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our staff and patients still have a wonderful festive season, after all no one should be in hospital on Christmas Day. So we have launched a special page where you can give a virtual Christmas present in the form of a donation. These donations will be given to in-patient wards who can then organise small gifts, mince pies and entertainment for their patients. We know this will be a huge boost to With Coronavirus very much in mind, the Woolpack lost much of its trade and not only the patients but to the staff our Secretary, Maureen Barker, has subsequently converted its extensive too. Any excuse for a Christmas sing found two postcards from her Ipswich stables into a slaughterhouse. song! collection illustrating how socialising and We hope you can help us bring a pub trips used to be a 100 years ago. The Inn was purported to be an old smuggler’s haunt, and is supposedly smile to those in West Suffolk NHS Both cards show The Woolpack Inn at haunted by an Admiral turned politician, Foundation Trust this Christmas. Just Ipswich, built in the mid-16th century as a persecuted monk and a disgruntled bar The season to be jolly is almost upon head to www.visufund.com/wishxmas a country inn, located where Bolton Lane owner by the name of George.. us but here at My WiSH Charity we to donate. joins Westerfi eld Road and Tuddenham realised we needed to do things a bit For more information about the Club/ If you wish to know more than you Road. One of the postcards was posted differently this year. can email the team at fundraising@ in 1905, and the other is from the 1920s Events please contact Sue Rawles on The community are always so wsh.nhs.uk or give us a call on 01284 showing a charabanc, with mainly 01284 769480 or Maureen Barker on generous at helping us ensure patients 713466. menfolk posing, about to depart on the 07702 243267, email burypostcardclub@ have a wonderful Christmas but this pub’s annual outing. gmail.com, Facebook “Bury St Edmunds Best wishes, Postcard Club”. year Covid-19 means we have had to Below this establishment was a toll gate think outside the ‘gift’ box. We sadly Sue where a “toll traverse” was paid by gigs cannot allow people to bring gifts into Head of fundraising and carts entering the town. Rather the hospital, this causes unnecessary than pay this toll, people travelling into footfall and we need to ensure both My WiSH Charity town would stable their horses at the our staff and patients are safe at all Woolpack Inn and park their gigs/carts in times. [email protected] long lines in Westerfi eld and Tuddenham But we obviously want to ensure 01284 713466 Roads. When the toll gate disappeared, Myths of Equity Release Mortgages Myth 1: You no longer own False. In fact, repaying an your own home existing mortgage is one of the most popular uses of a Lifetime 9 Mortgages for the over 55’s A Lifetime Mortgage does False. Mortgage, with the remainder of not affect the ownership of your the tax-free cash you release yours property. You will remain the owner to spend entirely as you wish! 9 Free Advice of your property until the second of you dies or moves into long- term care. Subject to the provider’s 9 Local Branches or Home Visits available criteria, you are also free to move Myth 4: You must make monthly repayments home. 9 No monthly repayments needed False. You don’t have to make any repayments and the interest is Myth 2: You can end up owing simply added to the total amount 9 Retain 100% home ownership more than the value of your outstanding. However, many home Lifetime Mortgages products allow you to repay a percentage of the 9 Release up to 50% of the value of your All plans from lenders False. total balance each year penalty- approved by the Equity Release free. home tax-free Council feature a ‘No Negative Equity Guarantee’, which means Lifetime Mortgage products have that you or your heirs will never changed and could signifi cantly, owe more than the value of your and securely, boost your later life property. Should your property at fi nances. Why not fi nd out today the end of the plan be worth less how much tax-free cash you could Later Life than the amount borrowed, the release from your property? remaining balance gets written off. Premier Equity Release Ltd is a member of the Equity Release Council. We are at 119 High Street , IP6 8DQ Telephone number 01449 708479 Myth 3: You can’t release equity from your home if [email protected]. you have an outstanding Mortgage Advice Bureau Later Life, a trading name of Premier Equity Release Limited which is an appointed representative of Key Retirement Solutions Ltd, mortgage which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

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Bulldogs Make Tough Decisions as Season Looms and mental wellbeing of our members it’s the right thing to do.” and volunteers, we’ve taken this decision The club continues to run junior our season, and regrettably, the only way with a view to safeguarding everyone at the club, so far as is reasonably possible. sessions at this time, and are still on to do this was to take a hiatus from the the lookout for new members, please Junior National League.” It’s disappointing for everyone – but from the phone calls we’ve had from visit www.burybasketball.com for more Following the withdrawal of the sides, clubs up and down the country, we know information. the club plans to compete in the Norfolk Youth Basketball League, which they Bury St. Edmunds Basketball Club believe will resume in the new year, Saddle up with Sams were gearing up for their biggest ever alongside the Senior National League. season in 2020/21, with fi ve National Jones said: “We are extremely grateful League sides, and three Senior Local “Our sport is in a precarious position” to both of them for all their hard work League teams looking to represent the said MacDonald. “For a club like ours in raising much-needed funds for our club, and receiving more than 100 new who are educationally-independent, and local branch. It’s so uplifting to see expressions of interest to join the area’s without our own facility, the rental costs Does your bicycle need servicing? that people like Vicky and Andy are only Clubmark-accredited club. of a hall are simply not viable for such Do you have a bike you no longer showing a wonderful generosity of small groups to allow our senior sides need? Or are you in the market to spirit that helps keep the Samaritans However, with the “Rule of Six” to play regularly, and for the juniors, buy a reconditioned bike, perhaps going to provide vital support for our decimating Senior indoor sport, the club whilst our parents and players feel safe as a Christmas present for a family callers.” have had to make some tough decisions in the environment we’ve created, the member? In other news, the Samaritans are in the short-term, with an eye on the government’s announcement hasn’t If so, then handy Andy Curtis is your also appealing for a branch treasurer safety of their players and volunteers, helped a volunteer-led sport. People man. As well as looking after your to oversee the fi nancial affairs of the and their long-term sustainability. volunteer in basketball, largely, because two-wheel needs, kind-hearted Andy is organisation. Mr Jones added: “Our they’re already involved in the game as With the Junior National Leagues donating all the profi ts he makes from long-standing treasurer is standing players – so to be told ‘it’s not safe for due to tip-off in a matter of weeks, repairing or selling bikes to the Bury St down and we need a replacement. you to play, but go ahead an coach or the club noted a reduced turn-out in Edmunds and West Suffolk branch of We’re looking for someone with referee kids’ games’… it’s a really mixed junior training sessions, following the the Samaritans. He will also collect and a knowledge of bookkeeping and message. government’s announcement regarding deliver as required. You can contact fi nancial management, and good the “Rule of Six” and its’ impact on From our side, we believe either it’s Andy at [email protected]. analytical and communication skills indoor sports. safe for competitions to start, or it The autumn initiative follows hard on to keep our vibrant branch running “Despite junior basketball being exempt isn’t. So if Junior National League is the heels of a campaign by fl orist Vicky smoothly. The role takes about one to from this rule, we saw the players and going ahead – Senior leagues should be Orves Marshall, who raised more than two hours a week of your time.” their parents voting with their feet” said too. The government’s announcement £500 by organising a raffl e for one of Anyone interested in volunteering Head Coach Arron MacDonald. “It was places us fi rmly in a ‘grey’ area, and her special bouquets or wreaths. for the position should contact: whilst we understand the importance clear to us that we needed to postpone Samaritans branch director Eamonn burystedmunds.director@samaritans. of participation in sport for the physical org.

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Moyse’s Hall Strikes Back - Sci-Fi and Action Exhibition Bury St Edmunds, Opens half-term 24 October until 20 December

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Fundraising businesses do their bit for local charity Several local businesses have been their support. Their generosity in such an helping out St Nicholas Hospice Care uncertain time made, and continues to with their charitable efforts. make things easier for those working on our ward.” Whether they’ve pulled on their running shoes, supported hospice teams to travel Getting around on four wheels has been across West Suffolk and Thetford or made a lot easier for hospice staff after donated money to help fund equipment, businesses came together to sponsor a fi rms have helped support the hospice to lease car. care for and support those facing dying, Bury Developments, Orbital Food caring and grief. Machinery, Wrightway Health, Hugh J Ashtons Legal has helped make things Boswell and Treatt are all sponsors of easier for our ward staff by funding the car. specialist keyboards. Abby added: “I’d like to say a big thank you to all of the businesses that have The business donated £1,000, which sponsored our lease car. As a charity, we enabled the charity to buy hygienic support people across West Suffolk, and Graeme Thomas (left) and Darren Young (right) directors at Thomas & Young keyboards which can be used by our this car helps our staff get to where they ward staff. Wealth Management present the hospice’s corporate fundraising manager Abby need to be.” Mayes with a cheque for £2,743.75 following their fundraising efforts. Ashtons Legal Partner, Alan Brown, said: Thomas & Young Wealth Management “We are delighted to be able to help in a decided their fundraising would see the small but important practical way as the team pull on their running shoes or get hospice adapts to continue to provide on their bikes to raise funds. Ear Irrigation its highly valued service amid the Graeme Thomas and Darren Young, the challenges presented by Covid-19.” fi rm’s directors, have both experienced Flexible and professional the services and support offered by the wax removal service Abby Mayes, the hospice’s corporate charity and wanted to give something fundraising manager, said: “During the back. pandemic the need for our ward staff HOME VISITS to have specialist hygienic keyboards They decided lockdown would be an quickly became clear. Having contacted ideal time to challenge the team to P rovided by friendly, Ashtons they immediately said they complete 100K within the month of July registered nurses would help and gave us the £1,000 by walking, running or cycling. needed to buy the equipment. Graeme said: “As a company, we were Mobile: 07507 662554 overwhelmed by the generosity of our www.earirrigationeast.co.uk “Ashtons have supported the Hospice clients and friends and felt privileged in various ways for many years, and we to be able to hand over a cheque for [email protected] are so grateful that we can count on £2,743.75.”

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Neuro Hub reopened Saturday 10:00 – 21:00 Sunday 10:00 – 17:00 Food Monday & Tuesday Closed Wednesday Here at The Six bells things are 10:00 – 14:00 Coffee, cake, sandwiches constantly changing, and November and light lunches sees us giving you more time to spend here with us. We continue to offer Thursday our seasonal menu, 2 courses for £19 10:00 – 14:00 Coffee, cake, sandwiches or 3 courses for £24 now to include and light lunches Wednesday and Thursday daytimes and Friday evenings. Friday Looking forward to the festive season we 10:00 – 17:00 Coffee, cake and snacks will be compiling our December menu, of 12:00 – 14:00 Light lunches and course with some festive additions. With seasonal menu the government guidelines regarding socialisation we can only take smaller 17:00 – 20:00 Seasonal menu(Takeaway group sizes this year, however that does menu eat in or take out, pre order to not mean smaller amounts of fun! The avoid disappointment) decorations will still be up and the party atmosphere will continue. Book early to Saturday avoid disappointment. 10:00 – 17:00 Coffee, cake and snacks Headway Suffolk has reopened its Monday and Tuesday when numbers Bury St Edmunds neuro hub back to increase. Lastly, due to social distancing measures 12:00 – 19:00 Light lunches and normal and is accepting new referrals put in place, we are only accommodating seasonal menu following temporary closure due to It offers users a range of rehabilitation 40 customers each service, therefore coronavirus. and life skills activities to help spaces are limited so pre-booking is a Sunday with cognition, coordination and must! The charity, which supports adults dexterity, as well as clinical therapy 10:00 – 17:00 Coffee, cake and snacks living with brain injury, stroke and appointments in physiotherapy, speech Drinks 12:00 – 14:30 Sunday lunch neurological conditions and their and language therapy, occupational Monday & Tuesday Closed families, had to shut its doors on all its therapy and counselling, and Brainy Please call us 01284 735551 or e-mail hubs, clinical therapies and community Dogs visits. Wednesday 10:00 – 15:00 [email protected] for more information. activities due to the Covid virus in COVID 19 guidelines are changing March for several months, while it Helen Fairweather, chief executive, Thursday 10:00 – 15:00 said: “We have worked very hard constantly, please visit www.gov.uk to focused on vital homecare, virtual Friday 10:00 – 21:00 see details in full prior to your visit in rehab and food deliveries. to ensure our clients can safely get back to the vital rehab they need for order to avoid any confusion on arrival. As the situation started to ease, their ongoing wellbeing and recovery, Headway has gradually opened its having missed out for several months.” Bury St Edmunds hub on limited capacity to existing clients, with strict To enquire and to make a referral, procedures on infection control, social call 01473 712225 or email info@ distancing, temperature checks and headwaysuffolk.org.uk. You can also personal protective equipment. complete a referral form at www. headwaysuffolk.org.uk/contact. Following this successful trial, it is now open back to normal whilst still Eight people a day are admitted to following the safety procedures and hospital in Suffolk with a brain injury. there is capacity to welcome new Trauma injury, typically through a referrals. road traffi c accident, assault, fall or Beautiful Local Village Pub accident, and stroke, are the most The hub is based in Olding Road, off prevalent. Other causes include Western Way, near to Asda, and is brain tumour, meningitis, aneurysm, - Eat, Drink and Relax currently open Wednesday to Friday haemorrhage and encephalitis. during the day, but will also open The Six Bells, The Street, Horringer, Suffolk Tel 01284 735551 Email [email protected]

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Recipe of the month Raspberry & Coconut Bakewell your fl uted tart case with butter, dust with fl our and put parchment on the bottom! 2. Roll out your shortcrust pastry (I have a lovely recipe for this but you can just as easily use some from the shop, we won’t judge) A classic Bakewell with some new fl avours! Adding a touch of lime The thinner you get this the better your zest on your jam will make this even end product will be, about 2/3mm is better! Why not try Lemon Curd & perfect. Coconut? Mincemeat & Almond? Let us know how it goes! Lay this over your greased tart case, and push in to the fl utes. With the Ingredients overhanging excess pastry, take your rolling pin and roll over the top of your 1. 500g Shortcrust Pastry tin so it cuts the excess off and leaves 2. 200g Unsalted Butter (Plus extra for an even fi nish. greasing) 3. Blind bake your tart case for 20 with a whisk or spoon then evenly 8. Leave to cool and refrigerate 3. 200g Caster Sugar minutes, then remove your parchment and beans (or rice) and place back in spread it across your pastry case. overnight, this will make it fi rm up 4. 4 eggs the oven for 5/10 minutes until all the About 3mm all around, a nice even and be easier to turn out of your well spread. (Add your lime zest if your are greased case. Slice and serve simply on 5. 200g Desiccated Coconut pastry has an even light golden colour. You don’t want to take it too far at using) its own, or with whatever takes your fancy. 6. 50g plain fl our (Plus extra for this stage. Once even, remove from the 6. Now you can put your coconut dusting) oven and leave to one side. mix on top of the jam, and spread it Take pictures of your fi nished 7. 100/150g Raspberry Jam 4. Using an old school hand whisk, around to the edges with the back of a Bakewells and tag us on social media - spoon. Place your assembled tart into 8. Lime zest - Optional cream your butter and sugar until you @Stellarcatering get a light and fl uffy consistency. Then the oven on 160oc for 35/45 minutes. 9. Dehydrated Raspberries (Garnish) whisk in your eggs one at a time. Then 7. When your tart is fi nished it should fi nd us in the king’s yard at the fold in your coconut, fl our and vanilla. National Horse Racing museum, 10. 12inch Fluted tart case (Scale up or have an even golden fi nish over the Until well combined. top and no wobble. Keep an eye during Newmarket. Tuesday to Sunday 9-4 down the recipe to fi t your dish) www.stellarcatering.co.uk 5. Loosen your raspberry jam in a bowl baking as you may need to rotate your 1. Preheat your oven to 175oc. Grease tart to get that even fi nish.

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At the September below). 27 January – Full Council – *7pm Like us on Facebook www.facebook. virtual meeting com/Bury-St-Edmunds-Town- MEETINGS SCHEDULE of the Council, WAYS TO CONTACT US Council-225340431193216/ it was agreed to Residents are invited to attend any of Email us Phone us on (01284) 725111 fund two Police our meetings which are currently being Community held remotely via video conferencing [email protected] Write to us at 79 Whiting Street, Bury Support Offi cers and, if they wish, to speak about or Tweet us @bstetc St Edmunds, IP33 1NX (PCSOs) for a ask questions about any item(s) on further two years the agenda. Visit the ‘What’s On’ from 01 January 2021, as the current page of our website to download the PCSOs continue to make a positive agenda for each meeting (which is November News from SET impact in the Town and provide a only available a few days before the valuable additional resource for meeting). Ixworth School Suffolk Constabulary. The meetings schedule for the next SET Ixworth School introduce new Language, Individual online courses, The proposal for the 2021 Bury St few months is shown below and catch up programme following Archaeological investigation, Drama, Edmunds Community Awards was also is available on the ‘Meetings & students’ successful return to school DT, the Olympics and additional discussed which, once again, will be Committees’ page of the Council’s sporting opportunities such as Rugby. SET Ixworth School has introduced held in partnership with the Bury Free website www.burystedmunds-tc.gov. We’re pleased that students have been increased support for its students with Press. Further details, including how uk: participating in these and we intend a catch-up programme, particularly to nominate someone for an award, 2020 to extend this towards our full range will follow in due course. aimed at those who feel they missed of activities as the academic year 11 November – Planning Licensing and out on schooling during lockdown; continues. The Council’s new offi ces at 79 Finance Committee – 6pm this includes 1 to 1 tutor support for Whiting Street remain closed to English, Maths and Science, as well Set Ixworth has found the balance visitors and as a date has not been 25 November – Planning Licensing and as online tutoring for our Year 11 between Covid safety and providing set for them to re-open, we ask that Finance Committee – 6pm students prior to them embarking on our students with a broad education you continue to check our website 25 November – Full Council – 7pm their GCSE mock exams. and the opportunities open to them at regularly for updates. our School. 16 December – Planning Licensing and Enrichment Programme GRANT FUNDING & LOCALITY Finance Committee – 6pm If you are interested in a place at SET BUDGET FUNDING We have also been able to reinstate Ixworth School for your child, please 16 December – Full Council – 7pm our enrichment programme, so our visit our website www.ixworthschool. Grant funding and Locality budget students do not miss out on this org.uk/virtual-open-events, where you funding are available – for more 2021 valuable addition to the curriculum. will be able to view our latest videos details please visit the Finance page of 13 January – Planning Licensing and Enrichment is running in year group and, for more information, arrange a our website www.burystedmunds-tc. Finance Committee – 6pm bubbles to support Covid-safety. call with a senior member of staff to gov.uk/home/fi nance/. If you have any fi nd out more. questions please do not hesitate to 27 January – Planning Licensing and Activities have ranged from: contact us (see ‘Ways to contact us’ Finance Committee – 6pm Rocket building, British Sign A flexible storage company you can trust.

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