Christmas closure
20 December 2017
The office closes for the Christmas and New Year break at 5 p.m. on Thursday 21st December, 2017. It will re-open at 9 a.m. on Tuesday 2nd January, 2018. We wish you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful New Year.
Christmas lunch
20 December 2017
Service-users, trustees and volunteers joined The Magdalene group team for a lovely Christmas lunch at The King's Centre today. Such a wonderful opportunity for us all to join together and share the festive spirit.
Thank you
14 December 2017
We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us this year. We are so grateful for monetary donations, for smaller gifts of clothing & toiletries, & for those of you - volunteers & trustees - who give the gift of time. All of these contributions make such a huge difference to the work of The Magdalene Group. A sincere thank you to you all.
Christmas hampers
12 December 2017
"Huge thanks to Love Norwich and Proclaimers Church for giving us 8 Christmas hampers and another 6 to Matrix. Together we will give 14 families such a wonderful Christmas. Love Norwich have been able to make 209 Christmas hampers so far. Thank you!" Becky Bentley, Young People's Worker
Child Exploitation & Online Protection (CEOP) Ambassador Training
11 December 2017
Sophie Grimmer, our Young People's Jigsaw Worker, has been in London recently training to become a CEOP Ambassador. "The training has been excellent, as has the food!"
JustTextGiving
04 December 2017
To donate to The Magdalene Group via JustTextGiving, please: Text this message : MAGD37 followed by (for example) £10 to this number : 70070 Thank you so much for your support!
Supported Accommodation Team Leader : job vacancy
01 December 2017
Please visit our vacancies page for details of this exciting opportunity within our new EnRoute project; plus more information about forthcoming vacancies in January 2018.
On Track
27 November 2017
Bobbie Dean, one of our Young People's Workers, attended the launch event of On Track at The King's Centre last week. On Track is a new free service to help young people, aged 16 - 24 years, get into work, education or training. A very exciting & worthwhile new initiative.
Guest speaker
27 November 2017
Fantastic to have Sarah Hegarty, project worker at The Children's Society CARE (child at risk of exploitation) service in Essex, with us last Thursday, to speak to us about child exploitation and trafficking - great to have a refresher and to gain more understanding around current issues. A very knowledgeable & passionate speaker.
County Lines theatre production
23 November 2017
In 2017, AlterEgo Creative Solutions were commissioned by Norfolk Constabulary to develop an Applied Theatre play to raise awareness around Child Criminal Exploitation - specifically the strand of the County Lines drug trafficking model that sees vulnerable adults and young people living in regional areas of the UK targeted by organised groups and gangs, that have travelled from more urban city locations, to groom, trick, trap and manipulate them into trafficking drugs and sometimes weapons. AlterEgo have preformed the play to over sixty high schools in Norfolk. Becky, from The Rose Project, went to see the performance at The Garage last night. "The play exceeds all expectations, we were amazed at how easy it is for our young people to be trapped into a world of drink, drugs and exploitation."