Summer 2019 NEWSLETTER
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East Rudham SUMMER 2019 Members of East Rudham Parish Council Tony Elburn (Chairman) 01485 528 273 Malcolm Pearson(Vice Chairman) 01485 529 086 John Dawson 01485 528 356 Rosemary Weeks 01485 576 138 Hedley Mines 01485 529 297 John Horsfield 01485 528 466 Susan Jones 01485 528 243 David Hatherly 01485 528 497 Richard Bramley 01485 528 903 Irene Woods (clerk) 01485 578 462 Meetings of East Rudham Parish Council start at 7.15pm. Parishioners are welcome to come along at 7.00pm for informal discussion with members of the Council. The June meeting will be held on Tuesday 18th. The July meeting will be held on Tuesday 16th The August meeting will be held on Tuesday 20th All will take place in the Rudhams Village Hall The news letter is funded and produced by East Rudham Parish Council [email protected] 2 Parish Council Report Three meetings were held on Wednesday 15th May, starting with the Annual Parish (Electors ) Meeting. Three parishioners attended the meeting where there were presentations by Malcolm Tibble, the present Chairman of Great Massingham Community Car Scheme, and John Dominy, Trustee of the East Rudham Fuel Fund. Parish Council Chairman presented his annual review, and the Clerk/Responsible Financial Officer, circulated copies of the Receipts and Payments account and presented a financial report. A report provided by MUGA was also presented. You can find details of all these reports in the minutes of this meeting which are published on the East Rudham Parish Council website. This meeting was followed by the Annual Parish Council Meeting where Tony Elburn was elected Chairman and Malcolm Pearson was elected Vice Chairman. Since John Horsfield is no longer a parish councillor a replacement was needed to be found to coordinate the Bulk Oil Buying scheme. Cllr Mrs Sue Jones offered to take on the role, she is also Council's representative for MUGA. John Horsfield was also Council's representative for the Jacks Lane Windfarm Community Fund, a role that has now been taken over by Cllr Richard Bramley. Cllr Mrs Rosemary Weeks continues to represent Council for Coxford Abbey Quarry, and Cllr Malcolm Pearson continues to be Council's appointed trustee for the East Rudham Fuel Fund. The final meeting of the evening was the May Parish Council Meeting. Following the recent parish council elections, one vacancy now exists on the council to be filled by cooption. If you are interested in being considered please contact the Chairman (528273) or the Clerk (578462) by 14th June. Cllr Hedley Mines, who manages the SAM2 sign system, reports monthly to the meetings on data recorded by the sign. It was agreed at the meeting that this data should be published on Council's website. An additional SAM2 bracket has been purchased so that traffic using the road at the south side of the Green can also be monitored. The recent event on the Green was very successful and a £102 has been donated to Council by the organisers to be used for good causes. Fencing of the north side of the Green is being considered in order to 3 make events held on the Green safer . The new mobile post office service, which visits East Rudham on Mondays, Tues- days and Thursdays from 8-10am is being well-used. Council's bid for a Parish Partnership Scheme grant has been successful so the car park on the Green will be swept and parking bays marked out, and a cycle rack installed on Highways land opposite the butcher's shop in Station Road. Details of all of these meetings can be found in the minutes section of the East Rudham Parish Council website. Irene Woods Clerk to East Rudham Parish Council THE POST OFFICE MOBILE SERVICE East Rudham Mobile Service, The Green, East Rudham, Kings Lynn, PE31 8QZ Opening times are now:- Monday 08.00 – 10.00 Tuesday 08.00 – 10.00 Thursday 08.00 – 10.00 A wide range of services are available. Access and facilities There is a step into the mobile vehicle, but an electric tailgate is available to facilitate easy access for wheelchair users and those with disabilities. PEACE DAY The Spring Plant & Craft Fair returned to the Tuesday Market Place in King’s Lynn on Saturday 11 May. The popular event once again featured a wide range of stalls, demonstrations and workshops that appealed to both keen gardeners and families in search of a fun day out. Children were encouraged to plant poppy seeds and take part in creating a display to mark the centenary of Peace Day, which takes place on 19 July. The creation will be shown in July in King’s Lynn Library, next to Tower Gardens, which has recently been dedicated as a Centenary Garden by Fields in Trust. 4 SCRAP Fly-tipping campaign comes to King’s Lynn A campaign to help fight the blight of fly-tipping in Norfolk is coming to west Norfolk.The award-winning SCRAP fly-tipping campaign was created in Hertfordshire and now in force in counties across England, SCRAP reminds people to check their waste is being taken away for disposal by a licensed carrier, by checking for a Waste Carrier's License or looking the company up on the Environment Agency website. Working together with Norfolk Police, the Environment Agency, the NFU and the CLA, the campaign is being delivered locally by the Norfolk Waste Partnership, which is made up of the eight councils in the county. The SCRAP fly-tipping campaign gives people the chance to find out more about what their options and responsibilities are when disposing of their waste and reminding them of their duty of care. The householder duty of care means everyone has responsibility for disposing of their waste legally, failure to do so could result in an unlimited fine. People can avoid a fine by following the SCRAP code: S uspect ALL waste carriers C heck with the Environment Agency on 03708 506 506 that the provider taking the waste away is licensed R efuse unexpected offers to have waste taken away A sk what will happen to the waste P aperwork should be obtained – get a full receipt In 2017-18, there were more than 15,000 fly-tips across Norfolk, at an estimated cost to the taxpayer of over £830,000. More than 4,000 investigations were undertaken at an estimated cost of £225,000. Fly tipping is punishable by an unlimited fine or imprisonment. Fly-tipping is a crime that blights the Norfolk countryside and this campaign will hopefully raise awareness of simple steps members of the public can take to ensure their waste doesn’t end up in a field or on a roadside verge. It is not only local councils that have to pick up the bill for clearing fly-tipped waste. Private landowners are responsible for removing rubbish dumped on their land and picking up the bill for doing so, which can often run into hundreds of pounds each time. With nearly 1-million incidents of fly-tipping nationally last year action is clearly needed to combat this issue.”Waste Carriers Licences should start with either CBDL or CBDU prefix – people are also urged to check the expiry date. For more information about the campaign, fly-tipping and legal ways to get rid of unwanted items, visit: www.norfolkrecycles.com/scrapflytipping 5 P J KEW, D Family Butchers since 1942 www.norfolkbacon.co.uk A rural shop selling produce across the UK. We make sausages (including gluten free) and burgers. Bacon, collars and gammons are cured and smoked on the premises and traditional cooked ham is produced too. Beef, lamb and pork are locally sourced via our Norfolk supplier and Diaper chickens come up from Suffolk. We also stock Norfolk Honey from Stanhoe. Richard and Robbie 01485 528236 PUBLICISE YOUR SOCIETY OR EVENT We welcome contributions from local groups and societies for printing in the East Rudham Parish Newsletter. Please send to [email protected] by August 15th 2019 For inclusion in the Summer edition delivered to every household and also published on our website Advertisements are also very welcome, ½ page at £6/issue, full page at £12/issue. 6 MUGA Report Summer 2019 The committee carried out a maintenance afternoon in May. There was weeding, brushing the court and generally checking everything was ok about the playing surface and surrounds. It is now ready for the Wimbledon season. At the AGM Tony Dessent was re-elected as the committee Chair. Sarah Shapeero-Lown stood down as Treasurer after many years of looking after the finances. Many thanks go to her for her hard work on behalf of the MUGA. In her place Ben le Fleming was elected. Membership Secretary remains with Dawn Collins and the Secretary is Maggie Pattison. If you are interested in joining this friendly group of people supporting the MUGA please contact the Secretary Maggie Pattison at [email protected] or 01485 528842. Subscriptions to the MUGA are now due and still only £7 single membership and £20 family membership and can be arranged through the Membership Secretary, Dawn Collins on 528517 or [email protected] . Payment is even easier as it can be made by bank transfer to Sort Code: 20-30-81, Account number 30005096, made payable to MUGA. Please reference your name when doing this and still let Dawn know so that she can amend the membership records. Payment can still be made by cheque or cash through contacting any of the committee members. We had planned a Family Games evening as a new event but unfortunately it had to be cancelled as only three teams were going to take part.