www.ipswich.gov.uk JANUARY 2014 At your service IPSWICH BOROUGH COUNCIL TheAngle www.ipswich.gov.uk/sport MeetArea the Committees man at the centre of it all and catch A great sports offer to helpNew you year, get fitter new ... and you you up on the news in your community won’t lose so many pounds!. Page 6 Page 10 ONE MONTH FREE

Our all-inclusive fitness Family and couples memberships now available. membership includes: Swim and racket memberships also available. SIGN UP FOR TWO • 4 Profiles gyms MONTHS AND GET THE • Fitness classes Call 0800 0371 371 or call into any sports THIRD MONTH FREE • Swimming centre or Crown pools to have a look around. Twitter@IpswichGov facebook/IpswichGov Local news from • Racket sports Terms and conditions apply IPSWICH BOROUGH COUNCIL• Sauna/steam room

Jessie J, Welcome home! Rizzle Kicks Families have moved into and Jason the first council houses to Derulo ... just be built in Ipswich for more than 20 years ... turning three of the houses into homes in time big names at for the new year. Ipswich’s Four families are settling in at biggest ever Whitton Church Lane, while three more families have moved concert into their new homes in see back page Coltsfoot Road, Chantry.

The Borough Council has made building new council homes VOLUNTEERS one of its key priorities in order to create jobs and provide homes for some of the 3,000-plus people on the WE housing waiting list. Work is expected to start later this year NEED on more than 100 homes at Bader Close, in south-east Ipswich. Bader Close represents YOU! If you are interested in events, arts and the largest council house entertainments, working in our parks or Key priority ... two new neighbours Lokman (centre) and Bethany with administration work, why not volunteer baby Holly are welcomed to Whitton Church Lane by Council Leader building scheme in Ipswich for with Cultural Services? David Ellesmere (left) and Housing portfolio-holder John Mowles more than 50 years. Get involved at www.ipswich.gov.uk/volunteering email: [email protected] or call us on 01473 433517

£1 Cheap parking/buses after 3pm offer extended until Quids in end of January 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Monday - Friday 2nd September to 15th November after 3pm Page 2 www.ipswich.gov.uk www.ipswich.gov.uk Page 3

The Angle JANUARY 2014 The Angle JANUARY 2014

In this issue Extra help Give it up Happy new HEARS! paying your Just the job! Make a confident start to detectors are worn as a wrist also be fitted in a property. If would benefit from the service rent Council team means business and get your the new year by enrolling a strap and activated by the smoke is detected it activates the then let them know and give loved one in the Ipswich velocity of a fall. The detector alarm unit and a call is put them and you peace of mind. Do you have rent arrears that are Page 4 HEARS personal alarm recognises when someone has through to the control team. preventing you from moving to service. fallen and activates the alarm For more information on the a more affordable property? Do Focus on Councillors fine back! unit in the property and a call is The Ipswich HEARS team has HEARS service, please visit: you want to move but cannot The Angle talks to Area HEARS enables people needing put through to the 24-hour been serving the local area for www.ipswich.gov.uk/hears or afford the rent in advance Committee Chair Julian Gibbs support to live as independently control team at Grafton House. 20 years. If you have family or call our 24-hour control team on payments or the deposit? 01473 433236. Smokers who throw their on their licence by attending a as possible in their own homes, A specialist smoke detector can friends who you would feel Page 6 safe driving course. for as long as they are able and In special circumstances, butts down on the ground wish to do so. It’s all about peace or from their cars can face Ipswich Borough Council can Branching out Here, people who have been of mind … for them and you. make a discretionary housing an on-the-spot fine … but How one law firm created a handed a fixed penalty notice And it costs from as little as payment to council or private new wood a new programme in for littering with butts can get a £2.50 a week. Home tenants on Housing Benefit to Ipswich could see them refund if they attend a course give extra help with rent. If the Page 8 getting their money back if that will help them give up.” The alarm offers peace of mind Emergency amount of your Housing Benefit they go on a “pack in the and, in the event of a fall, is not enough to meet your rent, customers press an alarm and a larm fags” course. In the past two years nearly 150 A you can apply for a discretionary Contacts people in Ipswich were given call is put through to the housing payment. 24-hour control team at Ipswich Response The Angle is published by The initiative was launched by penalties for dropping cigarette Borough Council’s Emergency Ipswich Borough Council and Livewell Suffolk and Ipswich butts. These are not benefit payments, Services Centre. Service delivered to households in Borough Council’s but are paid from a Ipswich. It is also published in Environmental Health Team. Live Well Suffolk is the new Peace of discretionary fund. Benefit the Ipswich Star and is available healthy lifestyles service Last year, Livewell Suffolk Kicking the habit: Steven There are two types of cover: appeal rules do not apply. helped 50% of smokers who Lee-Foster, Director of Livewell Monitoring-only: mind in your online at www.ipswich.gov.uk Council Health and Wellbeing commissioned by NHS Suffolk. There is a limited budget for came to them quit. Staff hope Suffolk, Luke Collins, Waste If you are in need of assistance, portfolio-holder Neil It offers free help to those who own home 24 discretionary housing payments For distribution enquires the new “money back” policy Enforcement Officer, and your alarm will alert HEARS MacDonald said: “We hope this are trying to get fitter and last hours a day and awards made are usually please contact Ivan Hook on will enjoy similar success. Councillor Neil MacDonald, staff who will contact one of will help more people to give up year promoted the Stoptober temporary and for a fixed 01473 324651 Deputy Leader of Ipswich three named key-holders. If they smoking. It’s a bit like motorists campaign to encourage people period. [email protected] Borough Council, launch the cannot be reached, HEARS will who can save points from going to give up smoking. new scheme alert the Emergency Services. The Council can only consider a Contact The Angle: The monitoring only service has discretionary payment towards [email protected] recently been expanded to cover your rent if you are receiving 01473 432031 Bildeston, Burstall, Capel St some Housing Benefit. Improving park’s ponds Mary, Hadleigh, Hintlesham, Want to get in touch Work is well under way to restore the famous ponds of Ipswich’s Needham Market, Somersham If you have more bedrooms than with a Councillor? Holywells Park – the first step in the overall £3.5 million “Parks for and Stowmarket. you need you will need to be Telephone 01473 432000 or People” Lottery programme. working with the Council’s Monitoring and responding: housing team to try to find a email them directly. All the services listed above but For example: Ipswich Borough Council has successfully bid for a grant of £2.8 smaller property before extra million by the Heritage Lottery Fund / Big Lottery to transform one with the additional benefit of an help can be considered. firstname.surname@ emergency response to your councillors.ipswich.gov.uk of the town's best-loved parks. Live independently in your own home home by the HEARS mobile You can complete an online Mobile button and alarm unit supplied And it is fitting that desilting the ponds is being done first - responders team. application form for Holywells has a number of bodies of open water and would not be 24 hour connection to our locally based control team discretionary housing payments here at all if it wasn't for the spring-fed ponds. In the mid-18th HEARS is expanding to include Assistive technology products available by going to Century, Thomas Cobbold acquired the land because he wanted to falls detectors and smoke Peace of mind at the touch of a button www.ipswich.gov.uk/dhp For more information: utilise the water source for his brewing business. alarms, known as assistive Service tailored to your needs technology as there is a growing Our picture shows local Councillor Liz Harsant with Friends of recognition for its potential to 01473 433236 Holywells Park and staff watching work getting under way address the challenges set by an www.ipswich.gov.uk/hears ageing population. Falls Page 4 www.ipswich.gov.uk www.ipswich.gov.uk Page 5

The Angle JANUARY 2014 The Angle JANUARY 2014

going on in the area. This ATTRACTING MORE VISITORS Church offers Angle focus on activity supports the sector TO THE TOWN CENTRE free debt advice Council team that is the Borough’s highlighted in the Suffolk The Economic Development An Ipswich church concerned new-look Growth Strategy, New Anglia team has also encouraged more with the financial worries of the LEP (Local Enterprise visitors to come into the town local community is partnering a Economic Partnership) Plan for Growth centre through successful charity to offer debt counselling. building jobs and Development and the Borough Council’s own promotions, including the Members of Rushmere Economy Development weekday Quids In £1 after 3pm Christian Fellowship and team Strategy. Christians Against Poverty parking and bus fares package. (CAP) are offering face-to-face confidence Ipswich Borough Council’s These promotions have seen a help to those struggling with Economic Development IPSWICH 18 SERVICE large increase in “carfall” and afternoon money worries. Andy Mortlock, team is making a real The Ipswich 18 programme, set footfall compared to the same a church leader, said: “Often difference for the town. up with the Eastern Enterprise period 12 months earlier. people feel they are to blame for Hub (EEH), has been set up to tea their debts getting out of control The Inward Investment arm of provide support for individuals Councillor Carole Jones is the walks and so they struggle on rather the service is helping existing who want to set up a business in Borough’s Planning & Economic than seeking help. Sometimes the Ipswich area. The Development portfolio-holder. those people have made businesses to grow while mistakes - and haven’t we all? - attracting new businesses to the programme will help aspiring She said: “Creating and BRIGHTEN THE DARK but very often they have been town. The team aims to create entrepreneurs to develop sustaining jobs is a key goal of DAYS OF WINTER BY driven into debt by suffering more jobs through the Council’s business knowledge and to the Council. Our new team has JOINING from one or two of life’s £1.5 million Jobs and Skills become more self-confident Attracting more visitors to Ipswich the drive and skills to help unexpected happenings, like ONE OF OUR Fund, which is investing in the and will also support young deliver our aspirations on a redundancy, relationship AFTERNOON TEA following areas: businesses in accessing finance The Economic Development team’s core range of projects and we are breakdown or coping with and investment. providing them with the TOURS illness in the family.” CAP has business cost £600,000 last year. necessary investment. We have more than 233 church-based SUPPORTING JOBS AND Wrap up warm and enjoy BOOSTING IPSWICH also forged a number of debt help centres across the UK TRAINING a specially themed TOURISM During that time, it generated funds successful partnerships with offering a free service to people The Apprenticeship Brokerage guided walk followed by regardless of their age, gender, Scheme aims to increase the An independent study has and income totalling £650,000. Ipswich Central, the Eastern a cup of tea and a cake in background or faith. number of small and revealed that tourism is worth Enterprise Hub, the LEP and For more information: £220 million a year and Suffolk County Council to medium-sized businesses invested in marketing, gazebos two key lending organisations: one of Ipswich’s great Rushmere Christian Fellowship, supports 4,200 jobs in Ipswich. cement our town’s position as a taking on apprentices in and new stalls to attract more Foundation East and Ipswich & cafés. tel: 07783 825933. The town is an important key regional centre. Ipswich. people into the heart of the town Suffolk Credit Union. These Walks start from the gateway to Suffolk and its centre. The Council is also provide credit to businesses that growing events and festivals “We have come a long way - the Ipsw ich Tourist New Living Wage Around 80 apprenticeships will launching the Just for Starters have viable business plans but programme regeneration of the Waterfront, Information Centre at be created in the town as part of scheme, which provides new have been unable to receive rate pledge run by the Council is helping to the establishment of a the Council's key goal of market traders with an finance from a bank. This kind 2pm “Ipswich Borough Council has promote it as a key destination university, development of pledged to pay the increased supporting jobs and training. opportunity to have a stall for up of investment is shown to and will keep on the for visitors from elsewhere in the unique retail offers in The Saints Living Wage rate to its staff from The scheme, which will make it to six weeks at no cost. After the safeguard and create jobs by country and from overseas. and Blackfriars (Fore Street) move as much as April. The Council introduced easier for businesses to take on initial six-week period, they allowing existing businesses to Ipswich welcomes areas and a successful events possible to keep warm! the living wage of £7.45 an hour apprentices and match them to will be offered a stand grow and by supporting the start – higher than the National around three million programme throughout the potential applicants in the on the market at a up of new businesses. Tickets and information Minimum Wage - last spring for visitors each year At your service year. But we also have a long Ipswich area, is in addition to discounted rate. from: all directly employed council and this continues IPSWICH BOROUGH way to go and that is why we the support the Council already The scheme also MORE CREATIVE JOBS Ipswich Tourist staff. The rate has recently been to increase. Last year, COUNCIL introduced a Jobs & Skills Fund gives to apprentices. offers free business The Ipswich Recreate project is Information Centre, St increased to £7.65 by the Living it entered the top 50 visited and are working with others to Wage Foundation. Borough advice for traders through the boosting the economic Stephen’s Church, towns in the country. In 2012, it revitalise the town centre and Council Leader David Ellesmere INNOVATION AND Council’s partnership with prosperity of our town by St Stephen’s Lane, welcomed 43% more visitors develop an exciting heritage and said: “We pay the Living Wage TECHNOLOGY MENTA - the Suffolk Enterprise growing new creative business Ipswich IP1 1DP from overseas. More than arts centre based around the because we want to enable all Establishing a Waterfront Agency. clusters and utilising empty 200,000 people visit the Museum in High Street.” Tel: 01473 258070 our staff to be able to better Innovation and Technology town centre spaces. The Council provide for their families and Council’s Tourist Information Centre, in collaboration with IMPROVING ACCESS TO is making some Town Hall space reduce financial hardship. The Centre in St Stephen’s Church Email: University Campus Suffolk and FINANCE for small businesses available free of charge for Living Wage reduces the cost of each year. To contact the Economic [email protected] Innovation Martlesham, will Ipswich Borough Council has creative businesses to develop. in-work benefits and is good for Development service please the local economy. We are also support the start up and growth highlighted a limited flow of The Council is working on the MAKING A BETTER MARKET email: looking at how we can get our of ICT and Digital Creative credit to many businesses as a project with CVS Media and the in the heart of the town centre. [email protected] contractors to pay their staff the businesses and showcase the major barrier to growth and will EEH. Living Wage.” Ipswich Borough Council has Councillor Carole Jones (front) with Ipswich Borough Council’s Economic Development team excellent work that is already be providing investments into Page 6 www.ipswich.gov.uk www.ipswich.gov.uk Page 7

The Angle JANUARY 2014 The Angle JANUARY 2014

Your Area Councillor at Area committees - working for you Committees The next meetings of the five the centre Area Committees are: Central: Thur 30th January 6.30pm Red Cross Centre Hall, of it all 15 Chevallier Street. North-East: Anna Dobbie talks to JULIAN GIBBS, Thur 23rd January 7pm Chair of the Central Area Committee St John’s Church, Cauldwell Hall Road What influenced your decision you live and can be very North-West: to become a councillor? persistent and not understand Tue 28th January 7pm I've always been interested in why you can't resolve their Whitton Church Hall, politics and I studied it at A-level issues. Advantages? I don't see it Map makers.... Elinor, Georgia and Stephanie Whitton Church Lane many, many years ago! Then I as a perk; I see it as a bit of a South-East: worked with governments in privilege to be elected and try to Tue 14th January 7pm Europe. I've always worked with do something to improve Salvation Army Hall, government here and I continue people's lives. Queensway to do so in my day-to-day job. South-West: Most of the books on my What do you think of the Wed 15th January 6.30pm bookshelf are politically related Borough Council’s Area Suffolk New Academy and I wanted to get more Committee system? (formerly Chantry High involved so I stood in 2010 as a It's very new, it's growing and School), Mallard Way little bit of a test, wasn't it's changing, and I think it's in a Central successful and then stood the position now where it can grow The Central Area Committee is next year and was successful. even better and help the closely involved in the project to It's quite fantastic because it communities by devolving tackle anti-social behaviour in means I can represent my power. That's the key: giving the St Matthew’s Street area and Representatives of the Lavender Hill shops and Residents’ Ipswich community, take some powers to the Area Committees is now awaiting the completion Association monitor the CCTV screen with Councillor Peter Gardiner responsibility and be more so local people can get involved St Matthew’s Street. We have a How long have you lived in of an agreement to improve Direct involved with my community in local decisions within their mixture of Councillors from Ipswich? landscaping of a rundown area South West Exercise equipment would South East North East where I live. community. That is something Westgate, St Margaret’s and I've lived in Ipswich since 2001. off Upper Orwell Street. South West Area Committee include a trim trail, bike trail, Committee Chair Keith The local business maps that's very close to my heart; it Alexandra wards representing I'm originally from Suffolk. I was Chair Peter Gardiner i-play zone and fitness facilities. Rawlingson says members are produced to help traders in the What, in your opinion, makes a means a lot to me and it’s great two political parties. born in north Suffolk in the Members also funded better announced the completion of a keen to provide a forum for Woodbridge Road area have Want to good councillor? to hear what people actually small market town of Eye, then I lighting in the Christchurch Park CCTV project and better lighting The Council is working with the people to raise and get action on been officially launched. They Patience, integrity, a thick skin, a want and they can challenge know what's Describe an average day at went to university - I spent four car park for visitors to the Reg at the shops in Lavender Hill. Community Payback Team to issues that concern them. were funded by the NorthEast sense of humour and the ability you. That's a good advert for going on? work. years in Staffordshire and five in Driver centre. “This was proposed by improve community safety in Recently, the Committee has Area Committee after being to have a good partner in your democracy. Well, it varies. I work - I have a Nottinghamshire. It's nice to live shop-keepers who came to us Kingfisher Avenue, where provided funding for material to proposed by local businessman life, who understands the fact full-time job, working for here, nice to come back to for help. We studied the hedging is obscuring visibility resurface the BMX track in Swaraj Jeyasingh, designed by that they are likely to be a widow What about your own Area Romford YMCA, which itself is Suffolk and see the town North West proposals and agreed to fund around the Methodist Church, Landseer Park and agreed to Copleston High School students If you want to know what's or widower because you're Committee? going on in your town fill very challenging. My normal change. The Area Committee has invited three-quarters of the cost. This and garden clearance to help a support financially the bid by (triplets Elinor, Georgia and never there! in our simple Ipswich We've been very active in day would include looking at my Suffolk County Council’s is an example of how Area resident in Gipping Ward are the Friends of Murray Park to Stephanie) and printed by Direct form. working with other phone going into work ... and And what are your favourite transport chief Councillor Committees can really get being sorted out. provide new tennis courts. Ipswich 24. What are the advantages and organisations, we've got various looking at it when I come home! things about Ipswich? Graham Newman to the next involved and help make We can then tell you disadvantages of being a priorities and we have an action about everything from I'm often speaking to The history, the parks and I like meeting to discuss travel communities safer.” The Area Committee also gave More activities for the over-50s Other achievements include councillor? plan. We have had people come sport to events, from constituents, I have meetings the fact that I can get to a matters with local residents. £4,000 to the Triangle Youth will be discussed during part-funding for improvements housing to health by text, Disadvantages? I suppose if to us and we have supported every week, I chair the Area number of places quite easily as There are also plans to set up a An outdoor gym, with Club music project, along with January’s meeting, including to Cherry Lane recreation email or phone. you've got an employer it’s not their applications to make Committee and they meet every well. I like the town’s diversity new series of the Walking equipment in Chantry Park, funding to set up a Halifax proposals from Livewell Suffolk ground and working with so pleasing for you not to be various areas better, such as the To register your interest six weeks. There's no typical and I like that it has changed so Football health programme. Lavenham Road Park and Activhub and Garden project to introduce a free Zumba Gold residents to get Pearce Road there the whole time. proposed improvements to please visit day; it changes all the time and much. Meeting details are on the Gippeswyk Park, is being based on the People’s Garden taster session. closed to through traffic. ipswich.gov.uk/direct Sometimes people know where Upper Orwell Street and you've got to respond to that. opposite page. considered by the Committee. and the Halifax bowls pavilion. Page 8 www.ipswich.gov.uk www.ipswich.gov.uk Page 9

The Angle JANUARY 2014 The Angle january 2014 Birketts branch out Discover the Heroes of the storm Your views on Northern Fringe masterpieces paths closed, trees down and in To mark each year of their illustrious history, leading law firm of Western art precarious positions; the work Birketts LLP have planted 150 trees that form a special copse in and other key planning issues still goes on. We have a policy of Bourne Park. The Birketts Copse consists of specimen trees, such as Following the success of his To help people find out more replacing each tree lost with at birch, mountain ash, oak, field maple, and was planted by Birketts The public is being asked to sell-out lecture on Constable at about the plans there will be a least two saplings; that will staff and volunteers assisted by Ipswich Borough Council's Rangers. comment on three draft Christchurch Mansion, world number of public exhibitions: ensure we have a growing tree Nigel Farthing, Senior Partner of Birketts, said planting the trees was planning documents for the famous curator John Sheeran canopy for the future.” an appropriate way to celebrate the anniversary: "Birketts has been a future of development in is giving a series of 10 art talks part of the Ipswich business community for 150 years and by Gainsborough Sports and Ipswich. Community Centre about the great masterpieces Elsewhere, Housing & planting these trees the firm is giving back to the community where of Western art at the Ipswich Maintenance staff responded to we live and work. As part of our celebration of the anniversary, we Mon 3rd February, 3pm – 8pm The Borough Council has given Film Theatre. tenants’ emergencies. Some 140 have undertaken a challenge to raise £150,000 for charity.” The firm the go-ahead for the next stage Council homes were damaged has now raised almost £140,000 towards that target for charities St Mary Magdalene Church, of public consultation on 1The Starting on Wednesday 22nd to some extent and some fences across East Anglia. Church Lane, Westerfield review of its Core Strategy, 2 A January, each talk, from and walls were knocked down. Thursday 6th Feb, 3pm - 8pm Site Allocation and Policies Friday 7th Feb, 11am - 5pm 10.30am to noon, explores the document, and 3A great masterpieces of a The Council’s emergency and Saturday 8th Feb, 11am - 5pm Supplementary Planning particular historical period, customer contact staff were kept Document to guide the Ipswich Sports Club, Henley Rd starting with the Italian busy during the storm and its development at the Ipswich Saturday 15th Feb, 11am - 5pm Renaissance and taking the aftermath, providing Northern Fringe. Sunday 16th Feb, 11am - 5pm story of art right up to the 20th information and reassurance as Century. the volume of calls Pickwick Room, Town Hall The Core Strategy Review seeks reached 3,000 in the Tuesday 18th Feb, 11am - 5pm At your service to extend the Local Plan period morning. Building Wed 19th Feb, 11am - 5pm IPSWICH BOROUGH from 2027 to 2031 and focuses Control staff helped Ipswich Garden Suburb illustrative masterplan COUNCIL on the amount of housing Colchester Road Baptist Church to deal with dangerous needed and whether the whole Friday 28th Feb, 3pm - 8pm structures in the town. transport and drainage Northern Fringe area is required The Council wants the area to Saturday 1st March, 11am - 5pm for development earlier in that be developed as a garden requirements will be designed When the storm that chief tree expert. “It was a Council Leader David Ellesmere period. It also aligns the Core suburb, with an overall plan for and managed, and how the Meetings of the Council’s Area Matisse’s The Dance battered Ipswich in October massive job,” he recalls. “We said: “I want to thank all the Strategy with recent changes the site, consisting of the highest various main elements of any Committees will also consider moved away towards the were faced with hundreds of employees who battled to get made by the Government to quality homes and community development will be built in all three documents. Details will So, if you have ever wanted to coast it was the start of a big trees down and others in a parks open, keep services town planning guidelines. facilities, rather than a sequence. be shown on understand, appreciate and clean-up operation for dangerous state. All the parks running and reassure residents. disjointed approach to the www.ipswich.gov.uk enjoy art more or to discover Ipswich Borough Council and other open spaces battered It might have only lasted a The Site Allocations and Policies development. The Ipswich Garden Suburb why artists like Leonardo Da staff. by the St Jude’s storm needed number of minutes at its height, Plan will replace the 2007 SPD supports the Ipswich Local You can comment on all three Vinci, Van Gogh or Picasso are rapid safety assessments. We but the storm did a lot of preferred options IP-One Area How the Northern Fringe Plan, which consists of the Core documents from 13th January so greatly admired, then John At the forefront of the Council’s followed our priorities plan and damage and tested us all. I am Action Plan and Site Allocations development is to be delivered is Strategy and Site Allocations until 10th March. The Council’s Sheeran’s Masterpiece art response were the parks staff, moved into Christchurch, glad we came through that test.” and Policies documents and contained in a draft plan called Plan. website has all the reports, appreciation talks are for you. backed by other colleagues Chantry, Bourne, Alexandra and older planning policies from the the Ipswich Garden Suburb documents and plans to view drafted in to help. Holywells and all the other Alexandra Park (top) and supplementary planning This consultation follows the and/or to download. Masterpiece tickets cost £10 Council-owned land totalling 1997 Local Plan. It seeks to Holywells Park (below) allocate specific sites for document (SPD), and the previous Issues and Options You can complete an online per talk and are available from Fireworks went ahead more than 500 hectares. On top development, as well as sites Council wants your views. These consultation during January/ comments sheet on the Ipswich Regent and Corn With parks closed, where of that, we had a big task that will be protected across the will be considered before it February 2013. www.ipswich.gov.uk and paper Exchange Box Office, tel: possible, for public safety, the updating the public, offering Borough. becomes adopted as official copies will be available at the 01473 433100. team swung into action, tree advice and explaining the planning policy. The overall sustainability of exhibitions. A £1 booking fee applies. concentrating their resources on reasons why some of their The Northern Fringe between these plans has also been All the documents and clearing fallen trees and favourite parks were still Tuddenham Road and Henley The Ipswich Garden Suburb assessed by means of a comments sheets will also be at Season tickets cost £80 for 10 branches in Christchurch Park closed.” Road will be the focus of the SPD is not about the principle of sustainability appraisal (SA) libraries, the Customer Services talks from Imogen Sheeran, so the annual fireworks event town's major development over development; that decision has incorporating a strategic Centre and Grafton House. tel: 01728 621126 Email: could take place the following Mr Whalley said the clean-up the next 18 years with up to already been taken. It is about environmental assessment Consultation responses must be [email protected]. weekend. was still going on. “Orwell how the Northern Fringe will (SEA) which will also be the received in writing by the A £2 administration fee Country Park will take us 3,500 homes eventually planned for the site. The first homes look, about the facilities it will subject of the consultation. Council no later than 5pm on applies. Andy Whalley is the Council’s months to fully sort out. We had could be completed in 2017. contain, how such things as 10th March. Page 10 www.ipswich.gov.uk www.ipswich.gov.uk Page 11

The Angle JANUARY 2014 The Angle JANUARY 2014

The Cobbolds were What’s on diary A Cobbold plants a maple well-known brewers who lived SIGN UP FOR in the mansion that used to TWO MONTHS 11th January 25th January stand in Holywells Park. TRIANON MUSIC GROUP SARAH MILLICAN AND GET THE Curtain Up! Corn Exchange, Ipswich Regent, 8pm. £27.50. Shirley Fowley, a five-times THIRD MONTH 7.30pm. Everything you love, Over-16s only. grand-daughter of mansion from Lehar and Cole Porter to builder John Cobbold (1745 – FREE Lloyd Webber and Tchaikovsky. 1st February 1835), sent over a seed of a Sponsored by Music Sales IPSWICH CHAMBER MUSIC Canadian Sugar Maple from a Charitable Trust. £11.50 - £9.50, SOCIETY - ELIAS STRING family estate in Ontario. That students and under-16s £5. QUARTET seed was nurtured by Anthony Our all-inclusive fitness Tickets: 01473 780178, Ipswich School, 7.30pm. Cobbold, Keeper of the Cobbold Family History Trust, membership includes: www.ipswichregent.com or in Beethoven, Beethoven and person from the Tourist Beethoven. Tickets on the door and he planted the sapling in • 4 Profiles gyms Information Centre, St Stephen’s £14.50 Holywells Park. Mr Cobbold • Fitness classes Church. ipswichchambermusic.org.uk quoted Cicero to guests at the • Swimming ceremony: “He plants a tree 16th January 2nd February for those yet to come.” He said • Racket sports his Canadian relative is Thursday Forum at Christ • Sauna/steam room THE ULTIMATE RHYTHM & planning to come to Ipswich Church, Tacket Street: THE BLUES in 2015 for the completion of BARON, THE POLICEMAN, Family and couples memberships Ipswich Regent, 7.30pm. the £3.5 million project, £2.8 THE MAYOR AND IPSWICH now available. Musical memories from The A member of the famous Cobbold family who lives in Canada million of which has come RIOTS by local historian Linda Swim and racket memberships Zombies, The Animals, arranged a tree planting in Ipswich’s Holywells Park to celebrate the from the Heritage Lottery Sexton. 1pm - 1.50pm, free with also available. Yardbirds, Spencer Davis and historic links with the park. Fund and Big Lottery. retiring collection. Maggie Bell. £30.50. Under-14s ONE MONTH FREE Refreshments from noon. must be accompanied by a Call 0800 0371 371 or call paying adult. Housing Disabled grants to make adaptations to into any sports centre or Crown 24th January * Regent or Corn Exchange people’s homes so they can live Pools to have a look around. S4K’s MACBETH, Ipswich tickets can be bought online at renovation adaptation more independently. Grants are Regent, 10.30am and 1.30pm. www.ipswichregent.com, by grants grants available to home-owners and Terms and conditions apply www.ipswich.gov.uk/sport private tenants with the owner’s Shakespeare 4 Kids’ exciting phone on 01473 433100 or in approval. They are for fixed musical version. £13 children, person at the Tourist A housing improvement grant Would adjustments to your adaptations to homes where £21 adults. Information Centre or theatre. could be just a few clicks away. home make life easier? Do you people have a disability and Council, with most of the Ipswich Borough Council is now struggle to climb the stairs or get Volunteers wanted Warmer homes able to offer grants in out of the bath? have included stair-lifts, ramps funding being provided by the and flush-floor shower rooms. Government. The Council was Ipswich & District Citizens Advice Bureau the private sector in Ipswich Borough Council wants a number of At your service Ipswich Borough There are eligibility criteria. For VOLUNTEERS awarded £3.2 million to provide IPSWICH BOROUGH new volunteers to help with circumstances. Council can give more information please call external wall insulation to 384 of COUNCIL 01473 433003. exciting opportunities covering WE its properties that have either events such as Sport Relief, NEED solid walls or cavity walls that The grants on offer are SkyRide and the Maritime renovation grants to provide YOU! cannot be filled. Trianon Choir and Symphony Orchestra Ipswich Festival. If you are interested in events, arts and entertainments, working in our parks or assistance to owner-occupiers administration work, why not volunteer Councillor John Mowles, Conductor Professor Christopher Green OBE | Leader Steve Browne with Cultural Services? for repairs such as electrical Get involved at www.ipswich.gov.uk/volunteering email: [email protected] or call us on 01473 433517 Housing portfolio-holder, If you are looking for a rewire, leaking roof and (pictured on left) said: We are looking for volunteer advisers and assessors to join our team longer-term role you might be interested in helping out in the town’s "We are working in partnership providing assistance to ensure parks with practical conservation and estate maintenance with Keepmoat to improve our We provide training and work experience, so whether you are at school, retired, efficient heating throughout the opportunities. working or seeking employment, this is a rewarding role. property. Curtain Up housing stock across the town The posts are unpaid but out-of-pocket expenses are reimbursed. with Trianon A project which is transforming wall insulation, making them and I am pleased we have Volunteering can be a great way to meet new people, have fun and council homes in Ipswich has more energy-efficient and reached this first milestone. Application forms are available from our website or by contacting the bureau at The grants have certain the address below. DO WE NEED TO INCLUDE THE ADDRESS? gain new experiences. marked a major milestone with saving tenants hundreds of Energy prices are making conditions that must be met. For the completion of the 100th pounds on their energy bills. headlines and we want to help Informal enquiries are also welcomed and should be made to Nelleke van more information on your Saturday 11th January 2014, 7.30pm If you want to get involved you can complete a volunteer application Helfteren, Deputy Manager on: eligibility please visit property. The home, in Hossack The work is being carried out by tenants reduce their bills as Ipswich Corn Exchange form at www.ipswich.gov.uk/volunteering or contact Evie Dunbavin, Road, is one of almost 400 in the the Keepmoat company on much as we can." [email protected] www.ipswich.gov.uk or phone t: 01473 219772 www.ipswichcab.org.uk Charity No 1064862 King Street, Ipswich IP1 1DH tel: 01473 433517 or email: [email protected] town to be fitted with external behalf of Ipswich Borough 01473 433003. Page 12 www.ipswich.gov.uk

The Angle JANUARY 2014

& MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED! IPSWICH CHANTRY PARK 28TH JUNE 2014 AN AEG LIVE PRESENTATION

AXS.COM - TICKETMASTER.CO.UK - NATIONALBOXOFFICE.CO.UK - SEETICKETS.COM UKLIVE.CO.UK FACEBOOK.CO.UK/UKLIVEOFFICIAL @UKLIVEOFFICIAL Tickets subject to booking fee. Artists subject to change. Subject to Licence