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We would like to invite you to our
meeting on 8th April when our
demonstrator Vicki Hease will be
presenting “Treasured Moments Part
1”. The meeting starts at 2.00pm
at St Augustine’s Church Hall on
Bucklesham Road. The cost for visitors
is £5 which includes tea & biscuits. You
will be warmly welcomed if you just
turn up, or for more information please
contact Janet 01473 415749.
The demonstrator on 13th May will
be Alan Smith whose presentation is
entitled “Floral Magic”
The fl ower club meets regularly on
the second Monday afternoon of the
month. We also have six workshops
during the year on a Friday afternoon
which are suitable for all standards of
fl ower arrangers. The workshop on 3rd
May will be a Modern Contemporary
Arrangement and will be tutored by
Janet Greengrass. If you are interested
in the workshop which will cost £5,
please phone Stella 01473 711946 for
more details and to book a place.
What’s Cooking at Deben Rotary?
The Rotary Club
of Woodbridge
Deben are hosting
a butchery
and cookery
demonstration at
St.Michaels Church
Hall Martlesham Heath on Thursday
25th April.
The evening, featuring master butcher
Rotarian Duncan Foulger and master
chef Rotarian Peter Senior, begins
at 6.30 and ends with a 2 course
meal. Tickets are £12 to include the
meal and all profi ts will go to Rotary
supported charities. They are available
from Rotarian Martin Kenyon on
01394 386933, or from Duncans
butchery on Martlesham Heath.
The club is pleased to announce that
we will be participating in several
community events over the course
of Spring and Summer. We will be
at Woodbridge On Show, and at
Kesgrave Fun Day, Marlesham Village
Day, Woodbridge Regatta and Melton
Fete with our information gazebo and
games. Please come and se eus at
these events to try your luck on one of
our games or just to fi nd out what we
do in Deben Rotary.
Watch out for further announcements
about these events in due course.
Our Annual Charity Golf Day takes
place on July 18th at St.Audrys Golf
Club. This year half the profi ts will go
to support the East Suffolk Prostate
Cancer Support Group. Details and an
entry form are available from Rotarian
Simon Smith on 01473 612410 or from
our website debenrotary.org.uk
What is Equity Release
Equity release refers to a range of
products letting you access the equity
(cash) tied up in your home if you are
over the age of 55. You can take the
money you release as a lump sum
or, in several smaller amounts or a
combination of both.
You have the option to fi x the rate of
interest for the life of mortgage, this
prevents the interest spiralling out of
control for the lifetime of the loan.
You get to keep and stay in your own
home, as the loan is only repaid at the
end of your mortgage term which is
either at death or if you have to move
into long term care.
You can now even port your lifetime
mortgage to another property if you
want to move later on in life, the
new property must meet your current
providers criteria and the loan amount
still needs to be within the loan to
value limit on offer, but you can also
make a part repayment if this is
possible.
You can use equity release for almost
anything for example to repay a
current mortgage to free up monthly
income, help you to move home, pay
off debts, spend it on holidays or home
improvements, gifts to family and lots
more.
As equity release becomes more
popular the equity release providers
are improving the products they have
on offer, you now have the option to
pay between 10 and 15 percent of the
mortgage balance per year without
charge, this can slow or prevent the
interest rolling up and you can stop
and start this to suit your lifestyle.
If you are thinking of looking into
equity release it is always worth
talking through face to face with a
local broker, I am able to look at the
whole market, so if I can be of any
help then please feel free to give me a
call to arrange a suitable time to meet
you, this can either be at your home or
my offi ce.
Woodbridge WI
Woodbridge WI rounded off 2018
with a splendid party including WI
special speed dating, fi endish quizzes
and of course great food. Now we
look forward to another year of
interesting speakers, visits to various
places of interest and outings to the
theatre and cinema. We began with a
Representative from Great Blakenham
Recyling Plant who updated us on the
correct way to recycle our household
and garden rubbish. In February it
was our 40th anniversary and Mark
Mitchell’s was our speaker. His subject
was a Brief History of the Suffolk
Landscape and explained how Suffolk
has evolved since the 1300’s. For our
March meeting we will be hearing
The Craft of Comic Verse with Erik
Punaks and in April we will be hearing
about the Food Culture and Language
of Japan. A walk for the Associated
Country Women of the World is also
happening in April and we will be
joining in the local Litter Pick. We,
along with other organisations in the
town, will be at the Community Hall
on the 6th April so if you would like
more information come and visit us
there. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday
of every month at the Methodist Hall
in St John’s Street and would give you
a warm welcome. You can also phone
our President Margaret Lury on 01394
610596 for further details.
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