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3rd LONG STRATTON BROWNIE PACK meets every Thursday 6pm - 7.30pm term time at the Methodist church, Manor Road, Long Stratton. If your daughter is aged between 7 and 10 years and would like to join Brownies please call Brown Owl (Gill) on 01508 530378 or e-mail gillworrell@btinternet.com for further information or to arrange a visit to see what we do.
LONG STRATTON GYMNASTIC CLUB every Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon caters for girls aged 5 to 18 years. The club runs a disability session on a Saturday which is open to boys and girls at Long Stratton Leisure Centre, first session free. For more information contact Tina on 01379 740948.
LONG STRATTON TODDLER GROUP every Monday and Wednesday morning 9.15-11.15am (term time only). Held at the Methodist church on Manor Road. First session free, £2.00 thereafter. www.longstrattontoddlers.co.uk
TAS WELL JUNIORS - The last Saturday of every month 6-8pm at the Tas Well Social Club for children of all ages. Games, activities & lots of fun. More info: Mel on 01508 532146 or mel.large@btinternet.com
COFFEE MEETING - meet some old friends, make some new friends, have a chat, a cup of tea & a piece of cake at the Coffee Pot, every Wednesday 2.003.30pm in the Tasburgh Church Room.
CASUALTIES UNION NORWICH BRANCH - Meets at the Vauxhall Centre, Johnson Place, Norwich, NR2 2SA 7:30pm 9:30pm Weds new members welcome for details contact 01508 494492 www.casualtiesunion.org.uk
KIDDY COOK - Cookery workshops for 4-11 year old chefs held in Tasburgh. Held once a month on Saturday mornings and during school holidays. www.kiddycook.co.uk or call Fran on 07973 724870 for the latest schedule.
HEMPNALL MILL CENTRE- Bookings: Jackie Jackson 01508 499061. info@hempnallmillcentre.co.uk www.hempnallmillcentre.co.uk
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Anniversary celebration, children’s party, christening, birthday party, Family & friends get-together the Mill Centre in Hempnall is available for hire – please call Jackie Jackson on 01508 499061 or email jackson.jc@btinternet.com
THARSTON HISTORY SOCIETY regularly meets on the last Wednesday of alternate months. Everyone is welcome - admission is free but there is a retiring collect to help with Society expenses. For further information please see our website www.tharston-historysociety.com or email web@tharston-historysociety.com.
FITNESS CLASSES - Long Stratton High School on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening. Choose from circuits, HIIT or cardio blast. First session FREE. To book your FREE session or for more details please email: hello@timcourridge.co.uk
HEMPNALL MILL CENTRE - LUNCHEON CLUB
Wednesday and Thursday from £5.50 morning tea or coffee served on arrival from 11am a two course lunch served at 12 noon pick up travel can be arranged for more information contact: Margaret Sparham (Wed and Thurs on 499766 or 499579 at other times).
GT. MOULTON CHAPEL - COFFEE MORNING Wednesdays 10.30 to 11.45. Come and have a mardle at this fun, friendly venue. We have home made cakes and even soup, together with a selection of hot and cold drinks. Open to everyone, we'd be pleased to see you. Contact Steven: 01379 674341
SAXLINGHAM NETHERGATE BOWLS CLUB Come along and have a go at Bowls at our Green in a picturesque setting on the Playing Field. The club is running taster session and coaching for beginners on Monday mornings at 11.00am. Experienced Bowlers are welcome too. Contact: Chris Lacey on 01508 499700
NEWTON FLOTMAN PRE-SCHOOL We are a well established, community pre-school at the Village Centre offering a fun and educational environment for children, aged from 2 years to school age. The preschool, an outstanding early years provider (OFSTED 2015-2016) is open Monday to Friday, with ample space for parking. Fees start from £4.50 per hour. We also accept funding from Norfolk County Council for 2, and 3-4 year olds, if applicable and we are able to offer tax free childcare too! For more information please contact us at manager@newtonflotmanpreschool.co.uk or 01508 470680, or alternatively please visit www.newtonflotmanpreschool.co.uk
TASBURGH UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB - Our FA Charter Standard club won Norfolk FA’s Grassroots club of the year for 2019. We have FA qualified coaches who train boys and girls from age 5 to 15, and we have various teams playing in the Norfolk Youth Combined League. New players and volunteers welcome! For more info you can find us on Facebook, at www.tasburghunited.com or call Dan Edwards on 07813 045764.
DID YOU KNOW you can now find information on THE HEMPNALL TRUST & how to book the Mill Centre in Hempnall on The Hempnall Trust Website www.hempnalltrust.org
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It’s important to treat your investments with care and attention – just like your home.
Looking after your finances and investments is key to achieving your objectives and goals. Here’s our top 5 essential housekeeping tips to help keep on top of your investments and really make them work for you.
1. Regularly review your finances
An essential part of any investment strategy is regularly reviewing your financial health. This means looking at your income, outgoings and savings to see how you’re doing and whether you’re on track to meet your goals.
This is about more than just reviewing your investments. While you should review your investments regularly to make sure they’re growing your portfolio, reviewing your wider finances is another important task.
It can help you understand whether you’re investing the right amount, or whether there’s scope in your finances to invest more. Especially over the past couple of years, where many of us have found ourselves with savings we didn’t expect, it’s a good time to review your finances and see if you’ve got any money lying around that could be doing more.
2. Save (and invest) little and often
When it comes to saving, little and often is the key. It’s also true about investing – you’re often better off trickling extra money into your investment portfolio rather than adding a big lump sum.
5 Essential Housekeeping Tips for Your Investments
Investing little sums reduces your exposure to big drops in the market. If you put a large amount into the stock market and then soon after, there’s a dip, you could lose a lot of money all at once. This goes even further if you’re investing in individual companies. But, if you drip feed money in over time, your exposure to short term dips is lower.
Plus, regularly adding smaller amounts of money into your investment portfolio is a great way to affordably grow your investments.
3. Understand the benefits of compounding
When it comes to investing, compounding is your friend. Compounding usually means that over time, your growth accelerates. With investments, this means reinvesting your profits or dividends, assuming you’re not planning on taking them as income.
If you reinvest your profits, through the power of compounding it will essentially mean that you will be getting growth on top of growth. Consider whether prioritising the overall growth of your portfolio by reinvesting your gains is a better way to meet your long-term financial goals.
4. Ensure you’ve got a diversified portfolio
It’s absolutely vital to make sure that your investment portfolio is properly diversified. You could do this by investing in a number of funds, or by choosing to invest across a variety of asset classes, from stocks and equities to property and even bonds.
This means if the stock market does fall, you might find that although one part of your portfolio has lost money, another part has increased in value. It can be hard to do as an individual investor, so
do speak to a professional investment adviser if you’re finding it difficult.
5. Rebalance your portfolio when required
On top of diversifying your portfolio in terms of the assets that you buy, you also need to ensure that the balance of investments in your portfolio meets your attitude to risk. Over time, as some investments grow quicker than others, you may find that riskier parts of your portfolio make up a bigger percentage of the overall portfolio than you’d like. This could leave you over-exposed to any potential losses in that area, wiping out all of your gains.
Rebalancing your portfolio is part of sensible, active investment management. To rebalance, you could either sell some of the assets which have grown and invest the profits into safer assets or add more money to the portfolio to balance the overall percentages out better, if you have the extra money to invest. Again, this can be difficult to do as an individual investor and additional tax and charges may apply. We always recommend speaking to a professional adviser for help in doing this.
Whichever you choose, it’s worthwhile spending the time to look at the overall balance of your portfolio. Not doing so could leave you accidentally pursuing a far riskier strategy than you’d planned for!
Need help with your investments? Speak to Face to Face Finance to arrange an appointment: 01603 625100
This article is informational purposes only. It should not be considered as investment advice. Your capital is at risk when you invest.
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LA JOLIE RONDE FRENCH LESSONS -For children from the age of 3 to 11 years old. Lessons are fun, with lots of games, songs and role play. Once a week during term time. Classes available at Manorfield Infant and Nursery School 12.30-1pm on a Tuesday, open to children attending the school. Classes also available at St. Mary's Junior School on a Wednesday 12.15-12.45pm and 12.45-1.15pm, open to children attending the school. If your child attends Jack in the Box Daycare there are sessions available on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings. Ask about free taster sessions. Email djc1@ntlworld.com or text 07887 513757.
SINGING: IF YOU CAN SPEAK, YOU CAN SING!
Creative Singing Studios Community Singing Group Meets Every Tuesday Evening 7:00 - 8:30pm at Wacton Village Hall, £5.00 per person, pay as you go. This group is regularly invited to sing throughout the region and has raised more than £1000 within the past 12 months for local charities such as Shelter & Break! For more information go to www.creativesingingstudios.co.uk.Contact Louise Barton via email on: louise@louisebarton.com
MARTIAL ARTS - All Oriental Self Defence & Physical Fitness Techniques in One Art. Kuk Sool Won Martial Arts Club in Long Stratton and Tasburgh. TWO FREE SESSIONS. Ages 4-7 years; Lil Dragons Tasburgh Village Hall Monday 4.30pm. Ages 7 to Adult; Tasburgh Village Hall Monday 5.30-6.30pm. Classes also in Long Stratton see web www.kuksoolwon-gillingwater.org for locations, times and more information or call/text 07775 890359.
TAS VALLEY PRE-SCHOOL and PLAYGROUP Our small, dedicated team of staff provides a safe, caring and stimulating environment for children aged 2 years to school age, to play and learn. During term time, we offer weekday morning sessions 9am - 12pm, and Tuesday afternoon sessions 12pm - 3pm. We also offer Monday afternoon sessions, 12pm - 3pm, for pre -school year children only (the year before children go to school). Fees are £13 per session, age dependent. All 3-5 year olds and some 2 year olds are entitled to funding from Norfolk County Council. Please visit www.tasvalleyplaygroup.org.uk or e-mail enquiries.tvplaygroup@gmail.com
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