Diss Matters Winter 2021

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Council news Diss Town Council continues to work hard

both the skateboard park on Shelfanger

to enhance our town, plan fantastic events

Road and the Diss Youth and Community

and provide financial support through our

Centre (DYCC).

grant scheme. We now have a full

We’re refocussing efforts to improve the

complement of 14 councillors who,

water quality of the Mere, one of the

alongside our team of 13 staff, work on

council’s key objectives in its three-year

behalf of residents to make Diss a better

strategic plan. We’re consulting with

place to live, work and visit. And we

stakeholders, including experts in the field

couldn’t do it without the help and

of habitat restoration and enhancement, to

commitment of many volunteers and

gather data to inform a plan of

groups who work with us. Thank you.

recommendations. These will include increased vegetation, drainage improvements, tree management, water

I’d like to thank all staff and councillors and local volunteers and groups who are working alongside the council to make a difference to our town. Diss Town Clerk, Sarah Richards

quality analysis and aeration.

Improving facilities

We continue to support the Friends of

The play area in the park will soon include

Parish Fields to restore and maintain an

new equipment, which will better suit 4 to

ancient walkway at the rear of the DYCC

8-year-olds and children with additional

site. This will be officially launched in spring

needs. The installation will include a double

2022.

width slide, puzzle play panel, traversing

We’re also looking to plant additional trees

bridge and fully accessible seesaw. It is due

as part of Norfolk County Council’s aim to

to be installed by spring 2022. Public

plant one million trees across the county.

feedback helped the council decide which design best met the criteria so thank you to

Vaccination programme

all who commented

We’re pleased to have

during the consultation.

been able to support

To ensure the

the NHS’s COVID

equipment at our sites

vaccination programme

continues to benefit the

through the hire of the

community, we’re

DYCC. This facility was

committed to improving

the only Diss site to

security at the park and

meet the programme’s

to installing CCTV at

criteria and has enabled

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