Halton and St Helens VCA
If you need a contact for our volunteering portal and volunteering during the Covid-19 response across both Boroughs it’s Claire Redford-Kerr
credford-kerr@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
If you need a contact for the Covid-19 response in St Helens it’s Annie Lawrenson alawrenson@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
If you need a contact for the Covid-19 response in Halton it’s Matthew Roberts
Mroberts@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
You can also contact Sally Yeoman our Chief Officer for issues in both Boroughs. She will also be picking up LCR work with VS6 colleagues
syeoman@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
For comms/website and information queries contact
dmorris@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk or ldaffern@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Our phones will be temporarily redirected and you will be able to contact us by using our usual numbers 01744 457100 / 01928 592405
To access all resources relating to volunteering, involving volunteers, funding or local/national news click on our homepage www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk
Below is the latest news / updates for VCSE organisations in Halton and St Helens
Small Charities Week
Day 2 Big Advice Day
If you are a small charity it’s important you get access to the right support and advice. If you’re in Halton or St Helens you can start with us at Halton & St Helens VCA. Our website is a great place to start for information and advice and the right person to contact whether that’s Jane Williams our Community Accountant or Lynne Daffern for information on how to get on our mailing lists www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk It's important you know about the Charity Commission and the regulation for charities https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
There’s lots of other resources too that can offer information and advice in your journey as a small charity. Here’s a few:
https://knowhow.ncvo.org.uk/site-homepage#
https://mailchi.mp/01cc768790ae/ocs-for-info-june-5?e=ace03d9781
ACAS information on Working safely during coronavirus
ACAS have new guidance to help those who may be beginning to return or are now planning on returning to work in accordance with government advice. This includes guidance for how to start the discussion, what fears people might have and where they can go to get more help and advice. Check the website for the following information:
Extending or ending furlough - includes links through to downloadable letters
Changing an employment contract - key considerations when varying contracts
Rights at work - a new page linking through to key areas of guidance on rights at work
Redundancy process map - outlining steps and providing links to further guidance
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Help Mamafit create their NEW NORMAL!
Mamafit are looking for feedback and the opinions pregnant women, mums, dads & families to help them shape their current and future activities:
✓ Provide feedback on the Mamafit @ HOME online programme
✓ Help plan the return of face-to-face classes
✓ Let Mamafit know what you would like to see available in the future
Take the SURVEY ➡︎ https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/MamafitNewNormal
Focus Employment Hub Ltd - Radio Show and Podcast Launching Soon
Focus Employment Hub Ltd will be launching and presenting their podcast and radio programme soon. The programme and podcast will be focusing on equality and diversity issues and the whole community. They would like to hear from individuals, groups and organisations, who may wish to provide content or guest speakers. See the link below for some of the topics that they may be including and feel free to suggest some of your own.
https://www.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/focus-employment-hub-ltd-radio-show-and-podcast-launching-soon
Halton Borough Council Adult Learning
The Centres are currently closed but the Adult Learning Team are still taking enquiries for September 2020 If you would like to improve your maths, English or IT, learn a new skill or retrain for a new career, they are here to help. They have lots of courses including some new online wellbeing and craft courses so if you are interested, please get in touch with the Learner Services team
www.halton.gov.uk/adultlearning
Phone 0151 511 7788
Email adult.learning@halton.gov.uk
Final Infographic showing the Impact of the sector in the boroughs of Halton and St Helens
We have been asking that if you are delivering services and interventions in direct response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic you would share your data so we could bring it all together to demonstrate the work of the sector to our local partners and decision makers. As we move to a new phase in the COVID-19 crisis we will no long be collecting data but have produced a final infographic consisting of all data for each borough during April to June click here
We would like to thank everyone who took part
If you have volunteering requirements please register them here
https://volunteering.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/vk/providers/registration_provider.htm
and also encourage people wanting to help out to do that safely by registering here
https://volunteering.haltonsthelensvca.org.uk/vk/volunteers/registration.htm
Service Status Updates From Our Member Organisations
We have been sent a number of service status updates from our member organisations to let us know their current working practices during Covid-19. The link to Halton Organisations is here and the link to St Helens organisations is here. If you have a service update that you would like to tell us about, please email info@haltonsthelensvca.org.uk and we will add your organisations details to our lists.
If you'd like to sign up for your own copy of the daily update, please follow the link below and sign up for our ebulletin:
