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It's Market Day at Beccles and our Book Sale is open, with newly arrived stock being checked out right now. Our charity boutique, the A Shop, is also open with an eclectic mix of donated goods from fashions to furniture, plus electrical items too.

Both are located at 1a Market Street and we're open until 4.45, so please come and have a look!

Are you the carer/parent/guardian of a child/young person with Autism in Waveney or East Norfolk? The "I Made It" animation group at Beccles restarts tomorrow, 13th Jan, 5-7pm, for young people on the Autism Spectrum.

The group runs every Tuesday at 1a Market St, Beccles (above the A Shop). Please contact our head office on 01603 620500 for details.

Stuck in the dreary winter shadows? Need something to get the blood pumping? Maybe something with a bit of a BITE?

From the vaults, we have unearthed some Vampire fiction to get your teeth into: True Blood, Twilight, Vampire Chronicles and even the original Dracula! Come to the A Shop and visit our (book)shop of horrors ... if you dare

If you seek more earthly delights, our charity boutique, the A Shop is also open today, along with a furniture sale and kindling for your open hearth fire.

( But we don't have any wooden stakes for those pesky vampires. Sorry )

A selection from our collection of Vampire fiction on sale today:

Our electrical workshop in Beccles is currently looking for new stock.

If you can help, please contact us at [email protected] or telephone 07776 231485. All funds raised go to helping people affected by Asperger Syndrome. Thank you

BECCLES YOUTH GROUP:
A new Asperger East Anglia youth group is coming soon to our Beccles building at A-Shop, 1/1a Market Street. For more information, please contact Thecla Fellas on 07776 231485 [email protected]

CARERS SUPPORT GROUPS 2015

With kind donations from PJK Charitable Trust and Norfolk Carers Support, we are holding carers groups in Norwich and Gt Yarmouth.

If you are a family relative, partner or carer of an adult with Asperger syndrome (or high functioning autism) and would like to meet other people in a similar situation, or would like to find out more, please come and join us at any one or all of the following drop-in meetings:

NORWICH
The Lounge, Charing Cross Centre, 17 – 19 St. John Maddermarket, Norwich, NR21DN from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on:
* Friday 23rd January 2015
* Thursday 5th March 2015
* Monday 13th April 2015
* Tuesday 5th May 2015
Groups are free to attend and refreshments are provided. Nearest car parking is St. Andrew’s multi-storey car park in Duke Street.

GT. YARMOUTH – Please note new venue!
St. Nicholas Parish Church café, Northgate Street/Priory Plain,
Gt. Yarmouth, NR30 1NW from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on:
* Wednesday 4th March 2015
* Wednesday 15th April 2015
* Wednesday 13th May 2015
Refreshments are available to purchase. Nearest car parking is at Fullers Hill or Market Place (Pay and Display); there is some free on-road parking near the town walls.

Please contact Jan Cole on 01603 598944, mobile 07786547202, or email: [email protected] for further information.

At Beccles next week (16th-20th February) we have a sale every weekday!

On Monday we are selling jumble and bric-a-brac, plus furniture; on Tuesday and Wednesday, it's furniture plus computers & electronics. Plus, we have our regular book sales on Thursday and Friday.

If you are looking for bargains, need something for the kids or the kitchen or simply want to replace that broken computer, we probably have something for you.

The sales are held in the upstairs rooms above the A-Shop at 1a Market Street, Beccles. Of course, the A-Shop is open too.

Please phone 01502 715500 if you require further information.

We hope to see you there!

Today (13th February) - Jumble sale this morning

We are holding a jumble/yard sale this morning at the A-Shop.

Why not come and see if we have anything you like? Of course, the A-Shop and Book Sales department are open too and we have a furniture sale on as well.

So there should be something for everyone!

Location: Just down from the Market at the former Social Services building / old doctor's surgery, 1a Market Street, Beccles (opposite Co-Op loading bay.)

Have you any packaging materials to spare? Boxes, bubble wrap, jiffy bags? Maybe you bought something that came with extra packaging?

The Asperger East Anglia electrical workshop at Beccles is in need of packaging supplies for sending items sold on eBay via our account workshopbecclesaea

This will help us and is good recycling too

Please contact us on 01502 715500 or email [email protected]

Any donations of packaging material gratefully received!

Donations requested - can you help?

At the A Shop at Beccles, we are in need of good quality clothing, furniture and electrical goods. If you can help please call 01502 715500. All proceeds from the shop go to supporting people affected by Asperger Syndrome.

New group for people with AS aged 13-18

A New Youth Group for young people with Asperger Syndrome age 13 – 18 years is coming to Beccles in March.

There will be an open evening on Thursday 12th March at our Beccles premises for anyone wanting to know more about the group and to meet the staff.

If you are interested in attending or just want to know more about what Asperger East Anglia does please join us at 6.30pm at:

The A Shop
1A Market Street
Beccles, Suffolk
NR34 9QA

New: Book sales extended to Mondays

We are pleased to announce that our book sales at Beccles are now open on Mondays from 10.15am-4.15pm. If Thursdays and Fridays aren't convenient for you and you love books, why not pay us a visit?

We also have furniture or electronics sales at Beccles for much of the week - please drop by and have look, or telephone 01502 715500 for more information.

1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ. 01502 715500

Beccles adult social group news

As many of you know, I work for Asperger East Anglia; I sell books, operate the Society's social media feeds and run the "Adults with Asperger" social group at Beccles.

I am also a member at Norwich Astronomical Society and have been for over four years, joining not long after I started attending the social groups. During that time, I have progressed to being part of a group of volunteers at Norwich Astronomical Society who help out and give talks at public outreach events. We host cub scout packs, schools and various special interest groups, so it seemed only logical to take the Asperger group along on a group visit.

I would like to thank my fellow club members Paul Webb, Andy Robertson, Steve Hubbard, Jeff Simpson, Paul Brocklehurst, Chris Greenfield and Shaun Reynolds for their help on Wednesday evening. In fact in all three capacities - Norwich Astronomical Society club member, Asperger East Anglia employee and adult with ‪‎Autism - I was please with support from my fellow group visit volunteers. It's SO nice to see people who care turning out to further the Club's aims of outreach to various groups as well as the general public

And a reminder for people living in or near Beccles: if you are over 18 and have Asperger Syndrome or HFA and wouuld like to meet others like yourself, why not come to our group meetings? A formal diagnosis is not required. We meet twice a month and have a stay-in-and-chat meeting at the end of the month and a go-out-and-do-stuff meeting at the beginning of the month.; there is a similar group for the Norwich area.

Details of the groups can be found on the Asperger East Anglia website.

Andy Robertson talking on telescopes and equipment


The helpers who made the visit possible


Me - with both badges around my neck


A small telescope, close-up


Setting up for the talk


Paul Webb talking an introduction to astronomy:

Live/Work in or near Beccles? Then come and view the eclipse with us on Friday!

This Friday, 20th March, there will be a partial eclipse of the Sun between 8.30 and 10.40 and some of it will be visible from the A Shop yard, 1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ; this is opposite "Appointment with Friends" and the Co-Op loading bay.

Weather permitting, we will hold an informal viewing session in the yard, using equipment designed for viewing the Sun safely.

I am a member of Norwich Astronomical Society, so there will be an actual amateur astronomer on hand to help!

Oh and SAFETY FIRST! Looking right at the Sun, even with the naked eye, let alone binoculars or a telescope is DANGEROUS. You could blind yourself permanently. Sunglasses, welder's glasses, exposed photographic film, etc., won't protect you.

Only solar safety goggles or purpose-designed astronomical equipment can be safe and only if looked after and used correctly.

A guide to SAFELY viewing an eclipse is available on-line from the R.A.S.

Have fun but be careful - see you there!

Beccles Youth group starts Thursday 2nd April
The Beccles Youth group starts on Thursday 2nd April and thereafter fortnightly; if any young people in the Beccles (NR34) area with Asperger Syndrome between the ages 12-18 are interested in attending could they please contact Thecla Fellas on 07776 231 485.

Urgently seeking furniture for our Beccles charity shop
We are urgently seeking furniture for our Beccles charity shop & workshop. All donations are gratefully received and all proceeds go to help people affected by Asperger Syndrome. If you can help, please contact Thecla Fellas on 07776 231 485.