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March
4th March - Notice of vacancy in the office of Town Councillor
Notice is hereby given of a vacancy that exists for ONE Town Councillor for Attleborough Queens Ward to serve on the Town Council. The vacancy is caused by the resignation of Councillor Denise Francis.
Unless within 14 days of the date of this notice, ten electors for Attleborough Queens Ward (named on the Electoral Register) have requested to hold an election, the Town Council will fill the vacancy by co option as soon as practicable within a period of 60 days of the date of this notice.
All requests (in writing) for an election to fill the vacancy should be sent to:
The Returning Officer
Breckland Council
Elizabeth House
Walpole Loke
Dereham
Norfolk NR19 1EE
Date:…3 March 2010
Signed:….Hilary Elias Clerk to Parish Council
Address:….Town Hall, Queens Square, Attleborough, Norfolk NR17 2AF
Note: In computing the 14 (and 60) day periods, Saturday, Sundays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Good Friday and bank holidays are disregarded.
Printed and published by the Returning Officer,
Breckland Council, Dereham, NR19 1EE
Submited by: Town Clerk.
Contact number: 01953 456194
January
21st January - Local resident in training for Virgin London Marathon 2010.
Local resident, Minette Capper of Attleborough is embarking on a challenge of a lifetime, to run the Virgin London Marathon on 25th April 2010. Minette is doing this to raise vital funds for people with mental health problems.
Minette is now starting to get fit and ready for the challenge and has raised nearly a quarter of her fundraising target to date. She plans to raise over £2000 for Mind, so fundraising will be a significant part of the challenge. Over the coming months, Minette will be out and about in Attleborough raising funds. She has already delivered letters (in the snow) to most companies in the Attleborough and surrounding areas and so far she has received generous donations from Crowshall Veterinary Surgery, Nuts 'n' Bolts and also Barnard Sports. She hopes that by the time the next Attleborough Dispatch is due for printing, she would’ve heard from many more companies. For the company who sponsors her the most money (or alternative support), she has pledged to overprint their Company logo onto the back of her Mind running shirt, which she will be wearing to run the actual race in London on 25th April.
As her main fundraising event, Minette is organising a “Night at the Races” at the Connaught Hall in Attleborough on 13th February 2010 at 19:00. Tickets are £4 per adult and £2 per child and can be obtained through Minette herself or from the Flower Box in Attleborough. You can sponsor a race for £30 (only 8 available) and name the race after yourself, or any other wacky name you’d like to come up with. You can also buy a horse for £5 and win £20 if your horse wins, or be a jockey for £2 and win £8 if you are the winning jockey. These are especially good for the kids, as they love being the jockey. There are 8 chances of being a winning horse or jockey. There will also be a raffle on the night, with lots of exiting prizes to win. It’s promising to be a fun night out for all, so please bring the whole family for some good times with friends and feel good by supporting a very worthy cause at the same time.
There will also be a Craft Fair during the day on 13th February from 10:00 until 15:00. Tables are available at £10 for any crafters who would like to display at the Fair. Entrance to the public is FREE. There will be tea, coffee and snacks available for sale. ALL proceeds will go towards Minette’s charity, Mind. For further details please contact Minette on 01953 452487 or mcapper@btopenworld.com.
Minette will also be holding a few car boot sales at Banham Zoo and have so far received lots of items from friends and family which she will sell at the car boot sales. She’s also selling coffee, tea and soup at her son’s football matches, and she’s hoping that with all of these fundraising ideas, she might reach her target by the time the marathon is due.
Funds raised by Minette will help the leading mental health charity Mind continue it’s vital work with the 1 in 4 people who experience mental health problems. The MindinfoLine is a lifeline to thousands of people, offering free confidential support to people in crisis, who might otherwise have nowhere else to turn.
Minette is raising money for Mind because she herself needed their support during the past year when she was diagnosed with severe depression. She was booked off work for about 6 months, before her financial situation forced her to return to work, against the wishes of her GP. At the time, she was still receiving huge support from her GP and mental health carers (including Mind). Upon returning to work, she was subsequently made redundant from her job which was devastating news. This could’ve set her back months, but with the help of charities like Mind, she decided to do something drastic which would put new meaning into her life. She decided to run the Virgin London Marathon on 25th April 2010 – just in time for her 40th birthday in May. This has changed her life around, as not only is she losing a lot of weight (which was partly the reason for her deep depression), but she found something she could focus on and would also be a huge challenge. She needed to prove to herself that “She is good enough” – and when she was accepted to run for Mind, she knew that this was the one thing that would finally get her on the road to recovery.
If you would like to sponsor or support Minette in any way, please contact her on 01953 452487 (mcapper@btopenworld.com) or donate online at http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/MinetteCapper. Alternatively, if you would like information about Mind events please telephone 0870 872 1144, email mindevents@btconnect.com or visit www.mind.org.uk.
Submited by: Minette.
Contact number: 01953 452487
21st January - HISTORY MAGPIE
As a “history magpie” Cllr Barbara A Waters, Attleborough’s Honorary Archivist, was supported by the Council in setting up the Archive in the Town Hall; this was officially opened by the Mayor Cllr Mike Harper in 2001. On behalf of the Town’s people Cllr Waters collects anything and everything dealing with Attleborough and the surrounding district in the way of records, documents, pictures, photographs, indentures, letters, receipts, books, pamphlets, funeral service sheets, maps, drawings, shopping lists and curiosities in print, from any period in the Town’s history – past or present. It holds details of the young men whose names are on the Attleborough and Besthorpe war memorials for the 1914-1918 War, and some family history, photographs, theatres of war and awards of these servicemen.
The Archive contains a considerable amount of information which is indexed and documented for easy retrieval. It is open to the public on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month 9am-12noon, when an enthusiastic group of amateur historians share their knowledge of Attleborough’s history and delve into the treasures of the archives.
As custodian of the town’s records, Mrs Waters also gives talks to interested groups, young or old, from schools, clubs and residential homes and she is delighted at the amount of extra material this produces to be kept safely in the Archive. The Archive holds a great deal of information so it could be the first port of call for anyone wishing to trace their family history along with the burial records held in the Council office.
The Archive is expanding rapidly and is fast outgrowing the second floor room at the Town Hall, so the Council are looking at the possibility of extending the Archive into a purpose-built office behind the Town Hall.
If you are interested in the Archive assistance is required with filing and computer skills one day a week plus cover for Mrs Waters during holidays. Please contact her at Attleborough Town Archives, Town Hall, Queens Square, Attleborough, NR17 2AF or Tel: 01953 456549, or e-mail: archive@attleboroughtc.co.uk
Submited by: Mrs Waters .
Contact number: 01953 456549
21st January - ATTLEBOROUGH W.I.
We celebrated our final meeting of 2009 on December 16th with a Christmas Social. The Pearlies, dressed in seasonal costumes, entertained us with carols & sketches which created the perfect atmosphere for the enjoyable evening which followed.
The raffle & two quizzes kept everyone busy & the prize for the best homemade Christmas Cracker was 1. Betty Jenness. 2. Betty Stacey.
Everyone enjoyed the extensive buffet supplied by members.
Betty Stacey, our President, thanked everyone for their support throughout the year, which had been a very busy one with our monthly meetings, a good variety of programmes, visits & events. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 27th at the Connaught Hall at 7.30.p.m. when a member of the local constabulary will talk about “Safer Neighbourhoods.” The competition will be a drawing of the Norfolk County badge.
Submited by: Lucy.
Contact number: 01953 456789
21st January - Your Scouts need you!!
1st Attleborough St Mary’s Scouts urgently needs your help. In order for the scouts to run they must have in place a management committee, ours meets once per month, and it deals with the running and maintenance of the scout hall, general fund raising and liaising with the scout leaders, and anyone else who uses the hall.
From the end of March we are losing our treasurer, therefore we urgently need to find a replacement, if we cannot find anyone it may have a major impact on the running of the cubs/scouts and anyone who uses the hall.
In addition many of our other committee members have been on the committee since their children were Cubs/Scouts, unfortunately they have now long since grown up and therefore would also be looking to leave the committee this year.
We really do need your help, if you have any experience as a treasurer, or would like to be involved in the committee we really would love to hear from you.
Please contact Paul Auber on 01953 453096 for more information.
Submited by: Paul Auber.
Contact number: 01953 453096