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Your monthly magazine is published by:<br />
Contact the editor:<br />
01760 722 800<br />
swaffhamnewsletter@gmail.com<br />
Swaffham Newsletter<br />
Iceni Partnership<br />
Swaffham Community Centre<br />
The Campingland<br />
Swaffham<br />
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Comments or queries welcomed - we are a<br />
resource <strong>for</strong> all of the community to enjoy.<br />
We are always open to new contributors from<br />
Swaffham and surrounding villages.<br />
Deadline <strong>for</strong> editorial and advertising is the<br />
12th day of the previous month.<br />
Swaffham Newsletter is available to pick up from<br />
various locations across the town, including: Tesco,<br />
Waitrose, Swaffham Library, Swaffham Musuem<br />
and Swaffham Community Centre.<br />
Online versions of all our previous issues are available<br />
to view online: www.swaffhamcommunityhub.co.uk<br />
Contents<br />
3 WEA/Swaffham Sparklers/Iceni Antics<br />
4 Church News<br />
5 Swaffham Rotary/Cultural Consortium<br />
7 Swaffham Arts/Hospital/NarVOS<br />
8 Swaffham & District Lions/Merle Boddy<br />
9 Wissey u3a/Royal British Legion<br />
10 Swaffham History Group<br />
12 Ashill & Hale Garden Club/NGS Norfolk<br />
15 Local WI Groups<br />
13 Jazz Club/Friends of Swaffham Heritage<br />
14 The Magpie Centre/Authors, Books & Cakes<br />
16 Climate Action Group/Rugby Club<br />
18 Swaffham Town Council<br />
PAY MONTHLY<br />
Swaffham WEA<br />
WEA has gone through several changes<br />
in the last couple of years, and some<br />
tutors have stopped being official WEA lecturers and<br />
now operate as guest lecturers. Mary Fewster will be<br />
returning to Swaffham Community Centre in <strong>Sept</strong>ember<br />
as a guest lecturer running a 3 week course, part 1 of<br />
“Health, Medicine and Social Care”, the development<br />
and practice of care through the centuries. We have<br />
booked her to carry on with part 2 in the spring term.<br />
Mary has taught several very interesting topics over the<br />
years, and we look <strong>for</strong>ward to this latest area of history.<br />
It is good to be feeling more relaxed about meeting in<br />
groups again, but in the meantime we have lost our<br />
Friday morning slot, so our courses will be running<br />
on Wednesday afternoon beginning on Wednesday<br />
<strong>Sept</strong>ember 20th from 2pm to 4pm. We will, of course,<br />
break <strong>for</strong> a cup of tea midway!<br />
The enrolment process has changed slightly, but you can<br />
still go online: wea.org.uk or phone: 0300 303 3464.<br />
Now we must enrol first, and they will ask <strong>for</strong> payment<br />
(£36) later. The course reference number is Q 00011225.<br />
Mary is a very popular lecturer, and we look <strong>for</strong>ward to<br />
seeing old friends and new faces <strong>for</strong> her latest course.<br />
Swaffham Sparklers<br />
Swaffham Sparklers annual coffee morning to support<br />
the MacMillan Cancer<br />
With the help of the local community and other Red Hat<br />
groups we raised over £700 last year <strong>for</strong> Macmillans.<br />
Swaffham Sparklers feel that this an important charity<br />
with many of us living with a cancer diagnosis or<br />
supporting someone in our family so it was decided that<br />
we would run the event to support the wonderful work<br />
done by Macmillan Cancer support in providing physical,<br />
emotional and financial support.<br />
Alongside the coffee morning there will tombola,<br />
jewellery, preloved clothes and more. This year's coffee<br />
morning will be held at Swaffham Conservative Club<br />
on Friday, 22nd <strong>Sept</strong>ember from 10am - 2 pm.<br />
All are welcome to come and support this wonderful<br />
charity. If you can’t make it to this coffee morning there<br />
will be others in and around Swaffham on different<br />
days and times.<br />
Sue Travis Co-Queen, Swaffham Sparklers<br />
Iceni Antics<br />
Since the start of 20<strong>23</strong> Iceni Partnership have<br />
been running the Swaffham Social Group (<strong>for</strong>merly<br />
known as Age Concern) once a month on a Tuesday<br />
afternoon at Swaffham Assembly Rooms.<br />
Activities organised so far have included an afternoon<br />
tea with therapeutic guinea pigs, illustrated talks and<br />
musical per<strong>for</strong>mances.<br />
In July the activity was a workshop with Sarah, who as<br />
well as working at Iceni, is also a trained florist. The<br />
workshop was making 'kokedama' balls - the Japanese<br />
equivilant of a hanging basket which consists of<br />
a plant that has its roots wrapped up in moss. Indoor<br />
'fittonia' plants were used, which should grow nicely<br />
in their new homes with a regular misting of water.<br />
There is still plenty more to look <strong>for</strong>ward to this year,<br />
with coach trips to Sheringham and Ely and a Theatre<br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance yet to come. If you would like to find out<br />
more about the group, contact us on 01760 722800.<br />
In August we were lucky enough to receive several<br />
boxes of store cupboard items from Swaffham Police.<br />
Pictured below is Beat Manager PC Justin Johnson<br />
with Iceni Partnership manager Claire Cotterill and<br />
our volunteer Charlotte.<br />
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If you would like to know more about what we do,<br />
visit our <strong>web</strong>site: www.swaffhamcommunityhub.<br />
co.uk. Alternatively, you can call us on 01760 722800<br />
or please feel free to pop into the office and see<br />
us in person. We are open between 9am and 4pm,<br />
Monday to Friday.
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