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Business

MisterWhat - UK Business Listings - MisterWhat provides one of the most comprehensive business listings of UK businesses. Our local business listings are free to consult, and allow you to find the firm, company, shop and product you are looking for quickly and easily.
Norfolk Chamber of Commerce - Working together Businesses can change and improve their local environment.
Rural Enterprise Valley - An exciting multi-million pound investment to establish the A11 corridor in and around Thetford as the place to do business for companies involved in the advanced engineering and motorsport industries.
Thetford Business Forum - The Thetford Business Forum is made up of like minded local business people and key decision makers who help to drive the economy of Thetford and the surrounding areas.
Thetford Women in Business Forum - We give a voice to professional women in and around Thetford and provide networking opportunities so that local women can learn from each other and gain new business opportunities and contacts.

Community Groups In Thetford

Barnham Cross Action Group - Serving the residents of the Barnham Cross Estate & surrounding area.
Cloverfield Residents Association - Formed to protect and advance the interests of all residents in the Cloverfields area.
Croxton Road Residents Association - Looking after the interests of residents in the area of Croxon Road.
Keystone Development Trust - The biggest development trust in the Eastern Region and one of the largest development trusts in England.
Thetford Music Project - Thetford Music Project aims to provide new and exciting musical opportunities for young people in an around Thetford.
Thetford Society - The Thetford Society is established for the public - to promote high standards of planning and architecture, to educate the public in the geography, history, natural history and architecture of Thetford and its environs and to secure the preservation, protection, development and improvement of features of historic or public interest.
Thetford Twinning Association - Thetford Twinning Association was founded in 1992, and works with the town council to organise formal twinning with Spijkenisse in Holland, Les Ulis in France and Hürth in Germany. In April of 2005 a twinning agreement with Skawina in Poland was completed.

Education

Help You Choose - Help you choose is Norfolk's 14–19 prospectus website and Common Application Process. It's developed by Connexions for young people in Norfolk. You can use help you choose to find out about courses, training and jobs in your area. You can also apply online to 6th form or college courses.

Health

NHS-Change For Life - Change4Life is a nationwide movement designed to help people make changes to their lifestyles, so that they can eat well, move more and live longer.
The Matthew Project - A drug and alcohol service offering confidential advice and support to anyone- family and friends included. We offer separate services for adults and people under 18.
Thetford Healthy Town - The way we live today means that lots of us, including our kids, have fallen into unhealthy habits. This means all of us need to make small changes to eat well, move more and live longer. The Thetford Healthy Town programme is making it easier for you to make these small changes that make a big difference. A number of projects and activities across the town will make it easy and fun for you to join in with your kids for a healthier and happier future.

Local Government

Breckland Council - Breckland is centred round the five market towns of Attleborough, Dereham, Swaffham, Thetford and Watton. Our Vision is to make Breckland ‘A Better Place with a Brighter Future’
Moving Thetford Forward - Thetford is about to see big changes over the next 15 years, we will see 6,000 more homes & 5,000 new jobs created. The town centre and other parts of the town will also see major investment and at the same time we will take special care to protect important historic assets.
Norfolk County Council - We provide a wide range of services for people who live, work, do business or visit here. They include children's services (such as schools), adult social services, highway maintenance, waste disposal, libraries, museums, fire and rescue, economic development and trading standards.

Tourism

Accommodation In Thetford
The Anglo Sikh Heritage Trail - A new perspective on the heritage of one of Britain's most visible minorities.
The Brecks Tourism Partnership - The Brecks Tourism Partnership brings together businesses and communities committed to developing and promoting sustainable tourism in the area.
Dad's Army - David Croft and Jimmy Perry's 'Dad's Army' was filmed in Thetford and the surrounding area. The town now has its own Dad’s Army Museum behind the Guildhall in Cage Lane. A walking trail leaflet of the Thetford locations used can be obtained from the town’s Tourist Information Centre. Nearby Bressingham Steam Museum has its own exhibition which features some of the vehicles used in the series and further information about the series can be found on the Dad's Army Appreciation Society website.
Maharajah Duleep Singh - Situated in the heart of Thetford, close to the Ancient House Museum, Butten Island provides a scenic backdrop to the statue of Duleep Singh. Widely regarded as the first major piece of Sikh public art outside India, this beautiful statue, officially unveiled by HRH the Prince of Wales in July 1999, serves as a permanent memorial to the Maharajah.
Restaurants In Thetford
Thetford Forest Park - Thetford Forest is a patchwork of pines, heathland and broadleaves providing the ideal setting for a day out, and a welcome refuge for a rich variety of animal and plant life.
Thetford Tourism - Thetford is an ancient market town filled to the brim with history and heritage sites, quiet gardens, open parkland and a relaxing riverside.
Thetford Town Council Official Guide - This town guide has been prepared to give a flavour of this historic settlement and to allow visitors to enjoy their stay and to learn more about this unique place, which we call home.
Thomas Paine - Thomas Paine was Thetford's most famous son. Born in Thetford on 29th January 1737 in White Hart Street (formerly Bridge-gate Street) , within the grounds of the building presently known as The Thomas Paine Hotel. He was the son of a Quaker and was educated at the Free Grammar School in Thetford. He was a revolutionary writer, defender of the rights of the common man and political thinker extraordinary. He played a significant part in both the American War of Independence and the French Revolution. Most notably he wrote 'The Rights of Man' ,'The Age of Reason' and the famous pamphlets 'Common Sense' and 'American Crisis'. Thomas Paine died in 1809 in the United States of America. In 1967 a bronze gilt statue sculpted by Charles Wheeler was erected at the front of King's House. This was presented to the people of Thetford by the Thomas Paine Foundation, New York, USA. Part of the inscription reads: 'Justice is due to every man: I seek no recompense - I fear no consequences. Fortified with that proud integrity that disdains triumph or to yield, I will advocate the rights of man: it is an affront to truth to treat falsehood with complaisance'. Further information about Thomas Paine is available on The Thomas Paine Society(UK Website), The Thomas Paine Society (USA Website), The Tom Paine 200 Celebrations(UK Website)

Voluntary Organisations

Samaritans - Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide.