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Meet The Funder - National Lottery Community Fund

Come along to our Widnes office on Monday 11th March and enjoy some time of networking along with hearing from Anna Simmon from The National Lottery Community Fund  who is  the Funding Officer for both Cheshire and Merseyside. During this morning session you will get the opportuntiy to hear all about the opportunities that The National Lottery Community Fund offer with a particular emphasis on their Reaching Communities Programme. In addition to hearing from The Big Lottery Fund we will also have the Halton Borough Council's External Funding Team available to offer any further support in developing your applications. So what are you waiting for... Book your place today...

Money Advice Caseworker

Established in 1999 Raise is an advice service that supports clients within their own home with welfare benefits, money advice and financial capability advice at a specialist level. This is an opportunity to be involved in the delivery of their money advice service to clients in the Liverpool City Region. In order to achieve this they need a highly motivated individual who is passionate about empowering individuals to manage their money worries. You will be experienced in providing high level debt advice within a performance management framework. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate and work with a large variety of different people...

Funding Bulletins from Halton Borough Council – March

Our colleagues from Halton Borough Council’s External Funding Team have prepared some Funding Bulletins containing valuable information for voluntary organisations looking for grants to get projects off the ground. The Monthly funding bulletins offering information on funding opportunities in The Arts, Community & Voluntary, Environment & Heritage, European, Faith, Health, Schools, Sports and Youth...
 

Crownway Community Centre Are Looking For Volunteers

Crownway Community Centre are currently looking for people to lend a helping hand in the café for a few hours on Wednesdays and Fridays. If you are interested, please enquire in the office at Crown Street, Earlestown, Newton-le-Willows...

Free Legal Assistance

The Not-for-Profits Programme from Law Works is for small not-for-profit organisations that cannot afford or would struggle to pay for legal advice. Where a not-for-profit organisation needs help with a one-off legal issue, Law Works match the organisation with a volunteer lawyer from its network of member law firms and in-house legal teams who can advise on that matter.  The advice is given for free (pro bono). Examples of discrete matters volunteers can help with include: Drafting a contract, reviewing a lease, updating a constitution/articles, or clarifying rights in a commercial dispute...
 

Appointment Of Independent Co-Opted Member

The Merseyside Police and Crime Panel is seeking a committed and enthusiastic person from the Merseyside area to serve as a co-opted independent member on the panel from July 2019 for a term to end in May 2023. This role is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the arrangements for police governance and accountability, which would involve scrutinising and supporting the Police and Crime Commissioner. The role of a panel member is an important and demanding one. The typical commitment required from a member of the panel is expected to average one day a month, including preparation time. Applicants must live or work within the Merseyside area (Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton and Wirral)...

Halton Carers Centre Carers Forums

Halton Carers Centre & Halton Borough Council are holding a Carers Forum on Thursday 7th March 2019 in Halton Stadium 9.30am - 2pm. The event is open for carers in Halton to come and share their views on carers services in Halton and shaping future services. On the day they will be joined by 20+ organisations in Halton who will be be holding stands to promote their services. Lunch will be served for those who attend. Place/s must be booked, to reserve your place please contact Halton Carers Centre on 01928 580182...

VCA Membership Offer and Renewal

Have you had received your new VCA membership update and renwal pack?  If not, let us know!  The new membership offer is split into Non Affiliated with basic benefits and Affiliated that gives you access to full membership benefits.  You can find out more by reading our new Membership booklet...

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Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum Halton

The Next Volunteer Managers/Co-ordinators Forum will be on Tuesday 30 April 2019 - 11.30am-2pm, at St Marie's, Lugsdale Road, Widnes. The Forum meets six monthly to share information, discuss issues, monitoring and anything else to do with volunteering. The meetings are informal and enjoyable. We hope you will feel able to participate. Should you feel it would be helpful or appropriate for your role as a Volunteer Manager/Co-ordinator, please come along on the above date. Lunch is not provided, so please bring along your own. Tea and coffee will be provided...

Volunteer Week 2019 - Events

Volunteers Week 2019 (1st - 7th June) is an opportunity to recognise the contribution made by volunteers across the UK and raise awareness of the value and impact their volunteering can have on people’s lives.  Volunteers’ Week is the perfect opportunity to recognise volunteers who give their time, energy and enthusiasm to helping other.  It is also an opportunity for volunteers to benefit from new experiences, make friends, gain skills and have fun. As part of this volunteer celebration, Halton Volunteer Centre are holding a number of events/days out that any volunteer from either Halton, St Helens or the wider area is welcome to attend / join...

VCSE Connect

Information about the voluntary, community, charitable sector still remains one of the key issues raised by professionals and clinicians when you ask the question “What could the voluntary sector do?” or “How can I refer this person to something more appropriate?”

As the gateway into the sector, Halton & St Helens VCA holds lots of information and data about local voluntary action.  We have produced that in great detail, in “Here to Help”, provided a search facility on our website, share information with key organisations and have many different ways of sharing what groups do, but still people say they don’t know what groups exist, what they do and how they get to them or refer to them.  So Halton & St Helens VCA has been working on an extension to our database which will display information about groups in an easy format, tell you what they do and when, allow clinicians and other key professionals to log-in directly and make a referral directly to the group (as long as they have agreed to receive referrals).  This means for the first time there will be a single place where referrals to the local voluntary and community sector can be made.

If you would like your organisation to be included in the VCSE Connect directory...

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