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£45,000 Released To Keep Young People Safe Over Autumn Half Term

Community groups which work to divert young people away from crime and anti-social behaviour during the busy autumn half-term are being invited to bid for a small cash boost, thanks to Merseyside’s Police Commissioner. Jane Kennedy has announced that she releasing a new round of funding from the Police Property Act Fund (PPA), which allows money raised from the sale of unclaimed stolen goods or property recovered by the police to be used for good causes. It is the tenth time the Commissioner has asked community organisations, charities and groups to apply for grants of up to £5,000 for grassroots initiatives which are working to help young people to make the right choices. A total of £45,000 is available from the fund for one-off grants for organisations which are committed to improving community safety, reducing crime or supporting victims. Closing date is 30th August...


Quick Survey Into Reducing Family Conflict In Halton - Win £20 Shopping Voucher

It is normal for parents to argue but where arguments are frequent, heated, and unresolved it can have a negative impact on both the parents and their children. We call this state of affairs parental conflict”. We all know a family that has been under strain (even broken up) and where children are caught in the middle... but what more can local services do more to support families?  To this end, Citizens Advice Halton is conducting a very short (5min) survey that will really help them and their partners understand how they can better support Halton families experiencing parental conflict...


The Second Round Of ESF Community Grants For Liverpool City Region Is Now Open

The funds have been granted by the government’s Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) in partnership with Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership to the Worker’s Educational Association (WEA), an adult education charity which provides training and learning opportunities for people at risk of exclusion. The WEA will distribute small grants of £20,000 across Merseyside and Halton to eligible organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector between April 2019 and May 2021. Funded activities will target those aged 19 and over, from the hardest to reach communities...


The Staying Home Service

As we get older, we often need a little more help and assistance to remain independent in our homes. If you need support at home, the Staying Home Service in St Helens is here to help. Are you a homeowner or someone who lives in a privately rented property? Torus provide a variety of services, tailored to individual needs that help people over the age of 55 remain independent, stay in control and enjoy a better quality of life...


Care at the Chemist Consultation

NHS St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has started a 12 week consultation regarding its ‘Care at the Chemist’ scheme and wants to hear the views of the public as it reviews the future of the scheme. The ‘Care at the Chemist’ scheme for minor ailments is available to the public in all but two patient-facing pharmacies in St Helens and patients eligible for free prescriptions can obtain treatment for 27 minor ailments free of charge. The consultation is running until Saturday 21 September... 


Cancer Research UK Shine Night Walk Liverpool - Volunteers Needed

On Saturday 31st August, hundreds of walkers will light up the streets of Liverpool when they take on a 10k walking challenge to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK, but they need your support! Sign up right now to volunteer and together we will beat cancer! There are a variety of roles including supporting course marshals, pit stop volunteers and finish volunteers. Get stuck into all kinds of tasks from putting up marquees, giving out course maps and medals or take on a more supportive role where you’ll need to be proactive and empathetic to ensure walkers feel re-energised to continue taking steps to the all important finish line...


Halton VCSE Forum

Halton & St Helens VCA are pleased to share with you the date of the Halton VCSE Forum. The Forum will be on Monday 12th August at 10am to 12.30pm at our Widnes office.   We are bringing key partners together to connect with the sector to provide and share key developments on One Halton and we will update on key work and initiatives in Halton...


St Helens and District Diabetes Meeting for September

The next meeting of the St Helens & District Group of Diabetes UK will be on Wednesday 4th September 2019 at 7.30pm at the St Helens United Reformed Church. The church is next to Windle Pilkington Hall.  The speaker will be Jessica Graham who will be talking on the subject of Driving with Diabetes...


Rent & Business Rates Free Retail Units For Charities In Bootle

Offer of Rent & Business Rates Free property for Charities in and around Bootle. Opportunity for charities looking for additional space to use on a Rent & Business Rates Free basis. Avire UK Lettings Limited are able to offer retail spaces for charities which can be used for Retailing, Drop in Centre, Training or even just for storage. Sizes range from 419 – 4680 sq ft approx. The only costs you will incur for using this property will be utility bills...


Memorial Evening For Those Of Us Bereaved By Suicide

Halton Health Improvement Team and Amparo are holding their 2nd memorial evening at Halton Stadium on Tuesday 10th September 2019 for anyone who has been bereaved by suicide. The evening aims to provide a space for thought and reflection in supportive surroundings, provide an opportunity to meet others who have had similar experiences and most importantly remember those we have lost to suicide...


The Healthy Living Team Are On The Move

St Helens Healthy Living Team, Smokefree and Specialist Weight Management Services are coming together to provide support for local people under a local offer. The new office base will be; St Helens Wellbeing Service, City Health Care Partnership CIC, St Helens College...


VCA Membership 

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 call Lynne Daffern or Debbie Morris on 01928 592405 / 01744 457100  for more information. 

https://www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/vca-membership-list


Don't Forget...

Volunteer Recruitment Fairs 2019

Halton Volunteer Centre are holding two Volunteer Recruitment Fairs in Widnes later this year.  The fairs will be a market place style event for the most part. However, we would like to make the event as exciting and interactive as possible, so please feel free to be creative when considering how you might engage with the general public & students. We would request that your stand is manned for the whole time, so that the last visitor has a good experience as the first one. Also, we ask that fundraising tins etc are not put out on your stand as this is purely a recruitment fair. The first one will be held at Kingsway Campus on 1st October and the second one will be held at Cronton Sixth form college on 8th October...

 

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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