2 April 2017 Halesworth & Southwold Community News The MAY edition of the


HALESWORTH & SOUTHWOLD COMMUNITY NEWS


will be published on FRIDAY 5th MAY Deadline date is TUESDAY 25th APRIL Advertisements or editorial items can be left in the Community News box located at


Halesworth Stationers in the Thoroughfare, Halesworth. HALESWORTH TOWN GUIDE 2017


SOUTHWOLD TOWN GUIDE 2017 These two popular Town Guides - delivered free of charge to householders in their respective towns - are now being compiled and are due to be published in July 2017. For more details please telephone 01502 725861


or email hcn@micropress.co.uk


FOR ALL YOUR PERSONAL AND BUSINESS STATIONERY


HAPPY EASTER ART AND CRAFT MATERIALS


A WIDE SELECTION OF INKJET CARTRIDGES AND COMPUTER ACCESSORIES


PHOTO FRAMES AND ALBUMS GREETINGS CARDS & GIFTS OPEN 9-5 MON-SAT (Closed 1pm Tur)


57 THOROUGHFARE HALESWORTH SUFFOLK IP19 8AR TEL/FAX 01986 873742


THE GUARDIAN


WARM ROOF FOR YOUR NEW AND


OLD CONSERVATORY ROOF


Charcoal - Antique Red - Burnt Umber Moss Green - Ebony


Call us for a quote today on: 01986 874241


Celebrating 40 years of business same name, same owners!


The Guardian Warm Roof Conversion system has been designed to provide a high performance thermal and structural solution with zero condensation risk over the life of the roof.


For more information please visit our website


www.waveney-windows.co.uk Unit 6, Halesworth Business Park, Norwich Rd, Halesworth, Suffolk, IP19 8QJ


Showsites: Blooms, Bressingham, DISS


Wyevale Garden Centre, WOODBRIDGE Homebase, LOWESTOFT


Roys, BECCLES Head Office, Norwich Rd, HALESWORTH


It's probably something you don't wish to think about too often, but it is likely you are sharing your bed with up to 20,000 unwanted house guests every night.


Because of the warmth and moisture content your duvet is the perfect habitat for dust


mites, bed bugs and their bacteria and fungal spores they leave behind which creates a serious need for regular duvet cleaning.


Allergens produced by dust mites are often the cause of allergic


reactions and in some people can trigger asthma attacks or other repository ailments. Experts now recommend that your duvets are cleaned at least every


6 months, by having them cleaned at Clean 'n' Dry you will ensure that highly effective sterilisation and removal of allergens occurs and that


in addition, duvets are refreshed and revived.


Can you afford to leave it any longer? Get your duvets cleaned today Tel: 01986 894598


Halesworth & Leiston


• Passport check and send • Postal services including Parcel Force • Post office card account/savings account • Personal banking services • Bill payments • Health Lottery • Charge electricity key and gas cards • E top ups • Selection of foreign currency on demand • Travel Insurance • Car tax • Business Banking • ATM in branch • Car/Home/Pet Insurance/Life insurance


There’s a lot more to your Post Office inside Coopers Stores


Open 8.30am - 5.30pm Monday - Saturday


Are you the best? Then work for the best name in nursing and care.


Are you the best? Then work for the best name in nursing and care.


She looks after you. We look after her. Prestige Nursing+Care are currently


She looks after you. We look after her. Prestige Nursing+Care are currently recruiting Home Care staff to work in and around the Halesworth area today.


recruiting Home Care staff to work in and around the Halesworth area today. WE OFFER:


She looks after you. We look after her. Prestige Nursing+Care are currently recruiting Home Care staff to work in and around the Halesworth area today.


WE OFFER: WE OFFER:


• Competitive pay rates • Variety of work • Ongoing Support


• Competitive pay rates • Ongoing Support • Member Advantages


• Competitive pay rates • Ongoing Support • Member Advantages


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• Variety of work • Award-winning training • Flexible hours


• Member Advantages • Flexible hours


halesworth@prestige-nursing.co.uk Weekend on call person required at


our Halesworth Branch - hours are from Friday 5pm to Monday 9am


Contact Seva and the Halesworth team on 01986 899075 or email:


Contact Branch Manager Seva and the Halesworth team on 01986 899075 or email: halesworth@prestige-nursing.co.uk


Contact Seva and the Halesworth team on 01986 899075 or email:


halesworth@prestige-nursing.co.uk


Prestige Nursing Care+


• Variety of work • Award-winning training • Flexible hours


Prestige Nursing Care+


• Award-winning training


53/54 Thoroughfare, Halesworth IP19 8AR Tel: 01986 873146


WANT A REFRESHING SWIM?


REASONS TO SWIM AT VALLEY FARM


• Private indoor pool, exclusive use • Always warm, min. 30˚C • Booking flexibility (subject to T +C) • Minimum 4 sessions • Discount for more sessions • Ideal exercise, hydrotherapy or relaxation


• Only1 mile from Halesworth.


View video at www.valleyfarmholton.co.uk Details: 01986 874521 mail@valleyfarmholton.co.uk


1-5 Sizewell Rd Leiston


Tel: 01728 833851


SPRING at last! (almost) and the days are getting longer...... though not neccessarily warmer. Nevertheless, the snowdrops are out on the canal and the daffodils are not far behind. Which leads us to plans for activities on the waterway this summer. The Environment Agency say


they plan to do some weed and silt clearance this year, but as yet we have no firm dates so we will have to press on with our own efforts. All this and more will be outlined at our first Annual General Meeting to be held upstairs at: Halesworth Library at 11am on Tuesday 11th April. Please come along if you can.


Topics will include: Review of our first year’s activities; Financial report; Plans for the future. There will ample time for questions and suggestions (and coffee).


Gerald Burns


New Reach Working Group Halesworth. 0795 437 6066


Halesworth New Reach HOUSING


Halesworth Town Council Developments -


Notification has been received of yet another planning application for a new housing development in Halesworth, this time for 22 houses on Norwich Road to the north of Fairview Road. It is unlikely that all these planning applications will succeed and they could well be much modified as they go through the planning process. To ensure that you are kept up


to date on planning applications, register with the Town Council’s website and be kept informed. www.halesworthtowncouncil. org.uk


However, several good results


could come out of the proposed expansion of Halesworth. Firstly, the infrastructure has to be improved significantly if any of these developments are going to go ahead and this includes not only the physical infrastructure such as the sewerage system but also the provision of educational and medical services. Secondly,


IN YOUR BED TONIGHT? Duvet cleaning at


CLEAN N DRY 1 Earsham St, Bungay


Est 1977 WHO'S SLEEPING


up to 30% of the houses being built will be classified as affordable, with a percentage to be built for rent. Few people are on the housing


register (Homechoice) probably because the system is not well known. If anybody is in housing need or knows somebody who might be then please visit https:// www.gatewaytohomechoice. org.uk. This can also be accessed via East Suffolk’s (Waveney District Council) website http:// www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/housing Your application will be assessed according to the allocation policy and you will be placed into one of five bands (Bands A - E), depending on your level of housing need. Once you are registered you will be notified of properties that are available on a weekly basis and you can also search for properties on the website. Urban Improvement Work


Group - In view of the dramatic changes which are going to take place over the next few years it has been decided to establish a work Group of interested residents to look at all aspects of the physical infrastructure in Halesworth, including traffic flows, speed limits, signage, street furniture, etc. This will be largely resident led with Council support. A report will


be compiled which will be used to insure that Halesworth will be able to benefit from the planned expansion. So far three residents have put themselves forward and the inaugural meeting is being planned for the near future. If anybody still wishes to have an input into Halesworth’s future then please contact the Town Clerk on 01986 874517. Thoroughfare Car Park -


The Town Council would like to thank Waveney Norse for undertaking the work in the Thoroughfare car park. After a long wait, the bottom of the entrance ramp to the car park, which frequently flooded, has been repaired and hopefully we will no longer have this hazard to negotiate when it rains. Free First Hour Parking


- The current arrangement for the free first hour parking in the Thoroughfare car park is due to expire at the end of March. However as already reported, the sum required for Waveney DC to continue for the next year has been achieved and the free first hour parking will continue from the 1st April 2017 until 31st March 2018. What will happen after March next year will not be known until discussions start again with WDC towards the end of the year.


Halesworth Town Clerk Halesworth Tourism Group


BY the time you read this, the Tourism Groups’ tourism weekend (April 1st-2nd, part of VisitEngland’s Tourism Week) will have come and gone. However we hope you find the leaflet enclosed with this issue useful as an indicator of the various happenings around Halesworth and the Blyth Valley over the next year. We’ve tried to include most online contacts so you can check details for yourself. (If you haven’t seen a leaflet, they are available at either of the town’s Visitor Information


Post Offices Services available at your local branch


Points, the Angel Hotel or Library). HTG is an open organisation


and welcome new members. We meet at 10am on the first Wednesday of the month at The Stable Room, The Angel Hotel, Halesworth


(complimentary


coffee courtesy of The Angel). We also hold quarterly evening meetings. If you have an event which you would like to include in the 2017 programme, or have promoted on our website or Facebook page, please email us at halesworthtourismgroup@ gmail.com Halesworth Tourism Group’s general website is: www. blythvalleyexperience. com


and for ongoing local events, see Facebook.com/BlythValley Experience


Children’s Society


WE had a very successful Coffee Morning and Box Opening at Wenhaston Church Room in February, and as result £938 has been sent to the Society. Many thanks to all the box holders, the counters, and to all who helped and supported the Coffee Morning.


Margaret Bloomfield Halesworth Country Market


PLEASE note there will be no market on Friday 14th April 2017 (Good Friday).


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