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THIS MONTH...

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Hello everyone and welcome to the March edition of The Ilfracombe Magazine. As I write this the wind and rain of Storm Dennis are battering the town with some vigour, so I hope you’ve all survived! We’re delighted this month to be able to reveal the date for the Birdman 2020 event Saturday, August 1st. As part of the organising team I am obviously biased, but this event is a huge draw for the town and raises so much money for numerous local charities and worthy causes. Expect to hear more exciting details about the event soon!

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10 last chance to have say on seafront plans Local residents and businesses are being invited to take part in a public consultation event to comment on a new masterplan for Ilfracombe seafront. As part of Ilfracombe’s Strategic Plan 2015-2025, North Devon Council and the Ilfracombe Regeneration Board have been working together to oversee the process of a new public realm masterplan for Ilfracombe seafront. Consultants Node were appointed to create a masterplan that will enhance the seafront’s natural beauty, draw tourists and local residents to the seafront area of the town and help regenerate the area.

A stakeholder consultation took place last year, during which members from a wide range of Ilfracombe’s community groups were asked to help shape the masterplan in a way that represented the views of Ilfracombe. Now the public are being invited to share their own ideas in a six week online consultation.

Some of the ideas that are the subject of the Ilfracombe seafront masterplan consultation are: * improve accessibility and connections to the High Street and the harbour * more seating, shelter, lighting, interpretation

and dog bins are needed throughout the seafront area * public spaces need a clear function and purpose in order to make the seafront a better experience * the wilderness and natural aspects of Capstone Hill should be protected * more activities for all ages including young and elderly should be provided * play park precedents from Paignton and Minehead should be looked at * the museum should be extended or possibly relocated to the old pavilion site * a fitness and/or art trail could be incorporated that also includes sculpture and work by local artists * an outdoor amphitheatre / stage should be incorporated with three possible

locations: Jubilee Gardens / Capstone Hill top / Old Pavilion site North Devon Council’s Lead Member for Economic Development and Strategic Planning Policy, Councillor Malcolm Prowse, said: “We have lots of exciting ideas for how we would like Ilfracombe’s seafront to be regenerated.

“We now want to hear from our residents about what they’d like to see, to make sure we have captured their views.”

A public consultation event has already taken place at the Landmark, but if you missed it you can still have your say. You can take part by completing an online survey at www.northdevon. gov.uk/Ilfracombe-consultation up until March 9, 2020.

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The North Devon Hospice’s Big Breakfast event is a chance for you to get together with friends, family or colleagues and enjoy a hearty start to the day, all in aid of an extremely worthy cause. You can be sure of a warm welcome, so please support the generous organisers if you can. The money raised through Big Breakfast, which is generously sponsored by Phillip Dennis Foodservice, will help North Devon Hospice care for local people who are suffering from the impact of cancer and other life-limiting illnesses.

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charge, but it costs over £5 million each year to care in this way. There are a number of Big Breakfast events taking place in and around Ilfracombe this month:

a delicious Big Breakfast including tea/coffee and toast. Vegetarian option too.

All profits to North Devon Hospice. Everyone welcome on the day!

Saunton Golf Club Friday 6th March 9am midday - £6 donation for Big Breakfast including tea, coffee, toast. There will also be a tombola, book stall and craft stalls. Enjoy a great Breakfast in lovely surroundings. Everyone welcome.

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Ilfracombe Yacht Club Saturday 21st March 9.00am- 12.30pm £6.50p donation for a delicious Big Breakfast.

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let’s give ilfracombe a spring clean

North Devon residents and community groups are being called on to give their local areas a spring clean, as Keep Britain Tidy’s nationwide litter picking campaign returns in March.

North Devon Council is backing the Great British Spring Clean by providing litter picking equipment and protective clothing for local events, as well as offering to collect litter by prior arrangement. The campaign is the country’s biggest mass-action environmental campaign; last year, more than half a million people took part in clean-ups and more than 900,000 bags of litter were collected. This year, Keep Britain Tidy are aiming to get 600,000 #LitterHeroes involved in events between 20 March

and 13 April. Keep Britain Tidy Chief Executive Allison Ogden-Newton OBE said: “The overwhelming response to last year’s Great British Spring Clean showed that there are many hundreds of thousands of people out there who love where they live and are prepared to take action to make it better for themselves, their families and their communities. We are delighted that North Devon Council is supporting this year’s campaign and would like to thank them for their support. Without councils across the country giving the campaign their backing, our volunteers would not be able to do the incredible job they do.”

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But in the winter - for better or worse - this is the sight that most of us are used to. Although the shops aren’t open and you don’t get that sense of hustle and bustle that you do in the summer, I love winter at the Quay and harbour. It’s quiet, peaceful and spectacular. And when we get storms like we’ve been having this past month, it’s also incredibly dramatic!

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