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GREENER WALDRINGFIELD
COMMUNITY DIRECTORY 2019
Connection
Conviviality
Cooperation
Greener
With temperatures very obviously rising, even in
temperate Britain, and biodiversity loss clear to all of
us in the lack of flies and insects, what can we do,
both individually and as a community?
Here is our directory of Waldringfield’s existing
services and events, with small tips throughout on how
we can become Greener Together
Greener Waldringfield is an informal group of
villagers who share an interest in the environment
DISCLAIMER: INFORMATION HAS BEEN COLLATED FROM EXISTING PUBLIC NOTICES
AND ONLINE SOURCES, WITH AN ASSUMPTION THAT DETAILS ARE UP TO DATE
IF DETAILS HAVE CHANGED POST-PUBLICATION, PLEASE EMAIL
[email protected] AND WE WILL UPDATE THE ONLINE
DIRECTORY AND NOTIFY OTHER SOURCES WHERE POSSIBLE
Useful contacts
Defibrillator There is a Community Public Accessible Defibrillator (CPAD) or Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on the rear wall of The Maybush. If someone collapses, dial 999 and the ambulance service will give you the key code to the yellow cabinet. Voice prompts will talk you through how to use the defibrillator
Flood Wardens Tony Lyon 07924 081062; John Smith 736257; Ged Morgan 736724
Waldringfield Emergency Plan Online at waldringfield.onesuffolk.net/assets/parish-council-docs/policies/Waldringfield-Emergency-Plan-Issue-1.pdf
Police (non-emergency) 101
NHS Direct 111
GPs Martlesham Heath Surgery 23, The Square, Martlesham Heath 01473 6100028 Framfield House Surgery Ipswich Rd, Woodbridge 01394 615500 Little St John Street Surgery 7, Little St John’s St, Woodbridge 01394 382046
Pharmacies Tesco Stores Martlesham Heath 0345 677 9456 Martlesham Pharmacy 9, The Square, Martlesham Health 01473 623332 Waterton Pharmacy Framfield Medical Centre, Ipswich Rd, Woodbridge 01394 615555
Neighbourhood Watch The Waldringfield Neighbourhood Watch scheme is primarily about neighbours watching out for each other, and helps us create a good community spirit. Contact: Alyson Videlo, Atbara, Deben Lane Email: [email protected] Website: suffolknwa.co.uk
Fairway Committee
For dinghy licences on the foreshore. Contact John Smith 736257
Moorings and Harbour Master
Tony Lyon 07924 081062
©Transition Towns
Regular Services
Milk & Groceries
Foulgers Dairy Tel: 784999 Website: foulgersdairy.co.uk
Milk and More Tel: 0345 606 3606 Website: milkandmore.co.uk
Newspaper Delivery Grange News Tel: 01394 384082
Veg Boxes Oak Tree Box Scheme Email: [email protected]
Post Office Van Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 11am-12.30 at the Village Hall Includes cash withdrawals/paying in to most bank accounts
Mobile Library
Usually visits Waldringfield once a month on a Thursday
afternoon between 3.15pm to 3.45pm and parks in Village Way
Mobile Shop
Sonya and Sheila sell local produce on Tuesdays
11.10 - 11.30 in Sullivan Place and 11.40 - 12.00 at Village Way
Tel: 07810 370314
Cupboard Love
Plastic-free food, homeware & personal care delivery www.cupboardlove.shop
Green Tips: Everything you buy and have ultimately turns into rubbish
So buy to last, use up, and get informed about what happens to it at the end
Buy local and seasonal, and avoid plastic packaging
Regular Social Events
Coffee Mornings
First Thursday of the month 10am - 12 noon Tel: Chris Lyon 736291
Social Club
Social group meeting to play badminton at the village hall Tel: John Nayler 736228
Winter Talks
Usually held in the evenings on the first Thursdays of the month
Talks have ranged from meditation, to local archaeological finds,
to Lord Deben on ‘Climate Change: Overcoming the Obstacles to Action’
£4 entry, plus donations. Refreshments included
To suggest speakers, tel: Colin Reid 736506
Green Thoughts:
Climate change is natural and cyclical
Climate breakdown is not and can be – maybe - a bit mended
Biodiversity loss is something that happens
Biodiversity destruction is what we do, and can stop or reverse
The Environment just means ‘surroundings’
The biosphere is all living things and the mediums they need to survive
Annual Events PRODUCE, FLOWER AND CRAFT SHOW
August. Classes for home-grown fruit and veg, brewing, baking, crafts, art and photos. Tea and cake, auction of produce. Contact Alexis Smith 736257 Green Tip: Bulk cook - it saves time and money too. Share meals.
Many villagers sell cheap, home grown, often organic, veg at the bottom
of their drives
INTERNATIONAL CAR FREE Day Sep 22nd 2019
HARVEST SUPPER
October. Pantomime, food, merriment!
AUCTION OF PROMISES IN AID OF ALL SAINTS CHURCH
Every other year, usually November. Contact Rolls Barclay PUMPKIN PARTY
November. Pumpkin competitions, veg boats to sail along the river, lantern
parade… Organised by Waldringfield Gardeners. Contact Betsy Reid 736506
CHRISTMAS FLORAL WORKSHOP
Held in the Village Hall in November Organised by Waldringfield Gardeners. Contact Alexis Smith 736257
Green Tip: Enjoy the verges and learn what the native plants - aka ‘weeds’ - growing
there feed. Towns and villages provide a haven and refuge for insects and the food
chain, that is lacking in the monocultural agricultural environment
NATIONAL TREE WEEK Nov/Dec
Green Tip: Plant a tree - it will still be providing food and shelter, absorbing carbon,
cleaning air and circulating nutrients and water long after even the richest legacy
you can provide with money
CHRISTMAS CRACKER WORKSHOP
Held in the Village Hall in November. Contact Jane Spall 736751
WINTER QUIZ
November. Teams of six; includes fish and chip supper
Contact Tim Elliot 736736 [email protected]
Annual Events
WINTER PARTY
Varied entertainment. Fun and food guaranteed. Usually Jan or Feb
Green Tip: Keep thinking of ways you can increase your insulation or practices
you can make to save energy use: closing curtains at nightfall, for instance
BIG GARDEN BIRD WATCH Last week of Jan
Green Tip: dogs frighten wild-life and reduce nesting initiatives for ground nesting
birds. Keep them on a lead in Church Field and along the river wall
If you’re refurbishing your home, consider installing bat and swift boxes
EARTH HOUR March
Green Tip: keep outside light levels to a minimum. All creatures, including us, have
a diurnal rhythm and need their alternate light and dark phases
OPEN GARDENS
May. Villagers’ gardens open to the public, and cream teas at the Village Hall
Organised by Waldringfield Gardeners. Contact Alexis Smith 736257
SCARECROW COMPETITION
May. Coincides with Open Gardens
INTERNATIONAL COMPOST AWARENESS WEEK May
Green Tip: don’t let allium triquetrum or Alexanders escape into the wild. Dig them
up when you see them. If they’re in flower they will set seed, so rot them in a bucket
of water, before composting
WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY June 5th 2019 Green Tip: we all want clean air and swimmable rivers and seas. Yet 97% of the
planet’s people are breathing contaminated air. All energy generation causes some
air pollution, so reducing energy use will help. Already, energy efficiency has
contributed more to reduced energy use than green energy generation (impressive
as that is). Conscious economy – turning off all the little red stand-by lights, for
instance – could do even more
Clubs/Leisure
Art Group (Wednesdays) Liz Kennedy 736637
Art Group (Thursdays) Kit Clark 736670
Ballroom dancing
Occasional ballroom dancing lessons at the Village Hall on Fridays
Look out for dates in Focus or on the Village Hall noticeboard
Bridge
Wednesday evenings Tel: Norman Rea 736577
History Group
This group has been set up to investigate the local history of the area covering
most aspects from very early times to the modern day. Meets September –
March. Email: [email protected] Website: waldringfieldia.com
Pub Maybush Inn Tel: 736215 Website: debeninns.co.uk/maybush
Science, Faith & Philosophy
The U3A group meets monthly at Sandcliff, School Road, to discuss the
‘friendship’ between science and faith, with some philosophy blended in to
taste. 10 -12 am on the 2nd Friday of each month
Contact: Neil Winship 736423
Tone & Stretch
Gentle and relaxing tone and stretch classes at the village hall
Friday afternoons 1pm - 2pm Email: [email protected] Tel: 07748 611730
Wine Club
You don't have to be a wine expert - we're not - just people who enjoy wines
and good company and laughter
Monthly. Contact David Eaton 736754 [email protected]
Yoga
Friday mornings 10-11am 07877 358163 or [email protected]
Greener Waldringfield groups
Community Composting
Contact: Linda Wilkins 736044 [email protected]
Green Tip: Mulch, mulch, mulch. Don’t bother taking leaves and twigs to a compost
heap – just chop and drop. Soil likes to be covered, and whatever covers it in due
course becomes food
Waldringfield Gardeners
A group for everyone who grows for pleasure or production to share their enthusiasm
and expertise. Pruning workshops, seed swaps and annual events. £5 membership fee
Contact: Keith Pierce 01473 736443 or 07852 422694
Website: greenerwaldringfield.org/waldringfield-gardeners
Green Tips: Roundup (active ingredient: glyphosate) on your plants goes into their
roots and is toxic to earth worms
Harvest winter rain for the summer by using the biggest butts you can get. Avoid
run off into the road – it takes poisons from the road surface into the river and erodes
the verges
Associated projects Scattered Orchard Contact: Mariah Balham 736485 [email protected] Community Fruit Preserving equipment: apple press, steriliser and dehumidifier
Contact Betsy Reid 736506 [email protected]
Wildlife Group
Waldringfield Wildlife Group exists to conserve, enhance and record the local wildlife;
to protect wildlife habitats and encourage biodiversity; to encourage wildlife-friendly
management of land, gardens and public spaces and to encourage a greater interest in
the knowledge and love of wildlife in general. Contact Linda Wilkins 736044
Out and About
Boat Yard [email protected]
Bowls Club Mike Nunn 736337
Church Field Trust Open space for football, kite flying, playing. Picnic table. Varied wildlife habitats Contact Christine Fisher-Kay [email protected] Tel: 736384
Green Tip: Soil Matters. Mess with it less and don’t dig. Digging destroys all the
little channels made by worms and decaying roots that water and air percolate into;
it exposes the soil biota to heat and drought; and it disturbs the gas balance in the
soil, introducing added oxygen decay and thus speeding up the release of carbon
dioxide
Cricket [email protected] https://btwaldringfield.play-cricket.com/ Facebook: BT & Waldringfield Cricket Club
Golf Club "Pay and Play" course - £10 for 9 holes. 736417 or [email protected] waldringfieldgolfandleisure.co.uk
Green Tip: most plastics are not going to landfill or incineration but continue to be
exported, almost certainly to countries where there are no facilities for dealing with
them properly. They just escape into the wider environment: out of sight and mind
for us - but we are all disturbed by plastic in our oceans. Pick up on your walks
Tennis
There is a Tennis Court Society which families may join for an annual fee, or you may
hire the court by the hour, also for a fee
Annie Cawthorn 736278
Waldringfield Sailing Club
Jane Spark [email protected]
waldringfieldsc.com
Transport
Lift Share If you’d like to join Waldringfield’s local lift share scheme, please contact our private Yahoo group: [email protected]
Quiet Lanes Suffolk
Under the Transport Act 2000, all local authorities can designate roads as Quiet
Lanes, which give people a chance to walk, cycle and ride in a quiet environment;
widen transport chances; and protect the character and tranquillity of country lanes.
Woodbridge Road and Mill Road in Waldringfield are part of the scheme.
Illustration by Claudia Myatt
Suffolk Car Share
County-wide car share scheme
liftshare.com/uk/account/register
Oak Garage
Services and MOTs School Road, 736219
Green Tip: Lift share as much as possible. Walk or cycle for all journeys less than
two miles – then you never need to pay for gym membership
Traffic generates lots of grubby air – not only exhaust fumes, but also tyre
abrasion which generates particulate dust. So as well as sharing lifts, use the bus,
walk or cycle
BUSES suffolkonboard.com
from Waldringfield Primary School and adj. Mill Road
Please check times at bus stop or online before travelling Green Tip: Use the bus to stimulate better
services. Also, bus use brings us into contact
with all sections of society, thus reducing
suspicion and othering
Parish Council Meetings are held at 7.30pm in the Village Hall, usually on the second Tuesday of the
month. [email protected]
DID YOU KNOW?
Waldringfield, (proposed by the Wildlife Group and endorsed by the Parish council)
is one of the PAN (Pesticide Action Network) pesticide free cities
Village Hall
Village Hall hire
To book an event at the Village Hall, visit:
waldringfield.onesuffolk.net/our-village/village-hall/
Publicity
Focus is delivered to all houses in the village and is available online. A round-up of news
and events at the Village Hall, the newsletter is published every two months, except over
the summer. To include an event, email [email protected]
Bookshelves
There are two bookshelves in the Hall. Waldringfielders are welcome to borrow a book
any time the hall is open, and add to the collection.
Village Hall Lottery
The lottery costs £12 (£1 per month). The monthly draw takes place at the Coffee
Mornings. Contact Nigel King 737060
Let’s talk about an energy co-op in the village. Would you be interested in a group buy
of solar panels or windmills? There can be no better way of safeguarding your grand-
children’s future than helping towards a localised energy network - less susceptible to
terrorist attack, and fewer losses in transmission
Waldringfield Online
‘Waldringfielders’ Yahoo Group
For exchanging information, offering items for sale or for free, advertising events
and asking for help or advice. To subscribe, email: waldringfielders-
Green Tip: Use Waldringfielders to borrow and share thus avoiding consumption
The average use of an electric drill is 12 minutes.
Don’t lumber yourself with one, borrow instead
Village Website
waldringfield.onesuffolk.net
Village Community Hub
Online forum for opinion, in-depth debate and articles: waldringfielders.co.uk
Facebook ‘Waldringfielders’ and ‘Greener Waldringfield’
Scam mentors
If you’re not sure whether it's safe to click on a link on your computer, or open an
email, contact Waldringfield's volunteer Scam Mentors for advice
Become a Plastic Action Champion
A plastic action champion is a volunteer who: wants to stop plastic misuse
wants to stop it getting into nature and causing harm
does not like to see waste
Volunteers are given a Plastic Action Handbook, designed for people who live or work in Suffolk to help them share messages and take action that works Contact: [email protected]
Green Day 2019
Greener Waldringfield will be hosting a Green Day
on Saturday 19th October 2019
This follows two Energy and Community Days, attended by local
businesses and groups and speakers including Karen Cannard of
the Rubbish Diet. There were displays by the primary school on
Hotbin and worm composting, recycling and local home and
community energy schemes
If you’d like to contribute or help out this year, please email:
Education
Waldringfield Primary School
Waldringfield Primary School was founded in 1874. The original school
building is now the school hall with many additions over the years.
Today, our school motto "We care, we share, we learn together"
summarises the school aims. We believe that all children should have
the opportunity to succeed and that success often happens when it is
shared within a caring, family environment
Tel: 736276 Email: [email protected]
Website: waldringfield.suffolk.sch.uk Twitter: @WaldringfieldPS
Worship
All Saints Church
Mill Road. Website: suffolkchurches.co.uk/waldring.htm
Waldringfield Baptist Church Newbourne Road Email: [email protected] Website: waldringfieldbc.org.uk Tel: 736285
Email [email protected]
Website greenerwaldringfield.org
Facebook Greener Waldringfield
PLEASE NOTE: NUMBERS, NAMES AND DAYS MAY CHANGE POST-
PUBLICATION. A DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS DIRECTORY ON OUR WEBSITE
WILL BE UPDATED IF/WHEN WE ARE NOTIFIED OF ANY CHANGES
Published by Greener Waldringfield May 2019
Save the planet - plant a tree The number of oaks that used to occupy the village skyline is much depleted and those left are increasingly severely pruned. If you have a forest giant in your garden, please bear with the immediate shade: you and your tree are providing an important public service Planting trees is one of the best ways to mitigate climate breakdown. Not only do they store carbon, but they provide perches and nests for birds, and homes for all kinds of wildlife Every tree we plant in Waldringfield will outlive us all, and provide a beautiful, green legacy for the future There are trees for every size garden or patio If you’d like some tips on what kind of tree you could grow, contact Christine Fisher-Kay, Tree Warden [email protected]
