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Welcome to the first edition of the Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action E-Bulletin for 2017...

Applications Are Open For The Weston Charity

The Weston Charity Awards celebrate and support excellent charities working in the fields of Youth, Welfare and Community. This year, the awards will support 18 charities across the North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Midlands. Weston Award winners will receive £6,500 unrestricted grant funding alongside business mentoring support from capacity building charity Pilotlight. The purpose of the award is to support ambitious charities personally and financially so you can achieve your goals. Closing date is Friday 13th January....

ERDF Call For The Next Round Of Bids Launched

The next round of calls has now been developed and has been launched on the GOV.UK website. There is a new call under Priority Axis 3 SME Support, (Investment Priority 3c – Business Infrastructure / Gap Funding), in Liverpool City Region. This call is for ERDF funding only (link to call specification). The deadline for the submission of Outline Applications to DCLG for the call is 23:59 on Friday 17th February. To align with this, LCR LEP is holding a workshop to give stakeholders information on the call and to outline process...

Chain Lane Community Centre AGM

The Trustees/Directors of Chain Lane Community Centre would be delighted to welcome you to their Annual General Meeting. It's an opportunity to find out about the community centre and the work of the Management Committee. The AGM will be followed by a regular committee meeting and anyone who is interested in becoming a member of the Committee is welcome to attend...

Police & Crime Commissioner Urges The Public To Join The Conversation

David Keane, Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, is urging residents across the county to join the conversation on funding for their police service. Between 3 and 24 January 2017, Cheshire’s communities will be able to give their views on whether funding for Cheshire Constabulary should be maintained at current levels or reduced. It will only take two minutes of your time, and the outcome will influence the decision the Commissioner makes about the policing precept. You will have three options; a two percent increase, a one percent increase or no increase to the policing element of the council tax...

NCVO Data Protection Seminar

Get up to date on the latest developments in Data Protection legislation and find out what you need to do to ensure you stay within the law.  At this session you will: find out about fundraising and data protection regulations; get practical tools to ensure your organisation complies with Data Protection legislation; learn how you can effectively, and legally, fundraise and communicate with your supporters to gain their trust; identify how to clearly explain how you use people’s information...

Measuring Wellbeing In Schools - Free Workshops

Every year, Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families work to improve the lives of thousands of children and young people with mental health problems. They provide specialist help, they train others, and they carry out innovative research. Measuring mental wellbeing can help schools understand when young people need support, what support to provide, whether it works, and how to improve it...

RASASC (Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre) And SARC (Sexual Assault Referral Centre) Workshops

Did you know that Halton has a lower than expected referral rate to these services? Are your staff aware of these services and how to access them for both Adults and Children? To book places...

Duty To Notify Modern Slavery Materials

From 1 November 2015, specified public authorities have had a duty to notify the Secretary of State of any individual encountered in England and Wales who they believe is a suspected victim of slavery or human trafficking. This duty is intended to gather statistics and help build a more comprehensive picture of the nature and scale of modern slavery. It is estimated that there were 10,000-13,000 victims of modern slavery in the UK in 2013, but only 1,746 potential victims were referred to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in the same period. In 2015, this figure rose to 3,266 potential victims...

Life With Art

The old B&Q at Widnes has been changed in to a Life with Art Art Centre for the whole of January . They deliver free art and craft workshops  to community groups all the materials, equipment , refreshments and tutors are free of charge.  Examples of their workshops include printing, sculpture, jewellery making, textiles and felt making...

Can Do Merseyside

Can Do Merseyside is part of the registered charity Leonard Cheshire Disability. Can Do is a community based volunteering programme which is person centred and supports young disabled people aged 16-35 in their local community to develop their skills, provide new experiences and promote their independence by participating in a variety of projects and by playing an active role in their community. Can Do delivers taster sessions and one-off activities as well as Building Communities programmes, a longer term project where participants can gain a City & Guilds accreditation. All activities that are delivered are based upon themes relating to personal development or the community and are fully funded by the Can Do project...

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