Fundraising
The NNAB receives no state funding relying on legacies and donations. It has a small Fundraising Team who organise flag days and events throughout the County.
Please see our What's On pages for details of flag days and events. Please contact us on 01603 629558 for details of the areas involved.
2008 Collections
Listed below are the dates in July, August and September, so if you can help, please contact us.
July 2008
Thursday 3rd - Acle Street Collection
Friday 4th - Dereham Street Collection
Monday 7th - Wells Street Collection
Thursday 10th - Hingham Street Collection
Thursday 17th - North Walsham Street Collection
Friday 18th - Heacham Street Collection
Tuesday 22nd - Stalham Street Collection
Friday 25th - Holt Street Collection
Tuesday 29th - King's Lynn Street Collection
Thursday 31st - Swaffham Street Collection
August 2008
Friday 1st - Gorleston Street Collection
Wednesday 6th - Hunstanton Street Collection
Tuesday 12th - Thetford Street Collection
Friday 15th - Downham Market Street Collection
Tuesday 19th - Mundesley Street Collection
Friday 22nd - Burnham Market Street Collection
Friday 29th - Walsingham Street Collection
September 2008
Wednesday 3rd - Loddon Street Collection
Friday 12th - Asda, Hellesdon Flag Day
Saturday 13th - Asda, Hellesdon Flag Day
Wednesday 17th - Budgens, Aylsham Flag Day
Thursday 18th - Budgens, Aylsham Flag Day
Friday 19th - Waitrose, Norwich Flag Day
Saturday 20th - Waitrose, Norwich Flag Day
We would also like to thank Tesco at Blue Boar Lane, Sprowston and Sainsbury's, Thetford, for allowing us to collect on their premises during June and also Breckland Council, North Norfolk District Council, Broadland District Council, South Norfolk District Council, Great Yarmouth Borough Council, Norwich City Council and King's Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council for permitting us to collect in Watton, Attleborough, Cromer, Sheringham, Aylsham, Diss, Wymondham, Great Yarmouth, Norwich and Brancaster.
NEW Fundraising Groups!
Do you have great Fundraising ideas, but are unsure of how to get them up and running? Do you want to help the NNAB with your brainpower? Are you enthusiastic about fundraising and the NNAB?
If so WE NEED YOU!
Join our new Fundraising Committee and help the NNAB raise money in the area where you live.
The NNAB wants to branch out acoss the county for fundraising ideas and set up a fundraising committee with smaller fundraising groups based around Norfolk. For example, if you live in Great Yarmouth, then the money you and your team raise in Great Yarmouth will go to help run the Equipment Centre there - so not only will we be proud to say that the NNAB raises money in Norfolk to be spent in Norfolk, but we can say, the money raised by the Great Yarmouth Fundraising Group has raised £'s for the Great Yarmouth area! This means that when you help the NNAB, you will actually be helping your local community!
You can see Your Ideas and the Money Raised Helping Your Local Area!
Don't worry if you've never done any fundraising before - all ideas count and two heads are better than one and thirty or forty heads are definitely better!!
What we mean by fundraising aren't just the climbing Mount Everest and garden openings for the NNAB (but they're great too!). Your ideas don't have to be adrenaline fuelled or difficult to organise! We would like to have a variety of fundraising clubs meeting up for Coffee Mornings, Book Clubs and Knit 'N' Natters, alongside one off events. Of course, if you want to organise larger events, you have our full support - but you need to remember that
Every bit of Fundraising helps!
We want the fundraising at the NNAB to reflect how you want us to fundraise! You can have your say and see your ideas come to liife and benefit the NNAB.
If you want to help Fundraise for your local area, be part of the Fundraising Committee and/or a Fundraising Group or just have some ideas that you think we should look into, get in touch!
Get Involved and Help the NNAB Help Your Local Area!
Recent Fundraising - THANK YOU!!
We would like to say a big thank you to the Horsford Coffee Group who have raised a staggering £400 to buy digital magnifiers for our equipment centre's loan stock - so THANK YOU!!
Our Valuation Day at Salle Village Hall was held on Friday 25th April and was a great success! The evening raised £151 altogether and everyone had a very interesting and enjoyable evening. NNAB would like to thank Paul Goodley and Andrew Bullock of Keys of Aylsham for their time and help with this fundraiser Thank You!
The Somerleyton Walk (organised by Great Yarmouth Rotary Club) and the Secret Norwich Trail (hosted by Norwich Marchesi) were a great success. If you took part in either of these events - Thank You! Also, remember to collect in your sponsorship money and return it to the organisers asap! More details on each of these events will follow...!
Newmarket Countryside Race Day took place over the last Bank Holiday weekend in May and we had two very different days; beautiful sunshine and a very wet Sunday - this didn't seem to put off the race goers though and the main day (the 25th) was a great day with lots of visits to the NNABs marquees. The Main auction raised £38,000 with the Silent auction making £12,000 from which NNAB will receive a share! The totals the guest charities (NNAB and Hearing Dogs for the Deaf) will receive has yet to be calculated but watch this space for the grand total!!
Upcoming Shows and Events
Bungee for the Blind!
Heather Annels, a member of the King's Lynn Fundraising Group, is doing a 'Bungee for the Blind' to raise money for the West Norfolk Mini-Bus Appeal. Heather, who is visually impaired herself, will be jumping 170 feet on Saturday 26th July in Brighton. To sponsor Heather in this tremendous fundraising effort, please contact NNAB on 01603 629558 or e-mail - pledge your support now!!
- 25th-27th July - The Worstead Festival - a first for NNAB - please contact the office if you can volunteer your time to help at this event
- 30th July - Sandringham Flower Show - a great day out for all of the family and a great way to show support for your local blind charity and all in the presence of Royalty!
We Are Calling on YOU!
Help the NNAB and the Environment by recycling your old, used mobile handsets and Ink Cartridges!
By donating your old mobile phones and used ink cartridges you can help the NNAB and help us to improve our services to the people in Norfolk. Just drop your old mobile phone or used ink cartridge into our Charity Shop on Magdalen Street, into the NNAB on Magpie Road, Norwich or into your local NNAB Equipment & Information Centre.
So far £740 has been raised from recycling old mobile phones, so keep bringing those phones in and start keeping those used cartridges!!
The ink cartridge scheme was new in January 2008 and already we have raised £121.33! This is only possible with your support so please keep up the good work! The cartridges can also be sent directly to the freepost address below:
Cash for Cartridges Freepost 13 Main Street Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5AA
Please quote reference R00316 when sending the used cartridge so that the NNAB will benefit! Unfortunately toners and epson cartridges cannot be recycled so please do not send these to the NNAB or to Cash for Cartridges - Thank You.
And please remember..
We also recycle Foil, Stamps and Foreign Coins - Please send them in to us! They are an excellent way to raise funds for the NNAB!
UK Parachuting Skydive
We are now officially part of the UK Parachuting charity scheme for people to raise money for the Association by undertaking a tandem skydive.
If you are interested, please visit their website on http://www.ukparachuting.co.uk/ - the NNAB is in the charity link on the right hand side.
Activity Centre Appeal
June 2008
Following the grant from the Bradbury Foundation of £350,000, a grant of £20,000 from the Norwich Town Close Estate Charity and £20,000 from another grant-giving Trust, in addition to numerous donations from other Trusts and individuals, our total now stands at £1,260,405 which is fantastic. We're getting there!
As well as making approaches to other Trusts, we have just started a leaflet drop and plan to organise a "Buy a Brick" campaign - watch this space for details!
See the "News" page for up-dates on the development.
Click here for more information.
"Friends" and "Members" Schemes
Why not become a "Friend" or "Member" of the Association and support this very worthwhile local charity which helps approximately 20,000 with poor sight throughout Norfolk.
For further information on either Scheme please contact Elizabeth McIntyre on 01603 629558.
Pages last updated 2706/08