Projects

Projects

Information about some of projects the partnership have contributed towards are shown below:

Thematic Group	Wells For The Future
1	A partnership of organisations that in 2008 with funding from NNCP appointed BlueFish Regeneration to identify a holistic package of project options that would contribute to and support the longer term economic, social and environmental sustainability of Wells-next-the-Sea. As part of their brief, the consultants were asked to take into account community aspirations as idenitfied in the 2007 Wells Area Partnership Consultation and the need to invest in and redevelop North Norfolk District Council owned assets within the town and other assets that could potentially be of benefit to the local community. The summary report 'Wells for the Future' can be accessed here.
	Dial a ride
1	The Dial-a-Ride project is a regular bus service to villages in the Happing Area for the benefit of the elderly, disabled and people who lack their own private means of transport to Stalham (Wednesday am) and to North Walsham (Friday am).

Thematic Group	North Norfolk Business Forum
2	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
	North Norfolk Skills Partnership
2	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.
	Information, Advice & Guidance
2	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).
	Virtual Business Support
2	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.
	North Norfolk Live Shellfish Project
2	The aim of the project is to ensure a viable future for the fisherman of North Norfolk in particular those based at Wells-next-the-Sea. A purpose built Shellfish Handling Facility will be erected on the quay, equipped with a freezer room, cold room, packing and loading areas. The new facility will support fishermen along the whole of the north Norfolk coast to adapt to changing species, currently velvet crabs and in time any other species that can benefit from a controlled environment. A high quality product with fewer mortalities will gain a higher price thus ensuring a more stable economic future for the firshermen and will attract a new generation to continue this traditional activity in a modern world.

Thematic Group	It's Our Theatre
3	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.
	Supporting and developing engagement with the voluntary and community sector.
3	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.
	Access 2 Nature
3	To enable people who are socially excluded or disadvantaged due to personal circumstances or by where they live to have increased opportunities to access, enjoy, engage and benefit from the natural environment.