Community Support

We support a range of community organisations in the west Norwich area through a range of services, including providing advice, support and facilitating campaigns. This includes:

A Community directory – contacts for services and organisations in the west Norwich area. This also helps us promote the many positive and diverse aspects of the community.

Earlham West Parade – WNP has been actively supporting the traders of this shopping parade who have faced issues such as loss of trade, graffiti and vandalism. We have helped the traders form a traders association and facilitated a Christmas display for the parade with other plans including clean up days, a street fair and the regeneration of the shops.

Marlpit Mardle Club – a scheme launched in the Spring of 2003 providing those over the age of 55 with a weekly social facility, visited by support agencies and organisations offering advice and guidance on a range of issues from crime reduction to pension and welfare benefits.

BizFizz – WNP has worked successfully with Norwich City Council, New Economics Foundation and The Civic Trust in order to bring this scheme to Bowthorpe. It enables and supports local people into business as well as providing support to existing businesses. Anne Francis is the BizFizz coach based within our offices. She can be contacted on 01603 507457, 07899 953974 or via email bizfizz@wnplive.org.uk.

Localise It – WNP is a partner in the Localise It campaign which aims to promote the social, environmental and economic benefits of buying local food.

Bowthorpe News – We continue to support this highly popular monthly production that goes out to over 4000 homes in the Bowthorpe area.

Mobile Exhibition Unit – This enables us to reach and provide advice to the wider community and also enables other organisations to hire the unit to promote their work.