Love Norfolk

Building stronger communities

Our Love Norfolk Fund focuses on celebrating and championing the many individuals, charities, businesses and organisations that make our county second to none.

Love Norfolk, established by Norfolk Community Foundation in 2009 as a way of bringing together donations of all sizes to support a range of causes in our county, has since grown to become one of our most popular and impactful funds. The Love Norfolk fund focuses on our sense of belonging and a shared passion for the place we call home, to ensure that essential community services are given the support they need for our county to thrive.

This year, Love Norfolk was able to support a diverse range of community action in Norfolk thanks to support from our Norfolk 100 members and private and individual donors.

“Without funders like Love Norfolk, […] we’re not able to make that difference, and the people we work with are the most forgotten. We’re able to show them that their lives are still valued and valid.”

Pippa May, Chief Executive of West Norfolk Befriending
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Making great things happen

Funded by Norfolk 100 members and private and individual donors, Love Norfolk was able to support over 100 projects across the county this year. These projects show the diverse range of community action in Norfolk, and the work that organisations do to continue to make Norfolk shine brighter.

Thanks to Love Norfolk funding, the NR5 Community Hub set up Freedom Friday, a social group for anyone over 18 to meet new people and learn new skills.
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North Norfolk Community Transport is improving wellbeing and accessibility in the community, reducing social isolation thanks to a grant from Love Norfolk.
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Bicycle Links is a bike shop and social enterprise in Norwich. Their social project ‘Free Bikes for Kids’ was funded in summer 2022 by Love Norfolk.
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Top Banana project funded through Love Norfolk is supporting people to reach their physical, emotional, creative and economic potential.
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See the difference firsthand and hear from the groups supported by Love Norfolk

Izzy catches up with Ligia and Sonia at Gyros’s Books and Beans Café in Great Yarmouth Library to learn about the impacts of Covid on migrant communities in East Norfolk.
Hannah is in Downham Market learning about the impact of the pandemic on Swan Youth Project’s young people. Manager Anna explains why funding Open Access sessions is so important.
Lizzi had a catch-up with Bill from Equal Brewkery to see how Love Norfolk funding is helping people with learning disabilities get new skills and start their journey to employment.
Join Hannah in Downham Market to hear from West Norfolk Befriending, working with socially isolated older people and their unpaid family carers, and find out how Love Norfolk funding is helping groups recover from the pandemic.
Feathers Futures in Great Yarmouth tells Izzy how they’ve been helping women feel good about themselves after lockdown by providing free exercise classes at the PRIMEYARC art space.
Watch the full video and see the difference Love Norfolk has been making this year to communities across the county.

Where to next?

Find out more about Love Norfolk
Find out more about the Norfolk 100
See what we’ve been up to

Published: 15th December 2022

Contact us
01603 623 958
shinebrighter@norfolkfoundation.com