AFGHANISTAN TROOPS APPEALI would like to say a very big thank you to all of you who have donated items for me to send out to the troops following our appeal on the front page of the last issue. Please, please keep them coming, as this is an ongoing appeal, which is not likely to stop anytime soon.
Pictured above are some more parcels, ready to go and a selection of items that have been donated. These will be parcelled up and sent out shortly. Thank you also to those of you who have sent cards and letters of support directly to them. Don't forget, you can drop items off with us here in the office or at the Sheringham Plus office in Station Road. A simple message of support can lift their spirits by an amazing amount,
so please keep it going, after all, they deserve it.
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Readers LetterI am writing to ask the kind people of Norfolk if they can help me. I am a mature student studying Fine Art at Ba Hons Degree level; I am finding it increasingly hard to obtain cheap reference books about Art, Art History, Sociology, Psychology and Contemporary Artists. Would it be possible to ask the public, if you are throwing away any books, magazines or old materials pertaining to art, could you get in touch so that we the students at the Norwich school could benefit. I would willingly collect any of the afore mentioned supplies, and redistribute it amongst the students at Uni. Everyone is talking about going green and recycling their waste and I think that this could possibly help the art student and the environment at the same time. Old books,or equipment that you think might be usefull for art please give me a call before throwing it away and I will collect it and take it away to be re-used. I hope that this is possible if so you can call me on: 07969692902. Also I would like to invite you to the ice-cream shop "Ice Blue" in Sheringham where I am painting a mural for Lee and John, who own this shop and "Windows Ice-Cream" in Cromer. I thought this could be a wonderful opportunity for the public to see art being created live. This is a commission based project and is reflected in the content of the mural.The owners wanted a mural based upon the old postcards from the fifties, I have based the image on Sheringham and the Lifeboat House, heavily accented with buxom ladies and strong gentlemen. I hope that you can pop in and see what is going on, I am in the shop everyday from 11am to 4pm and I am hoping to have the project finished by Monday 23rd of July. Thank you Sarah Faulkes Giving furniture a second chanceThe Benjamin Foundation's Restore furniture re-use centre opened in February 2007 on the Hempstead Road Industrial Estate in Holt. Thanks to funding from the Big Lottery Fund's CRED (Community Recycling and Economic Development) programme, Restore sells good quality donated furniture and white goods to the public and also helps people in real need. The centre came about as a result of the work of The Benjamin Foundation with young homeless people. Having found a tenancy, clients were struggling to furnish their new homes with even the basics such as a bed, or even a kettle. Staff at The Benjamin Foundation therefore started an informal collection service of unwanted goods for these clients, which grew into Restore. Open every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 10am until 4pm, Restore helps the environment by reducing landfill - in just the first three months of operation, 17 tonnes of furniture and white goods were diverted from landfill in North Norfolk. All the proceeds after covering costs are ploughed back into The Benjamin Foundation, a charity which helps children and young people across Norfolk. Set up in 1992 by Richard Draper MBE following the death of his son, Benjamin, in a motorcycle accident. The charity fulfils its aim of significantly improving the lives of vulnerable children and young people by offering support and accommodation for the homeless, resettlement, advice and counselling for 5-19 year olds and after school and holiday clubs.
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@ Sheringham Community Paper - Issue 77 - 3 August 2007
