Mayor’s Charities 2022/23
The Purfleet Trust
The Purfleet Trust was set up as a charity in 1993 to provide help for single homeless people in King’s Lynn and West Norfolk.
Its services now include housing advice to help people find accommodation, support to help them maintain their tenancies, and a Health and Wellbeing Centre providing a daily hot meal and the opportunity to gain some essential life skills.
The centre can be used as a postal address and there is free access to both computers and the telephone.
The organisation relies on charitable donations, including charitable trusts, Crisis, Local Authority, Big Lottery as well as generous donations from the local community.
Bridge for Heroes
The Bridge for Heroes was established in September 2010 by Mike and Helen Taylor with the aim of delivering direct and immediate support to the HM Armed Forces community, veterans and their families.
Since its opening in June 2011 The General Dannatt Contact Centre in King’s Lynn has provided support through respite breaks, compensation claims, pensions advice, veteran advice and guidance, housing advice, service records and medal applications, and military family research.
The General Dannatt Contact Centre, based across two floors, has an easily accessible ground floor, seating area, museum, therapy room and small charity shop. The first floor consists of one-to-one areas for carrying out workshops, training sessions and family support.