Home
Email: office@communityactionnorfolk.org.uk
Call: 01362 698216
Home

Rurality

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Click here to read information on the status of Community Action Norfolk's Services. As well as links to other information and advice
This website uses cookies. You can read more about how we use your personal data in our Privacy Notice

Digital Switchover causes concern in rural communities

13 Nov, 2023by Julie GibsonInformation, advice and guidance, Rurality

The planned changes within the telecommunications industry to move landline telephone services in the UK  to a fully digital network over the coming months has caused concern, particularly for those in rural communities. 

New Energy Price Crisis Survey Announced

14 Jul, 2022by Emily RobertsonEnergy Prices, Rurality

Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) have created a survey with Utility Aid to better understand how the energy price rise is affecting Village Halls.

Norfolk Warm Homes - reducing energy costs for homeowners and landlords

03 May, 2022by Steve NunnHealth and social care, Housing, Information, advice and guidance, Knowledge Base, News Article, Rurality

All Norfolk’s local authorities – county and district - are working in partnership to deliver heating and insulation grants to the county’s residents.

Fuel Poverty: West Norfolk included in areas most at risk.

30 Mar, 2022by Emily RobertsonInformation, advice and guidance, Rurality, West Norfolk

In a report from ACRE and the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, it was estimated that a third of households in West Norfolk and part of King's Lynn were to be in fuel poverty when energy prices increase this April.

CANConnect - Combating social isolation and loneliness in Breckland and North Norfolk

03 Aug, 2021by Steve NunnBreckland, Editorial, Comment and Opinion, Health and social care, Mental health, News Article, North Norfolk, Press Release, Rurality, Support for organisations and communities, Volunteering

CAN is working in partnership with Future Projects in combating social isolation in the Breckland and North Norfolk districts of the county.  We'd be grateful if those reading this and living or working in Breckland or North Norfolk could share this information - especially to anyone you know who may be interested in volunteering. Thank you.

Strumpshaw Community Hall – launching in lockdown and looking to the future

12 Mar, 2021by Steve NunnBroadland, Case Study, Covid-19 VCSE Story, News Article, Rurality

Village and community halls everywhere have felt keenly the impact of COVID-19 on their ability to provide social and recreational events. For many the ongoing lack of income has presented a tangible financial crisis. How much more so then, for a brand-new community hall, whose planned launch coincided with the first pandemic lockdown in March 2020? 

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.

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. 

ThinkingFuel: buying heating oil collectively – and helping the community at the same time

14 Jan, 2021by Steve NunnHousing, Information, advice and guidance, News Article, Rurality

Many of you reading this will know about ThinkingFuel, our collective heating oil buying scheme. And you’ll know that the aim is to help support householders across Norfolk who depend on heating oil to heat their homes, and for whom the unregulated cost of heating oil is a constant worry.  

The man who talked to chairs – social isolation during the pandemic

19 Nov, 2020by Steve NunnCase Study, Editorial, Comment and Opinion, Health and social care, Knowledge Base, Mental health, News Article, Older people, Reports & Evidence, Rurality

The clocks ‘went back’ on 25th October. The following week saw the highest recorded levels of extreme loneliness since the first lockdown began in March. 

Pages

Subscribe to Rurality