Beccles, Worlingham, North Cove and Barnby Greenview February 2019
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Youth 'Drop in Cafe' Your Local Green In mid-February, it is planned for Y 2019 the 'Old Ambulance Station' on FEBRUAR The Newsletter of the Green Party in Beccles, Blyburgate to open up on a Monday Councillors Worlingham, North Cove and Barnby evening for young people to 'drop in' and have a meeting space. It is Elfrede Brambley anticipated that it will be from 6pm Crawshaw to 9pm and will be for ages 15 to 18. County Councillor for GREENVIEW Beccles, Worlingham, Green Party Councillor Caroline North Cove and Barnby. Topping said, “We are open to Town Councillor for suggestions on what you would like us Beccles Darby to provide and also the times which t 01502 217025 best suit you. This will be a youth-led M 07554 012225 Suffolk County e [email protected] HGV surveys show the need project, rather than an adult-led one, @CllrElfrede so we need your ideas in order to Council Special supply what is wanted and not what Caroline Topping tests Graham Elliott for weight limits in town Educational we think is wanted! So far, we have a the new table tennis table District Councillor for brand new table tennis table, table top Beccles North and Town football, pool and a play-station. We Councillor for Beccles Beccles Road Safety Group is Needs crisis have also been asked for multi-sport Centre undertaking a series of HGV A report to the County Council tables, board games, jukebox and a Please contact Caroline Topping for t 01502 714661 surveys to assess the scale of cabinet in September highlighted M 07733 348811 tuck shop.” further information. e [email protected] lorry movements through the Suffolk’s issues with Special @WaveneyGreenMan Educational Needs and town. Five teams of people Disabilities (SEND) provision. The CAROLINE TOPPING were stationed at strategic report expects an 18% increase in District Councillor for locations around the town, children with SEND in Suffolk SPEAK T0 US Beccles South and Town to record all lorry movements between 2018 and 2020. In the Councillor for Beccles short-term Suffolk County Council Rigbourne Councillor surgeries at Beccles Library with Elfrede Brambley- through each location. needs to find 300-400 new Crawshaw, Graham Elliott and Caroline Topping. An opportunity for t 01502 717276 specialist education places and residents within Beccles Division to come and speak to us about any M 07398 832628 Members were able to time and e [email protected] detect lorries going through the town at least 4 new special schools. concerns they may have. @ToppCat01 as opposed to those servicing As a direct result of this report 10:30am to 11:30am businesses within the town. Suffolk County Council created an 24 February 2019, 17 March 2019 Nicky Elliott The first survey was undertaken in emergency Policy Development Town Councillor for Panel (PDP) to tackle the crisis. But please feel free to stop us in the street any time! Beccles Common December during the closure of Clipboards at the ready! Station Road when driving through Cllr Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw t 01502 714661 was invited to be part of this M 07826 472202 the town centre was difficult. e [email protected] Unsurprisingly it recorded very few cross-party group and has spent lorries doing this. The second survey the last four months visiting to deter lorries from using the town special schools across Suffolk was undertaken with all roads fully streets unnecessarily.” open and recorded a significant and meeting parents and teachers number of lorries passing through County Councillor Elfrede Brambley- to discuss the best way forward. the town. Crawshaw added, “We have had Elfrede said, “We discovered that GET INVOLVED... Do you want to help deliver Green Party newsletters? success getting the A145 routed children are spending hours in Survey organiser Councillor Graham around the town and more recently taxis being taken to provision Elliott said, “Thanks to the 2 Old Hall, Barsham, Beccles NR34 8HB [email protected] we have managed to get much outside county at great expense cooperation of M&H Plastics it is improved signage to encourage traffic to their wellbeing as well as to encouraging to see their regular to use the new relief road and avoid the public purse. We are www.waveney.greenparty.org.uk 01502 714661 facebook.com/wavgp @WaveneyGreens delivery lorries using the bypass as the town centre. The focus now has recommending that the Cabinet this removes many heavy lorries from to be to deter the lorries that ignore should create an additional 828 the town centre. However there are the signs and travel unnecessarily specialist education places over still a significant number of lorries through our town.” the next 5 years with an Printed on recycled paper with bio-degradable ink by Anglia Print travelling through the town that investment of £45m. In the long Limited, 5b Moor Business Park, Ellough Road, Beccles NR34 7TQ should be using the new relief road. Further surveys will be undertaken term this investment will save Promoted and published by Peter Jackson on behalf of Waveney Green These early survey results clearly by the Group members to gather money as well looking after our Party, both at 85 Kings Road, Bungay, NR35 1SB show there is a case for weight limits more data. young people properly.” Road Safety Recycling Events Waveney Green Party ran their second “Give and Take” East Suffolk event at Blyburgate Hall on 19 January. These events Protest allow people to bring along their unwanted goods and take away anything that is of use to them. There is no Council election On a cold morning in requirement to bring anything or indeed to take anything December local Councillors and no money changes hand. On 2 May there will be elections to the newly formed East Suffolk Council. joined residents to raise The local Green Party has also set up a 'TerraCycle' awareness of road safety collection point and have registered to take seven streams This new Council is effectively a merger of Waveney of items for recycling. At present, we are asking people to and Suffolk Coastal District Councils. It creates a issues in Beccles. The action collect these items in their homes and bring them along to huge District stretching from Lowestoft to Felixstowe had three main aims. our monthly collection events which will initially be in and will be the biggest District Council in the country. either Blyburgate Hall or in the Old Ambulance Station next Currently there are two District Councillors for Beccles Highlight our concerns to door. We will then weigh the items and send them on for North, two for Beccles South and two for Worlingham, 1 Suffolk County Council about recycling. North Cove and Barnby. These three District Council the lack of safe crossings for children wards will merge and the new large ward will be accessing schools in Beccles and The items that can be brought to our collection points are:- represented by three Councillors. The new District register our frustration that Ÿ crisp packets Council ward will be the same as the current County maintaining the road markings Ÿ Council Division. at the crossings that do exist, are oral care products and packaging Ÿ not considered high priority. biscuit/cake/cracker wrappers The Green Party have selected Elfrede Brambley- Ÿ personal care/beauty products Crawshaw, Graham Elliott and Caroline Topping as To remind motorists to slow Ÿ Ella's kitchen baby food pouches their candidates for this ward. We believe this is the 2 down when children are Ÿ Pringles packaging “Dream Team” to represent the area having a wealth present, and in particular to obey Ÿ of experience, energy and enthusiasm. But perhaps the highway code and stop at the wareness protest contact lenses Green Councillors lead road safety a most importantly, these three really work well Zebra Crossing if someone is Additionally we are collecting plastic lids off squash and together as a team! waiting to cross. milk bottles for Lush. 3 To remind children to take Future events will take place between 10am and noon as road safety seriously and cross follows: roads in a safe way. Date Give and Take TerraCycle Location Elfrede Brambley-Crawshaw County Lowestoft Records Office 16 Feb Ambulance Station Blyburgate Councillor for Beccles said "As a councillor and resident of Beccles decision slammed 16 Mar Blyburgate Hall with school age children I am aware 20 Apr Ambulance Station Blyburgate of the issues during the school run of Suffolk County Council scrutiny committee met on the 29 November to 11 May Blyburgate Hall children walking to school safely. investigate the decision making process to remove the record office from 15 June Ambulance Station Blyburgate Lowestoft. The committee unanimously agreed that the council had not THE DREAM TEAM Many residents have contacted me 20 July Blyburgate Hall worried about cars not stopping at followed it's own constitutional processes and there had been no 17 Aug Ambulance Station Blyburgate fading Zebra crossings or children engagement with depositors prior to the decision being made. 14 Sept Blyburgate Hall crossing roads without adequate Cllr Brambley-Crawshaw who sat on the committee said, "This council infrastructure to make it safe.” has betrayed the trust of the users of Lowestoft Record Office. Members District Councillor Graham Elliott of staff and councillors followed an agenda and arrived at a decision added, "The Beccles Southern Relief without any engagement with the public. This was not democratic and it Beccles Bombles was not accountable, we have shone a light on some very bad practice. Road is a huge opportunity to make Beccles Bombles is a friendly volunteering group that the roads within the town much safer.