Wellbeing Champions for Wreningham

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The Mindful Towns and Villages project aims to increase the number of people within the community who have the knowledge and skills to be able to spot when someone may need support with their mental wellbeing, signposting them to supportive services as required. These people can be from community groups, small businesses, sport clubs or can be keen residents who care about the people around them. The more knowledge and confidence a community has to support mental health, the more resilient the community can become. The people trained are known as Wellbeing Champions.

Each town or village requires a minimum number of Wellbeing Champions to gain Mindful status. Wreningham requires 2 people to be trained to meet the status.

The next course is:

  • Title: Mental Health Awareness in the Community
  • Provider: South Norfolk and Broadland Council
  • Date: 18th November 2025
  • Time: 1-3pm (please arrive 10 minutes early)
  • Location: Bracon Ash and Hethel Village Hall. Hall Road, Norwich NR14

Mental Health Awareness in the Community Training

The training is 2 hours long with a break, and offers basic education about stress, different mental health conditions, why people may struggle and signs you may notice when someone is having a hard time. You will also learn how you might approach someone and start a conversation. Finally, you will learn about the Council’s Help Hub and other services that can offer support so you can effectively signpost. You will receive access to a private area on the Council’s website with further supporting website links and a supporting resource to use when having conversations.

If you are interested in booking a place, you can use the link: https://forms.office.com/e/tQasbwdFn9

They run this training monthly and move around locations between South Norfolk and Broadland. Next year’s dates will be on the booking form soon.

Any questions? Contact Emma Haughton, Mindful Towns And Villages Co-Ordinator
01603 430102 /  emma.haughton@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk

Dog fouling – Public Spaces Protection Orders

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Broadland District and South Norfolk Councils have renewed the existing Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) made under section 59 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, which cover dog fouling across both district areas.

View the Broadland District and South Norfolk Council PSPO documents.

Each PSPO makes it an offence for a person in control of a dog not to clear up the dog mess immediately, on any land that is open to the air and to which the public is entitled or permitted to have access (with or without payment).

In South Norfolk, the PSPO also restricts the presence of dogs in play areas, making it an offence for you to take your dog into any enclosed play area or children’s playground.

Offenders in Broadland and South Norfolk are subject to a fixed penalty notice of £100, reduced to £80 if paid within 10 days, or if taken to court, a fine up to £1,000.

In order for an offence to be investigated, we will need to know the address of the owner and as much information as possible including a description of both the dog(s) and the owner.

If you see someone allowing their dog to foul and not clear it up, and if you know the owner’s details you can report this using the links below (please do not submit photographs of the waste itself).

Report an offence of dog fouling in Broadland or South Norfolk

Where an area is in need of cleansing due to dog fouling, please report this to us using the following links:

Report an incident of dog fouling in Broadland
Report an incident of dog fouling in South Norfolk

Volunteers for UEA Studies

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The UEA Norwich Medical School wish to recruit older adults in the community for some studies. These studies are approved by the UEA and/or NHS ethics panels and focus on conditions like arthritis or stroke rehabilitation, as well as healthy volunteers. Please see the explanatory posters:

Over 60s

Over 70s

Any questions about these studies please feel free to contact:

Dr Donnie Cameron (Donnie.Cameron@uea.ac.uk)

Dr David Willis (yzh17dvu@uea.ac.uk)


AED Awareness

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Trainer

The Parish Council arranged free training on the use of the AED now installed on the Village Hall wall.

We know that many villagers have attended such training at work but now we have a further dozen with potentially life saving knowledge. All agreed that they had learnt a lot from their session.

Some villagers did ask how AED awareness training could take two hours.

Well, the trainer did covered a lot of ground: recognising a heart attack as opposed to cardiac arrest; applying CPR; the use of the AED; and, placing the patient in the recovery position. With questions and discussion our session took just over two hours – time well spent.

CPR Dummies

CPR Dummies

Dummies were available to practice CPR – if you need a reminder see Vinnie Jones on the BHF page.

Discussion in progress

Discussion in progress

Examining the AED

Examining the AED

Private Pumping Stations – Good News!

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Anglia Water, from 1st October 2016, have assumed responsibility for Private Pumping Stations (PPSs) – you have to look closely but they are referring to sewage/waste water systems. They are running a campaign to find the unregistered PPSs. So if you have one and want to save yourself the cost of maintaining it, contact Anglia Water to register it.

More information here. If you have any questions about this , contact Anglia Water at privatepumpingstations@anglianwater.co.uk.

PPS information poster

Defibrillator Training – For You!

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We are arranging training, which is open to all parishioners, in the use of our defibrillator now fixed to the Village Hall wall. We have two dates in mind, both at the Village Hall:

  • Thursday 15th June from 6.30pm.
  • 17th June from 10 am.

Each session will last for 2 hours and is guided by an experienced trainer from the Community Heartbeat Trust.

To help us plan each session, please do let the Clerk know (clerk.wpc@gmail.com or 01508 570700) that you will attend one of the sessions. We will provide more information as it becomes available.

Dementia awareness event – 20 October, 9.30am, Costessey

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Nicola Gregory, Public Health Officer, NCC, asked if we could give some publicity for this event. It is aiming to reach out to members of the community across Norfolk who are not already aware of some of the dementia friendly developments taking place within communities, or part of existing support / dementia networks.

See Eventbrite for further information and for free registration.

Nicola Gregory is contactable on 07917 581128 or nicola.gregory@norfolk.gov.uk