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Charity Cards

We now have two charity cards for sale!  We would like to thank Norfolk artist David H J Gay for generously allowing us to use his watercolour designs. 'Suffolk under snow' is a blank note card and 'Toboggan Days' says 'Happy Christmas' inside. £1.50 each or £5.00 for...

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New Funding!

We want to say a big THANK YOU to the National Lottery Community Fund for awarding us a grant of £18,107 to help us continue supporting prison leavers and providing them with mentors.  It means a great deal for our work to be recognised by a national organisation.

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Annual Social

Every year we hold a Annual Social for the whole CCN family - Trustees, Mentors, Clients and Staff This year was a pic-nic and games at Chapelfield Gardens ...  

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Volunteer Thank You

On Wednesday 4 June we held an afternoon tea to thank and celebrate our volunteers. They give of their time to meet with prison leaver clients, attend regular supervision and several training and social events throughout the year.  If you would like to find out more...

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Extravaganza!

On Thursday 5 June we took part in Voluntary Norfolk's Volunteering Extravaganza at The Forum in Norwich.  Thunder storms were forecast, but they stayed away and we had a prime spot outside for people to engage with us as they entered the building. Jack and Claire...

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Client Forum Fun

On 1 May the weather was glorious and we just happened to be holding our Client Forum! Food, feedback and fun was the aim and it was lovely to see our clients relaxed and laughing in a social setting. Some of the comments we received: My mentor helped me with trying...

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Thank you to new funders!

We are excited to announce that we have heard this week we are to receive £15,000 from Norwich Consolidated Charities and £5,000 from the Norfolk Community Foundation Love Norfolk Fund. We rely on the generosity of funders and individual donors to continue to help our...

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Volunteering Week – June 3rd-June 9th

CCN are delighted to be taking part in Volunteer’s Week, which is taking place this June in venues around Norfolk. We will be hosting a stall at the ‘Give it a Go’ volunteering fair at the Forum on Friday 7 June, from 10.30am – 16.30pm. If you would like to know a...

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Celebration of Hope – November 9th 2023

We were delighted to welcome so many supporters to our annual meeting and Celebration of Hope event. Opening the meeting, CCN chair, Chris Tomlinson, told over 100 mentors, clients and supporters: “God never gives up on us, so it is up to us never to give up on those...

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Christmas Social

The evening of Monday 11 December was our Christmas Social! Staff, Trustees, Mentors Clients and friends joined together to celebrate the season with a festive buffet, drinks and friendly chat. An opportunity to catch up with each other and meet new people. We had fun...

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