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Civic
Awards
Town Council Civic Awards
Felixstowe Town Council is delighted
to announce the winners of their Civic
Awards 2018. At the Annual Town
Meeting at Felixstowe Academy on
Wednesday 9th May 2018 the Mayor,
Councillor Nick Barber presented the
following awards: Mayor’s Awards:
• Jane Bolton For her work for Old
Felixstowe Community Association
for nearly 20 years raising hundreds
of pounds for the Association.
• Robert (Bob) Cockburn For
supporting the Royal British Legion
for many years. Including being
Parade Marshall for the town of
Felixstowe and Standard Bearer for
The RAF Association.
• Pam Cole For her dedicated work
with the Felixstowe Museum and its
volunteers as Chairman and more
recently as Committee Member.
• Rob Rushen-Smith For his
outstanding contribution to the
Felixstowe Scouting Group for over
40 years as well as starting the 8th
Felixstowe Scout Group over 25
years ago.
• Sue Simmons Instrumental in the
running of support groups for
people living with dementia in
Felixstowe.
Felixstowe Community Award 2018
The Laydens Community Project For
improving the local community by
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reducing social isolation by providing
meals, free confi dential health checks,
food bank provision, assistance with
job searching, British Sign Language
courses and much more.
HMS Ganges Youth Trophy
Charlie Webb For his hard work within
the Level Two Youth Project as well as
volunteering as a representative at the
Suffolk Assembly of Youth. He is a keen
leader and speaker and helps young
people attending Level Two Youth
Project by supporting them in their
open sessions.
At the event the Mayor also
announced that a total of £17,346
had been raised in support of his three
chosen charities: Felixstowe Area
Community Transport (FACTS); Level
Two Youth Project and Felixstowe &
Walton Football Club Each charity was
presented with a cheque for £5,782
Felixstowe Town Mayor, Cllr Nick
Barber, said “It was great to see so
many people attend our new style
Annual Town Meeting at the Academy,
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incorporating the Civic Awards and the
presentation of cheques to my chosen
charities. Felixstowe has had a brilliant
year. Without people like our Civic
Award winners and all the nominees,
the town would not be the wonderful
place we know and love. My charities
were thrilled with the total raised.
I must once again thank everyone
involved for their efforts and making it
such a memorable time for me as your
Mayor.”
If you would like to nominate a
Felixstowe resident for outstanding
community service to the town of
Felixstowe details of the Civic Awards
for 2019 will be published on the Town
Council website in due course. www.
felixstowe.gov.uk
Felixstowe Art Group
Well it’s that time of year we think
about getting outside to for our
summer hobbies.
Ever thought about painting but
dont know where to start? Well at
Felixstowe we have a thriving art club.
We have demonstrations throughout
the year, and painting once a week
at the Conservative Club, this is on a
Thursday afternoon.
In May we had a demonstration
from Mark Mitchells which was an
illustrated talk on Suffolk landscapes,
and a demonstration from Issy Coe of
watercolour and mixed media. If you
would like to consider membership,
there are one or two vacancies at the
moment. On June 12th we are having
a demo by Jane Cochrane Demo in a
variety of coloured pencils.
On June 26th we are having a Demo
in special effects in watercolour
by Deborah Burrow. Both meeting
will be at Broadway House,
Orwell Road Felixstowe and will
start at 7.30 pm. Members are
free and guests £2. details are
www.felixstoweartgroup.org or
phone [phone].
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