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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... We're Moving.... Do You Need Any Office Furniture? We are moving to our new office in St Helens this month. We have a lot of office furniture including desks, office chairs, bookcases, lever arch files etc, available for our member organisations for free / small donation! Our current St Helens office (Tontine House) will be open Friday 10th and 17th March, 10am to 3pm for you to visit and select any available furniture (you will have to arrange your own collection of any items). More FREE Training for VCA Members Are you a member of Halton & St Helens VCA? Would your staff and volunteers benefit from free training? We have added some new training sessions to our programme including Creating and Managing Effective Meetings and Developing a Business Plan.. So why not take a look and book your place today... Refugee Action Resettlement Worker Vacancies Drawing on over 30 years’ experience of refugee resettlement, Refugee Action are working with Liverpool City Council as part of the Syrian Vulnerable Persons resettlement scheme to welcome refugees. As a Resettlement Worker you will provide and develop a range of tailored services that provides support to refugees arriving in the region and enables them to reach their own goals in their integration in the UK. This will include support around housing, health, education and employment in co-operation with a wide range of agencies... St Helens Mind would like to invite you to there annual general meeting on Friday 17th March 2017, 1.00pm-3.00pm. Guest speaker will be Mark Lunney, Age UK Mid Mersey, Chief Executive Officer. Light refreshments will be provided... The Halton Diabetes UK Group is a support group for people who live in Halton and have diabetes. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 21st. The guest speaker will be Susan Gallagher, dietician at The Countess of Chester Hospital and also the lead for the Diabetes Essentials Education Programme in Halton. Susan will be discussing carbohydrates in our daily diet. There are a lot of misconceptions out there about carbohydrates and diabetes and Susan will give the facts and dispel the myths... Zut Film Tells Inspiring Story of Tom Dowling and All Together NOW Liverpool video agency Zut Media has produced an online film telling the remarkable story of Tom Dowling and his newspaper All Together NOW. Dowling was shot and instantly paralysed in Iran in 1974 at the age of just 20. He went on to forge a long career as a reporter with the Liverpool Echo, before setting up the free charity newspaper All Together NOW! in 2004... The DWP recently published a call for Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) funded activity to support young people into work across Liverpool City Region. Approximately £7.6m (£3.8m ESF and £3.8m YEI ) of funding is available, the deadline for Full Applications is 23 April 2017 and projects must cover the whole of Liverpool City Region. The LEP is holding a workshop on Friday 10th March, 10am – 12 noon. For potential applicants to provide further information about the call... PAPYRUS- Prevention Of Young Suicide PAPYRUS have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and resourceful individual to work on a variety of communications and engagement platforms. You will play a vital role delivering our communications strategy and helping to champion and manage the PAPYRUS brand. This role will suit someone who has excellent writing skills, experience of digital engagement, and can juggle multiple projects simultaneously. As a small team in a growing organisation, team members are expected to be flexible, reliable, and hard-working, as well as being a team player able to use initiative and seek solutions when required... Don't Forget... The next Volunteer Managers/Co-ordinators Forum will be on Tuesday 28 March. 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... Cheshire Victim Services Directory Halton & St Helens VCA, working with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire have compiled a directory and on-line resource for Victims Services in Cheshire in the voluntary and community sector. The directory is for anyone who has been affected by crime in Cheshire, the website will help to find the advice and support needed. This information is provided to anyone who may need support regardless of whether a crime has been reported or when it happened...
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