NORFOLK & WAVENEY
PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Reg. Charity No: 1108384 www.prostatesupport.org.uk

FREE P.S..A. BLOOD TESTS FOR MEN OVER 45
FAKENHAM COMMUNITY CENTRE
23rd. September
We’ll be funding up to 250 free tests that evening (from 7pm) ….so here’s your chance to check on the health of your prostate …so don’t miss it!
YOU MUST PRE-REGISTER FOR A TEST AND SHOULD APPLY IMMEDIATELY by sending an A5 sized
stamped & self-addressed envelope to:-
N&WPCS,
3 Skedge Way, Blofield
Corner, Norwich, NR13 4RY
or you can e-mail to:-
nwpcsg@hotmail.co.uk (typing “PSA test application” in the Subject line)

This will be the third Norfolk testing session we have arranged over the past 18 months and, of the over 430 men tested, we know of at least 12 men we have given blood test to who have since been diagnosed with prostate cancer and are have undergone, or are now receiving, treatment for their condition. Men with a family history of prostate cancer or breast cancer are more likely to contract this cancer, which claims the lives of some 11,000 men annually in the UK.

Fantastic work by Kick Start and the Fakenham Area Partnership – well done, guys. Here’s to a successful full-blown Fakenham Carnival in 2011!!!

“Rides, inflatables, stalls with toys, crafts, games, food, classic cars, bows & arrows, you can even come and build a wall! “

The running order looks like this…

• 2.00 Football
• 3.00 Punch & Judy
• 3.30 Tae Kwon Do Display
• 3.50 Basketball Display 
• 4.00 1st Acadamy of Dance Performance
• 4.20 Magic Show
• 4.45 Fakenham Bowmen Display

… but may be subject to change.  Then in the evening, there’s the disco…

8-11pm Family Disco, Community Centre, tickets £2.50 on the door, under 12′s FREE

How cool is this? It’s a funky purple eco-friendly jute bag bearing the message…

“Fakenham. Bloomin’ Lovely.”

It was designed by year 10 pupils at Fakenham High School for the Fakenham Area Partnership, who obtained some funding for the project via a bid to  ‘Awards For All’.

The bag is 100% recyclable and will be sold through local markets and retailers, plus schools, community groups and the Tourist Information Point. A Farmers’ Market postcard/calendar will be placed into each bag to underline the “shop locally, eat healthier, live sustainably” message.

Want one?  They’re £3.50 each. Find them at…

Corders Budgens
Lawnwise & Leisure
Fakenham Heelbar
Fuglis
Get Smart
Sweets-n-things
Secrets
NewsKlip
Fakenham Garden Centre

And they’ll also be available at…

Chemstop
Whichcraft/Witchcraft?
Amie’s – Hairstylist
Fakenham Racecourse
Tourist Information Point/Library
Connect Office

Do you listen to the radio? Do you use a DAB digital radio? Are you concerned about a digital switchover for radio which will mean that FM radio will be phased out?

Ofcom have produced the latest in a series of reports on which the future of radio broadcasting in the UK will be based. It seems to skew the data it uses on purpose to indicate that the use of analog radio is waning and that DAB uptake is a success.

For example, Ofcom claims five digital-only stations are reaching over one million listeners a week. However, the ‘listeners’ it cites are aged 4+ instead of the industry-standard benchmark of 15+.  Other ‘statistical shenanigans’ are also pointed out in this article at The Register.

It’s designed to convince us that DAB is a good idea and a complete success which we should all rush out to support by buying DAB radios and junking our perfectly-serviceable (and superior quality) FM sets.

There’s also a more in-depth blog about it by a chap called Grant Goddard, an independent media analyst, here – http://grantgoddardradioblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/lies-damned-lies-and-ofcoms-first.html

We’re being fed false information again. Somebody have a word before we’re sold a digital pup.

Fakenham: Warnings for moped riders – Local – Lynn News

Good to se the SNT focusing on this. The behaviour of these riders who seem to hang out in the car park next to Tesco has been extremely annoying at best and at worst, an accident waiting to happen.

Looks impressive. If you’d like more details, the leaflet says that their newsletters (from which this is taken) can be obtained at the Surgery Website

You know that little park by the river path? Yes, just down Hall Staithe (corrected: cheers, Mark) - that’s the one. Well, there’s a project underway to freshen it up a tad. It was looking a bit run down, so an organisation from Norwich is organising (what else would they do?) a bunch of long-term unemployed youngsters to give it a lick of paint and add some sparkle. Apparently, it gives them a bit of work experience and adds a project to their CV. No doubt it gives them a bit of confidence-building too – that can’t do any harm. Anyway, they were all busy down there today when I popped out for a walk, so I took the opportunity to poke my nose, have a quick natter and take a snap.

Nice to see youngsters doing community projects like this. Thanks. Well done, guys!

The Air Ambulance hovering over town centre rooftops this afternoon, attending a casualty in the market square.