The Christmas season is here! There are lots of ways you can celebrate, shop and support local people with vision loss.
Christmas Cards
The The Original Norwich Charity Christmas Card Shop is open Monday – Saturday 10:45am-3pm at The Church of St Peter Mancroft selling Christmas cards from 26 local charities, including Vision Norfolk. Find out more about the ONCCCS on their website: https://oncccs.org.uk/ and see the latest news on their Facebook page.
We are also selling Christmas cards at our hub receptions in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and King’s Lynn.
Christmas Events
Find us at one of these amazing local events. We will be selling handmade crafts from our arts groups, sharing information about Vision Norfolk and helping to spread the holiday joy.
- Thorpe St Andrews Christmas Market and Lights 27th November at River Green, Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrews
- Great Yarmouth Christmas Fayre 2nd-4th December, St Georges Park and The Priory Hall Great Yarmouth
- Swaffham Christmas Market, 3rd December, Swaffham town centre
Vision Norfolk Charity Celebrations
Join us to celebrate all that we’ve accomplished together this year. It will be an opportunity to mingle with people from across the charity while enjoying some drinks and snacks. Each of our hubs will be hosting a celebration to allow as many people as possible to take part. However space is still limited so please get in contact as soon as possible if you are interested in joining us.
Norwich: 5th December 2022, 1pm – 3pm at The Bradbury Activity Centre, Beckham Place, Norwich, NR3 3DZ. RSVP 01603 573000 Ext. 322, [email protected].
Great Yarmouth:7th December 2022, 1pm – 3pm at Vision Norfolk, 12 Hall Quay, Great Yarmouth, NR30 1HP. RSVP 01493 745973, [email protected].
King’s Lynn: 6th December, 11am – 1pm at Unit 3 Dundee Court, Hamburg Way, King’s Lynn PE30 2ND. RSVP 01553 660808, [email protected].
Shopping For a Good Cause
We are inviting everyone to support Vision Norfolk while Christmas shopping from the comfort of your own home! We’ll get £20 for Vision Norfolk if 20 new supporters register on our easyfundraising page before the 14th November.
We’re using easyfundraising.org.uk ,a free fundraising platform that allows us to earn money when you shop online. Easyfundraising works with over 7,000 online brands, everyone from Morrisons, eBay , JD Sports, marksandspencer, RAC , Just Eat UK, Booking.com, Pets at Home and everything in between. Just go to the following link and sign up, it takes 1 minute:
Once signed up all you need to do is start your shopping journey at the easyfundraising website – you can also use the donation reminder or app (information will be provided when you register) and the retailer you shop with will send us a donation based on how much you spend. The donation per purchase will generally be between 0.5% and 10%. Some retailers – including insurance and broadband providers – will pay a flat fee which can be in the £100s.
