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March 2008
Lavender Hill Mob Theatre
Company
The Lavender Hill Mob Theatre Company has a voluntary position available for
a Choreographer to help the children with dance routines in preparation for
shows. If you know anyone who may be interested please contact Lesley Miles
on 01485 518556 to discuss it further.
QUIZ NIGHT
Thursday April 10th 7:30pm
start at the Q clubThe Maltings
Page Stair Lane
Kings Lynn
Maximum six people per team, £2.50 per person
50/50 raffle
To raise funds for Ian Prevett in aid of his sponsorship to run the
London
marathon on behalf of PALMS charity.
Train to Gain event and PTLLS course
Norfolk Unites is pleased to announce a Training
Awareness event to be held on Monday 14th April, 10-12 at UEA Sportspark, buffet lunch
included. They will be listening to Train to Gain brokers and providers,
looking at the opportunities of Train to Gain in supporting the training
needs of the Norfolk VCS and its staff and volunteers.
They will also be hearing about the new teacher
qualifications required for the Lifelong Learning Sector and hearing about a
funded PTLLS (Preparation to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector) course
available this spring.
For more details see
www.norfolkunites.org.uk/events.Norfolk
Unites is also pleased to announce a funded Preparation to Teach in the
Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) course to be delivered for the Norfolk VCS
this Spring/summer.
Please see
www.noroflkunites.org.uk/news for further information.
If this opportunity interests you, please
contact us on the above website.
The new £3m Building Communities Fund
The next event is on the 14th April
2008 at Kings Lynn Arts Centre. Free to
attend.The fund is available as part
of the EEDA (East England Development Agency) Investing in Communities
programme. The Fund provides both capital grants and bursary awards to help
communities achieve greater potential. This seminar will give you the
opportunity to hear about the advantages and pitfalls of owning and
operating a building from people who have done it; more info about the fund
at
http://www.buildingcommunitiesfund.org.uk/ to book a place email
info@seee.co.uk
Exhibition of environmental technologies and advice
Tuesday 22nd April,
10am to 4pm,
Free to attend.
Deepdale Backpackers and Camping at Deepdale Farm on the beautiful north Norfolk coast, is an
eco-friendly backpackers hostel and campsite.
On Earth Day 2008, 22nd April, they will be hosting a
whole range of eco-friendly organisations for an exhibition of
environmental technologies and advice.
Businesses
and the general public are welcome to visit Deepdale for FREE to meet
installers or to look around Deepdale Farm.
Exhibitors
include:
Earthly Ideas:
Diversification, Environmental and Marketing Advice
Sun, Wind and Rain:
Installer’s
of solar photovoltaic, wind turbine’s and rain water harvesting systems.
Also supply low energy L.E.D lighting, biomass boilers, composters and
eco-building materials
Norfolk
Solar:
Install solar water
heating on domestic properties
Eastex:
A free
service to keep useful materials in circulation via the internet
Designer Stubble:
Builds with
straw, timber frame and other natural materials - building that does not
cost the earth
Solarworks:
Solarworks Ltd have been installing solar hot water and pool heating systems
throughout East Anglia for
25 years.
Crestmont
Ltd:
Domestic and larger
wormeries, Composts and mulches, Organic wormcast compost
Energy
Saving Trust Advice Centre Anglia:
Free
independent energy saving advice for domestic households on energy
efficiency, renewable technologies, and sustainable transport
Newborn Nappy laundry:
100% cotton nappy laundry serviceMore
exhibitors and the rest of the programme will be announced shortly. To
find out more about the event please visit:
www.deepdalefarm.co.uk/earthday
Consultation event – supported accommodation for homeless people in Rural East Anglia - April 15th in Dereham
More people than places – a review of hostels and supported accommodation
for homeless people in Rural East AngliaIn
2007 Norfolk Supporting People led a joint agency review of hostels and
supported housing provision for homeless people in the Rural East Anglia
Partnership Housing Sub Region. This covers Breckland, King's Lynn and West
Norfolk and North Norfolk. They are seeking views on the findings of
the review and the proposals to meet gaps. They have arranged a consultation
meeting for all interested stakeholders including service providers, service
users and referral organisations. The meeting is at: The Anglia Suite,
Breckland District Council, Conference Suite, Elizabeth House, Walpole Loke,
Dereham, April 15th at 2.00pm Please ring the Supporting People Team on
01603 729245 to let them know you will be coming to the event You can
download a copy of the report and the strategy/action plan from the web
sites of participating organisations including Supporting People:
www.norfolk.gov.uk/supportingpeople - follow the links to the News,
Events and Research pageThey
welcome all responses to the consultation and would be particularly
interested to receive views on the issues identified, the recommendations
and the proposals we have made for meeting the challenges. They would
welcome views from organisations supporting homeless people in Rural East
Anglia about how they can contribute towards meeting the aspirations of the
strategy and action plan. Additionally they would value hostels and other
service providers sharing the findings and recommendations with service
users and supporting them to offer their views as part of the process of
consultation.
The consultation period will close at 12.00pm
Monday June 9th.
Please send your consultation responses to Robert
Cooper, Norfolk Supporting People, Vantage House, Fisher's Lane,
Norwich, NR2 1ET. You
can also return responses electronically to
robert.cooper@norfolk.gov.uk
Little
known campaigns:-
Ragwort Awareness Campaign 14th- 20th April 2008 – raising awareness of the increasing problem of
this killer weed.
Welly Week 21st – 27th April 2008
– Forget your kitten heels, ditch your brogues, put your wellies on and join
in going welly mad!
Organised by Garden Organic to raise funds to help educate and inspire
people about organic gardening, farming and food for a sustainable future
for ourselves, our children, our environment and our planet.
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