Published: Tuesday, 28th January 2025
Residents in Gaywood are invited to a Creating Communities event at Howard Junior School on 1 February, between 10am and 2pm.
The drop-in event will bring together a range of partners, including the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk, its Lily service, Beat Your Bills roadshow, Alive West Norfolk, Community Action Norfolk, Kings Lynn Foodbank, Gaywood Library and Fire Service to give advice and information on services, facilities and activities in the area.
Cllr Jo Rust, the council’s cabinet member for people and communities, said:
“Building homes is important to help address housing shortages in the area but for us it’s about more than bricks and mortar. As the new homes at Florence Fields become available, a new community will join the existing residents.
“Our Creating Communities initiative aims to develop community spirit by involving people in their communities and supporting them to settle in by showing them activities they can take part in, or by inspiring them to set up their own clubs and groups.”
Lily, the council’s service that helps people to connect with others, will be there to help people understand what activities, support and help are in the area to avoid issues of loneliness and isolation, and also to inspire people about the sorts of events and clubs that currently run or could be created in the area.
The Beat Your Bills Roadshow will be dropping by with energy saving advice and other support to help people facing cost of living issues. They could also check your eligibility for a government-funded whole-house retrofit.
Rebekah Bensley-Mills, Lily Co-ordinator said:
"Being a part of a group and a community significantly enhances people’s overall wellbeing and combats loneliness and isolation.
“In the Lily service, one of our aims is to build communities in the area and motivate people to create their own groups by showing them the possibilities and guiding them towards any help they need to set up a group.”
Representatives from the borough council’s corporate projects team will also be available to answer any questions about the residential development in Gaywood.
