Category: News

Sunday 29th August 12:00 Noon – 4pm

Support the Parish Church, Community Library, Community Woodland Project, 221 Air Training Cadets, Photographic Society and more!

Competitons, face painting, cakes, books, greeting cards. Candy floss, pop corn, ice cream, tea & coffee, snacks and bar.

Green Lane Playing Field, very limited parking! Please walk if you can.

Please download the following document for a substantial source of funding for local businesses. 

Norfolk’s carers are encouraged to apply for the latest new round of wellbeing packs, following the initial success with the first round of packs.

Two thousand additional Wellbeing Packs are being made available for unpaid carers, free of charge, after the first round of packs were taken up enthusiastically across Norfolk.

The packs include some Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to support recipients in their role as a carer, but also includes a items for the carer to enjoy, including chocolate and other items. Carers can apply for a pack here.

James Paget University Hospital has just opened nominations for their 2021 Council of Governors Elections.

From Monday 14 June, until 5pm on Wednesday 7 July you can nominate yourself for election.

Those who are successful will serve a three year term of office from 1 September. Together with their Staff Governors and Appointed Governors from local organisations, you would work closely with their Board of Directors to make sure they are doing the right thing for their patients.

You can find out more information about the role and how to nominate yourself here; www.cesvotes.com/jamespaget2021

A message from Norfolk County Council Fostering Service

A survey by renewable energy company Vattenfall (Norfolk offshore windfarms company) is available to complete here: http://bit.ly/GMVNorfolk  

There will be several million pounds of community funding available through the Community Benefits Funding scheme. The first funding will be available to communities in 2023. They are currently looking for community interests, needs and aspirations to guide their funding, so please complete.  

Voluntary Norfolk’s Employment Services Team are part of a new £4.9 million partnership project, led by Norfolk County Council, to help people get back into work and to support people that may find it difficult to work due to their health.

The Chances Project delivers personalised employment support to people both near to and far from work, including those seeking help with health conditions, employability skills, or a lack of self-confidence.

WHO WE CAN HELP

• Aged 18 or over
• Unemployed for one day or more
• Living in the Norfolk area
• Has the legal right to live and work in the UK
• Motivated to move forwards and looking to make positive life changes.

WE CAN OFFER

• Specially designed help for people who are not able to access current national support schemes
• One to one coaching to improve job prospects, skills, confidence and wellbeing
• Support to overcome barriers to employment, such as transport, childcare or physical or learning disabilities.

• Support and advice on job searching, CVs and application forms
• Access to a variety of voluntary positions and training opportunities
• Funding to purchase essential equipment or ID to increase employment prospects

All of our support is locally based, bespoke, flexible, one-to-one, completely free and voluntary. As such, within reason there are no time limits on the support we give individuals. We will take the time to forge community links, trust and rapport with individuals and ‘go the extra mile’ for them where needed.

You can find out more about the Chances Project and refer individuals directly to us via this link.

Please see the below from Highways England:

A47 Burgh Road bridge and A47 Beccles Road bridge: pigeon deterrent works

I write to inform you that we’ll be carrying out essential works to address health and safety concerns and damage caused by pigeons living in the above structures. During the works we will remove pigeons, clean the structure, remove existing spikes which are no longer working and install mesh as a new pigeon prevention measure.

We plan to complete this work over 3 weeks from Tuesday 1 June to Wednesday 16 June, subject to weather conditions, with a mixture of day-time and night-time traffic management. Please see further information below on dates and times of traffic management required. We have closely liaised with the local authority to the area to agree to most suitable diversion routes.

A47 Burgh Road bridge

• Tuesday 1 June to Thursday 3 June, 8am to 5pm, pedestrian footpath management only.
• Saturday 5 June to Monday 7 June, 8am to 5pm, two-way temporary traffic lights either side of the bridge.

A47 Beccles Road Bridge

• Tuesday 8 June to Monday 14 June, weekdays only, 8am to 5pm, pedestrian footpath management only.
• Tuesday 15 June to Wednesday 16 June, 9pm to 6am, temporary light controlled junction at Beccles Road Junction, partial lane closure on the A47 Beccles Road southbound exit slip, full closure of the northern end of Shrublands Way.

Diversion routes

Northbound Shrublands Way traffic to be diverted either:

• Eastbound along Church Lane, B1370 and A143/ Beccles Road to Beccles Road Junction
• Westbound along Crab Lane before joining the A143/ Beccles road eastbound to Beccles Road Junction (Diagram 1)

Southbound Shrublands Way traffic to be diverted either:

• Westbound along Beccles Road, Crab Lane onto Shrublands Way.
• Eastbound along Beccles Road, A143/ Church Road and onto Church Lane (Diagram 1)

Southbound A47 traffic

• Traffic leaving the A47 via the southbound exit slip and wishing to turn right onto Beccles Road, will be diverted left to the roundabout to turn around. (Diagram 2)

Diversion Maps

Diagram 1

Diagram 2

COVID19

Please be assured all our sites have strict safeguarding measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 and none of our sites are open to the public. We will be carrying out all works following safety guidelines set by the Government.

Find out more

To stay informed about all the latest major roadworks happening near you, visit www.gov.uk/government/organisations/highways-england to register for the latest alerts. If you have any enquiries please contact the Highways England Customer Contact Centre on 0300 123 5000, or by e-mail to info@highwaysengland.co.uk

NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL has made a Temporary Traffic Order affecting Cley Road from its junction with Lord’s Lane to its junction with Market Road to allow a delivery vehicle to offload cherry picker which is to be used for telecoms maintenance on mast located in a private field.

The road will be temporarily closed (except for access) between 09:30 and 15:30 hours on 2^nd June 2021 for the duration of the works, expected to be about 6 hours.

Alternative route is via :– Lords Lane, Mill Road, Market Road (Burgh Castle, Bradwell).