Course Venue: Harford Community Centre, Hall Road, NRNR4 6ET.
This Ofqual regulated, HSE compliant qualification will ensure all learners have the skills and knowledge to serve their organisation as an Emergency First Aider, able to provide treatment to their casualties in a prompt, safe and effective manner.
A range of subjects are covered including:
Responsibilities and reporting
Assessment of the situation
Dealing with an unresponsive casualty
Basic hygiene in First Aid
Resuscitation and AED awareness
Minor injuries
Bleeding control
Burns
Choking
Epilepsy
Shock
The qualification is valid for three years and a certificate will be awarded on completion. As the HSE recommends that learners also undertake Annual Refresher training, this is included in the qualification. For no extra cost, online Annual Refresher training will be sent to learners on the first and second anniversary of their training date. A certificate will be awarded on completion.
Chamber Co.nnects are fortnightly network meetings for its members to network and chat with other businesses in a digital space.
We believe networking is key during difficult times to help with mental health, continuation of business and access to help and advice from peers. Each network meeting will have 1-2 guest speaker(s) and will be focusing on a current topic.
Enjoy from the comfort of your own home with no early starts or commute and make sure to make a coffee and bring a smile to this online video meeting.
Who’s it for?
Business owners, managers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, young businesses and anyone who wants to connect and engage with other businesses in the Norfolk area.
Topic
Can we help you diversify your recruitment reach? Can you help us change a life?
Hear from two fellow Chamber members Break and The Feed. They have supported people who are now looking for maybe just a chat to help them decide direction, possibly work experience or even a job.
If you are recruiting now or will be in the future, then hear about another way to find candidates to help your business.
It may be that you want to consciously give people a chance who’ve had a tough time in their life so far.
Perhaps you like backing fellow local people, charities and organisations in other ways and could extend this philosophy to recruitment.
Hear from Michael and Chris about how as little as half an hour of your time can be life-changing to someone looking to build their career.
Michael Rooney has been with Break since 2011. Before this, he was the CEO of the Hamlet Centre and a social work manager for Norfolk County Council Adult Social Services. Break is an innovative charity that provides hope and support for vulnerable children and young people. We strive for the best outcomes for young people on the edge of care, in care and moving on from care. We will do this by offering a pathway of connected specialist support services to ensure young people have the care they need, when and where they need it, for as long as they need it.
Chris Elliott joined The Feed in 2020 having been in the Norfolk charity sector for eight years and before that over twenty years in marketing at Aviva. The Feed’s mission is to motivate change in people to prevent more poverty, hunger and homelessness in Norwich. Their cafe provides training opportunities alongside other support so that their clients are prepared for employment. Chris’s role is to manage and build The Feed’s relationships with corporates and he also supports their marketing and fundraising activity.
Agenda
09:30 – Welcome from Chamber. Go through format and any updates (5-mins) 09:35 – 45-second introductions from each delegate (15-mins) 09:50 – First speaker – Michael Rooney (10-mins) 10:00 – Q&A with Michael (5-mins) 10:05 – Second speaker – Chris Elliott (10-mins) 10:15 – Q&A with Chris (5-mins) 10.20 – Open discussion led by Michael and Chris (10-mins) 10:30 – Discussion topics and networking (30-mins) 11:00 – Close
Due to this event being for members only, it has been set-up for manual approval, so event details will be received shortly after registering rather than immediately.
If you’ve hit that invisible ceiling, lost touch with who you are, or simply crave space to breathe, this retreat is your invitation to reset, recharge, and rediscover yourself.
The Spring Equinox marks the new season of growth. Celebrate with a weekend designed to awaken your body, mind, and spirit — through connection, reflection, and renewal.
Body – Self-care is essential. Enjoy a specially curated menu of nourishing meals, unwind in a relaxing sauna, and take time to walk, breathe, and restore your natural balance.
Mind – Discover practical techniques to calm your thoughts, enhance focus, and develop clarity. These are tools you can take with you and use whenever life feels overwhelming. Alongside our group work, there’s also the chance to take part in one-to- one coaching sessions.
Spirit – Explore ways to strengthen your emotional resilience and deepen your connection with universal energy and inner peace.
Connect with like-minded women and build a lasting, supportive network that extends beyond the Retreat.
This workshop is for women who:
Are used to always, showing up for everyone else, but feel something’s missing.
Have a successful professional or personal life yet still feel unfulfilled.
Long to reconnect with who they really are — beyond their roles, responsibilities,
and expectations.
Are ready to explore new possibilities and reimagine their wishes, hopes and
dreams.
What you’ll come away with:
A renewed sense of self – grounded in your own values and aspirations.
Practical techniques – to nurture your emotional, spiritual, and mental wellbeing long
after the retreat ends.
The freedom to release old stories – and reconnect with your inner power, wisdom,
and confidence.
A community of like-minded women – who uplift, inspire, and remind you that you’re
never alone on your journey.
Where: An Innovative Programme in a Truly Inspiring Setting!
Our retreat takes place at Godwick Hall, a stunning Georgian manor house set within 80 acres of secluded parkland. This remarkable location offers the perfect backdrop for reflection, restoration, and reconnection.
We’re keeping the group small to ensure every woman feels truly seen, heard, and nurtured.
Activities & Experiences:
Hands-On Workshops: Engage in interactive sessions designed to inspire, teach, and empower.
Mindfulness Practices & Group Discussions: Led by experienced facilitators to support self-reflection, clarity, and emotional wellbeing.
Outdoor Sauna
Walking Meditation: Reconnect with your body and nature through gentle movement, meditation, and outdoor activities (weather permitting).
Liberating Our Voices: Voicework with Anna Mudeka
Journaling, Personal Development & Goal Setting sessions with Sue Baylis & Judeline Nicholas.
Gratitude Ceremony A peaceful environment to unwind and recharge
Delicious, Nutritional Meals & Refreshments – Enjoy wholesome vegetarian meals, plus teas and coffees throughout the day to nourish body and mind.
Ready to escape and recharge? Join us at Limitless Possibilities! Step into your next chapter Spaces are limited – reserve your spot today.
Rooms From £650 – £950
All prices include: Delicious, nutritional vegetarian meals. Refreshments throughout the weekend. Full access to retreat facilities and activities.
The British Chambers of Commerce flagship Annual Conference is one of the main events in the business calendar, with the 2021 Conference taking place on 16 and 17 June.
Attended by hundreds of business leaders, policy makers, the media and Chambers of Commerce from around the world, the Conference will discuss how we can restore confidence and build a more resilient sustainable future, that supports businesses to recover, grow, invest and thrive.
The 2021 event will run over two days and feature high-level keynotes, expert panel sessions, practical workshops, and a virtual exhibition. We are expecting over 1,000 attendees.
The event is an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of your brand, engage with businesses of all sizes from all sectors and position your organisation as a thought leader.
Day 1 – A Year of Challenge and Reflection The UK is playing a leading role in vaccine development and rollout, is hosting the UN climate change conference in November and is striking post-Brexit trade deals with key markets across the world at an accelerated rate. However, challenges still remain.
How can we break through the difficult legacy left by the pandemic and move to a brighter future for the UK economy, leading to growth, resilient businesses and jobs?
POTENTIAL THEMES
Business Resilience at the heart of recovery:
How SMEs are adapting and transforming operations in response to new global demands
Supply chain diversification and restructure for long term resilience and sustainability
Recapitalisation and access to finance for businesses
Trade and Technology as drivers for economic recovery and growth:
Accelerated dependence on technology and placing innovation at the heart of recovery and growth
Technology as a driver for future development and growth and diversification in industries (e.g. medical technology, fintech, agricultural technology, energy technology/ trade technology)
Forging dynamic international trade and investment relationships to ensure sustained recovery and growth in the economy
Day 2 – The Road to Viable Renewed Growth Tackling the big challenges of today and tomorrow that impact future generations, by protecting health, inequities in society and the planet.
The Covid-19 experience has accelerated people’s demand that companies redress the balance between a volume and a value-driven economy, where profits are the primary ultimate goal.
POTENTIAL THEMES
Building a greener, more sustainable economy:
Meeting our net zero/ climate change commitments to ensure a sustainable future
Greater investment in sustainable infrastructure that is fit for purpose and reflects our changing environment
Innovation and tech-driven industries leading to new skills and jobs.Addressing the long-running weaknesses in our skills base while preparing for new ways of working
People as a force for change:
Diversity in leadership representation across all sectors of the economy
Radical changes in consumer behaviour that are impacting the way we shop, connect, socialise and work
Millennial and Generation Z consumers, employees and activists driving change from the bottom up
Please note that this content is not confirmed. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss how speakers might input into this.
How to book a place:
Please follow the book now link!
If you are a non-member and struggling please email [email protected] confirming how many places you require and a contact number. We will then call you to take payment.
Join us (and guest speakers) for an exciting dive into how Peerless Plastics (and others) are shaping the future of plastics with innovative, bespoke hard-coated surfaces. The event is totally FREE and will include sessions hosted by guest speakers, along with informal networking opportunities, registration beverages, a buffet lunch will be provided, along with transport to Peerless Plastics facility from the conference for those wanting to take part in a factory tourand informal Q&A session.
Sessions will include topics* such as:
•AI & Data in Manufacturing
•Global Pressures on UK & European Plastics Manufacturing
•Skills, People & the Future Workforce in Manufacturing
•Collaboration Across the Plastics Value Chain: From Resin to Recycling
• Start Time:10:30
• Buffet Lunch provided FOC:13:00 – 13:45
• Factory Tour:14:15
• Finish:15:00
*Please note – Some session topics may change on the day.
Dear
England tells the uplifting—yet at times
heartbreaking—story of the England men’s football team during Gareth
Southgate’s transformative tenure as manager.
As
well as being an entertaining night out for colleagues and clients, the play
offers many thought-provoking talking points for managers and business leaders
such as building inclusive cultures, resilience, identity, and the impact of
vulnerability and empathy on team performance.
Join
us for a unique event open to our local business community that will enable you
to connect with peers and reflect on modern leadership while enjoying a night
of outstanding theatre.
Learn how Build A Business can help you turn your idea into a thriving business.About this event Build A Business is a one-day training programme created to help the time-poor and idea-rich bridge develop an idea and turn it into a feasible and sustainable venture. This taster webinar will introduce the concepts and theory explored throughout Build A Business, and help you understand if it is suitable for you! By attending this taster session, you will gain access to an exclusive toolkit, providing you with an extract of some of the tools used in the session alongside some further information about Build A Business. Who Should Attend: This taster session is ideal for those interested in starting a business or launching a new product or service who would like to experience a flavour of our Build A Business Taster Session. Find out how the dynamic interactive tools can be used at varying stages of your development. What Have Others Said: Build a Business in a Day is a new event that utilises content from our hugely successful ‘Activate’ series: “Great sessions, the trainers were involved and helped each of us with our journeys. Great helping others, helps to broaden & strengthen perspectives” – Rob T “Having been on a plethora of courses throughout the years, I was really impressed at how useful the Activate training actually was. I found it so helpful, thought-provoking, encouraging and was provided with a process for looking at our new business proposition from the start to where you aspire it to go. Thank you.” – Jane H. Hi, we’re Hethel Innovation: Our goal is to help businesses become more innovative, competitive, and productive. These goals reach across many sectors and bring together businesses, researchers, institutions, local governments, and students to create opportunities for innovation. Alongside the management of award-winning hubs Hethel Engineering Centre and Scottow Enterprise Park, Hethel Innovation has supported hundreds of businesses in East Anglia over the past eight years through bespoke interventions, training courses, conferences, masterclasses, workshops, innovation platforms, and incubation. To learn more, visit our website (hethelinnovation.com) or contact:[email protected].
Become a Mental Health First Aider on a Transpire Training
open access Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Course in Norwich. All courses are
delivered by our experienced MHFA England-accredited instructors in an engaging
and inclusive format over two consecutive days.
MHFA England courses are evidence-based, grounded in
research, and extensively evaluated. The training is in-depth, but our
experienced instructors keep this light and easily digestible whilst being
incredibly thought-provoking.
Choosing this course provides a robust package of
post-training support with the MHFAider® Support App and benefits included,
plus priority access to Transpire Training webinars and online events. The
support package enables delegates to keep the learning alive by refreshing
skills and exploring further into the topics even after the course ends.
Every splash makes a difference. By taking part in Sea Splash 2026, you’ll be helping to fund vital mental health services across Norfolk and Waveney, supporting local people when they need it most.
Cold-water dips don’t just raise funds, they raise spirits! Immersing yourself in the sea can boost your mood, improve wellbeing, and leave you with that incredible post-dip sense of achievement.
Most importantly, you’ll be part of a community challenge that brings people together across three beautiful coastal locations, all united for one powerful cause: no one faces poor mental health alone
Walking With The Wounded’s Call To Arms Business Challenge is the chance to bring your teams back together for an entrepreneurial experience between Remembrance Day in November 2021 and Armed Forces Day in June 2022, competing against other organisations across the UK to raise funds for those who served.
The Apprentice-style event will see your team briefed by inspiring experts and Walking With The Wounded beneficiaries to create innovative ways to generate income that could also help your own career and business.
For example creating a new product with a donation per sale to WWTW, offering a promotion to veterans for your services with a kickback to the charity, hosting a business networking event with a donation ask of attendees or creating an internal competition between staff or your supply chain that sparks engagement while also raising donations.
Your mission? To raise a minimum of £1,000 between Remembrance Day and Armed Forces Day.
Your opportunity? To raise your profile within your business, your community, your sector and help drive your business forwards with positive PR, connections and teamwork – including being featured on Walking With The Wounded channels.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
RECRUIT your team of 1-10 employees (sole traders to PLCs welcome), join and raise money anytime before 25 June 2022 and for maximum impact joining before 11 November 2021.
LEARN about your potential from three lunchtime video calls in November/December with inspiring speakers and about the social impact your fundraising will make, enabling veterans and their families to thrive and contribute once more.
INNOVATE and review your business, supply chain, customers, business development and marketing to create new events and income opportunities that could reveal commercial potential for your business and career – unlocking your entrepreneurial spirit and teamwork to achieve your mission.
PITCH your plans to our panel for advice and expert feedback.
ENGAGE your team and deliver between Remembrance Day on 11 November 2021 and Armed Forces Day on 25 June 2022.
GROW with support from our team and unique mentoring opportunities across the event including a physical launch networking event, initial pitching of your plans and halfway presentations.
CELEBRATE everyone’s success with an in-person awards evening where the top three fundraising teams also get to pitch for the first Call To Arms champion medals and time with a billionaire British businessman.
TIMELINE
11 Nov: Deadline for entries
18 Nov: Physical networking launch event in London 1800-2000
24 Nov / 1 Dec: Inspiring lunchtime video talks/workshops to spark ideas (team-building, innovation, motivation) 1230-1330
w/c 10 January 2022: Pitch plans for feedback and support
w/c 14 March 2022: ‘Halfway’ individual team update presentations
25 June 2022: Fundraising deadline
30 June 2022: Prizegiving celebration and top 3 teams pitch what they did to business leaders for prize of time with a billionaire British businessman
“Partnering with Walking With The Wounded has inspired our workforce and surpassed all our expectations.” – Jackie Cuthbert, Head of Social Impact & Communications, Sunbelt Rentals UK
“Walking With The Wounded deliver value on so many levels.” – Scott Johnson, Founder, Veteran Owned UK
“Barclays is delighted to be supporting Walking With The Wounded – a fabulous charity who work tirelessly to support some of our most disadvantaged veterans and their families.” – Lisa Marr, VETS Programme Manager, Barclays PLC
We are excited to be part of a Christmas Wreath Workshop at Coast Bar and Restaurant creating lots of festive fun!
Everything is supplied ready for you to turn up and come have some fun creating your own Christmas Wreath which you can take home and enjoy over the seasonal time!
Expert Response Training are offering a 1 Day regulated training course in Emergency First Aid at Work. The course is a Level 3 award and will be held at The Gallow, Fakenham Sports Center on the 18th August.
If you are interested in any other First Aid training from Outdoor First Aid to First Aid for Mental Health please get in touch.