Forget Me Not Grants

Forget me Not Grants

Making small changes to a home can significantly improve the health and wellbeing of someone living with dementia.

Forget me Not Grants help people living with Dementia to maintain suitable and safe homes by providing grants of up to £1000 to make adaptions and improvements to the home. This can include:

Changes to lighting, flooring and decoration
Changes to bathroom and kitchen facilities
Installation of equipment and assistive technology
Other work which can improve independence.

The grants cover:

The full cost of works up to £1000 if the recipient is on a means-tested benefit
Works up to £500 if they are not on a means-tested benefit.

Who is eligible for a Forget Me Not Grant?

The person receiving the grant must be:

A resident in the South Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) area
Diagnosed with dementia or if not diagnosed receiving support in relation to dementia
An owner-occupier or has the landlords consent if they do not own the property.

The grants funded work is carried out by South Norfolk Council’s Handyperson Service in partnership with South Norfolk Clinical Commissioning Group and Breckland Council; funding for this project is provided by Norfolk County Council.

Applying for a grant

If you or someone you know would benefit from this and you would like to make a referral please complete the online application form. If you would like to discuss the Forget me Not Grants please call us on 01508 533933.

South Norfolk and Broadland: Not a merger but looking to work more closely and cost effectively.

Looking forward how we're going to meet the challenges of

Continuing to work with ever reducing budgets and incomes
Recruiting and retaining the right staff
Delivering services that we can be proud of at a scale our residents can relate to
Devising a local plan that reflects our aspirations for the future

During conversations,s it’s led to the feeling on both sides that we should think more closely about extending the joint working we already do on planning, homelessness and recycling to other parts of our activities. In fact, as we’ve thought more deeply around this, it makes sense to think about whether having a single officer corps serving two Councils might be a way forward from, say 2019.
On the face of it there are many reasons to think why there’s a good fit between ourselves and Broadland

We already do planning, building control, audit, energy and housing functions together
We have a similar geography, a similar economy and a similar demographic
The Devolution discussions showed a strong similarity in ambition and outlook
We have a shared vision on the local plan
We share CIL
We pool business rates

We’re not the same as Broadland but there is more that unites us than divides us.

We are both generally high-performing authorities
We are both particularly high performing in terms of recycling and environmental focus
We both have to deliver high housing numbers whilst maintaining quality of life
The devolution process brought us together and there will be future opportunities to attract investment funds to deliver infrastructure.

That said, our Council tax is about £20 more than theirs but then we run leisure centres so on a like-for-like basis the underlying cost base of the two authorities is similar.

That said, we tend to run services in-house rather than outsource to outsiders and that's quite a difference in tone.

Community Connectors:

I have previously given you information about the SNDC Earl Help Hub.

https://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/south-norfolk-help-hub

“Everybody needs a bit of extra support from time to time and the Help Hub makes sure people get that help as soon as possible, if they begin to experience difficulties.

Getting help early can stop problems from getting worse. It might be only a small problem, like a broken washing machine or feeling a little isolated, but if it’s difficult to find a solution straightaway a small problem can grow and lead to more worries.

The Help Hub is a partnership between organisations that support people in South Norfolk. It can offer practical support, advice and guidance to get you back on track”

Community Connectors have already been working in Market Towns and have been so successful that we have increased the number Community Connectors recently - enabling the team to cover the whole of SNDC.

The Community Connectors are at the heart of the “Social Prescribing” work which we have been developing over recent months, which will see them working within GP surgeries to get Early Help services to residents at the earliest opportunity.

The Community Connectors are a halfway house, a link between residents and The HUB.

Community Connectors put people in touch with activities and groups in their local area, and can help residents to:

Be part of the community
Build positive relationships
Gain skills and feel confident
Have a warm and safe home
Be free from money worries.

Initially they will work with Doctors Surgeries and take pressure off GPs.

In this area Old Mill Surgery has already started and more and more surgeries will be added to the list

Community Governance Review (Parish Boundary Review)

Timetable:

2nd consultation ends on 27th October

Final recommendations in February 2018

Implementation in May 2019

Current and proposed parish boundary changes can be seen at:

https://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/CGReview#open

Map of Rockland Ward for May 2019

https://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/sites/default/files/13%20MAP.SNC_Parishes_By_District_Wards_Rockland.pdf

SNDC Pub of the Year in their New Categories.

The four category winners in order of local population were:

550 people or under – Wortwell Bell
551-1100 people – Burston Crown
1101-5500 people – Netherton House, Long Stratton
5501+ people – Green Dragon, Wymondham

This year’s winner of the South Norfolk Community Pub of the Year 2017, the Green Dragon at Wymondham has won £500 towards running a community event as well as the honour of the award.

Mangreen site for Hornsea Project 3

They provided a maximum design scenario – The onshore HVDC converter/HVAC substation will consist of a range of equipment for delivery of power such as transformers, reactors etc. together with auxiliary and supporting equipment. The main equipment will either be housed in a single or multiple buildings in an open yard or a combination of that.

If multiple buildings are used the length and width of these buildings would be reduced proportionally to the number of buildings e.g. if two buildings are used they would cover half of the area required for the single larger building.

For the purposes of the PEIR it is suggested that there are two options:

HVAC scenario would be max of 3 buildings:

Main building:- length 150m, width 30, height 25m

HVDC max of 2 buildings:

Main building:- length 150, width 75, height 25m.

NDR

Updates will be out very shortly about the sections to open before Christmas

Norfolk Master Composters started in November 2006. The main aim of the programme is to raise awareness amongst the wider public of the benefits of composting, through a network of volunteer advisors.

Since its inception, 246 trained volunteers have spent over 8,500 hours promoting home composting in the county.

The Norfolk programme operates as a partnership between Garden Organic and Norfolk County Council.

https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/jobs-training-and-volunteering/volunteering/master-composters