Halton
Halton Funding Bulletin - August 2022
The External Funding Team at Halton Borough Council have produced their latest monthly Funding Bulletin covering recent grants alerts for the period 1 July to 29 July 2022.
If you would like support to bid to any of the funding streams listed in the Bulletin, they can support with this; please get in touch via funding@halton.gov.uk.
Topics in The Bulletin:
Kooth Drop In's During Summer Holiday’s
Are you under 18 and need to talk to someone about your worries or concerns? Kooth are holding some free drop in sessions in Widnes where you can chat in confidence to someone about anything worrying you.
No need to make an appointment, just drop into Warrington Road Children’s Centre, Naylor Rd, Widnes, WA8 0BS on any of these dates:
Halton Safeguarding Adults Board – Training Programme 2022/23
Halton Safeguarding Adults Board (HSAB) subsidises a small programme of training to enhance opportunity and access to learning across Halton.
For this second half of the year, they have managed to book some of these sessions as face-to-face training. Obviously, as we head into winter months, there may be changes to national or local measures to contain infection rises related to Covid, and/or other flu outbreaks. They will ensure these are communicated as soon as they have details.
Hate Crime Survey - Cheshire
John Dwyer, Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire has produced a new survey to find out people's views and experiences about Hate Crime in Cheshire.
As well as asking people about the scope of hate crime, this survey seeks to understand people’s experiences, their knowledge of reporting options and support services, and the reason for any barriers that may exist to reporting incidents.
NHS Night - Halton Veterans
Halton Veterans are holding a NHS night on Friday 29th July at Halton Royal British Legion WA7 2BE. To celebrate the 1st anniversary of the NHS being awarded the George Cross for service during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Improving Communities Awareness Of Cancer VCSE Small Grants Programme
As part of the Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance CVS Partnership, partners have secured funding to further develop and enhance the work of grass roots voluntary and community groups on improving communities awareness of cancer, early signs & symptoms and screening uptakes across the sub-region. The funding will support very local activity to support communities to engage and be supported with concerns of cancer, early symptoms and cancer screening uptakes.
Halton Levels of Need
Following on from the changes made to the Halton Levels of Need last month, Halton Safeguarding Development Office have sent over their revised ‘What to do if you have a concern about a child’s welfare’ flowchart. You can find the flowchart attached below.
Nightstop Temporary, Emergency Accommodation Availability
Nightstop currently have availability within their Temporary Emergency Accommodation for people who are:
- Homeless or at risk of becoming homeless
- Care Leavers
- Prison Release
- Victims of Domestic Abuse
- Hospital Discharge/Bed Blocking
This list is not exhaustive
One Halton Re-Launched
One Halton focused on getting the health and care ‘system’ working better for everyone
New ways of working designed to transform health and care services and reduce inequalities for the128,200 residents of Halton started 1st July