ISSUE 518 | DEC 19/JAN 20 NEEDHAM MARKET NEWSLETTER Christmas Fayre 2019 High Street, Needham Market - 10am till 4pm On Sunday 1st December For more information call 0870 945 0852 PUBLISHED BY NEEDHAM MARKET TOWN COUNCIL and distributed throughout Needham Market free of charge WWW.NEEDHAMMARKETTC.CO.UK Needham Market Newsletter December 2019 Needham Market Town Council Town Mayor/Chair of Council Useful Telephone Numbers Police / Ambulance / Fire Brigade 999 Steve Phillips (01449) 721710 Police - Non-Emergency 101 Doctors’ Surgery 01449 720666 Deputy Town Mayor/Deputy Chair of Council Ipswich Hospital 01473 712233 Josephine Lea (01449) 721544 NHS Direct 111 Mid Suffolk District Council 0300 1234000 Town Councillors Suffolk County Council 0345 6066067 Suffolk County Council Highways 0345 6066171 Brian Annis (01449) 720531 Local MP’s Constituency Office 01284 752311 Ray Darnell 07990 583162 Citizen’s Advice Bureau 01449 676060 Street Light Faults 0345 6066171 Ian Mason (01449) 721162 Anglian Water 0800 145 145 Mike Norris (01449) 720871 Age UK Suffolk 01473 359911 Childline (24hr) 0800 1111 Martin O’Shea 07756 250326 NSPCC (24hr) 0808 800 5000 Martin Ost (01449) 401511 Social Services 0808 800 4005 Fraud and Cyber Crime Helpline 0300 123 2040 Martin Spurling (01449) 401443 Suffolk Drugs and Alcohol Helpline 0300 123 0872 Xy Stansfield 07538 058304 National Drugs “FRANK” Helpline 0800 776600 Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 9177650 County Councillor Crimestoppers 0800 555 111 UK Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 2000 247 Kay Oakes 07724 700695 Women’s Aid - National 08457 023 468 - Ipswich 01473 745111 District Councillors Suffolk Rape Crisis 0800 0850 520 Mike Norris (01449) 720871 Relate (Family Counselling) 01473 254118 Home-Start Family Support 01379 678552 Steve Phillips (01449) 721710 The Samaritans 0845 790 9090 Cruse Bereavement Support 01473 230888 Town Clerk Assistant Town Clerk Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide 07531 087623 Kevin Hunter Kelaine Spurdens Victim Support 0300 303 3706 TOWN COUNCIL OFFICE NEWSLETTER COPY: Open to the public on Mondays and Thursdays 10am - 12 noon All articles and notices must be emailed in Microsoft Word format to [email protected] Posters should be sent as PDFs. The copy deadline for Contact Details the February 2020 edition is the 8th January. Town Council Office School Street All Advertising queries should be referred to Kelaine at the Needham Market Town Council Office on: (01449) 722246 or email as shown Suffolk above and left. IP6 8BB Telephone (01449) 722246 COUNCIL MEETINGS An answerphone is used if the office is unmanned Held at 7:25pm in the Green Room at the Needham Market Email Community Centre, School Street, IP6 8BB. [email protected] Forthcoming meetings: Weds 4th & 18th December and 15th January 2020. Website www.needhammarkettc.co.uk These meetings are open to the public. You are welcome to attend and take the opportunity to air your views. 2 Needham Market Newsletter December 2019 Introduction Welcome Mayor’s Report them for their service and dedication so that we may spend the festive period with our loved ones in peace Christmas is almost upon knowing that you are there for us. Also if you have a us and for those of you neighbour or elderly folk without local family, perhaps it with a young family more would be a good time to extend a hand of friendship so than anyone it is a time for they will feel the Christmas spirit as well. counting your blessings. It is traditionally a time for There is no newsletter in January so happy and thinking of family and those healthy Christmas and a prosperous new year. By the time you read this, Halloweenthat cannot will be with you at Cllr Steve Phillips probably havethis time, gone such already. as the emergencyThe days areservices and military Needham Market TownMayor/ getting shorterpersonnel. and May the I leavestake this are opportunity falling to thank all of Chairman of Council from the trees. Mid Suffolk District Councillors Mike Norris & Steve Phillips Report It is during this time of year that the colours around Needham6th November Market, particularly 2019. at the Lake, Needhamare spectacular. Lake Visitor Please Centre. do take a Free recycling talks for residents. few momentsDevelopment to look aroundof the plans you, for breath a visitor centre/café at Suffolk’s Recycling Centres offer free ‘Reduce, Reuse and in the freshNeedham air and Lake appreciate are progressing what well. we The final version of Recycle - not a Waste of time!’ sessions to interested have in thisthe town building of design,ours. incorporating the feedback from the parties to learn more about ways to reduce waste and public engagement event on Thursday 10th October, recycling. Neighbours, parish or community groups are Our shopswas are submitted preparing as a planningfor Christmas application on Monday invited to set up a session, offering an ideal additional and decorating4th November. their Subject windows. to planning The approval, the next or alternative way to access information about recycling steps will be to appoint a preferred contractor for the Christmas trees will soon be installed on which is also available on the ‘Suffolk Recycling’ website. construction phase, and then a preferred operator to the lamp standards, and the High Street To book a visit from their Information and Education manage and run the facility. If all goes according to plan it will take on a completely different look. Manager any interested parties can email Sharon. is hoped that the visitor centre will be operating during [email protected] It is mainlythe latter volunteers part of the thatsummer will season be next year. Closing date for Mid Suffolk District Council responsibleMore for thisfree change swimming and for I, youngsters.for one, Locality Awards. am gratefulFollowing for all a successfulthe effort summer that take goes up, Mid Suffolk Awards are available to properly constituted local District Council has extended its free swims offer and into making this town one of the best groups and organisations with their own bank account will also be running the initiative over the Christmas Christmas scenes around. and a treasurer, and ideally should be for specific holidays too from 20 December 2019 to 5 January 2020 projects, but can cover such costs as training for inclusive at Mid Suffolk Leisure Centre andTwo Stradbroke pictures of flowers on the High Street with St. John’s in Well done one and all! officers and volunteers within those organisations. Swimming Pool, which aims to help promotethe healthierbackground, taken by David Campbell. Steve Phillips They are not available to individuals and cannot be and active lifestyles in the district. Needham Market Town Mayor made retrospectively, i.e. for items already purchased Fly-tipper billed more than £1,500 for dumping or ordered, and the minimum award is £250.00 per waste in Stowupland. IN THIS MONTH’Sapplication. NEWSLETTER... THE NEEDHAMAn offender dumped 12 sacks of household waste in The current scheme will close for applications on Editor: November 2018 in StonebridgeChris Campbell Lane, Stowupland. Sgt [email protected] Soup 31st DecemberHistorical 2019. If any groupsRadio are interested Brian Calver from the Suffolk’s Rural Policing team in making an application please contact your local found the sacks during a routine patrol and the Lunchoffender Notes Drama Editorial Board: David Campbell District Councillors, Mike Norris or Steve Phillips for an was traced. FollowingKelaine a guilty Spurdens plea, the court finedPage the 5 Page 6 Page 10 application form (contact details below). offender £1,000, along with costs of £477.41 and a victim Distributionsurcharge Co-ordinator: of £100. The SuffolkSam Finbow Waste Partnership, which Mid Suffolk District Councillors Mike Norris consists of all the Suffolk councils including theNeedham County [email protected] Fireworks The Tel. 01449 Back 720871 and Printed By: Gipping Press and partners,[email protected] is also hoping to launch a campaignLake over Steve PhillipsDisplay [email protected] the winter aimed at reducing fly tipping in Suffolk.Page 15 Tel. 01449Page 721710. 20 RepresentingPage Needham 27 Market, Badley, Cover Photo: War Memorial, Barretts Lane (CC) Baylham, Creeting St Mary, Creeting St Peter, Darmsden. Needham Market Newsletter December 2019 3 3 Mock Inner.indd 3 17/10/2019 00:16 Community News... ‘Meet up Community The Crafters meet mornings and we start at Tuesdays’ fortnightly on a Tuesday 11am. No fixed projects, Crafters and afternoon from 1.30pm to we just all bring along our ‘Meet up Tuesdays’ has Yap and Yarn 3pm and will start again own projects and get on moved from the Internet in the new year on 7th Café to Needham Market The Community Crafters with them. We will be Community Centre Lounge. and Yap and Yarn groups January 2020. We try all resuming after the new Come along and have a who used to meet at the sorts of different crafts so year on 6th January 2020. free tea and coffee whilst Internet Café have now come along and see what enjoying a good chat with moved to Drift Court, The we do, or come along and If you want to know more others. All are welcome, Drift, Needham Market. show us what you do. you can ring or text Dawn we are there from 10am to on 07513122231 12 noon. You don’t have to New members are always Yap and Yarn takes stay all that time, just pop in welcome. place on Thursday Merry Christmas whenever you want. Loneliness and isolation are widespread amongst many parts of our community, Carers and people with Dementia or disabilities are welcome, In fact we have a Dementia Champion as part of our group. We will return in the New Year on 7th January 2020. Why not make it your new year resolution to come and join us for a cuppa.