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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

25 Oct 22

12 Days of Foodbank Christmas Campaign

Christmas Campaign It’s the ’12 Days of foodbank’ with an idea of 12 things you can do or donate – you might choose to do one or two things or you might join with your work / church / street / family / friends & do it as a joint effort!

24 Oct 22

Pathfinder Newsletter Oct. 2022

Please click the link below to view our latest Pathfinder Newsletter. Pathfinder Newsletter Oct 2022

24 Oct 22

Christmas Cards

The ‘Original Charity Christmas Card Shop’ has now opened and we have 4 card designs on sale. It is hosted by St Peter Mancroft church Norwich, 10.45am – 3pm Monday – Saturday until the 17th December. Here are our 4 designs. There are a lot of charities represented (see the shop website: https://oncccs.org.uk/links.html).

11 Oct 22

35th Norwich Cubs Visit

Last week, we had the 35th Norwich Cubs in the warehouse with the support of 3 stalwart volunteers who are now dab hands at having groups in the warehouse. We had a couple of very late special dietary requests needed for Friday, so one volunteer and a couple of selected ‘sensible and helpful’ children spent […]

4 Oct 22

September Open Day 2022

We’ve had a busy September with lots of opportunities to talk about our work with different people within the community which we enjoy (and hope they do too!). On Saturday 3rd September we held an open morning at our warehouse, to which we invited local councillors, MPs, donors, referral agencies and volunteers. It was a […]

29 Jul 22

Norwich Foodbank gives energy for a cup of tea.

In response to soaring energy prices, Norwich Foodbank is supporting people through one-off payments towards gas and electricity. Hannah Worsley, project manager of Norwich Foodbank, said: “One lady told me that even if we paid £10 for her metre the family would still be in debt on electricity. Even with the top-up she was still not going […]

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