Mundford Footballl club is looking for support from the village and surrounding areas to sign its petition calling upon “Breckland Council to overturn their original decision to refuse consent to display 21x advertising boards facing the Cranwich Road”.
You can do so on paper at the Post Office or Newsagents or click to sign online.
The Parish Council has received the following notice from the Norfolk Police.
Recently there has been several incidents of bogus water board officials tricking their way into houses by saying that they need to check the water pressure and then stealing money from within the premises.
Please remember the following three points:
(1) You do not need to open your door to anyone.
(2) Make sure your chain is on if you do answer the door and vet any caller.
(3) Check that the caller is genuine.
Please be vigilant and look out for bogus callers targeting the vulnerable and report incidents on 999 giving descriptions and vehicle registration numbers if possible.
The Parish Council has received the following notice from STANTA.
In the interest of good community relations STANTA wish to inform Mundford Parish Council that they are being forced to close the Mundford to Wretham road, where it enters the training area, between the period 1800hrs (6 pm) to 0600hrs (6 am) each day with effect from 1st September 2015. They have not made this decision lightly but over the past few months there has been a substantial increase in the number of civilian vehicle incursions in to the training area and the risk of an accident, particularly during live firing, has reached unacceptable levels. They know that a few members of each community do see that road as a shortcut and they will undoubtedly be disappointed but STANTA have a ‘duty of care’ to keep the public safe.
On behalf of Mundford Parish Council and the Residents of Mundford I would like to say a huge thankyou to our volunteer litter pickers that show up come rain or shine to pick up the litter within the village and the roads leading out of Mundford, without their help we could not keep our village looking so pretty, clean and tidy. Our last litter pick was on Wednesday 5th August and at least 15 bulging bags were collected along with other debris such as out of date signs for local events. We also collected rubbish that was placed in the grit bin up by Impson Way on the A134 so a quick reminder again to all that our grit bins are not rubbish bins.
Mundford Parish Council is always looking for more people to join our existing group of volunteer litter pickers. We meet every 6 to 8 weeks and all equipment is supplied, so if you have 1 to 2 hours to spare and would like to join us please contact your Parish Clerk Pauline.
Notice to all Community Groups/Fund raisers
Did you know that Breckland Council have some money in the pot to help fund any projects that you may be working on?
For further details please go to www.breckland.gov.uk and search for “match funding” in the search box or telephone 01362 656870.
The Parish Council has received several complaints from residents regarding cars parking on the footpaths preventing pedestrians and other users from walking safely along, and causing at times the need to walk in to the road to get past. This is not an acceptable situation and may result in someone getting hurt.
Whilst this may not be an issue affecting you, we would ask that all drivers please have some respect for their neighbours and bear in mind the need for common sense when parking and to leave pavements clear for pedestrian use.
Thank you.
We’d like to know whether residents would be interested in participating in a Village Yard Sale.
Initial thoughts are that there’d be a £5 per house fee. You’d be included in a list of properties taking part. We may also have boot sale pitches and refreshments at the village hall.
Monies raised would be donated to village organisations, i.e. school, playgroup, village hall.
If you would be interested in taking part please email Connect or phone 07747 561784.
The ‘Circle of Friends’ would like to say a big Thank You to everyone who supported the Table Top sale on Sat 15th Aug we are delighted to say, with your help, we raised £362.29 ALL of which will be given directly to the Mundford Brownie group. We would like to thank Pat and Robin for the use of their garden and everyone who helped on the day, made cakes, donated items and provided raffle prizes. Our Thanks also to Lee England, from the Brownies, who gave us their display board. For more details of how to join the Mundford Brownies please contact Lee.
By Jan Grace
The Open Gardens and Scarecrow Competition event was held on Saturday 4th July. It was a beautiful day and the event raised a fantastic total of £1735.18 this is the total amount raised in all the gardens (£1573.18) plus the amounts collected in the boxes for both charities (Marie Curie £132) (Scouts £30). Therefore we were delighted to present Mundford Scouts with a cheque for £816.59 and Marie Curie with a cheque for £918.59. We would like to say a very big THANK YOU to everyone who opened their gardens on the day:-
Margaret and Tony, Bernie and Wilf, Phyllis, Pat and Robin, Sally and Tony, Jan and Rod, Trudi, Vida, Dena, Syrena and Tony, Laura, Jan and Kev, Liz and Colin, Jackie and Bob, Verena and Andy, Jenny and Nick.
Many of us who had our gardens open could not have done so without the help and support of family, good friends and neighbours, both on the day and in preparation for the event, and for that we are extremely grateful.
Special thanks also to Mundford Parish Council and everyone who made Scarecrows (view competition results and pictures). Our thanks go to Didlington Nursery, High Lodge and Marks and Spencer for their donation of prizes.
Finally we really must thank our local businesses who yet again helped promote and sell programmes for the event:- Mark, Lorrayne and Lisa (newsagents), Peter, Debbie and Tracy (Post Office stores), Christine (hairdresser) and all at Crown Hairdressing. Also to Rosemary for promoting the event on the website and Karen for the Connect front page.
To all the above and to everyone who came along to support the event we say our heartfelt thanks for helping us to raise such a wonderful amount this year. The biggest thank you must go, once again, to our event organiser Pat Tuck who worked tirelessly for months to ensure it really was a great day, we couldn’t have done it without you Pat !!!!! xxxxx
Although the event was a great day it was also a day of sadness for all those involved as we were without the presence of our dear friend and wonderful supporter Colin Wallace. The sudden and unexpected loss of Colin was felt deeply by the whole team, we shall miss his humour and dedication to our events very much. Our love, support, sympathy and Sincere Condolences go to all his family and friends. He was truly ‘one of a kind’.
By Jan Grace
