News | Norwich Foodbank

27 Mar 23

Services for prisoners and the homeless in Norfolk

Signpost has details of over 200 services that are available nationwide across England and Wales plus local services in London, The North East, Greater Manchester, and Norfolk – 1500 services in total. Services include: Somewhere to live Support with your finances Suitable work or education Health services People to support you Supportive Faith Communities Find out more here […]

15 Mar 23

Pathfinder briefing Spring 2023

Please see our latest edition of Pathfinder news from Norwich Foodbank including. • Latest news • 2022 stats • District and City Council Elections May 2023 • “Guarantee Our Essentials” Campaign (with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation) Pathfinder Spring 2023

3 Mar 23

David Goggins 4x4x48

Thank you to Matt for his amazing effort completing the David Goggins 4x4x48 challenge. Running 4 miles, every 4 hours for 48 hours! Matt ran alongside 2 friends who were also raising money for their local Cambridge Foodbank. Matt has donated an amazing £750 for Norwich Foodbank. “We are a group made up of, Toby a […]

16 Feb 23

Norwich Church Adapts

Here is an interesting piece on how some churches have adapted including one of our distribution centres, Norwich Central Baptist Church (NCBC). With religion at a record low in Norwich, how does the City stop its Churches from becoming relics of the past? https://emilyerithueajournalist.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/census-2021-norwich-church-adapts/

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

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