Funding boost helps The Waveney Centre offer retired Beccles residents a space to socialise
Local charity The Waveney Centre has received a donation of £750 from insurer NFU Mutual, helping the premises to re-open following lockdown. The donation will be used to restock on essential supplies and purchase equipment to make the centre COVID-secure. The
Covid-19 Compliant at Southwold Rugby Club
Covid-19 compliant at Southwold Rugby Club, who would have thought 12 months ago that was a thing. Seniors and Ladies have been training at Halesworth Campus for a few months now, with new coach Nick Gandy. These sessions are being carried out
Shop local, shop independent and shop safe!
Halesworth town centre is home to over 100 businesses along the Thoroughfare and around the traditional Market Place. The charm of the town is that most of the businesses are independently owned offering key services and products, along with a
Local vets wins top award
Wangford Veterinary Clinic, based in Beccles, has been awarded Practice of the Year at the 2020 Petplan Veterinary Awards. The winners were announced on 28 May during a virtual ceremony held on Petplan’s Facebook page and hosted by author and presenter
Latitude returns in 2021 with “best year yet”
Lewis Capaldi, Bastille and Snow Patrol confirmed as new Festival dates revealed. This summer may not be as expected, but festival fans can rejoice as the multi-award-winning festival will return to the picturesque grounds of Henham Park, Suffolk, on 22nd-25th July
The Beccles Friends of Cancer Research UK
The Beccles Friends of Cancer Research UK would like to invite you to join us for a Cream Tea Afternoon on the 10thJuly 2019 at The Beccles Public Hall. 2.15pm -4.00pm ( doors open at 2.00pm) and entertainment will be
The Great Bungay Duck Race 2019
Sunday 14th July 2019 12 noon to 4pm. Falcon Meadow, Bungay, Suffolk. The Bungay Ducks are about to take to the River Waveney once again for the 5th Great Bungay Duck Race! In addition to the wonderful range of stallholders there
Holton and Blyford Village Hall
It's Spring Craft Fair time at the Hall – Saturday 6th April – will see a collection of very different stalls selling everything from superb photographic prints via food, to gifts for all those birthdays and special occasions. Do come along and have a cup of coffee/tea and a piece of home made cake and wander amongst the colourful array on offer and then there’s hot bacon rolls and tasty soups to savour at lunch time.
All Hallows
It is with enormous sadness that All Hallows’ board of trustees has to announce that All Hallows Healthcare Trust and all of its services are likely to close, subject to staff consultation. They have been forced to accept that it is now impossible to balance income and costs on an ongoing basis.
YOXFORD CRICKET CLUB
Further to the article in last month’s edition, the Club is still recruiting players at all levels and also would welcome support and sponsorship under several schemes, starting from as little as £ 25 a year.
WESTHALL REUNION
Were you born in Westhall or brought up in the village? How often do you sadly attend a funeral and meet childhood friends, old school mates and past neighbours who you haven’t seen for a while, sometimes years? But when you do, it is always on such an occasion, and where it is so often suggested that “…we must all get together in happier circumstances …”
Fisher Folk & Acoustic session
The latest Fisher Folk & Acoustic session took place in the atmospheric cellar of the Fisher theatre, Bungay on Wednesday March 27th.
East Suffolk U3A 2019 speaker programme is all about active minds
OVER the coming months there are speakers at U3A events across East Suffolk on numerous topics, covering history, science, the natural world and exciting and, sometimes, controversial lives!
Music at St Mary’s Church, Farnham
“Spring Serenade” Friday 17th May 2019 at St Mary’s Church.
6.00 pm Fizz and Canapes, Concert Commences at 7.00 pm.
Come and try sailing –it’s free!
IT'S open house at Slaughden Sailing Club and Aldeburgh Yacht Club (AYC) on Sunday 5th May and Sunday 19th May respectively and everyone is invited to come and have some fun. This is a chance to try sailing and learn some new skills; experience the beautiful river Alde in a boat – under wind or engine power. Sailing is an activity that can be enjoyed at any age and many levels.
Stuff of Dreams Theatre Company present An Honest Gentleman
Stuff of Dreams Theatre Company present An Honest Gentleman
On Tour from March 29th – May 24th
NORFOLK-based theatre company,Stuff of Dreams, will be visiting venues across the Eastern region this Spring with their latest touring production.
The Story of Doo-Wop, The TestostaTones at The Fisher Theatre, Bungay, Friday 12th April
THE theatre show ‘The Story of Doo-Wop’ by the UK’s premier Doo-Wop quartet, The TestostaTones, visits the Fisher Theatre in Bungay on Friday 12thApril.
Ilketshall St Andrew Plant Sale
The 10th Annual Plant Sale at Ilketshall St Andrew will take place at the Village Hall on Saturday 27th April 2019 from 9am-12pm.
There will, as usual, be flower and vegetable plants, bulbs and assorted garden items for sale. This is a good opportunity to buy reasonably priced local plants for the coming season.
Verdi Requiem
Gippeswyk Singers, Phoenix Singers and Beccles Choral Society are delighted to announce they will be joining forces under the musical direction of their conductor Geoff Lavery to present:
Verdi “Requiem”
Saturday 11th May 2019 at 7:30pm
Snape Maltings Concert Hall
Charity Golf Day
Rosedale Funeral Home in association with Barclays Bank are holding a Charity Golf day in aid of Nature and Nurture children's bereavement charity and Emmaus a charity that aims to combat poverty and homelessness, at Bungay & Waveney Golf Club on Thursday 13th June.