklibraries.co.uk or phone us on 01986 875095.

Clairvoyance with Caroleena Fancy an enjoyable evening out? Then come along to an evening of clairvoyance with Caroleena in Halesworth?

Caroleena is an international medium and psychic, who has recently moved to Suffolk and wishes to make people in this area aware of her gift. She has taken spiritualist church services and done private readings since 1983 so 'tonnes' of experience, though there is always something new to learn.

Her first awareness of spirit was as a child, which at the time was quite frightening since her family had no understanding of this belief. She progressed

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You will receive a very warm welcome when you visit our library, whether it's to borrow books, use the computers, read the papers or attend one of the many events and activities held in the library. You are also welcome to visit our garden, a secluded sunny space with an array of spring flowers in bloom.

We are now operating with our new opening hours: Monday: 9am-1pm, Tuesday: 9am-5pm, Wednesday 9am-5pm, Thursday: Closed, Friday: 9am5pm, Saturday: 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-3pm.

We offer a range of regular weekly activities for children: Tuesdays: 10am-10:30am Rhyme Time - Suitable for babies and toddlers aged 0-18 months.

Tuesdays: 10:30am-11:30am Story, Stay and Play - Suitable for pre-school children aged 18+ months.

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by sitting in circle, to learning about healing and connecting safely to her guides and to spirit. Nothing is forced and everything is conducted through the vibration of love.

If you're interested, come along to The Rifle Hall, Halesworth, IP19 8LR on Friday 20th May, where hopefully you will be entertained, you never know she may even sing!

Doors open at 7pm, session will start at 7:30pm (NO admission after this time), Tickets £10 cash only at the door or prebook via withcaroleena@gmail.com.

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Harleston & Waveney Art Trail will take place throughout the valley that forms the border between Norfolk and Suffolk.

Eighteen artists will open their studio doors to visitors across the weekends of 21st-22nd and 28th-29th May. It's the perfect opportunity for locals and visitors alike to explore how and where artists work in the stunning landscapes of south Norfolk and north Suffolk.

The free event features a range of artworks including contemporary and traditional paintings, abstract work, batik, mixed media, ceramics, lino prints, drawings, collage, textiles, wire sculptures plus greetings cards and prints made from the artists' original artwork.

Harleston and Waveney Art Trail chairman Malcolm Cudmore said: "After two years of uncertainty and new habits, Harleston and Waveney Art Trail has returned to its regular Spring timetable for 2022. The two minitrails that we held in 2021 proved that, despite the disruption to normal life, there was a considerable public interest in visiting artists' studios and we're very happy to be returning to our regular annual weekends in May, with eighteen artists opening their studios. We're delighted to welcome new member, Nikki Dedman, to the Trail. Last

autumn, she was a guest artist in another artist's studio and her work attracted great interest.

Her unique wire sculptures add an extra dimension to the already wide range of creative works made by Harleston and Waveney Art Trail members.

I'm particularly pleased to be back on the Trail myself after a two-year absence due to Covid restrictions. We hope that our visitors will be intrigued and entranced by the new work made by the artists over the last year.

We look forward to welcoming both regular and new visitors and to inviting them to see our work in the very place it was made."

The artists participating in the Trail are: Kath Wallace, Lisa Henshall, Caryl Challis, Rachel Wiles, Bobbie Watchorn, Noelle Francis, Barbara Bernard, Sara Johnson, Di McKenna, Malcolm Cudmore, Paul Zawadzki, Liz Taunt, Lin Patterson, Ingrid Duffy, Nell Close, Nicci Dedman, Rosemary Elliott and Chris Mound.

The artist's studios are dotted around the valley, in Harleston, Redenhall, Denton, Earsham,

Ditchingham, Hedenham, Bungay, St. Cross South Elmham, Homersfield, Wortwell, Weybread, Wingfield and Syleham. The event is sponsored

by Durrants Estate Agents and supported by The Imperial Wine Company, Bungay and The Old Kings Head, Brockdish.

Malcolm Cudmore said: "Once again, we're very grateful for the support of our principal sponsor Durrants. Thanks also to our advertisers - Imperial Wine in Bungay and The Old Kings Head in Brockdish."

The 2022 art trail leaflet will be available from locations across the region as well as in every branch of Durrants, at The Imperial Wine Company and The Old Kings Head. A fully interactive Google Map of the Trail will be available through the Harleston & Waveney Art Trail website. Anyone with a smart phone will be able to obtain accurate directions to any studio from any location. Precise locations will also be given through the WhatThreeWords app. For more information, visit www.hwat.org.uk.

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May is here and the wonderful sunshine with the bit of rain we have had has made everything grow really well. This does mean without exception that the weeds are thriving. After a rain shower is the best time to weed but that might mean getting damp knees if you weed like me but a Dutch hoe will do the trick. To reduce the spread of forget-me-not, lift the plants now to prevent heavy self-seeding The blossom has been truly wonderful this spring it’s so nice to see the bees working hard and this should mean great things so let’s hope we are in for a bumper crop from our fruit trees.

You can lift and divide overcrowded clumps of daffodils and other spring flowering bulbs now don’t cut the flowered bulbs down or tie them up its best just to let them die back naturally.

Rambling and climbing roses should be tied in, lay the stems horizontally; this will encourage it to produce more flowers. Trim lavender plants now, cutting off any old flower heads and about 2.5cm (1 inch) of the current year's growth.

May is the month when seed sowing is in full swing, space in the greenhouse is filling up fast with seed trays and pots.

Hardier crops started earlier in the year should be hardened off during the day before planting into their final positions. Tender crops such as beans and squashes can be sown undercover now. If the weather is particularly fine, sow beans direct where they are to crop.

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Later-flowering perennials that are prone to sprawling can be given the "Chelsea chop" in the middle of the May by removing the top third with shears. Though herbaceous clematis, asters, helenium, Rudbeckia and bergamot may look stark for a week, re-branching will quickly form stockier plants. Tie in new growth on summerflowering clematis to extend its range, or to train it where you need it to be while it is still young and malleable. Every few years, older plants of spring-flowering Montana or macropetala can be cut hard back as soon as the flowers fade.

Please remember to keep an eye on your water butts, make sure they are set up correctly so they collect maximum rainwater, we never know when this valuable resource will be required later.

Beware of any late frosts; your tender young plants will be venerable so keep an eye on the forecast and cover when needed.

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Halesworth Community Church

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True or false?

I used to speak twice a term at a Wednesday assembly at Halesworth Middle School. One of my assemblies was to present a series of scenarios and ask the young people if they thought the stories were true or false. Let me give you a couple of examples.

Kung Fu expert Kori Osoko of Japan demolished an entire (condemned) five-story office building with his bare hands and feet. The demolition job was part of the 1979 Festival of Oriental Martial Arts, and Kori Osoko took three days and five hours to complete the demolition. Do you think that is true or false?

Here's another one... In 1978 workers were sent to dredge a murky stretch of the ChesterfieldStockwith canal. Their task was to clear all the rubbish. They were disturbed during their tea break by a policeman who said he was investigating a giant whirlpool in the canal. However, when they got back, the whirlpool had gone, and so had a one-and-ahalf-mile stretch of the canal.

In its place was a vast expanse of mud thickly punctuated with old prams, bedsteads and rusting bicycle accessories - and a flotilla of irate holidaymakers stranded on their boats in a brown sludge.

They discovered that among the first pieces of junk they hauled out was the 200-year-old plug that had ensured the canal's continued existence. 'We didn't know there was a plug,' said one workman explaining that all the records had been lost in a fire during the war. 'Anything can happen on a canal', a spokesman for the British Waterways Board said afterwards.

Are these stories true or false?

Well, the first one is false, but the second one is true. With some stories, it doesn't really matter, but we are in that time of the year when Christians claim that Jesus Christ died for us some 2000 years ago - and amazingly rose from the dead. As C.S. Lewis wrote,

'Christianity is a statement which, if false, is of no importance, and if true, is of infinite importance.

The one thing it cannot be is moderately important'.

So, what do you think? Even if Easter meant little more to you than enjoying a bit more chocolate than usual, could it be important to at least ask the question, 'Is the story of Jesus rising from the dead true or false?'

Both assembly stories sound pretty outlandish - but that doesn't make them both untrue. Just because something is outside our normal scope of thought doesn't mean it didn't happen. So, how could you find out?

J. Warner Wallace is an L.A County cold-case homicide detective. He was also a vocal atheist. He decided to use his nationally recognised investigative skills to look at the evidence behind the claim that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

In his book, 'Person of Interest', he shows how he sifted through the evidence from history alone without relying on the New Testament. The result? He was persuaded by his investigation and became a committed Christian. He concludes, 'I'm only a Christian today because it's true.'

It is of no real consequence that the canal was drained, although workers were warned in future to not pull on heavy chains when clearing canals! But whether Jesus rose from the dead has enormous ramifications for our lives. If He didn't, then perhaps death has the last word after all - but if He did rise again, then the rest of what He claimed is validated. We can know His forgiveness, power, love, peace and purpose in our lives.

The future is genuinely bright, and whatever our circumstances, there is hope. What do you think?

True or false? www.halesworthcommunity church.org John Sparkes

Viv and I started Halesworth Tool Hire in the early 1980's at West Lodge at Holton. We traded from there, until we grew too large and the planning office shut us down.

We moved to a building that had been derelict for some time, on Broadway Drive in Halesworth. With a bit of work and a lot of hope, we converted the main building to our new offices, workshop and warehouse.

We also managed to convert the smaller adjacent unit as well. We initially welcomed H&H Joinery as our neighbours in the smaller unit.

Mencap later took over this unit and schooled their clients in the ways of re-purposing household items and furniture. I still have a key hanger complete with graphics and an old fashioned set of scales painted in barge art.

We moved again in 2015 after having solar panels fitted to our roof, disaster, asbestos contamination. This time we rented a unit on Blyth Road Industrial Estate, welcomed new and old customers to yet another shop, this time with all brand new equipment.

Yes I do have a workshop at home, it will get tidied in the due course of time, don't rush me.

I must not forget to mention Pagoda Sytems, it ran alongside the toolhire, I bought my first computer in '83 I think, and started selling them soon after to our customers. I was ably helped by the very well known Richard Humphries, who continues the repairs and maintenance of customers computers at M.F.W at number 1 Miles Ward Court.

Behind Boots just opposite the Market Place.

Our old unit at 5a Blyth Road Industrial Estate is now in the hand of V.J.Neale Services Ltd. Vinny, to most of you, is also a well known and trusted face in Halesworth, he keeps my MX5 and Suzuki in tyres and services.

The years have treated all of us very kindly and it is time to retire, thanks to all our customers over the years, just short of the 10,000.

Think of all the bashed thumbs not to mention the multitude of mugs of tea consumed in the pursuit of doing it yourself.

Many thanks to everyone of our customers over the many years, it has, genuinely, been a pleasure.

Edgar Sewter Playschool Playschool is open everyday during term time for children from two years old, funded and non-funded. We are currently taking new registrations for September 2022.

During term time, we run breakfast club from 8am and after school club from 3:30pm6pm everyday. We are open during main school holidays and half term to children aged four to twelve years from all schools and offer child-initiated activities

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Halesworth Campus

Campus Close-up: A look at the grass pitch

Is there a need for a new grass pitch?

The old middle school pitch is still being played on, and there are grass pitches on Dairy Hill.

A lack of playing pitches has been identified in the area (https://www.eastsuffolk.gov. uk/assets/Leisure/PlayingPitch-Non-Pitch-Assessment. pdf), meaning there is a need for practice and match pitches locally. The Campus site is part of the Halesworth/Holton Healthy Neighbourhood under Policy WLP4.1 of the East Suffolk Council Waveney Local Plan (March 2019), which allocates part of the Campus site for a grass pitch. The development of the new, improved grass pitch will fulfil the requirements of the Local Plan, and will provide a net gain in terms of game time and availability.

How will the current pitch be improved? What makes a patch of grass into a proper pitch for match play?

The new grass pitch will be completed to full Rugby Football Union standard. As well as the installation of permanent

floodlights, It will be increased to full size with run-offs that ensure safety for both players and spectators. Acoustic fencing and ball-stop netting will improve the playing experience and limit noise for neighbours.

Is the grass pitch just for rugby and not football?

Rugby and football have different requirements for a playing pitch surface. Southwold Rugby Club have had eight teams practising across the seven-acre site for six years and so, under planning law, the 2.5-acre pitch will be developed for rugby purposes. The new 3G pitch will provide additional training and match facilities for football where multiple games can be played back-to-back without pitch deterioration. Out of season there may be opportunities for other use on the grass pitch beyond the annual touch rugby sessions every Monday through June and July, although it will need down time for the playing surface to recover.

Why are we building a pitch in Halesworth for Southwold Rugby Club to play on?

More than 160 men, women and 13-18-year-old boys train at least once a week on the Halesworth Campus site. In fact, Halesworth is the epicentre of Southwold Rugby Club’s

catchment area with around 75% of members living within a 10-mile radius of the Campus.

Only three members of the club actually live in Southwold! SRC have funded the existing mobile floodlights, rugby posts and line marking. Their teams have seen much success locally and nationally in recent years and Halesworth Campus is proud to host SRC’s training sessions on our site.

But rugby is for men.

What about women and girls?

Rugby as a sport has been growing in popularity worldwide and part of that growth has been due to an increase in take-up by women and girls. Southwold Rugby Club has had a women’s team for 18 years.

Where will the grass pitch be on the site?

To the north of the site, adjacent to the Harrisons Lane entrance.

Is it a good idea to place the grass pitch right next to the future care home?

This is not considered to be an issue by the healthcare providers, nor by the planners, who both see the proximity of residents to normal town activities as positive and preferable to their being kept at a distance.

Will there be any space for spectators?

Yes. Seating will be provided www.pitchero.com/clubs/ When will construction ready by the autumn of 2023. and matches and practice FOR MORE INFORMATION beccles/ start and when will it be sessions can be watched both ABOUT PLAYING RUGBY IN Next time on Campus ready to play on? from around the perimeter of Close-up – Finding a new We hope to start on site in the THE AREA, PLEASE VISIT: the pitch and from outside the summer and have the pitches www.southwoldrugby.club/ sports and leisure operator. fence line.

There don’t seem to be any changing facilities for all these players?

But there will be! A planning application for Phase Two of Halesworth Campus is in process and will be submitted later this year. This application will include a sports centre with two sets of changing rooms and showers; one for indoor gym users, another for outdoor pitch users. We would hope that construction will start on this phase in autumn 2023 with completion projected for autumn 2024.

It’s a big site. Isn’t there room for another grass pitch?

There might be! We have funding to create a temporary pitch on the patch of land behind the Skills Centre for use while construction work is completed, if necessary. Although this land is designated for housing in the Local Plan, Halesworth Campus would like to retain it, if possible, for sports use. This will require more funds to be found to replace what would have been raised by the sale of the land to a housing developer but we hope to make it reality.

Halesworth Neighbourhood Plan On the 16th March 2022, Halesworth Town Council (HTC) agreed that this new version of the Halesworth Plan should be submitted to East Suffolk Council (ESC) along with other documents that have to be provided. These include a Consultation Statement which details all the ways that the community, has been consulted and the responses to all the residents' comments. ESC will review all the documents and the new version of the plan, letting us know if they want more changes before organising another consultation where local people will again have the chance to comment.

So how have local people shaped this latest version of the plan? We have made numerous

changes to the text, clarifying information, rewording sections of the plan.

Most significantly, we have increased the number of nondesignated heritage assets in the town. These are places/buildings that may not be listed but have a significance that means they should be protected or safeguarded. The plan identified the Maltings at Station Yard, Halesworth Library, the Cross Ram Offices and Patrick Stead and we have added the New Reach and the Halesworth to Southwold Narrow Gauge Railway in the Millennium Green.

Other changes have been made as a result of feedback from ESC and Suffolk County Council including a significant

change in the section on play areas. Sadly, the planning group's ideas to work towards a secondary school for Halesworth have not received the support of Suffolk County Council, but the schools have agreed that they will look to see how the needs of secondary school-aged children in Halesworth could be improved.

So what next? We hope to hear from ESC by Easter, 2022. We should then know the timeline for putting the new plan and Consultation Statement on the town council website as part of ESC's further six-week consultation period. Another opportunity for you to comment.

So watch this space... again.

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Co-op is set to serve-up a new-look, extended store to serve the Southwold community following a seven month, £1,6m programme of works and improvements.

The new-look Co-op store re-launches on Tuesday 12th April, and is powered by 100% renewable electricity.

A new awning at the front of the store saying 'welcome to Southwold's Co-op' has also been introduced to reflect its Market Place location.

Opening between 6am10pm daily, the store (which supports eighteen local jobs) includes John Lewis parcel collection and return, Amazon parcel collection and, the Click & Collect of groceries through Co-op's own online shop (coop. co.uk/shop) for added ease, speed and convenience. There is also a free ATM and customer

car parking.

The store (which is now around 25% larger at more than 2,800sqft) also offers a Fairtrade coffee dispenser, bakery, hot food and an enhanced range of fresh, healthy products, meal ideas, food-to-go, award winning wines, ready meals and pizzas, free-from, vegan and plantbased products and, everyday essentials. Southwold's Co-op also includes a recycle unit for 'soft plastics' which are unlikely to be collected by local councils, including: crisp packets, bread bags, lids from ready meals and yogurt pots, biscuit wrappers and, pet food pouches.

A funding boost is provided locally through Co-op's Membership programme.

Membership of the Co-op unlocks additional value through in-store offers, and

sees Members rewarded with 2p in every pound they spend on Co-op branded products which is added to their own personal Membership account balance.

The Co-op also donates the same amount to local causes and community organisations, with those benefiting currently including: RNLI Lifeguards, Southwold; RNLI Aldeburgh and Home-Start in Suffolk.

Students in Southwold who are TOTUM cardholders (the new name for NUS extra) also receive a 10% discount at the Co-op.

There will be offers, promotions and samples in and around the store to mark its re-launch, including ice cream samples and money saving coupons being given away outside the store between 12:30pm-5pm on launch day, and again between 12 noon and

2:30pm the following day.

Robert Lawn, Co-op Store Manager, said: "We are delighted to have had the opportunity to carry out such a significant programme of works and improvements, including an extension of the store, it really has a great new look and feel.

We are looking forward to welcoming the community back into their Co-op. Our aim is to operate at the heart of local life and, we have worked to develop the range, choice, products and added services to create a really compelling offer to serve our community, conveniently."

Co-op has around 4.6m active Members, and alongside Food, it operates: Co-op Funeralcare, Insurance and Legal Services.

More information about the benefits of Co-op Membership is available by visiting: www. coop.co.uk/membership.

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Halesworth Town Council would like to congratulate everyone involved with the Halesworth Day of Dance held on Saturday the 2nd April, 2022 and also the Halesworth Twinning Association for their hospitality and assistance in welcoming our friends from our twin town, Eitorf, Germany. The Chair, Cllr Rosemary Lewis, opened the event in the Market Place on a cold but beautifully sunny day and the town was treated to a wonderful display of colours and costumes. This year the town welcomed for the first time; the energetic and flamboyant Eitorf dance troop, KG Närrische Stadtsoldaten Eitorf e.V. von 1912, joining around 30 dance groups who entertained the town throughout the day, culminating in a folk dance at the Holton Village Hall.

As reported last month, there are now three vacancies for town councillors. All twelve seats will be up for an election in May 2023, so if you are interested, it would be a good time to try this voluntary role for a year. Further information can be found on the website or contact the clerk. At the last monthly meeting, the Chair thanked all councillors who had left during the year for their valued contribution.

The Ink Festival makes a welcome return to the town starting on April 21st through to April 24th. The Festival is expanding into a multitude of different places around the town, offering performances spread over several venues

this year including; The Cut, The Rifle Hall, MR King & Sons, The Angel, Halesworth & District Museum, The White Swan and more.

We are all shocked on a daily basis by the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine. There are various links on our website showing some suggested places where you can donate but if anyone can offer accommodation, then please register here https:// www.gov.uk/register-interesthomes-ukraine. The Town Council and volunteer groups in the town will be very keen to help when families are relocated to the parish.

At the April Town Council meeting, the Chair, Cllr Rosemary Lewis, acknowledged the sad news that a former Chair of the Council, Patricia (Paddy) Flegg, had passed away. A minute silence was held at the meeting, ‘Paddy' was Chair of the Council between; 1989 – 1991, a former District Councillor and Chair of Halesworth Volunteer Centre along with many other roles in her life. She gave a great deal of dedication and time for the town as Emma Healey of Halesworth Volunteer Centre so eloquently described in her tribute to Paddy at the council meeting.

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It's planned that the new day care centre will be ready to welcome its first daily visitors in the summer of 2023. Before that, work continues to find a provider for the service and to equip the newly refurbished space with all modern conveniences to make this facility a more than welcoming place for adults with varying health issues, including dementia, a place they know will provide a safe and relaxing environment.

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If you don't feel able or willing to get down onto the land itself to help with the physical work, there are lots of less visible jobs to be done: Keeping our profile up in this excellent and supportive local free paper, getting display material together for events, making sure we get grant applications in on time, reporting changes in the organisation to the Charities Commission. Every small job one person does means that a box is ticked. Meanwhile,

weather permitting, we'll continue to meet down on the Green every Wednesday morning at 9:30am at the containers (industrial estate entrance, near the rail and river bridges at Three Ways). The website www. millenniumgreen.halesworth.net carries news of past and future events, photos, wildlife records, history and geology. Contact the Green directly on thegreen@halesworth.net or (only for really urgent things) ring 07811 630946.

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Thelnetham Windmill Printed copies of photos can be dropped into the Harleston Information Plus centre on Exchange Street. Be sure to include your name and contact details, whether the photo is for the exhibition or competition and (for In March, we enjoyed a old photos) the approximate date. fascinating talk from Bill Griffiths the Suffolk mill restorer. Bill has turned a hobby into a profession; moving from being a volunteer to a full-time rescuer of wind and water mills. He gave us an insight into the complexities of repairing and restoring these ancient landmarks and the joinery and metalworking skills that he has developed along the way.

Bill told us of the satisfaction he has derived from re-discovering and using the millwrighting techniques that were developed when the mills were originally built. His illustrations of past and present projects showed the scale of the work and an stories. A lot of our passengers impression of the risks involved don't see many people and some in caring for these large structures.

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work hard to create an eclectic programme and they are pleased that international singer Polly Gibbons (who originally hailed from Suffolk) is providing an evening of bluesy, soulful jazz joined by a jazz quartet led by the Artistic Director at Ronnie Scott's Club. Other events include the Derek Nash Band featuring Noel McCalla in his celebration of the genius of Stevie Wonder, and the closing musical event of the festival will be a particularly memorable concert from the renowned Blues Band, as it will be the final night of their Farewell Tour, an event which is expected to sell out very early.

Alongside an exceptional week of music will be inspirational talks on subjects as diverse as the Amazon Rain Forest and Sea Sagas and coastal people. Roy Clark will tell the story of the pirate radio station Radio Caroline, and Kate Bradbury will describe ways in which gardeners can attract wildlife and create habitats in their gardens. Comedy will be provided by Dr Phil Hammond who will recall funny incidents from his many years working in the NHS and Charlie Haylock will explain how he provided dialect tuition for the feature film 'The Dig'. For those who enjoy theatre, Paul Trigg will provide a compelling dramatisation of many of Charles Dickens' characters, and Cheryl Knight of the Apollo Theatre Company will bring us her delightfully funny and affectionate tribute to Joyce Grenfell.

The Festival team warmly welcomes you back. Please obtain a copy of the full programme which lists all these and other events showing the dates, times and ticket prices. After a two-year break, it is anticipated that tickets will sell quickly, so please book early from 30th March, as follows: Online: www.southwoldartsfestival. co.uk, Enquiries: Info@ southwoldartsfestival.co.uk, Telephone: 01502 722572, Box Office: Southwold Arts Centre, Cumberland Road, IP18 6JP. THE BOX OFFICE IS OPEN! There's no doubt that the pandemic impacted on us all, not least with the loss of live entertainment. So, there will be much to celebrate this summer, with the return to Southwold of the iconic festival that carries its name. One of the strengths of the annual festival is that its programme is always so diverse, this year bringing over twenty shows to the Arts Centre including music, talks and theatre performances with top names including Clare Teal, the Opera Babes and The Blues Band.

As well as these artists of international acclaim there are also a number of events with a distinctly local flavour, including fascinating talks on Walpole Old Chapel, Radio Caroline and also the making of the film 'The Dig' based on the Sutton Hoo medieval treasures, discovered near Woodbridge.

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The Sunday Times said that she 'is a jazz talent whose voice is steeped in vintage R&B with shades of Aretha Franklin' and Jazzwise magazine says that she is 'a truly exceptional talent'.

The Arts Festival team always aim to provide the very best in music and entertainment, and it is remarkable that so many internationally acclaimed artists find their way to the doors of our Arts Centre venue here in Southwold. The Festival Director Lin Le Versha said 'we are so lucky to have such a high standard of entertainment on our doorstep, but it is so important that everyone does their best to support these events to ensure the future of this much loved festival, so please do book your tickets now'.

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Our next meeting is our annual fundraiser. The monies we raise allows us to continue with the support we can give to those with Parkinson's disease and their carers. Do come along and join us for coffee and biscuits, buy a raffle ticket, and take a look at the stalls. Entrance is £2 to include your coffee and biscuits.

Chat with friends and find out more about how we support those in our community with Parkinson's.

The date for your diary: Thursday 12th May, 10:30am to midday at Wenhaston Village hall. We look forward to seeing you.

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Previous scarecrows have been inspired by books, films, songs, celebrities, occupations, superheroes or just general silliness. No artistic talents required! Forms can be collected from Barbrooks, Boyden Stores, Little Gems, Southwold Library and Reydon Pharmacy or can be emailed to you. Just contact reydonscarecrowtrail@gmail. com. Forms need to be in by 1st June 2022.

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The seventh Southwold Arts Festival is returning this summer with an exciting programme of events over eight days from 25th June to 2nd July 2022, opening with its magnificent street festival providing four hours of colourful activities for all the family including fancy dress, stalls, musicians and dancers.

This year's festival will be a wonderful celebration of the very best in music bringing to Southwold international recording artists covering musical genres to suit all tastes, including folk, blues, jazz and classical music. The opening concert will feature the hugely popular jazz singer and radio broadcaster Clare Teal, followed the next day by the award winning Opera Babes. Both of these shows sold out within weeks during their previous festival visits. The Festival will also feature the Southend Boys and Girls Choirs, and throughout the week, the Young Musicians showcases. Former 'Radio 2 Folk Singer of the Year' Eliza Carthy is bringing her trio to the Festival later in the week, sharing the bill with the ever popular John Ward Band.

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Fun Crime Quiz Night is on Sat 18th at 7pm. Whodunnit Puzzle Sheet available now - £1.

Solve the crime and you could win a £10 Book Token. Raffle for a Luxury Crime Related Hamper (raffle tickets available from 1st May at Southwold Library).

Sat 28th and Sun 29th May: Friends of Southwold Library Fete and Plant Sale.

Sat 28th May: Fete on North Green including plants, books, crafts, cakes, tombola and games.

Sun 29th May: Plants for sale at 14 Hill Road, Reydon, IP18 6NL from 10am-4pm.

Would you be able to give us any plants? All funds raised go towards supporting Southwold Library.

Thurs 26th May at 6:30pm at Southwold Library or Mon 30th May at 6:30pm on Zoom: Southwold Library Reading Group. Online and in person.

This month, we're reading "The Offing" by Benjamin Myers.

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Southwold Library is now operating at its pre-Covid opening hours: Mon: Closed, Tues to Fri: 10am-1pm and 2pm6pm, Sat: 9:30am-1pm and 2pm5pm, Sun: 11am-4pm.

We still ask customers to wear masks and face coverings in the library and use the hand sanitiser but the limit on numbers and the one-way system is gone for now. Browsing, computer use and printing/scanning/copying/ laminating are all available.

We can still deliver books to your doorstep if you need and if you know anyone who would welcome a friendly chat to cheer them through this odd time, then we can arrange a call.

Southwold Library events and activities now booking: Sat 18th and Sun 19th June: Friends of Southwold Library present 'Slaughter in Southwold': Southwold Library Crime Writers Festival at Southwold Arts Centre, St. Edmund's Hall. Authors talks by: Louise Candlish, Rory Clements, Fiona Cummins, James Henry, Cara Hunter, Lin Le Versha, William Shaw and Lesley Thomson. Tickets are £6 per talk, £20 per day or £40 for the weekend (lunches not included).

Lunches with the authors are £12 and are provided by Café 51 and Mark's Fish Shop. Plus, Kate Ellis' 'Murder in the Lemon

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Robyn Hood (Bonnie Quinlan) and Will Scarlett (Kyle Mace) in WLOG's next Production, The Ballad of Robyn Hood.

New British musical comedy premieres in Beccles Beccles-based musical theatre society The Waveney Light Opera Group (WLOG) are back after lockdown with a world premier!

They are presenting a new musical comedy written by two members of the group, Ian Cook and Ian Newton. In 2019, the pair started work on their third show together. They got off to a great start, then lockdown hit!

No more getting together around a piano, new methods of writing had to be found.

After mastering Zoom, the pair worked out a way to carry on and, after months of hard work, they emerged with another musical comedy, "The Ballad of Robyn Hood". The two Ians have decided to offer the show to all NODA societies, free of charge for a limited period, the only proviso being that companies should make a donation to an NHS charity. The first group to take up the offer was WLOG.

The show tells the story of an am dram group attempting to stage an unpublished work by two of the world's leading exponents of musical theatre, Andrew Laird Warbler and Tim Rhys! Robyn (with a 'y') is played

by Felicity. Her Aunt Christine left her the musical in her will.

The story goes that Christine once spent a bohemian summer in Paris where she shared a garret with two young musicians, the, soon to be famous, Andrew and Tim. After a particularly bohemian party, the boys decide to head off to Buenos Aires and 'Robyn Hood' is abandoned but Christine brings it home with her where it stays undiscovered for many years. The show follows the story of the society's struggle to get the show to stage.

The show runs from the 26th30th April, 7:30pm at Beccles Public Hall. Tickets are available from the box office: 01502 770060 or at: www.becclespublichall.co.uk

This summary is compiled from the records of Stephen Bartholomew of Beccles.

March 2022 Maximum temp: 19.0C (66F) on the 20th compared with 21.8C (71F) in March, 2021.

Minimum temp: -0.2C (32F) on the 6th compared with -1.3C (30F) in March, 2021.

Average maximum temp: 12.06C (53F) in 2022. 10.79C (51F) in 2021. 10.50C (51F) on average.

Average minimum temp: 3.93C (38F) in 2022. 3.73C (38F) in 2021. 3.30C (37F) on average.

Mean temp: 8.00C (46F) in 2022. 7.26C (45F) in 2021. 6.90C (44F) on average.

Air frosts: 2 compared with 1 in March, 2021.

Rainfall total: 1.18" compared with 1.31" in March, 2021. (30year average (1981-2010) 1.85").

(2022 total is 64% of the average).

Most rainfall on one day: 0.36" on the 30th.

Wind direction: Mainly from: South-East 12 days, East 7 days, North-East 5 days and South 3 days.

The beginning and end of the month gave us a reminder we had only just come out of the winter season. The first week's conditions and indeed the last three days had the feel of winter at times, sometimes locked under leaden skies of stratus cloud. Generally, the influences controlling our weather were very different to preceding months as easterly type winds predominated.

Fortunately, the mid month period enjoyed a number of days when the position of high pressure funnelled winds from South of East resulting in sunny and mild

or even warm conditions at times.

Just perhaps when we thought our spring was been established, a sharp contrast occurred on the 29th, 30th and 31st with not only the previous three weeks but also the comparative days of 2021. The 31st was notable as the coldest day of the month with maximum 1C lower than the 1st and the one day when snow and hail showers were observed after a cold front passed over us from the north. Overall, this was the mildest March since 2019.

29th March 2022, maximum temp 8.1C, 2021 maximum temp 19.3C. 30th March 2022, maximum temp 9.7C, 2021 maximum temp 21.5C. 31st March 2022, maximum temp 6.3C, 2021 maximum temp 21.8C. The 1.18" rainfall total made this was the third consecutive dry March, 1.31" noted last March and only 1.03" in the same month of 2020.

This time in what was an often sunny and dry period during mid month, nearly 56% (0.66") of rainfall was recorded on the 30th and 31st. Immediately prior to these two days, due to the large area of high pressure, drought conditions had prevailed following the last rainfall noted on the 16th. After the first five days all recording modest rainfall totals, there were just three more noted during the next three and a half weeks.

1st April commenced wintry with a light dusting of snow on the ground and slight air frosts on 1st and 2nd. However as I write on 6th April, daytime and nighttime levels have improved to near or slightly above average. It is spring, so expect variability during the next few weeks.

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Equal access to girls football festival towards males, and had two distinctive outcomes: Have fun and get active!

Students from all three schools were selected specifically for the opportunity, which wanted to involve students who had no, or very little previous experiences of playing football, and young people selected by school staff aiming to see a positive impact from being more active. The event was also support by Suffolk FA, and was attended by Kirsty Smith, who is actively trying to create more inclusive football provisions across the county.

Mr D Burton (Lead PE Practitioner) commented: "As a group of small, rural schools, we were keen to connect to create a unique opportunity and take our young female students outside of their comfort zone. All three of the SET secondary schools are developing provisions to allow females equal access to football, and this project was a great way to launch our work."

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Events like this are brilliant for students to take part in as they encompass physical activity, fun and social skills. It was great to be part of such an event and give the students the opportunity to do things they haven't done before."

Mark Barrow (CEO of SET) commented: "As a trust, we were keen to create an opportunity for students within any one of our schools to feel part of something 'bigger'. This festival reinforced the collaboration between our schools, teachers, and more our importantly students."

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The event was also supported by a group of student leaders, many of which had no previous experience of leading large groups of young people.

the site as a community hub come to fruition. SouthGen's charitable objectives, set out in the Society's Rules, include: • Providing affordable housing and affordable work space, buildings and land to create jobs and training.

• Providing, maintaining and improving public amenities including childcare.

• Preserving buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance.

• Providing an inclusive place for community association, social welfare and wellbeing programmes.

• Advancing education and training opportunities, particularly for the unemployed.

Danyal Sattar (CEO of Big Issue Invest) said: "We are so pleased to be able to support an organisation such as SouthGen. Coastal communities today face a particular set of challenges.

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offering shared community spaces is vital. I look forward to watching the organisation go from strength to strength!"

Mick Walker (Treasurer for SouthGen) said: "This redevelopment is a project incredibly close to our hearts.

We are so pleased to have had the support of Big Issue Invest, who have helped us get closer to making our project a reality.

The BII investment has been essential in providing bridging finance for the capital works and initial revenue funding prior to SouthGen securing further revenue support - applications for which are currently in process."

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Following the impact of the pandemic, three high schools within the Seckford Education Trust (SET) wanted to create an event which aimed to engage more young females playing football.

In line with the Football Association and Barclay's 'biggest ever football session for girls' (a national campaign), SET Ixworth School hosted just under 100 young females from their trust schools including SET Beccles and Saxmundham School. By 2024, The FA's and Barclay's ambition is for girls to have the same football opportunities as boys in schools and clubs. #LetGirlsPlay is a campaign to drive influence and change perceptions, showing that football can and should be played by girls. It's bringing together a growing community of people of all genders, ages and backgrounds who want to champion equal access for girls, helping create independent, resilient young girls who will be a force for good in all local communities.

The event (held at SET Ixworth School) was focused on female students having equal access to a sport which is too often directed

Southwold and Waveney Valley-based community benefit society, SouthGen, has received £75,000 in funding from Big Issue Invest, the investment arm of The Big Issue.

SouthGen is a charitable community benefit society that is democratically run by its members, on a one member, one vote basis, irrespective of how many shares they own.

SouthGen was created out of a crisis - the closure of the local hospital, and the threat that this historic building would be demolished and redeveloped as luxury housing. At the same time, it looked like the popular library might be forced to close because its lease was coming to an end and a new home couldn't be found. SouthGen turned this crisis into an opportunity.

The organisation was incorporated in 2017 to prevent the old Southwold and District Hospital from being turned into second homes.

SouthGen then partnered with Hastoe Housing Association to become the first community group in England and Wales to buy back from the NHS the decommissioned community hospital and recycle it for new uses that promote the sustainability of a rural area on Suffolk's East Coast - and redevelop it as an affordable housing and a community hub.

The investment from Big Issue Invest will help SouthGen's plans to redevelop

Halesworth Event Management have begun organising this year's Christmas Lights in Halesworth. For the last two years, due to the pandemic, we have limited ourselves to paying for and putting up the lights round town but have not held a switch-on event as in previous years. This year, as well as purchasing some new lights, we are planning a switch-on event in November.

One problem we have is that due to Health and Safety and insurance concerns, we cannot transport Father Christmas up the Thoroughfare on his sleigh as usual but would still like him to process up the Thoroughfare as we know how the children enjoy seeing him. We'd like to transport him in a small, pony trap like cart which can be pulled by his helpful elves - a horse drawn cart would again raise safety and insurance issues! We are asking if anyone in the community has a suitable cart which could be borrowed for the occasion. If you want any more details or are able to help in any way, could you please contact Teresa Walsh in Durrants Estate agents in the Thoroughfare.

While we've been helped over the last two years by grants from Halesworth Town Council and others, our fundraising has been virtually non-existent so this year more than ever, we'll be appealing for your support. By the time you read this, we'll have held our first fundraiser - an Easter Egg tombola on Saturday 2nd April for which we thank everyone for their support. Further fundraising events will be advertised on our Facebook page as well as the old fashioned way with posters round town.

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