About Michael Hill

Wreningham Parish Council Chair

Community First Responder (CFR)

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A new Community First Responder (CFR) volunteers group has contacted us to explain what they do and why, and to invite support.

The local Mulbarton-based CFR works with, and is despatched by, the 999 ambulance service to provide immediate life saving support to patients in the event of a medical emergency. They provide support to all villages and parishes up to 15 minutes away, although there is no limit to who they serve dependant on availability of other CFR groups. CFR groups exist across the UK but this is a new group serving our district/parish. Previously the closest bases were in Aslacton and Poringland. They are a group of volunteers who provide this service in their free time, and receive no money for what they do.

http://www.respondersuk.org/norfolk/index.php will give more information about what they do, but in essence, if you call 999 suffering from life threatening signs/symptoms (Cardiac Arrest, Stroke, breathing difficulties, etc.) it is likely that they will be called to attend in addition to the ambulance. They use their own transport, at their expense. They have the training and the equipment to stabilise you with the use of a defibrillator, oxygen and other kit. We then provide a full handover to the ambulance crew if first on scene.

An ambulance may well be 15/20 minutes away when you call 999, which is why having a CFR, on-call nearby who can reach patients faster is essential. Those first few minutes could be the difference in saving a life.

This volunteer service crosses multiple parishes and districts (details below) and have recently recruited 8 new members from different villages from each district. The new volunteers are currently going through training and assessment, and if successful they will be available to go on call in a couple of months. Currently they have one emergency responder “kit”, which they need to share, passing it to whoever is on call at the time. This means that only one responder can be on call at a time.

Ideally with 10 volunteers they need 2 kits which could be in split locations allowing responders to reach patients faster. The total cost to provide a second kit is £3,500, but we are looking for a total sum of £5,000 to include some replacement items for our 1st kit as well.

As a new group Elizabeth Martin (Group Founder) and Graham Bunting had an initial aim to inform the people of your parishes/districts of who they are and how they help in urgent medical 999 cases. However with such great support from the general public already through social media, and now with additional volunteers, they need to switch their focus to funding for an additional ‘full kit’ allowing them to have multiple volunteers “on call” in our area, as well as raising further awareness in the parishes. Elizabeth and Graham are undertaking additional courses which will enable them to teach Basic Life Saving techniques in parishes as required.

They have a justgiving page www.justgiving.com/mulbartoncfr and a ring-fenced bank account where funds can be deposited purely for this CFR group.

They are happy to attend community meetings to explain the service they provide in our area, as well as talking about the additional volunteers coming on board. They will be at the Newton Flotman Fete on Sept 6th if you want to meet them and find out more about what they do.

To contact them:

In August they were “on call” for 120 hrs and were asked to attend to 3 incidents. Luckily, Mulbarton and surrounding villages seem to be very healthy at present.

Superfast broadband – for some… Update

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For sometime work has been progressing in our area through the Fundenhall exchange and its connected distribution cabinets located by the roadside.

The cabinet in Top Row has been enabled since the beginning of August and those parts of Wreningham supplied by it can now arrange connection to the superfast broadband with their ISP. You can check your status by entering the relevant details at this link  (http://www.superfast-openreach.co.uk/where-and-when/).

BetterBroadbandforNorfolk advised yesterday that the cabinet near to the school on Mill Lane (known as Fundenhall cabinet 8) is nearing completion with an anticipated go-live date towards the end of September. Apparently a new cabinet takes longer to commission as it requires more work than to upgrade an existing one, including changes to the local copper network and updating BT records to show properties are served from the new cabinet. A further web link has been provided to show when FTTC (Fibre-to-the-cabinet) services become available: https://www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/adsl.htm

Burst Water mains – Top Row area

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The water mains on the B1113 has burst on several occasions in the last 3 weeks near Stayre House. Anglian Water have been out and effected repairs over a few days each time requiring the use of traffic lights to control vehicle flow along the road.

This is the visible impact. What we do not know is how many parishioners have been affected and what the impact was. If you have been affected please let the Parish Council know via info@wreningham.org.uk

If you need to make a complaint direct to Anglian Water then see their complaints leaflet

Complaints leaflet 2015 – 2016

Hedge Cutting on B1113

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The fence and hedges beside the Travis Perkins site and bordering the B1113 to the north of the Mill Lane/Top Row junction are being cut back. Consequently traffic on the B1113 is restricted to one lane which is being controlled by traffic lights. Please be careful as you turn onto B1113.

South Norfolk Local Plan – closed

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This document has completed the stage with the Hearing sessions in front of the Government’s Inspector.

A consultation on proposed modifications to the South Norfolk Local Plan (the Site Allocations document, the Development Management Policies document and the Wymondham Area Action Plan) has commenced (on Wednesday, 22 April) and will close at 5pm on 5 June.

A copy of the letter sent to consultees is here. All consultation information will be on the Local Plan webpage at www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/local-plan-examination.

​If there are any questions, the contact at South Norfolk Council is:

Adam Nicholls, Planning Policy Manager.

t 01508 533809             m 07775 502104              e anicholls@s-norfolk.gov.uk

NCC seeks views on managing flood risk – closed

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Norfolk County Council is a Lead Local Flood Authority and has a duty to manage flood risk from surface water, groundwater and local watercourses across the county. NCC invites views on its draft Local Flood Risk Management Strategy. The consultation, which includes a number of drop-in sessions is open until 25 May, and the Local Flood Risk Strategy, subject to responses received from the public, will be formally adopted later in the year.

See here for more.