Swaffham Newsletter

Swaffham & District Lions
Following the success of the Lions
Sunday Food collection, and their
partnership with the Iceland food
collection, the Lions are pleased
to announce that the Necton Co-op have joined the
food collection for the Foodbank. One of the Co-op
managers, Sarah Faulkner, was delighted to be able to
support such a worthy cause in these trying times and
thanked the Lions for setting up the project. Since the
Lions Sunday Food Collection started the Lions have
collected over 1500kg of food.
We were thrilled to received this letter of thanks from
Mid Norfolk Foodbank. It's amazing to know that our
collections have helped to feed over 2000 people in
need in the local area. None of this would be possible
without the continued support of the residents of
Swaffham and their generosity, so a big thanks must
go to all of you too.
Please continue to
donate if you are
able to, it really does
make a difference.
A big thank you to
Sarah of Precious
Petals Norfolk florist
who kindly donated
some surplus flowers to give to as a treat to Mums
visiting the community fridge on Mother's Day.
Swaffham Lionesses
The Pride of Swaffham
After some time “sitting it out” during all the Covid
Lockdowns and restrictions, for the last two months we
have been meeting on Zoom in order to make plans for
later in the year when we will hopefully be back up and
running as normal. Our National Lioness Conference
which should have taken place in Gloucestershire this
year, sadly cannot take place, so this means that our
AGM business will have to take place on Zoom.
We are continuing to support our local foodbank
collections, and will be donating some extra Easter
treats to the Lions Foodbank collection at the end
of March. We also want to do our bit for the local
environment and will be doing another Litter pick in
April. Looking to the future, we will hopefully be having
a stall once a month at the Friday Indoor market in the
Assembly Rooms. This will be good publicity for us
and will enable us to sell some items to benefit local
Charities. Also we are planning to hold a MacMillan
Coffee morning later in the year.
Our Swaffham Lioness Club was formed in May 1991,
and we will be celebrating our 30th Anniversary with a
meal out, all being well sometime in the summer. Let’s
keep our fingers crossed for a speedy recovery back to
normality!
Best wishes, Swaffham Lionesses.
Swaffham WEA
Gotta Sing - Gotta Dance
Need something to lift your
spirits? Fed up with all the
uncertainties of what we can and can’t do? Why not
come and join us for a couple of hours a week and
enjoy a variety of musical treats on film?
A 6-week course (7th May - 11th June 2021) will be
available on Friday mornings, 10 am - 12 noon, which
our tutor Nigel Herwin will be delivering. The cost is
£38.40 and it will be run using zoom.
To enrol, visit our website: www.wea.org.uk (Course
number: C2227994) or phone 0300 303 3464.
Courses are free for those on benefits or reduced
income. For further information, or to get a simple
guide to access the course via zoom, please phone
Swaffham Community Centre on 01760 722800.
It was with sad hearts that we arranged yet another
course online. However we are planning to return to
the Community Centre, autumn 2021, completely
refurbished during lockdown. We look forward to
seeing you soon.
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