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Advice Skills Academy Project Manager

The Advice Skills Academy is a 3-year ESF-funded project to be delivered across the Liverpool City Region by a consortium of local Citizens Advice services, managed by the Women’s Organisation. The project will develop and deliver an integrated curriculum of accredited and non-accredited training to expand and develop the workforce for specialist advice services within voluntary and private sectors...

Victims' Voice Survey - Cheshire

Have you been a victim of crime in the last 12 months? Do you want to share your views on your experiences of victim services and the police? If so, the Cheshire Police & Crime Commissioner David Keane, is urging you to join the conversation as part of Victims Voice 2017...

Apex Charitable Trust - New St Helens Office

Apex Charitable Trust are moving out of their current St Helens office (Tontine House, Church Street) on Tuesday 28th March 2017 and moving to Century House. The new office will be open from Monday 3rd April...

Opportunity For Young People Aged 14-25 To Join Cheshire Youth Commission

The Youth Commission enables young people to support, challenge and inform the work of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire, David Keane and Cheshire Constabulary. The 2016 Youth Commission was a great success, collecting the views of over 1500 young people and delivering a comprehensive report and recommendation to the Commissioner, senior Constabulary officers and partners in November 2016. Following the first year's success the Commissioner is supporting the Youth Commission for 2017 and recruitment for more Youth Commission members is underway...

Friends Against Scams - FREE Event For Professionals Working With Older/Vulnerable Adults

St Helens Council Trading Standards Service will be hosting a Friends Against Scams Event on 2nd May 2017, at Ruskin Drive, St Helens. Scams affect the lives of millions of people across the UK and cost the UK economy £5 to 10 billion per year.  Legally speaking, a scam is a FRAUD offence, but only 5% of these crimes are reported. The average age of a scams victim is 75, and 53% of those aged over 65 have been targeted. The stress and pain of victimisation often results in depression, withdrawal and isolation from family and friends and the deterioration of physical and mental health. People defrauded in their own homes are 2.5 times more likely to either die or go into residential care within a year...

Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme

Are you planning to grow an organisation that helps people in need? Are you running or starting up a project to create social or environmental impact? You could find help and support through the Lloyds Bank and Bank of Scotland Social Entrepreneurs Programme, run in partnership with School for Social Entrepreneurs, with the support of Big Lottery Fund. They can help you to grow your organisation for a year...

New Parkinson's Cafe in Runcorn

Parkinson's UK are starting a new Parkinson's cafe at Halton Lea Library, Halton Lea, Runcorn. It will give people affected by Parkinson's a chance to meet others and discuss issues that matter to them. Local Adviser Denise Adamson will be on hand with information and support. The cafe will launch in Parkinson's Awareness Week on Thursday 13th April from 1.30 - 3pm and then continue to meet on the 4th Thursday in the month thereafter also from 1.30pm - 3pm...

Du’ the Duathlon For Willowbrook

The duathlon fundraising event is perfect for amateur athletes. The first run is 4km, followed by a 30km, bike ride, finishing with another 3km run. Entry is just £35 with participants asked to raise as much sponsorship as possible to help support the Prescot based hospice. The race will starts at 8am and all participants will receive a well-earned medal for their efforts...

Charity Commission Updates Finance Guidance For Trustees – Civil Society News

The Charity Commission has updated its guidance for trustees about their financial duties to make it more accessible.  Trustees’ legal duties have not changed but the refreshed guidance aims to be “more accessible and readable”. Charity finances: trustee essentials (CC25) is the regulator’s overarching financial guidance and is intended to be the ‘go-to’ piece of guidance. In many places it links to the regulator’s more detailed guidance on certain issues. It reminds trustees that “a charity can only succeed in meeting its aims if it manages its money properly” and includes sections about reviewing finances, identifying and managing risk, internal financial controls, reserves, managing financial difficulty...

Wellbeing Enterprises Job Vacancies

Help to kick start a social movement for health in Liverpool. Wellbeing Enterprises CIC is an award winning social enterprise recognised for its expertise in community centred health approaches. They are expanding into the Liverpool area and consequently are looking for passionate, caring and entrepreneurially minded individuals to help kick start a social movement for health across the city. Working in partnership with Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and funded by Macmillan Cancer Care this two year project aims to revolutionise the care provided to people living with a cancer diagnosis and their carers...

Have Your Say About The Library Service in St Helens

The library service in St Helens is conducting a review to examine how people currently use their library service, what they like or dislike about the service, and how they would like to use it in the future.  They also want to know about residents’ internet usage in order to better understand the way people obtain information and how libraries could support this. The survey is open to both library users and non-users who live, work or study in St Helens...

Remedi Recruitment - Restorative Practitioner

Remedi are recruiting a practitioner to cover criminal justice, community and family restorative work. The role will be 30 hours per week and will be based  across Cheshire. Specific location will be confirmed after the interview process...

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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...

Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum Halton

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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