As a society, we aim to provide the health care interventions and services that give us the best value for the money we spend. But what outcomes from health care do we value most? This talk will introduce some of the new approaches used to assess outcomes, outline some of the challenges, and consider how this information might help with decisions about the provision of health care.
All talks take place in Julian Study Centre Lecture Theatre at 6.30pm
Free admission, no need to book and a complementary drinks reception will follow.
Grant overview: The Fund provides capital grants to community organisations in the rural areas of the Borough of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk. Projects should have the overarching objective of providing resilient community services and assets for local people to benefit the local economy, address the challenges of rural isolation, support social cohesion and boost local pride. There will be 2 years of funding.
Available Funding:
In year 1 (2023/24) there is a total of £75,000 available and capital grants of up to £10,000 can be awarded. Match funding of 25% is required and must be confirmed at the time of application. Match funding can be in the form of an in-kind contribution, for example volunteer time contributed towards building improvements. You can apply for a year 1 grant now.
In year 2 (2024/25) there is a total of £225,000 available and capital grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 can be awarded. Again 25% match funding is required and must be confirmed at the time of application. Please note, while you are welcome to begin planning a project for year 2, you cannot make an application at this time. We expect to launch the year 2 application process in early 2024.
Fund details:
Year 1
Year 2
Aim: Support impactful volunteering and social action projects by the purchase of equipment or improvements (not maintenance) to premises.
Aim: Capacity building and infrastructure support for local civil society and community groups through larger scale capital improvement (not maintenance) projects such as climate resilient infrastructure which can adapt to changing external factors, net zero infrastructure, grants for community catering kitchens etc.
Objective: Enable communities to build upon local provision and benefit from well serviced and resilient facilities which meet local need now and into the future.
Objective: Initiatives which create, improve and future proof community facilities, green spaces and local infrastructure.
Vision: Investment will be targeted to improve local pride, support the wellbeing of rural communities, improve connectivity between areas, reduce social isolation and improve access to services and facilities. Projects should provide opportunities to increase social integration and engage residents in volunteering activities.
Vision: Investment will benefit projects which reduce carbon emissions, work towards net zero targets, create resilient infrastructure and establish local green infrastructure projects in line with the government’s 25 Year Environment Plan. Projects which incorporate this approach into the improvement or creation of community facilities that benefit the rural community and the wider environment and increase opportunities for local groups to operate and further invest back into the area will be prioritised.
Grant Exclusions:
Revenue/activity costs.
Purchasing assets which do not have a lasting value (1 year minimum).
Purchasing/repairing play equipment, outdoor gym equipment or similar items.
Purchasing benches, picnic tables or similar outdoor items
Bus shelters.
Footpaths/trods/waymarking or similar items.
Non-electric vehicles.
Projects that still need to raise additional funding at the time of application.
Projects that require planning (or other permissions) but these permissions are not in place at point of application.
Projects that have received funding from other DEFRA schemes e.g. The Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Fund.
Who can apply?
The Fund is open to charities, community groups, parish or town councils, churches for projects that benefit the wider community, CIC’s and other social enterprises, scout and similar uniformed groups and sports clubs. Schools cannot apply.
With self-distancing in-force, we wanted to offer up an alternative for business people across Norfolk and Suffolk to enjoy business networking from home and to help them stay in-touch with others.
Use our LIVE session on the MENTA Facebook page to say hello, ask questions of our resident experts and enjoy ‘networking’
On the morning, head to the MENTA Facebook page and at 9.30 am if we don’t appear, please refresh your screen and join in the chat, say hello and share your views and thoughts.
Your host is Nick Pandolfi and he says “we have received a hugely positive reaction to our previous Facebook LIVE events, we wanted to ensure that people had a way to share their business news and simply say hello to to others “
‘Coffee Means Business – relaxed, informal business networking for all local businesses. No membership, no pressure, just great networking over coffee.
Programme: · 9:30 am – help yourself to coffees and teas, meet with other businesses · 10.00 am – a welcome from Genix · 10.05am – time for more conversation · 10.30 am – short presentations from local businesses · 10.40am – who will you meet? · 11:30 am – time to go…
Bring plenty of business cards!
“The most cost-effective networking I have ever done”.
Segmentation & Customer Profiles – What, Why and How
Everyone is unique, so it seems counterproductive to categorise traits and characteristics into groups, right? Quite possibly.
However, Segmentation and Customer Profiles can act as an eye-opening introduction to learn who your target and ideal customers are. By creating a Customer Profile you can begin to identify gaps in your current marketing strategy where your target customers are not hearing your messages.
There is no right or wrong list of Segmentation factors, Nivea even use sun-cream usage as a factor (please forgive the pun), and in this webinar we introduce how we do it at Hethel Innovation; a technique we have introduced to businesses through our fully-funded ERDF project, Breakthrough.
What We’ll Cover
In this session we’ll look at:
What is Segmentation?
What is a Customer Profile?
The benefits and criticisms of these techniques.
Why to use Segmentation and Customer Profiles.
How to begin the process, and what happens next.
Following the session you should understand how to conduct your own Customer Profile exercise by looking at the similarities of your current customers. With this information you can begin to introduce new marketing practices to access those who currently are not aware of your organisation.
Who Should Attend?
Early stage organisations looking to identify their early adopters for feedback.
Small businesses wishing to identify their niche.
Large organisations looking to move into new markets, and access new customers.
Those in the public sector looking to create solutions for a specific group of residents.
This webinar will be delivered by Jordan Sharman, part of Hethel Innovation‘s Business Development Team. With a background in Marketing, alongside manufacturing, Jordan works closely with SMEs and Startups in Norfolk and Suffolk to realise their target market and create businesses which provide a value that exceeds the expectations of the customers.
This webinar will help those who are getting ready to sell your business. MHA Larking Gowen Corporate Finance Experts James Lay and Jack Minns will discuss the following areas:
The confidential sales process
How competitive tension gets you the best price
When? Tuesday 21 July, 12pm – 1pm
You can register for the other webinars in the series here;
Part one – Planning for selling your business in 2020 and beyond, here – Tuesday 14 July, 12pm – 1pm
Part three – What’s it like to sell a business, here – Tuesday 28 July, 12pm – 1pm
Occupational Health Seminar – Musculoskeletal issues in the workplace: how to identify and deal with them.
Our experienced team would like to invite you to join us for a free Breakfast Seminar.
The seminars will be delivered by Dr Lindsey Wright and her team who will assist you in understanding how Occupational Health can help you to manage your staff’s wellbeing.
Breakfast is provided by our partnered charity About with Friends and will be held at our Gorleston Clinic where you can meet the rest of the team. Places are limited so book early to secure yours!
UEA run the world’s only masters course in brand leadership. It gives you the knowledge, the networks and the confidence to make a great career in this fast-growing industry. Get a taster of the course in our webinar on 14 July at 11:00 UK time to find out more from Norwich Business School, UEA. Please select the link below to join us for an engaging one hour session from 11am on Tuesday 14 July (no need to pre-book).
https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/2be42b5ab66e45e796ed466d665566fb (link not supported by Microsoft Edge, please use alternative browser)
Nick Yip and Robert Jones NBS Brand Leadership Programme
Our next Business Growth Club meeting is coming up shortly – 8th October in Poringland. An opportunity to meet local like minded business people, all looking to grow. As ever a pretty packed agenda based on what we’ve seen and heard over the last month – we start at 8 am and finish by 10. Free tea/coffee too! No need to book, just turn up and full details can be found here: https://businessgrowthclub.net/up-and-coming-events/
Due to popular demand a second date has been added to our schedule.
The ever increasing burden of legislation in the PAYE and Human Resources specialisms means that as an employer the stakes have never been higher in meeting your obligations and getting things right . Are you aware of recent changes; are you keeping up to date?
Join Lovewell Blakefor a practical guide through topical areas of payroll compliance and HR matters, including:
apprentices- what is their legal status and cost to your business?
absence- can you effectively manage the 30 different types?
auto-enrolment- are your workers enrolled and are you up to speed with compliance?
trends and penalties- the detail around PAYE and employment law legislation
the future- what other legal changes are there on the horizon that you need to know about?