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Bircham Centre seeks new administrator

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The Bircham Centre will be looking for a new Administrator in 2017.
 
Gill, the present Administrator, explained “I’ve had a fantastic 3.5 years with the Bircham Centre and loved every minute of it. I was the first paid Administrator, previously the Centre was run by a number of volunteers which worked very well, but I think it’s helped having a dedicated person that the public and users of the building know they can come to.
 

The Bircham Centre - where does your money go?

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The Bircham Centre is a large, very old and well-used building with some parts dating back to before the 17th century.  It therefore needs a lot of care and attention and ongoing costly repairs which fall within the scope of the listing of the building.  We have recently commissioned a Building Survey which has highlighted a range of work, some minor, some more major, to be completed over the next 5 years.  We are now working with the surveyor to understand the recommendations, carry out urgent repairs this year and formulate an action plan for the remainder; planning expenditure over a num

The Bircham Centre supports local young people

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The National Citizen Service (NCS) is a way for 15-to-17-year olds living in England and Northern Ireland to make friendships, learn new skills and create great memories. The young people spend the first two weeks at residential sites doing all manor of activities from raft building to team building, followed by two weeks doing Social Action Projects in their local communities (the projects have ranged from painting fences to putting on a fashion show for charity), and to round it all up, a graduation event for them to collect their certificate and catch up with new friends.
 

Change of Chair ship at the Bircham Centre

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On the 20th April, the Bircham Centre held its Annual General Meeting, Sue Ivins, Trustee for 6 years and Chair for 3, stood down and a new Chair was elected, in accordance with the Charity Constitution.
A presentation was made to Sue and she was thanked for her huge contribution to the Bircham Centre; for her devotion, hard work and support.
It was reported at the AGM Sue has been instrumental in moving the Bircham Centre forward, the Centre is now in a very strong position; during Sue’s period as a Trustee, the accounts have never looked better.

Bircham Centre working with Break Charity

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Following announcing the Bircham Centre had lost its Textile Recycling Collection Service, we are pleased to announce the Bircham Centre is now working with Break Charity to help distribute clothes and goods to the County’s communities.
 
We are very blessed with the generosity of our customers and receive such wonderful donations but our little shop and store room can only stock so much!
 
Break Charity are now doing a monthly collection from the Bircham Centre for clothes, textiles and other goods which is fabulous news.
 

Charity shop wants saleable items only

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The Bircham Centre would like to thank our wonderful customers for all the clothes and textiles you so generously donate and purchase.
 
We have always been able to sell pretty much any textiles, even items that have seen better days! The success of the shop demonstrates the quality of donations we have. A Textile Recycling Charity used to collect donated clothes, textiles and books that have seen better days and give us a small amount of funding per bag, unfortunately they no longer collect in this area so we have lost our source of recycling.
 

Reepham Primary School visits the Bircham Centre

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On Wednesday the 21st May Year 4 Avocet Class from Reepham Primary School visited the Bircham Centre and the Reepham Archives.
 
Teacher, Karen Phelps, explained the children have been studying both World Wars; with the centenary of WW1 this year and knowing the Bircham Centre had played such an important role as an Auxiliary Hospital during the First World War, they wanted the children to gain more hands on experience.
 

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