In Touch Autumn 2014
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“What a summer!” inWITH YOU touch!AND WAVENEY NOVEMBER 2014 Local heroes! Norwich City & Ipswich Town legends Chris Sutton and Terry Butcher join Greg Dyke to celebrate Waveney’s grassroots football project! Business is booming Enterprise Zone welcomes new businesses and sets an impressive national standard Get involved Do you want to have more of a say on local planning issues? www.waveney.gov.uk www.twitter.com/waveneydc www.facebook.com/waveneydc intouch! Getting Local sporting heroes Local sporting heroes were in the region. These and the Long Service Award in touch recently recognised at the volunteers are committed to was awarded posthumously to 17th Annual Active raising the profile of sport and the late Brian Gallagher. Cllr Please check www.waveney.gov.uk for any Waveney Sports Awards. disability sport, encouraging Bruce Provan said: “This was information you require. Accessing services Organised by Waveney involvement at all levels, ages a particularly difficult year for online is quick and easy and helps you avoid District Council and supported and abilities. Nominations can the judging panel with the having to wait in a queue! by the Active Waveney Sports come from anyone living in entries raising the profile of Partnership, Waveney the Waveney area. sport in the district.” Call us on 01502 562111 Sportsability and the Lowest- Congratulations to We aim to answer your call within 20 seconds oft Journal, the ceremony was Declan Manning – and to resolve your query at first point of a celebration of sporting Best Sportsman, contact. The telephone lines in our call centre excellence and saw winners Maria Palmer – are usually busy on Mondays and between from a wide variety of sports, Best Sports- including athletics, karate, woman, Regan 12-2pm each day. To avoid longer waiting times, football and skiing. Bessey – Best please try to call us outside these hours. The awards were created to Junior Sportsman, acknowledge outstanding and Zara Williams You can send us an email to individual and team sporting – Best Junior [email protected] achievement and to celebrate Sportswoman. Please note: when visiting us the first and last the tireless work of local Lowestoft Town days of the month are usually busy as resi- volunteers involved with FC were the dents pay their council tax bills. teaching and organising sport Team of the Year Mondays are our busiest day and so is the pe- riod between 12 noon – 2pm. To avoid longer A whole variety of busi- waiting times, please try to visit us outside nesses from across the Food hygiene these hours. Waveney area are using Big training We are closed on all statutory bank holidays Local App to provide great Waveney’s ever-popular and weekends. content and exclusive vouch- one-day food hygiene ers. Businesses include training courses are back Rookery Park Golf Course, Our Opening Times underway with places still Waterlane Leisure Centre, Marina Customer Services Centre / Contact available this winter. Broadland Holiday Village, Centre The course is intended for Chilled Driving Tuition, The Marina Customer Service Centre (next to anyone working in catering Big Local App Waveney is Robert Owen Haircutters, the Marina Theatre) Lowestoft, NR32 1HH. or hospitality. If you own a the smartphone app for Somerton Guest House and food business, it is your Monday to Wednesday 8:45am to 5:00pm Waveney; bringing every- many others. responsibility to ensure Thursday 9:30am to 5:30pm thing together for the local Big Local App are also part- your employees are trained Friday 8:45am to 4:30pm area, making it a one-stop- nering with the local BBC to handle food safely. Marina Payments Office shop for local information. news, Waveney District Remaining dates to take Monday to Wednesday 8:45am to 4:45pm “The Big Local App Waveney Council, the Sunrise Coast, the one day CIEH Level 2 Thursday 9:30am to 5:15pm allows consumers to access and Lowestoft College to Award in Food Safety Friday 8:45am to 4:30pm local information at the touch provide Waveney residents course are December 11th of a button, along with vouch- with up to date local news and Accessibility : we have Hearing Loops / Dis- and February 5th. ers exclusively available to information. abled Access In addition, anyone who use in their area. More impor- Big Local App can be down- Or at one of our local offices: (please see our has completed the training tantly it’s free to use," said loaded from your smart- website for opening times) within the past three years Ben Coleman, part of the phone's App store or using Beccles – We have a customer service desk is encouraged to take the team that launched the app. biglocalapp.com/Waveney within Beccles Library, Blyburgate, Beccles, half-day CIEH Level 2 Award Refresher in Food Suffolk NR34 9TB Waveney District Council’s Safety in Catering, taking Bungay Local Office, Broad Street, Bungay Twitter feed is now zplace on January 7th. NR35 1EE approaching 3,000 followers! Head to Halesworth Local Office, London Road, For all the latest news and www.waveney.gov.uk/cieh Halesworth IP19 8LW events head to for more details twitter.com/waveneydc 2 www.waveney.gov.uk intouch! Big improvements to leisure in Waveney Following the £8million Jacuzzi is also being added to the redevelopment of Waterlane already impressive thermal suite. Leisure Centre, a further £1.1m “The original redevelopment expansion project, funded by allowed us to create a fantastic Waveney, is underway. facility which has been really well Waterlane Leisure Centre, which is received by the local community. Its operated by Sentinel Leisure Trust popularity means that we now need in partnership with Waveney District to expand to meet demand and Council (WDC) re-opened in provide the best possible leisure January 2012 and Pulse Fitness services to our community,” said undertook the original design, build, Stephen Ardley, Deputy Leader of fit out and installation of fitness Waveney District Council. equipment. They are now delivering “The success of the facility develop- the additional facilities to help cope ment has seen us reach capacity in with the increase of members and our gym much more quickly than popularity of the site. we expected,” said Stuart Everett, The size of the gym is increasing by Managing Director Sentinel Leisure 50%, taking it to 150 stations Trust. “Demand for equipment at A boost for Bungay too! located over two floors. There will peak times has been high and has Bungay Pool and Gym will also receive a further significant investment be a new functional training area prompted the decision to increase to improve its facilities. Last year over £200k was invested in brand new and extended free weights section. capacity and equipment. It will also gym equipment, changing rooms, pool tile surrounds and decoration. Pulse will provide all additional allow us to create space for up to This further investment will see a modern and efficient boiler system, air equipment for the extended gym date training methods such as func- handling and refurbished reception area as well as re-lined flume slide. including a power rack, Olympic tional training. The extra space and Cllr Ardley added: “Through the successful partnership we have with lifting platform and additional CV equipment will ensure that our ex- Sentinel Leisure Trust, Bungay Pool and Gym is also proving very machines with Pulse’s Cirrus isting members continue to enjoy popular and could also reach capacity with a multitude of members, Console. their experience and further en- swimming clubs and leisure goers using the facility. This investment The beauty therapy zone is moving hance our excellent reputation in will sustain the facility for generations to come to access and enjoy.” alongside the day-spa area and a the local area. New hoist helping disabled swimmers A new disability pool hoist is and assistance and also to Andrew in place at Waterlane Leisure Provan, Chairman of the Disability Centre. Forum, who is an inspiration to us The hoist, which was jointly funded all.” by Waveney District Council, Stuart Everett, Managing Director of Sentinel Leisure Trust, HealthEast, Sentinel Leisure Trust said: “We are Avenues East, Activities Unlimited delighted to be supporting the in- and from the county councillor’s lo- stallation of the new pool hoist. It cality budget, was officially opened will further enhance and improve on Friday 12 September. what we offer at Waterlane and will Cllr Frank Mortimer, Waveney’s make a real difference for people Cabinet Member for Customers and with disabilities who would other- Communities said: “The new pool wise be unable to use our pool. hoist will provide improved access Regular swimming sessions for for people with disabilities to the those with disabilities already take excellent swimming facilities at place at Waterlane every Friday Waterlane. We are always looking from 1pm-2pm and offer people the for ways to enhance the leisure opportunity to use the pool in a services we offer and endeavour to relaxed private environment.” make them accessible to everyone For more details about these where possible. I would like to say a sessions, please contact Waterlane sincere thanks to the Active Leisure Centre on 01502 532540 or Communities Team for all their help visit www.sentinelleisuretrust.co.uk. www.twitter.com/waveneydc 3 intouch! Preparing a bright future in Oulton Local people have big plans for direct power to develop a shared Localism Act to have a direct newly-installed outdoor gym a brighter future in Oulton. vision for the development and influence on the development of which has proved particularly Following a successful commu- growth of their local area over 10 their community.” Brian Hunter, popular, along with the improved nity consultation event in July, the to 15 years.