My latest tree count with Just One Tree has just come in and I’m thrilled to see I’ve now planted 611 trees!! 💚 I plant a tree for every learner that qualifies with First Class First Aid Ltd, and it’s wonderful to see the number rise. Head to JUST ONE Tree – £1 plants 1 Tree. Combat Climate Change through reforestation.
£1 plants 1 Tree. Combat Climate Change through reforestation. If you’d like to know more about the wonderful work carried out by Just One Tree.
After an extremely successful year with more garden centres stocking PlantGrow products than ever, we’re thrilled to announce that our first national TV campaign goes live!
In partnership with Happy Hour, an award-winning creative agency based in the heart of Bristol, we’ve come up with a creative and thoughtful TV campaign that highlights the importance of organic gardening.
“We’re very excited to bring PlantGrow to TV. It’s a quality, eco-friendly product and we’re proud to work with them on their first response TV campaign.” Says Tom George, Creative Director at Happy Hour. “PlantGrow came to us with a specific brief, to reach organic gardeners and land the important organic and ecological benefits of their product vs chemical and peat-based fertilisers.
“Working with Chase Media, the combined direct response media and creative strategy targets the eco-conscious gardener and provides cut-through in ad breaks, using silence to emphasise the natural characteristics of PlantGrow. Creatively, we felt the quality of the product speaks for itself, so we decided to use that to our advantage to communicate how quietly and naturally PlantGrow works in harmony with your garden.
Since we’re known for winning the Breaking Boundaries awards we wanted to create something unique that showed our innovation and dedication to an organic, plant-based future.
Laura Ruddock, Producer at Happy Hour, says “We had an opportunity to do something different for PlantGrow and we were happy to rise to that challenge. The heroes of the creative are really the sights and sounds of the garden, which speak to the enjoyment we get from our connection to the natural world and underscore the benefits of using PlantGrow to garden sustainably.”
We’re delighted that more and more people are going to see PlantGrow and how it can benefit their gardens, whether they have a small vegetable patch or a whole plot of land.
Norwich Study Centre, Flying Classrooms is a British Council accredited English language school in the heart of the city, opposite the Cathedral. For over 20 years, our experienced teachers have been providing personalised English tuition to students from around the world and every student we welcome becomes part of the school community.
Our international connections bring visitors from all four corners of the globe to Norwich, and we would like to develop our relationship with other local organisations to expand our network and find new ways in which our students can be involved in local life.
We are looking for volunteering opportunities with charities or community projects that we can offer to our students who are interested in contributing to our city whilst also developing their practical language and communication skills. If this is something you would like to collaborate with us on, then we would love to hear from you – please contact us at [email protected] to discuss further.
These special themed days are hosted throughout 2023 by Delia and Chef Alex Mackay. Your day includes coffee and cake on arrival, followed by a live cookery demonstration from Alex. This is followed by a three-course lunch and a tutored wine tasting with our wine expert Jason Banner from Peter Graham Wines. Delia and Alex will be happy to sign books, both old and new.
Delia, Alex and other specialists will also take part in a Q&A session and after that tea is served and there will be a goody bag to take home as a memento of your day.
Our Food and Wine workshops are the perfect gift for anyone who loves food and wine and would like to learn more.
Find out more here
In this week’s episode of Impromptu Business Chat, Mark and James talk about the importance of business owners challenging and embracing their use of technology. As usual they provide 3 top tips and along the way they take inspiration from The Way Home (by Mark Boyle), The Machine That Changed The World (by James P Womack, Daniel T Jones and Daniel Roos), supermarket checkouts, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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The Skills Support for the Workforce project has been running in New Anglia for two years with overwhelming success and already supported over 200 companies and upskilled 1323 learners. The project supports learners in employment, at risk of redundancy or up to 3 months from being made redundant.
This ESF project provides fully funded training across all sectors and Steadfast Training, the prime contractor, work with a number of approved partners to achieve this.
Due to current COVID restrictions, provision is delivered remotely via tutor-led ‘virtual classrooms providing the company and learner with flexibility of attendance. Steadfast Training’s schedule includes courses such as Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint from Introduction up to Advanced, Level 2 Principles of Team Leading, L2 Certificate in Customer Service, ILM Level 3 Award in Management, Introduction to Mental Health & Wellbeing etc.
As part of the project and on behalf of New Anglia LEP we have been commissioned to carry out a survey with regards to training needs in Suffolk & Norfolk. Please could we ask you to take a few minutes to complete the attached link: [email protected]
After the amazing success of the first Canaryball Rally back in 2019 where we travelled through 8 different countries in Europe, raising over £75,000 for The Community Sports Foundation (https://www.communitysportsfoundation.org.uk/), we now reveal our next destination.
This year we are swapping Europe for the UK, and the football stadiums will be replaced with Highland Cows, fabulous views, the Loch Ness Monster, and the dulcet tones of a piper, but by no means will it be less fun!
In April 2022 the Canaryballers will be travelling up to the Highlands of Scotland and taking on the NC500 challenge.
From the experiences we had last time (https://www.credoassetfinance.com/the-canaryball-rally-2019-racing-our-way-to-a-100k/), we know just how much fun we will have and once again each day will be fun packed with fantastic scenery and fabulous places to visit.
As with the original Rally, the 2022 event will combine the driving with plenty of other fun challenges for participants to win points, including an exciting scavenger hunt and spot prizes that all go towards winning the coveted Canaryball Rally trophy!
Even though we will be having plenty of fun on the rally itself, our goal is to raise vital funds for The Community Sports Foundation (CSF), and we ask that each team agree to raise a minimum of £2,000. CSF will of course be on hand to help with fundraising ideas.
This will be a trip you will never forget, so if you would like further information then please get in touch and we will be happy to send you the details.
We only have room for 25 cars on this trip, and places are being filled quickly, so don’t delay, get in touch today!
Please e-mail [email protected] for more details.
In this weeks episode of Impromptu Business Chat, James and Mark chat about how business owners and their teams can use body language to build rapport on video calls. As usual they provide 3 top tips, and along the way make reference to Richard Bandler (the co-founder of Neuro-Linguistic Programming), Tony Robbins and top road cyclist Peter Sagan.
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Judy has worked with food and beverage-based businesses for decades, from accountancy to marketing, from secret shopping to research & development (R&D). She is currently helping advise businesses on their brand reputation, which is the biggest risk to them moving out of lockdown. You don’t normally get a second chance at making a first impression, but for many leisure businesses, this is the opportunity they now have!
Judy walks Chris through exactly what the customer experience really is; how staff need to be encouraged to take ownership of this experience; and how a business’s values and strategy must be key in all decisions.
She highlights the need for a tweak on your USP – unique, small and personal; a focus on the three P’s: people, process and performance; how product knowledge is key; and remembering that your people are your biggest and most important asset! There is a difference between having a task and a role, and investment in your staff might be key for your good reputation!
Judy’s overall insights for, and message to, businesses in the sector is an important one not to be missed and is essential listening for anyone working at any level within the sector.
Learn more about the work Judy does with insight6 here.
Local cancer charity, Big C, has expressed thanks and hailed the incredible fundraising success of newly crowned Norwich City Fans of the Season 2020-21, Chris Reeve and Jack Reeve.
Last weekend, co-hosts of the popular You Tube fan channel, TalkNorwichCity, streamed a 24-hour charity show which has raised a final grand total of £23,295 adding to the support they have given the charity over the past two years.
Former Norwich City players Darren Huckerby, Bradley Johnson, Dean Ashton, Russell Martin and Grant Holt took part in the weekend marathon with Bryan Gunn donating his personal winners medal. Norwich players Ben Gibson, Oliver Skipp, Adam Idah, Todd Cantwell, Jordan Hugill, Aston Oxborough, Russell Martin and Elliot Bennet all donated to Big C, with support from fans coming from across the globe for the Norfolk and Waveney cancer charity.
Tom Holmes, Events and Engagement Manager at Big C, said, “An enormous thank you to Jack and Chris for everything you have done for Big C this season and especially such an epic fundraiser last weekend! What a difference you have made to those with cancer and their families in our region. It was also amazing to see the support from fans and players for the Norwich and Norfolk community, a big thank you to all.”
At St Edmunds Society we know that every person is different. We know that mainstream education isn’t for everyone, and we pride ourselves on doing things a little differently. We support young people who may have felt challenged or out of place in a mainstream environment. At St Eds we offer a range of exciting vocational training courses such as Catering and Hospitality, Hair and Beauty, Carpentry, Tiling, Construction, Painting and Decorating and Mechanics.
As you can imagine work experience is very important to us here at St Eds, as it is another way for our young people to gain direct hands-on experience in the workplace. We are connected to many amazing businesses in the community that have seen lots of benefits from working with us such as:
If you are able to offer work experience opportunities for any of our students, please contact Megan Howitt, Study Programme Officer.
01603 622035 or 07591 203412
Carrow Road is set to fully re-open for conferences, meetings and events from Monday, May 17.
The facilities at Carrow Road officially opened on a smaller scale on Monday, April 12, hosting small business meetings, weddings and wakes for a maximum of 15 people.
The next step on May 17 will see Carrow Road able to host larger numbers for business events as part of step three in the government roadmap out of lockdown.
With Delia’s Canary Catering available, flexibility and vast spaces, onsite complimentary car parking and a robust safety policy in place, our unique venue is the ideal place for all conferences, meetings and events needs.
All of our menus are created from Delia’s published recipes and her team of chefs work tirelessly in recreating these recipes to Delia’s exacting high standards.
Everything is freshly prepared in-house to ensure that Delia’s Canary Catering is truly memorable and a very important part of the overall special and unique event experience.
Carrow Road is a COVID-secure venue, with social distancing and other measures in place to keep all guests safe throughout their visit.
For our conference, meeting and events information guide, click here.
To find out more about our venue, visit the Delia’s Canary Catering or call us on 01603 218704.