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North Lowestoft Men's Shed actually started way back in 2019. Inspired by Pakefield Men's Shed, which we visited in Autumn 2019, we set about looking for premises. We met with community officers at East Suffolk Council, with Peter Aldous MP, and with local property owners and estate agents. We looked at many possibilities, managing to track down the owner of a shed who now lived many miles away, we talked with BirdsEye, with Network Rail. And much of that is still happening.

We had decided to go public, as it were, and along came Covid-19.

East Suffolk infection rates have been flat for three weeks (March 27th 2021). The good news is that they are not going up again. The bad news is that they aren't significantly going down, either.

They are at the same levels as the beginning of October 2020, just before Lockdown Two.

Why is this worrying?

Hard times for everyone, so we need every little bit of help.

The Budget on 3 March 2021 announced:

Restart grants for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, to be administered by local authorities from April

An extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to the end of September 

A fourth Self Employed Income Support Scheme grant to cover February-April 2021

A new Recovery Loan scheme which will follow the CBILS and Bounce Bank loan schemes

You can find links to East Suffolk Council's 'Restart Grant' information here.

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
 

Carbon Literacy Training for Businesses

With the environment becoming more important in a modern economy, this webinar will help business people become carbon literate and understand the difference their business can make environmentally.

Carbon literacy is an awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.

The following article appeared in this month’s Bugle

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North Lowestoft Men's Shed has applied to Network Rail for the ex-Chadds, ex-Menzies building in Denmark Road.

They want to turn an unloved run-down building into a vibrant, green, community building. It was built sometime in the 1890's, so it has considerable historic interest, as well.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed think it's a perfectly sound building, ideal as a men's shed project.

Network Rail think it's only fit to demolished.

From the 20th October our meetings will be open to all interested in the idea of a Shed in North Lowestoft.

Meetings will be Wednesdays 3 - 5pm at Reutilise Paint Community in Whapload Road.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed is trying hard to get access to a building on Denmark Road, which looks perfect for a Shed.

We've got a bid in with Network Rail – it's hard to tell how this will go. 

Join us for a chat and a coffee