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Young Carer Respite Breaks

Help is provided to North Norfolk Young Carers by funding respite breaks


North Norfolk Young Carers is operated by the Holt Youth Project and provides support to young carers from across North Norfolk. The carers range in age from 6 to 17 and have to balance their school life with caring for a relative at home. Holt and District Rotary have for the last three years funded respite breaks for these children allowing them to get away from their daily challenges.

This year (2024) we funded a two night break for around 20 of them at the National Trust owned Dial House in Brancaster, provided logistics support with catering and through our contacts arranged an activity day at Holkham Estate. This involved kayaking on the lake (with help from Wells Sea Cadets) and use of the Ropes Course (with the support of Norfolk Adventures). As part of a roll out of the project young carer groups from Norwich and Cambridge funded by their local Rotary Clubs also attended respite breaks at this wonderful location.

We are already planning next years breaks.

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Three Old Men in Boats

Three elderly gentlemen with a combined age of 239 are kayaking the River Wensum from Fakenham to Norwich to raise funds for the East Anglian rural mental health charity YANA.

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Club Fish and Chip Supper in support of End Polio

Holt and District Rotary organise fundraising events throughout the year with the proceeds going to a range of local and international projects

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Young Carers enjoying a two night respite break on the North Norfolk Coast

Help is provided to North Norfolk Young Carers by funding respite breaks

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Local Rotarian Roderick Hunt presenting books at a local primary school

This is a local initiative spearheaded by three of our members. Through it we provide books to local primary schools either by recycling books donated by the public or funding new books to suit schools needs

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We have recently organised a garden lunch to raise funds for the Holt & District Dementia Support Group.

We have raised funds to support an Admiral Nurse in the Holt area helping people to live at home with Dementia and continue to support local dementia related activities

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We contribute to Rotary Internationals project to eradicate polio worldwide.

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A typical ShelterBox relief unit consisting of shelter, sleeping and cooking facilities

When disasters strike we support the relief organisation Shelter Box who provide rapid response to the need for shelter kits worldwide - see www.shelterbox.org

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We host monthly speaker lunches for Members and Friends. These cover a wide range of interesting topics;

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