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Covid-19 and the impact it has had on our fundraising events meant that the Nearer to Home build had been temporarily suspended. However we can now announce that building work will commence in June with the project to be completed in late 2021/early 2022 and our fundraising will continue with this aim. Donations would be welcomed and can be made at fundraise.big-c.co.uk.

Nearer To Home

Help us build a new cancer support centre in Norwich

Our vision to bring greater cancer care nearer to home.

At Big C, we see first hand the impact cancer has on individuals, families, friends and communities across Norfolk & Waveney. Since 1980 we have been dedicated to the fight again cancer and today, we help thousands of people across our county and beyond.

We are the only organisation offering specialised, community-based cancer support centres in Norfolk, with centres at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH), in Kings Lynn, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston.

Living with cancer can have a devastating effect on mental and physical health, and can impact on relationships, finances, workplace, and family life.

Every year more than 8,000 people in Norfolk & Waveney will be told that they have cancer and many more are living with the effects every day.

22,319 visits were made to our centres in 2019
and the number of visits will continue to increase.

Added to this now, delays to cancer diagnoses and treatment due to the Covid 19 pandemic have been well documented and national health strategies make clear the urgent need for increased community-based support.

These are the reasons why we launched our ‘Nearer to Home’ appeal.

We are building a new Cancer Support & Information Centre in the centre of Norwich.

Help us create a space that will change lives.

Working with Norwich based architects, Purcell, we are repurposing an existing building on Dereham Road in Norwich.

We will provide a building with …

  • a light, calming central seating area
  • private rooms for one-to-one counselling
  • a bright space for group activities
  • and a sensory well-being garden

 

Once launched, the centre will provide services for emotional support including:

  • counselling, support groups, time with our registered nurses, complementary therapies,
  • bereavement and palliative care support
  • practical support such as welfare rights advice or headwear options
  • individually tailored health and fitness programmes
  • a cancer information library

 

All Big C services are accessible for patients, carers, family, friends and free of charge.

We need your support.

To make this vision a reality, we need you. Every pound donated to the appeal will go directly to the development of this vital new Centre to support local people in the heart of the Norwich community.

With your help we have already raised £730,000 for the building work to commence. The builders are now on site: Building work begins at Dereham Road

But we need to continue fundraising …
To complete the build and for the fixtures and fittings and all the finishing touches, so that the Centre can open early in 2022 and welcome people through the doors.

NEW: Donate via our Just Giving campaign: Big C Nearer to Home Appeal

Will this replace your existing Norwich Centre?

No, our existing Norwich centre in the grounds of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital will still be there.

We know that it is not always easy for people to visit our centre at the hospital, or they do not wish to return to the hospital once they have finished treatment.

This is why the new Norwich Centre will work alongside our existing Centre, to ensure that everyone affected by cancer in Norwich and the surrounding area has access to the best care and support, close to the community, where and when they need us most.

Aviva £1,000
Notre Dame High School £1,750
LILAC - Ladies In League Against Cancer £40,000
Yvonne Flux Charitable Trust £500
Howard Curtis £200
Screwfix Foundation £10,000
Broadland District Council £3,583Council Chairman Karen Vincent raised £3583 after selecting Big C as her chosen charity for 2019/20
Christine Fuller £100
Moncrieff Trust £1,000
Hazel Dodgson £50
Alex Loyd £63
Susan Fulcher £50
Rhinedd Toms £100
Fine City Transporters Norfolk £560
Village of Rockland St Mary £805
The Pennycress Trust £500
R C Snelling Charitable Trust £5,000
Higham Trust £3,000
£10.00
Childwick Trust£15,000
Norwich Consolidated Charities£100,000
Jon Humphreys £50
Garfield Weston Foundation £30,000
Jarrolds £2,000
£40
Norfolk County Council Social Infrastructure Fund £214,285
The Bernard Sunley Foundation £10,000
Geoffrey Watling Charity £15,000
anonymous donor£50Hoping that every little helps a marvellous charity
£100.00
Yellow Brick Mortgages Ltd £2,950
Cathy Smith£30I am donating as I lost my husband David Smith 5 years ago. The Bic C Centre was a big help to both of us. He would have been 70 in January this year, so I am donating the present I would have bought him.
Howes Percival LLP £15,000
£100.00
£10.00
Glenys Cavill£40
Martin Truss£30Big C do a fantastic job. My husband has a brain tumour & before lockdown we often visited before or after hospital appointments or treatment , it’s a real haven. We no longer send Christmas cards & always donate to a few local charities instead .
Michael Kirby£20Grateful for Norwich Big C Centre when having cancer treatment.
£20.00
Sue Mills£100
Claire Mander£600
£20.00
£50.00
Jayne Regan£15Money raised from crocheted rainbows
£40.00
£100.00
£40.00
£10.00
anonymous donor£10
£5.00
Matthew Gissing£50
Karen Malcolm£1,000
anonymous donor£50
£20.00
£10.00
K Turner£20
Julie and David Waite, Nicola and Rebecca £100In loving memory of Nicolas Sutton
£170.00
Weston Equestrian Centre £1,440
£20.00
Taylor Woodrow – Norwich Crown Point Depot £75
Johanne Taylor£50From the staff at Controlled Repair Instruments.
£30.00
Mrs Beryl Wood £20
£20
£311.86
£10.00
Suzanne Clarke£23
£20.00
Gorleston Golf Club - Women's Division £5,000
MG Owners Club £210
Linda and Martin £500
Woodside School in Hethersett £552
Away Days Vintage Bus £1,400Raised from our Norwich Christmas Tours
£5.00
anonymous donor£10
anonymous donor£20
£100.00
anonymous donor£20
£5.00
£50.00
£20.00
Clare Fancy-McGhee£70Donation in the names of Janet & Tim Fancy and Christine Cutting as requested for their Christmas presents.
Gemma Breen£50Thank you all for everything you do and the support you provide to everyone who needs it. Christmas angels all year long 💜
Katie Mann£10
anonymous donor£20
£10.00
anonymous donor£50I have lost too many dear friends to this dreadful disease and this centre will help sufferers and their families to cope better.
£20.00
Carolyn Truss£50My husband has recently started treatment at the Colney Centre & we have visited the centre at N&N, which we are finding so welcoming & helpful, thank you.
£5.00
£110.00
Pamela Riseborough£50
Oaktree Partnership£350In lieu of sending out Christmas Cards this year.
£200.00
£22.75
£100.00
Julie Clarke£20In memory of Lyn... an old school friend ❤️
anonymous donor£10I would like to donate to the nearer to home appeal as it will make such a difference to me as I have to get 4 buses to the Norfolk & Norwich, I have cancer so not every day is good, so this will be lovely Linda
Greg Munford£150
Catherine Smith£100Thank you to everyone who came to my bonfire party and donated. Thinking of our loved ones lost to and those we love still with us.
£10.00
£10.00
£132.61
Jason and Joanne Lawrence£450Wedding Day Donations to Nearer to Home
Mr & Mrs Shorten £300Wedding Anniversary donation
Diane £100
£90
£6
Brian Taylor£1,100
£5
Hazel £101
£20
£525
Cromer Craft Ladies £400
£200
£110
Capron and Helliwel £2,000
Harry £2,221
Jackie Austin£10A gift from the Crafts2share group at Cromer Church
£20.00
£185.00
anonymous donor£10
£10.00
£20.00
£50.00
Maggie Pogmore£20
anonymous donor£50
£40
£1000
Iris Day£10
anonymous donor£10
Sara Durrant£20
Sarah Boosey£50To help support and empower people living with cancer.
£5.00
£125
Wroxham and Bure Valley Rotary Club £1,000
Cecilia Nowak£30To an extremely worthy cause
anonymous donor£20
anonymous donor£20
£600.00
Steven Clarke£55Donated on behalf of The Cheesy Group
Rachel Lane Fund £5,000
£50.00
£1000
anonymous donor£10
£10
£100
£20
Jarrold Retail£10,000Jarrold is thrilled to help ensure that more people in Norwich can benefit from Big C’s fantastic services
£50
£30
£20.00
anonymous donor£10Have been a great help to me and my family
Owen Murphy£50
Bhimduth Ramseebaluck£50This is a well deserving cause
Greg Pye£10
Breckland Council £3,875Chairman Richard Duffield raised £3875.18 after selecting Big C as his chosen charity for during 2018/19.

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