Welcome to the latest edition of the Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action E-Bulletin…
National Lottery Community Fund: Funding Officer – North West (6 Month Fixed Term Contract) Vacancy
The North West Regional Team are looking to recruit a Funding Officer to join them in assessing requests for funding and managing grants for a 6 month period. You will bring local knowledge, best practice, thematic expertise, and the experience of customers and stakeholders to improve grant making and inform decision making. By working closely with people and communities in the North West, you will understand what matters to them and where funding can make the biggest difference. With strong communication skills you will support local communities sharing your strong understanding of their vision, their commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion and their funding products…
Grants Fund for Small VCSE Mental Health Providers
Association of Mental Health Providers is pleased to announce the launch of the second round of a small grants fund on Monday 26 July. This fund will be used to provide grants of up to £5,000 to support the sustainability of mental health voluntary, community and social enterprise provider organisations, with a turnover of £0-250k. VCSE mental health organisations have a vital role working in the community providing support to anyone who has a mental health need but continues to face many challenges in delivering services during COVID-19, intensified by the lockdowns and varying tier systems. It is vital that service providers working in the community are supported to enable them to continue delivering essential, life-saving services to people who need it most so it can be effective and sustainable during and after the pandemic…
A Place to Grow Open Day – St Helens Mind
The impact of COVID-19 is being felt everywhere. Self-isolation can bring with it loneliness and a feeling of loss of connection with your community. St.Helens Mind can help you to brighten your day! You may be surprised that St. Helens Mind doesn’t just help people who are experiencing mental health difficulties. They are also here to help you to maintain your mental wellbeing, by tackling issues like loneliness and isolation that can lead to stress and anxiety. The team is now offering you the chance to enjoy their beautiful allotment each Thursday to help you to keep connected, share your thoughts, enjoy fresh air, and good company. They are holding an Allotment Open Day on Wednesday 11th August from 11am until 3pm, refreshments, flowers and produce will be available…
Bereavement Awareness – Cheshire Bereavement Network
The loss of a loved one can be hard to bear, help and support is available for you and your family. It is always hard when we lose someone we love, the grief process we go through is a very personal and individual experience. Where do we turn turn to for support? All too often we do not want to ‘burden’ others with our problems, we try to process our grief alone – you are not alone. Cheshire Bereavement Network has been coming together for a number of years and is made up of different support services for all the different circumstances around bereavement. Halton Health Improvement Team want to provide you with the opportunity to find out exactly what support is available to you…
We’re looking for volunteers from St Helens to help make a season of spectacular events shine, could you help? July 2021 will see three new park spaces, installed right in the heart of St Helens, and Earlestown. This is part of a wider project to support the recovery of St Helens after the Pandemic. Whether you’re a local volunteer, community organisation, food/drinks vendor, or business, there will be opportunities to take part…
No Cost Online Courses Available Now
WeFindAnyLearner would like to offer you their latest offer of No Cost Online Certified Courses Available Now! The courses they offer are government-funded, which means they are available at no cost and will help develop your knowledge and skills at your own pace, in your own home within approximately 20 hours or around 4 to 6 weeks…
The Community Ownership Fund is a £150 million fund over 4 years to support community groups across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to take ownership of assets which are at risk of being lost to the community. It forms part of a substantial package of UK wide levelling-up interventions, helping to support recovery, build opportunity and empower communities to improve their local places. The fund is open to community groups across the United Kingdom. Communities applying to the fund should have a strong vision for the long-term future of the asset, its purpose and potential in community life, and a plan for how the asset can thrive under community ownership…
Mental Health Awareness & Suicide Awareness Training Sessions
As more restrictions are being lifted and we are trying to get back to some kind of normal, the Halton Health Improvement Team realise you may be seeing an increase in people looking for support or that your staff themselves need support. They are conscious that the impact of the last 17 months may well last for some time yet. With this in mind they thought it may be useful to book in some training sessions that you can all access for yourselves or your staff. You may have new staff, or staff who require a refresher as they have previously attended their training…
Women’s Wellness & Women in League Sessions
Saints Community Development Foundation Women In League programme is about to be fully launched. The Women’s Wellness sessions are particuarly exciting and hopefully you will know people who would benefit from them. The sessions run on a Tuesday and a Thursday. The Tuesday session is 7-9pm and the Thursday is 7-8pm commencing on 10 August. The Tuesday sessions consist of an hours exercise and an hours education on the above subjects and the Thursday session is an hours exercise…
Are you considering Hybrid working for your staff ACAS have advice on how to consider,discuss and introduce hybrid working…
Floating Support Worker – Halton
Shap is a highly regarded, innovative, practical and financially viable charity and voluntary organisation that works to sustain communities, reduce homelessness, increase the health and wellbeing of vulnerable adults and young people and improve the life chances of the next generation. They are looking for a Support Worker who will provide high quality housing related support, guidance & advice to vulnerable people (and sometimes their children), enabling them to resettle and/or sustain their tenancy. Assisting people to claim benefits & support with budgeting & debt management. It’s a challenging role but one that brings lots of rewards, seeing people flourish with the support that you provide to them and knowing that you’ve made a difference…
The Shine On Course is a brand new, totally free supportive service from Sam’s Diamonds providing women with all the guidance and advice needed to confidently return to work after a cancer diagnosis. The course is open to any women in the Halton area who have been through cancer treatment and need an extra boost when it comes to rebuilding their confidence to return to work. It is a six week course run at their head office in Widnes. Each week will be focused on a different topic and include multiple sessions from industry professionals…
Weekly get together at Wetherspoons Ferry Boat, Runcorn. Why not join Halton Open each Monday for a breakfast or drink of coffee or tea at Wetherspoons Ferry Boat Tavern. Tea and coffee costs only 99p and breakfast are a very reasonable price. Groups will all be seated at 4 or 6 seated tables and will remain as safe as possible, however there will be chatting and enjoying each others company…
Halton and St Helens VCA are pleased to welcome our new and re-registered affiliated, non-affiliated and associate members. We all look forward to working with you. If you’d like to find out about your membership status, click on the link below which will take you to our current list of Affiliated and Associate members, or contact Lynne Daffern ([email protected]) or Debbie Morris ([email protected]) for more information
https://www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/vca-membership-list
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