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Vaccination is the only way we are going to overcome this virus.
Protecting the most vulnerable of our residents is so very important and The County Council needs your help to co-ordinate transport for those unable to make their own way to these centres.
Can YOU help by encouraging local volunteer groups to register their lift services as set out below
The County Council are supporting the Clinical Commissioning Groups with how they transport people to the N&N and the James Paget hospitals for Covid vaccines and with additional sites that came this week across Norfolk.
It notes that many people will be well used to getting to and from the hospital, many will use public transport and be linked in with volunteer transport already, which is great. However, many will not and will need help getting there.
They should go to https://communitydirectory.norfolk.gov.uk/ to upload this information. Whilst the volunteer driver scheme that NCC manages will be able to help a lot of people, they are a limited resource centrally and affected by the fact that many of their drivers are older people, so we are trying to make it as easy as possible for people to get transport
As well as the two centres at the Norfolk and Norwich and the James Paget Hospitals the Norfolk and Waveney Clinical commissioning Group has announced that the following centres are now open
- Fakenham Medical Practice, Fakenham
- St James Medical Practice, King’s Lynn
- Lionwood Medical Practice, Norwich
- Falkland Surgery, Bradwell
- Swanton Morley Surgery, Swanton Morley
- Thetford Healthy Living Centre, Thetford
- Kirkley Mill Surgery, Lowestoft
These seven sites will be acting as ‘primary care hubs’: vaccinating patients from their own practice as well as other neighbouring practices from this week:
Those who are most at risk from COVID-19 are being prioritised first; members of the public who are over 80 years-old, care home workers and a small number for at risk frontline NHS staff.
GP practices work closely together with neighbouring practices in local groups called Primary Care Networks (PCNs). Each PCN will have a designated vaccination site, providing a good geographical spread of vaccination locations across Norfolk and Waveney.
Each of these sites will vaccinate patients from across a number of the PCN’s member practices – not just those on their own surgery list. People in the ‘at risk’ priority groups will be contacted to make an appointment no matter which practice they are registered with.
Following the go live of the first seven GP practice vaccination sites this week, the local NHS is working with PCNs to mobilise additional large and small community sites over the coming weeks and months. GP practices are working through their lists and booking in the first patients for vaccination appointments at either the hospital hubs based in Norwich and Great Yarmouth or at a local GP surgery site. All those being vaccinated will be asked to fill in a health screening questionnaire and consent form.
What would you like to see and do in the restored Winter Gardens?
Please click this link to take the survey: Complete the survey here
You are invited to complete a short survey to help bolster a major funding bid to The National Lottery Heritage Fund to save and revive Great Yarmouth’s Winter Gardens.
The Grade II*-listed landmark is a national heritage gem, the UK’s last surviving Victorian seaside cast iron and glass winter gardens, and it requires significant national investment to repair and restore, supported by a robust business plan for re-use.
With the project among only 12 shortlisted nationally to apply to the Heritage Horizons Awards scheme, Great Yarmouth Borough Council is working with conservation specialists and a preferred operator to finalise the application to the first stage of this very competitive multi-stage national funding pot.
The ambition is to save, restore and reimagine the Winter Gardens at the heart of Great Yarmouth’s regeneration and daily life, as a year-round visitor attraction that makes the most of the unique building, its seafront location and its horticultural heritage, complementing the recently-restored Venetian Waterways and the new Marina Centre under construction.
To support their application for development funding, the project team is undertaking a survey to find out a bit more about what residents and visitors might want to see and do in the restored Winter Gardens, the sorts of activities, functions and attractions it could be used for. People can take part until January 15th.
Cllr Carl Smith and Cllr Trevor Wainwright, leaders of the council’s main political groups, said: “Significant work is progressing behind the scenes to realise the community’s dream of bringing our much-loved Winter Gardens back into viable and suitable use, including business case development, architectural work and exploring further funding opportunities.
“We’re at the start of a competitive multi-stage application process for the major national investment needed. Vital work is continuing to ensure we’re in the best possible position against stiff competition and we’re asking you to help bolster our chances as a community by completing our activities survey. The project team will feed back your views and ideas into our design process, so everyone’s feedback is important.”
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The Bradwellian #45
The Bradwellian is published twice yearly and delivered free to all residents of Bradwell. This edition is the first to be available online.
To read the latest Bradwellian parish magazine, please click on the link below. If you wish to download this document, click on the download button.
If you wish to advertise in a future edition, please contact the Clerk
Highways will be carrying out essential work to install new safety barriers along the A47 at the above location, as well as installing a staircase next to the A47 at Breydon Bridge.
They plan to complete this work for five nights from Monday 14 December to Friday 18 December, on weeknights only, working between the hours of 8pm to 6am, subject to weather conditions.
They have closely liaised with the local authority to agree the most suitable diversion route as detailed below:
Diversion route
Northbound traffic will be diverted via the A143 and the A146 before re-joining the A47 at the Norwich Southern Bypass and exiting at the A47/Acle New Road roundabout.
Southbound traffic will follow the above diversion but in reverse.
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Bradwell Roadworks 14-16th December 2020
NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL has made a Temporary Traffic Order affecting the 1) C603 Burgh Road from its junction with the A143 Beccles Road for a distance of 40 metres westwards and 2) U62059 Wren Drive/U62046 Mallard Way from its junction with the C603 Burgh Road to its junction with the A143 Beccles Road in the TOWN OF GORLESTON-ON-SEA AND THE PARISH OF BRADWELL because of gas remedial works.
The road 1) will be temporarily closed (except for access) and road 2) will be subject to a temporary suspension of the 7.5 tonne weight restriction from 14th December 2020 to 16th December 2020 for the duration of the works, expected to be about 3 days within the period.
Alternative route is via: Burgh Road, Wren Drive, Mallard Way, A143 Beccles Road (Gorleston-on-Sea, Bradwell).
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Volunteer to Listen to Children Read
Please see the below from SchoolReaders.org:
Our reading volunteers are desperately needed because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Thousands of children won’t have had enough reading practice during the first lockdown let alone the second. In a normal year, one in four children leave primary school unable to read well. Most children will have missed a term of school, so the reading gap is now even wider. Children who struggle with reading are more likely to live in poverty and be unemployed as adults.
Schoolreaders needs more volunteers in your area to support children’s reading and prevent them falling further behind. If you want to make a difference to a child’s life, apply to become a Schoolreader. No qualifications are needed; just a love of reading and some spare time each week.
To join us, please visit the website www.schoolreaders.org/volunteer-application-form or call 01234 924111 for further information.
For the latest news update from Norfolk Police & Crime Commissioner Norfolk, such as:
- Free scam awareness training
- Modern slavery and human trafficking in Norfolk
- Stop Hate in Norfolk initiative
Please click the following link https://www.norfolk-pcc.gov.uk/news/
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Norfolk County Council Budget Consultation
Norfolk County Council is setting their budget for next year. They need to save money and their aim is to save an additional £26 million in 2021.
They would like to hear what you think of their ideas to cut costs, for example, to reduce the summer opening hours at Recycling Centres or to reduce the frequency of grass cutting.
To get involved and to have your say on this important topic, please click the following link:
https://norfolk.citizenspace.com/consultation/budgetconsultation2021-2022/