Service Offer
We understand that taking those last steps into work is not always easy – particularly if you are managing a disability or health condition.

Our dedicated Employment Advisers are here to support you to return to work quickly and offer one to one advice and coaching to help you stay there!

Referral Criteria

Individuals must live in Norfolk.
Individuals must be 18 or over.
We can support anyone with a long-term health condition.
(that’s any health condition that effects the individuals’ daily lives. Including conditions such as stress, anxiety, depression, diabetes, and any other physical or mental health conditions).
Individuals must not be engaging on another employment scheme funded by DWP or NHS.
If an individual is in-work, they must have been employed for at least 6 months and working at least 7 hours per week.

Service Offer:
Our Norfolk Befriending Service offers an inclusive, trusted service that matches volunteers with unpaid carers to help reduce loneliness and social isolation, build confidence, and improve wellbeing.

Any carer looking after someone can be referred if the person who would like befriending is able to manage well day-to-day, is interested in building a friendly relationship with a new person, and would benefit from company and conversation.

Please note, Norfolk the Befriending Service is not a sitting service or replacement for paid care. Our volunteers cannot assist with mobility, personal care or with administering medication and all referrals will be subject to assessment and evaluation of risk.

Referral Criteria:
-Unpaid carers living in Norfolk
-Aged 18 years and over
-Person seeking befriending must be able to manage well day-to-day
-Lacks social connections/ network of support
-Interested in building a friendly relationship with a new person
-Would benefit from company and conversation

Service Offer & Criteria:
For ages 8-24, alternative provision for mainstream schools, and vocational study programs, including college equivalent alternatives.

For ages 18+, a range of funded adult support programs including numeracy skills and skills bootcamps offering up to 16 weeks of flexible training.

In autumn 2022, Norfolk Community Advice Network members collectively declared a cost of living emergency. People across Norfolk were struggling with sharp rises in the cost of essentials like fuel, food and housing. At the same time, VCSEs were facing record pressure, battling with increased costs and rising demand for services. We invited decision-makers to
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SERVICE OFFER:
We can provide different kinds of free support, whether that’s advice on paying off debt with energy or water companies, or spotting other concerns for a referral to other services. For anyone struggling with energy bills, fuel debt, having to choose between heating and food, mould and damp issues and respiratory problems such as asthma or persistent cough.

REFERRAL CRITERIA:
Any household experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, fuel poverty.
Any household experiencing damp or mould with consequential or affected health conditions.

Service Offer:
We offer free data to people who are 18+ years old from low income households.

Criteria:
Must be 18+ from a low income household. Have limited access to the internet and struggle to afford monthly contracts or top-ups.
You must have access to a SIM capable device that is unlocked and able to take Vodafone or O2 cards.

As Norfolk charity bosses, faith leaders and campaigners, we are calling on all Parliamentary candidates to make ending poverty a top priority if (re)elected on 4 July. In a joint letter to all Parliamentary candidates across Norfolk, we are highlighting the hardship we see day to day, as people struggle to put food on the
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Service Offer: We offer free initial advice with a family solicitor on matters such as divorce and separation, child contact, and domestic abuse.  We also offer help with court paperwork and support for people who are attending family court hearings without a lawyer. Referral Criteria: Our service is open to anyone who lives in Norfolk,
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Welfare Benefits Our Welfare Benefits Appeals and Representation Service (WRARS) can assist clients with the following areas of work: During COVID-19 we have extended access to our service to include direct referral by clients to help ensure access to advice and promote access to justice. However we ask that NCAN agencies continue to use the
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Service Offer: We offer free, confidential, and independent debt advice to people in Norfolk who are struggling to pay the money that they owe. Whether you have a one-off query, require someone to contact your creditors or need to consider your options, we can help. Our advisers are approved Debt Relief Order Intermediaries. Referral Criteria:
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