We wanted to introduce you to an exciting new initiative planned for Hethersett. Wonky Wheels Community Bicycle Workshop is aiming to launch in 2021.

Led by the Hethersett Memorial Playing Field Trust, supported by the Hethersett Hawks Cycle Speedway Club, Croquet Club, and run by volunteers, we are aiming to create a new community hub that allows locals to access free workshops for all ages. These workshops will teach you how to maintain and repair your bicycles and stay safe on the road.

We will also be opening up regularly for the community to drop in and fix their bikes by using our tools, equipment, and spares that they may not have readily available at home.
Finally, we will be fixing up old bikes and donating them to local community members who may not otherwise be able to access a bicycle.

We are thrilled to have been selected by Aviva to be part of the Aviva Community Fund, and are asking for your support to get this initiative off the ground to benefit the local community.

We would love it if you could do one or more of the following:

• Visit our Aviva Community Fund Page and gain an insight into what we are wanting to achieve.
• Share the page with your contacts to help spread the word and raise the profile of the cause
• Donate! Anything you can spare will help get this off the ground
• If you or someone you know runs a business and would like some low cost advertising at the Cycle Speedway Track then get them to select a corporate reward when donating
• If you or someone you know works for Aviva, ask them to donate their Community Fund credits to our cause
• Consider volunteering. A great way to spend some of your spare time! Contact us through the Aviva Community Fund Page

Thanks for your support, and getting behind a project that benefits your community. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

We plan to replace the pavilion at the Hethersett Memorial Playing Field by providing:

• a meeting/recreation room, which can be hired out separately, with an adjacent kitchen
• up to date changing rooms, which can be safely used by all ages and genders using the MPF
• external facilities including toilets, covered seating and a water fountain storage, both internal and external

To ensure that this project can be completed the Parish Council may need to approach the Public Works Loan Board (PWLB) for a long-term loan at a very low rate of interest. This will only be as a last resort and we will only borrow what we need. If the PC does have to go to the PWLB the money will have to be paid back from future council tax. To show that the PC can repay any loan, we have had to put an amount of money in this year’s precept. If it is not used for this project, then it will be used to pay for normal Parish expenditure.

The Parish Council has got as far as having plans drawn up, but before we go any further, we would like to learn your views. Could you please look at the plans, make any comments and answer the questions on the survey?

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Please have a good look around the site, and read the exciting plans for the Pavilion. We’d love to hear your feedback, so please leave your comments below.

The new site for Hethersett Memorial Playing Field has been launched. Please do have a look around and get in touch if you have any queries.