• Interested in attending a Men’s Shed in Acle?

    Acle hopes that a Men’s Shed might be set up in the New Year.
     
    What is a Men’s Shed?
     
    Men’s Sheds (or Sheds) are similar to garden sheds – a place to pursue practical interests at leisure, to practice skills and enjoy making and mending. The difference is that garden sheds and their activities are often solitary in nature while Men’s Sheds are the opposite. They’re about social connections and friendship building, sharing skills and knowledge, and of course a lot of laughter.
     
    Sheds are whatever the members (or Shedders) want them to be. Although labelled sheds, they often aren’t sheds at all. They can be empty offices, portable cabin’s, warehouses, garages, and in at least one case, a disused mortuary. Some Sheds are purpose built workshops, but they rarely start out that way. Many don’t have premises at all in the beginning and instead form a group that meets regularly for the social connection, company and camaraderie until they can find somewhere to kit out with tools. Many Sheds get involved in community projects too – restoring village features, helping maintain parks and green spaces, and building things for schools, libraries and individuals in need.
     
    Activities in Sheds vary greatly, but you can usually find woodworking, metalworking, repairing and restoring, electronics, model buildings or even car building in a typical Shed. Sheds typically attract older men, but many have younger members and women too. Whatever the activity, the essence of a Shed is not a building, but the connections and relationships between its members.
     
    If you are interested in finding out more, either to attend or to help run a group, please contact Amie below:
    Amie Evans, Development Worker
     
    Adult Social Services
    Mobile: 07785 270 373
    Facebook: Amie Evans DW
  • Minutes of 28th October 2019

    28th October 2019

  • General Policies

    Dignity at Work Policy 2022 – adopted September 2022 – due for review in 2024

    Data Protection Policy – adopted February 2020 – due for review in 2024

    Safeguarding Policy 2022 – due for review in 2024

    Lone Working Policy 2022 – due for review in 2024

    Standing orders – adopted 28.10.2019

    Training Policy 2022 – adopted September 2022 – due for review in 2024

    Filming at Council meetings – adopted 28.10.2019

    Code of Conduct – adopted 28.10.2019

    Health and Safety Policy – adopted 28.10.2019

    Equal Opportunities Policy adopted 25th November 2019

    Complaints procedure

    Disciplinary Procedure

     

  • Safer Neighbourhood Area Panel (SNAP) meeting – revised date

    The next SNAP meeting is:

    Wednesday, 15th January 2020 6.30pm at Brundall Memorial Hall, Links Avenue

    All residents are very welcome to attend

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