Swaffham Newsletter

Green Britain Centre
By the time you read this, our Christmas celebrations
will be almost over. Did you enjoy the tasty vegan
food, dance at the Ceilidh, bring your children to
make tree decorations, scratch your head at the
monthly quiz, or give thanks for family members and
friends at the Tree of Lights service ?
It was a good time to think back to the first Christmas
when a refugee family welcomed their baby into a
difficult world. We still have homeless, hungry and
Swaffham Air Quality
consultation
hurting people, even in Britain. Perhaps our New
Year Resolutions should be to waste less food and
energy and share our resources.
The Green Britain Centre wishes all who read this
magazine a happy and worthwhile 2018. Come and
visit us from Tuesday January 2nd when we reopen
after a week’s break.
On 1 May 2017 Breckland Council declared Swaffham
town centre as an Air Quality Management Area.
The council, working with Make your other own recycled organisations, Christmas decorations, has meet the
Swaffham Home Library Service
Holly King, join in with our festive quiz and ceilidh.
produced a draft Air Quality Action Plan focussing
The Home Library Service delivers books and audio
books to people who are on unable trafc. to get to This their local draft action plan JOIN US aims FOR to CHRISTMAS improve
library whether permanently air quality or temporarily. in the Books town and AT THE sets GREEN out a BRITAIN number CENTRE of
are delivered once a month by friendly volunteers
measures for further investigation. The council is
who have been vetted by the Royal Voluntary Service.
If you live in Swaffham asking or the surrounding local area residents, and businesses and organisations
would like to use the for Home feedback Library Service on please the draft plan and is holding an open
contact Swaffham library on 01760 721513.
event and an online consultation in the new year.
To nd out more, and to Swaffham comment, Air Quality come to Consultation the open
Locals donate over 100 units of blood
event:
Local donors Lawrence Wright and Kevin Savage
were awarded certificates of appreciation by NHS
Blood and Transplant service at a ceremony at
Carrow Road in October. Both gentlemen have given
over 100 units of blood. Lawrence first gave blood in
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1964 and Kevin began in 1975.
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CHRISTMAS MENU
– BOOK IN ADVANCE
On 1 May 2017 Breckland Council declared Swaffham
town centre as an Air Quality Management Area.
The council, working with other organisations, has
Friday 12 January 2018, 9am – 2pm
Assembly Rooms, 13 Market Place, Swaffham,
produced a draft Air Quality Action Plan focussing
on traffic. This draft action plan aims to improve
air quality in the town and sets out a number of
measures for further investigation. The council is
asking local residents, businesses and organisations
The consultation will run 12 January – 23 February
2018. More information, all air quality reports and a
link to the online consultation will be published on
the council’s website from 12 January 2018
www.breckland.gov.uk/air-quality-consultation.
Air quality reports can be accessed now at
www.breckland.gov.uk/article/3244/Air-Pollution.
for feedback on the draft plan and is holding an
open event and an online consultation in the new
year. To find out more, and to comment, come to
the open event: Friday 12 January 2018, 9am –
2pm, Assembly Rooms, 13 Market Place, Swaffham
PE37 7AB.
The consultation will run 12 January – 23 February
2018. More information, all air quality reports and
a link to the online consultation will be published
on the council’s website from 12 January 2018
www.breckland.gov.uk/
air-quality-consultation.
Air quality reports can be
accessed now at
www.breckland.gov.uk/
article/3244/
Air-Pollution.
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