Tag Archives: Norfolk
Help for carers and other residents to keep warm in North Norfolk
Almost 2,000 in North Norfolk to save money on energy bills
Monday, April 15, 2013
3:31 PM
Almost 2,000 north Norfolk households are set for a spring cut to their electricity and gas bills, having signed up for a pioneering scheme. Across the district, 2,796 homes registered with Big Switch and Save, with 71pc expected to save money.
Project aims to make a Norfolk Town Dementia friendly
New project aims to make Swaffham a dementia-friendly town
Don Saunders is the new manager of the Iceni Partnership in Swaffham. Picture: Ian Burt.
Martin George Monday, April 15, 2013
7:00 AM
A new project hopes to bring together businesses, charities, care homes and youth groups to make Swaffham a dementia-friendly town for the increasing numbers of people with the condition. A meeting last Thursday came up with aims that include creating dementia-friendly buildings, training town centre businesses in how to help those affected, creating reminiscence packs at the library and holding music and sing-a-long sessions.
The groups already involved also plan to co-ordinate current services that are already offered in the town, to increase awareness of what is in place and identify gaps in current provision.
£5.5m DOH fund to improve hospice facilities across the East of England
Norfolk Hospice gets go-ahead after Government cash boost for care
ANDREW PAPWORTH Thursday, April 11, 2013
9:33 AM
A new hospice designed to meet Norfolk’s growing need for end-of-life care has today been given the green light thanks to a £510,000 government grant.
The money, part of a £5.5m Department of Health fund to improve hospice facilities across the East of England, means The Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House can now confirm it will go ahead with its long-awaited multi-million pound facility near the A148 at Hillington.
Richard Shaw, chief executive of the charity, said the new site is needed to meet the county’s ever-increasing demand for palliative care amid warnings that many people are not getting the care they need.
