Ashmanhaugh Parish Council

Tunstead NTRO2060 HM

Hello,

We are emailing you in regards to a new service which has just been launched, working under the social enterprise of Home Group, the 4women Outreach Service is reaching out to women who live in rural and isolated parts of Norfolk.

We are looking to engage with women on a regular basis and support them into overcoming potential barriers to paid employment.

The Broads and the Wensum & Coastal areas of Norfolk have been proven to be especially isolated for women with intent on returning to employment – this service is determined to overcome barriers for women 18+ who are long-termed unemployed, furthest from the labour market and in rural locations.

We will be providing localised support and activities across the designated areas.  Led by women, for women, we are ambitious in our achievements and for the women accessing new project support.

We have attached our leaflet along with a referral form.

If you are interested in finding out more about our service, we are more than happy to come by invitation to your place of work.

Also we are happy to answer any questions or queries you may have so please feel free to contact Alex or Kelly on the attached numbers.

 

Look forward to hearing from you soon

Kindly

Alex and Kelly

 

 

 

 

 

Aleksandra Burzec Support Coordinator – Level 3 Home Group 4women Resource Centre Norwich Central Baptist Church Duke Street Norwich NR3 3AP Referral Form Lift 4women Outreach Service Leaflet 2018 newest version

In September 2018, Norfolk County Council Children’s Services launched a consultation on a new Early Childhood and Family Service. There were 1,576 responses to the consultation received, with 1,401 responses from residents and 175 from respondents affiliated with organisations.

We would like to thank you for taking the time to respond and I am writing to you to inform you that as a result of the consultation process we have amended our proposals in the following ways:

• Greater recognition that all families benefit from universal group activities
• Making it easier to access support
• Extending the new service to support families to connect with and make use of activities provided by local communities and partner organisations
• Keeping more buildings to reflect varying local needs in rural and urban areas
• Investing £500,000 to support local organisations and communities to use buildings, currently designated as children’s centres, with a focus on services for families with children aged 0-5

The new service will:

• Provide targeted support for families with children aged 0-5
• Offer help so that all families can connect with local support and universal early childhood activities
• Operate 15 early childhood and family support bases and use a range of local delivery venues
• Contribute to joint working and maintaining partnerships as part of securing a local early childhood offer
• Invest £250,000 in community development to ensure there are strong networks of support
• Support an enhanced online and digital information, advice and guidance offer for families

The Council is committed to ensuring that Norfolk’s most vulnerable children and families receive the support they need and we believe that the revised proposals for the Early Childhood and Family Service will provide a more targeted service.

The papers are available here: http://norfolkcc.cmis.uk.com/norfolkcc/Meetings/tabid/128/ctl/ViewMeetingPublic/mid/496/Meeting/1473/Committee/8/Default.aspx

Kind regards

Andrew

Andrew Proctor

Leader

Norfolk County Council

 

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