To mark the opening of a new community training kitchen and a hot desking office on 9 February 2017, Lowestoft’s Kirkley Centre is holding a celebration event to showcase the best of the local community. The new training kitchen is fitted with domestic equipment, so that skills can be easily converted to the home environment. The

(source: Big Lottery Fund) Reaching Communities Buildings programme will be closing to new applications from 31 January 2017. We are taking some time to consider how we can improve our capital offer and how we can more effectively support ideas that centre on places and spaces. The Reaching Communities programme has two strands. The buildings

Residents of Haverhill South are to benefit from £25,000 to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life. The money comes from the community chest fund, which has been awarded as part of a larger grant from the People’s Health Trust using money raised by Health Intend through the Health Lottery. The Haverhill South People’s

Voluntary organisations in Haverhill will benefit from free training courses delivered by Community Action Suffolk (CAS), following £1,000 of funding from the One Haverhill Partnership. The courses, “Project Planning” and “Writing a Good Funding Application” will be delivered in late March 2017. They will develop the skills of organisations in Haverhill, improving their own opportunities

The annual North West Ipswich Big Local Trust celebration event (13 December 2016) was a real success, bringing together 73 attendees from local community, public, private and voluntary sectors. It was an opportunity to take stock of all the efforts of everyone working in the area, and have some fun. Many positive comments were received

[source: East Anglian Daily Times, story by Tom Potter] Efforts to create a “legacy for future generations” were set in motion as groups gathered to plot the resurrection of a condemned community hub. A 12-month target was set to draw up plans to replace Woodbridge Youth Centre, in The Avenue, near Kingston Field – used

UPDATE (13 January) As part of preparations for severe weather in Suffolk during today and into the early hours of tomorrow, the Suffolk Resilience Forum is keen to repeat their message, urging residents and businesses in coastal areas of Suffolk to be prepared and remain vigilant as severe flood warnings remain in place for parts

Because it is winter, the NHS is seeing more people with breathing problems. They need your help today and over this weekend. CAS is helping to share the important messages below and is asking you to share them, as soon as possible, with your clients and networks. It explains where is appropriate for people to

Here is a recent story about the development of “H” and a number of the agencies who are successfully working together to help him. Suffolk Wheels 2 Work (W2W) Suffolk W2W recently presented a client, “H”, to Ipswich Rider Training who has been long term unemployed. Suffolk W2W is a transport scheme run by Community Action Suffolk