St Edmunds Society are a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO Number: 1157532).
We are transforming lives in Norwich by providing support, training and life opportunities to disadvantaged and marginalised young people. We are inspiring and re-engaging young people excluded from mainstream education. We have an inspiring vision, but we need your support more than ever during this difficult time.
You can support St Eds in our endeavours. Voluntary donations make a real difference in supporting additional equipment such as tools, computers and materials.
Our project aims to support children and families to overcome family breakdown and individual challenges, to re-engage in education and training, by providing outreach welfare support to families and young people across Norfolk. We can help students with behavioural, emotional and mental health issues, getting to the root of the problems and giving these young people a brighter future.
We want to help more young people to understand and improve hard to manage behaviours, support students to address social, mental, emotional and physical needs and build and maintain an atmosphere in which students feel secure, encouraged in their learning, and know that they are valued within a healthy and safe environment.
This will enable these young people to begin to achieve both their potential and aspiration by improving confidence in their own ability, with consequential benefits in personal participation and attendance.
Who do we work with?
We work with schools across Norfolk offering vocational opportunities for students who may struggle in mainstream school or face exclusions due to disruptive behaviour. This work is preventative, to help young people find their feet before going down the wrong path, or homelessness.
In a schools we are working with, we have seen massive improvements in attendance of students , from less than 70% attendance last academic year, to more than 90% now.
How will the money help?
We are now encouraged to offer access to our Outreach Support to parents and carers struggling with a young person’s needs. We have identified that there are many families who could benefit from support but do not have the finances available to pay for this themselves.
This money would allow us to widen the provision we offer out to families across Norfolk, working with parents and young people, to help those struggling with emotional difficulties, with low self-esteem and/or confidence, displaying risk-taking behaviours, in family breakdown or refusing or struggling to engage with professional support.
“I would just like to say thankyou for all your help with everything. You have literally gone above and beyond to help me and no words will ever be enough to say how grateful and thankful I am for all the for all that you have done for me.
It’s so nice to actually have somebody supporting me and my daughter for once, somebody that has listened and gone out there way to guide us through the correct paths.“
COVID–19 Advice for schools and educational settings – information from Public Health England
You may be aware that advice for travellers from affected areas has recently changed and it has come to our attention that this may affect children and staff. Please be aware that this is a fast evolving situation and we will continue to share any new advice at the earliest opportunity.
Advice for returning travellers is as follows;
1) If you have returned from the following areas in the last week, call NHS111 to inform them of your recent travel, stay indoors and avoid contact with other people even if you do not have symptoms:
Iran
Specific lockdown areas in Northern Italy* as designated by the Government of Italy
Daegu or Cheongdo, Republic of Korea
Hubei province, China (returned in the past 14 days)
*Bertonico •
Casalpusterlengo • Castelgerundo • Castiglione D’Adda • Codogno • Fombio •
Maleo • San Fiorano • Somaglia • Terranova dei Passerini: • Vo
2) If you have returned from the following areas in the last week and develop symptoms, however mild, you should stay indoors at home and avoid contact with other people immediately and call NHS111. You do not need to follow this advice if you have no symptoms.
Northern Italy
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
3) If you have returned to the UK
from any of the following areas in the
last 14 days and develop symptoms of cough or fever or shortness of breath,
you should immediately stay indoors and avoid contact with other people, call
NHS 111 to inform them of your recent travel to the country.
It was a great honour to meet HRH, Countess of Wessex, at the Royal Norfolk Show this year, as her Charity of the Year.
We had a great two days at the Show, meeting hundreds of people and sharing the amazing work we do at St Eds.
We had lots of fun activities on our stand, including face glitter and hair braiding, buzz wire, guess how many sweets in the jar, and lots of amazing items on display made by our students.
Here are just a few photo highlights from an excellent week.
It is the beginning of Small Charity Week (18th-23rd June).
Small Charity Week were set-up by the Foundation for Social Improvement (FSI) in 2010 to celebrate and raise the profile of the small charity sector. This week is organised with a series of activities to support and raise awareness of the hundreds and thousands of small charities that make a huge difference every day to vulnerable communities across the UK and the rest of the world.
The objectives of Small Charity Week are to:
·Celebrate the contribution that small charities make to communities throughout the UK and across the world
·Improve the knowledge, representation and sustainability of small charities
·Highlight the work of the small charity sector to the broadest possible audience
·Encourage public giving
·Work with the small charity sector to develop political engagement at a national and local level
This is a good opportunity to reach out and find some key corporate sponsors. If you would like to sponsor or even just support local charity and training provider, St Edmunds Society, please get in touch. There are always options for sponsorship!
Continue promoting and engaging with your local small charities, they are what keep the clogs turning!
