We are selling our Yare & Bure One Design
YBOD 113 – Mottled Willow – £7,000 ono The Trust is selling its Yare & Bure One Design (White Boat) due to lack of use. She is believed to have been built in 1989 and has been owned by the Trust since 1998. Specification: Designer: Ernest Woods Builder: Kingsley Farrington LOA: 6.71m (22ft 0in) LOD:...
Book your 2023 Spring break now!
Book your 2023 break! Spring is on the horizon, what better time to book a break and enjoy the warming days and evenings as they start to stretch out. Norfolk is beautiful this time of year, come and explore the sandy beaches, historic market towns and Norwich, a fine cathedral city. The Norfolk Broads starts...
Oh, what a wonderful year!
What an amazing year we have had! 2022 has been a successful year with lots of new visitors and the return of many familiar faces through the door, all of whom have enjoyed motor cruising, canoeing, pedal launches and some have used our new Mega SUP. We are delighted to of welcomed new volunteers who...
Suggested Donations 2023
Please see here for updates to the suggested donations for 2023. ...
A Heartwarming Christmas Celebration
On Thursday 15th December we held our annual Christmas Lunch and were delighted to welcome approximately 80 people to include Volunteers and Trustees. Everybody enjoyed gathering for this lovely event, the first in three years – it was good to be back! Thank you to Nelson’s County Catering who provided a delicious Turkey roast and...
Our Gardeners are the best!
We don’t like to brag but we are REALLY lucky to have such amazing gardening volunteers. This week the fab team from Independance Matters Sprowston Hub did a brilliant job making table decorations for our Christmas lunch next Thursday. It will be a lovely occasion, made all the prettier by their talented green fingers!...
Collecting for Christmas
This year we’ve had a rethink about the raffle at the Nancy Oldfield Christmas lunch and hope that you’ll agree that, with so many local people struggling to put food on the table for their families, it would be great to collect food and other items for the North Norfolk Foodbank instead of running the...
Our day with The Norfolk Visitor Experience Show
Last week we were pleased to exhibit at The Norfolk Visitor Experience Show, an event that showcased Norfolk’s visitor experiences and activities. Unmissable England co-ordinated the event with Norfolk County Councils Interreg EXPERIENCE programme. The overall aim of the project is to harness the experiential tourism trend to extend the season (October – March), generating...
Volunteers Meeting
This week we held the annual Volunteers Meeting, our first since 2019. It was wonderful to see so many of our volunteers gather at New Victory Hall on Wednesday afternoon for the annual update. Stephen gave an overview of what has happened at the Trust throughout 2022 and what’s to come in the not so...
Christmas Carol Concert
The Eastern Daily Press and Norwich Evening News have kindly chosen The Nancy Oldfield Trust as the charity to support at their Christmas Carol Concert this year. The concert will take place on Wednesday 14th December 6pm to 7.30pm at St Peter Mancroft Church, Norwich. There is wheelchair access via the South porch door (opposite...