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Their Majesties The King and The Queen Consort hope the Coronation Weekend will provide an opportunity to spend time and celebrate with friends, families and communities across the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth. Their Majesties are looking forward to marking the occasion with the public throughout 2023.

The Coronation Big Lunch – The Eden Project will be making available information packs full of ideas, inspiration, top tips and the practical bits to help get your Coronation celebration started. Further details for event organisers can be found here: https://www.edenprojectcommunities.com/the-big-lunch. Your Local Authority will be able to advise on the process for requesting road closures.

The National Lottery Community Fund – The fund is supporting communities across the UK to come together to mark the Coronation. Funding of up to £10,000 is available for Coronation related events and activities via the National Lottery Awards for All programme. The programme does not have a deadline, but it can take up to twelve weeks from the date of application submission for successful groups to receive funding. In other words, applications for events around the Coronation weekend would need to be made without delay. The funding criteria terms and conditions can be found at: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-england

Click here to see the newsletter provided by the Norfolk Lieutenancy.

Please note, the submissions deadline has now been extended by two days. The new deadline for representations is:

5:00pm Wednesday 8th March

(This does not affect the time and date of the meeting below)

Norfolk Libraries Service will be making all 47 of its libraries available as part of the Warm Welcome campaign. The scheme supports free, warm, and welcoming spaces in communities across the UK.

Warm Welcome is a national campaign which will work with community spaces, including churches and faith groups, businesses, and local authorities, to ensure that nobody is left to suffer on their own this winter.

Libraries across Norfolk remain open for all and provide a space for people to sit in comfort and access a variety of services on offer. These include reading, doing a jigsaw, playing a board game, or joining in Just a Cuppa or activities.

Cllr Margaret Dewsbury, cabinet member for communities and partnerships, said: “Our libraries have a long history of being welcoming spaces for all, most recently evidenced by the awarding of Library of Sanctuary status for the Millennium Library in Norwich.

“We are proud to be able to join the Warm Welcome campaign, alongside the other support which is on offer from our libraries.”

Other free services available at Norfolk libraries include:

• Tea, coffee, instant soup, and hot chocolate are available during staffed hours
• Library staff and volunteers can provide visitors with trusted information about other support which is available
• A variety of bags are available for free, with no questions asked

Open Library gives people access to libraries for a total of 69 hours a week at most libraries, giving visitors access to the library, its books, computers, and spaces, even when the building is unstaffed.

You can find your nearest library at www.norfolk.gov.uk/findalibrary

The winter flooding season is with us once again.

Bressingham and Fersfield Parish Council continues to work with Norfolk County Council, South Norfolk Council and local landowners to assess and control the risk of flooding.

However, it is in all our interests to be prepared to protect our own homes.

Make sure that ditches on your property are cleared and free flowing, if you are able.

Consider obtaining sandbags, to protect your property from water ingress: there is a small number available to take away, on a first come first served basis, behind Bressingham Village Hall.