Please recycle this magazine when you have finished with it. Broadland News is printed on recycled paper.www.broadland.gov.ukIf you require Broadland News in large print, audio, Braille, alternative format or in a different language please tel: (01603) 430523INTRANcommunication for allabcBroadlandNewsspring2012Some useful numbers:Benefit fraud (01603) 430539Building control (01603) 430100Conservation (01603) 430560Council Tax (01603) 430600Elections & register of electors (01603) 430424Environmental services (01603) 430574Homelessness & housing advice (01603) 430638Housing & Council Tax Benefit (01603) 430602Housing (01603) 430641Leisure (01603) 430538Local land charges (01603) 430586Planning (01603) 430509Pollution control (01603) 430488Refuse collection & street scene (01603) 430534'Editorial Angi Doy t: (01603) 430523 e: angi.doy@broadland.gov.uk Advertising Avril Smith t: (01692) 583099Distribution PDC t: (01904) 606300Designed Broadland District Council e: robin.flowerday@broadland.gov.ukBroadland News is distributed free to over 55,000 homes in the Broadland district, four times a year - March, June, September and December.Thorpe Lodge, 1 Yarmouth Road, Norwich, NR7 0DU t: (01603) 431133 (main switchboard)Welcome to the Spring 2012 edition of Broadland News2012 feels like it's a very special year. Her Majesty the Queen is celebrating 60 years as our monarch and Broadland District Council is encouraging our residents to join in the celebrations by growing or arranging some flowers in tribute. Details of the Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Flowers Competition are on page 12 and there are further details of how Broadland's Towns and Parishes are celebrating on page 13. We are very proud of Broadland's communities and we know that you are too, so this year is also the first year of our Best in Broadland awards (page 11), open to any community group to tell us who and what makes their corner of Broadland special to them. It is of course an Olympic year and we will be celebrating the Olympic and Paralympic games with London 2012. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times, having previously done so in 1908 and 1948. It seems ages since London was announced as the venue for the games in 2005, perhaps it will all seem real and imminent when the Olympic Torch Relay passes through Broadland on 4 and 5 July on its route to the Opening Ceremony on 27 July in London.In our Christmas edition we invited our younger readers to spot our Robin hidden in the pages of the magazine, we really enjoyed reading the entries we received and we have written to all of the winners we selected. Thank you to everyone who entered and well done, he was tricky to find.Our very own Dan Goodwin, who Broadland News readers will remember had his own Ask Dan column in the magazine, features in a new exercise DVD. The DVD is aimed at people who are at home and perhaps unable to get to an exercise class or gym. As it is Mothering Sunday this month, we thought it would be nice to give our younger readers the opportunity to write in and nominate a grandparent or someone who they think could benefit from the exercise DVD. Full details about the DVD and how younger readers can nominate someone to receive a free copy are on page 17.Angi DoyEditor

4Environmental ServicesEnvironmental ServicesCover StoryChildren at Acle Pre School were thrilled in November when their wish was granted and a Broadland District Council refuse and recycling collection vehicle came to the school for a demonstration. The children had asked if the vehicle could visit the school because they loved waving to the crew and were interested in how the vehicle worked. Recycling officers accompanied the vehicle and following the vehicle inspection by the children they spent some time talking about waste and recycling and demonstrating to the children how and why different items were recycled. The children loved the opportunity to see the vehicle close up and say hello to the collection crew members as well as the chance to get involved in sorting out various recyclables. Joseph Webb, Environmental Services Technical officer said; "The children were brilliant and were really interested in both the recycling truck and what happens to the waste. It was an excellent opportunity to build on their interest in the vehicle to provide further information on recycling and provide the children with a great take-home message."for BroadlandPlease recycle where & whenyou can.Thank youNews & advice Freegle Norfolk Freegle is an innovative reuse service successfully operating across the county, run entirely by volunteers. It provides a way for people with unwanted items to get in touch with others who can make use of them, reducing the amount sent to landfill. Norfolk Freegle is part of the national Freegle movement, and one of the most successful groups in the country, with thousands of active members - the Broadland Council area alone has over 3,300 members! The Norfolk Freegle service is undergoing some exciting changes at the moment. Thanks to generous support from the Big Lottery Fund and other funders, a new online system is being put in place to allow things to be offered and requested quickly and easily, anywhere from your local area to the whole of the county. The new website has been designed by the volunteers who run the service, based on their experience and members' feedback over the years, and makes Freegling easier than ever. Freegle is free, easy to use, and accepts almost anything. Whether your stuff is in perfect condition, just a bit tired, broken in some way, or even if you think it's junk, someone else can probably make use of it! Among the items recently passed on are furniture, electrical goods, bicycles, clothes, toys, garden plants, fabric scraps, assorted cables, wood offcuts, glass jars, magazines, a caravan, a multi-coloured cowboy hat and an inflatable giraffe. The Norfolk Freegle volunteer team look forward to welcoming many more members when the new service launches in the next few weeks. Visit www.freegle-norfolk.org.uk for more information.passing on your unwanted items