Community support

The Shed continues. We regularly meet on Wednesdays at 10am on land next to Lowestoft Station carpark.

For many years, the piece of land was a siding and cattle dock for the railway. We've found eleven posts. They are very robust – huge steel bars (possibly rail track) embedded in concrete. We have tried many ways of chopping the concrete off. We have failed. Up until now.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed (aka NLMS) continues to consolidate its base. In this case, building a patio.

Using gravel-mesh as the patio base our next step is to spread gravel over it all. This will create a solid and secure surface on which to put our donated garden and chair set to catch the last of the summer sun.

We've also been donated high-quality kitchen cupboards by Lowestoft Tile Company in Wilde Street. A piece of work-surface has been attached to a metal table frame found abandoned in the High Street to create a work table.

We have a flag, too.

Jacs, Kit and their team aim to share more about the great community that Lowestoft is and the people that make it so

www.facebook.com

Clubs and Groups

Lowestoft Club for the Elderly (next to main Library)
Address: Clapham Rd S, Lowestoft NR32 1QS
Phone: 01502 561438

The Unity Centre
6 Milton Road East
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 1NT
Telephone:    01502 539 810
 

Pakefield Men's Shed
 

Leading Lives Community Hub, Rotterdam Road
 

A support page for our Ukrainian guests and their hosts.

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There are already dozens of Ukrainian refugee families being welcomed by Lowestoft families and the wider community. 

If you are a Refugee..

Dunx Cycle shop has generously donated two second hand bikes, new helmets and padlocks to new arrivals from that war torn country. 
 

Iryna, an Economist and her daughter Karyna, a logistics manager arrived in June and are already settling in to the town, having been made to feel welcome by the local community. The gifts will help them get to English language lessons and to travel to find employment. 
 

The Great Big Green Weekend event low-carboned its way through Sparrow's Nest on Saturday. Our Lowestoft Town Council wanted to highlight the issues facing us all from Climate Change.

The rain held off, the wind was sensible, and a good few people turned up. A very rough estimate would be at least 2000 people and a fair few dogs through the day.

There were many stalls, mostly green or nature themed in some way.

21 November 18:00-21:00, East Suffolk House, Melton

The next full Greenprint Forum event – their first in-person since the pandemic – which they intend to use to hear about the challenges faced by communities in the face of climate change, how communities are making positive changes towards resilience to face these challenges, and what the aspirations of our communities are.

This will be held at East Suffolk House, Melton,on the evening of Monday the 21st of November 2022.

Finally. We have a base of operations!

North Lowestoft Men's Shed has become 'custodians' of a piece of land just to the east of the signal box next to Denmark Road.

We're officially 'Station Adopters' and we have a free hand with the land, though of course we can't build on it. Current thinking is wildlife area, a few fruit trees, and area to sit and contemplate...

We're hoping to get a container – our first Shed' - within the next few months.

A few things have to happen first, though.

Local Elections –

East Suffolk Council Councillors

Your newly elected councillors are:

Kessingland Ward -

Alan Green – Labour

Turnout: 31.2%

Kirkley and Pakefield -

Peter Byatt - Labour

Louise Gooch – Labour

Malcolm Pitcher - Labour

Turnout: 26.2%

Gunton St Margarets –

George King – Labour

Graham Parker – Labour

Turnout: 30%

Oulton Broad -

Edward Back – Conservative

Andre Gee – Conservative

Keith Robinson – Conservative