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Following the Ukraine Crisis we had to scale back but continued to provide immediate support via professional referrals from statutory services. We were also beginning to develop Football Against Dementia as a stand alone project and getting out to various events.
We continued supporting statutory services and vulnerable people in our community. Mid 2022 we were starting to organise another Football Against Dementia match in memory of former non league legend Paul Chick who sadly passed away from dementia. We had a crazy dream that we would like to arrange a team of former Norwich City … Read more
September 25th 2022 was a red letter day for us. We would like to reiterate, we must say a sincere Thank You to everyone involved it was a huge effort. Following a telephone call from NCFC Club Secretary Andy Blofield we were offered Carrow Road as the venue for our football match. After consulting with … Read more
During the day we wanted to highlight how dementia can affect anyone, even young people who may see changes in loved ones through the disease, so we created Young Footballers Against Dementia, with youngsters getting the chance to play on the hallowed turf and leading players out holding the name of someone affected by dementia. … Read more
We will forever be grateful to Norwich City Football Club who contacted us after seeing what we were trying to achieve. We were offered the use of Carrow Road to host the game we had been organising. They also organised all the stewarding, ticket sales and much, much more. The whole club and everyone involved … Read more
After the match our first celebration was held in the Top of the Terrace as a celebration for Paul Chick. It was great to see Norfolk County FA recognise Pauls long term management partner Donny Pye at the event. It was great to see so many of Paul Chick former players and friends at the … Read more
The day was completed with an evening gala dinner for ‘Ken Browns Legends’ with some moving interviews and videos from those who couldn’t make the day. We hope that everyone in attendance had a great and memorable event…we are very grateful for everyone’s support. Ken Brown was joined by his wife Elaine and their family … Read more
Following the game we went straight into the 5th Annual Christmas Stocking Campaign. This was the toughest year ever but so many people contacted us wanting to be part of it once again we decided to get the sleigh out once again. This year we distributed around 1000 Christmas Stockings to local people in need, … Read more
We must recognise the contribution of Aviva, Barclays and everyone during the Christmas stocking Campaign. Many people gave their volunteering days to help us and we are very grateful.
At the beginning of 2023 we moved office to a smaller space. Sent 40 tents, sleeping bags etc. to the Turkey/Syrian Crisis, continued to distribute support… but we knew we had to change…