Category Archives: News
RDA Journal Update
Journal articles will be published as follows. They are usually published around 5pm on the day.
- 22 Apr 22 – Joe Clark (14 July 1935 – 20 February 2022) – A Tribute
- 6 May 22 – Is sediment increasing in the River Deben?
- 20 May 22 – Suffolk and The Sea – Sailors, Artists And Anglo-Saxons
Previous articles can be found here.
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AGM Report – Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust – The State of our Rivers Report
The East Suffolk Rivers area of 1,364 km2 encompasses the valleys, waterbodies, tributaries and estuaries of the Rivers Gipping (Orwell), Deben, Alde and Ore, Thorpeness Hundred, Yox, Blyth and Lothingland Hundred.
This area is mostly rural with significant urban areas at Felixstowe, Ipswich, Woodbridge, Wickham Market, Stowmarket, Saxmundham, Halesworth, Southwold and Kessingland.
Agriculture is the predominant land use (root veg and pig farming in the east and arable). Other pockets of land-based industry exist, including food processing, milling, malting and the manufacture of farm machinery and fertilisers.
The attached report by the Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust looks at the current state of these Suffolks Rivers.
AGM Wednesday 27th April
Members are welcome to come to the AGM (in person for the first time in 3 years!) at the Woodbridge Community Hall, 6.30 pm
Agenda
RDA Committee Minutes 2 March 2022
Previous minutes can be found here.
The River Deben Magazine – Autumn 2021
The latest magazine is now available.
Previous magazines can be found here.
Photo Competition 2021 (ages 11-14 and 15-18)
The theme is the River Deben and the age group categories are 11-14 and 15-18. The closing date is 14 Aug.
Judging will take place by 1 September and the winners, with their parent or guardians’ consent, may be presented in the Deben Magazine but notified in advance.Entries should be accompanied with a short explanation (say 2 sentences) of what inspired each particular shot. Judging criteria will include composition, aesthetics, exposure, with the River Deben being in the shot somewhere!
Prizes for the two winners will include a half day course with the professional photographer – Gill Moon and the runners up will have their winning entries professionally framed.
Entries must be accompanied by the name and age of the entrant and contact details of their parent/carer. Entrants can post their entries to the RDA Instagram page @riverdebenassociation or the following email: chair@riverdeben.org.
Summer Holiday Ideas and Contacts 2021
Prepared by the River Deben Association (July 2021)
Summer 2021 is another summer where it’s going to be hard for families to make plans. Government restrictions have been removed but Covid 19 infections are rising again and everyone has been asked to behave responsibly and with consideration for others. Many people will already have decided to enjoy their holidays in the UK rather than go abroad. Spending as much time as possible out of doors is likely to be a good choice though we’ll need to be extra-sensitive to pressure on the river environment.
AGM – 28 April 21
RDA 30th Anniversary Video
This video was made to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the River Deben Association.
In it, Robert Simper, its President, is interviewed in the Autumn sunshine at Ramsholt by ex-Chair, Joeske van Walsum, and the video includes footage of the spectacular river scenery. This video was first shown in November 2020 at the RDA Zoom AGM.
Alternatively click on the link below to view the RDA 30th Anniversary Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L84QobrCunk