Monthly Archives: April 2017

We had a lovely time at the Support Groups AGM on Wednesday 17 May.

Twice our chairman had to stop the ‘Networking’ ( I suspect a new term for gossiping or catching up!!)  to get us down to business . But it is wonderful to see so many old friends and members and to hear what their experiences  have been over the last year.

Lady Bacon had been very busy on our behalf with opening the third Pop Up shop in Taverham in the morning and then introducing the meeting in the evening, She had also brought the cake along from that opening for us all to share. It was very pretty and made in the bright pink of the new Hospice. I’m afraid there was very little over by the end of the evening as Audrey Belshaw and Margo Benns, who provided the tea and biscuits, pointed out!!

Philip Norton,  Chairman, spoke of the need, due to the Charity Commission  requirements and the enhancement in scope for the service, for a new updated constitution. He took us though the changes which were then voted in.

Shorthose Russell talked us through the new website.  Please send us news, comments and photos to update the website via this form.

We were treated to an update of the Specialist Palliative Care Service by Dr Katie Soden Senior Palliative Care Consultant  explaining that the Lodge had seen more patients than the national average and how the service was involved in research and audit.

Roisin Fallon Williams, Chief Exec of Norfolk Community Heath and Care Trust , the gave us an interesting talk on The Provision of Palliative Care’.

We were all delighted to be there when Lady Bacon gave The Priscilla Bacon Award for Outstanding service to Caroline Coppings. Caroline has done outstanding work for patients and relatives at Priscilla Bacon Lodge over many many years.

Mills and Reeve have continued to support us over the Christmas and into the New Year.

We were very lucky to be invited to a beautiful Carol Service at St Georges Church Colegate, which many members from the firm attended. It was a joy to hear the beautiful choir (again from M&R ) but also the very robust singing from the congregation.!!

James Kidd who, along with Julie Fry, has been instrumental in ensuring these many events take place, gave a lovely address about the way M & R choose and support their charity of the year and I said a few words about the work of the PBLSG.

We were also fortunate to have the service conducted by Rev Philip MacFadyan and it was wonderful to see Mair (Mrs MacFadyan) , our former PBL senior Chaplain also in the congregation.

Between them James and Julie have organized many lovely occasions and activities – Dress down days, wear your Christmas Jumper days, Staff and Clients Quizzes and a Christmas Garland Sale.

They have also organised a Zumbathon – they are so wonderfully inventive and raise so much for our worthy cause.

We will let you know the final amount in the next Newsletter.

But in the meantime I would like to say a very sincere thank you to Mills and Reeve for all they are doing for us.
Elizabeth

SUNDAY 21 MAY 2017
Raising Funds for your Chosen Charity

Over the last 15 years the Rotary Clubs of Great Yarmouth and now Norwich Centenary have run the charity walk known as The Acle Walk. This year the walk is taking place from The Upton Village Hall on Sunday 21 May and is now known as The Upton Family Walk. Rotary organise the walk and charities benefit 100% from sponsorship that walkers raise. Over £180,000 has been raised in total over the last 15 years. Working in collaboration with Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Upton Parish Council, Village Hall and The White Horse Upton there is a treasure trail for children, photography competition, stalls, and a post‐race barbecue at The White Horse.

For registration & sponsor forms and any queries please email: uptonwalk@gmail.com.

• 6 mile NWT mapped walk with marshals
• Car Parking, Stalls & Light Refreshments
• Children’s Treasure Trail & Photography Competition
• Post Walk Discounted Barbecue @ White Horse PH
• Registration & Sponsorship Forms: uptonwalk@gmail.com
• Pre‐Event £6 adults under 16’s free * On‐day registration £7.50p
• Want to walk without sponsorship – yes just register

Organised by Norwich Centenary Rotary in conjunction with Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Upton Parish Council, Upton Village Hall and The White Horse Upton.

Reed is a global business and I operate from the Norwich branch as a Human Resources Recruitment Consultant. Reed support three main charities; Ethiopiaid, The Big Give and Womankind Worldwide. This is on a global scale and here in Norwich, we wanted to raise funds for a local charity and something close to home.

The idea of raising money for the PBL Support Group came from our partnership with James Kidd at Mills & Reeve who are supporting you as their Charity of the Year. We wanted to combine our work with doing something for the community so in December, my former business manager and I (Neil Fisher, who has since moved to the NHS to become the NNUH Recruitment Manager) set ourselves a challenge to see as many clients for a little Christmas visit as we could in a day to deliver mince pies and spread the festive cheer. For each client meeting attended, Reed would
donate £5 to the charity. We embarked on this journey and 12,000 steps later we completed our day. We had immense support from our clients as they knew we were rushing from pillar to post to cram in as many meetings as possible, in order to maximise our funds. We completed 30 visits and managed to gather further donations from our wonderful colleagues too.

Sara Allen
Specialist HR Recruiter
Reed HR East Anglia