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News About Swannington

Swannington is a village in the Broadland area of Norfolk. This website is dedicated to news, information and activities in, and around, our village. If you would like to know a little more about Swannington please click on the link at the bottom of this page.
St.Margaret's church in Swannington now has its own website. If you would like to read about the Heritage Lottery funded refurbishment or perhaps hire the church for an event then please click here.

This is a message from the NHS Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Groups for key workers and/or household members with symptoms about the availability of testing for Coronavirus.

The attached pdf tells you who qualifies as a key worker and where you can go to get a Coronavirus test.

Please click here to see the pdf in full

A Message From New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership

The NEW ANGLIA LEP have asked for help publicising the work they are doing to help during this crisis throughout the parishes in Norfolk.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Anyone needing to source PPE can access the LEP database but need to e-mail: supply.chain@newanglia.co.uk
to get a login for the data system.

Anyone wanting to make or sell PPE can register at the website here.

Help Available During the Coronavirus Crisis

If you are struggling during this crisis and need some support, here is a short list of organisations that may be able to help.

Hardship Fund:
01508 533933
www.broadland.gov.uk/coronavirus

Support for the vunerable and those who need shielding:
0344 8008020
www.norfolk.gov.uk/coronavirus

Free school meals £15 voucher scheme
Contact your child's school or for further information:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance/covid-19-free-school-meals-guidance-for-schools

Cromer and District Foodbank
07826 376343
www.cromerdistrict.foodbank.org.uk

Broadland District Council
01603 431133
www.broadland.gov.uk

Citizens' Advice Bureau
03444 111444
www.citizensadvice.org.uk

The Samaritans
116 123 (Free)

National Domestic Violence Helpline
0808 20000 247 (Free 24 hour helpline)

Childline
088 1111 (Free)

SSAFA The armed forces charity
0800 731 4880
www.ssfa.org.uk

Pleases click here to download this information in pdf format

Please click on the poster for a full screen version with an active link to the website

Coronavirus Pandemic Crisis

If you are willing to help and support neighbours who are self-isolating Norfolk County Council have produced a postcard that you can print off and post through their letterbox.

You can download the postcard here by clicking on the image below.

If someone offers you help, only use someone you know and trust.

Swannington Lunch Club

SWANNINGTON LUNCH CLUB MEETINGS

HAVE BEEN CANCELLED

There will be no more meetings of the Lunch Club
whilst the threat of infection by the coronavirus continues

Contact Jan Maskell on Jan.maskell13@yahoo.com

Swannington Nature Notes

Dr.Mark Hassall has been contributing a series of nature articles to the Pilgrim newsletter. They are published separately on the new Nature Notes page. Click here to go straight to the page.