Changing lives: In my view…Maggie Williams, NORCAS chief executive.
How wonderful it is to see the first signs of spring finally starting to appear around us! Of course the arrival of the new season also means that the prospect of a general election is ever more imminent, which may well bring with it a new political landscape and inevitable changes to the environment within [...]
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NORCAS Appoints a Caring Foxy Lady
NORCAS Great Yarmouth, has called upon the unconditional love of a foxy lady to provide comfort, companionship and therapy to its service users. Foxy Lady is a Parson Russell Terrier which regularly visits NORCAS in Great Yarmouth as one of the 4,500 P.A.T dogs and 108 P.A.T. cats registered with the charity Pets As Therapy. [...]
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Suffolk Success
In January, NORCAS Ipswich was successful in securing a three month pilot service to offer treatment to individuals who have found that their alcohol intake has landed them in the police station custody suite. Over a four week period the team has seen 15 clients referred to NORCAS services. A female who has spoken to [...]
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A day in the life….Emilia Shumur, NORCAS substance misuse migrant link worker.
Emilia joined NORCAS in 2007 as an outreach worker to the migrant community in the Great Yarmouth area. Her appointment followed a research project into why there were low levels of the migrant community accessing NORCAS services in the town. It was discovered that there were a number of barriers to foreign nationals living in [...]
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NORCAS Launches New Service To Reach Out To Over 50s
NORCAS has launched a new Over 50s Outreach service in Norfolk; the first of its kind in the area. The new service is specifically designed to support people aged 50 years and over who have alcohol or drug issues, including prescribed medication. It has been set up following discussions with health professionals in all sectors [...]
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Legal Highs, Mephedrone – the lowdown.
As many of you will be aware, the issue of legal highs and in particular, Mephedrone, has been in the media over the last few weeks due to their rising use among young people and its link to the sad deaths of two teenagers who had experimented with the substance. Mephedrone is a stimulant also [...]
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Feedback on Fundraising
At the end of last year NORCAS received an early Christmas present from Google. NORCAS received approval to the Google Grants Programme, available to all charities in the UK. The grants programme allows an approved charity to use Google’s own advertising system, Google AdWords for free every month up to the value of $10,000 a [...]
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Events Calendar
NORCAS is very excited to announce the inaugural ‘Friends of NORCAS’ charity ball that will be held at Dunston Hall on 5th June 2010. The price for the event is £50 a ticket. Tables can be sold as tables of 10. The theme for the evening is black tie and cocktail dresses and the evening [...]
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Great South Run
NORCAS has also been lucky enough to secure 15 places in the BUPA Great South Run on 24th October 2010 in Portsmouth. The 10 mile race will see over 20,000 runners all raising funds for their chosen charities. So far NORCAS have filled 12 places for the run. We only ask you are able to [...]
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Training
As East Anglia’s leading provider of services to support those who misuse drugs alcohol and gambling, we pride ourselves on the quality and thoroughness of our work. Our training is constructive and carefully tailored to meet the needs of each organisation we work with and our policy consultation service provides workable and solid policies and [...]
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Contact us
At NORCAS we believe that change happens together. If you would like more information, help or advice, please get in touch with us via the numbers below, or visit our website norcas.org.uk NORCAS Ipswich 01473 259382 NORCAS Norwich 01603 660070 NORCAS Great Yarmouth 01493 857249 NORCAS Lowestoft 01502 513444 NORCAS North Norfolk 01263 517995 NORCAS [...]
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