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Annual Meeting
Our annual meeting was held on Thursday 6 November. Members of the CCN family were joined by others from supporting charities, local councils, the probation service and the High Sheriff Patrick Lines. We heard from CCN Manager Abby Erwin, Chair of Trustees Paula...
Funding Awarded!
Over the last couple of months we have received £7,000 from three different funders. The Albert Hunt Trust, the Paul Bassham Trust and the Oak Trust. We thank all of them for their support - we could not continue without them. It's so encouraging for mentors, staff...
Volunteering Days
We were approached by an activity centre in Coltishall to see if we could help with some work they needed doing, so on 8 and 9 October we travelled to Patteson Lodge and painted some play equipment and a building! Clients, mentors and staff worked together and had...
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...
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.
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...