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FREE energy costs awareness training for VCSE staff and volunteers

05 Feb, 2021by Steve NunnCovid-19 Updates, Health and social care, Knowledge Base, Rurality

At CAN we are helping combat fuel poverty across and beyond Norfolk by running more of our free online energy cost training sessions for VCSE frontline staff and volunteers.

Training: Developing Skills in Health and Social Care

05 Feb, 2021by Clare FianderHealth and social care, Training

The project is available to any adults working and living in Norfolk or Suffolk, specifically working with adults in Health and Social Care. (For volunteers, they can currently access funded training through Skills for Care Covid funding  https://www.skillsforcare.org.uk/About/News/COVID-19-Essential-training....)

Charging for services – tackling the income shortfall

04 Feb, 2021by Steve NunnCovid-19 Updates, Economy and enterprise, Funding, Information, advice and guidance, Support for organisations and communities

With income under threat from all sides, perhaps it is time to look at all the potential sources of income for charities. So as fundraising income is depressed - in some cases possibly for years - how can VCSE organisations make up for the loss in income?

Love West Norfolk? Let’s thank West Norfolk on 14th February

29 Jan, 2021by Steve NunnArts and culture, News Article, West Norfolk

The fourth Love West Norfolk day will be marked on Sunday 14th February – and this year, it’s an opportunity for everyone in the area to say: ‘thanks west Norfolk’.  

 

QEH Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) – an invitation to be involved

28 Jan, 2021by Steve NunnHealth and social care, West Norfolk

QEH Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP) is an independent group, supported by Community Action Norfolk, that informs the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH, King's Lynn & Wisbech) and health decision-makers about patients’ experiences of maternity services and how these could be improved. 

Raising awareness of the need for cervical cancer screening

28 Jan, 2021by Steve NunnCase Study, Health and social care

There are around 3,200 cervical cancer cases in the UK every year. That’s more than eight every day.  UK Cervical Cancer – based in Norwich but with links across the world - campaigns to prevent suffering and death from cervical cancer and, in particular, by those who are disadvantaged and deprived.  

Norfolk County Council Adult Social Service Update January 2021

27 Jan, 2021by Clare FianderHealth and social care

Please find below some helpful updates from Adult Social Services.

Village Halls Week – 25th to 29th January – and a new ‘Domesday Book’

22 Jan, 2021by Steve NunnNews Article, Press Release, Rurality, Support for organisations and communities

It’s Village Halls Week from Monday 25th to Friday 29th January – and village halls across England are being encouraged to sign an online record to mark 100 years of rural community action. 

Resources to promote social distancing

22 Jan, 2021by Clare FianderCovid-19 Updates

Community Action Norfolk are sharing this from Norfolk County Council, please contact them directly with any queries.

Don't drop your guard as COVID cases rise

As COVID cases and hospital cases in Norfolk have been rising we have launched a new campaign to help make sure that people don’t drop their guard.

Nelson’s Journey – negotiating the challenge of COVID-19

15 Jan, 2021by Steve NunnCase Study, Children and young people, Covid-19 VCSE Story, Health and social care

We feature regular articles here about how VCSE organisations across Norfolk have been adapting to, and coping with, the demands and constraints imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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