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13 Feb 23

Community Conversations Update

Community Conversations Update Since the connectors and I came into post in April we’ve gathered hundreds of conversations, 359 were logged between April and August for North Earlham. The top 5 themes from the conversations analysed so far are: Community Health & wellbeing Environment Cost of Living Young people Of conversations gathered, 72% have been from […]

3 Feb 23

UEA Financial Inclusion Report

The full report can be viewed here Report Financial Inclusion Service at Norwich Foodbank 2022 Poster Financial Inclusion Service FINDINGS

30 Jan 23

Shelter and Citizens Advice progress

For our grants that fund our Shelter and Citizen’s Advice workers, we submit quarterly reports and so we are sharing some of the headlines and also a case study each from the workers to give a bit of context to what they ‘deal’ with, how long issues can take to resolve and the different people […]

16 Jan 23

Citizens Advice Kept in the dark report

A really worthwhile and interesting report, noting the struggles so many face with utilities. Through our Energy Bank provision, we have helped hundreds of households and many tell us they are in emergency credit or have even used up all emergency credit. Here is a link to Citizens Advice Kept in the dark report.

16 Dec 22

Norwich Food Projects – December

Norfolk County Council, Norwich City Council and The Feed, have put together a list of providers offering free or pay-what-you-can meals and food services for people in the Norwich area. Please note that we do not endorse any of the services included on this list, so please use of these services is at your own […]

5 Dec 22

Christmas and New Years Opening Hours

30 Nov 22

Christmas Tree Festival

We’re looking forward to the Christmas Tree Festival in The Church of St Peter Mancroft opening for one week the 30th November at 10.30am, run by Rotary in Norwich St Edmunds We’re thrilled with our donated decorations and are looking forward to seeing all the other charity trees too!

24 Nov 22

Heat or Eat? Here’s something interesting to read.

HEAT OR EAT? PREPAYMENT USERS CONSUME LESS FRUIT AND VEGETABLES, STUDY FINDS. Read the full article here of the study by academics at the Universities of East Anglia (UEA) and Reading in the UK, and the University of Macedonia in Greece. Heat or Eat.

23 Nov 22

More locations are being added for Find A Warm Spaces page

Find A Warm Space

9 Nov 22

Find A Warm Space

If you are struggling to keep this winter, we are adding directories and images for free, warm, welcoming spaces for the public. Find A Warm Welcome Space Today Warm Spaces

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