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OPEN DAY SUCCESS On Saturday 25th September we held our fist open day and were pleased to welcome our deputy mayor Ashley Lever and councillor Caroline Topping . The day was a great success with a good turn out giving the members an opportunity to explain what we...

We arrive in Beccles! Our start-up in Henstead was only meant to be temporary… and sixteen months later we made the decision to push forward with the move to Beccles.  There was nowhere suitable to rent at an affordable price and renting would not give us long-term...

Thanks for all the Support When we decided to re-locate, to actually be in Beccles, we realised it would be a very costly business and knew we could not undertake this without help and support.  We made some applications and have been very fortunate to receive some...

The 6th Form Garden  Sir John Leman High School wanted to improve an area for their 6thForm to study outdoors and found the type of garden table set they wanted online…. But…it was way out of their budget.  We were delighted to work with them and produce a better...

We create personalised planters! We were approached in February by  the charity 'Sense' in Aldeby to see if we could produce special planters for a Sensory garden, that would be accessible for wheelchair users with varied disabilities.  We produced a prototype and...

SIR JOHN LEMAN HIGH SCHOOL are supporting BECCLES MEN’S SHED ! We are the chosen ‘local charity’ for their RAG week and they came to visit us recently. Everyone was so impressed with their interest in our activities and members – they even made a film about us !...

BECCLES CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH ON   This was our first year at this event and it was a great success.  The weather was kind to us, everyone loved the atmosphere, and people visited to see our unusual wares.  The wooden trees were soon sold and  the members...

ABBEYFIELD HOUSE VISIT   Four of our members recently visited this local residential home and met three of the gentlemen residents. They were made very welcome with tea and cakes and swapped a few interesting stories.  They thoroughly enjoyed hearing about our...

BECCLES LIBRARY CRAFT FAIR   We were at the Library displaying our 'crafts' and our members were enjoying themselves again (they pretend it's hard work!) There was a selection of their indoor smaller items on display - I think the favourite of the day was...