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Defibrillator: we now have a defibrillator outside the Village Hall main door in the covered lobby.
If you need to use it follow the voice prompts it is automatic.
Brent Eleigh Parish Council
Notice of Meetings
The Annual Parish Meeting for Brent Eleigh will be held on Thursday 16th May 2024 at the Village Hall at 7.00pm. This will be followed by the Statutory Annual Meeting of Brent Eleigh Parish Council at 8.00pm.
All residents are very welcome to attend meetings
Minutes of Brent Eleigh Parish Council Meeting 21 March 2024
Minutes of the Statutory Annual Meeting of Brent Eleigh Parish Council 18 May 2023
Further details of the Parish Council are on the Parish Council page.
Further details for the Annual Parish Meeting are on the Annual Parish Meeting page.
St Marys Church
To keep up to date please click on Benefice Bulletin 10th April 2024 for information on what is happening in the benefice including church services.
Village Hall
Please join us for tea or coffee in our village hall. All are welcome. Every first Tuesday of every month. 10.30 - 12.00. £2 drink and cake
CHARLIE HAYLOCK
18th May A talk by Charlie Haylock on 'The History of Spoken English'. Charlie is an extremely knowledgeable & very funny man. He was the dialect coach for Ralph Fiennes in the film The Dig and made a regular appearance on Radio Suffolk on the Lesley Dolphin afternoon show. Tickets are £10 on the door or from Karen 07946 209 103. Doors open at 6.30pm with the talk starting at 7pm. There will be a donations bar, araffle and Charlie will be selling his books at the end of the evening. Funds will go towards the new heating system.
The Village Hall is now available for table tennis by Villagers for a small fee of £2.50 per person. If you would like to play, please contact Karen on 07946 209 103.
BALLROOM DANCING
Is anyone interested in learning, or joining in Ballroom Dancing in the Village Hall? John Sheffield, who teaches ballroom dabcing, is willing to give lessons to anyone who would be interested. this could take place on either a FRiday, Saturday or Sunday afternoon, 2-4pm, or on a Friday or Saturday evening 6-8pm. John is very sociable person and suggested that we could extend an evening dance class with a glass of wine or two afterwards! Please let me know if you are interested. Tel: 07946 209 103.
Village Hall Parking: please do not park outside the hall when there is a notice saying the hall is in use. If you want to park outside the hall as several of you are doing please make a contridution to the Village Hall upkeep. If you do not make a contribution we will ask you to stop parking. Contact Karen 07946209103 to pay.
The Village Hall is receiving bookings for private functions, birthday parties and other celebrations. Do contact Karen Marshall on 07946 209 103 if you are interested in booking this large and attractive venue.
If anyone is interested in joining the Village Hall committee, or if anyone has ideas for events in the Village or has anything at all to contribute to the Roundabout Magazine,please contact Karen by phone or email karenemarshall6@gmail.com
Further details and future events and hiring go to the Village Hall Page
Village Notice Board
Click here for Babergh Refuse and Recycling Schedule 2024
Please go to information page to view notices on village notice boards.
Colman Trust
The trustees are looking to recruit a new Trustee who would be interested in taking on the role of Treasurer which has become vacant due to the retirement of the current treasurer. if you are interested please contact Patti Derry (Secretary ) on 07767 763 387 or email patriciaderry13@yahoo.com.
Please go to the Colman Trust Page to find out about applying for financial support in relation to education, training and/or preparation for work.
Suffolk local authorities are funding Groundwork East to provide free energy efficiency and Net Zero support available to households in this area.
Support for households:
Groundwork East are currently supporting households to improve their energy efficiency and help lower carbon footprints related to domestic properties. This support is fully funded by Suffolk’s Public Sector Leaders and free to householders! Under this support we can provide advice on anything that can help improve the efficiency of Suffolk based homes or signpost householders to other energy efficiency projects that might be of interested.
We are delivering this free support via email or households can fill out our DIY virtual home energy audit which will provide us with basic info on their home which we can review and suggest changes.
Email – Suffolk@groundwork.org.uk
Virtual home energy audit - https://forms.office.com/e/nG5aQAeviB