Canaries Chief Takes On Marathon Challenge for NORCAS
NORCAS is delighted to announce that Norwich City Football Club Chief Executive, David McNally, has agreed to run the 2011 Virgin London Marathon on April 17th on behalf of our Too Much Too Young appeal. We launched the Too Much Too Young appeal back in October 2010 to raise funds for children who are affected [...]
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In my view…Maggie Williams, NORCAS chief executive.
With the New Year upon us, it is a natural time to reflect on the past twelve months and look forward to the next twelve, and looking forward is exactly where we find ourselves focussing at NORCAS. As a charity we have entered the New Year as we left the last; in a unprecedented world [...]
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NORCAS Youth Appeal Surges Towards Target
The charity’s first public appeal has seen an outstanding response raising over three quarters of its target fund in the first three months. Back in October 2010, NORCAS launched a youth appeal across Norfolk and Suffolk, to raise £50,000 for children who are affected by and caring for parents who are misusing drugs and/or alcohol. [...]
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A Day in the Life of a NORCAS Fundraising Manager
A snapshot of a ‘typical’ day in the life of a charity fundraising manager from NORCAS’s Matt Wilson I joined NORCAS bang in the middle of its rebrand in September 2009 and, as Head of Fundraising, my role has since become increasingly relevant in these financially pressurised times. My background is in sales and in [...]
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NORCAS Pets As Therapy Dog Has Puppies!
Foxy Lady, a Parson Russell Terrier from the Great Yarmouth branch of NORCAS, recently gave birth to two baby boys. Congratulations are in order at the Great Yarmouth office, as NORCAS celebrates the arrival of its first PAT dog puppies! Foxy Lady, a registered Pets As Therapy dog who works for NORCAS, gave birth on [...]
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Addictive Behaviour in the Workplace. It happens…are you prepared?
Less than 5% of organisations based in Norfolk have a proactive policy for dealing with addictive behaviour in the workplace, according to research carried out by NORCAS; the largest independent provider for people with drug, alcohol and gambling problems in East Anglia. The majority of respondents, who took part in the research commissioned by NORCAS [...]
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Positive Feedback for Pilot of Basic Skills Service
The Ipswich branch of NORCAS has now completed its pilot basic skills project, which ran from July through to November. The service was very well received by local providers of other supporting services such as housing and probation and accumulated 24 referrals over approximately 20 weeks. The support provided by NORCAS consisted of identifying an [...]
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Gambling Update
Successful Gambling support office in Great Yarmouth looking to expand in 2011 The Great Yarmouth gambling support service in partnership with national provider GamCare has been hailed a success following an increase in client numbers, which includes more than 24 new clients seeking help since the launch. The services were set up to help people [...]
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Training Update
NORCAS sees a Rise in Demand for its Awareness Training Courses. Training Administrator for NORCAS, Donna Hunt, recently completed her Professional Training Certificate and has been working closely with local agencies, such as Norfolk Police and the British Red Cross, providing short alcohol awareness training courses. In the previous newsletter it was reported that NORCAS [...]
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Fundraising Update
News of Recent Fundraising Successes. NORCAS has been awarded a grant of £117,000 from Comic Relief following a research project the charity conducted into young people and their relationship with using alcohol. The funding is being used to set up an detached youth work programme in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area to work with [...]
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Internal Achievements and New Faces
Best ‘Not for Profit’ PR award and a warm welcome to new faces NORCAS is delighted to have been named as a winner at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) East Anglia PRide Awards 2010, which was held at Dunston Hall on 3rd November. The charity was awarded gold in the Not-For-Profit category for [...]
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Too Much Too Young Appeal
The Too Much Too Young appeal is the first public appeal NORCAS have run in our 32 year history. Over the years we have worked with thousands of adults and children who have been misusing drugs and alcohol. Children affected by a family members misuse of drugs and alcohol has always been an issue and [...]
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NORCAS Strikes Gold in PR Awards
NORCAS is delighted to have been named as a winner at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) East Anglia PRide Awards 2010, which was held at Dunston Hall on 3rd November. The charity was awarded gold in the Not-For-Profit category for the communications campaign surrounding its re-launch in September 2009. The campaign was created [...]
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Great South Run Success!
NORCAS would like to thank Mark Adcock, Susan Adcock, Damien Ashford, Matt Wilson, Libby Baggaley, Scott McKay and Chris Lee for their hard work and support to NORCAS by running the Great South Run on Sunday 24th October 2010. The total so far is £4,508.55 and with more donations to come in we hope to [...]
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In my view…Maggie Williams, NORCAS chief executive.
Big society, big commitment and big achievements! It’s interesting with talk about David Cameron’s concept for a Big Society, that proactive involvement within the local community is something NORCAS has always been big on! Problems with addictive behaviour in some way affects us all, whether that be personally, through interaction with a friend or family [...]
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