Halesworth & Southwold Community News October 2019 9
Pulham & Co Solicitors Inheritance Tax Do you know the rules?
WHEN young people work out the figures on their parents and grandparents estates they could be a little disappointed. If their parents had been a little more say the children could hae been a little better off. Inheritance a rules allow people to make an annual gift of , per person per financial year, but of adults in the are not aware of this limitation, research by urich Insurance has found. Only hae actually
taken adantage of the gift allowance but said they were planning to use it one day in the future”, but of those aged , oer a third admitted they had no idea how much they were allowed to pass on. It’s worth chipping away
at any ecess part of your estate because the taable rate is . In other words your children would be , better off if you make ust one gift, but keep doing it, year after year, and it will soon add up, of course, each parent can make hisher own separate gift. hat’s , per year. hat happens if you want
to gie more nder rules gifts aboe the allowed , would immediately begin to eat up the tafree threshold of ,, so larger sums could inole a ta liability, but they might not. hey are potentially eempt. If the donor manages to surie oer seen years after making the gift then his slate is wiped clean, but care must be eercised because the RC look at the precise timing of gifts in strict chronological
sequence, based on the date when your cheque reaches your bank for payment. So, if you hae gien large cheques to your two children one of them might hae to pay ta, but not the other, depending on how soon they banked their cheques, or when you clicked send” in your on line banking programme. hose cheques were potentially eempt” meaning the recipient has to wait and see whether he will get a ta bill. fter seen years he no longer has to worry. If death occurs before then he might benefit from some tapering” rules. hese rules don’t affect the alue of the gift, as many people think. hey reduce the ta
that might be payable. So they hae no effect on smaller gifts below ,, where there’s no ta to pay, but on a gift of, say , there could be ta on , but, for eample, this would be at a reduced rate of ust if the gift was more than four years before death, but bear in mind all other beneficiaries would be paying the full rate because the lifetime gift in your faour had used up the estate’s ta free personal allowance. or further adice about Inheritance a and lifetime gifts contact ohn ulham at essrs ulham Co gmere ouse, arket
Teeing off to raise £5,000 of charity cash
campaign to raise ital funds towards the running costs of an innoatie resource centre for people with lifelimiting illnesses has been gien a , boost thanks to the generosity of local golfers. he ear ree und, formerly known as alesworth Community ursing Care und, hosted its fifth annual golf day at alesworth olf Club on riday th September. round golfers took to the fairways to take part in the main competition, a putting contest and raffle, which together raised a total of ,. he money will go towards
the running costs of the ear ree Centre, which is being built on land net to Cutlers ill Surgery in alesworth and is due to open later this year or early in . he centre will bring a
full range of holistic serices closer to home for people in south orfolk and north east Suffolk who hae cancer or other lifelimiting illnesses. his includes benefits adice, support for children and families,
ed dwards, cochair of
the ear ree Centre proect, said e are incredibly grateful to eeryone who supported our golf day and made it go with such a swing. olfers from across ast nglia and as far afield as Chelmsford oined us this year, and really enoyed the day. Our thanks go to those
who took part, our fantastic olunteers who worked so hard to make sure the day ran smoothly and to eeryone at alesworth olf Club for their ongoing support. e are delighted that we
raised such a great sum which will make a real difference to people liing in alesworth and
the surrounding
area when the ear ree Centre opens its doors.” he ear ree und is now
raising money towards the centre’s running costs of around , a year. o find out more about the centre and how you could support the charity, isit
www.peartreefund.org
complementary
therapies, help understanding a diagnosis, counselling and bereaement support.
BRAMFIELD PRE-SCHOOL OPEN MORNING
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Halesworth Volunteer Centre unch
October th. C, St ary’s alesworth, the lyth alley eam will be holding our nd Community unch on ednesday th October in the Church from pm. his time we will be proiding hot soup and rolls and a selection of cakes and hot drinks. Our summer picnic was a great success and we hope that een more of you will be able to attend. C will be proiding Community Cars for those of you who cannot make it under your own steam. ust call us on eccles ank Run. e hae had some interest in our
oint scheme with C to run a special bus to get people who can no longer trael independently to eccles for their appointments or for a fun bit of shopping. o make it all iable, we really do need a couple more people and then we can go ahead. If you are interested, please call us on . Sociable Soups. he ecellent Rumburgh Sociable Soups eent will be taking place on onday th October. If you would like transport for this eent, please contact osie on . Ipswich uilding Society.
uge thanks to our wonderful friends at Ipswich uilding Society and the people who sae with them. e were delighted to receie a cheque for oer . It has been a priilege to be the alesworth team’s Charity. big thank you to icky and the team for their support. C nnual eneral eeting. C will be holding our at alesworth olf Club on hursday th October at .pm. e would loe to see you there. If you would like to attend, please gie us a call on .
Make hay while it rains on the Green ‘THE FEELING’ TO
HEADLINE HEVENINGHAM HALL FIREWORKS
ROC band, he eeling will headline Suffolk’s most spectacular fireworks show on Saturday nd oember
at eeningham all, the rade I listed eorgian mansion near alesworth. he eent, which is held
in the estate’s ,acre parkland, will also see ittle Sister and organway take to the stage for a stellar lineup of lie music entertainment that goes on late into the eening. ‘Ior oello’ award winning,
rit ward
nominated band he eeling first burst onto the scene in with their debut op hit ‘Sewn’. he band’s debut album, wele Stops nd ome, followed in une . It was a huge success, selling . million copies worldwide with platinum sales of oer , in ritain. long with ‘Sewn’,
the album also included the bona fide hit singles ‘ill y ittle orld’, ‘eer e onely’ and
‘oe It hen ou Call’. ccompanying airplay made them the most played act on ritish radio that year, receiing , spins or a day. In due course, the band won the prestigious
‘Ior oello’ ward for Songwriters of the ear. he lie music begins as
soon as the gates open at .pm and the huge bonfire is lit, whilst the spectacular fireworks display, once again by ull ffects ireworks, takes place between pm and pm. here is also a traditional funfair including dodgem cars, a helter skelter, bars, plus fish chips, hog roast, barbecue and a ariety of other tasty local foods. he eent sees all proceeds
raised going to local charities and the estate does not take any of its epenses, including the cost of the fireworks. ickets are aailable in adance from the following outlets alesworth ine Shop, alesworth olf Club, he untingfield rms and afield Coop and online at
www.suffolkfireworks.
co.uk where you can also find more information about
the eent.
e’e had a great start to the utumn term and hae welcomed new children to preschool, all of whom hae settled in brilliantly. Oer the summer months we completely reamped our outdoor play scape, with the introduction of specific small world discoery ones including dinosaur and prehistoric world. e hae also installed a brandnew wooden playhouse which has been an instant hit with the children, curtesy of funding from Suffolk Community oundation through Suffolk iing und. Special thanks also to C andscaping for donating and laying turf, ings andscaping urf and the preschool committee and parents who gae their time and epertise to make this happen.
I writing this report, I am haing a tet conersation with a man who is in a difficult situation. e has been in it for a while. In the past, he would be rushing around, trying to change his circumstances. e is a Christian man, and he knows that for him, at this time, that would not be right. here will come a time when those difficult circumstances will change, but for now, what is more important is that he changes. It has been a priilege to walk with him on his ourney through impatience and frustration to a place where he has found peace. ast Sunday nd a young
lady got married. othing unusual about that but it was a new beginning for this loely gandan lady who came to us some years ago struggling with and with selfworth around ero. e couldn’t change her circumstances and nor could she, but she did ask
e still currently hae some
spaces aailable, so if you would like to come along and discoer the opportunities that we can offer your , and year olds as they begin their ourney through early years care and education, we are haing an open morning on Saturday th October, ampm. Come along to ramfield SteppingStones, meet the staff and iew our reschool for yourseles. If you are unable to make it to the Open morning but would like to meet us and hae a tour of our setting, ust call and we’ll be happy to arrange an appointment to suit you. e look forward to meeting you all
www.bramfieldpreschool.
co.uk News from Halesworth Community Church
us to ourney with her. e did, and it has been so gratifying to see her enter this new phase of her life with so much more confidence and hope. any of the circumstances
we find ourseles in are not of our choosing. Some of them are. It is always tempting to escape the uncomfortable when we do hae the choice, but not always right. hat we all need is someone to ourney with us, to help us understand, so that we respond in a way that makes us better, not bitter. hat is what church can be – a place where we ourney together, hear od together and learn how to respond so that we change for the better. or more information,
please isit the website www. halesworthcommunitychurch. org
John Sparkes
is it about ednesdays Sunshine on uesdays, sun on hursdays, but when we want to cut and rake and stack hay on a ednesday – rain. Our midweek workparties hae been rained off ery often in the last few weeks and you’ll hae noticed that we’re behind with the summer mowing. hy not ust leae it ecause then all the reen’s meadows would look like Chestnut eadow. hat’s the one that you get to after hite ridge, with the loely walk alongside the ew Reach and with a path mown around the outside but otherwise chock ablock with tough growth becoming scrub. It’s good to hae scrub, there is a whole network of plants, animals and birds that thrie in those conditions. oweer, reen users also want to see wild flowers in spring and the softer grasses, with all the creatures that lie on them. So we will keep cutting and stacking elsewhere on the reen. he more the merrier, come and spend ust halfan
Three of our best mowers.
hour, if you like, wielding a rake or pitchfork and help the haystacks grow. One ednesday while mowing we found a dormouse nest, and an unusual spider who wears a waspstriped ersey. e hae been ery glad this summer to share the hay and the seed it contains with olunteers from alcon Community eadow in ungay who are needing to reseed land there that they are reclaiming for local people and wildlife. aymaking is good eercise, as much or as little as you like, and good company. e meet at the containers
industrial estate at .am, bring a drink and a nibble and we’ll supply gloes and tools or ust come straight to olly eadow, you’ll find us easily. e work for approimately hours with a sociable break in the middle but you can do as little or as much as you like and hae time for. Our website ‘alesworth illennium reen’ carries news of past and future eents, photos, wildlife records, history and geology or email thegreen
halesworth.net
Dee’s Den – The Pear Tree Fund (formerly the Halesworth Community Nursing Care Fund)
S our ear ree Centre nears completion – the money raised in ee’s en goes towards the running costs of this facility in proiding a range of serices for the people of alesworth and surrounding mile area. lease support us with this fantastic facility. here are always amaing
bargains to be had in the en – different bargains eery day. e offer a wide range of ery reasonably priced clothes for men, women and some baby and children’s clothes too and lots of accessories to complete the look. he rail of clothes is always outside when the weather is dry. e hae a ‘new in’ rail for those that come in frequently to more easily check our new stock. Our utumn clothes, shoes and boots are now out as we prepare for the colder weather come and hae a look In the ‘children’s alley’
there are toys, games, igsaws, clothes, shoes, wellies, and equipment where children can browse without worrying of a trip haard. e proide a wide range
of books to suit all tastes and all ages from p – p, occasionally a special book
may only be e hae eerything for the
home – small items of furniture, kitchen and tableware, curtains and bedding. e can equip students going off to uniersity. big thank you to nne,
who continues to proide our delicious homemade ams and marmalade – always popular and delicious hank you, ob, aggie and udy, for storage space len for electrics and ulian for checking watches and clocks eath for bay. ll who contribute to the success of the shop thank you for your continued support of donations and also those that buy. onations of clean, usable, saleable items please. e also accept clean clothes and household items for recycling – please let us know when dropping them into us – we make seeral hundred pounds a month. If you hae more than a couple of bags at a time or larger items or need collection, we ask that you phone and leae a message, so we can phone you back to make arrangements. Our popup shop in Ichameleon in September
enabled us to sell additional items and display our plans for ‘Richard’s garden’ at the ear ree Centre in memory of r Richard ell and his commitment to the charity and the community of alesworth. gain, thank you to those who bought and donated towards the planting of the garden. e raised nearly , during the week.
hank you as always to our fantastic team of olunteers – inda, ileen, Sue , auline, ill, Chrissie, ary, ot, aty, ane, Chris, ay, alda, rica, nne, ernadette, Sue, awn, Claire, Susie, ane, arb, rances, i and Irene also Stee. If you too are interested in olunteering please contact ikki in the shop or . ust to remind you ee’s
‘en’ is open days a week, uesday, ednesday, riday am – pm, onday, hursday and Saturday our half days we close at pm. lease don’t leae bags of goods at the door if we are closed, ust contact us – . ou will find ee’s en in Steeple nd near the church. Nikki
Throbbin Hood gallops on to the BIG screen!
ISO ilm heatre returns to Sherwood orest in October, when a special oneoff charity screening of the adult antomime, hrobbin ood, is screened, in aid of local causes. Recorded lie at the Spa ailion heatre, elistowe in October , the oer ’s antomime for rownups is an outrageous madcap medieal romp, which was originally performed by ayne urns and his cast of local mischief makers, as a threenight, sell out run at the eiston ilm heatre. Shortly after, the cast was inited to bring the show to the stage of elistowe’s
Spa ailion heatre, which they did, performing to a near capacity crowd in the process. In this saucy ersion of the familiar tale of ottingham’s faourite outlaw, Robin and his band of ery erry en take the fair aid arian into their fold, but the ruthless Sheriff of ottingham decides that he wants to imprison her at his castle on the hill for his own pleasure uckily, Robin is aided by riar uck, who has a dirty habit and the not so little ohn, to help rescue Robin’s one true loe. hrobbin ood creator and eiston ilm heatre
manager, ayne urns said, It’s important to show our appreciation to the local community who continue to support our performances and if we can raise a laugh, whilst raising money for community causes, all the better.” hrobbin ood appears on screen at the eiston ilm heatre on Sunday th October at pm. ickets are priced at . and are now aailable from the eiston ilm heatre bo office on or online at www.
leistonfilmtheatre.co.uk
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