BRINGING YOU ALL THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT YOUR COUNCIL | WWW.IPSWICH.GOV.UK | JUNE 2019 PICTURE BY JEN O’NEIL ED: IT ALL STARTED IT’S ALL SMILES AT THE SWITCH-ON WITH THE ANGLE! SEE PAGE 10 Peace of mind for you and your family - 24 hours a day Home Emergency Alarm Response Service Our 24-hour monitoring and responding service, covering Ipswich and surrounding towns and villages, helps you feel safe, reassured and 01473 433236 independent in your own home. www.hearsalarm.co.uk ALEXANDRA PARK IPSWICH IP4 1NY BSCENTRE PRESENTS... SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER 2019 12.00 - 6.00pm WORLD MUSIC & FOOD • INFORMATION STALLS • SPORTS CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT • FAIRGROUND RIDES FREE • FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY • ENTRY www.bscsuffolk.org.uk CONTACTS The Angle is published by Ipswich Borough Council and delivered to households in Ipswich. It is also published in the Ipswich Star and is available online at www.ipswich.gov.uk Contact Angle: [email protected] 01473 432031 Want to get in touch with a Councillor? Find out their details at www.ipswich.gov.uk/councillors Angle 2 GREAT MUSICALS COMING TO REGENT THEATRE Musical lovers of all ages will appreciate followed by the glorious revival of the drama, sounds and spectacle of Tim Annie, starring Lesley Joseph for a Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s week-long run in November. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. This stars Union J’s Jaymi Consider yourself at home at the Regent Hensley as Joseph in a show the Sunday Theatre – the fabulous Lionel Bart Times describes as “Brilliant! It explodes musical Oliver is coming to Ipswich from th th like glittering fireworks”. Joseph takes to Thursday 4 to Saturday 6 July. th the Regent stage from Tuesday 25 to This is an amateur youth production of th Saturday 29 June. the heart-warming tale of a young Over at the Corn Exchange on Saturday orphan on the streets of Victorian 29th June, celebrated pianist Noriko London, which will definitely leave you Ogawa plays Rachmaninov’s romantic wanting more, and East Anglia’s premier Second Piano Concerto as the Ipswich theatre has plenty of choice this summer. Symphony Orchestra hosts its Summer Younger audiences will love Ben & Concert. Also on the bill are Holly's Little Kingdom, an enchanting Shostakovich’s Festival Overture and tale from the makers of Peppa Pig, on Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st July. Coming up in the autumn at the Regent Go to www.ipswichregent.com for details. Theatre are Horrible Histories and We Park at Crown multi-storey car park - just Will Rock You (both in September) and a short walk to the theatres. Calendar Girls (October). These are Angle 3 WHO’S WHO AT COUNCIL Ipswich went to the polls in NEW FACES AT THE BOROUGH early May to elect one third of the 48 Borough Councillors. Labour gained two seats (Rushmere and Whitton) and the Liberal Democrats gained one seat (St Margaret’s) from the Conservatives. There was an overall turn-out across Ipswich of 30.4%. Four long-serving Councillors retired from the Council – former Mayors Roger Fern and David Goldsmith, ex-Leader Bill Knowles and Martin Goonan. There are now six new Councillors: Luke Richardson (Labour, Priory Heath), Kelvin Cracknell (Labour, Rushmere), Jenny Smith (Labour, Sprites), Tim Lockington (Liberal 1st line from left: 2nd line from left: Democrat, St Margaret's), Darren Heaps, Lucy Trenchard, Lucy Trenchard (Labour, Jenny Smith, Luke Richardson, Whitehouse), Darren Heaps Kelvin Cracknell Tim Lockington. (Labour, Whitton). The other 10 Councillors GOODBYE TO LONG-SERVING COUNCILLORS re-elected were: Jane Riley, Richard Pope, Philip Smart, Erion Xhaferaj, Martin Cook, Peter Gardiner, Liz Harsant, Shelly Darwin, Bob Hall and Julian Gibbs. The political make-up of the Council is now: Labour (36), Conservative (9) and Liberal Democrats (3). Councillor David Ellesmere will continue as Leader following the Annual Council meeting last month. Councillor Sarah Barber, former Mayor and previous Chair of the South-East Area Committee, joins the Executive, along with Conservative Group Leader Councillor Ian Fisher. 1st line from left: 2nd line from left: To find out who’s who at the Bill Knowles, David Goldsmith, Council go to www.ipswich.gov.uk Martin Goonan, Stephen Ion, Roger Fern, Lee Reynolds. Angle 4 COUNCIL NEWS New home for FIND Summer concert Construction has begun Favourite works by in Ipswich for a new Russian composers form headquarters for charity the centrepiece of Ipswich Families In Need (FIND) Symphony Orchestra’s to help it cope with rising Summer Concert at the demand from people in Corn Exchange on poverty and crisis, Saturday 29th June incorporating its (7.30pm). Norika Ogawa emergency food-bank. Conducted by Adam FIND also provides Gatehouse, the concert Help for charity everyday household welcomes renowned Ipswich charity Survivors items from a different pianist Norika Ogawa for in Transition (SiT) has location. Supporters of Rachmaninov’s romantic praised the generosity of the charity gathered at Second Piano Concerto. local interiors company, the site at Gainsborough Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Source one Consulting, Sports Centre – Symphony and for donating new office businesses, schools, Shostakovitch’s Festival furniture. The charity, churches and individual Overture complete the based in Fore Street, donors have already programme. Tickets at supports men and women raised £78,000 for the www.ipswichcornexchange.com who have experienced FIND 50 £100,000 sexual abuse in childhood Lifeline Appeal, which is Fairtrade Town to become empowered continuing. Council Ipswich is proud to be a and improve self-esteem Leader David Ellesmere Fairtrade town, having and resilience. said: “The Council is a been awarded this ethical long-time supporter of accolade in 2008 by The Lofty ambitions FIND. We are very Fairtrade Foundation. Six employees of social pleased to have been Fairtrade Fortnight put a enterprise company Lofty able to locate a suitable spotlight on ethical Heights were shown site for their new trading but the campaign around the new Eastern premises and help fund is an all-year round one. Gateway enterprise park. the redevelopment. We The Fairtrade Shop in Eastern Gateway is the all now look forward to Upper Brook Street is run former sugar beet factory its completion and by a board of directors, a site being transformed by continuing valuable work part-time paid manager Ipswich Borough Council. in the community.” The and a number of Contractor Balfour Beatty charity’s vital fund-raising hard-working and has offered work appeal is on-going. For committed volunteers. experience to two Lofty more information go to Ipswich Borough Council Heights workers so they www.findipswich.org.uk supports Fairtrade. can gain valuable www.fairtrade.org.uk construction experience and help towards obtaining the construction industry’s CSCS card test. Our picture (left) shows Council Leader David Ellesmere and Cllr Jane Riley at the FIND launch. Angle 5 MAKE THE PAST YOUR FUTURE: IPSWICH MUSEUMS A summer of wonder planetarium, pinhole £3.50 per child, age and excitement is in camera making, Lego 5-plus, book online. building, meeting a Tudor store at Ipswich Sun 4th August Museums. surgeon and Victorian kitchen science. There is Meet the Robots (Ipswich Wonder Walls, a also something for the Art Gallery.) Make them, celebration of the adults with a Bricks and drive them! 11am – 3pm, favourite artworks in the Beer evening in August, FREE, drop-in. Ipswich collection, shares which will see visitors Tue 6th August space at Christchurch build automated Discovery Day: Fossils Mansion’s Wolsey Art contraptions from Lego. (Ipswich Museum) Explore Gallery. Popular pieces by animals and plants that Maggi Hambling and Summer of Science lived millions of years Anna Airy sit alongside events: ago. 10am – 2pm, FREE, much loved works by Sun 28th July drop-in. Gainsborough, Constable Build the Ensemble and Churchyard. Workshop (Ipswich Art Wed 7th August Build your own automata At the Ipswich Art Gallery, Gallery) Help put together to take home. (Ipswich Art the Marvellous Machines the final part of the Gallery). Get inspired by exhibition invites you to Marvellous Machines the Marvellous Machines unleash your inner exhibition. 10am – noon, exhibition. Bring an adult inventor as it explores FREE, Age 6-plus, helper. 10am – noon, quirky contraptions from drop-in. 1.30pm – 3.30pm, £3.50 Cabaret Mechanical Tue 30th & Wed 31st July per child, age 5-plus, Theatre. This Planetarium (Ipswich book online. family-friendly display is Museum). Go on a on from 20th July to 3rd journey out of this world. Thursday 8th August November. Various sessions, £3.50 Blood and Bones (Christchurch Mansion). The Marvellous Machines per person, age 4-plus, Learn about Tudor exhibition is the book online. medicine. Various inspiration for the Thurs 1st August sessions, £3.50 per Summer of Science school Get Snappy: Create a person, age 6-plus, book holiday programme, with Camera (Christchurch online. activities including a Mansion.) Various sessions Angle 6 Sun 11th August Coder Dojo (Ipswich Art Gallery) 10.30am – 12.30pm, 1.30pm – 3.30pm, age 7 to 17 (under-16s bring a responsible adult), FREE but book at www.ipswichmarkerspace.com Tue 13th August Discovery Day: Animals and Tue 20th August Book activities at Bugs (Ipswich Museum). Discovery Day: Forensics www.ipswichregent.com Have fun exploring our (Ipswich Museum) Help us natural history collections. Pop into Ipswich Museum solve a mystery and search 10.30am – 2pm, FREE, and Christchurch Mansion the Museum for clues. drop-in as part of the Elmer’s Big 10.30am – 2pm, FREE, age Parade Suffolk trail from 6-plus, drop-in. Wed 14th August 15th June to 7th Lego Creations (Ipswich Art Wed 21st August September in support of Gallery) Make a Lego model Build the Ensemble St Elizabeth Hospice and of your favourite Museum Workshop (Ipswich Art see if you can find the object.