Wrong form sent out for the Barbecue
We regret that last year’s form for the annual Barbecue was sent out with the spring newsletter. The correct form, showing this year’s date, Sunday 26th August, and location on the river bank near Ferry Farm, Sudbourne was posted on the website.
Annual General Meeting 2018
The 27th AGM of The Association will be held at at Thorpeness Country Club on Saturday, 7th April at 10.30am. Tea and coffee will be served from 10.00am. For more details and documents, please see the AGM page under Events.
AOEP Annual Community Meeting
Members are encouraged to attend the forthcoming AOEP Annual Community Meeting at Snape Maltings Recital Room on 14th April from 10.30am-1pm to learn the latest information and progress on the Estuary Plan. The Community Meeting is being preceded by a number of drop in sessions. The first well attended session was at Orford and there is a session at Aldeburgh Church Hall today 13th March from 2pm to 7pm followed by Snape on 14th March at the same time. For details see the AOEP site, aoep.co.uk.
Brick Dock
The applicants for the proposed new site at Aldeburgh Brick Dock have lodged environmental considerations with the planners. It would appear therefore that, although this development has previously been refused, the applicants are persisting. The Association will watch developments….
Public Forum on Enabling Development – Tunstall Village Hall, 10th November
The Alde and Ore Estuary Partnership are holding an open forum on Friday 10th November at Tunstall Village Hall at 4pm to be chaired by The Right Hon. Lord Deben. There will be time to consider the site sketch plans (prior to any formal plans being drawn up) in every parish and to be able to answer all questions and concerns in detail. Everyone is welcome to this but please let the Partnership know you are coming for catering purposes by emailing aoepcontact@gmail.com. For information on Enabling Development including details of all the sites please click here. For a list of frequently asked questions and answers on Enabling Development, please click here; these will be added to in the coming weeks. If you have concerns or wish to offer support to the proposals, please email the Partnership on aoepcontact@gmail.com or your Parish Council, so that they can provide considered, full answers.
Coastal Path: start of local consultations
Natural England are holding two open sessions to start taking views on the route of the coastal path between Aldeburgh and Bawdsey. Thereafter consultations will continue with land owners and interested groups until the proposed route is identified and submitted to the Secretary of State in the summer of 2018. After that there will be formal 8 week consultation and then a consideration of views given before a final decision is taken. The first open days are Tuesday 17 October 2017 at Snape Village Hall, Church Road, IP17 1SX from 10am -1pm Monday 30 October at Hollesley Village Hall, Woodbridge Road IP12 3QR from 1pm to 4pm For more detail the link to the Natural England site is www.gov.uk/englandcoastpath.
Invitation to the launch of the Alde and Ore Estuary Trust Save our Suffolk Estuary Campaign
The Trustees of the Alde and Ore Estuary Trust invite members of the Association and all who are interested in the future survival of the estuary to a drinks reception at the launch of the Save our Suffolk Estuary Campaign. There are three dates to choose from: 14th October at 6pm in Orford Town Hall chaired by Libby Purves, 21st October at 6pm in Snape Village Hall chaired by Paul Heiney and 28th October at 11am in Aldeburgh Cinema chaired by The Right Hon. Lord Deben. For details of how to reply to the invitation, please click here to download the Invitation,
Added attraction at this year’s Barbecue
This year we have an added attraction, a new venture to accompany the barbecue. We have secured Nick Raison and Sarah Gallop to play and sing to us. Nick Raison is a highly experience cocktail pianist, solo performer and accompanist with a repertoire mainly from The Great American Songbook and from The Jazz Age. Sarah Gallop started singing at an early age and gained a Choral Scholarship to Woodbridge School. She went on a world tour with the National Youth Choir. Sarah studied solo singing at the Birmingham Conservatoire under the Mezzo-Soprano Christine Cairns. Sarah has recently featured in many solo classical performances in East Anglia and London with choirs and orchestras. The contrast between Sarah’s rich soprano singing and natural musicality with Nick’s flowing easy, soft jazz style of Jazz Standards is unusual and a pleasure. So do book; the 26th Association barbecue should be a great event.
Four Foot Ferries of Suffolk Bike Ride: Saturday 16th September
A four ferries bike ride is being arranged for Saturday, 16th September as part of the Estuary Trust’s work in raising funds for the river defences. The ride of some 42 miles will cross all of the Four Foot Ferries of Suffolk, including the Association’s Butley Ferry. For full details including registration forms and guidance notes, please Click here.
Visit the Alde and Ore Estuary Trust at the Suffolk Show
The AOEP Fund Raising team have agreed a strategy to raise £12 million needed to help defend the estuary. The main fundraising launch will be in the autumn and between now and October there will be a series of events starting with a stand at the Suffolk Show (31st May -1st June). A substantial amount has already been committed and the Association have already pledged David Andren’s legacy of £630,000 to The Estuary Trust for work in the Orford area. To see full details of the AOEP developments, click here.