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Coronavirus – National Guidelines

Coronavirus. Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.

This post has national guidelines for Coronavirus (Covid-19) with links to further information.

Stay alert

We can all help control the virus if we all stay alert. This means you must:

  • stay at home as much as possible
  • work from home if you can
  • limit contact with other people
  • keep your distance if you go out (2 metres apart where possible)
  • wash your hands regularly

Self-isolate if you or anyone in your household has symptoms.

Read the latest NHS advice for everyone.

Read the latest Government advice on working safely.

Read the latest Government advice on safer public spaces.

Read the latest Coronavirus (COVID-19): guidance on the phased return of sport and recreation

Government Resources

Here are some general resources about Coronavirus (Covid-19) which have been produced to support people with a learning disability and their families and carers, but that apply to us all.

Coronavirus (Covid-19) Useful Information

Compiled by Weeting Parish Council and reproduced with their kind permission. 18th March 2020.

Health Services

Telephone – 111

Website – https://111.nhs.uk/

If you have symptoms of Coronavirus you are advised to use the 111 online checker – https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19

The advice is that you should only contact 111 if you are worried about your health or you have had symptoms for more than seven days.

Medication – You can go online or phone your local chemist to discuss your prescriptions being delivered to your home.

Statutory Services

If you are suspicious or concerned about someone’s safety, ring Norfolk County Council’s Adult and Children’s Social Services on 0344 800 8020.

https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/care-support-and-health/protecting-someone-from-harm/help-an-adult-at-risk-of-harm/report-a-concern

Benefit & Money Advice 

Citizens Advice Brandon

Telephone – 0800 144 8848 – Website – https://suffolkwestcab.org.uk/

Universal Credit 

For advice on benefits and guidance for employers and businesses contact: Telephone – 0800 328 5644

Textphone – 0800 328 1344

Website – www.gov.uk/universal-credit

Martin Lewis Money Saving Expert

Website – https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/

Charities that can offer telephone and online support

The British Lung Foundation 

Telephone – 03000 030 555

Website – https://www.blf.org.uk/support-for-you/coronavirus

Silver Line – A helpline for Older People – open 24 hours a day to offer support for loneliness and isolation.

Telephone – 0800 4 70 80 90

Website – https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/

Mind – The Mental Health Charity

Telephone – 0300 123 3393 – open 9 – 6 Monday to Friday

Website – www.mind.org.uk

Age UK Norfolk – offers a range of services to older people in later life.

Telephone – 0300 500 1217

Website – www.ageuk.org.uk/norfolk

The Trussell Trust – provides emergency food and support to people in crisis.

Telephone – 01722 580 180

Website – https://www.trusselltrust.org/

Reflections from the Rectory – Mar’20

Spring is in the air. Snowdrops and other early flowering plants are sprouting. So much beauty around, after the barrenness of winter.

The cold weather is still with us, however, along with hazardous driving conditions when the roads are covered in ice in the early mornings.  A few weeks ago, I eventually had to give up trying to get to Cranwich Church for choir practice on a Saturday morning, as a whole section of road was cordoned off by police because there had been a bad road accident.

We have been through two serious storms – Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, accompanied by flooding, damage to property and dangerous road conditions. On one occasion, I saw a car in a ditch on its side, just outside Foulden.  

The church season of Lent began on the 24th February. Lent is a time of reflection, when we prepare ourselves for the great celebration of Jesus’ resurrection at Easter. It is a time of discipline when we take on an extra commitment, such as attending a Lent discussion group. Lent is a six week period, which originated in the early centuries of the church as a time when adult converts were prepared for baptism. They would be baptized at Easter, during an all-night vigil. Before this, they had undergone a special course of instruction and preparation which lasted six weeks and this is the background to the tradition of Lent.

During Lent, there will be special soup lunches at Mundford bowls club on Saturdays, from 12 noon and at the Rectory, Elm Place, Gooderstone on Wednesdays, from 4th March,  also from 12 noon. All are welcome to join these occasions of fellowship, sharing and discussion.

On the 21st March, the 75th anniversary of the Lancaster bomber crash in the forest will be commemorated at 1.00 pm. A service will be led at the site by Archdeacon Ian Bentley and representatives of the air force. This will be followed by a tea in the Mundford bowls club. Please join us as we remember this important event in local history.

Another special occasion is coming up at the end of the month – the Village Voices are celebrating five years of singing together, with a concert at Cranwich Church on Saturday, 28th March at 2.30pm All are, of course, most welcome.

Hoping for better weather, and generally better conditions in the coming months.

God bless.

Rev Linda Lubbe

Where love is there God is

Associate priest in the Mundford, Hilborough and Oxborough groups of churches.

Horticultural Cups

If anyone has any knowledge of what various trophies were awarded for then the Parish Council would like know in order that records can be kept relating to each trophy. The photo below was taken at the Village Hall Open Day and the list below is all the information we have at present.

BRECKHOLM TROPHY FOR BEST GARDEN

MUNDFORD HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

FOR HIGHEST POINTS IN VEGITABLE CLASS 1991-1995

MUNDFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

FLOWER SECTION AUTUMN SHOW 1991-1995

SUTTERBY CUP

1997-1991 (NO DETAILS)

MUNDFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

DAVID WILLIAMS CHALLENGE CUP 1972-1995 (NO DETAILS)

THE FLORENCE YOUNG CUP

MUNDFORD WI 1963-2011 (NO DETAILS)

MORTIBOY CUP

1976-1985 (NO DETAILS)

DON WATKINS CUP (NO DETAILS)

THE ALEC HUNT CUP

FOR HOME MADE WINE 1969-1987

MUNDFORD & DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

CHALLENGE CUP 1977-1995 (NO DETAILS)

UNNAMED TANKARD TYPE CUP

1949-1995 (NO DETAILS)

MILLS CUP

1948-1993 (NO DETAILS)

SMALL UN-NAMED CUP

1952-1981 (NO DETAILS)

Good Neighbour Scheme

Good Neighbour Schemes (GNSs) run in various towns and villages in Norfolk.  They are run by local people in their own communities.  These volunteers aim to help those who are vulnerable and most in need in their community, those who maybe don’t have local friends or family, by providing practical help with things such as lifts to appointments or to go shopping, simple DIY tasks, dog walking or just having a cuppa and a chat.

While lots of people do help their neighbours in an informal way, Good Neighbour Schemes are a way of setting up organised helping.  They enable volunteers to offer the type and level of helping that works for them, a method of managing requests and responding in a consistent, planned and safe way.

As part of this project, CAN are able to help support communities to set up Good Neighbour Schemes, providing step-by-step information, advice and support to get going – as well as some financial support to set up the scheme – and ongoing support as part of a GNS network in Norfolk.

Please read this leaflet which provides contact details if you wish to join.

Your Voice in Breckland

Our organisation is holding an event on 27th March with 13 stands highlighting how advances in new technology could help make life easier and offer a more independent life for older people in our community. 

I have attached the poster and accompanying promotional material which gives a little explanation of each of our exhibitors.

Organisation -Your Voice in Breckland

Event – Gadget Savvy Market Place 

Date – Friday 27th March 2020

Time – 1.30 – 3.30pm 

Venue – Anglia Room, Breckland Council Offices, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke, Dereham NR19 1EE

Your Voice in Breckland is a voluntary organisation working with the public and agencies to ensure that Breckland’s older people are represented and have a voice in the provision of services which impact on their lives. We are supported by both Norfolk County Council and Breckland District Council. More information about us can be viewed on our website  https://www.breckland.gov.uk/YVIB 

We have been holding quarterly themed events since 2012, three with invited speakers on a particular topic and one event a year with stands from various organisations. This year we have decided to try something a little different by holding this themed stands event. Our events are attended by members of the public as well as professionals who work with older people and as we are keen to introduce an intergenerational aspect this year we have also invited senior school students with an interest in social care.

You can read the poster advertising the event. For full details please read the Gadget Savvy Stands Publicity.

Reflections from the Rectory – Feb’20

The Christmas holidays are over, and we are into the new year.

A new year, new hopes and possibilities, and perhaps some anxieties about the future. The children are back to school after their Christmas break, offices and shops opening, and most of us settling back into our regular routine.

Does anyone still make New Year Resolutions? Last year, I was sent a photograph of a friend of mine next to a list of resolutions, about a week into the new year. Two thirds of them had already been crossed off the list – did that mean he had accomplished many things, or just given up on his resolutions?

The church calendar celebrates twelve days of Christmas, beginning on 25th December. Then 6th January is the Feast of Epiphany, when we remember the wise men who came from the East to visit the baby Jesus and bring him gifts. Traditionally we think of three wise men, because they brought three gifts (gold, frankincense and myrrh), but no number is mentioned in the New Testament – so it could have been many more.

These were three men from outside the nation of Israel who travelled a great distance, probably from modern Iran, to acknowledge Jesus as the promised King.

The Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on the 6th January, with great solemnity and pageantry.

The next “commercial” festival featured in our shopping calendar seems to be Valentine’s Day, 14th February. Like other similar events, it may be abused, but should be seen as a celebration of what is best in human  love.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2020.

Rev Linda Lubbe

Where love is there God is

Associate priest in the Mundford, Hilborough and Oxborough groups of churches.

Volunteer Officers in Police Special Constabulary

Are you looking for a new challenge in 2020?  Breckland and Kings Lynn Recruitment Campaign for a new cohort of volunteer Officers in our Special Constabulary has started. We will be holding a Show Case Information Event on Saturday 8th February at RAF Marham between 9am – 5pm where you can find out more about volunteering, meet the team, take part in practical exercises and speak to serving Specials about their experiences and how they fit their duties in with everyday life. We are already fortunate to have remarkable volunteer officers who provide a great service to the community and learn new skills in the process. If you are curious about becoming a Special pop along on 8th February to find out more!

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