It is with regret that we have to inform you, due to recent Government advice and with consideration of the health and age group of many of our guests, that our event for the 21st of March has been postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
Circle of Friends
This post has Coronavirus (Covid-19) information for residents in Mundford and area.
If you need help with shopping, collecting prescriptions or just want a chat, you are welcome to call on the volunteers who are listed below.
If you would like to help vulnerable people get essential supplies in Mundford, Cranwich, Ickburgh, West Tofts and Lyndford, please contact the Parish Clerk, with your name, address, telephone number and the hours that you are available.
Please have your money ready to pay for your goods.
Risk assessment for volunteers.
If you are volunteering, you may be entitled to COVID vaccine. Please contact you GP to check.
Voluntary Norfolk, Momentum and Community Action Norfolk are working with Norfolk County Council and local health providers to recruit volunteers for a countywide effort to respond to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. We are particularly keen to hear from people who have the skills to volunteer in health and social care roles, which have been identified as priority areas. If you are interested, please click to register.
Feltwell Golf Club are kindly offering a home cooked meal delivery service. For full details, please click to read the menu.
Yallops (CostCutters) are offering a home delivery service, call 01842 878287.
Due to recent advice from the government, Mundford Parish Council have decided to close the office for the time being. All contact should be by email or telephone. The clerk will check telephone messages a couple of times a week. The clerk will be available by email at the usual times of Monday to Friday, 9am to 11am. The council apologise for any inconvenience.
Supermarket timetable for shopping for the elderly/vulnerable/NHS
This post has national guidelines for Coronavirus (Covid-19) with links to further information.
We can all help control the virus if we all stay alert. This means you must:
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
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.
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.
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/
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
Associate priest in the Mundford, Hilborough and Oxborough groups of churches.
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)
Full full details of the Stanta tour this year please refer to the poster
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.
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.
We are looking for more players to join our friendly team playing in the Thetford League on a Monday evening based in Brandon. If you are interested, please contact Eric on 07845 943916.
