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Hello! Welcome to the very first issue of My Handy Guide.

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The Future of Hospice Care in Norfolk Priscilla Bacon Hospice

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Events Dates for Your Diary Cawston Band Hellesdon & Sprowston Brass Band

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Gardening Tips Costessey Garden Care

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Taxi and Motoring MRC Garage Services Millennium Taxis

While the storms have been raging (and now hopefully over) I’ve been spending the past few months putting together something new.

My name is Lee, I live in Costessey and I grew up in Bowthorpe and Earlham. A true local boy! I’ve seen many changes in these areas over the years, the past year has seen a lot of change for me personally.

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Home Improvements Gary Heed Carpenter Fox Plasterers Norwich Sunblinds Woodgate Landscapes

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Scouting in Costessey

I’ve wanted a new challenge for a while.

Publishing a local business guide had entered my thoughts, but it wasn’t until around New Year when a friend seemingly read my mind and suggested the same idea back to me, that I decided to do something about it!

Print and Web Norwich Designer Emedias Web and Hosting

Just two months later, I’ve put together a small magazine full of all sorts of local things!

Whether you’re looking to make home improvements, get some gardening tips, go to an event, join a local group or just tackle a puzzle, there should be something here of interest or use - so keep it handy!

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Recipe Sausage & Chorizo Rolls

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Help build the future of hospice care in Norfolk.

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riscilla Bacon Lodge in Norwich is the existing hospice, which delivers specialist end-of-life care for Norfolk. Those who have had a friend, colleague or loved one who has received this care or spent their final days there, will know the benefit of this service.

The Lodge was built 40 years ago, following a county-wide fundraising appeal led by Priscilla, Lady Bacon. Since then, the population of Norfolk has grown by 220,000, creating a level of demand that cannot be met in a building which has become inadequate both in scale and configuration and the Lodge cannot be extended in its current location.

Despite the work of the Lodge and other end-of-life services, Norfolk has one of the poorest provision levels for specialist end-of-life care of any English county.

Therefore, a new charity, Priscilla Bacon Hospice, was created to raise £12.5 million to build a new specialist hospice for Norfolk to replace the Lodge, which will transform the provision of much-needed services.

Priscilla Bacon Hospice will be built on land adjacent to the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital and will offer 24 inpatient beds alongside improved day care and outpatients’ facilities, as well as a coordination centre for the ‘Hospice at Home’ team, who deliver end-of-life care particularly in rural areas.

It will also be a platform for education and research into palliative and end-of-life care supporting improvements in provision locally and nationally.

Since the launch of our appeal in 2019, a tremendous response from the people of Norfolk and Waveney has resulted in over £5 million being raised.

Your support in 2020 is critical to help get us closer to our fundraising total. 93p in every £1 donated goes directly to the capital appeal, with the cost of fundraising underpinned by our network of 7 charity shops.

40 years ago, the people of Norfolk came together to raise the funds to build Priscilla Bacon Lodge. Now it is our turn to do the same for Priscilla Bacon Hospice.

To donate or get involved, please contact the Fundraising Team: T: 0330 223 4274 E: enquiries@priscillabaconhospice.org.uk W: www.priscillabaconhospice.org.uk Priscilla Bacon Hospice Fundraising Office, 9-11 Drayton High Road, Norwich, NR8 6AH Charity number: 1166579

Registered in England and Wales Company number: 09832765

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JULY

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Dates for Your Diary 11 APR

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Norfolk Garden Show Norfolk Showground

Easter Egg Hunt Norwich Aviation Museum

Norwich 5k Norfolk Showground

Quiz & Chips Night 27th Norwich Scouts, Costessey See page 12

Norwich Nearly Festival Earlham Park

Global Village Summer Market The Forum Royal Norfolk Show Norfolk Showground

Magic of Thailand Festival Eaton Park

Easter Sunday

Proudly Norfolk Food & Drink Festival The Forum

Let’s Rock Norwich!

Earlham Park

Costessey Fete and Fayre Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane

Father’s Day

Norwich Gaming Market St Andrew’s Hall

Norwich Pride

Laugh in the Park Chapelfield Gardens

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Garden Tips from

Costessey GardenCare

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s we are now into Spring, and hopefully the worst of the weather is behind us…! It’s the perfect time to turn your attention to the outdoors and spend some time in the garden!

Is there anything you want to change in the garden, or just trim, prune and enjoy what you have already created in previous seasons?

If you are planning any changes, feel free to email us for our ‘Points to Consider’ document when planning changes: Sun tracking; soil type and drainage; future proofing the garden for children growing older or leaving home; or making the garden easier to maintain.

We will start with simple tips for the lawn, trees, and beds for the next quarter:

Garden Design, Seasonal Planning Landscaping One-off Clearances and Tidy-ups Regular Garden Maintenance Lawn care, pruning and weeding

Seasonal Work Hedge trimming, topping and shaping Tree Root/Stump Removal We dig it out, not just grind the stump down to leave you with a barren patch in your garden

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APRIL – Mow as required.

Consider removing coarse grass and weeds, and re-seed bare patches.

Fruit trees may benefit from some summer pruning, although this depends on the variety you have.

APRIL – Tie in Roses of climbing or rambling varieties, begin feeding shrubs and roses, keep weeds down.

MAY – Mow more frequently as required, treat with weed and feed if not fed in April.

April-July is best for pruning Prunus varieties as it avoids silver leaf.

MAY – Summer bedding plants can go in, split up spring flowering bulbs like daffodils.

JUNE – Rake before mowing as it helps control runners of clover – water if required.

Remember, it is bird nesting season and it is illegal to disturb nests.

JUNE – Stake plants that need it, put shades over your greenhouses to avoid scorching, more weeding!

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We’re New Costessey Scouts and everyone’s welcome here - all genders, races and backgrounds.

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Every week in Costessey, we give girls and boys aged 6 to 14 the skills they need for school, college, university, the job interview, the important speech, the tricky challenge and the big dreams.

We have a dedicated team of over 20 amazing volunteers from all walks of life, but there’s always room for more.

We’re looking for tea makers, activity planners, tidy-uppers and helpers for as little or as much time as you can spare.

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Sausage & Chorizo Rolls with Tomato Dip Preheat oven to 200°C or 180°C fan.

Remove sausage meat from skins and place in a bowl with the chorizo, salt and pepper. Mix together, then divide into 2 equal amounts.

Roll out pastry and place sausage meat onto pastry in 2 rows.

Glaze the middle section, then roll pastry over the sausage meat towards the middle.

Cut down the middle to separate the two rows. Divide into smaller rolls and transfer onto a baking tray.

Glaze sausage rolls with a beaten egg. Sprinkle the sesame seeds on top, then make slits in the top to allow the sausage meat to cook.

Place in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

Ingredients 375g Puff Pastry 12 Thick Cumberland Sausages 75g Diced Chorizo 1 tsp Salt 1 tsp Pepper 2 tbsp Sesame Seeds 1 Egg

For the Dip 75ml Tomato Ketchup 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce

Meanwhile, mix the tomato ketchup with the Worcester sauce to make the dip.

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Community Contacts Health

Dentist

Bates Green Assessment and Treatment Centre 01603 250660 8a Bates Green NR5 8YT Mon-Fri: 8.30am-6pm

Beechcroft Dental Practice 01603 747651 Beechcroft, Three Mile Lane, Costessey NR5 0RS Mon, Wed, Thu: 9am-5pm Tue: 9am-6pm Fri: 8am-1pm

Beechcroft Medical Centre 01603 746683 23 Beechcroft, Three Mile Lane, Costessey NR5 0RS Mon, Wed, Thu: 8am-6.30pm Tue: 8am-7pm Fri: 8am-5.30pm Roundwell Medical Centre 01603 744014 25-27 Dr Torrens Way, Costessey NR5 0GB Mon-Fri: 8am-1pm, 2-6pm West Earlham Health Centre 01603 250660 Earlham West Centre NR5 8AD Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm

Pharmacy Beechcroft Pharmacy 01603 749 222 23 Beechcroft, Three Mile Lane, Costessey NR5 0RS Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm Costessey Pharmacy 01603 746 400 192 Norwich Road, New Costessey NR5 0EX Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm Sat: 9am-1pm Lloyds Pharmacy 01603 451 318 42 Earlham West Centre, NR5 8AD Mon-Fri: 9am-6pm Sat: 9am-5.30pm Roundwell Pharmacy 01603 732950 27 Dr Torrens Way, Old Costessey NR5 0GB Mon-Fri: 7am-11pm Sat: 7am-7pm Sun: 7am-3pm

Think you have Coronavirus?

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Visit www.nhs.uk for advice and information.

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DenTeam 01603 406666 527 Earlham Road NR4 7HN Mon-Thu: 8.20am-5.30pm Fri: 8.20am-4.30pm West Earlham Dentist 01603 858952 50 Earlham West Centre NR5 8AD Mon: 9am-6pm Tue-Fri: 8.45am-5.15pm

Libraries Costessey Library Breckland Road, Costessey, NR5 0RW Mon-Fri: 8am-7pm Sat: 8am-4pm Sun: 10am-4pm West Earlham Library 17/18 Earlham West Centre, NR5 8AD Tue, Thu: 9am-1pm, 2-6pm Sat: 9am-1pm Earlham Library Colman Road, NR4 7HG Mon-Fri: 8am-7pm Sat: 8am-4pm Sun: 10am-4pm

Groups Breckland Bookworms Costessey Library Last Tuesday of the month 5.30pm-6.30pm 01603 742 669 Costessey Monkeys Parent/Carer & Toddler Group Costessey Baptist Church, The Street NR8 5DB Thursdays (term time only) 10am-12pm Costessey Youth Clubs The Costessey Centre, Longwater Lane NR8 5AH Queen’s Hills Community Centre, Poethlyn Dr NR8 5GT Kerry: 07887 950002 Drop In and Draw Earlham Library Fridays 2-4pm 01603 454338

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Costessey Library Wednesdays 2-4pm 01603 742669 Knit and Natter Costessey Library Saturdays 1-3pm West Earlham Library Thursdays 10.30am-12pm Lego Club Costessey Library NR5 0RW Mondays 3.15-4.30pm 01603 742669 Reading Group West Earlham Library First Tuesday of the month 10.30am-12pm 01603 451881

Emergency Repairs Broadland Housing 0303 303 0003 Cotman Housing 01772 66 70 75 Flagship Homes 0808 168 4555 Habinteg 0345 601 3389 Hastoe Housing 0345 266 6527 Saffron Housing 01508 532 000 (24hrs)

Post Office 10 West End Old Costessey NR8 5AG Mon-Sat: 7.30am-7.30pm Sun: 8am-3pm

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Bowthorpe Main Centre Wendene NR5 9HA Mon-Sat: 9am-5.30pm Please note: This branch is closing in January 2021

Scouts & Guides 16th Norwich Sea Scouts The Street, Old Costessey NR8 5DB norwich16thseascouts.co.uk Beavers: Wednesdays Cubs: Tuesdays Scouts: Fridays 27th Norwich Scouts Gunton Lane NR5 0AE 07754 71 88 77 27thnorwich.org.uk Beavers: Fri 5.30-7pm Cubs: Mon 6.30-8pm Scouts: Fri 7.30-9.30pm Girlguiding Norwich office@girlguidingnorfolk.org.uk

Council Costessey Town Council 01603 742 958 Norfolk County Council 0344 800 8020

200 Norwich Road New Costessey NR5 0EX Mon-Sun: 7am-10pm

Fiveways Earlham Green Lane NR4 7TE Mon-Fri: 8am-5.30pm Sat: 8am-12.30pm University Plain UEA NR4 7AF Mon-Sat: 9am-5.30pm 78-80 Colman Road NR4 7EH Mon-Sun: 6am-10pm

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Money Advice Service 0800 138 7777 Mon-Fri 8am-6pm Whatsapp: +44 7701 342744

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