Surlingham

We are pleased to announce that the Surlingham foodbank is now up and running. It is situated at the village hall and has kindly been purchased by donations from the Church and Poor’s Charity and the Parish Council.

Any queries please email louisegrimwood@gmail.com

Stock is reliant upon voluntary donations.
Please give what you can, and take what you need.

For St. Mary’s Church a new Electoral Roll form needs to be completed.

If you would like to have your name on the roll please contact Pippa for information and a form, thank you.

Tel. Pippa on 538245 or use Contact us

Information received from Pippa Thurlow

Alex is lucky enough to be on holiday, so unfortunately there will be no fish van this week. He will be back on the 5th of May as usual.

The shop will be open 8am-9pm daily and is fully stocked with lots of goodies 🙂

Have a great week!

Please join the Parish Council and support ‘No mow May’.  Leave your lawns and verges uncut to aid pollinating insects.

South Norfolk District Council is working to enhance local green spaces, by improving the recreational offer and their biodiversity value.

To help achieve this, mowing frequencies have been adjusted across local green spaces, decreasing mowing frequency from 18 to 16 annual cuts. Also leaving areas of grass uncut for longer to encourage a more diverse range of flowers and grasses. This will provide more food and cover for a wide range of insects, which in turn support birds and mammals such as hedgehogs and bats.

This approach was trialled on a number of sites in 2020 with excellent results. These wild patches thrived, full of colourful flowers including ox-eyed daisies, Bee orchids, Pyramidal orchids, evening primrose, selfheal, yarrow, lady’s bedstraw and various vetches, hawkbits, and speedwells. There was a noticeable increase in insects in these areas, most notably moths and butterflies

This year we are including more sites across the district and are encouraging residents to join in and do their bit to help the local wildlife too.

If you have a garden, consider leaving a no-mow patch and you could have your very own thriving mini meadow this Summer, or if space is tight then grow some wildflowers in pots and planters. 

Please see the links below to the draft minutes and reports of village organisations.

We have got some hours available during the week and at the weekends.

Please get in touch in case of interest.

Overall this has been another extremely difficult year. The pandemic is still with us and a war in Ukraine means still more uncertainty.

Over the last year some things have changed, others are delayed right across the board.

But, during the year at SNDC we tried “to keep the lights on” We supported the economy distributing £50 million of grants to businesses.

We supported individuals and empowered communities. Many communities jumped in to help, by setting up groups of volunteers to collect prescriptions and groceries etc.

A plaque has been commissioned for every parish and town council across Norfolk to recognise the work of communities during the pandemic. Lady Dannatt, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Norfolk, approved the plaque designed by a Norwich University of the Arts graduate. 

The Help Hub extended its time and currently the impetus is on the response from residents offering to support Ukraine refugees.

Broadland and South Norfolk found ways to work smarter and more collaboratively by working remotely and using online for work and meetings.

Redeployment of staff: leisure centre staff helping with vaccination, hospitals, at the Help Hub and refuse collections to keep services running.

As we learn to live with Covid we need to promote growth, care and cooperation and a living agenda.

Good morning Surlingham! We wish you a great Easter day full of love, health & peace.

We are open today and tomorrow usual times with an array of cakes and Portuguese wine too!