Swaffham Newsletter

Swaffham Community Hospital LOFs
Now into spring and our newish garden at the
rear of the hospital is looking good. We hope to
maximise its use for both occasional events and
primarily for the wellbeing of the patients.
As you are aware the hospital beds are always full
and the staff cope daily with more patients of a
higher dependency. Also, because the hospital
has a large catchment area it does mean at times
that local Swaffham residents can not access all
services.
We are still in dialogue with the Hospital Trust
regarding the purchase of the “high tech” patient
bedside chairs. More news soon.
Thanks to all who supported the last coffee
morning at the Methodist Church. Our next one
is planned for Saturday 21st September.
On Wed 15th May we participated in the annual
“health roadshow” in town. This is where lots of
organisations associated with health matters get
together to promote well being and keep you
informed.
Our last fundraising event was on Saturday 18th
May in the Assembly rooms at 7pm. This timewe
had something new, James Parry, a Norfolk based
writer talked about a lady called Emma Turner
who is a well known photographer and naturalist.
It was a social evening with a welcome drink,
cheese and wine, plus pay bar. It proved to be an
entertaining evening.
On the afternoon of Sunday 14th July we plan to
hold a garden party/fete at the hospital seeking
to involve as many patients as possible. More
publicity on this later. Bring the children as well.
On 7th September it will be time again for our
town street collections. Help is always welcome
for this, so lend a hand if you can.
On a more formal note, as a charity we hold an
annual general meeting to formally adopt last
year's accounts and a chairman's report. This took
place at 2pm on Monday 13th May in the meeting
room at the hospital. It was an open meeting and
gave the opportunity for members of the public to
learn more about what we do. As ever we welcome
new people to join our small committee and help
us with our activities. If you think you might be
interested, call me for an informal chat.
We have received some lovely letters and
donations from past patients and their families.
As ever be assured we put the money to good use.
Colin Houghton (Chairman)
01760 336025
Swaffham Lionesses
The Pride of Swaffham.
Lionesses have been giving our usual helping hand
serving refreshments
at the Blood Donor
sessions in the
Assembly Rooms.
Three Lionesses took
part in our Zone
Project, litter picking
on the coast. Our new
Lioness Thelma joined
President Anne and
Karen, and we were
sent to Snettisham to clean up any plastics and other
rubbish on the beach there. Happily it was a sunny
day, and there wasn’t too much litter, we collected
one bin bag full between us in a couple of hours.
In May most of our time was taken up selling tickets
for our Grand Draw, which took place at our 1950s
Supper Dance held at Stanley’s on 17th May. Thanks
to Asda, Tesco and Swaffham Market for allowing us
to sell our draw tickets. Hopefully we will have made a
good amount to donate to Charities for the homeless.
On the social front, we entered a team in the Swaffham
Lions St. George’s Quiz, and some of us went to see
the Swaffham Players Music Hall “A Little of What
you Fancy”, which was an enjoyable and entertaining
evening.
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