With now over 150 members including local organizations, we have really grown exchanging over 4,700 hours in help and time in just less than 5 years. We have a lot of new faces bringing in their own skills and abilities to share with fellow Timebank members in our community from bee keeping, to cookery sharing to gardening, our Timebank has skills on tap to share. Each week we bring you the Timebank news via our…
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This was begun when flower arranging clubs and societies joined together in 1959 and formed the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS) with help and advice from the Royal Horticultural Society. The Association has been a unifying and guiding influence to thousands of men, women and juniors whose love of flowers has opened up a new world of creativity. Within NAFAS there are demonstrators, judges, speakers and teachers of flower arranging and each has…
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The Swan on the River is currently building five double rooms on the ground floor, fronting on to the river, which they hope to have completed and fully operational by the middle of July. “They will all be accessible to wheelchair users, and one room will be specifically designed to be disabled friendly. All the rooms will be comfortably furnished in a modern, contemporary style, in keeping with the style of the pub as a…
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Wherever you live, work or travel across the British Isles, you are likely to come across members of Lions clubs and the projects we support. ‘Lions are ordinary people who do extraordinary things’ Lions are ordinary people who do extraordinary things to help others and support good causes throughout the British Isles. Globally we have more volunteers in more places than any other service club organization and love to help others and make things happen….
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June 2017 marks the 30th anniversary of the Vine Community Church in Littleport. In 1982/83, several people from Littleport and the local area worshipped at High Street Church in Isleham. In June 1987, the group of about forty adults and children were ‘planted’ back here in Littleport as a church, supported at that time by High Street Church. The name ‘The Vine’ was chosen as in John Chapter 15 Jesus says, ‘I am the Vine,…
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Littleport Independent Food Bank is open between Tuesday’s and Friday’s between 10am – 12 noon at St. George’s Church Littleport. Vouchers can be obtained from the Littleport Primary Schools, St. George’s Medical Centre, Vine Fellowship, YANA and St. George’s Church. If you have any queries please come and see us at the Church or contact Susan Green or Elaine Law on Facebook, alternatively ring 07933190856
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Now that summer is officially here, we can look forward to somewhat better weather and lighter nights. This always bodes well for our meetings – as they start at 7.30pm in the village hall, and although the service ends by 9pm it means you can still socialise, have a cup of tea and a biscuit, and still leave to get home in daylight. It’s the socialising and sense of family between everyone who attends our…
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The new Littleport campus has made excellent progress in recent months this was evident as seen on a recent site visit by the schools’ management team. It has really gained momentum and functional spaces are now being developed with electrics being fitted into rooms, windows fitted, and paint even going on to walls in some areas. The final decoration finishes have been completed, and there is definitely a light and airy feel making the most…
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January saw us enjoying our Annual Dinner at the High Flyer in Ely, a most delightful evening with delicious food. Ann White was presented with the Silver Plate for the most points gained during 2016 in our monthly competitions. So far this year our monthly meetings have seen us entertained with a quiz night conducted by Peter Allen In February. We enjoyed an interesting talk in March by Jo-Beth Chapman from ‘Positive Ely Treated’ Complementary…
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At the time of writing it gives me a great deal of happiness to report that the 2016 poppy Appeal currently stands at £8800. This sum stands close to the highest final amount that has been raised in Littleport ever. The branch hope that for the first time the Appeal total will pass £9000. Between now and the end of the Appeal in September the branch will be holding two further fund raisers. The first…
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