The response to the Community Chest Challenge, which invited you to nominate a Norfolk or Waveney Valley-based charity to win Norwich City sponsorship for a day, has been exceptional, and the shortlist can now been announced.

More than 40 charities were put forward for the competition, run by Aviva and the EDP, and the judges were faced with the difficult challenge of whittling them down to five
finalists, which will now go to the public vote. These are:

NORCAS
The drug and alcohol charity provides a range of services for both adults and young people, helping them to control the effect their addictions have on their lives, and ultimately to beat them.
These include motivational support groups, complementary therapies, needle exchange, outreach work for homeless people and community care assessments.
For more information, visit www.norcas.org.uk.

East Anglia's Children's Hospice (EACH)
The Quidenham Children's Hospice and its care teams help local children with life-threatening conditions and complex healthcare needs, as well as helping their families with the emotional and physical challenges they face.

It welcomes whole families for short breaks so they can enjoy spending time together in a comfortable and friendly environment, and offers care at end of life, short break care, specialist play, music therapy, telephone support, practical help, advice and information and bereavement support for all family members.
For more information, visit www.each.org.uk or call 01953 715559.

Nelson's Journey
The Norwich-based charity supports children and young people who have experienced the death of a significant person in their life, such as a close family member.
It offers advice and information for bereaved families, a series of activity days and camps for young people aged 14 to 17, and three therapeutic residential weekend camps for children aged six to 13 every year.
For more information, visit www.nelsonsjourney.org.uk.

Keeping Abreast
This Norwich support group is for women who have been newly diagnosed with breast cancer and are facing the possibility of mastectomy as well as women who are also considering reconstructive surgery.

The bi-monthly meetings are also attended by women who have already had surgery and those at various stages of reconstruction, including nipple reconstruction and related procedures.
They offer a relaxed atmosphere and informative talks from professionals associated with breast reconstruction and general wellbeing.
For more information, visit www.keepingabreast.org.uk.

The Norfolk Millennium Trust for Carers
The Trust helps elderly, infirm, sick and disabled people in Norfolk by providing financial and practical support to their carers, either individually or through carers' groups.
It is aim of the appeal is to raise enough money to establish an enduring Charitable Trust, meaning they do not have to spend the initial capital and can instead use the interest to help people.
For more information, visit www.wecareappeal.co.uk.

The nominations were considered by an independent panel made up of six respected members of the community. These were:
- Chris Elliott, senior sponsorship manager for Aviva
- Nick Gibbs, sponsorship manager for Aviva
- Chris Goreham from Radio Norfolk
- Gemma Passant, community group leader at Aviva Norwich
- Peter Waters, editor of the EDP
- Gary Cook, advertising and sponsorship manager for NCFC.

How to vote for your chosen charity
The EDP will publish tokens every day for the community to collect. Tokens can either be put in the special boxes in the reception of the EDP offices in Norwich, Beccles, Cromer, Dereham, Diss, Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and Lowestoft, or posted to EDP editor Peter Waters in envelopes addressed to: Community Chest Challenge, c/o Peter Waters, Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich,
Norfolk, NR1 1RE.