Love Downham
Love Downham is part of the Nourishing Norfolk Network, which is a social supermarket offering affordable food to the whole community.
After almost 4 years, we have made the difficult decision to bow out of our Love Downham shop. We have absolutely loved our time in Bridge Steet and have met the best people along the way, but we need to fully focus our efforts on our main centre and the hugely important work we carry out there.
Funding has always been a challenge and has just got more difficult over the last few years. Alongside this, we have waiting lists for many of our services at Swan Youth Project with sessions regularly being over-subscribed. It is only right that we prioritise this area as we move forward.
We are not going straight away, and will keep you informed about next steps as we go along.
We know this will be sad for our fab regulars and amazing volunteers and staff, also for anyone who enjoys popping in for a cuppa and a chat. We hope you will stay in touch and come and check in with us at our community garden project in Paradise Road. We will also continue to offer the ‘Advice First Aid, Norfolk Community Law Service and ‘No Child Goes Hungry’.
Thank-you to everyone who has supported us, we are truly grateful. We hope to enjoy the time left in our shop, so please keep visiting us for all of the usual offerings.
Re-loved Clothing
Our clothing area is more of a boutique experience, housing only the best pre-loved clothing from well-known brands in great condition. Not only do you have the choice of some great clothes, you also get top quality service and care whilst you browse.
We pride ourselves on having a treasure trove of brilliant items at great prices, so please pop by and take a look next time you are in town
The Love Downham Team
Always there to help
Louise Ramsay
Assistant Manager (Community)
Louise is our Assistant Manager for Community . She is a highly experienced family practitioner with many years of community support within her roles, she has also recently become a Trauma Informed practitioner. You will find her delivering assemblies and workshops into schools and community groups, hosting events and generally gadding about the local area spreading the word of the Swan Youth Project! She also oversees our community shop Love Downham, and loves spending time chatting with our customers and signposting to our in-house services.
Kara Neve
Love Downham Assistant
Kara helps us to run our community shop. She is an absolutely joy to be around and makes all of our customers feel like they have won the lottery on every visit! She is a whizz with the clothing area and loves to display all of the donations in our re-loved boutique area.
Lizzy Mathis
Love Downham Assistant
Lizzy started off as a volunteer at our Love Downham shop and is now an employee! She loves to meet our customers and can always be relied on for a cuppa and a supportive chat with everyone. Lizzy looks after the food area and loves to get to know our customers really well.
