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Big Lottery Community Fund - One to One Appointments Now Available

Anna Simons from the Big Lottery Community Fund will be at our Widnes office on 18th February and you are now able to book a one to one with her...


Cheshire Fire Authority Draft Integrated Risk Management Plan 2020-2024 Consultation

The draft Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP) sets out Cheshire Fire Authority’s plans between 2020-2024 to prevent and protect our communities from fire and other emergencies and their plans for providing emergency response. This summary document is intended to provide an overview of the key proposals within the Authority’s plan for the next four years. They are consulting on these proposals so would like you to let them know what you think...


Could You Provide a Young Person With a Home and Support To Become Independent?

Supported Lodgings help young people aged 16-25 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness by offering them lodgings with a host. Supporting a young person as a host offers a huge personal reward. An indepth induction programme and ongoing training. A weekly payment which covers the cost of supporting and housing a young person. You can be a host whether you are single, a couple, a family, at work or retired. Being a host means that you are happy to offer a young person a room in your home for up to two years and support them whilst they build the skills needed for independent living...


Round 3 Community Grants is Now Open

Round 3 of ESF Community Grants for Liverpool City Region is now OPEN and will close at noon 26th February. The WEA will distribute small grants of £20,000 across Merseyside and Halton to eligible organisations in the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector between April 2019 and May 2021. Funded activities will target those aged 19 and over, from the hardest to reach communities...


Community Support Drop In Sessions - Halton

Persona Insight are proposing to assist young people aged 16 - 19 in Widnes and Runcorn. Please get involved if you know someone who is struggling at the moment with a mental and or physical illness, you could be a Young Carer, needing a break from your role, you may just want to be around people you don't have to explain yourself to, it doesn't matter. All that matters is you and the communities of Runcorn & Widnes in Halton will have a safe haven if needed...


VS6 Liverpool City Region's VCFSE Assembly

The VS6 Partnership and Voluntary Sector North West (VSNW) would like to jointly invite you to the Liverpool City Region Assembly being held at our Widnes office (St Maries, Lugsdale Road, Widnes) on Thursday 27th February. Discussions throughout this event will centre around how the sector engages with the Combined Authority, the Local Enterprise Partnership, and the emerging Health and Social Care structures within the city region. It additionally presents a chance to get to learn more about VS6 and VSNW, and the strategic work on behalf of the sector in our city region. This event will give you the opportunity to share your views on the future of the sector and to co-produce a new VCFSE Manifesto for 2020 to 2024 in advance of the upcoming metro mayoral elections...


Job Vacancies - Citizens Advice Halton

Citizens Advice Halton are seeking to recruit a Directions Project Keyworker and a Directions Training officer to work on the Directions Project from Halton’s two offices (in Runcorn and Widnes). The Directions project is a new multi-agency, Liverpool City Region wide partnership, funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) with the aim of increasing the employability of local people who are currently unemployed or economically inactive. Citizens Advice Halton will support eligible local people to: receive employability support; and gain sought after employment skills and experience through volunteering...


Wellbeing Enterprises - Programme of Activities Jan to March 20

Wellbeing Enterprises are running a great selection of free Social Prescribing courses across Widnes, Runcorn, St Helens & Knowsley. Why not go along and try something new for this year?...


Applications Are Now Open For The Aviva Community Fund

Aviva believe charities that make the biggest impact are those that are given the opportunity to innovate and test new ideas without fear of risk. That’s why they have evolved the way the Aviva Community Fund works, so it works harder to back projects with forward-thinking ideas and provide even more causes with sustainable support and resources. They're delighted to announce applications are now open for the newly refreshed Aviva Community Fund programme, that delivers quarterly funding and year-round support. They've also teamed up with Crowdfunder to give more opportunities to attract donations and develop fundraising capabilities...


Coordinator Of TANGO Community Outreach Project

 The coordinator is to oversee the daily working activities of TANGO, including co-ordinating the work, supervising the team and being accountable for the running of the organisation, as well as the pastoral care of the whole team. At present they employ 8 people and have 29 volunteers in addition to the coordinator. The Coordinator will be expected to work 16 site-based hours per week at the Real Living Wage + 15% (currently £10.70 inclusive per hour as of February 2020). You will have the option to join the workplace pension scheme...


Halton's Reading Strategy Launch

Help with the mission to promote reading everyday, everywhere, for everyone, Tuesday 3rd March, Halton Stadium, agenda and booking details for each session to follow soon...


New Digital Portal To Strengthen Safeguarding Guidance For Charities

The Government has launched a new online portal that will strengthen its support to charities handling safeguarding concerns or allegations. The portal, based on Gov.uk, offers a step by step guide to help charities correctly manage their concerns, identify the right people to contact if needed and access helpful resources and advice. Following a combined £1.2 million DCMS and National Lottery Community Fund investment the portal will be promoted by six organisations across England. They have been appointed to champion the importance of good safeguarding and locally available sources of advice and support...


VCA Membership

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


Don't Forget...

Halton VCSE Forum 10th February 2020 - Last chance to book your place!

Halton & St Helens VCA would like to invite you to the next Halton VCSE Forum.  Sophie Bartsch will be updating on the One HALTON plan and we will update on key work and initiatives in Halton...

Free Digital Drop In

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...

VCSE Connect

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...


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