Earlier this year, Great Yarmouth Borough Council funded the necessary improvement required by the Great Yarmouth and District Athletics Club to ensure they met the TrackMark requirements for the athletics track which surrounds the main football pitch at the Wellesley recreational ground. TrackMark is UK Athletics’ new quality assurance scheme for outdoor Track & Field Athletics facilities. TrackMark was developed in consultation with track operators, track and field athletics clubs and National Sports Councils and is an accreditation process that utilises a simple web-based portal. A venue that achieves TrackMark will be recognised by UKA as having well managed, compliant facilities that are accessible to participants of all abilities. As England’s stock of athletics tracks age, TrackMark provides venue operators with a professional assessment of their track and field facilities…

After being abandoned for two decades, a Grade II listed historic building in King Street, Great Yarmouth, is set to receive a new lease of life. Great Yarmouth Borough Council and their partners Historic England and Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust are stepping in to bring 145 King Street back from the brink. Its restoration will form part of the Great Yarmouth High Street Heritage Action Zone project which is delivering a £2.4m scheme putting heritage and the local community at the heart of revitalising the town centre. The building, which is a major landmark in southern King St, is historically associated with St Georges Chapel and has been vacant for some time. After reaching a tipping point of rapid deterioration, the council served a repair notice back in 2019 which…

Nominations for Broadland District and South Norfolk Council’s Business Awards are now open. The Awards recognise and celebrate the amazing array of successful businesses in both districts. Despite the challenges of the past 18 months, many businesses have survived and even thrived, not just financially, but by being adaptable, innovative and excelling at supporting the very communities that have supported them. To recognise this, the Councils have added five new categories to the awards, including Outstanding Employer, Business in the Community, Working Together, Business Resilience and Business Innovation. Businesses are invited to nominate themselves for an award in any of the 10 categories and residents can support their favourite business by nominating them as ‘Retailer of the Year’.

A much-loved arts and entertainment programme is set to return to the stage after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic. Breckland Council’s Silver Social programme will hold iconic in-person events later this month, with further shows planned for November and December. The Silver Social promotes engagement through the arts by staging events in local communities, enabling residents to stay connected and make friends in their area. It forms part of Breckland Council’s Inspiring Communities Programme, using creativity and connection to tackle loneliness and isolation amongst older residents. Cllr Alison Webb, Breckland’s Executive Member for Housing, Health and Communities, commented: “The Silver Social has always been incredibly popular and has brought a vast range of art workshops and shows to the communities of Breckland. The pandemic meant we had to…