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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. Big Lottery Fund Are Recruiting The Big Lottery Fund are changing the way they work in England by improving the grant making and moving closer to the communities they fund. They will work across six local hubs, covering the Midlands, south west, Yorkshire and the Humber, London and the south east, north west and north east regions. The teams in these areas will be the main point of contact for communities. They will work with people to develop their ideas, from application through to project completion, and they will create opportunities for groups to come together... Metro Mayor To Hold First Community Question Time In St Helens Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor, Steve Rotheram will kick-start a programme of community question time events on Tuesday, 7 November at Langtree Park, McManus Drive, St Helens, WA9 3AL. Doors will open with refreshments available from 19.00 with the event starting at 19.30 prompt. Places are limited and tickets allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. The session will be chaired by Sally Yeoman Chief Executive of Halton and St Helens Voluntary and Community Action... Alfred Shaw Trust fund is now open for applications. The Trust Fund is managed by the Community Foundation for Merseyside. The Trust was established in memory of Alfred Shaw and this fund has been created following the transfer of the Trust fund to the Community Foundation. The fund supports groups working in the Runcorn (WA7 postcode) area on projects that help vulnerable adults and children and it can also fund young people for educational projects... Introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Public & Social Sectors Sign up to this two hour introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goals for the Public and Social Sectors to find out more about the Global Goals, and how the Liverpool City Region can become a beacon for best practice and collaboration. They will explore... Volunteer Centre Halton Christmas Quiz Volunteer Centre Halton are holding their Free Christmas Quiz for volunteers & volunteer co-ordinators on Monday 4 December, 7.30-10pm at St Marie's, Lugsdale Road, Widnes WA8 6DB. Sandwich supper provided, bring your own tipple. Teams of 6 (at least one must be a volunteer), if you need help raising a full team, we can help to fill your team... NHS St Helens CCG is currently working to fill the lay member role for engagement on the CCG board. You may have already sat or attended board meetings for a local or national charity and would be familiar with a lot of the practices used in the CCG. If you are passionate about health care services, know St Helens and would like to be involved in shaping the delivery of health care services in St Helens, when admittedly these services are under pressure then please consider this role. There is a commitment in St Helens CCG as in the health care system as a whole, that the voice of people who use the services is developed to influence the changes taking place in recognition of the fact that without this the services will not be as effective... Free to attend to bring together people of faiths and belief to engage in dialogue, sharing knowledge and actions around climate change. Tuesday 14th November 9.15am - 2.45pm... Free Safeguarding Children & Young People for Voluntary and Community Groups in St Helens Working in partnership with St Helens Local Safeguarding Childrens Board we will be delivering a one day Safeguarding Children & Young People Awareness training session on Thursday 23rd November at our offices in Widnes. It is important that voluntary, community and faith sector organisations are aware of their responsibilities when it comes to safeguarding children and young people and so this one day course will cover... Two members of staff at Halton Haven Hospice will be shaving their heads in a bid to raise money to fund the Hospice’s services. On Friday 10th November, Sue Roberts and Kath Walker will both clip their hair down to a grade four to raise money to help fund the Hospice. Sue, from The Uplands in Runcorn, is the Activities Co-ordinator within Day Hospice at the Haven and, having worked there since January 1990, is one of the longest-serving members of staff. Kath, also from Runcorn, is a Therapist in Day Hospice and has been with the Hospice since 2007. Both Sue and Kath interact with patients on a daily basis and understand the impact that the Hospice’s care can have on people... St Helens Cares is the new approach to delivering Health and Social Care in St Helens. It brings together a wide range of public service organisations united by one goal, to improve people’s lives in St Helens and to improve the place as a whole. Organisations involved with St Helens Cares will take joint responsibility for the quality of care and for managing the available funding to provide services. Join in, to give your views on the future of Health and Social Care services in St Helens – you are invited to attend one of the following events... SPARC charity is launching a new “Venture Club” for people with a learning disability living in Halton. It will run every Monday during the day and is based at The Studio in Lacey Street, Widnes. The Venture Club will host a range of different fun projects and activities that will include the following... Hope House is a charity that has been helping homeless and vulnerable people in St Helens for well over ten years. Open every weekday, the day centre in Church Street provides a cooked breakfast and warm drinks, hot showers, laundry facilities, clean clothing, as well as access to phones and the internet and help and advice about getting off the streets and into housing. If you’d like to help people trying to survive on our streets throughout the winter, they are always looking for donations of warm clothes, gloves, socks, underwear and thermals as well as blankets and sleeping bags.... Christmas Food Tips - Halton Diabetes UK Halton Diabetes UK Group is a support group for people who live in Halton and have diabetes. They are a small, friendly group of people who have regular meetings which alternate between Widnes and Runcorn where they have guest speakers from the healthcare profession. The next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 21st 7.30 – 9.00pm, at The Old Police Station, Mersey Road Runcorn WA7 1DF. Guest speaker will be Paul Swift who is a dietician at The Countess of Chester Hospital as well as part of the Halton Diabetes Essentials Education Programme... Help Shape NHS Community Services In Your Area Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are holding a series of Big Conversation Events to help them shape NHS community services in the area. During the summer the Big Conversation events brought staff, partners, commissioners and local people together to talk about how to develop services to keep people healthy and out of hospital. The organisational strategy will be launched soon with plans tailored to the needs of the place you live or work in. If you would like to be involved in helping to create the plans you can join them at the next set of events. Drop in anytime during the sessions at... Tackling Loneliness and Isolation in Cheshire and Beyond The Diocese of Chester Committee for Social Responsibility in partnership with Contact the Elderly would like to hear from those in partner organisations who are aware of the effects of Loneliness and Isolation upon their beneficiaries, service users, customers or members. Are you in statutory, voluntary, community, faith or private sector organisations that have gained an insight into the causes and effects of loneliness and isolation upon individuals and communities? If so then they would be delighted if you joined them for this one day seminar. The aim of the day is to provide an opportunity for those who have developed responses to this crucial issue to share their approach and learning. As a result of the seminar they hope to set up a loneliness and isolation partnership or network, which they are happy to host or facilitate, to drive strategic and operational responses shaped in part by the outcomes of the day... Don't Forget... Cheshire Victim Services Directory 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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