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- Black & Yellow
Remember you can use 999 in an emergency as well as 112
For non urgent calls please use 101
More information is also available on the Neighbourhood Watch page NeighbourhoodWatch
Fire Service
If you have a thatched property:
- Insulate the chimney flue to prevent heat transfer onto the thatch material from the chimney.
- Have the chimney swept regularly by a qualified chimney sweep.
- Only burn seasoned wood.
- Have the chimney inspected by a qualified chimney engineer.
- If you have a spark arrestor fitted have it cleaned regularly every three months or so.
- Develop a fire plan for your home and ensure that the whole family understand this.
- Install smoke alarms throughout your home and in the loft space.
- Install a fire blanket in the kitchen.
- Check the electrical system throughout your home.
- Be very careful when using blowtorches or heat guns near the thatched roof.
- Restrict the use of bonfires or fireworks near to your property.
- Consider installing heat sensors within the thatch around the chimney.
- Install an outside tap with enough hose to reach the roof around the house.
- In you are carrying out renovation work or re-roofing, consider forming a fireproof barrier between roof timbers and the thatch roof.
Suffolk Careline A New Emergency Responder Service for Suffolk
Suffolk Careline is a new service that will enable vulnerable Suffolk residents to call for immediate assistance at the touch of a button. Clients can have the choice of who responds to their call, either a relative or friend, or a qualified member of the Suffolk Careline staff. The service is available 24 hours a day seven days a week and aims to respond in person within 45 minutes. If the nature of the call is more serious the emergency services can also be dispatched.The Suffolk Careline service which is available throughout the county is designed to complement other public sector services already in operation such as the Primary Care Trusts and the East of England Ambulance Trust. The service will help to increase and maintain a person's level of independence for longer. The service is suitable for anyone but will be of particular importance to:
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Older People
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People living alone
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Other vulnerable adults, as part of a care package
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Family carers that want some additional support
People interested in knowing more about the service can contact Suffolk Careline by: Email- enquiries@suffolkcareline.com or Tel: 08456007724
Rendham Directory
Lists details of organisations and services in and around Rendham.
To view Rendham Directory see side column
Mobile Library
Coastal Mobile Library Timetable - Rendham Bruisyard Road - see dates on the What's on Page
You can contact Pete on the Mobile Library 07736 007604. If the Mobile Library phone is not answered please call the office
on 07872 676698 Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 12.00,
or www.suffolklibraries.gov.uk/mobilelibrariesThe satellite connection allows them to offer you all the facilities of a branch library for both adults and children. You can order books, spoken word, CDs and DVDs on the mobile, or over your home internet connection, and collect them from the mobile library or any other branch library. You can return our book to your local library or drop branch library books off when you visit the mobile library. They also sell postage stamps, cards and eco library bags.
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Transport
If your journey starts in Suffolk Coastal and there’s no public transport available to you locally, we’ll collect you and connect you to an appropriate bus route or train link for onward travel so you can reach your destination quickly and easily.
For journeys where connecting to other services is inappropriate, end to end journeys may be possible.
Give our friendly team a call who will happily go through the options that are available to you.
*** Coronavirus information: Operating and booking hours remain unchanged. Services available for work, essential shopping and health appointments.
Community cars and door to door services are limited. FACTS in the Felixstowe area has a limited service, please call for more information.
Transport is available (subject to demand) for Covid-19 vaccinations ***
Call: 01728 635938
Booking hours:
Mon-Fri - 8.45am - 4.00pm
Service hours:
Mon-Sat - 7.00am - 7.00pm
Connecting Communities Suffolk Coastal
Several options of transport available locally
SuffolkCarShare.com can help you find someone to share your journey with. Log onto www.suffolkcarshare.com/
Coastal Accessible Transport Service CATS runs door to door Dial-A Ride service for wheelchair
users and people with mobility problems related to sight, hearing and fraility.
Please ring 01728 830516
Community Car Scheme - offers a car service run by volunteers for visits to doctors or hospital etc. Mileage payable
Please ring 01728 831215
Another scheme is the Ipswich hospital car sharing scheme for journeys to the hospital
To find out more information click here www.hospitalrides.co.uk
Town Travels - a Taxi service for the price of a bus fare. Priovides transport from villages to local transport connections between 8am and 6pm. Organised by SCC and WRVS.
To book telephone between 9.30am and 13.30pm Mondays to Fridays
Please ring 01473 211210
Gardening Services
Mow and Grow - Suffolk Coastal
Offer a heavily discounted rate of £10 per garden to
vulnerable and elderly people, those in receipt of certain benefits and community groups: with a competitive rate to individuals and businesses
If you wish to contact them 01728 831230 or email suffolkcoastal@mowandgrow.org.uk
A new website which focuses solely on promoting local voluntary and community groups serving the IP17 post code - and that includes us here in Rendham
www.saxcom.org.uk
Another group which has recently been established to look a the facilities available in Saxmundham and surrounding villages is
www.saxcommunity.co.uk/
Look out for what they are going to achieve in the next couple of years - have your say whether you are young or old.