South Bulletin

▪ Silver Stories ▪ Library Update ▪ Think Carers ▪ Take Our Hand ▪ Scouts In The Sky ▪ Church Holiday Club ▪ Virtual Cuppa ▪ UEA Research ▪ Active Norfolk ▪ Freedom Project ▪ Fall Prevention ▪ Shine Cancer Support ▪ Big C Cancer Support ▪ Befriending Service ▪ Bitesize Items ▪ Independent Age ▪ Wellbeing ▪ MensCraft Vacancy ▪ Talking Newspapers ▪ The Anchor Project ▪ Skills Support for Redundancy ▪ Get into Health & Social Care

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Silver Stories

Communicating across the generations

Children (known as Silver Readers) telephone a Silver Listener and then read a short story or poem to them. This not only helps the children to become more confident in their reading skills but also links our children to the elderly community and helps diminish their chances of feeling isolated.

Calling all readers! Schools and parents can get involved in Silver Stories. We will provide you with all of the information and guidance to get started. Children who become Silver Readers can become more enthusiastic about reading and the benefits it can bring our communities.

Silver Stories was created by David Carney-Haworth OBE and his wife, Elisabeth Carney-Haworth OBE. David is a retired Police Sergeant. Elisabeth is a primary school Head Teacher with over 40 years’ experience.

They created Silver Stories in 2015 in response to their knowledge about the loneliness that can be felt by the elderly in the community and their often separation from the younger generation.

Having both witnessed first-hand how magical the relationship between the generations can be, they wanted to create a way in which this could be fostered whilst also benefiting the participating children. So, from these desires Silver Stories was born.

For more information please visit our website - http://silverstories.co.uk/

Library Update

Think Carers

Take our hand

Scouts In The Sky

We’re taking to the air (waves) with Radio Norfolk

As most people will not be able to jet off on summer holidays this year, we would like to take you on a tour on Norfolk Scouts Airlines Flight 2020 with Captain Louis as the pilot.

Launching on 20th July in association with Radio Norfolk – the flight will stop at a different destination each week from Monday 27 July and there will be lots of activities you can complete at home, learning more about that Country.

Captain Louis will be live each week around 9.10am announcing where he has landed.

Anyone can join in, not just people in Scouting and it is a great summer holiday programme.

Details will be on the Norfolk Scouts website each week and there is also a Facebook page - please do like it to follow the information

https://www.norfolkscouts.org.uk/ https://www.facebook.com/scoutsinthesky/

Thurton Church - Online Holiday Club

Virtual Cuppa - Carers Matter Norfolk

UEA BabyBreathe Research Free

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdwyPjDe5B/?igshid=18nxayzfhe36w

https://www.facebook.com/1902414886470971/posts/3307089719336807/?d=n

Can you help advise us on our research to help new Mums stay smoke free? We need you! At the University of East Anglia we’re about to start a new study to test a programme to help women who have quit smoking for pregnancy stay smoke free after the birth of their baby. We’re looking for members of the public who could advise us and be part of our project team. This would involve about 2-4 meetings a year from October 2020 until December 2023, and informally commenting on study documents (there would be no obligation to commit to the full length of time). The meetings would be held virtually by video calls, or at the University of East Anglia, . We will reimburse you for your time and travel expenses. We’re looking for women who are pregnant, or who are new mothers (with babies under 12 months ideally) who either quit smoking for pregnancy and returned to smoking; or who have managed to stay quit. There is no need to have any prior experience of helping with research. We would love to hear from you. Please contact the BabyBreathe team at: [email protected]

Active Norfolk

If you’re not ready to head outside just yet, find the tools to help you stay active at home, and maybe find the inspiration to help you take that first step out the door.

Being active can help you build strength and resilience if you're recovering from illness or are living with a long-term health concern. Find gentle and accessible exercise resources, downloadable exercise guides and more to help you be active at home.

 Join virtual classes or download an exercise at home toolkit ✅ Follow along with accessible skills-based videos

Find out more at www.activenorfolk.org/active-at-home

There are lots of benefits to being active outside, and after months of restricted movement it can feel great to head outdoors for some fresh air and a bit of exercise. But coronavirus is still with us, and while some of us are ready to head out there are still concerns for many of us about protecting our health outside the home. Whatever your feelings about the easing restrictions, there are lots of great places in Norfolk to be active outdoors. With thousands of miles of walking and cycling trails, remote beaches and coastal paths, you’re never far from a quiet spot where you can get some exercise and keep a safe social distance, too. There are also lots of accessible guides to help people of all abilities to enjoy beautiful Norfolk. Being active outside helps boost your mood, relieve stress, and can help you sleep better too. Norfolk has so many beautiful places to get out for a walk, jog, or cycle ride where you can feel good about getting outside and feel safe. Explore paths, accessible trails, coastline and woodlands.

Find your breathing space at www.activenorfolk.org/active-outdoors Freedom Project

Fall Prevention App

New falls prevention app for care homes

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have worked with care home residents staff to develop a new app that will help to reduce the number of falls by residents in care homes.

The 'React To Falls' app has been designed using research evidence and will guide you through different areas of risk that might cause a fall, giving practical tips in bite size pieces of information that have been shown to reduce falls and reduce the effects of falling over.

Risks are categorised into six areas:

• Activity • Communication and Understanding

• Environment and Equipment

• Review Medical History

• Physical Health • Personal Hygiene

This app can be used by anyone wanting to prevent someone they know having a fall, including residents themselves and their families. It does the following:

• Provides realist and practical suggestions of what you can DO

• Prompts to tailor the actions to support each individual resident

• Provides detail that will give you confidence that you are doing the right things • Helps you react to falls before they happen

• Supports residents to remain active and make their own lifestyle choices • Recognises managing falls is a continuing process

The app is available to download on iPhone and Android, from the Apple and Google Play app stores

Shine – Cancer Support

Shine Cancer Support (reg. charity no 1146902) is the only charity in the that is exclusively focused on supporting anyone in their 20s, 30s and 40s who have had a cancer diagnosis. Our vision is that every adult in the UK diagnosed with cancer in their 20s, 30s or 40s can access the help and support that they need in a way that suits their lifestyle, and that they are a part of a confident, supportive, and empowered community of young adults with cancer. How Shine works • Since 2013, we have been working with young adults with cancer across the UK to develop and deliver our services. • We work in partnership with other cancer support organisations and experts to design activities that meet the needs of young adults with cancer in relation to our six themes, while also reducing isolation and enabling peer support. How we are adapting our work during the Covid-19 pandemic The outbreak of Covid-19 has meant that we have had to change how we currently deliver our support. We usually do this in 3 main ways: online, in person and advocacy and training for healthcare professionals. We have now moved all of our support online until we are able to re- commence our face to face meetups and workshops.

For more information: • www.shinecancersupport.org • Facebook.com/shinecancersupport • Twitter.com/shinecancersupp • Instagram.com/shinecancersupport • Email [email protected]

Big C – Cancer Support

Given the current situation with Covid-19, we have made the difficult but necessary decision to temporarily close our Big C Centres. http://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/our-services/cancer-services/the-big-c-information-and- support-centre/

Here is what is available from the Big C:

• Information and support from our Big C Nurses and Officers available over the phone, via video chat or email. • Online Cancer Support Group meetings via Zoom. • Counselling available over the phone or via video chat. • Welfare Advice in partnership with Citizens Advice. • Virtual Drop-Ins 'Connect over a Cuppa' (starting 21.07.20) every Tuesday at 11am or Thursday at 2pm. • Welfare Packs and other support for those shielding and/or isolating.

Here is how you can get in touch with us to find out more: Call our free telephone support line 0800 092 7640 (Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm). Email us at [email protected]. Chat with us on 'Live Chat' from 10am-4pm, Monday to Friday.

Macmilllan web pages, 24hr phone line and online chat: https://www.macmillan.org.uk

Macmillan Telephone Buddies https://www.macmillan.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/telephone-buddies

Shine support is for people in Norwich in their 20’s,30’s and 40’s https://shinecancersupport.org/

Cancer Research UK cancer chat on their website: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-chat/users/norfolk

Befriending Service

New befriending Service A new befriending service was launched during Loneliness Awareness Week to combat isolation and loneliness in Norfolk.

In partnership with , Voluntary Norfolk has recruited befrienders from the 3,500 strong army of volunteers who came forward during the coronavirus pandemic. They will help people, who, for a variety of reasons, would benefit from social contact.

People can ask for support with loneliness and isolation by contacting Norfolk County Council directly on: 0344 800 8020.

By centralising calls for the befriending service, the County Council’s customer service team can rapidly connect the customer to a volunteer co-ordinator, who will then match an appropriate befriender from the network of volunteers across the county. As well as befriending phone calls, the service hopes to provide socially distanced visits too.

Should the customer require longer term support, then a volunteer can refer (with consent from the customer) to the Better Together helpline: 0300 3033920. This may include opportunities for the customer to get involved in their community or to be given extra help with their wellbeing.

The Better Together helpline will offer a triage service to check eligibility and ensure that this is the right intervention at the right time. Where people require additional or different support, the volunteer will stay in touch with the customer to check that the intervention has been successful.

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Want to know more about staying safe during COVID-19?

During challenging times for individuals, families and health and social care professionals, it is important that the correct guidance is followed to keep the most vulnerable as safe as possible. Please click the link below, which is intended to provide people in Norfolk with timely and accurate information about COVID-19.

https://healthwatchnorfolk.co.uk/information-and-guidance-on-covid-19/

Nelson’s Journey

Nelson’s Journey is offering free one-hour Covid-19 Child Bereavement Awareness Training online to those working with children and young people in Norfolk. Sessions are running on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at 10.30 throughout July, and there are some places available from 16 July onwards.

Attendees will: recognise a range of experiences related to loss and bereavement and how to support children and young people; increase their awareness of issues faced by children and young people experiencing bereavement and how COVID- 19 may impact; gain confidence in working with bereaved children, young people; identify resources and organisations available to support bereaved families.

Book here: https://njcovid19training.eventbrite.co.uk/

Share your thoughts or art about heritage with us using #KTDNorfolk!

Instagram: @ktd_norfolk Twitter: @KTDnorfolk Facebook: facebook.com/KTDNorfolk

KICK THE DUST STILL ALIVE AND KICKING IN LOCKDOWN During LOCKDOWN we are still offering a vast range of opportunities through using Zoom as well as producing high quality resources which can be printed out and used at home.

We have 12 project groups running across the county and we have been able to provide over 400 opportunities to young people. In addition, we will be providing Art Parcels to families and young people at the beginning of July who we feel would benefit from receiving these and we are looking forward to seeing what young people design.

Should you wish to become involved in Kick the Dust or find out more just drop an e mail to [email protected] or use our social media to get in touch.

Windrush Waves: Create and Celebrate

Windrush Waves is a new opportunity for young people to showcase their creativity and celebrate Black history.

We are inviting 14–21year olds to respond to the story of the Windrush Generation through art, music and poetry, to highlight this significant part of Britain’s history and present. Our friends, poet Ragz-CV, musician Rodney P, artist Linett Kamala and photographer Joy Gregory will make a shortlist of their favourites.

Deadline 2 August 2020

Norfolk Community College - producing a series of YouTube videos Norfolk Community College are creating a series of videos around job searching. The first, about how to identify your skills and abilities, is now live and is available at https://youtu.be/bOJFqgOjjSU

Alternatively you can search for The Norfolk Community College on YouTube to find the channel (The “The” is important as there are two channels)

LET'S CREATE PACKS Across the region, cultural organisations, schools and communities have been working to help families in need of additional support through this crisis. These groups have been providing creative materials and inspiration; from lego sets to cress seeds. Using our National Lottery Funding from Arts Council , we’ve been able help a few of these projects share some kindness and joy. With our Local Cultural Education Partnerships, 64 Million Artists, NEACO and Norfolk Museums we’ve also made a creative inspiration pack. From this week onwards the amazing on-the-ground distribution networks are delivering it to over 7,500 families who might not have access to digital resources. Although designed for off-line, you can print at home or in school and share it further - Download it here (https://nnfestival.org.uk/festival-bridge/what-we-do/lets-create- packs/) If you use the pack email us at [email protected] to share what you’ve done. We've recruited local artists to create a pack for the summer holidays so any feedback will help to make this one even better. If you would be interested in obtaining some hard copies of this pack please contact Karen Searle via email at [email protected]

Independent Age

Information from Independent Age, although aimed at older people the advice is relevant to any adult, they also have sound bites on their webpages. If you would like to order free copies of their information guides they are also available in large print and audio:

Advice for healthy living Staying healthy in the sunshine- https://www.independentage.org/information/advice-guides-factsheets- leaflets/summer-wise-0

Staying connected and well when you need to stay at home: https://www.independentage.org/get-advice/personal-life/loneliness/staying- connected-and-well-when-you-need-to-stay-at-home This page has information on how to: • Stay in touch • Staying active and healthy at home • Learn how to use technology • Tune into your local radio • Plan your day • Try something new • Look after yourself • If you are feeling anxious or unwell • Ask for support – including: If you have a religion, stay in touch with your faith community. Although places of worship are closed, they may be offering local support. You can also join prayers and services online, or listen to religious or spiritual podcasts, such as BBC Sounds. The Church of England has a free phoneline called Daily Hope 0800 804 8044 for those who aren’t online. If it feels strange to observe your religion alone, for example during Ramadan, you might like to connect with a friend online or over the phone and celebrate together.

Wellbeing

MensCraft - vacancy

PREVENTION & POSITIVE ACTIVITIES COORDINATORS

4 posts covering West, North, South and East Norfolk & Waveney

Working across four localities, the coordinators will be responsible for supporting men who are experiencing a sense of hopelessness leading to suicide ideation.

The roles will provide assertive outreach and support to individuals at the edge of crisis. Funded via Public Health and as part of Norfolk’s Suicide Reduction Strategy, they will fit and be closely linked to the work of NHS Norfolk and Waveney CCG and related structures – each different in each locality.

The roles will include identifying and implementing strategies to enable individuals to overcome barriers and ultimately to exit patterns of suicide ideation, and to engage in meaningful activities and social connections.

An understanding of the complex issues contributing to suicide ideation and the impact on the lives of individuals and families is essential. As is experience of effectively supporting men via key-work and strengths based positive activities.

Hours: 30 / week. Salary: Circa £25,000 pro-rota. Initially a 1 year fixed term contract.

Further details at www.menscraft.org.uk

Closing date: 9am 3rd August 2020

Talking Newspapers

Wymondham and and Attleborough Talking Newspaper is one of twelve independently- run Talking Newspaper (TN) groups in Norfolk, of which there are more than 500 across the UK. A group of fifty volunteers produce a weekly local news and information service in audio format for blind and partially sighted people in and around Wymondham and Attleborough. The service is free and is also available to those for whom reading a newspaper is difficult because of a disability or health condition. We concentrate on local news for the area including , Mulbarton, , Hingham, , , not forgetting Attleborough and Wymondham and the surrounding villages. For more details, visit https://www.watn.org.uk/

Three Rivers Talking Newspaper (Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth, Harleston, Loddon, Diss, Southwold, and all surrounding areas and villages) We are currently unable to send out our recordings via USBs in the post. However, recordings can be accessed online via a variety of platforms:

* our website https://www.3rtn.org.uk/listen-online/ * on the BWBF website http://www.bwbf.org.uk/player/?url=http://www.bwbf.org.uk/localtns/threertn/TOPD_p laylist.pls * on My Talking Newspaper https://listen.talking-news.info/three-rivers/ For those with smartphone/tablets, you can listen via the free British Wireless for the Blind "Talking News" app. On Alexa, by enabling the skill ‘My Talking Newspaper’ and saying ‘Alexa, open my talking newspaper’ and then ‘Alexa, play Three Rivers Talking Newspaper’. For those without internet access, the weekly recordings can be listened to by phone (standard call rates apply, including whatever free calls you’re entitled to) on 0330 22 33 452

We will return to sending out USBs via the post as soon as it is safe to do so. The Anchor Project

Skills support for redundancy

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