|
||||
| 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... Volunteer Co-ordinators Forum Halton The Next Volunteer Managers/Co-ordinators Forum will be on Tuesday 2 October 2018 - 11.30am-2pm, at St Marie's, Widnes. 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. Should you feel it would be helpful or appropriate for your role as a Volunteer Manager/Co-ordinator, please come along on the above date... Volunteers Needed For Willowbrook Hospice Could you help in the Willowbrook Hospice shops? Volunteering a few hours can help to support patients, families and carers, they need support in the Donations Warehouse and the shops. Learn new skills for your CV, if you have time after retirement they can use your skills or if you want to give something back let them know. In return they give full training and support and greatly value the time that you will donate to Willowbrook... Catalyst Science Discovery Centre and Museum has successfully secured funding from the Wellcome Trust/BEIS via the Inspiring Science Fund (ISF) to deliver transformational change, both in terms of physical infrastructure improvements and activities for existing and new audiences. In order to deliver the project they have two exciting vacancies for dynamic, flexible and passionate people to join the fantastic team at Catalyst, in the roles of IS Project Manager and Community Engagement Officer... Community Business Fund Reopens On 11th September The Community Business Fund from independent trust, Power to Change, will open on Tuesday 11 September, offering grants between £50,000 and £300,000 to community businesses in England trading for the benefit of and accountable to their local communities. Organisations are encouraged to read the guidance for the fund before making an application. A free webinar is being held on 13 September to give hopeful applicants an overview of the fund and its eligibility criteria... St Helens Adult and Community Learning are organising an information event at the Town Hall on Thursday 13th September, 10-1pm. Come along and find out about volunteering, updating skills and much more... Healthwatch Halton - Afternoon Tea Healthwatch Halton are holding an afternoon tea party for Macmillan Cancer Support at St Maries, Widnes. Every penny raised helps to make a difference to people affected by Cancer. It is taking place on Thursday 20th September from 3pm to 5pm. Put the date in your diary. Everyone is welcome... At the St Helens Partnership Board meeting on the 13th September 2017 members agreed unanimously to adopt the Graded Care Profile 2 (GCP2) as the principle tool for the Partnership to use when measuring neglect across the partnership for St Helens. The Board agreed to finance and lead on the implementation of GCP 2 and therefore have purchased the license. Further to Board ratification it was agreed that a pool of trainers would be nominated; they would receive Train the Trainer training with a view to delivering single agency training on using the GCP 2 tool... Whole Systems Obesity Update - Halton The last whole systems obesity network meeting was held in the stadium April 2018. They will be organising a whole systems network meeting in late September, whereby they will assess progress against the action plans. As part of the evaluation, Leeds Beckett Univesity are looking to gain your views on how integrated into the whole systems approach that you feel. In the survey there are a number of questions on leadership, collaboration, and governance. There are also some open ended questions which allow you to give more general anonymous feedback about your participation... Information and Advice Worker Vacancy Join the Age UK Mid Mersey Team who have a job vacancy for an Information and Advice Worker in Halton. This is a part-time post (30 hours per week), salary £14,226 per annum based in the Runcorn office and is an exciting opportunity for a professional and highly motivated individual to join the Information and Advice Team in Halton to deliver front-line information and advice to clients... Halton Borough Council Need Your Views on Dog Controls Within Halton There have been many changes and improvements to ‘green spaces’ since the original Dog Control Orders were introduced. There are now a number of new play areas and many examples where the landscape of an area has changed. Furthermore, in response to complaints and concerns raised by members of the public and continuing incidents of antisocial behaviour caused by irresponsible dog owners, the Council has taken the opportunity to review existing Orders and proposes to replace these Orders with a new PSPO, which will be in the form of a single Order that would include the current control measures and introduce a range of additional ones... Save the date - Third Sector Engagement Group The next meeting of the joint Third Sector Engagement Group between St Helens and Halton CCG will be taking place on Thursday 13 September 2018, at Halton & St Helens VCA, St Maries, Widnes. The agenda will include an update on engagement opportunities developments in health with a chance to focus on the work and support the community and third sector can offer in relation to Mental Health Services, Engagement and developments for the new cancer hub and Focus & support opportunities... The AGM of Halton Community Partnership Trust Ltd is to be held on Wednesday 26th September at 12noon at The Old Police Station, Mersey Road, Runcorn. Created in 1998, Halton Community Partnership Trust provides Halton residents, voluntary organisations, local charities and small businesses with affordable office space and function rooms. They currently have vacancies on the Board of Trustees, if anyone is interested in joining their Board you would be very welcome... Victim Support - Volunteer Recruitment Victim Support is a national charity offering support to victims of crime and trauma. The Merseyside team are looking for volunteers to enhance the service they deliver across the region. Many people face the effects of crime alone and confused. Your support will help individuals and their families to feel stronger, understood and able to move forward with their lives. You will be supporting people who have been victims of crime, either over the phone, at the victim’s home or another mutually agreed location. You will receive full induction, one-to-one support for the role and excellent training to develop new skills to enable you to become a knowledgeable, confident supporter... NCNW Changes To Mental Health Services It is with regret that Nightstop Communities Northwest CIC (NCNW) has now had to apply a small charge for their previously free mental health services, this is due to them being a non commissioned service and due to the significant increase in demand as they solely rely on their Big Lottery grant funding. Please be aware that the changes which were introduced from 1st August 2018 mean that NCNW can no longer accept self-referrals and a charge of £5 per person, per session has been introduced. This charge is payable at reception upon arrival... As you may know, Halton Haven Hospice provides palliative care, completely free of charge to the people of Halton, Frodsham and surrounding areas. They rely heavily on fundraising, donations and shops to bring in a steady reliable income stream to support the hospice. They are currently looking for a temporary storage solution at a minimal/free charge for a maximum of 4-6 months. The size ideally would be 2-3000 sq ft, easily accessible to them daily and be in the Halton/Frodsham area... Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Hate Crime Survey David Keane the Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire is asking victims of hate crime in Cheshire to speak out about what support they’ve received from the police. You can share your views by filling-out a short survey... VCSE Sector Meets With The Chair Of The One Halton Partnership Board VCA arranged a session to give an opportunity to Halton’s VCSE sector to meet the Chair of the One Halton Partnership Board and understand more about the work on the integration of health and care services in the Borough. David gave some of the background to the work that was now underway in Halton and it was noted that the One Halton concept had been underway in the Borough for a number of years, but the creation of the One Halton Board and the appointment of the independent Chair in 2017 had given greater impetus... Don't Forget... Save The Date! Our "Social Innovation – Doing Things Differently in Halton & St Helens" conference and AGM is booked in at the Totally Wicked Saints Stadium, St Helens for 24th September, more details and invites will be sent out soon! One Halton Health & Wellbeing Board - Prevention Workshop for VCSE Organisations Last chance to book! One Halton Health and Wellbeing Board invites you to a Prevention Workshop 1.00 – 4.00 pm, Monday, 3rd September 2018. The event is being held in the Karalius Suite at Halton Stadium. There is free car parking available at the Stadium. They will be exploring how the voluntary sector and your organisation can work together with the health sector to deliver the new One Halton Prevention Framework and the 6 Transformational Health Programmes for Halton... Volunteer Centre Halton are holding a Volunteer Recruitment Fair on Tuesday 9 October from 11-2pm at Riverside College, Kingsway Campus, Kingsway, Widnes WA8 7QQ. The event is open to both students and the general public. If you would like to book a table at the event please, contact Linda on: 01928 593112 or email: lgoodier@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk. Places are limited, so book your table asap... 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... 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
|
||||
Halton and St Helens Voluntary and Community Action |
||||
View this mailing as a web page
Click here to unsubscribe from this mailing
Click here to opt out of all Halton and St Helens Voluntary and Community Action mailings
Tel: 01744 457100 | Fax: 01744 457101 | Email: info@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action, incorporating Volunteer Centre Halton and Volunteer Centre St Helens, is Registered in England & Wales as a Registered Charity No. 1106001 and a Company Limited by Guarantee No. 2539153.
Lugsdale Lane
Widnes, WA8 6DB
This email, and any attachment, is confidential and intended solely for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if you believe it was transmitted to you in error, any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not the views of Halton and St Helens Voluntary and Community Action, unless specifically stated.
Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses.The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of email transmission.