Unpaid Carer’s Raceday At Chelmsford City Racecourse
Thursday, 23rd May, Evening Racing
Chelmsford City Racecourse are delighted to be supporting for the third consecutive year, the Eden Project Communities “Month of Community” in June. Leading up to this initiative, they are holding our Unpaid Carers Raceday on Thursday 23rd May at Chelmsford City Racecourse.
At this raceday, they will once again be offering unpaid carers the opportunity to apply for 2 free general admission tickets. They have attached the application form for applying for the tickets. Please be aware that this is for carers to attend without their dependants, to provide them with some respite enjoying an evening at the races.
Apply here as an unpaid carer to attend the raceday.
Parents 1st are looking for a full-time Father and Partner Wellbeing Coordinator to join Parents 1st UK.
Hours: 37.5 per week (full-time)
Renumeration: £30,639 Plus NEST Pension Scheme
Location: Home based with occasional travel (must be based in Essex)
As experts in perinatal peer support, we believe that every parent deserves support, and every baby deserves the best possible start in life.
If you have lived experience of parenting, an interest in good mental health and emotional wellbeing and understand the challenges experienced by dads/partners during the transition to parenthood, then we’d love to hear from you!
The role:
You will be responsible for coordinating an Essex-wide wellbeing service that assists pre and post birth fathers and partners referred by mental health teams to self-assess their own wellbeing and access appropriate support.
The overall aim of this new service for fathers and partners is to:
Reduce their anxiety during the perinatal period (i.e., the period from pregnancy to 1-year post birth) and to help them to find ways to navigate the challenges of parenthood and maintain their emotional wellbeing.
Have easier access to support and information designed specifically for their needs.
Feel less isolated by having easier access to networks for self-support.
Gain knowledge about maternal mental health to enable confident support for mothers and birthing people.
Complete the application form and tell us why you’re interested and what you could bring to this role. (Please note: the link to the application form will open in Google Docs. You will need to download a copy before you can edit it. Please get in touch if you have any issues and we can email a copy of the application form across instead)
Feeling low about the climate crisis? Feeling like nothing can be done at this point?
Join Save the Children UK for an uplifting screening of documentary 2040 at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford on Friday the 1st of March at 3pm. Head over to the first floor of the Lord Ashcroft Building, room QUE 101.
We’ll be watching the film until around 5pm (with snacks provided) and everyone will be able to discuss the documentary whilst enjoying refreshments afterwards.
You’ll also be able to hear about Generation Hope which is Save the Children’s global campaign against the single-biggest threat to children’s futures, climate change.
Don’t miss it! Sign up as soon as you can to secure your seat.
About the film
2040 is a hybrid feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW! A story of hope that looks at the very real possibility that humanity could reverse global warming and improve the lives of every living thing in the process.
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 1h 32m
Released: 2019
Director: Damon Gamaeu
Producer: Anna Kaplan
About the space
Please ask us if you require a parking space, especially if you are a Blue Badge holder. We’re more than happy to book these for you beforehand. All buildings across both campuses are fully accessible with step-free access. There are passenger lifts throughout all buildings which can accommodate wheelchairs, and there are accessible toilet facilities throughout.Guide dogs are welcome.In lecture theatres with fixed tiered seating there are a limited number of wheelchair spaces.Many of our rooms have permanent induction loops. Please let us know if you require an induction loop.The campus is a ten-minute walk from the city centre, train station and main bus station. Chelmsford Park & Ride bus service also stops on campus.Please get in touch if you have any questions or requests at all- including dietary requirements.
Grants can be offered to charities/projects that are focusing on:
Early Years
Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND)
Domestic Abuse
Dementia
Age Range
For Early Years applications beneficiaries must be aged 0-5 years. For Domestic Abuse and SEND applications beneficiaries must be children and young people aged 0-18, or up to the age of 25 years for beneficiaries with SEND.
This may also include family or carer support as long as the ultimate beneficiaries are the children and young people.
There is no age restriction for Dementia applications.
Charity eligibility requirements
Grants are only made to charities / projects whose beneficiaries are in England and Wales
Charities must be registered with the Charity Commission or relevant Central registry of the respective Guernsey, Jersey or Isle of Man’s government
Charities must have at least one year of independently examined or audited accounts published on the Charity Commission website for the registered charity number they are applying from
What the MCF will not consider grants for
Arts and heritage
Environmental
Animal welfare
Statutory obligations
Routine delivery of the National Curriculum in schools
The sole aim of promoting civil liberties and human rights
Political or lobbying activities
Contributions towards new build and/or large scale capital projects, e.g. building a new hospice wing
Capital repairs and/or maintenance of existing buildings
Hospital equipment, such as MRI scanners
The promotion of any religious doctrine
Contributions to general appeals
Retrospective funding
Academic research
Charities from which the MCF will not consider applications
Current active MCF Small or Large grant holders
Charities whose previous Small or Large grant ended less than 2 years ago
Charities who have submitted an expression of interest within the last 12 months
Umbrella organisations coordinating fundraising on behalf of others
Third parties seeking funding or organisations coordinating funds on behalf of others
Social Enterprises, Community Interest Companies or Community interest groups, or exempt charities.
Hospices (see our Hospice programme)
Schools (for routine delivery activities to non-priority groups)
Nurseries (for routine delivery activities to non-priority groups)
Hospitals (for routine delivery activities to non-priority groups)
Churches or other religious institutions
Individuals
Regional / local branches of Home-Start. This is because the MCF currently has a major partnership with Home-Start UK which is dispersing funding nationally.
Data Talks is a new virtual showcase for Essex taking place 4 to 6 March. Data Talks brings together a diverse array of public and private sector expertise all with a shared passion for transforming data into actionable insights to achieve real and positive change.
Designed specifically for the public sector by, the diverse programme of live Data Talks offers something for everyone, whether they are a senior leader setting organisation strategy, commission or manage services, or have access to data in their role.
During the 3-day conference, delegates will hear from a variety of presenters who will be sharing expertise, learning and case studies demonstrating how they turned data into action. Sessions covering topics including AI, breaking down barriers to data sharing and the importance of data ethics as organisations embrace recent technologies and approaches, are just some of the many sessions available to sign up to.
Delegates can also find out more about how digital literacy is here to stay and how, by 2023, it will become the most in-demand skill by business leaders and employees alike! Experts from the Essex Centre for Data Analytics and Office for National Statistics Data Science Campus will be presenting a joint session emphasising the need for organisations to adapt by adopting data literacy and building essential data skills across the workforce. Find out more about the session and register here https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/c2dff9a9-c340-4863-80f1-aa2b4ecc38b9@a8b4324f-155c-4215-a0f1-7ed8cc9a992f
The free event is open to all those working in the public sector who will have an interest in the use of data and how it can be harnessed to the benefit of organisations and communities.
The varied programme promises to inspire, support, and connect delegates with both data and people.
You can view the full programme herehttp://tinyurl.com/Data-Talks. Please remember to register ahead of the event for sessions that are of interest.
We are looking for a Child and Young Person’s Practice Manager to lead CARA’s team of child and young person’s practitioners and manage the provision of specialist sexual violence counselling for young people (aged 13-19), play therapy for children under 12 and family support. The main emphasis of this role will be on the management, support and coordination of the team, however the post holder will also provide weekly counselling and/or play therapy, holding a small caseload of clients and conduct some assessments.
For job description and person specification, please click here.
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is the replacement for European Structural Funds and supports UK government’s wider commitment to level up all parts of the UK.
UDC was allocated £1,000,000 core UKSPF to be spent over 3 years. The final year of the funding runs from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Government guidance places the responsibility for the fund on Local Authorities and asks that they work with local partners and stakeholders on programme delivery.
To access this funding the development of an investment plan was required. Meetings with local stakeholders were held to identify local challenges and priority interventions were selected that would meet these needs.
The investment plan was approved by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) and a Local Partnership Group established to oversee the fund.
Applying for year 3 funding
We are now seeking applications to deliver projects from 1 April 2024 against the following interventions:
Community and Place
E6 – Support for local arts, cultural, heritage and creative activities
Projects applying under this intervention must address at least one of the following:
Projects that deliver direct support to organisations – schools, public sector, charities and businesses – who wish to deliver arts, cultural, heritage and creative activities
Projects that establish a cultural network to improve recognition of cultural and heritage sectors at a strategic level locally, improve collaboration and increase the chances of existing arts and cultural organisations benefiting from Arts Council England and other external sources of funding
Projects that bring cultural and health/wellbeing sectors together to develop and run programmes for the benefit of residents, especially those at risk of rural isolation
E9 – Funding for impactful volunteering and/or social action projects to develop social and human capital in local places.
We are seeking projects that aim to boost the employability of young people and people seeking to reengage with the labour market.
E11 – Investment in capacity building and infrastructure support for local civil society and community groups
Projects applying under this intervention must address at least one of the following:
The rural nature of the district. Priority will be given to projects that deliver activities outside the main settlements of Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow
Projects that address health inequalities in areas of high deprivation
Programmes for smaller places which will improve and widen the use of community buildings including village halls
Projects that enhance the community transport infrastructure
Uttlesford District Council has been allocated £450,000 for delivery of projects under these interventions up to 31 March 2025.
Apply
Organisation wishing to apply under this scheme should email [email protected] for an application form.
Closing date for applications
Applications must be submitted no later than 5pm on Thursday 15 February 2024.
Assessment of bids
Projects will be assessed by a local partnership group comprising key stakeholders from the public and voluntary sector.
Bids that fail to meet the criteria are ineligible and will be rejected.
Bids will be assessed against:
the criteria set out in the UKSPF Prospectus
the extent to which the bid meets the objectives of the UKSPF
the extent to which the bid supports investment in the UKSPF priority intervention and the outputs and outcomes
Successful applicants will need to sign a grant funding agreement with UDC, provide information relating to outputs and outcomes within the specified timeframes and will also be required to participate, at a later date, in an evaluation of their project to understand whether the proposed outputs and outcomes have been met.
The Local Partnership Panel, made up of representatives from the public and voluntary sector, has being established to have oversight of delivery of the UKSPF funded projects.
Community 360 is delighted to announce the North East Essex Hyperlocal Fund administered on behalf of One Colchester, has awarded £252,018 to voluntary and community groups in Colchester. This was matched with £19,845 from the Age Well Domain and £10,994.45 from the Feel Well Domain Funding.
38 community organisations have benefited from the funding to either support and deliver local neighbourhood projects or support cross border projects in Colchester, north, central and south. 40% of the organisations had not applied for funding before.
The purpose of the North East Essex Hyperlocal Fund is to support non-profit groups based in local communities to build resilient local Neighbourhoods that help to improve health and wellbeing for its residents. From reducing the burden of deprivation and inequalities to improving mental health, tackling isolation and loneliness and improving physical health.
Do you help someone in their day-to-day life? Perhaps with their shopping, getting out and about, keeping on top of their bills or medication? Or perhaps you keep them company if they can’t get out much, or help them with personal care or housework?
It could be a member of your family that you help, or a friend or neighbour. You may help them occasionally, or it may be that most of your time is spent looking after them because they are unable to take care of themselves. You may receive some kind of payment for helping them, or like many in our community, you do what you do simply because you care.
We have launched an exciting new project called Carers Voices and would really like to hear from you about your experiences. We want to know what you feel works well, or not so well, for you and the person you are helping. We are working in partnership with Essex County Council and other agencies to make sure that your voice is heard and used to ensure that services and support are developed to meet the needs of the many people in Essex, like you, who care about others.
There will be a range of ways to share your thoughts, from joining group discussions to responding to surveys and polls. However you choose to contribute, we value your input as an Expert by Experience in helping to make the changes and have the impact that is needed.
We would be delighted to have a chat at a time that works for you. Please get in touch by telephoning 0300 500 1895 or email us at [email protected]