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  • Assist Trust deferred reopening notice

    Assist will not be reopening building based services on Tuesday 4th January 2022 as planned, but will defer this until the following Monday, 10th January. This is to allow a full assessment of the situation at the time and to give a better gap between Christmas gatherings and the resumption of face to face services.…

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  • Supporting Norfolk County Council

    Some of our members have been completing the booklet ‘What life is like for disabled and autistic people in Norfolk’. This will be fedback to The Public Office and Norfolk County Council to help with getting a better understanding of people who use social care and their families.

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  • Money raised for Christmas

    We raised £1753.40 for the Christmas party!!!! We did this through walking/cycling/swimming/running 10,028 miles in 13 weeks. We had planned to walk as far as Christmas island (near Indonesia) but ended up travelling as far as south east Australia!

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  • Getting back to things

    Welcome to the first of our Assist Trust blog posts, where we give you the news about what’s been going on at Assist Trust, the different plans we have for the future and about other things happening, which you might be interested to hear about! Following the relaxing of COVID restrictions, we’ve been delighted to…

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  • 17.9.21

    We are delighted to announce that we were nominated for this year’s Norfolk Care Awards, under the ‘innovative use of digital’ category. We couldn’t have achieved this nomination if it wasn’t for the hard work and dedication of of staff team. A big thank you to you all!

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  • 23.6.21

    As an Official Supporter of Norwich Pride 2021 we pledge Assist Trust will be a safe, welcoming and friendly place for LGBT+ members and staff.

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  • 15.6.21

    Its Learning Disabilities week! So we thought we’d put together some special wellbeing packs for our members. Each pack contains different items to support members to achieve positive wellbeing. Here are some of our members with their packs!

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  • 30.4.21

    Some of our members gave their thoughts on what they’re looking forward to doing once restrictions lift. Here is what they said… What we’re most looking forward to doing again – YouTube

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  • 20.4.21

    We welcomed back even more of our members last week. Here’s a little video from some of our members about what they’ve enjoyed about being back. Member’s being back – YouTube

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  • 22.3.21

    We have recently been working with Norfolk County Council on providing video carephone devices to a number of members who do not have access to mainstream technology, to help them stay connected as Covid-19 restrictions continue. See the below link for details. (2) Facebook

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