Former Norwich City goalkeeper Bryan Gunn will officially open Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Trust’s new Wymondham headquarters for its South Norfolk teams.

Gateway House is a purpose-built base for community teams covering child and family, adult and older peoples’ services in South Norfolk. The aim is to create a centre of excellence for mental health in this area.

Bryan Gunn – who played 473 games for the Canaries and more recently had a short spell as manager – will open Gateway House on Monday, September 20. Members of the public are welcome to drop in between 2.00pm and 7.30pm to view the innovative new base and learn more about mental health services in South Norfolk.

Bryan’s speech at 2.30pm will put the spotlight on mental health discrimination and stigma by reflecting on the tragic suicide of German goalkeeper Robert Enke, who suffered in silence with depression before ending his life. Bryan will be encouraging football fans, young and old, to reach out if they find themselves in mental distress.


Bryan Gunn said: “I’m delighted to help the Trust open Gateway House. It will be important to those seeking help and access to mental health services. And it has an exciting future working to improve mental health and wellbeing for South Norfolk.


“We all need to challenge the discrimination and stigma surrounding mental illness. I would urge anyone who has concerns about their own mental health to seek help, there is nothing to be ashamed or worried about. We are fortunate that Norfolk and Waveney runs top-class mental health facilities. Gateway House will help the Trust continue to make mental health services even better.”

The open event is an opportunity to visit the building and meet mental health professionals who will be showcasing the services they provide in South Norfolk. Free seminars will run throughout the afternoon beginning with ‘Helping young people with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome enter adulthood’ at 3.30pm, followed by ‘Person-centred Dementia Care’ at 4.30pm, ‘An insight into recovery work’ at 5.30pm, and finally ‘Anxiety and Depression’ at 6.30pm. Guided tours will be running between 4pm-7pm.

The move to Gateway House will reorganise how teams work, improving the service to GPs and service users. There will be a single point of contact for all inquiries and referrals, and a duty practitioner on site to answer urgent calls. A dedicated clinical administration team will support clinical processes and help smooth service users’ care pathways. There will be increased opportunity for teams to combine resources, training, clinical advice and experience to respond to changing health needs in the local community. The building will be equipped with state-of-the-art ICT equipment and resources to support excellent communication, and enable flexible working.

Trust chief executive Aidan Thomas said: “This is an important new building for the Trust, where new ways of working will be pioneered. It is designed to better support staff to deliver excellent mental health services meeting the needs of the local community. We will be watching Gateway House closely to continue improving the care we provide across Norfolk and Waveney. We are working to ensure staff have the best resources and facilities where teams can work together. We also want to support staff to deliver care in more comfortable and socially inclusive settings for service users.”

The new building has an ‘excellent’ rating under the tough green guidelines introduced this year by the NHS. It is being constructed specifically for the Trust, which has committed to leasing it for the next 20 years. Some old South locations are being given up by the Trust completely, but others will be retained and used for different purposes. Suitable alternative arrangements will be put in place locally at the few locations where treatment currently takes place on site. Managers are working with their teams to identify consultation rooms for hire within various towns and villages, to ensure people will be seen closer to home within a more socially inclusive setting.

Gateway House is the first Trust property to achieve its target of an ‘Excellent’ rating from the Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), which measures environmental impact and performance. This is now an NHS requirement for new build projects. The new Wymondham facility is a major landmark in the Trust’s drive to gain leading green credentials in line with its new environmental strategy launched in December 2009. The building has been eco-efficiently designed to reduce the Trust’s carbon footprint, and energy savings will reduce running costs over the years.


For more information and to book to attend the event contact
E: laura.marshall@nwmhp.nhs.uk
T: 01603 421344

Details can also be found on the Trust’s website www.nwmhft.nhs.uk

Deepdale Backpackers & Camping and Dalegate Market at Deepdale Farm, Burnham Deepdale look forward to welcoming spectators and the media on Thursday 16th September to view the Tour of Britain cycle race.

The views of the race from Dalegate Market will be excellent, as the riders head through Brancaster Staithe, through Burnham Deepdale and then up and over the hill to Burnham Market, the first King of the Mountain stage of the race.

Tidings in a race like this are always a little vague, so spectators have to be patient. With facilities like Deepdale Cafe and the outside seating, Dalegate Market is an excellent place to sit, relax and enjoy the spectacle.

There is excellent accommodation at Deepdale Backpackers & Camping for spectators wishing to stay locally, including private ensuite rooms, dorm beds, camping, tipis and yurts.

The Tour of Britain will be the biggest sporting event to visit Norfolk, so locals and visitors will be taking the time to watch this fast moving spectacle.

request from Sheena Mann

I wonder whether you could help me at all?

I am desperately searching for my father who I believe moved to the Great Yarmouth area a few years ago.

I have tried searching for him myself with no luck and have also asked The Salvation Army to assist, but still with no success.

Details as follows:

My dad is called MICHAEL ROBERT HARVEY (but known as MICK to his friends).

Date of birth 09/01/1947 and he has a partner (I am unsure if they are married) called MARGARET.

They lived in a place called Steeple Bumpstead, near Haverhill in Suffolk for around 30 years before moving on, I believe around 2005/2006.

Since he and my mum split up (when I was aged 7yrs) I had spoken and met with him a couple of times but over time I simply lost touch with him for various reasons. Since having little ones it had made me realise the importance of having my dad in my life and for him to be part of my children's lives whom he has never met.

My dad always worked as a freelance plasterer and I believe he also did other work in the building industry and he could still be possible working somewhere.

I always remember he had a tattoo of a black 'panther' on one of his arms. He is a sociable man and has a fantastic sense of humour.

Any information would be greatly received, please email me.

Kind regards,


Sheena Mann
Mildenhall, Suffolk
sheenamann@btconnect.com

The time is coming of so many Hi-Tech systems fitted in our cars, there are many questions being asked of how really important it is to fit a Tyre Pressure Monitoring safety kit.

This is going to be a compulsory fitting to all new cars as from November 2011 this is under European Union.

At the present time this is offered as an option by many manufacturers, to a cost of about £250, but is it really needed, surely drivers should be doing this on their weekly maintenance check?

The price of vehicles would rise because when you replaced a tyre the system needs to be reset and new valve sensors fitted.

Don't forget as drivers we must check tyre pressures manually and have a good look round the tyres because a tell tale indicator on the dashboard will not show up any cuts or bulges.

Also don't forget as from February 2011 all new cars will have LED running lights fitted as standard.

Electronic Stability Control will also be a compulsory fitting from November 2011, this will cost over £450 extra to the new car price.

This I must admit is important and a real help to road safety, watch this space more to come on this hint shortly.

These items are being introduce to reduce road deaths by half throughout Europe in the next 10 years.

Talking About the Weather.
It’s strange we never seem to get the forecast weather when we expect it. Why does it so often rain just when the hay and corn is ready to be brought in, the sun comes out just as you arrive home after a day by the sea or the children are starting their school holidays.

In this country, the weather seems to be one of the main topics of conversation. Whenever we meet a friend or acquaintance the first words spoken invariably refer to the temperature or elements. In our daily newspapers and with every news bulletin on radio and TV we are told what to expect and advised if we should put on our raincoats and wellies or an extra woolly when we leave the house. There are times when we are told not to venture out at all unless it is absolutely necessary. Have you ever wondered how we would greet people and start a conversation if our weather was as predictable as it is in some parts of the world? 

Did You Know?
Not so long ago, in confined spaces like a train or bus, offering a cigarette by handing a packet round to your companions was a popular way to break the ice and start a conversation. Today, it would be more likely to get you severely reprimanded or thrown out of the carriage. In those days people didn’t talk so much about the weather as they do now, their lives didn’t seem to be so affected by it. However, there is no doubt that there has always been comments made about the constant need for a good celery rain, a steady shower to bring on the peas and beans or a thunderstorm to clear the air.
Of course, no one had to travel nearly as much as they do now. Anywhere they had to go daily they went on foot. There were no cars to be got out in the snow and taken onto icy roads. When the wintry weather prevailed horse drawn snowploughs were used to push aside the loose snow on the roads and leave a flattened surface. The horses that had to work in those conditions had nails put in their hoofs to give them a better grip and prevent them slipping.

At such times, farm workers who were unable to get on the fields turned to all the jobs about the farm they rarely had time to do. When they were outside and it started to rain they often threw a sack around their shoulders and just carried on. Many of them with livestock to attend to had no other choice.

Many country folk had their own ways of forecasting the weather. After a rare trip to the seaside it was not unusual for some to have a bunch of seaweed hanging outside the back door. Most people, like the fishermen, were very aware of the phases of the moon and direction of the wind. A red sky at sunset would indicate a fine but blustery day to follow. If the red sky was at dawn it was said to be a warning to all at sea.
Almost every family had a way of telling what to expect not only in the next day or two but also for the forthcoming seasons. These conjectures were handed down from generation to generation. Observation like:

-- How early and plentiful were the snowdrops and certain spring flowers? Was there an abundance of mistletoe on the old oak at the bottom of the garden? How high in the trees are the rooks nesting this year?  

-- Then there were many sayings such as ‘Rain before seven, clear up before eleven’!  

-- These forecasts were never proven to be accurate but nevertheless that is all they had to go by and many used them as a guide. 

Perhaps that was no worse than today’s followers of Astrology who regularly read their birth sign and expect the events of their day to follow accordingly.

Very few of us like to sit in dead silence on a train or somewhere like a Doctor’s surgery. Some pretend to read what are often outdated magazines and cast their gaze around from time to time to see who else is there. Occasionally, their eyes meet someone else’s and they both look away quickly. This problem has now been solved in many waiting areas by the installation of music or a TV. It is interesting to note that many of those who greet each other at the Doctor’s surgery often do so by asking, ‘Are you all right?’  -- Perhaps a lengthy response keeps the conversation away from the weather.

Our weather, as we all know, is very changeable but does that excuse us for never being ready and able to manage when we get extreme conditions. Some other countries, where the elements are much more severe, seem to carry on with very little disruption. You would think a country like ours, situated in a position susceptible to unusual meteorological extremes, would have learned to be ready for the unexpected.

Yet with all the modern technology to forewarn and help us when we are faced with such conditions we rarely find ourselves able to ensure normal services. Nor do we seem capable of adapting to cope with any sudden extreme weather as our forefathers did.   

valley lad - [EIGHTY-FOUR]

Norwich Sound & Vision 2010 is taking place for the first time on 16-18th September 2010. The event will comprise of a conference featuring expert speakers from the music, film, TV and games industries. There will also be live music, film screenings and other interactive performances. Ever heard of the music and film conference called SXSW in Austin, Texas? Well, think of S&V as a taster... in Norwich.

Norwich is always bursting at the seams with new music and film (to name but a few art forms); there’s something in the water that makes this place a breeding ground for unusual creativity. We’re lucky to have a unique community playing host to a plethora of multi-media based artistry, so why not have a convention based at the heart of it?

S&V will provide a platform for those of you who are involved (or would like to be) with the multi-media channels mentioned above. If you come along you’ll get the opportunity to listen, engage and perhaps mosey around with labels, promoters, press, internet media peeps and artists who are coming to Norwich.

If learning how to get your music licensed in film/TV is your bag or even how to get your band out on the touring and festival circuit, then I guess we’ll see you on the 18th September. Those are just a couple of the subjects that will be open to discussion with our delectable roster of panellists from across the music/radio/film/multi-media industry.

You never know, you may even forge new partnerships (stranger things have happened). Ultimately, this is about learning something new and being inspired!

If you’re hungry to know more about putting your art out there or perhaps might be a tad frustrated with the lack of tools you have to get your ‘thing’ off the ground, we hope to give you something to get your teeth into. Come and meet like-minded individuals, bands/musicians, record labels, filmmakers, designers, writers and anyone with an interest in multi-media industries. Those of you that just want to learn something new - embrace your inner mind’s sponge, be inspired and have a fantastic time on us.


Highlights

• Where are the opportunities for new music to be played on the radio? (feat. panel including programme organiser Ed Baxter from Resonance FM, London, 18th Sept @ Norwich Arts Centre)

• How to get your band out on the touring and festival circuit (feat. Panel including Rob Chalice from Coda Agency who promote Camera Obscura, Friendly Fires, Gang Gang Dance, Kelis and Yo La Tengo to name a few @ NAC)

• Sync or Sink – How to get your music licensed to Film, TV, Ads and Video Games (feat. panel including Andrea Von Foerster from Firestarter Music who recently worked as a music supervisor on 500 Days of Summer @ NAC)

• Pulled Apart By Horses with support from Bearsuit (17th Sept @ NAC) TBC

• Serena Maneesh with support from Sennen (16th Sept @ NAC)


Tickets and venue

• Norwich Sound & Vision 2010 will be hosted between the Norwich Arts Centre and The Forum.

• Check out www.norwichsoundandvision.co.uk for usual lowdown

• You can find us on www.facebook.com (‘Norwich Sound & Vision Convention’), come and be our friend – we won’t bite.

• Conference tickets will be sold for the day at £35 (full price) or £25 at concession (Members of AIM, BPI, MMF or MPA or in full-time education)

• S&V gig tickets can be bought separately to the conference tickets. Please visit
www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk for more info

• You can purchase your tickets from UEA box office by calling (01603) 660352 or booking online at www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk

Russell Coulson has been a successful professional artist for over forty years. In all that time he has not exhibited, his art has been bought by private buyers.
The work is extremely varied from English, Celtic and Australian landscapes, abstracts, metaphorical international images and black and white drawings, based on time spent between England and Australia each year.

He is a very talented draughtsman and has made some powerful graphic portraits of celebrity names from Quentin Crisp to John Hurt and many others.

He is exhibiting for the first time at Wingfield Barns runs until
Sat 18th Sept 2010.  
Tues-Sat: 10am-5.00pm. 
Sun: 11.00am-4pm.

He will hold workshops between the 6th to the 12th September 2010. Entry is free and original works and prints will be on sale.

The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning is back and this year the charity needs your help even more than before due to the economic climate. Can you help them? If so all you need to do is register to take part and you will receive a free fundraising pack so you can help even more people living with cancer.


Helen Chapman, Fundraising Manager for Macmillan Cancer Support said: ‘Last year £184,000 was raised in Norfolk from 800 events. We desperately need more people to take part in the event this year to help us raise over £330,000. Currently in Norwich City Centre we only have 7 coffee mornings taking place and with so many companies in the centre and staff who have tea and coffee breaks every day, it’s really an event we’d like them to be involved in.’

There are currently 2 million people living with cancer in the UK and one in three of us will be affected by cancer at some point during our lifetime.

Macmillan is most famous for its nurses but we do provide other support including a free phone line for anyone affected by cancer, financial support for things like hospital trips and we also campaign for better cancer care. So every cup of coffee on 24 September really will count.

Everyone can make their cuppa count by holding a coffee morning, at home, at work or at school. To hold a coffee morning for Macmillan, register by calling 0845 602 1246 or visit www.macmillan.org.uk/coffee. Unable to hold an event? Then why not make a donation to Macmillan by calling the above number and paying by debit or credit card.


For more info Please Contact:
Helen Chapman
Norfolk Fundraising Manager
Macmillan Cancer Support


Tel: 01603 724360
Mob: 07793 579365

As part of the survey, which has been organised by the Joy of Food team - a lottery-funded project which is hosted by NHS Norfolk, people will be asked questions about the types of food they like and regularly eat, whether they follow healthy eating advice, what they know about farming practices and how they view the sustainability of food generally.

The survey will be launched at NHS Norfolk’s Health Fair and AGM - to be held at The Forum in Norwich on Tuesday, September 14.

The topics being covered in the survey are purposely open-ended, so members of the public can discuss their thoughts in as much depth as they wish. Questions people will be asked about will include: ‘Do you use a shopping list?’, ‘If food ran out what would you miss most?’, and ‘How do feel about growing fuel not food?’.

The Joy of Food team also wants to know how people feel about food labelling, choosing local produce and what information would help them eat a more sustainable diet.

Feedback from the survey will help to shape Talking Food – a Big Norfolk Food Debate which will take place at the end of the month. The debate has also been organised by the Joy of Food team in association with Institute of Food Research and the John Innes Centre as part of the EDP Bidwells Food Festival.

The debate is being held on September 29 and will be chaired by Caroline Seaman, Head of the Joy of Food project and NHS Norfolk’s Food and Nutrition Lead, with guests from a range of food backgrounds.

The evening will give attending members of the public an opportunity to hear about some of the work that is happening across Norfolk to support healthier eating habits, hear the views of people working on local farms and in restaurants, find out more about how local food is used in the public sector, and discuss the various food research projects which are ongoing.

The Joy of Food will then supply the audience with some refreshments before tackling some of the issues that have been raised.

Caroline says “The survey is a chance for people to tell the food-industry representatives at the debate their thoughts on food-related issues, which will help inform the discussion. It also means we can provide the representatives with more information about what the public really thinks of various food issues, which they could use when making decisions about the future of food in this country.”

Following their stand at NHS Norfolk’s AGM on September 14, the Joy of Food team will then hold a stand based in The Mall in Norwich from September 15 until September 24 so more people can take part in the survey.

The team will also be hosting a lunchtime ‘cooking theatre’ to share some top tips and recipe ideas with shoppers that they can try out at home for their evening meal. The cooking theatre will also feature guest chefs Tim Kinnaird, Sam Clifford and Roger Hickman, students from the Junior Chef Academy, Mr Bhaji Man, and Frances Webster from Kiddy Cooks, all sharing their ideas and skills alongside the Joy of Food team.

The Big Norfolk Food Debate will take place on Wednesday, September 29 at the John Innes Centre in Norwich between 5-9pm. Attendance is free, but booking is required – please call 01603 257219 or email joyoffood@norfolk.nhs.uk to enquire about booking a seat.

To take part in the survey, people can visit the Joy of Food stand at NHS Norfolk’s AGM at The Forum in Norwich on September 14 and fill in a comment or question card. Alternatively, people can visit the team when they are in The Mall in Norwich (September 15-24), or contact the Joy of Food team on 01603 257219 or joyoffood@norfolk.nhs.uk ahead of the debate on September 29.

Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is helping members of the public to support and understand friends, family and colleagues who experience mental health related illnesses through a series of mental health seminars.

The Trust will be presenting three mental health seminars as part of the NHS Norfolk Health Fair on September 14 in the Forum, Norwich. The hour long seminars are aimed at members of the public and will include a question and answer session.

The three seminars are free to attend and there is no need to book, just turn up on the day on your own or with friends, family or neighbours to find out more about mental health.

The seminars will be held at the following times in the Cube, 1st floor of The Forum, (next to Pizza Express), Norwich

* 10.30am - 11.30am : Dementia
* 2pm - 3pm : Helping children deal with abuse
* 3.30pm - 4.30pm : Supporting people with depression

To find out more about the achievements and future challenges of Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust please attend their Annual General Meeting. The meeting will be held on September 14, from 6pm in the Noverre Suite, Assembly House, Norwich and will be broadcast live to King’s Lynn and Lowestoft. Please visit www.nwmhft.nhs.uk for further details.

Harvest time.

This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally restored by the BFI National Archive. Britain seen in colour for the first time was heralded as a great technical advance for the cinema audience - now we can view a much improved image, but one which still stays true to the principles of the colour process.

The rather haphazard journey from Land's End to John O'Groats creates a series of moving picture postcards. Look out for shots containing the component colours - red and blue-green - such as when a little girl in a red coat and hat walks among peacocks in the grounds of a castle, and three girls with red curly hair pose by the sea at Torquay.

The car is a Vauxhall D-type - considered a sporty model at the time. A long-distance journey by car was a relatively new concept, with none of the amenities en route now taken for granted. The visit to a petrol station shows smoking on the forecourt: no health and safety issues back then! The travelogue ends with a series of recognisable London landmarks. Much remains the same - one major exception being the volume of traffic on the roads. (Jan Faull)