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| To unsubscribe from this Mailing or to opt out of all Halton and St Helens Voluntary and Community Action Mailings please use the links found at the bottom of the page. Welcome to the latest edition of the Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action E-Bulletin... Are you looking for a new adventure? Or would you like to donate some of your free time? Maybe you're thinking about a carer change? We're holding a Volunteer Recruitment Fayre on the 29th January, between 11am and 2pm, at our Widnes Office (St Maries, Lugsdale Road, Widnes, WA8 6DB).. There will be more than 25 groups present, all looking to recruit volunteers from Halton, St Helens and the wider area, so anyone looking to volunteer is welcome to drop-in during those times and have a chat about volunteering and the volunteer opportunities available... Merseyside Resident To Be Honoured With A Coveted British Citizen Award Kim Hughes, from Merseyside is to be recognised at the Palace of Westminster with a British Citizen Award in recognition of her extraordinary endeavours. The British Citizen Award, in partnership with One Stop, is now in its fifth year and recognises exceptional individuals who positively impact their communities throughout the country. Kim has been a volunteer for Apex Charitable Trust since 1998. She works with and supports ex-offenders helping them to turn their lives around. Kim shows kindness and compassion believing everyone deserves a second chance. She knows that education and opportunities not only help reduce reoffending, but strengthen communities by giving people a sense of purpose and worth... Non Magistrate Members of the Cheshire & Merseyside Advisory Committees Cheshire and Merseyside Advisory Committee are currently recruiting for volunteers for members of the Committee. The Advisory Committees for Magistrates’ Courts deal with the recruitment and recommendation for appointment of Magistrates within their areas. Cheshire-Merseyside currently have five vacancies for their Committee. This role is voluntary although travel and subsistence can be claimed... Interested in learning new IT skills? Get more from your tablet, laptop or smart phone with help from a Digital Champion Volunteer. Computer access available or bring your own device. Every Friday between 12 noon and 3pm at our Widnes office... Chrysalis Centre for Change Moving to New Premises Chrysalis Centre for Change is holding an informal open afternoon on 31st January 1-4pm. Organisations are welcome to pop over any time during the afternoon so you can have a look round their new premises, meet the team and exchange information. They will be providing tea/coffee/water and biscuits/cakes and they have two young women singing a couple of songs, one at 2pm and the other at 3pm if you want to time your visit around them. Emily writes her own songs and has a folk style using a guitar, and Abbie has a powerhouse voice and will be belting out a power ballad or two... The Knights House Fund aims to support people in the borough of Widnes who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress. The fund will fund both voluntary and community groups that are working in the Widnes area on a wide range of charitable projects and also individuals in need of additional help and support. Voluntary and community groups need to be able to evidence the requirement for their project and show how it will reduce the need, hardship or distress of their beneficiaries. The fund aims to support projects that are alleviating poverty, responding to a basic lack of provision and relieving emotional and physical suffering. Individuals can apply for items such as white goods and furniture and need to evidence a need for their request and demonstrate that funding is not available from elsewhere ie government funding... Chain Lane Community Centre AGM 'Run by the community for the community' is what Chain Lane Community Centre is all about, in maintaining a community asset for the community to use. It's their AGM on Tuesday 28th January at 6.00pm at the Centre. Interested in finding out how the Centre is run, what has been achieved over the last year and plans for the future? Then please come along. It's also an opportunity for people who are looking to get more involved in the sector as a trustee with a small charity... New Sub-Board Members Sought by Liverpool City Region LEP To stimulate and support regional economic growth, the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) supports a number of regional boards in the growth sectors and disciplines that are pivotal to delivering inclusive growth in the city region. These boards, made up of people from the private and public sectors, provide strategic insight, intelligence and guidance to the LEP board and the Combined Authority in the fulfilment of their strategic activities for the city region. Widening participation to less represented groups is something the Liverpool City Region LEP is committed to through the establishment of a Diversity and Inclusion Task Group with the aim of increasing diversity and inclusion on all LEP Boards. The LEP strongly welcomes new and fresh thinking from those who have not been actively represented before... Persona Insight CIC Community Peer Support Drop-Ins Persona Insight CIC Bespoke Peer Support have developed a community centre based Peer Support drop~in service. Every Monday’ 2-4pm Pi Community Centre Drop-in;sponsored by The Plus Dane Group; A free weekly meet-up where members talk, relax and enjoy a little rest bite from their struggles. A free drink upon arrival and a warm non judgemental welcome is guaranteed. Every Wednesday 10-12am The Boat Club Spike Island is the newest location. The first Pi Community Peer Support drop~in at Spike Island Widnes is on Wednesday 19th February 2020. The manager of The Boat Club kindly donated Persona Insight CIC the free use of the community cafe. The Boat Club will mirror Castlefields Community Centre drop-in. They will have activities that benefit everyone who lives in Halton, Cheshire as well as the wider communities and society of the United Kingdom. They create an inclusive non-judgemental community support network for those suffering the effects of in-group and out-group divides, which results in social exclusion and poor mental and physical health. They aim to break down the barriers, aid self-awareness, celebrate differences and encourage mindset growth... St Helens and District Diabetes Meeting for February 2020 The next meeting of the St Helens & District Group of Diabetes UK will be on Wednesday 5th February 2020 at 7.30pm in St Helens United Reformed Church, King St, WA10 2JZ. The church is next to Windle Pilkington Hall. The speakers will be Jan Cardwell and Sue Michaels who will be leading us in an evening of "Diabetes – Questions and Answers". Jan is a Diabetes Nurse Consultant and Sue is a Diabetes Specialist Nurse, they are both from the Specialist Diabetes Unit in St Helens Hospital... Age UK Mid Mersey are holding a coffee morining between 10am - 12pm on Wednesday 5th February 2020 for coffee and cake and find out more about how you can be involved. They have lots of different volunteering opportunities available: Befriending; Coffee Shop; Reception; Fundraising;Marketing & Administration. They would love you to join their team - what are you waiting for... Information Session About Pause.Recover Information Session about Pause.Recover at Momo's Cafe, 64-68 Westfield Street, St Helens, WA10 1QJ on Friday 24th January 11am to 12 noon and 1pm to 2pm. Free to attend and no referral needed. Come and find out how to live a life in recovery from addiction. Behaviour based training and support, led by peers for peers. Come for a hot drink, chat and meet others like yourself... Vacancy For Volunteer Classroom Assistant With Stick 'n' Step Stick 'n' Step have an exciting opportunity for a Classroom Assistant Volunteer to join the Stick ‘n’ Step family. The post is based in their Runcorn centre, where a vibrant and diverse classroom team work support children and young people aged 0-25 years to learn through play and therapy. They’re looking for a personable, enthusiastic and flexible team player, able to work independently and demonstrate resilience. Prospective volunteers should have a commitment to personal and professional development, an understanding of strong professional boundaries. Experience working with children and young people would be hugely beneficial to the role... Volunteer This New Year With Willowbrook Hospice As the New Year begins, many people will make an array of resolutions from joining a gym or giving up smoking to changing career. Most of these revolve around actions which will be of benefit to our well-being but why not commit to a New Year’s resolution that benefits others and yourself at the same time? Willowbrook Hospice is urging local people to think seriously about choosing volunteering as one of their New Year pledges. Bev Neilson, Retail Volunteer Coordinator for Willowbrook Hospice said: “Many of us are full of possibilities and good intentions, but by the end of January some of those good intentions have faded away. Volunteering offers a whole assortment of opportunities which can help meet your personal goals as well as making a difference"... 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 Please feel free to forward this email onto any other organisations/individuals who you feel would be interested. Apologies if you receive this email more than once. If you have any comments you would like to tell us about this e-bulletin, please send an email to ldaffern@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk or if you have any news/events you would like us to publicise, please complete our News/Events webform: https://www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/vca-newsevents-template |
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