Projects
Projects
Information about some of projects the partnership have contributed towards are shown below:
| North Norfolk Business Forum |
| To create a Business Forum based on the broadest possible membership of North Norfolk Businesses, which will give a co-ordinated voice to our businesses in the arena of local, regional, national and international affairs, and to ensure that the Forum is run by business, for business |
| Paston College Multi-agency Expansion Project |
| • To support the re-location and expansion of Paston College to provide increased education and training opportunities for the people of North Norfolk • As part of the plans, to look at the use of existing buildings for multi-agency service provision or a 'civic centre' |
| North Norfolk Skills Partnership (NNSP) |
| Formed to create a district wide strategic group concerned with the planning and delivery of learning which will link in to other relevant groups such as the North Norfolk Business Forum and health. This will produce a strategy around learning by looking at the needs of the District and prioritising actions for the short, medium and long term. The partnership will also be a two way communications channel between businesses, other training users and learning providers, thus identifying skills needs and clarifying training provision and capability, which in turn will widen participation in training in North Norfolk. |
| The Community Wardrobe |
| The Community Wardrobe - Continued support of the set up of a costumier / costume hire business as a social enterprise, to be fully self-sufficient and sustainable. The Community Wardrobe will provide more employment and training opportunities in North Norfolk and support the arts, educational, cultural and heritage events within the area. |
| Active Travel |
| Provide an improved network of safe, multi-purpose routes to local services within the North Norfolk district, for pedestrians and cyclists. The routes should improve access to key services, such as schools, employment and training opportunities, doctor's surgeries and health facilities, shops and post offices and leisure and recreational facilities, such as play areas and country parks. |
| It's Our Theatre |
| It's Our Theatre Is... a three year project delivering arts activity for 4 to 25 year olds in the seven North Norfolk Market Towns through already established thriving outreach groups in Sheringham and North Walsham with five new groups to be established. The project includes a number of different elements which are sympathetic to each other and demonstrate a clear strategic "joined-up" ethos. It is a flexible model which allows for a responsive approach with participant feedback and peer leadership. A clear development path involving a variety of stakeholders offering legacy and sustainability will be established. Engagement with young people will considerably develop their personal and social skills. The project will work with young people who have little access to arts activity outside of school and college, who because of the the physical nature of North Norfolk have few opportunities to engage and network with other young people outside their immediate location. |
| The Holt Youth Project |
| The Holt Youth Project exists to provide a safe environment for the young people of Holt and its surrounding villages to meet and socialise with the minimum of supervision. This helps to improve and develop their social interaction and communication skills. The project provides a centre where young people can learn vocational skills to enhance their opportunities in the workplace, assisting them to attain their full potential as citizens in the community |
| Virtual Business Support |
| The project is about providing easy-access support to those who wish to become economically active through self-employment option and home-based micro businesses in North Norfolk by maximising the beneficial use of ICT and broadband to their operation and processes. Diagnostics and training on required ICT skills will be provided right on the doorsteps of beneficiaries along with lending of laptop units on a short-term basis to enable them to immediately reap the benefits of ICT to their business. |
| Information, Advice & Guidance |
| To provide seven one stop shops or learning gateways, one for each of the key settlements in the district, with outreach targeted on the services villages identified by the LDF (Local Development Framework). Each learning gateway will have a fixed IAG (Information Advice & Guidance) point offering impartial, free confidential advice on learning and work opportunities to all comers and will represent all learner providers from Skills for Life through FE and HE (Further Education, Higher Education). |
| Supporting and developing engagement with the voluntary and community sector. |
| Recognising the role the sector plays in delivering a range of public services, and in reaching and advocating on behalf of, marginalized and hard to reach groups this project will work strategically to develop the capacity of the sector and continue the growth of vcsTogether, the forum for voluntary and community groups. |
| The support of Merchants' Place Community and Resource Centre |
| The operational support of Merchants' Place Community and Resource Centre over three years, to continue and enhance the service provision of the centre within the Poppyland Partnership Area and wider northern Norfolk district. It will entail a wide range of community involvement from work experience, learning and training for all ages, the introduction of best practice and high standards, familiarity and opportunity with new technologies, support for the disadvantaged, inspiration for those seeking personal development and the sharing of aspirations and opportunities. |