On Monday, 3rd October 2011 the Club Night will feature Crystal Dyball demonstrating 'Inspirations in glass', the Exercise for members will be a seasonal title 'Autumn fruits and foliage'.

The Club will meet at the Emmanuel Rooms, Boyscott Lane, Bungay, doors opening at 6.45pm, when guests are welcome and refreshments will be served.


October also features the Club Open Day.
This is a full day event at the Wortwell Community Centre.

In the morning is a Speaker, Will Giles, and after lunch Christopher White will demonstrate 'Celebrations'.

This is a popular event, admission by ticket only.

Pat Wong,
Hon. Secretary, Bungay Flower Club
Tel: 01986 893893

www.bungay-suffolk.co.uk/flower-club/index.asp

OUR TOWN is a community-based project initiated by local charity i made this who have applied for funding from the NatWest Bank Community Force and they need your support by visiting a website to vote for the OUR TOWN project.

i made this works with young people teaching them film, music and animation skills. It provides access to creative expression and training in media production to groups who would not otherwise have these opportunities such as looked after children, young carers, children, young adults with learning difficulties and the rurally isolated, concentrating on a 40 miles radius of its base. Their work is delivered as outreach in the young people’s communities and also as projects at their audiovisual studio near Bungay.

In 2011, i made this has delivered 108 animation projects to children with learning difficulties as well as films on bullying made with local schools and projects with Suffolk County Council and Waveney District Council that develop community cohesion and inclusion. It offers local schools opportunities to take part in summer holiday projects and after school clubs.

The NatWest Community Force funding will be spent on recruiting young people, training in media production skills, training in research and management skills, post-production of the film and marketing of the project and organisation of the premiere at a local venue. i made this will provide additional facilities, equipment and volunteer time in the form of match funding.

To support OUR TOWN, please visit http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/2045 to register and vote for OUR TOWN.

For further details, contact Paul Fitzgerald at I Made This on 01986 782266 or e-mail paul.fitzgerald@hotmail.co.uk

The move comes after the not for profit organisation won a three-year contract from HealthEast CIC, working with NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney. GPs from Great Yarmouth and Waveney will be used to provide the out-of-hours service, while all calls and triage will also be completed locally.

Andy Evans, Chief Executive of HealthEast said: “Over the past few weeks, we have been working closely with South East Health and Harmoni, our existing out of hours provider, to ensure the transition between the two will be seamless for our patients
“Patient safety and service quality are of primary importance to HealthEast and NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney. As such, South East Health Ltd will work in accordance with existing robust contractual arrangements which we will continue to monitor closely. We will be working closely with them to make the service even better for patients over the next three years.”

South East Health Ltd is a not for profit social enterprise which has been providing out of hours primary care for the past 20 years. It currently operates in East Sussex, East Kent, West Kent, Brighton and Hove and Northamptonshire.

Ron Owttrim, Chief Executive of South East Health Ltd said: “We are delighted to be able to provide the patients of Great Yarmouth and Waveney with the new Great Yarmouth and Waveney out of hours service. We want to reassure our patients that we have, and will continue to work closely with HealthEast CIC and NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney, to ensure that the service continues to improve for our patients. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Harmoni, the current providers, for all their help and support over the past few weeks which has been invaluable.”

Patients from across Great Yarmouth and Waveney are to benefit from improved healthcare facilities after health bosses revealed an investment of more than £7.6m in projects across the east coast at their Annual General Meeting.

During the coming year, capital projects in Beccles, Reydon, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Gorleston will all receive funding designed to improve premises and facilities for patients. Those to benefit are:

• Beccles Health Centre – £845,000 will be spent creating a new pharmacy in a building next to the hospital, in turn freeing up space in the main health centre for extra clinics, offices and training rooms. The work will increase capacity at the centre and allow it to provide extra services, such as minor surgery, and is due for completion in early 2013. The funding comes after a project to add additional consulting rooms, a waiting area and lift was completed last year.

• Reydon Healthy Living Centre – £750,000 will be spent carrying out groundworks and adding infrastructure on a 2.4 acre site which was formerly a playing field. Subject to the confirmation of further funding, a new healthy living centre will be developed to replace the overcrowded and outdated Southwold Surgery and provide facilities for community services. The project should be complete in 2013/14.

• Greyfriars – £1m is being invested in completing the conversion of the fire damaged Congregational Hall into a permanent home for the walk-in centre, with work due to be finished by the end of this year at a total cost of £2m. All of the services currently provided from the temporary building, such as blood tests, weight management and drug and alcohol services, will then transfer. The service will continue to open to both registered and non-registered patients for 12 hours a day, 365 days a year.

A further £750,000 has been earmarked for ground preparation, infrastructure and enabling works which will create a further building on the Greyfriars campus for primary care and community services.

• Economy Road, Lowestoft – £950,000 will be spent moving the modular building currently housing the Greyfriars walk-in centre to Economy Road in Lowestoft. The facility will provide accommodation for local GP’s and includes extra clinic rooms in a more modern environment.

• Shrublands, Gorleston – £200,000 is being spent this year to complete the new Shrublands Health Centre in Magdalen Way, a scheme which has received a total investment over the two year development programme of £2.5m.

• Regent’s Road, Lowestoft – a £216,000 scheme to refurbish the contraception and sexual health clinic is due to start in October.

• Backlog maintenance – £750,000 will be spent on maintenance work across NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney’s property portfolio.

• Sustainability – £50,000 will be invested in measures such as high efficiency boilers, solar panels and double glazing to help reduce the environmental impact of the new buildings.

David Edwards OBE, Chairman at NHS GYW, said “This is a significant investment which will bring huge benefits to our patients by ensuring they can access high quality services closer to home in a modern, fit for purpose environment.

“As demand for healthcare has risen, many of our services have outgrown their current premises and need to add additional capacity to help them continue to meet their patients’ needs. This extensive capital programme will ensure services across the whole of the area we serve can do just that, both now and in years to come.”

An array of stunning prizes is up for grabs in a unique online auction to be held this October, with all proceeds split between Breakthrough Breast Cancer and the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

Priceless memorabilia, experiences and treats will go to the highest bidders, with exclusive and luxurious prizes to tempt everyone. The auction is being held in memory of football legend Sir Bobby Robson and breast cancer fundraiser Sally Balch. It will run for two weeks from Saturday 8th – Sunday 23rd October 2011 and aims, alongside a fundraising ball, to raise £250,000 for the two charities.

Mark Robson, Sir Bobby’s son and part of the auction organising committee, said: “My family and I are very grateful to everyone who has already contributed a prize. It will be a very special auction in aid of two fantastic charities and we’re looking forward to it going live in October.”

The astonishing range of prizes includes once-in-a-lifetime experiences such as the chance to attend the Professional Footballers’ Association Awards ceremony, or join Fabio Capello at an England Senior Men’s training session.

Equally unforgettable experiences include a morning on Newmarket Heath with ten times Champion Trainer Sir Michael Stoute, or the chance to play golf at Woburn, home to the British Masters for twenty years. Additional lots such as tickets to the Six Nations Tournament or Centre Court at Wimbledon are sure to excite high bids.

The auction also features luxuries for those who love to be pampered. Generous bidders will snap up a week at a luxury resort in the Bahamas, champagne on the London Eye, or the chance to have a new style created by celebrity hairdresser Lee Stafford. The full list of superb prizes can be found at www.sirbobbysbreakthroughauction.com.

The auction is supported by HRH the Prince of Wales and Prime Minister David Cameron, as well as culinary legend Delia Smith and former Ipswich stars including Mick Mills MBE, who was Ipswich captain during Sir Bobby’s time as manager.

Mick Mills, now a patron of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, said: “All of the players are so pleased to celebrate Sir Bobby’s life here in Suffolk. We are delighted to support this wonderful auction and hope everyone gets behind it.”

Gina Long, the auction’s founder, added: “When I started planning the auction, I could only have dreamt that I would get support from such magnificent people and great companies. I am delighted that my dream has been turned into reality through the generous backing of so many businesses and individuals.”

The dazzling prizes include:

• VIP Manchester United tickets donated by Sir Alex Ferguson
• Tickets to The Masters snooker final in 2012, with the chance to meet the players
• A personally addressed and signed replica helmet, donated by Lewis Hamilton
• A rare limited edition of Pele’s autobiography, signed by the man himself
• A Brewshed brewing experience with a firkin of beer – 72 pints! – to take home
• A chance to drive an Aston Martin for a day
• A spa package at Cedar Falls health spa in Somerset
• A personal tour of Alnwick Castle given by the Duchess of Northumberland
• A ‘Honey Bee’ classic Dutch bike
• An exquisite silver Pandora bracelet
• A tutored wine tasting

Mark Robson added: “I’ve no doubt football clubs are inundated with requests to help charities and we are hugely appreciative of the efforts they’ve gone to for us. 

For more information on how to bid or donate, go to: www.sirbobbysbreakthroughauction.com


Sir Bobby’s Breakthrough Auction and Ball
The auction prizes will be on the official auction website: www.sirbobbysbreakthroughauction.com The prizes will also be on dedicated web pages from the Mail on Sunday, East Anglian Daily Times and Lacy Scott & Knight. All websites will credit the companies and individuals who generously donate prizes for the Sir Bobby’s Breakthrough Auction.

Follow the auction on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sirbobbyauction


Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Breakthrough Breast Cancer is a pioneering charity dedicated to the prevention, treatment and ultimate eradication of breast cancer fighting on three fronts: research, campaigning and education. 

Breakthrough Breast Cancer funds ground-breaking research, campaign for better services and treatments and raise awareness of breast cancer. Through this work the charity believes passionately that breast cancer can be beaten and the fear of the disease removed for good. Find more information at www.breakthrough.org.uk

Sir Bobby Robson Foundation
The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation was set up by Sir Bobby in 2008 and he devoted the last 18 months of his life to it.

It funds projects within the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust to help improve early detection and find more effective treatments for cancer.

It directly benefits cancer patients within the North East and Cumbria and contributes significantly to the wider, global fight against this terrible disease.

Ground-breaking clinical trials of new cancer drugs are being done at the Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre at Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. Find out more information at: www.sirbobbyrobsonfoundation.org.uk