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  Imagine Norfolk Together website, where you can find out more about what we do.

On 7th February, 4 intrepid souls braved the cold weather and slept in the open fronted porch of Great Yarmouth Minster. Carol, Robin, Rev. Simon and James spent the night outside in order to raise awareness of the situation for homeless people locally and to raise money for charities which help people on the streets.

Carol Ling who organised the sleepout said "It was a challenge for me....  I know I would never survive sleeping on the streets, one night was hard." The team have raised nearly £2000 in total, 80% of which will go to The Living Room winter night shelter which helps rough sleepers in Great Yarmouth, and 20% going to Church Urban Fund. There is still time to sponsor the team using the link below.

I'm working with Rev. Damon Rogers from St Andrew's Church in Lowestoft to bring Unlock training to the east coast. 

This is an exciting opportunity to learn from Unlock's approach to sharing faith in urban areas, especially where many people don't learn through traditional text-based approaches. 

Booking for this training is essential - please use the link below. If you have any problem give me a ring.

In partnership with Allchurches Trust, the CUF Research & Policy team have developed an Impact & Evaluation Toolkit for churches, small Christian charities, and Christian funders.

This simple, easy-to-use toolkit is designed to help you think about the impact you want your project to have, to consider realistic ways to assess your impact, to select the right evaluation tools for your project, and to reflect on and use the information that you gather in fruitful ways. 

This paper is based on a report on relational approaches to addressing homelessness. Commissioned by Church Urban Fund (CUF), the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of York undertook an evidence review to explore: what it means to take a relational approach to addressing
homelessness; the benefits and challenges of adopting a relational approach to address homelessness; and the potential distinctive contribution of a faith-based approach to relational working.

In this prayer diary The Church Urban Fund take a look at how advocacy and empowerment are weaved throughout our work over England, and offer some guidance for how you can pray for particular projects and people.

Community groups that support young children and their parents in Norfolk, can now apply to a new community fund. 

If you would like to bring people in your community together, why not apply for a Better Together grant? Grants of up to £200 are available to individuals or community groups to pay for activities which reduce loneliness or social isolation.