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Do you have any old vinyl records that you no longer want? We’d be happy to turn them around If you would like to donate them to us, please contact Thecla Fellas on 07776 231 485.

A Shop & book store opening at Easter

Our book store has lots of gardening books in, just ready for Spring; plus with Easter and holidays coming up, we have many children’s books too. We are open on Good Friday and intend to open on Tuesday (with Monday opening hours) this week if possible – please phone 01502 715500 on the day.

Our charity shop, the A Shop, is open on Good Friday and Easter Monday. We have all our usual fare and the workshops are open to their usual times except for Easter Monday. 1/1A Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ.

Enjoy your weekend!

Beccles book store temporary closure

Would everybody kindly note that our book sales at Beccles will close early on Monday 13th April at 3.30pm and be closed on Thursday 16th April. We will be open again on Friday 17th April.

Our book store is reopening after a short break

We now have a dedicated room for the book store and reopen tomorrow (Friday 17th April 2015). We've brought out a slightly different selection of stock so there are new things for you to see.

Entry to the building is the same door as before and we are still in a room above the A Shop - please follow the signs.

Opening hours for now are as usual, but with the dedicate room, they will be expanding in the future; please watch this space.

Currently our hours are Mondays 10.15am-4.45pm, Thursdays & Fridays 9.30am-4.45pm.

Thanks to all our customers and donors - please come in and welcome us into our new home!

Martin Howe
Book Sales & Social Media Co-Ordinator,
Asperger East Anglia

Book Store hours & Special Events at Beccles

Extended hours for our Book Store at Beccles:

From the 1st of May, we will be opening more often: Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays; plus Spring, Summer and Autumn Bank Holidays. Opening times will be the same as the A-Shop.

Special event opening times:

In addition, all of our retail departments at Beccles will open this Sunday, 3rd May: the A-Shop, the Book Store & the Woodwork department, plus a jumble sale in the yard. Something for everyone!

Meanwhile we are running short of furniture and shop-quality bric-a-brac, clothes & paperback fiction. If anyone has any of these that they no longer need, donations would be welcome and as usual, all proceeds go to helping people affected by Asperger Syndrome.

You can find us at 1/1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ.
Tel. 015602 715500.

We have some more furniture for sale at the A Shop:

Computer desk with wall anchor points - £25.

Red car bed for children, good condition - £50.

Traditional style double bed & mattress by the Brass Bed Company. There is damage to one bedknob, otherwise in very good condition - £150.

All of our furniture can be delivered for a charge. For details or to view, please enquire at the A Shop, 1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ or telephone 01502 715500.

We are now registered with Total Giving:

Total Giving is a website helping people make donations knowing that 100% goes straight to their charity.

For example, if someone wanted to undertake a sponsored marathon for Asperger East Anglia, they would ask their sponsors to donate via Total Giving; any money donated would then go straight into our PayPal account and we would receive it immediately.

www.totalgiving.co.uk/donate/asperger-east-anglia

Beccles A-Shop and Book Store at Bank Holiday Weekend

The A-Shop and the Book Store at Beccles are open today (Saturday 23rd May) and we have a furniture sale as well.

Please note that we are unable to open tomorrow or on the Bank Holiday Monday, as originally planned, due to unforseen circumstances. Normal opening will resume Tuesday (26th may).

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Help please -- coat-hangers needed!

Do you have any coat-hangers to spare? We are running low on them at the A-Shop in Beccles and need some more, especially wooden ones.

If you have any that you no longer need, we'd welcome them with open arms please ring 01502 715500 or call in at the A-shop, 1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ.

All donations gratefully received.

Vinyl LPs are making a comeback!

We have vinyl LPs in at the book store and are expecting more soon. Whether you are looking to replace a treasured old friend or simply want to dip your toes in the retrospective waters of yesteryear, we probably have something for you.

We are open Mon & Thu-Sat at: 1/1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ. 01502 715500.

Book/Record Store opening from July onwards

Please would all customers note that from the week commencing 29th June, that is, the last week in June and first week in July, our Book/Record Store at Beccles will open Wednesday-Saturday and follow the opening times of the A-Shop, 9.30am-5pm.

We will be closed Sunday-Tuesday, but intend to eventually be open every day the A-Shop is open; please watch this space.

If you have any queries, please call in at the shop or telephone 01502 715500. 1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ.

Stuck for something ...
... to sit or sleep on? ... to read? ... reassuringly old to listen to? ... to get fit? .. to impress house guests? Then come to the A-Shop!

We've a magnificent miscellany of items on sale, so please come & have a look. Open every day 9.30-5 (book / LP store Mon & Thu-Sat).

1/1a market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ. 01502 715500.



This is but a selection - full set of photos on our Facebook page!

East Tuddenham Fundraising Event

Come to an evening of Jiving to DJs with a buffet supper on 18th July 2015 between 7:30pm and Midnight at East Tuddenham Village Hall, Dereham, NR20 3LR.

Tickets cost £10 in advance and £12 at the door. For more information and to buy tickets, please contact Sue or Richard on 01263 822 102, or Litza on 07917 344 691. You can also buy tickets from our charity shop, the A-Shop located at 1/1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ.

For people in Norfolk & Suffolk with Learning Disabilties (and their carers):

The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI) are looking at ways to make improvements to the mental health care provided for people with learning disabilities across Norfolk and Suffolk and are keen to talk to service users and carers of people with learning difficulties about their experience.

We have been asked to arrange a date in June or July for people to have the opportunity to speak to the NDTI. If you are interested in attending please contact Thecla Fellas on 07776 231485 or 01603 620500

National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTI) - Update.

A meeting has been arranged for July 21st 2015 at 10.30am in the Stanley Cooper Room at the Charing Cross Centre 17-19 St John Maddermarket, Norwich, NR2 1DN for people to have the opportunity to speak to Peter Bates from the NDTI. Please contact Thecla Fellas if you wish to attend 01603 620500.

Please would all customers note that our Book/Record store at Beccles will be CLOSED this coming Monday (29th June).

This coming Wednesday (1st July) we will start new opening days, which are Monday and Wednesday-Saturday. Opening *times* will be as the A-Shop: 9.30am-5pm. Please note that the A-Shop is unaffected and will continue to open as normal.

Tuesday opening for the Book/Record store will commence as soon as possible; please watch this space for announcements.

If you have any queries, please call in at the A-Shop or telephone 01502 715500. 1a Market Street, Beccles, NR34 9AQ.