About With Friends

06/09/2026

Come and see us this week at our Garden Street Gift Shop - usual times of Mon-Fri 9:30am-3:30pm 🫶

04/09/2026

Sending our best wishes and congratulations to our Team Manager Elliott who is getting married this month! 🤵 💑 💍


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03/09/2026

Whether its cakes for our North Lodge Park tearooms, meals for our leisure team, menu items for the staff canteen North Norfolk District Council or requests for private events, our kitchen team never stops! Thank you Helen & Team! 🙏 👏

https://aboutwithfriends.co.uk/catering-services

03/09/2026

Wishing all students and families well this week with the start of the new school year! 🏫 📚 ✍️

31/08/2026

We're open Tues-Fri this week 9:30am-3:30pm - pop in and treat yourself after the bank holiday! ❤️

27/08/2026

Bespoke Team sign of the week includes our usual stars, plus our Maintenance Operative Gary, who is working on our new wellbeing space! 🙌 🔨 🪛

25/08/2026

Lovely morning today meeting an amazing range of creatures with Wild Touch Wildlife Rescue 🫶 🐍 🦉 🕷

24/08/2026

We were thrilled to hear of a shop customer decorating one of our mini boards with Bob Marley lyrics! 🌴

Cromer Crab & Lobster Festival 🦀🦞 surfboard auction is this Sunday 30th Aug Cromer Pier & Pavilion Theatre at 12:30pm with crabbing registration & competition from 9:30am! 🦀

23/08/2026

Thank you for visiting Heather - Co-op Member Activator and we look forward to keeping in touch 👍

About With Friends: Building Confidence, Skills and Community Connections

Today I met with Giles, Volunteer Co-ordinator at About With Friends in Cromer, to learn more about their incredible work supporting adults with learning disabilities across the local area.

The organisation provides opportunities for members to build confidence, develop new skills and become active in their communities. From catering in the North Lodge Park Café and Bistro and the council canteen to woodworking, crafts and other hands-on activities, members are supported to grow their independence and explore their interests.

Later this year, we're hoping to welcome a group of members to our Cromer Co-op store to help them gain confidence shopping independently and learn how Co-op Membership can help them save money through member prices and exclusive deals.

It was inspiring to hear about the positive impact About With Friends is having and to explore ways we can work together in the future. And yes... I couldn't resist buying a crocheted cauliflower, now proudly named Connie, who will be joining me on the Live Locals roadshow! 🥦😊

23/08/2026

Garden Street Shop open as usual Mon-Fri this week 09:30-15:30 👀

Items include the amazing multi-use bird box/feeder man produced by our workskills woodwork team! 🙌