SUPPORT

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. 
 

True Colours is a new group for the LGBTQ+ (over 18) community in Lowestoft. We meet socially once a month at The Kirkley Centre and we also organise walking trips, days out and other events for the LGBTQ+
community.

The Community Rail Partnership (CRP) and Lowestoft Central Project (LCP) have secured funding for the three surveys required – asbestos, structural and electrical. We're just waiting to get the go-ahead from Network Rail to unleash the surveyors.  

We're hoping to be able to use and renovate the unoccupied former Great Eastern Railway Stables building on Denmark Rd.

Once the surveys have been completed, we'll know – finally – where we stand...

Lowestoft residents are invited to a free health event at High Street Surgery on Monday 8 August - drop in between 10am and 3pm to meet the surgery team and receive health and wellbeing information from a variety of organisations. 

Children's activities and refreshments available.

North Lowestoft Men's Shed has finally begun turning a dream into reality. Not quite the reality we expected, but nevertheless a huge stride towards our final goal.

Within a couple of months, we hope to be staring out from the door of a container at a piece of land we can transform into a community garden or wildlife garden, wondering how we're going to do it!

The area is the piece of scrubland betwixt Lowestoft Station car park and our ultimate goal, the building next to the signal box in Denmark Road.

chance to update site?

add New shops
remove old shops
best way to add multi day events
sign off naveedah work
add extra tags??

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.

[First published around January 2023, edited for historical accuracy of photo 12/11/2023]

We're still in mid-stride!

The three surveys of the building in Denmark Road that we have been waiting for have been given the OK to go ahead. So let's hope they are done nice and quickly, as the results – asbestos, electrical, structural – will decide whether we will be able to continue our journey.