Project visits

The Norfolk Green Care Network organises project visits across the year for our member groups and organisations.

These are opportunities to connect with others working in green care across the county, share knowledge and experience, and discover the incredible range of activity happening throughout Norfolk and beyond.

See below for upcoming visits, which all take place between 2-4pm. Light refreshments are provided.

CANCELLED Sunday 31 May, 2-4pm – Beccles Forest School

Unfortunately, due to injury, this visit has had to be cancelled.

The Wild Meadow, Marsh 49, Beccles Common, Beccles, NR34 9BX

Learning in Nature CIC (known as Beccles Forest School) is situated on rented land just off Beccles Common.

At Beccles Forest Schools, we fiercely protect the right to play freely. We are person-centred and wholly embedded in the natural world, which meets the learning, development and well-being needs of us all. We celebrate participants’ autonomy over the spaces they explore, and foster their innate curiosity and connection, in a community that cherishes them.

Vision Statement: To make every day we spend in the natural world an opportunity to freely play- to explore our relationship with the nearby wild world, and each other, creating sustainable well-being for all. Find out more.

Saturday 6 June, 2-4pm – Haveringland Church

Off Norwich Road, NR10 4FW (What3Words: dent.palettes.probe)

Photograph: Nigel Boldero

Haveringland Church – the ‘Church in the Fields’- is the venue for a gathering to hear about its work to promote nature recovery and nature connection, both in the churchyard and beyond.

Join us at 2pm to look at nature connection activities and also learn about the ‘Nature North of Norwich’ project which is attempting to take a collaborative, community-led approach to nature recovery between the Rivers Wensum and Bure (Haveringland lies on the watershed between the two rivers) – improving access to nature is a key objective. In the first hour Nigel Boldero, co-founder of the Norfolk Green Care Network, and Helen Sibley from Broadland Council will take you through these topics with free refreshments provided. An optional 2 mile walk around the lovely local landscape is also planned from around 3pm.

The Church lies off Norwich Road, north of Horsford (postcode is NR10 4FW and ‘what 3 words’ are dent.palettes.probe).

Find out more.

Saturday 8 August, 2-4pm – Beyond the Wall

The Walled Garden, Thornham Magna, IP23 8HA

A registered charity providing day opportunities for adults with additional needs, including through horticultural therapy. Find out more.

Saturday 3 October, 2-4pm – New U

Castle Quarter, Norwich, NR1 3DD

At New-U, we offer affordable fashion that combines sustainable style with social purpose. Our shop in Norwich city centre features a curated selection of quality pre-loved clothing and accessories. New-U provides more than just great savings and sustainable style, we are also a registered charity (1186761), with two primary aims:

To support unemployed individuals aged 18+ make positive steps towards work or training.
To promote a sustainable approach to fashion and reduce textile waste through our shop and community activities.

Past visits

Sunday 24 May, 2-4pm – Norwich Community Land Trust, Angel Road

Angel Road Junior School, Angel Road, Norwich NR3 3HR

This green project focuses on a set of disused school buildings and their surroundings green spaces. The site is currently held on on a 125 yr old lease by the Great Hospital Charity of Norwich, after having being handed back to the county council by the Academy Trust which previously run the school. The site has been empty since 2022; 4 years!

Saturday 9 May, 2-4pm – Fen Zen

Fen Zen, Bramble Corner, Sluice Rd, Denver, Downham Market, PE38 0EG

We are a Community Interest Company running community supporting events and Nature Education events such as Mother’s fire circles, Women’s nurture days, Men’s fire circles, Wilderness Therapy events, Community gardening, outdoor feasting events, Volunteer days, Cultural experience events, and venue hire on our 8 acre smallholding in Norfolk. We also run a regenerative Market garden business on site. Find out more.

Norfolk Green Care Network