Tel: 01502 722234
Tel: 08088 081677 for the Young People`s Freephone
Help Line
Dial
Tel: 01502 586130
East Suffolk Association for the Blind (Beccles/Bungay)
Tel: 01502 712143
May Centre (for the Disabled)
Tel: 01502 712173
Social Care Services
Tel: 01502 717373
The Samaritans
Tel: 01502 500800
The Threshold Trust
Tel: 01502 713355
Waveney Centre ( for senior citizens/retired)
Tel: 01502 712473
Waveney Commuity Forum
The Waveney Community Forum was set up in 2000 by local
charities and community groups
who recognised the need for an umbrella organisation to
represent the interests of the voluntary sector in Waveney.
Since October 2005, the Waveney Community Forum has lead
the rural community partnership which includes the four
Market Towns in Waveney, Waveney District Council and
Suffolk County Council. The aim of the Rural Community
Partnership, through their rural
community development officers on the group, is to support
new and established groups in the Four
Market Towns. In addition to providing information and
advice, we have set up a rural community website, a public
transport group and continue to work with our partners
to develop innovative projects in and around the Four
Towns.
What has been achieved in Beccles so far:
• Organised funding surgeries for local groups
• Guided groups and individuals through grant application
forms
• Helped individuals setting up community and voluntary
organisations
• Initiated projects working in partnerships with
Schools, Churches, local charities and public sector organisations
• Attended meetings to voice the interests of local
people and community groups
• Helped alongside local community and voluntary
groups and non-profit making organisations raising grants
and funds.
Doeke Dobma,
Rural Community DevelopmentOfficer,
Town Hall,
The Walk,
Beccles NR34 9AJ.
Tel: 01502 716637,
email: doeke.dobma@waveneycf.org.uk
Waveney Community Forum,
12 Grove Road,
Lowestoft NR32 1EB.
Tel: 01502 582201,
email:admin@waveneycf.org.uk
