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Welcome to the October edition of Imagine Norfolk Together's news and prayer letter (Great Yarmouth).

As always I would love to hear from you. Please ring me on 07471 357072 or email me at anna.heydon@togethernorfolk.org.uk

Also, why not check out the new Imagine Norfolk Together website, where you can find out more about what we do.

Anna Heydon

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Norfolk Modern Slavery Collaboration

Imagine Norfolk Together is proud to be a member of the Norfolk Modern Slavery Collaboration, established in October 2018. The collaboration group is comprised of 19 member organisations and charities who share in the vision: ‘Norfolk, a county without slavery.’

Through cohesive and collaborative working between organisations and local communities from across Norfolk (statutory, voluntary, private and faith groups), we are striving to provide the best possible care for survivors of slavery, and to ensure that perpetrators are held to account and prosecution processes are appropriately supported. Working together the NMSC is committed to raising awareness throughout the county in part of our commitment to prevent slavery from occuring in the first place.

You can find out more information about Norfolk Freedom week which the NMSC is planning later in this newsletter.

NMSC website

Living Room Project Co-ordinator Role

The Living Room is re-advertising for the role of Project Co-ordinator. Please consider whether this might be the role for you, pass on to others who might be interested, and pray for the right person to be appointed.

You can download the Person and Job Specification and find out how to apply on the Living Room website.

Find out more about Project Co-ordinator Role

More than Enough

The logo of the Great Yarmouth Food Bank has at its centre a picture of a fish and a loaf of bread...

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Church in the Community Directory
October 2019

The new 'Church in the Community - Great Yarmouth' directory is now available. Download below or contact me for paper copies.

Download Church in the Community Directory

Support for those in financial need

I come across so many people who are struggling with money for different reasons. So I decided to put together a list of resources and support services which can help if someone is struggling financially. Some of them are local, others national. Let me know if I've missed anything!

Financial Need Support

New Indices of Deprivation

The new indices of deprivation for England have just been published, updating the previous figures from 2015. These figures are useful for getting

Map of Indices of Deprivation

Tables of Indices of Deprivation

Lost and Found Report

A really interesting report which highlights the importance of allowing people who are homeless to access opportunities to explore spirituality and faith as well as accessing practical support.

Lost and Found Report

Prayer for Volunteers

The CUF Together Network has produced a guide to help you pray for volunteers round the country which you can download here.

Prayer for Volunteers

Norfolk Freedom Week

18 - 24 October

The newly established Norfolk Modern Slavery Collaboration Group are organising a Freedom week to raise awareness of the issue of Modern Slavery from 18 - 24 October.

On the Sunday we hope that as many churches as possible will use their services as an opportunity to highlight the issue. A pack of resources to help you do this is available - see link below.

On Thursday 24th a closing event will be held at The Sanctuary in Norwich, from 7.00 - 9.00 p.m. There will be presentations and a panel of experts to answer questions.

Download resources for Freedom Sunday

Book a place for 'An Evening to Talk about Modern Slavery in Norfolk'

Keys Community Detox / Recovery Course Information session - 29th November

The KEYS Project was set up by Dr Stephen Smith, a GP specialist in substance misuse, to coordinate a programme of church based community detox. With a view to this project starting in Great Yarmouth, Dr Smith is coming to lead some information sessions on 29th November for professionals, churches and potential volunteers to find out more.

Contact me to find out more and confirm your attendance. Please note that this date replaces the one previously advertised.

Keys website

Find out about information sessions

Unlock training - 22nd February 2020

Unlock is a Christian charity that was founded in 1972. It exists to help urban churches of any denomination to respond to the challenges in their areas. They are are especially concerned with Bible engagement with 'traditional tabloid' ('non-book', 'oral learners', or 'text-shy') cultures.

We are hoping that Unlock will come and provide a day's training locally, with a provisional date of 22nd February 2020. Please put the date in your diary now and contact me for more information.

Unlock website

Find out about Unlock training

5 ways to respond to this newsletter:

Download Church in the Community Directory

Book a place for 'An Evening to Talk about Modern Slavery in Norfolk'

Find out more about Keys Community Detox

Find out more about The Living Room Project Co-ordinator Role

Explore the Indices of Deprivation map

I would love to hear from you to discuss any of the following things:

How you are getting involved in your local community, and good news stories about the difference this is making.
Events you are running which welcome the local community or which equip for community engagement
If you would more information about the Church Urban Fund and what they do
If you would like me to visit your church, church meeting or group
Anything you would find useful in future editions of this letter

You can email me at anna.heydon@togethernorfolk.org.uk

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