St Helens
Capital funds for youth services
Youth Services
Take A Seat At A Happy To Chat Bench
Talking about how you are doing is one of the vital ways to help with your mental health. That is why St Helens Wellbeing have installed happy to chat benches at 25 locations across the borough where people can take a seat and chat to others as a way to support each other.
The benches have been put in popular beauty spots including Sankey Valley, Taylor Park and Mesnes Park along with two all weather benches at Sherdley Park.
Free Training / Support For Volunteers In St Helens
Do you work with Volunteers ?
Are you looking for FREE training / support for volunteers
Training is important for the development, motivation, and retention of volunteers. Well-trained volunteers have a deeper understanding of the programme, their roles and, thus, improving the quality and consistency of their volunteer services
Offering ongoing training opportunities to volunteers will help to increase their confidence and role satisfaction within the organisation.
Household Support Fund for St Helens Residents
Household Support Fund to support vulnerable residents this winter
Residents in St Helens Borough facing financial hardship this winter will be supported by a new grant to help buy food, pay utility biils and meet other essential living costs.
St Helens Borough Local Plan Main Modifications Consultation
Explanation of the Local Plan and Main Modifications
The new Local Plan will set out how much new development for housing, employment and other uses should take place in the Borough, where this development should take place and policies to be taken account of when assessing planning applications. Once adopted, the Local Plan will be used to guide development in the Borough.
Parr Participatory Funding
Merseyside Police, St Helens Council, Torus and Saints Community Development Foundation are facilitating a community event for the residents of Parr, called ‘Parr-ticipate,’ that will take place at the Totally Wicked Stadium, 18:30-21:30hrs, on Wednesday 8th December 2021. As a result of further funding, a total of £30,000 has now been made available for community groups in the Parr area and this event will give the residents of Parr an opportunity to decide how it should be spent and which groups should be successful in the process.
Imagine Podcast
This is the latest podcast from Focus. In this podcast they speak to Debra Hill from Cafe Laziz in St Helens, who talks about her social enterprise, the work she does and the issues faced by refugees and migrants.
Mind St Helens - Newsletter and Update
As our community slowly regains some normality, the St.Helens Mind team is making plans for resuming their services. Thankfully, they were able to change their Befriending Service to telephone befriending at the very start of the pandemic and continued to welcome new volunteers and referrals for people who were in need of regular one to one support.
However, since early 2020, they were required to close the majority of their services, as they use public buildings for groups and activities and these were closed due to the pandemic.
Qwell - Adult Digital Mental Health Support
Qwell (www.qwell.io) is free, safe and an anonymous mental health and wellbeing online service. There are no waiting lists, no referrals and no thresholds required to access Qwell and is delivered by Kooth plc, the UK’s largest digital mental health provider.
Liverpool and Manchester Community Rail Partnership
It is hoped to establish a Community Rail Partnership (CRP) for the Railway lines connecting Liverpool and Manchester, (see attached Route Map).
CRP's are all about communities so at this early stage we are trying to make contact with ordinary local people who care about their communities and who are interested in trying to improve the impact that the railway has on their local community.
The proposed CRP covers the following stations which fall within the boundaries of the St Helens and Halton Local Authorities: