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New guide to care and support in Norfolk – a crucial time for information

A new, updated Your guide to care and support for adults has been published in association with Norfolk County Council. It gives readers crucial information on how to access, and pay for, care and support services throughout Norfolk. In an increasingly digital world, this printed publication is a useful resource to keep handy if you find it difficult to get online.

If you’re growing concerned about your care options, or just want some more information on what your choices may be, this guide can help. With information to help you understand your options, where to go for advice and how the paying for care system works, the guide can support you to make informed decisions.

The new edition of your guide to care and support for adults and accompanying website gives information on all aspects of arranging care and support in Norfolk. It includes information about how to stay independent for as long as possible, the different care and support options available and what to look for when choosing a care provider if you need one.

It also offers guidance on important issues such as paying for care and what financial assistance may be available from the local authority. There are comprehensive listings of all registered care services throughout Norfolk, plus checklists to help you ask the right questions when thinking about your choices.

For a free copy of the Norfolk – your guide to care and support for adults, contact information@norfolk.gov.uk or call 0344 800 8020. The Guide will be available throughout Norfolk from outlets including hospitals, GP surgeries, libraries, Healthwatch and Alzheimer’s Society. It can be downloaded from www.carechoices.co.uk and is also available in spoken word.

Jo Dovey, Director of Policy and Communications at the Guide’s publisher, Care Choices, commented: “This is an invaluable source of information for anyone considering short- or long-term care in Norfolk, and contains vital information to help people decide what type of care and support is best for them and what support there is to help them stay independent for longer.

This new Norfolk – your guide to care and support for adults has been compiled to help people understand the process and offer them reassurance at every step of their journey.”

Care Choices is the UK’s largest independent publisher for social care and adults with additional needs. It is also the largest publisher of care directories for local authorities in England.

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For more information, please contact Gemma Seaber-Shinn, Care Choices. Tel: 01223 207770. Email: gemma@carechoices.co.uk

Notes to editors:

Care Choices works alongside industry governing bodies, local authorities and providers to publish impartial guidance for individuals and their families. Care Choices provides unbiased, comprehensive information on choosing care and support.

Care Choices also publishes its directories online at www.carechoices.co.uk which contains a searchable database of all care providers in England.

Care Choices publishes leading social care magazine, Care Management Matters www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk, plus a selection of regional Dementia Guides containing information specific to those living with or caring for someone with dementia.

Care Choices also manages the practical online resource My Family Our Needs, www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk, which contains advice and information for parents of disabled children.

Care Choices also arranges care sector events.

3^rd Sector Care Awards www.3rdsectorcareawards.co.uk

CMM Insight www.caremanagementmatters.co.uk/events

The Transition Event www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/events/category/the-transition-event/list

BAPs Blogging Awards www.myfamilyourneeds.co.uk/baps

The listings of care providers contained in Care Choices’ publications are supplied by the regulatory body, the Care Quality Commission.

We are Better Housing Better Health – BHBH – a free service run by the National Energy Foundation which is a charity working to help residents living in or at risk of living in fuel poverty to access free advice and support. 

We have been delivering this service for over ten years now and have recently secured funding from the Redress Scheme which enables us to support even more residents across the whole of Norfolk and the East of England.

We’re a service that’s free of charge and open to all residents experiencing issues with their home energy. As part of our service, we have a helpline that’s free to call where our team can give valuable tips on how to stay warm at home, provide free home energy visits, sign up those in need of additional support to the Priority Services Register and access grants for energy efficiency measures.  

If you think this service would be of help to any of your clients you may refer them to BHBH online at www.bhbh.org.uk/make-a-referral/or call our free helpline number 0800 107 0044.

If you would like to discuss our service further and how it may help your residents, then please give us a call on our helpline or simply reply to this email.

We look forward to hearing from you

The BHBH Team

Voluntary Norfolk would like to work closely with the local Town and Parish Councils to inspire residents to get involved with some new volunteering opportunities.

Last year they launched an exciting new volunteer platform Get Involved Norfolk. This has become the go-to place for Norfolk charities and organisations to advertise a huge variety of opportunities, from Craft Workshop Volunteers, Hedgehog Carers, Trustees, Events Volunteers, Digital Champions, Board Game Club Leaders and a huge amount more – there are currently over 400 roles and something to peek everyone’s interest!

It has also become the go-to place to search for a volunteering role. One of the charities advertising here has reported doubling their volunteers since advertising on this free platform.

So this may not be ‘New News’ …but what is new is the Corporate Volunteering page – LIVE THIS WEEK!

Voluntary Norfolk are hoping there may be opportunities within our local area suitable for teams. Maybe a community garden that needs clearing? This is the ideal place to advertise a ‘project’ that could take a team maybe a day or 2 to complete or at least make a significant impact. Many organisations now offer their staff Employer-supported volunteering (ESV) – paid time during their working hours to volunteer. To meet the need for enquiries, they’ve created this addition to the Get Involved Norfolk site. Maybe have a chat with your teams or local community groups to identify an area that could benefit from ESV support.

The other new page is The Big Help Out. We want to take this opportunity to encourage residents to think about coming together as a community, meet like-minded people and make meaningful connections.

If you have events arranged for The Big Help out, they would like to support you in advertising these via our social channels. You can either tag them in or send the details to news@voluntarynorfolk.org.uk

Hopefully together we can promote the many opportunities and benefits volunteering can have within our communities.

Norfolk County Council Deputy Leader Graham Plant’s letter to Simon Pepper, National Grid