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For years 6, 7 & 8 Free entry. Contact sally@iceni.info 07772 852284 /<br />
01760 722800<br />
West Acre Carpet Bowls Club See Tuesday listing<br />
FRIDAY<br />
2nd <strong>Swaffham</strong> Guides Term time only, 18:00-20:00. Church<br />
Rooms, Campingland. Girls aged 10-16yrs invited to join. Contact<br />
07769294414<br />
Acoholics Anonymous Every Friday at 1pm in Parish Rooms at St<br />
Dominic’s RC Church,Howdale Rd, Downham Market<br />
Adult Ballet For Beginners 6:15pm See Monday’s Senior’s Keep Fit<br />
Age Concern-<strong>Swaffham</strong> Support Services at Community<br />
Centre<br />
Volunteer recruitment 10.30am - 12.00 noon 1st Friday of the month<br />
Adult Tap 7:15pm See Monday’s Senior’s Keep Fit<br />
Arts Lounge Drawing/sketching classes 10-1pm and 1.30-4.30pm.<br />
723 624<br />
Art, Printing and Paper Craft Session at The Old Art Room<br />
93 Market Place. Techniques, Tips, Inspiration and printing presses in a modern<br />
equipped Art &Textile Studio. 10am until 12.30 £10 Tel.01760 337181<br />
Bingo at Narborough Community Centre Doors 6.30pm,<br />
eyes-down 7.45pm Contact Mrs Hennessy 01760 337540<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Bellringers Practice St. Peter & St. Paul Church, 7:30pm<br />
on the Friday preceding the 2nd Sunday of the month. Beginners welcome. Tel:<br />
01760 724944/lindaringer0447@gmail.com<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Carpet Bowls Community Centre. 2 hours from 6.30 for<br />
£3. Tea & biscuits inc. Call Alan on 01760 723 910<br />
Coffee Morning At Ashill Community Centre<br />
2nd Friday every month, 10am until noon. 01760 441 651<br />
Country Music Last Friday of each month at the communal lounge<br />
at Valentine Barker Court, 7.30 to 22.30. Families and friends, free raffle &<br />
donations for Wish Upon a Star children’s cancer charity. 0370 192 4797<br />
Games Evening & Social 2nd Friday/month <strong>Swaffham</strong> Baptists<br />
Church Hall - 7:30. All welcome<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong>’s Green Gym Friday 8.30am Recreation Ground, Haspalls Rd<br />
Henchmans Early Friday Night Magic at Henchmans, 13 Station<br />
Street, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. 2pm to 6pm. Friday Night Magic at Henchmans<br />
Iceni Lunch Club <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre, £6.00 for two<br />
courses and tea/coffee every Friday 12.30pm. 01760 722 800<br />
Indoor Market <strong>Swaffham</strong> Assembly Rooms 9am-2pm, free entry.<br />
Refreshments, various stalls… bookings contact Haydn 07957 862 239<br />
Judo Sacred Heart School 6-7:30pm £2.50 5 years+ Tel. 07920440235<br />
Oasis Messy Church 6pm every 3rd Friday Fun event for all ages.<br />
£1. www.facebook.com/oasiscentreswaffham<br />
Rise and shine Baby & Toddler Group: 10am - 12noon. Large play<br />
area. £1.50 per adult/chld. 50p any extra persons. Incl drink & a biscuit<br />
Senior Snooker (60 years +) @ The Norfolk Snooker Academy, West<br />
Acre £4 per session Facebook - Norfolk Snooker Academy 01760 755337<br />
Sporle Art Group meets every Friday at 1pm-3pm. in the community hall. No<br />
tuition given, bring your own materials. Free intro then £2 per week. 01760 724615<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Senior Section Term time only. 19:30- 21:00. For young women<br />
aged 14 to 25yrs. Contact Tracey Clements 07770236689 or Chrissie Brown 07970105771<br />
Tai Chi for Health 10am Advanced Class. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre.<br />
Tel: 01760 723102 or barbara.smith58@yahoo.co.uk<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Veterans Snooker Group (60+) 2-5pm at West Acre<br />
Village Hall, PE32 1TQ. £3 per player. Call Phillip on 01760 755337<br />
Yoga 10.30 - 12 Green Britain Centre, <strong>Swaffham</strong>. £7 per class. Contact Jayne<br />
on: 07544974342 or email: greenwillowyoga@outlook.com to book a place.<br />
SATURDAY<br />
Art Class for over 12s ...and accompanied Children who want to use<br />
the sewing machine. The Old Art Room 93 Market Place. 2nd Saturday of<br />
the month.10 until 1pm £10 Tel.01760 337181<br />
Arts Lounge Silver Workshops 9:30-3:30 October 22nd & December<br />
10th. All equipment, silver and refreshments inc 01760 723 624<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Bingo Club Community Centre last Sat in month, 7pm for<br />
7:30pm start. £2.50 annual membership, 50p for visitors. Paul Darby 07880 568628<br />
Board Games Group For Adults At <strong>Swaffham</strong> Library<br />
Saturdays 10-11am. The board games include Draughts, Scrabble and Dominoes. The<br />
group provides people with the chance to meet others in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere<br />
Children’s Art Club 1st Saturday of the Month. 10am until 12.15<br />
£10 All Equipment, Snack and Drink provided Tel. 01760 337181<br />
Henchmans Miniature Painting Workshop or Pokemon Battles<br />
(alternate weeks) 10am to 1pm. MtG Standard Showdown or Yu-Gi-Oh<br />
(alternate weeks) 2pm to 5pm. 01760 788427 www.henchmans.com<br />
Pentney Country Music Club www.pentneycowlsclub.co.uk<br />
weekly 01760 337 392 karenpentneycountryclub12@yahoo.co.uk<br />
Pilates Class 9-10.15am All Saints Centre, Church Lane, Boughton.<br />
Beginners welcome. £8 per session. 07515834729<br />
Pokemon; Yu-Gi-Oh! Magic: The Gathering for beginners alternate<br />
Sat. www.henchmans.com. Children welcome. 10.30am – 2pm<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Market Traditional market, now 800 years old! Every<br />
Saturday 6am until 3pm. <strong>Swaffham</strong> Market Place. Details 01760 722 922<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club <strong>Swaffham</strong>RUFC@outlook.com<br />
West Norfolk Crafters & Needleworkers Stitchers, crafters and<br />
knitters who meet at Leziate Village Hall on the 2nd Sat. 01760 720767<br />
SUNDAY<br />
Henchmans Yu-Gi-Oh or Star Wars X-Wing (alternate weeks) from 12<br />
noon to 4pm. 01760 788427 or visit our website www.henchmans.com<br />
Kuk Sool Won Narborough Com. Centre 5.30 - 6.30pm. 07541261713<br />
Pentney Indoor Bowls Club bowls coaching for beginners and<br />
improvers Sundays 10am - 12noon. G Freezer 01760 722262<br />
Star Wars @ Henchmans 12-4pm www.henchmans.com<br />
<strong>Swaffham</strong> Rugby Football Club Minis 10:30-12. Games see Saturday<br />
Snooker @ The Norfolk Snooker Academy West Acre<br />
3 hours play £9. Facebook - Norfolk Snooker Academy 01760-755337<br />
Spiritual Awareness Group Most Sundays 5:15pm to 6:30pm for<br />
Healing and 6:30pm to 8:30pm Service at <strong>Swaffham</strong> Community Centre<br />
Sacred Heart School<br />
Prize giving at Sacred Heart School<br />
The prizegiving was a great success, although not<br />
without a few mishaps but that is the wonderful<br />
thing about this school everyone just rises to<br />
challenges. Someone fainted during the choir’s<br />
‘Peace Song,’ but they were soon back in the swing<br />
of their moving piece. Our Head Girl was not well<br />
just before delivering her meaningful speech but her<br />
Deputy calmly took over. Congratulations to both<br />
Aurelia and Emily over such a smooth transition.<br />
Dame Stella Rimington gave a very moving speech<br />
reflecting on the difficulties of being a woman in a<br />
man’s world and how we take so much for granted<br />
nowadays. She battled from 16 to move out of<br />
societies’ image of a woman who should only be at<br />
home with her children, and later in her career, the<br />
woman who was only allowed to do the secretarial<br />
work – not the real job of being a spy. She signed<br />
many of her books, her autobiography and her many<br />
spy novels. She did comment that she had a really<br />
interesting and entertaining evening.<br />
Our prizegiving was not at all stuffy.<br />
We congratulate all those who were awarded<br />
trophies and hope that next year others will receive<br />
them. It was good to see Year 12 and hear of their<br />
successes. They were all smartly dressed and eager<br />
to rekindle old friendships with staff, pupils and their<br />
former peers. The Headteacher’s and Head Girl’s<br />
thoughts will be posted on the website.<br />
A special thank you to all the staff who made this a<br />
very special evening.<br />
Fight To Save Historic Village Pub<br />
Beeston locals continue fight to save historic village<br />
pub from redevelopment.<br />
Over half the cash needed to buy The Ploughshare<br />
has now been secured, with a new fundraising drive<br />
planned for 2018.<br />
Campaigners in mid-Norfolk have been taking stock of<br />
their achievements 18 months on from a unanimous<br />
resolution to save Beeston’s last remaining pub, The<br />
Ploughshare. More than £150,000 has now been<br />
raised towards buying the building, which dates<br />
back to 1620, and re-opening the pub which closed<br />
its doors in early 2016.<br />
The Ploughshare’s current owner is pursuing planning<br />
permission to build three houses on the historic<br />
village site. The latest application was rejected in<br />
August, but the pub’s beer garden has already been<br />
lost to housing. Campaigners have since acquired<br />
Asset of Community Value status for the building<br />
from Breckland Council, which puts restrictions on<br />
further development.<br />
A group of villagers have formed Beeston Community<br />
Enterprises as the vehicle to raise money to buy the<br />
pub and re-open it, along with a café, small shop and<br />
other services for residents. Last year’s share offer,<br />
where members of the public could buy a share of the<br />
pub for as little as £50, raised over £70,000 and the<br />
efforts of the management committee have secured<br />
another £80,000 in funding from organisations<br />
including the Plunkett Foundation.<br />
Members at the group’s AGM in November made it<br />
clear that support for the campaign is still strong and<br />
another share offer will be launched in early spring<br />
2018 to help raise the additional £150,000 required<br />
to buy the pub.<br />
Henry Dennett, chair of the management committee<br />
said, “Village pubs offer a vital focus to rural village<br />
life and this is the last opportunity to save ours<br />
before it’s permanently lost. We’ve come a long way<br />
in a short space of time, but there’s still more to do.<br />
With the local community’s support, next year’s<br />
fundraiser will be the final push which allows us to<br />
buy and re-open the pub for the people of Beeston.”<br />
Steve Hollis, management committee member, added<br />
“This project is about bringing everyone together to<br />
do something amazing for Beeston residents, current<br />
and future. But, we can only succeed if local people<br />
get involved by buying shares or helping out with the<br />
campaign.”<br />
For more information on the “Save the Ploughshare”<br />
project or to offer your support, please<br />
visit our website at www.beestonploughshare.com<br />
or find us on social media by searching<br />
@The_Ploughshare.<br />
Volunteers Needed For Befriending<br />
Action for children’s norfolk independent visitor<br />
service is looking for volunteers to befriend<br />
young people in care to give them a chance to<br />
learn how to build positive relationships.<br />
Positive, young-at-heart role model volunteers<br />
are needed to make a long term difference to<br />
the lives of young people in care throughout<br />
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.<br />
Tracey Kean, of the charity’s Norfolk<br />
Independent Visitor Service, said: “These<br />
children have suffered abuse, neglect and often<br />
both.<br />
Our service helps give them the opportunity<br />
to experience positive relationships which<br />
hopefully will give them a chance to build a<br />
positive life for themselves.<br />
We usually help youngsters up to the age of 22<br />
but sometimes these friendships can last a lot<br />
longer. In the case of our most successful story<br />
the young woman is now 33, with a child of<br />
her own, and her volunteer, who was teamed<br />
up with her when she was just 11, is still very<br />
much in her life.<br />
Many of these young people have<br />
understandably learnt to mistrust adults and<br />
life in general. The Independent Visitor Service<br />
aims to give them back a sense of trust and also<br />
learn how to have good relationships for life.<br />
It can make a really big difference to their<br />
lives.”<br />
Volunteers might take them out for trips like<br />
bowling, cinema, beach trips, dog walks and<br />
meals and are strictly vetted with police checks<br />
and a series of interviews.<br />
• Volunteers must be over the age of 21.<br />
• Age is not a barrier, the oldest volunteer is<br />
currently a man in his 60s. It’s more important<br />
to have a friendly, positive and youthful<br />
outlook.<br />
• Volunteers must commit to at least two<br />
years.<br />
• Volunteers must be reliable, stable and<br />
committed.<br />
•The minimum visiting commitment is once a<br />
month.<br />
If you or someone you know are interested in<br />
becoming a volunteer, please email:<br />
independentvisitors.norfolk@actionforchildren.org.uk<br />
or call 01362 697 537. actionforchildren.org.uk<br />
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