News & Events

On Thursday 15th December we held our annual Christmas Lunch and were delighted to welcome approximately 80 people to include Volunteers and Trustees. Everybody enjoyed gathering for this lovely event, the first in three years – it was good to be back! Thank you to Nelson’s County Catering who provided a delicious Turkey roast and...

We don’t like to brag but we are REALLY lucky to have such amazing gardening volunteers. This week the fab team from Independance Matters Sprowston Hub did a brilliant job making table decorations for our Christmas lunch next Thursday. It will be a lovely occasion, made all the prettier by their talented green fingers!...

This year we’ve had a rethink about the raffle at the Nancy Oldfield Christmas lunch and hope that you’ll agree that, with so many local people struggling to put food on the table for their families, it would be great to collect food and other items for the North Norfolk Foodbank instead of running the...

Last week we were pleased to exhibit at The Norfolk Visitor Experience Show, an event that showcased Norfolk’s visitor experiences and activities. Unmissable England co-ordinated the event with Norfolk County Councils Interreg EXPERIENCE programme.  The overall aim of the project is to harness the experiential tourism trend to extend the season (October – March), generating...

This week we held the annual Volunteers Meeting, our first since 2019. It was wonderful to see so many of our volunteers gather at New Victory Hall on Wednesday afternoon for the annual update. Stephen gave an overview of what has happened at the Trust throughout 2022 and what’s to come in the not so...

The Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News have kindly chosen The Nancy Oldfield Trust as the charity to support at their Christmas Carol Concert this year. The concert will take place on Wednesday 14th December 6pm to 7.30pm at St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich. There is wheelchair access via the South porch door (opposite...

We very much love what we do here and welcome feedback. This week we received this lovely message from a recent visitor, and we just want to thank all of our wonderful Volunteers for their hard work which makes the Trust a very special place for everyone involved. “I just wanted to thank you so...

The grim weather this week gave our lovely gardening group from Independence Matters the opportunity to try out their new protective clothing. A huge thank you goes to The Eric Drummond – Mercier Memorial Trust who kindly funded the clothing and equipment, which did the perfect job keeping the group dry as they worked on...

Supporting the needs of our visitors is at the heart of all we do, and each year we deliver specific equipment and awareness training to our Volunteers enabling them to provide the best all-round experience during a visit to the Trust. Today we started the first of our Hoist Training sessions. We have five hoists...

You may recall the Trust was kindly gifted a boat last year by Len & Hazel Funnell. Hazel, as she is named, has been moored at Barton Broad during the summer months , but was brought back to base this week whilst we discuss her future. Stephen Bradnock, Centre Manager, met with a small team...