R&N Ball a great success!

The Rogers & Norton 30th Anniversary Charity Ball took place on Saturday 2nd June at Colney Hall and we are delighted to say it was a great success! 

Thank you to all our guests and sponsors for your support and for celebrating with us our 30th Anniversary. The evening was one of the most successful Rogers & Norton balls in our history and you all helped make the night unforgettable.

With the help of over 400 guests we have raised approximately £10,000 to support our chosen charity Nelsons Journey and this figure continues to grow as we collect in further contributions arising from the Ball.

We will have some photographs and highlights from the night on our blog soon so keep checking for updates! We will also confirm the total amount raised for charity in due course.

For now, here's a glimpse of the marquee & some of our guests on the evening.

R&N 30th Anniversary Charity Ball

We are delighted to announce our 30th Birthday Celebration on Saturday 2nd June 2012 exactly 30 years to the day from when we first opened our doors.

Our 30th Birthday Ball will be held in a grand traditional Marquee at the stunning location of Colney Hall, Norwich.

This promises to be one of the most lavish events Norwich has ever seen.

The design & decor will be spectacular and Brasteds have been employed to create, prepare and serve an exquisite 4 course dinner.

Invitations will follow in the next few weeks. However, if you would like to reserve tickets please contact me as soon as possible as these are sure to be in great demand. Tickets are priced at £60 per person & will include a Champagne Reception, a 4 course meal with wine, coffee & mints & live music.

All profits & proceeds will benefit Nelsons Journey - a local charity helping Norfolk children cope with bereavement.

Graham Knights
Practice Manager
Rogers & Norton

gjk@rogers-norton.co.uk

01603 675618

Clare School Life Skills Room Grand Opening

We are delighted to be able to advise you that the project to renovate the Life Skills Room at the Clare School in South Park Avenue has finally been completed and officially opened by the Lord Mayor Cllr Eve Collishaw and The Right Hon. Charles Clarke MP on Friday 4th December 2009.

This project has taken almost three years to complete and was originally a fund raising idea by the Practice to help disadvantaged children at the School develop their culinary skills in what were very dated surroundings as no improvements had been carried out since the 1970s. We held a Grand Charity Ball in aid of the school in June 2007 at Drayton Old Lodge and raised a sum of just under £20,000 from the event. This has been added to other donations and grants to allow the refurbishment to take place.

We would like to take this opportunity to not only let all our clients and contacts know about the improvement but to say a big thank you to all those individuals and Companies who contributed in some way, large or small, towards making this happen. Without such support the renovation would not have been possible. We are including links to some photos and video footage of the speeches at the opening so you are able to see what has actually been achieved with the money and the enormous difference it will make to the children attending the School.

As a result of our liaison over the last three years we have become a Business Partner of the School which we hope will benefit the children in the future too.

If you would like further information about the School or the project please conact either the School Headmaster Nigel Smith at office@clare.norfolk.sch.uk or Graham Knights at Rogers & Norton gjk@rogers-norton.co.uk.

Watch Right Hon. Charles Clarke MP & Lord Mayor Cllr Eve Collishaw perform the opening ceremony here

Watch Nigel Smith's speech here

Photos can be viewed here

What's cooking at The Clare School ?

Something will be cooking at a special school in Norwich when the pupils return from their summer holidays!

The Clare School is about to have its old kitchen ripped out and a new one installed, partly funded by a £20,000 donation from Norwich based solicitors, Rogers & Norton.

It is a mixed, day Community Special School for pupils aged 3 to 19 years with special needs usually associated with physical disabilities and/or sensory impairments; many also have complex medical needs and learning difficulties.

“The current kitchen dates from the 1970s and presents us with a number of health and safety issues,” said Head Teacher, Nigel Smith.

“Now everything is being taken out and we will be having new windows, floors, cookers, units a special teaching area and all designed to be disability friendly.

“Cooking and food preparation is a vital part of the curriculum and to have modern, up-to-date facilities will greatly enhance the experience for our pupils. We will even have talking microwaves and scales to help visually impaired children.

“Work is just about to start and it will all be ready for pupils when they return to school in September.”

Added Graham Knights from Rogers & Norton, “We always look to support a local charity or good cause through money collected at our many fund raising events. The Clare School was mentioned as falling into that category so we came and met Nigel and were very impressed with the work he and his team do.

“The kitchen certainly needed some work done to bring it up to modern standards so we are delighted the money is going to such a worthy project and I look forward to coming back in September to see it finished.”

http://www.clare.norfolk.sch.uk/