This week’s Top 5 contains things you can enjoy doing whilst staying at home! Watch your favourite spots around Norfolk and travel through time, discovering the history of the county, keep moving with Joe Wicks, learn something new with The Open University and continue to cook up a storm with Jamie Oliver. And most importantly, stay at home, and stay safe. 

Keep Cooking and Carry On

Jamie Oliver is fronting a new cookery show which started this Monday, focussing on easy-to-follow, nutritious recipes and making the most from kitchen staples. The series, which was turned around in just a few days, forms part of Channel 4’s response to these current times.
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PASSPORT PARTNER UPDATES

The weekly top 5 will be used to bring you the latest updates from Norfolk Passport brands during the fight against COVID-19. For the latest information please click here. We will update this as frequently as possible.  

Following Government guidance and making the right decisions at the right times has been of the utmost importance for the safety and wellbeing of customers and staff. Last Tuesday saw the closure of all Norfolk Passport partner restaurants, Saturday our hotels closed and finally self-catering early this week.

Byfords Store transformed into a community shop selling essential store cupboard goods (at cost price) and takeaway food items, with 30% of sales being donated to Love Holt to give back to the community. The initiative was a great success and had a huge positive impact on the community and those who volunteered! 

The Ffolkes also set up a village shop to service the local community in Hillington, with 30% of takings being donated to The Norfolk Hospice. 

Both initiatives have closed for the time being due to stricter guidance from the government.
 
SUPPORTING OUR TEAMS 

It is a real tough situation, a constant juggle between social responsibility and trying to flatten out our financial sombrero! Teams across Norfolk Passport brands have shown such positivity through difficult times, the energy and creativity is an incredible motivator to us all!

However, the impact on our medium-sized business, based on a closure of 16 weeks (hopefully!), will be around £500,000 from reserves.

We are eagerly awaiting news from the PM on how best to support our self-employed team members. We started a construction project in January at The Lodge, Drayton creating 33 houses and 5 apartments. Most people working on the project are self-employed and we are doing our best to get the balance correct and support them through this period.

SUPPORTING NORFOLK PASSPORT HOLDERS

• All bookings can be transferred to a new date with a 10% loyalty discount or receive a full refund.
   
• Gift vouchers will be extended by the period of closure. Any gift vouchers purchased between now and re-opening will be issued from the date of reopen and be valid for a year from that date. Email your gift card number to info@norfolkpassport.com - gift cards will be reissued and extended once we reopen.
   
• Room bookings are being taken from 1st July 2020 and are available to book online including our two-night summer breaks. The phone lines will be open between 9am - 5pm - please note that we are working with a skeleton team so delays may occur, booking online is advised. Our contact number is 01263 711400
   
• Norfolk Passport sign-ups are still active, physical cards will be issued once we are back up and running

Thank you for your continued support.

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