In Touch Summer 2006
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Flying the Flag Lowestoft beaches get ‘Blue Flag’ status Towns together! Partnership goes from strength to strength Regeneration game Improving Lowestoft, improving life Safer and stronger communities Huge funding boost for local communities Welcome! Councillor Wendy Mawer with Sports Awards winners A very warm welcome to this latest edition of In Touch magazine. This publication is Sports awards intended to provide a flavour of what we do and the services we provide for YOU, the Achievements in the sporting to Sport award. arena were honoured recently Having overcome people of Waveney. at the annual Waveney Sports potentially life-threatening Awards ceremony at injuries after being stabbed As you will see, this Council is made up of many Lowestoft Town Hall. Leading eight years ago, Darren departments and people all dedicated to our the honours were a sporting Lovell has progressed to communities. But this is only the tip of the iceberg! We are all-rounder and three talented such a level that he’s now striving to make improvements in ALL areas and I hope swimmers, who have won Norwich City FC’s Football in that you will feel the benefit of our strenuous efforts. numerous medals in the past the Community (FITC) year. They were among other Disability Officer and was Waveney is a very special place, deserving the best that a sportsmen and women, awarded the Most Valuable District Council can offer its residents. I hope you enjoy juniors, veterans and Contribution to Disabled this edition of In Touch and that you will learn a little bit volunteers who were Sport. The popular Waveney more about what we do and the role we play in the area. honoured for their successes Gymnastics Club won the in 2005. Sponsored by The Most Valuable Contribution Journal and Juler Sports, the to Schools Sport award and ninth annual Waveney Sports the last award of the night - Cllr Mark Bee Awards produced another the Long Service award - Leader, Waveney District Council. high calibre field of entrants. fittingly went to John Pitts. Masters swimmer Neil Some 25 years ago he Howell took the plaudits to lift founded Pakefield Boys the Best Sportsman trophy. Football Club and ‘thousands With fellow swimmer Laura upon thousands of Healey named Best youngsters’ have benefited Making payments Sportswoman. Equally from his commitment, impressive in the swimming dedication and involvement in pool, teenager Leanne youth football. Barnard won the Best Junior Cllr Wendy Mawer, as Sportswoman award and Deputy Leader, brought the Suffolk’s U16 badminton evening to a close, saying: champion Michael Wood ‘This is my third year of You can now pay for most instructions. lifted the Best Junior presenting prizes at the sports Council services without This service is available for Sportsman award. There was awards and it’s one of my having to visit Council offices Council Tax, Business Rates, more success for the popular highlights of the year. It or sending a cheque! Housing Rent, Housing Lowestoft Kuk Sool Won club makes me feel very proud to Payments can be made via Benefit Overpayment, Sundry as they lifted the Best Team be part of this evening as we Direct Debit or over the Debtor Invoices, Residents award. And badminton are able to recognise that so telephone using our Parking Fines and Car Parks coach Phil Lowe won the many people do so much automated service - just call Excess Charges. Most Valuable Contribution good in Waveney’. 01502 511805 and have your Both services are debit or credit card ready. Or available 24 hours a day you can head to the Council’s seven days a week except a website, short period between www.waveney.gov.uk/ 11.30pm and 00.15am each How to get in touch payments and follow the day. If you have any queries please call our payment Let us know what you think of this publication helpline on 01502 523502. If Post: Town Hall, High Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR32 1HS. you are required to leave a Tel: 01502 562111 Fax: 01502 589327 message you will get a Email: [email protected] Website: www.waveney.gov.uk response within one working Edited by Phil Harris. day. Designed by TMS Media. An additional charge of 1.5% is payable on Printed by Ancient House Press all credit card payments for Council Tax and on recycled paper. Business Rates payments. There is no surcharge if you use a debit card. 2 KEEPING WAVENEY PEOPLE Flying the Flag Three of environmental care. ENCAMS European Blue Flag Awards Waveney’s recognise beaches beaches have throughout Europe, which fulfil been awarded strict criteria relating to both the water quality and the Blue Flag status surrounding beach area. for the 2006 Councillor Wendy Mawer was season for the delighted that Waveney’s beaches have been The Blue Flag presentation at Lowestoft fourth successive recognised again. year. "Its a recognition of how Station. These awards already attracts nearly 4 million LOWESTOFT hard the whole Team at add to the ENCAMS Resort visitors per year and local Beaches at Lowestoft, Waveney works to enhance Seaside Awards given to research identified that over North of Claremont Pier and the quality and enjoyability of beaches at Lowestoft North of 55% of visitors to the area South of Claremont Pier have our beach facilities. This Claremont Pier, Lowestoft visited/intended to visit been successful in retaining award acknowledges what a South of Claremont Pier and beaches during their stay, this prestigious award. And great place Waveney is to visit Southwold Pier. Beaches at highlighting the importance Southwold Beach (South of and what great facilities Kessingland and Southwold that The Sunrise Coast the pier) has also retained Waveney residents have right Denes have also been Beaches have on Waveney’s Blue Flag status for 2006. on their doorstep.” awarded ENCAMS Rural £153.8 million tourism The Blue Flag Campaign is A Lowestoft Blue Flag Seaside Awards, bringing a economy. an initiative which recognises Launch Event was held on total of five award winning For further information clean, well-managed beaches Tuesday 23rd May 2006 at the beaches in the Waveney area. about the area head to: that promote coastal Lowestoft Lifeguard South It is estimated that Waveney www.visit-sunrisecoast.co.uk The £6.5m coast protection scheme to provide higher Southwold success standards of erosion and flood protection to Southwold and Reydon properties, and an improved SOUTHWOLD beach at Southwold, is nearing substantial Work continues apace on Southwold beach completion. Come and eight rock groynes to the north old groynes using a jack-up scheme itself but also from see the works in action! of the pier, eight timber barge with a 76 tonne the recycling of old materials. groynes are now in place and excavator on board. There is A good job all round! The Southwold Coastal the reconstruction of the certainly plenty going on! Cllr Wendy Mawer, Porfolio Frontage Scheme has been promenade is just about Around 270 tonnes of scrap Holder for Regneration and developed by a partnership of complete. The beach recharge steel from the old groynes Environment, said: “We know Waveney DC and the project also continues, has been recovered and sold that there has been some Environment Agency to involving the delivery by to steel recyclers on behalf of disruption but it will all be provide higher standards of suction dredger of imported the Council and Environment worth it in the end. This protection to some 740 beach material from a licensed Agency. Also, a large number project will benefit Southwold properties against flood and dredging site offshore from of old timber groyne piles and for years to come.” erosion risks, and is funded Felixstowe. Then there is the planks have been recovered For more information by Defra grant aid. operation to remove the ensuring that our communities contact Paul Patterson on Following the construction of outward ends of the redundant will benefit not only from the 01502 523 349. 3 WITH NEWS AND EVENTS IN WAVENEY Pooling resources Waveney District Council spent over £25,000 on new changing and shower facilities at Beccles outdoor pool in time for BECCLES the Summer season. The pool attracts local residents and visitors alike and Cllr Mark Bee believes that the investment is money well spent. “At this time of year Beccles pool is a wonderful place to visit, but it was clear that work needed to be done to bring it up to the standards both we and the public would expect. We have built new disabled Facelift for Beccles Town Hall. changing facilities as well as installing brand new showers and I am sure that those who use the pool regularly will be pleased with the upgrade.” The pool will also be open Benefiting Beccles for two weeks longer this summer after initial delays to opening caused by problems The completion of began in 2003 and in the first problems will be uncovered with the heating system. improvements to phase, the exterior was until the work is underway,” Waveney’s heating repaired and re-decorated. said Cllr Stephen Ardley, contractors worked around Beccles Town Hall Then a second phase of work Portfolio Holder for the clock, fitting new boilers not only benefit commenced to create male Operations and Facilities. after faults were found in the residents, they and female dressing rooms “However, this only makes the original set - ensuring the and more toilet facilities within satisfaction all the greater pool could be heated to the also help to keep a the basement which saw a once work has been optimum temperature of 26 to promise made by significant amount of completed and, as in this BECCLES 30 degrees centigrade.