Fréa is a partnership between three leading Irish charities in the North of England. They are recruiting a dynamic individual with a track record in community engagement and project management to join their forward-thinking team. This exciting new post will manage and deliver a tailored and specialist programme to engage, empower and support former residents of Ireland’s Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions in Ireland 1922 - 1998; now living in the North of England. The postholder will also recruit, induct and line manage a small regional team.

Closing Date: Sunday 4 June 2023.

On Sunday 25th June, St Helens Town AFC will be hosting two football matches at Ruskin Sports Village. Both games will run at the same time. One match being men's refugee team Hope United, a team of learners from St Helens College, and the other being women's refugee team, Comfort Angels from Liverpool.

The matches will be played on half a pitch each on the 3G surface and will consist of 9 aside with rolling substitutions, 30 minutes each half, 3pm kick off.

Mike Bagshaw of St.Helens Town AFC says: “We are on the lookout for councillors, council workers, volunteers or anyone from the community who wants to get involved. No matter what your soccer skills are, if you want to be involved please come forward. It's all in the name of fun and community building and with the rolling substitutions you can play as long or as short as you want.”

The Anna Freud Reflective Parenting Programme (RP) is a six week psycho-educational course (up to 12 hours contact), delivered online, to stimulate a stronger parent-infant bond. Attendees can expect to gain a better understanding of baby’s emotions & behaviour, an increase in emotional connection with their baby and any older children, and the chance to practise strategies to help de-escalate conflict and reduce emotional outbursts.

The core thread of the programme is to promote the ability of a parent to understand the thoughts, feelings and needs of both themselves and their children, and whilst a clearly structured and manualised programme, the sessions take their lead from the participant’s examples – so everyone feels heard, validated through the peer support group setting and so increasingly confident to reflect upon and begin to challenge their perception of what the parent-infant relationship can look and feel like.

This ‘formal’ course is engaged with excellently alongside the peer support service, particularly by those parents who may be resistant to ‘professional’ intervention…

Citizens Advice St Helens is holding an open day event on Thursday 8th June for anyone who is interested in volunteering with the service and would like to meet and find out about volunteer roles with them.

You must register your interest if you would like to attend.

They are meeting at 10.30 for refreshments, followed by the opportunity to speak with staff, current volunteers and have a tour of the office.

Planning consultancy DAC Planning is providing neighbourhood planning support to local residents on behalf of St Helens Borough Council until September 2023.

Neighbourhood planning allows communities to create a shared vision and shape the development and growth of their area through the production of neighbourhood plans. DAC Planning are providing a programme of engagement and support to raise awareness and understanding of neighbourhood planning among residents of the Borough, and to encourage communities to consider producing a neighbourhood plan.

Are you looking for a new challenge within a growing organisation that makes a real difference to people's lives? If so, Sahir House want to hear from you.

Sahir House is a Merseyside-based charity with a big heart. The organisation serves a unique dual purpose – they advocate for and support the needs of LGBTQ+ people and they promote better sexual health for all. Since their formation, the needs of people living with HIV has been core to their purpose.

This is a unique opportunity for a passionate and community-minded person to continue to develop their skills within their evolving regional charity as a BACP Registered Counsellor.

Closing date is 9am, Monday 19th June 2023.

Calling all volunteers, community groups and charitable organisations in St Helens!

This Volunteers' week help St Helens ACL to continue to provide a range of free adult learning opportunities by spending a few moments to let them know your training needs.

As part of Volunteers' week St Helens Adult and Community Learning are offering free Mental Health Awareness workshops on Wednesday 7th June, and a 1 day Emergency First Aid qualification on Thursday 8th June.