Please remember that the Parish Council still has the COVID grant available for shopping vouchers. Maybe COVID has impacted your finances – e.g. loss of earnings, been made redundant, extra outgoings. If you feel this is the case please apply to the Parish Clerk for and application form which will be considered in confidence. The grant is usually distributed in shopping vouchers.
Email the Parish Clerk [email protected] for more information and an application form.
Earlier in the year Hindolveston Parish Council was successful in a bid to Norfolk Community Foundation and received a grant of £1,000 to support residents during the Covid-19 pandemic. £280 has already been distributed to families in need.
Although the lockdown is lifting and life is beginning to return to a ‘new normal’, the Parish Council is concerned that there will be some people and families who will be experiencing financial difficulties as a fallout from the pandemic. It has therefore been decided to invite residents who are in need, hardship or distress to apply for a grant (which will be distributed in supermarket vouchers for buying food).
If you are in need or experiencing hardship as a result of the pandemic, please do consider applying for a Covid-19 Hardship Grant from the Parish Council. (Your application will be considered by a working group of parish councillors in private, supported by the Clerk and will remain confidential.)
Please do contact the Parish Clerk, Joanna Otte on 01328 822366 or email [email protected] to receive an application form for a Covid-19 Hardship Grant.
You might also be eligible for help from the local Food Bank. Important – the Food Bank works using a voucher referral system. In order to get help from the Food Bank you will need a voucher issued by local agencies.
For information telephone 07542 106107.
Keep Well and Stay Safe
Community coronavirus testing in Norfolk and Waveney now available to “key workers” (and/or household members with symptoms).
The NHS in Norfolk and Waveney is offering local coronavirus tests to key workers* such as teachers or food industry staff, to help them remain in work and continue to support their communities. This also applies to members of their household who may have coronavirus symptoms causing the key worker to self-isolate.
Testing will take place at three locations in Norfolk and Waveney:
(See below if you would rather be tested at Ipswich, Stansted or Peterborough)
To book using the Norfolk and Waveney service:
People on the government key workers* list who need to be tested should ask their employer or line manager to register their organisation by emailing [email protected] with their (employer) name, job title and contact number. The registration team at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital will then contact the employer to register their organisation so they their key workers can then book an appointment. The employer will be given a unique reference number and further instructions.
All applications will be checked to make sure people are well enough to attend a testing centre, and eligible for a test in line with Public Health England guidance.
People will receive their test results within 48 hours or less, either directly or via their employer’s occupational health service, together with initial advice about to what to do next.
Appointments at Ipswich, Stansted and Peterborough or other centres
If you wish to be tested at any of the national drive-through testing centres, such as Ipswich, Stansted, Peterborough and elsewhere, then you must use the national booking service. For self-referrals, this is via https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk.
Who are key workers?
* Key workers include many people working in education, transport, many public services, energy, power and water/sewerage workers, and those working to provide, distribute or sell food. The precise definition is available on this government web page: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-getting-tested#key-workers.
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