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THE CARL ROGERS MEMORIAL UNIT OFFICIAL OPENING 

On Friday 6th June 2008 our new annexe was officially opened by our Patron, the Rt Rev Dr Stephen Platten.  It was a moving event, with volunteers, staff, and supporters, and the new Sheriff of Norwich, Roy Waller, who was attending his first official engagement.

                 The Rt Rev Dr Stephen Platten talking to Professor Brian Thorne          The Worshipful, The Sheriff of Norwich, Roy Waller and the Sheriff's Lady, Sylvie Waller share our celebration

 

Text Box: The Rt Rev Dr Stephen Platten and  Prof Brian Thorne discuss weighty matters

 Text Box: The Worshipful, the Sheriff of Norwich, Roy Waller, and the Sheriff’s Lady, Sylvie Waller share our celebration

Fundraising for counselling is a challenge, it is not a popular cause.  We are pleased to be supported by some local trusts and businesses, and in particular by individual supporters, a number of whom have committed to a regular monthly sum whilst others have given substantial one off amounts.   

The repairs were begun in January 2003, and every room in the building was affected at one time or another.  My abiding memory is of standing in the basement looking straight up to the ceiling of room two when the floor was removed – I wish I had taken a picture of that!  

The foundation of the new annexe was completed in June 2004 and the foundation stone was laid by Stephen in July 2004. 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

The next stage – the shell of the building was completed in the autumn of 2005, and we continued fundraising until we were able to complete the building in the Autumn of 2007.  When I stood in the car park and saw it with its window in, it brought a lump to my throat and every time I go in there I feel very moved to think how many kind people have supported us to enable this to be here today.

 Of course, we have to continue to fundraise to improve our building and access to it.  We need to widen our front door to make it accessible from the front path.  We need to knock through into the small room next to the waiting room to widen the waiting room and provide it with a window.  The Centre is in need of various repairs and redecoration.  We hope our generous supporters will continue to help us.

You can help by making a donation, forms are available from the Norwich Centre, and if you are a UK taxpayer the value of your donation can be increased if you complete a Gift Aid form. 

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We also welcome regular donations by standing order, if each of our supporters could commit to paying £5 per month for a year we could raise enough money to complete the annexe. 

You can even support us at no cost to you at all through our online shop www.buy.at/TheNorwichCentre.  Using the link to access the retailers in this scheme will generate commission in support of our appeal.  If you ever buy online from Amazon for example, don’t go straight to their site, click on their link on our web shop and then we will get 3% of the amount you spend.  Cards giving the link for our online shop are also available. 

Once again I would like to thank you all for your support  - without you the Norwich Centre would not exist and a beacon of light would go out leaving the world a bleaker place 

Caroline Kitcatt

Centre Director

Updated June 2008