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Welcome to the Acle Village Website

Within this site, I have tried to supply as much information as possible, about Acle. This includes - Parish Council, Clubs, local groups and organisations, Acle Business Directory, medical services, educational and village services . Also is a up-to-date list of all events planned for the village for 2009 as well as results of all played for Acle Indoor Bowls. NEW Information on Acle Churches, initially
Fishley Church

ACLE Community First Responder Team - Wanted - volunteers who live or work in Acle or Upton, who can spare just a few hours per week to help save lives. No experience required as full training given. O.K. so what do Community First Responders do? Community First responders are public spirited volunteers who are specifically trained to support the Ambulance Service, by attending emergency calls in their local area, where time can make the difference between life and death. They take it in turn to be "on call", and carry basic first aid equipment, including a simple to use automated defibrillator. They are alerted by the Ambulance Service to all immediately life threatening medical calls in their area, (not road traffic accidents,) and are dispatched at the same time as the ambulance crew. Being local means they often arrive a few minutes ahead of the ambulance crew, and are able to begin life saving procedures until the ambulance arrives. Anyone who might be interested and would like further details should contact the group Co-ordinator Jon Ringwood on 0800 511 8078 or see www.respondersuk.org/acle.

ACLE FUNDRAISERS
The 2009 Acle Beer and Music Festival will not be proceeding this year - we have been unable to secure a large enough site to house the event. The Committee feels that we will by next year, so look forward to seeing you all at the 2010 event!

NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS RELEASE
Acle residents to have their say ..... Residents who live in the Acle neighbourhood are being invited to have their say and help focus policing resources on the issues affecting them. The Acle Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) will be holding a priority setting meeting in the forthcoming weeks, where local people have the opportunity to air their views to those who can make a difference in the neighbourhood. For the last few months the team has been problem solving:
- Acle - youths drinking and causing criminal damage at the rear of the medical centre.
- Freethorpe - anti - social behaviour caused by youths at the village hall.
- Lingwood - anti - social behaviour by drunken youths resulting in minor criminal damage.
The team will be holding the meeting on Wednesday 17 June at Freethorpe village hall at 7.30pm. The meeting is open to everyone, if you are unable to attend the meeting and would like to speak to a member of the Acle SNT call 0845 456 4567 alternatively e - mail sntacle@norfolk.pnn.police.uk.

Acle Tuesday Youth Club would like to appeal for suitable volunteers to add to their volunteer rota for Youth Club on Tuesday evenings at the Recreation Centre. They are doing well with grant aid, but with club membership rising, the need is for more suitable volunteers as reserves are very low. Anyone interested to contact Diane Fisher on 01493751656.

Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service needs you to join their team of part time Firefighters at Acle Fire Station. Part time Firefighters are men and women who live or work in the local community. As part of this team of Firefighters you will respond to emergencies when you are available. In return, you will receive an annual retaining fee of up to £2,786 per year plus £12.72 per hour (after proving competence) for every incident and training session you attended. You will need to live and work close to Acle Fire Station, be over 18, with good all-round fitness, and be able to respond to calls when available. Find out more about opportunities within the Fire and Rescue Service at Acle by telephoning John Kiernan on 01493 339910. www.norfolkfireservice.gov.uk.

Broadland District Council has announced that polythene can now be recycled at Rackheath; at Polyprint Mailing Films, on Rackheath Industrial Estate. Clean, domestic polythene, either printed or clear, can be recycled. Polythene can be stretched relatively easily and it does not have a crinkly sound that other materials can have. It is often used to wrap mailings. All labels, sticky tape and food remnants must be removed. It may have the recycling codes 2 and 4. You can recycle: bags used to cover electrical appliances or furniture, bread bags (shaken out), clean bin bags, bubble wrap, carrier bags (unless degradable e.g. Tesco), cling film (clean), dry cleaning garment wrappers, mailing wrappers and toilet roll outer wrappers.

You cannot recycle: crisp packets, cereal packet inners, greeting card wrappers (cellophane), or magazine wrappers from shops (polypropylene.) Please take care with these as the whole bin may be rejected for recycling if the wrong products are placed in it. It is suggested that you collect a significant amount together at home and then take it to Rackheath. Turn right into the industrial estate on Green Lane West and follow the road round until you pass Aquafibre House on the left. Turn left immediately after this into Mackintosh Road where you will see the green recycling bin alongside the boundary fence at Polyprint. Further details from Polyprint on 01603 721807 or recycling@polyprint.co.uk.

ALSO, do you know that know that Broadland District Council have introduced a new green painted bin in The Street, next to the public toilets. This bin is for recycling drinks cans and plastic bottles. Glass bottles can be recycled using the bins at the Recreation Centre, at the Hermitage car park or behind the Kings Head pub.

I have a summary of more items from Broadland District Council - read more here.

The Norfolk Coast and Broads Scheme will allow businesses, social enterprises and charities in the eastern parts of Broadland to apply for match funding for environmental and sustainable projects. -- read more.

Fancy a trip out and about - then the Upton Friendship Circle may have the trip for you ... read more.

Acle Voluntary Aid (AVA) Scheme - AVA is a registered charity and receives some local authority grant aid, however, donations are vitally important to the running of this organisation and are gratefully received. AVA was set up in 1979 to respond to the needs of people facing a crisis. The service is available to all patients under the care of doctors in the Acle Medical Centre and covers over 20 villages. AVA responds to calls from local doctors, district nurses and families. The Organiser works closelty with Social Services. AVA also provides a day centre a the Methodist Church on a Tuesday and also organises a luncheon club (same venue) on a Wednesday (there are spaces currently available for the lunch club!). Transport can also be arranged for emergency hospital visits and clinics at the Acle Medical Centre when requested by a doctor. AVA is run entirely by volunteers and the group will also welcome more helping hands. AVA is grateful for people to help also with fundraising events. Contact is Mrs Betty Snasdell 01603 270240 or Mrs Valerie Knights 01493 750471.

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