Leiston & Framlingham Community News January 2022

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Please call James Wishing all our customers a Merry Christmas and thank you for your support

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Alde Valley Academy: Winners of the Suffolk Greenest School award (pg 3)

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News from Woodbridge Riverside Trust

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our sister charity, the Sutton Hoo Ship's Company, to build a reconstruction of the Burial Ship. Visitor numbers were very encouraging, especially when the beautiful tapestries that are being created were on display, and when we held the highly successful and unique 'Deben Discovery' Exhibition - and our gift shop is proving very popular.

Our 'Chairman's Report' from the Trust's AGM is on our website and gives a good

overview of the past year, and we would like to say a special thank you here to the Friends of The Longshed, and to all our stewards, shop staff, visitors and supporters. If you were in the vicinity of Whisstocks Place on December 5th, you may well have seen Sae Wylfing rowed by a crew of 'Santas'!

Looking ahead, January 2022 will see the naming ceremony of the second St Ayles Skiff built by members of Woodbridge Coastal Rowing Club. Also,

we hope to be joined by a new group of young people from Just 42 to work with us on a skills development programme. We hope you saw the spectacular Christmas Tree outside The Longshed which several youth groups were involved in creating.

Woodbridge Riverside Trust is entirely staffed by volunteers, and there is plenty to do. If you have a little time to spare and would like to know how you can get involved, please get in touch with us via our website:

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www.woodbridgeriversidetrust.org.

Merry Christmas from all at the Community News!

It's fair to say the last twenty months have been challenging for us all. We've seen the world in the grip of a pandemic that changed life as we know it. There was the 'stay at home' order, followed by strict instructions to wear face masks and keep socially-distanced from friends, family and neighbours. We did what we had to do to keep loved ones and the wider community safe and though the pandemic is still very much with us, we have seen life begin to return to something that is beginning to resemble the pre-pandemic world.

What has been evident throughout is the sense of community spirit that has seen neighbours checking in with one another, family members reaching out via video calls, and local businesses and volunteers working tirelessly to ensure those that are not able to get out to the shops didn't go without any essentials - be it food, or perhaps just as importantly, human interaction.

We are so fortunate to live where we do. On our doorstep we have great businesses catering for our every need, volunteer groups helping

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Happy new year to one and all! What a year 2021 proved to be. So much uncertainty caused by the pandemic, in spite of which we were able to pilot "Follow the Ship" - Our new education programme for schools.

We were open again to visitors from late August, and work resumed in earnest on the various projects and activities in or associated with The Longshed, including, of course, the amazing project being undertaken by

members of our community who may be vulnerable or at risk of becoming isolated, and wonderful neighbours, colleagues and friends who have played their part in getting us all through this tough time.

As we move towards the end of the year, please do continue to support the businesses that we have come to rely on over the last couple of years. Finally, we'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a fantastic Christmas and healthy and happy new year.

All the best, David, Karen, Polly, Lauren & Jared (the Community News team)

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Royal Air Force Association (RAFA)

Alde Valley Academy (AVA)

Beccles Friends of Cancer Research UK The Beccles Friends of Cancer Research UK would like to thank the staff and customers of Roys and Tesco in Beccles who supported us recently in both stores when an amazing £331.23 and £292.70 respectively was raised for the vital work that is undertaken by Cancer Research

Winners of the Suffolk Greenest School award

(Left to right) Branch President Brian Vousden, Branch Chairman Brian Sillick and Life Vice-President Eddie Earl

RAFA Wings Appeal Collection at Tesco's, Beccles On Saturday 27th November, the local Branch of the RAFA, repeated previous visits to the Tesco's Stores in Beccles to raise funds for the RAF Charity.

The Branch President Brian Vousden said: "Once again, we were honoured to attend the Tesco's Stores to collect funds for our local RAF serving and veteran personnel and their families who may be having difficulties with meeting expenses at this time.

The RAF Association exists to provide support for those who served our Country, some of whom paid the "ultimate price".

Our collection at Tesco's was a great success and we wish to thank the Manager and all the Staff and the many customers who were so generous to us on the day. We send our Christmas greetings to everyone and the very best for a happy and peaceful new year. Thank you all!"

At the beginning of the year, The Net Zero Leiston Project (NZL) approached AVA to raise awareness of their communityled project looking to reduce carbon emissions in Leiston-cumSizewell. The work conducted by Groundwork at AVA started with a full energy and waste audit in the school, which highlighted some recommendations for tackling energy inefficiency and carbon emissions. In parallel, a questionnaire was launched to all students which looked to indicate the climate change issues which were most important to them and to gauge the level of understanding of the topic in general.

Sixteen enthusiastic students volunteered to become Green Guardians, which is a fantastic demonstration of how important climate change is to the students of AVA. All students were encouraged to look at their own family's carbon footprint and to discuss how this could be improved. EDF conducted sessions with Year 7 and 8 students to educate them about the NZL project and set the

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UK. It was a wonderful way to end this year which has once again been tough for all of us.

Whilst it's still uncertain what 2022 will bring, we've missed seeing all of our helpers and loyal supporters who have always made it possible for us to raise the funds needed to support Cancer

Research UK. We hope to be back planning several events but with everyones safety very much at the forefront. So do watch this space and we'll let you know when we are back in action!

In the meantime, we'd just like to wish you all a safe and happy Christmas and a healthy new year!

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students a competition to design a poster showing how the school could achieve the challenge.

This resulted in AVA winning a top award for encouraging staff, students and their families to drive down to net-zero carbon.

They were awarded The Greenest School in Suffolk at the Suffolk Greenest County Awards presented by BBC Radio Suffolk Presenter Mark Murphy. Student winners of the EDF competition accompanied Mr Mayhew, Headteacher, to the ceremony.

Mr Mayhew commented: "I was really shocked to win this reward. It's not a case of changing your whole life. It's the little things that can make a big difference. At AVA, we've taken a three-pronged attack, encouraging students to take action at home and in school, created green guardian students and upgrading our school boiler."

Students Rosie, Sisiley and Coco commented: "It was a really fun experience and inspiring to see what other groups and individuals had accomplished to help make Suffolk a greener County."

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Wangford Veterinary Clinic

Simply Stunning Christmas Santa paws appeal 2021 Wishing all our customers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Ways you can make a positive difference to our local pet rescue charities this Christmas: Our Santa Paws Appeal helps local, registered pet rescue charities. It shares out all money raised throughout the year to charities nominated by our clients. Donations help to pay for heating, food, medication and much more. This money will be given out in January.

Santa Paws Collection As always, we'll also be holding our Santa Paws collection of food, treats, toys, warm blankets and beds/bedding suitable for cats and dogs, collars, leads, food bowls. Wet or dry food is always needed but it should be unopened and in date.

These items can be left in our reception and will be shared out

to local rescue centres just before Christmas so that they may be used over the holiday period.

Dedicate a star to your pet Celebrate the life of a dear pet, past and present by dedicating a star on our virtual Christmas tree. Pets give us companionship and unconditional love and friendship every single day, and this a special way to honour them, something that'll help the pets who are not so lucky and don't have a home. There's no charge for dedicating a star to your pets, but a donation, however small, would make a big difference to our Santa Paws charities. To dedicate a star, go to: www.wangfordvet clinic.com/Celebrate.

Animal Aid Auction This year, we've added an

auction to our fundraising.

How it works People donate pet items they no longer need themselves but are still in good condition to our Charity Auction so that they can be enjoyed by someone else. Animal owners have the opportunity to purchase some new/nearly new items for their pets at amazing prices. It'll also help minimise waste and the resulting impact on our planet.

ALL money raised by this charity auction goes to our Santa Paws Appeal and will be shared among local animal rescue charities who care for stray, injured and homeless animals and birds. For the auction, go to:

www.wangfordvet clinic.com/Auctions.

If you'd like to simply donate to the appeal then you can go to: www.wangfordvet clinic.com/Charity.

We'd love to see ALL pets experience the unlimited love and affection as our own, but sadly, many animals never get to experience the comfort and safety of a loving home. Any donation, however small will help to make a difference. Thank you.

If you need any further information or know a charity that needs help, please call 01502 578999 or email: jill@wangfordvetclinic.com.

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What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck? ... A Christmas quacker!

What do Santa's little helpers learn at school?

Woodbridge Cruising Club would like to wish everyone a happy and peaceful new year.

Members are already looking forward to cruises for 2022, and Andy the cruise captain is working hard to organise these.

The last talks of 2021 were varied, from well-known local historian and author, Robert Simper, to our very own Captain Peter King, all to enthralled audiences.

Robert gave a talk about the characters of the River Deben, which covered nearly 2,000 years from Radewald, to 21st century Woodbridge boat yards, and everyone in-between from smugglers, to Thomas Seckford, and the Deben floods.

Peter spoke enthusiastically and knowledgably about the clipper Thermopylæ 'The finest clipper of them all'. For years, the clipper ship era has been the subject of romance, epitomised by the Cutty Sark preserved at Greenwich. The Thermopylæ consistently achieved fast passages on the China tea trade before (in 1881) being displaced by steam, when she joined other China clippers on the Australian homewards wool trade until again displaced by steam in 1890. She was finally sunk by two torpedoes as the climax of a Naval Regatta presided over by the Queen of Portugal.

Future talks planned are Paul Bragg on Biscay Ports, and South Africa in the Second World War.

The social scene is thriving, with Wednesday suppers, the black tie Commodore's Christmas party, new year's eve, plus club walks, enjoyed by members and dogs.

The November walks included from Thorpeness to Sizewell, north along an inland path to the Sandlings footpath leading into Sizewell village, then returned via the beach-side cliff walk.

Planned future walks include four miles around Hollesley, ending up at the pub, through meadows, sandy tracks and woodland.

At the November AGM, trophies were presented to: • Tony Buttall Shield for contribution to cruising: Graham Card (in absentia) • Cruising Cup for enthusiastic start to cruising: Anna BevanSmith (in absentia) • Caroline Gammage Cup for services to the Club: The Covid Re-opening Team • Aldred Cup winner of Washington SHB timed passage: Coranto Neville and Sally Pearce.

Why not make your new year's resolution to join the cruising club. If the activities sound intriguing, then log onto the club website: www. woodbridgecruisingclub.org.

New members are welcome, whether you own a motorboat or yacht, or are keen to start sailing.

Woodbridge Camera Club in the Landscape Over fifty landscape Images kept Judge Tony Bramley FRPS busy in our November competition. Members submitted a worldwide selection of images for his critique and were rewarded with constructive and helpful guidance on their photographic path. Congratulations to new

member Christine Brown achieving the double taking both first and second places with Steve Stammers taking third.

We're all hopeful this will be the last of our Zoom competitions.

We're planning (fingers crossed) for face-to-face or hybrid meetings in February, 2022.

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We look back over the year with just a few moments from some of the parades we've had the privilege of attending.

We now look forward and wish

to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy Christmas and a safe and prosperous new year.

Dates for the diary: • 11th November 2022 - School children's remembrance service

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• 12th November 2022 - Grave side remembrance at the war graves in the cemetery.

• 13th November 2022 Remembrance Sunday.

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Thank you and happy retirement!

Bob Pegnall BME, the Choirmaster and organist for the last forty-five years at St Mary's Woodbridge, stepped down last Sunday 21st November at a fantastic Choral Evensong on the Feast of Christ the King.

Many former choristers took part and they alone took up forty-five seats to share their warmest thanks for his faithful, pastoral and musical ministry over generations.

One of his former colleagues at Coppleston School, Lay Canon, Roy Tricker preached a wonderful tribute. The choir presented him with a longservice medal from the Royal School of Church Music to

which St Mary's has been affiliated all these years. He will be a very hard act to follow so the congregation were pleased to shower him with many gifts and best wishes.

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Nestled away on the south side of Beccles at Hall Farm on London Road, you will find somewhere a little special... and unexpected. Clay Interiors are tile and natural stone suppliers and as you’ll see from the stunning photos on these pages, this is not your typical tile and flooring company.

The business was started by Emma Rogers in 2015 when she began selling tiles from the back of her car. But, Emma always had a clear vision of where she wanted to be and once word began to spread that she had started her own business, customers and builders that she had worked with in previous employment started to contact her.

Support and encouragement from this initial customer base gave Emma the confidence to open her own showroom. This was both daunting and exciting but driving Emma all the time was her clear vision and passion that her showroom was not going to be like any other generic tile showroom, but one that would reflect her personality and what she wanted her budding business

to be. Clay Interiors was born and the business and showroom you see today are a direct result of years of hard work, passion, dedication and a clear vision.

Emma is joined in the business by her brother Adam and her sister Lizzy - the renowned trio are something of a dream team when it comes to all things tile and stone!

The team have worked hard to create a unique place to shop for tiles. The 2,000 sq ft showroom has a wide selection of displays and samples so not only can you see the tiles in situ - you can touch them and get a feel for them. The layout of the showroom itself has also been carefully thought out to create an oasis of calm. This is really important as choosing the right tile is not straight-forward.

Emma explains that often, by the time her clients are choosing their tiles, they have already had to make so many major decisions.

So, offering a calm and inviting showroom with just the right amount of help and advice on hand is crucial.

There’s one other rule and that is absolutely no hard sell,

the team are here to talk through ideas with a genuine interest in each individual project. It’s simple, they just love tiles!

The showroom itself is simply stunning. It feels almost like a cross between a contemporary art gallery and a stylish up-market bar or hotel lobby. That said, there is no mistaking this is the place to be if you’re in the market for fabulous tiles and natural stone.

Of course, a showroom is designed to showcase products that are on offer. Well, here you will find a superb selection of high-quality products that are primarily sourced from Italy, Spain and Britain. It’s fair to say you will not find these products anywhere else nearby, you might come across them in a London or Manchester showroom. This is partly due to Emma’s desire to use products you can’t find elsewhere – but mainly because the whole team very strongly believe in only selling good quality products. This means there is consistency of size, calibration and minimal repeat patterns, i.e. the end result will always be superb! That said, there

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is a range of tiles to suit most budgets and this is something that the expert the team can always help with and working towards a set budget is not a problem.

Something that has been important to Emma and the team is an eye on the future. This does not just mean the future of the business (though there is exciting news to follow!), it also means the future of the planet. We are all only too aware of the need to make changes in what we do and the team here are also very keen to increase their green credentials.

To that end, their factory in Italy is almost entirely (90%) powered using renewable energy. This is something that the team will continue to monitor as they strive to reduce their carbon footprint over the coming months and years. Alongside their own Italian factories, you’ll find a selection of products from well-established suppliers including Ca’Pietra for whom Clay Interiors are a retail partner and leading stockist.

A recent addition to the showroom has been the inclusion of home furnishings and lighting.

As you might expect, these are

all in-keeping with the ethos of quality and individual style. The furnishings are all British-made and are attractively displayed to create numerous quiet seating areas. These serve a dual purpose, not only does it show off the gorgeous furniture at its best, it also creates a number of comfortable and quiet seating areas where customers and take their time browsing tile patterns, colour schemes and styles. With colour schemes in mind, sitting alongside the furnishings you will find a range of paints and wallpapers by Little Greene to enhance and complete your project.

It’s amazing how much Clay Interiors has grown since being launched in 2015. The showroom is already big and full of lovely things. Well, watch this space...

2022 is set to be an exciting new chapter in the Clay Interiors story.

As a teaser, I think we can say that you’ll soon find plenty more to see when you visit the showroom.

Of course, the business has got to where it is thanks to the hard work and passion of Emma, Adam and Lizzy. Word has

spread of the showroom’s unique style, products and excellent customer service, so much so that customers regularly travel from as far as Cambridge, Colchester and Bury St Edmunds. Tiles are also shipped to homes in London as well as second homes here in East Anglia. Emma would like to say a huge thanks to everyone that has supported her over the years and particularly through the last eighteen months. Emma and her team at Clay Interiors have met the challenges of the last eighteen months head-on and now look forward to the next exciting period of growth for what is still a relatively new business. Most exciting of all it’s right here on our doorstep!

The amazing showroom is open 9:30am-5pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am-4pm on Saturdays. Please do call in to come and have a chat about how they can help with any up-coming projects you may have.

For any further details, visit www.clayinteriors.co.uk or call 01502 470157.

Please note: The showroom will be closed from 3pm on Wednesday 22nd December until 9:30am Tuesday 4th January.

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What kind of motorbike does Santa ride? ... A Holly Davidson!

What do snowmen wear on their head?

Ice caps!

December in the garden with Signature Landscaping leaves are blackened by frost and if you still haven't planted your tulip bulbs there is still time, provided the ground isn't frozen. Start to winter-prune your wisteria, cutting back summer side-shoots to two or three buds.

Preparing for next spring vegetable crop can start in December, digging a trench and filling with kitchen peelings for runner beans, this will give them a great start when you do plant out.

Remove all dead rhubarb stems and mulch around crowns but don't cover, you can also mulch around established fruit trees.

Clear debris. This is vital to prevent slugs and snails from setting up home in those lovely warm and damp conditions!

However, a plea for wildlife...

An artless pile of sticks and logs will make a wonderful 'des res' for hibernating hedgehogs and the like, so please don't be too ferocious on the tidying front.

As autumn has been a little late this year fallen leaves may still be a problem, rake them up, it keeps the grass and the paths

clear. Pack hoses away and wrap the outside tap with some insulation (bubble wrap is fine).

If the weather allows, repair holes and tatty patches in your lawn. If it's waterlogged, as most will be after the November deluges, or even frozen try and avoid walking on it - damage is easily inflicted!

It's a good time to plant that hedge you have always wanted or shrubs and trees. Get rid of your old roses and replace with new. Get them in now before snow comes along and the soil freezes.

For the gardeners in our lives, try and get them some lovely presents for the garden. Bare rooted roses will gives many years of beautiful flowers, these can be planted around Christmas as long as the ground is not frozen. Or what about a native tree, this will last potentially for over a hundred years and you'll be helping the planet breathe a little bit better.

Now to the real jobs that can be done in between shopping and wrapping and seeing friends and family. Move containers of shrubs

or bedding plants to a sheltered spot, clustering them together helps protect the root systems from suffering frost damage.

Lift and store dahlia tubers once their leaves are blackened by frost. Prune climbing roses now by cutting away diseased or damaged growth and tying in any new shoots to their support.

Prune older flowered side shoots back by two thirds of their length.

Leave the faded flower heads on your hydrangeas until the spring, as they will provide frost protection to the swelling buds further down the stems.

Please enjoy Christmas and your garden this December and January and if you want any help in your garden with maintenance or preparation for spring 2022, you can call us. We're happy to help!

We'd like to wish everyone a wonderfully happy Christmas and a truly wonderful, healthy 2022.

Signature Landscaping, 07939 855932, signaturelandscaping@ btinternet.com.

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December brings the true beginning of winter and we all know this can bring some troublesome weather for gardeners. At the moment we seem to be having quite a wet spell and this may mean staying off the garden for a day or two, if this is the case the leaves on paths driveways always need clearing.

If not this then there is always small jobs that can be done.

Prune climbing roses now by cutting away diseased or damaged growth and tying in any new shoots to their support.

Prune older flowered side shoots back by two thirds of their length.

Leave the faded flower heads on your hydrangeas until the spring, as they will provide frost protection to the swelling buds further down the stems. Lift and store dahlia tubers once their

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Report for open meeting - Thursday 25th November, 2021 'Hands On' and a requirements list will be available at the January meeting for this. Please telephone a committee member on you programme card, for details if you're unable to come to the January meeting or if you're unsure if any meeting is taking place because of bad weather or Covid. Finally, we advise you to wrap up particularly warm and maybe bring a blanket to future meetings as we'll be having windows open during the meeting to meet health and safety advice.

Financial focus on...

(Google "BJGP Newsflash").

All the staff here pulled together to cover a staggering number of vaccination clinics, mostly at weekends. Our PPG turned out to help manage the car park and queues and we were astonished to be named the most vaccinated area in the whole of England. Google "BBC Saxmundham vaccinations" to see the piece that was sent all over the world. These busy extra weekends are still carrying on and Covid is still very much with us.

Let me now answer some of the questions that patients are posing about the GP service and try to explain why we are where we are.

The pressure on appointments has been increasing for years and certainly before Covid.

We introduced a 'Doctor first'

Community Partnerships The Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and villages Community Partnership is keen to see how it can support community needs in this area. The Community Partnership (composed of community organisations, town/ parish councils and councillors) commissions and delivers projects/initiatives that meet its priorities - Reducing social isolation for all and improving

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To coincide with Harvest Festival, AVA launched a food bank collection in school following previous year's outstanding contribution.

It was discussed during tutorial time how unfortunately, many families are struggling with purchasing day-to-day food.

Waveney Food Bank has seen a 450% increase in supplying emergency food supplies to people in crisis compared to the last four years. One in five people in the UK population now live below the poverty line.

Waveney Food Bank work in conjunction with The Trussell Trust to combat poverty and hunger. It was also discussed what could cause a person to find

physical and mental health and wellbeing. It's also important to mention Connected Communities - A project to connect over 65s with services and each other.

If you run a community group or project and want to find out more about working with the Community Partnership and Connected Communities, feel free to email: sam.kenward@ eastsuffolkcouncil.gov.uk.

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Having said all that, I want to end with some positive news. The Saxmundham Health One Stop Shop that was thwarted by the NHS fifteen years ago is back on!

As you might have noticed, the site by the Sports Club has been cleared and our Project Initiation document has been submitted.

We've also managed to attract two new GPs to work at Saxmundham Health. Dr. Clare Craik used to be a GP at Halesworth and Dr. Darren West has been working in Ipswich ever since training as a GP. They start in February, 2022 well before all the new housing comes but better to 'be prepared'.

Finally, we're getting a new phone system! The PPG have fed back all the problems with the current call queueing system and getting cut off when you get to the top so (despite threats of Contractual penalty), we'll have a new cloud-based system early next year. If you're in a queue, then the new system will provide the automatic option of a call back from the Care Navigator so you don't have to hang on and you will not lose your place in the queue.

Thank you for being understanding patients over this difficult phase but we can now see light at the end of the tunnel.

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Covid has been a really challenging time for everyone through all its phases. Initially, we were thrown into panic as the pandemic emerged and so many people were dying. We anticipated an Armageddon situation in which there'd be no Specialist advice should always be hospital beds and no ambulances, sought prior to taking any action on meaning we might be providing matters discussed in this article. home care for hundreds of terminally ill patients. Some enduring good came in that we were motivated to develop a new system of identifying early illness that was published in the British Journal of General Practice HMRC are known to challenge the commerciality of such claims.

If the registration has no direct link, a taxable benefit could even arise. (Compare a fleet of vans with similar registrations to an expensive one on the director's car).

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If you have a personalised registration for personal use, this is subject to CGT on any profit when sold (potentially covered by the annual CGT exemption).If you die owning the registration, the value is assessable to inheritance tax (IHT). This would also apply if you had a disused vehicle, say, in a shed. The car itself would be exempt from CGT (but not IHT) but the transferable registration sold with the car would be assessable to CGT/IHT. If you purchased the registration with a view to realising a profit in the future, HMRC would consider this a trading transaction - even if you only did it once (but you may be able to use the £1,000 trading allowance against any profit).

For businesses, any personalised registrations are assets. You may be able to reclaim VAT if you can demonstrate a link between the registration and business (as advertising) but

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Karate teaches you to defend yourself, and helps to keep you fit and supple. Karate also helps you learn about yourself.

It teaches you self-control and trains your mind and spirit as well as your body, and it gives you the confidence to face all sorts of challenges, emotional as well as physical.

Sizewell Karate Club trains at Sizewell Sports and Social Club, King George's Avenue, Leiston, IP16 4JX Tuesdays: 6-8pm.

The FIRST LESSON FREE! So come along and see us. For more information, check out our website, Facebook page or call/message Richard on: 07985 463738.

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Personalised car registrations Personalised number plates continue to be sought after with some achieving stratospheric values. The most valuable registration sold in the UK was in excess of £518,000 and worldwide, the record is over £7.25m (Dubai). Consequently, HMRC have not been slow to seek tax.

Looking at HMRC's manuals, you will see that "a car numberplate is a chattel". A chattel is broadly a personal asset that attracts a low-level capital gains tax (CGT) exemption for proceeds of up to £6,000 (per item or per set) and a reducing exemption above that figure.

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Sizewell Karate Club has been in existence since 1988 and is the longest running karate club in the area. It focuses on providing high-quality, traditional Shotokan karate.

The club has had significant success in the past in sports karate competitions culminating with many local and national champions. The club and the instructors have won many awards including 'Coach of the Year' and 'Health and Wellbeing awards'. Our club is made up of children, adults and families training together.

The club has recently reopened again after being forced to shut down because of the pandemic restrictions. Sizewell Karate Club received a restart grant from East Suffolk Council.

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The stage took on a most enchanting appearance whilst we were guided through each of Lees designs. Our President Elsie gave the vote of thanks saying that Lee had cheered us all up after the last two years by showing us inspired ways to create different Christmas ideas. A truly enchanted evening in readiness for the seasonal period. Members then enjoyed non-alcoholic punch and mince pies before the raffle.

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Jan and Jenny were thanked for the beautiful flowers in the foyer.

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performers, many of which have previously appeared on the Film Theatre stage and whose previous sell-out successes have included shows at Leiston Film Theatre and at the Spa Pavilion Theatre in Felixstowe.

The group promise another fun-filled family pantomime, packed to the panto brim with toe-tapping tunes, a huge helping of audience participation, and plenty of fee-fi-fo-fun, as they tell the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, which unfolds in the Pantoland village of Fiddle-onthe-Fen and tells the tale of Jack, who is tricked into exchanging the family cow for a bag of beans, that turn out to be magic seeds that grow overnight into a giant beanstalk. The Trot family climb to the top of the beanstalk to rescue Daisy the Cow, only to discover a Giant's kingdom and the answer to all their money

worries. But will they make it back in one piece? Or will the Giant Blunderbore grind their bones to make his bread?

Film Theatre Manager and Pantomime Director, Wayne Burns, is looking forward to returning to the stage: "After such a difficult time for our beloved Film Theatre, we're so pleased to see Pantomime back to Leiston and the entire cast can't wait to bring our brilliant script to life on stage and perform for such appreciative crowds. Our audiences are in for a real treat" he said.

The Pantomime sees renowned Suffolk musician Tom Horton returning as the Musical Director and the energetic students from the Chloe Kinrade School of Dance will be making a welcome return to the stage, as part of the Pantomime extravaganza.

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Another strange year draws to a close. Some of us have lost more to Covid than others.

Whilst restrictions are less severe, current guidance leaves local provision variable. But happily, the activities across the Blyth Valley Parishes are up and running this Christmas.

You're all very welcome to all or any that appeal in Halesworth or around the group! We're blessed with good volunteers, some looking after the churches and some able to take services.

May I take this opportunity to introduce myself? I'm the new Team Rector for the Valley, fresh from four parishes in Dorset. With many thanks to Jane Held and colleagues who have grown our work through the vacancy: developing the Community Larder, connections with the Pear Tree Trust and supporting our local schools.

Have a blessed Christmas!

Revd Dominic Doble, Team Rector, Blyth Valley Team Ministry and Cluster, St

Mary's Church, Steeple End, Halesworth, IP19 8LL. Christmas services across the Blyth Valley Team and Cluster • Sun 12th Dec at St Peter, Spexhall, 3pm Carol Service.

• Sun 12th Dec at St Mary, Huntingfield, 3pm Carol Service.

• Fri 17th Dec at St Mary, Halesworth, 7pm Town Carol Service.

• Sun 19th Dec at All Saints, Blyford, 3pm Carol Service.

• Sun 19th Dec at St Margaret, Linstead, 3pm Carols by Candlelight.

• Sun 19th Dec at St Margaret, Heveningham, 4pm Carol Service.

• Sun 19th Dec at St Andrew, Bramfield, 6pm Carol Service.

• Sun 19th Dec at St Andrew, Wissett, 6:30pm Carol Service.

• Sun 19th Dec at St Peter, Holton, 6:30pm Carol Service.

• Tues 21st Dec at St Peter,

Wenhaston, 7pm Carol Service.

• Thurs 23rd Dec at St Mary, Walpole, 3pm Christingle.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Peter, Holton 4pm, Christingle.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Mary, Halesworth, 4:30pm Christingle.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Peter, Holton, 5:15pm Holy Communion.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Andrew, Bramfield, 6pm Holy Communion.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Mary, Chediston, 7pm Carol Service.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Peter, Wenhaston, 8pm Holy Communion.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Mary, Halesworth, 11:30pm Midnight Mass.

• Fri 24th Dec at St Andrew, Wissett, 11:30pm Midnight Mass.

• Sat 25th Dec at St Mary, Halesworth, 10am Holy Communion.

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Christmas events Our annual carol service will take place again this year at 6:30pm on Friday December 24th with music provided by the Waveney Valley Brass Ensemble and guest organist Jason Collins.

On Christmas morning, our service will be at 10am and there will be no service on Boxing Day. Churches Together in Bungay Churches Together in Bungay held an Advent Lunch in the Emmaus Room from 12 noon1:30pm on Wednesday December 1st. This was a light lunch of soup, bread, cheese and a mince pie. A donation of £3 was invited and was donated to Christian Aid/ Cafod. Thank you to all who attended.

Coffee Stop On Tuesday mornings from 10:15am-11:30am, a few of us get

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Company is good. Do come and visit. In 2022, sessions will begin again on January 11th.

Coffee Mornings Normal monthly coffee mornings will begin again after a short break on Saturday January 15th 2022. On November 20th, there was no normal coffee morning but our annual Christmas Fayre took place in the Orange Hall behind the church. There were lots of goodies and gifts to buy plus of course our wonderful light lunches in the Green Room.

Thanks to all those who came and supported us. All funds raised are going to our 'Going Green' project.

We may already be the proud recipients of the Eco Church Gold Award, but we intend to continue the good work in years to come.

The grand total of money raised on the 20th was £1,813.98.Well done everyone!

Gift Service Our Gift Service this year will be at 10:45am on Sunday December 19th when we'll be inviting donations for East Anglia Children's Hospices (EACH). Please bring your gifts in a separate envelope marked 'EACH'.

Rosedale Rosedale Funeral Directors are planning to hold their Annual Memorial Service at Emmanuel on Sunday December 12th at 2pm.

All those from the town who wish to remember their loved ones are welcome to attend.

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students having fun and wearing whatever makes them feel comfortable, in return for a small donation. It was an easy way to get involved, while giving our students an opportunity to raise vital funds to support young people who need it most.

Everyone got involved to make Children in Need 2021 at AVA another memorable day. Overall, AVA raised £603.

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management team and will be key to developing essential partnerships with others in the town so that residents in the town can gain maximum benefit from our new facilities" Steve Palmer, Chair, SADCIC. For further information on SADCIC, please visit: www.saxcommunity.co.uk.

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Di is also currently ViceChairman of Saxmundham Town Council and Trustee and Chairman of the IP17 Good Neighbour Scheme.

"I look forward to working with my fellow volunteer SADCIC directors and helping to produce the addition of some long-overdue modern community facilities for use by our local community." said Di. "On behalf of the directors of SADCIC, I'm delighted that Di has joined our small team of volunteers helping to oversee and run the new Fromus Community Centre now up and running at the Saxmundham Hub in Street Farm Road. Di brings a wealth of enthusiasm and vital experience in the community sector to our

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The Saxmundham & District Community Interest Company (SADCIC) welcomes Di Eastman as a new volunteer director, to help prepare for the roll-out of the new Fromus Centre at the new Saxmundham hub in town.

Di is a Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management and comes with nineteen years in banking with HSBC (formerly Midland Bank), including four years as Executive PA to Chief Executive, Corporate Banking.

To support this year's Children in Need appeal, AVA could not hold their normal variety show event for the second year running, but did not want to miss the opportunity to continue to support this very worthy charity day.

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Graham Ward, Rotary Club of Saxmundham and District.

The pop-up SMILE Café can now be found at: The New Fromus Centre, The Saxmundham Hub, Street Farm Road, Saxmundham, IP17 1AL. www.fromuscentre.org.uk. For the latest updates, please check the SMILE Café website: www.smile-cafe.org.uk.

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"Following numerous enquiries about relaunching the SMILE Café, I'm very pleased that we've finally managed to reopen in 2022 and we really look forward to welcoming

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The pop-up SMILE Café (formerly based at the old Fromus Centre in Seaman Avenue, Saxmundham) was forced to close temporarily in 2020 because of the pandemic. However, now with changing circumstances, the SMILE Café will now pop back at a new location, on a new day, with new times and a new menu.

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The planned 'hybrid' meeting will be kept under review in light of the recent emergence of the Covid Omicron variant, although we still hope it will be possible to host this event simultaneously at Leiston Community Centre and on Zoom.

Want advice on tracking down your ancestors? Come along to Leiston Library, IP16 4ER, on the first Tuesday of every month, when members of the AVSFHG will be there from 2pm-4pm to offer guidance and help. No need to book, just turn up.

Further programmes: • Feb 21st at 2:30pm: 1921 Census on Find My Past by Paul Nixon, UK Head of Licensing for FMP Leiston Community Centre and on Zoom.

• Mar 21st at 2:30pm: Solving Genealogy brick walls: Finding a great-grandfather - DNA Case Study by Mia Bennett - Leiston Community Centre and on Zoom.

Meeting report of November meeting: Memories of 1946-1969, Dr Janet Few: Recalling life in Britain during the pivotal period 1946-1969. Dr Janet Few recently described the results of

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The recording techniques described will help both men and women, of all ages, to start writing reminiscences of their own.

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