If you are driven by a passion to make a difference, then we want to hear from you. At Community360, we all play our part. We are a large, diverse family with a variety of skills working together to help grow our communities. Whether you have just started out in your career journey or already have experience, we would like to hear from you so we can build on your enthusiasm, strengths and skills.
Our roles are diverse and involve working with families, volunteers, the vulnerable (including those with limited mobility), as well as other positions which support our core work, including Community Development, fundraising, marketing and finance and community transport.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and have made a positive commitment to inclusion and diversity and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition. Part of our commitment is to offer all disabled candidates an interview who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role as set out on our Person Specifications.
We will ask you to let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made throughout the recruitment process to ensure inclusion and if you would like to discuss the recruitment process in advance, including what reasonable adjustments would be required, you can call Tracy Fortescue, Head of Corporate Services on 01206 505250. If we offer you the position, we are committed to making reasonable adjustments wherever possible to your working environment.
The Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund was set up in 1973, succeeding an existing charitable fund. We decided that the Fund’s principal aim should be to support people in trouble, particularly young offenders and ex-offenders, as well as other disadvantaged young people. Preference is given to pump-priming new projects, especially those that are innovative and can serve as a model elsewhere.
Projects which fulfil the funding criteria are short-listed, then visited by a member of the Company. These assessment visits give our younger members in particular an opportunity to become closely involved in the charitable work of the Company, which may lead to a mutually beneficial relationship with its beneficiaries.
These assessments inform the Charitable Grants Committee, helping it decide on the grants to be awarded and the amount allocated. The Committee meets three times a year.
The Company’s Priorities:
Young Offenders
The Company looks to support projects that involve the rehabilitation of young offenders, so that these young people can lead productive and fulfilling lives once released from detention.
Ex Offenders
Despite a focus on the rehabilitation of young offenders, the Company also supports projects that help ex-offenders of all ages.
Disadvantaged young people
The Company realises that it is as important to prevent young people offending in the first place. It therefore supports projects that help young people make better life choices and fulfil their potential.
Sometimes it only takes a small amount of money to bring a good idea to life in your community.
The Community Challenge Fund is the simplest way to access money to make a real difference in your community.
You can bid for between £300 and £2,000 to fund a new, not for profit scheme, group, initiative or idea. This fund is available in Clacton, Harwich, Canvey, Harlow, Rural Braintree and parts of Colchester and Basildon.
You can only apply if you are :-
Applying as an individual
Applying as a group (The applicant and other individuals they are working with)
An un-constituted group (small scale voluntary groups who do not have any employees and who do not pay trustees or staff)
Perhaps you have been sitting on an idea for a while of how you can enhance your community and it has just lacked the necessary funding to get it started. If so, then this fund is for you. You may want to set up a food growing initiative in your local community to create a garden and social space, or perhaps you want to create an informal childcare club of likeminded parents in your local library.
This new fund is simple to apply for, so don’t worry if you have never applied for funding from a Council before.
The Community Challenge Fund forms part of Essex County Council’s commitment to reducing inequalities between different areas of our County, and Levelling Up Essex.
Examples of how the grant could be used include:
• training and equipment to share skills and create training opportunities,
• printing for a local event or newsletter,
• hosting and promoting an online magazine for young people,
• setting up a local community seed exchange,
• providing taxi or licensed hire vehicles to bring isolated residents together,
• setting up a clothes swap in a community hall.
For further information on the Community Challenge Fund and to make an application, please click the link below:
Are you a creative and pro-active individual? Do you have the skills and experience to deliver a health inequality project in Harlow and Epping Forest? If so, we would love to hear from you!
At Rainbow Services, a charity based in Harlow, we are looking for a highly motivated individual to work in partnership with the local Integrated Care Service, to deliver a project which enables volunteer Community Health Champions to tackle key health issues in their community and reduce health inequality.
You will need to have a flexible approach to working hours, be able and willing to work occasional evenings/weekends and have the ability to travel within West Essex, and occasionally further afield.
This is a 2-year fixed term position, 14 hours per week, flexible days and hours, with a salary of £12.70 per hour.
For an informal discussion regarding the role, please call 01279 210404 or email [email protected]
For an application pack, please email [email protected] or telephone 01279 210404.
The Community Initiatives Fund is designed to help parish & town councils, community groups, clubs, societies and voluntary organisations improve their local community.
The £300,000 fund is for grants of up to £10,000 towards capital or revenue projects that benefit the wider community.
This fund excludes projects that deliver their work outside the administrative area of Essex County Council (Thurrock and Southend). The Community Initiatives Fund is administered by the EALC on behalf of Essex County Council.
Projects should have community backing and demonstrate a real community need. For instance, they could be to:
Create, buy or develop new community assets. Examples include community centres, shops, wildlife/ nature reserves or disability facilities.
Enhance existing community assets such as sports venues and clubs, youth clubs, scout groups, playgrounds, village hall improvements, local transport facilities or improved communication services.
Enhance or develop initiatives that strengthen the local community, such as cultural initiatives, gardening, clubs, age & wellbeing services, advice/ support services, parental & educational activities, environmental improvements, music and literature events or heritage projects.
When talking about the Community Initiative Fund, Chairman of the EALC Executive Committee, Cllr Peter Davey said:
“The Essex Association of Local Councils is proud to have been asked to administer the grant scheme on behalf of Essex County Council. The Community Initiatives Fund provides vital funding for deserving organisations and their community projects, well-being initiatives and other important improvement schemes. The EALC has well-established links to many Essex organisations and is ideally positioned to triage applications, address the financial standing of applicants, create and administer the CIF funding panel and ensure funds are released in a timely manner to successful applicants. As Chairman of the CIF funding panel, I am honoured to be part of this important initiative.”
Meanwhile, Cllr Louise McKinlay, Deputy Leader of Essex County Council and cabinet member for Equality, Partnerships and Performance said:
“Essex County Council is pleased to support the Essex Community Initiatives Fund, as it aligns with our levelling-up priorities and plans… local groups and voluntary organisations are well placed to understand the needs and opportunities of their areas. So I would urge people to come forward to apply for funding for projects to boost and support their local community.”
How to apply?
Please read through the guidance notes carefully for the scheme’s eligibility and criteria details.
Email a completed application form to [email protected] by Friday 19th August.
The panel will then review and decide upon your project based on the information given in your application form (in October).
You will then be informed whether your application for funding has been successful or not. Not all applications are successful as the scheme is often heavily oversubscribed and sometimes, you may be given less funding than you applied for, or directed to alternative funding sources.
If you have any questions regarding this fund or would like to be added to the distribution list, then please contact our funding team on 01371 879722 or email them at [email protected]. If you would like to find out further details from Essex County Council, please click here .
The Essex Association wish to formally thank Essex County Council for the support provided to the EALC, Parish & Town Councils, villages and communities across Essex.
This is a Fixed Term Position to start 25 th July 2022 for 6-9 months (maternity cover) We are looking to recruit a Social Prescribing Link Worker to join our friendly, dynamic and progressive primary care network in South Uttlesford.
About South Uttlesford PCN
South Uttlesford PCN comprises 5 General Practices working in conjunction with local health and
social care organisations to improve the health and wellbeing of the local population.
South Uttlesford is a lovely place to live and work with good working relationships forged between
practices over many years. There is a real sense of enthusiasm to improve health and social care
locally.
The Role
Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to
non-medical ‘link workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic
approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and
emotional support.
Link workers support existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and help people to start new
community groups, working collaboratively with all local partners.
Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience, and reduces
health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and
physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. It
particularly works for people with long-term conditions (including support for mental health), for
people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.
The Job Description and Person Specification provide outlines of the responsibilities and
requirements for this role.
What we offer
NHS Pension (employer is Uttlesford Health – GP provider company for Uttlesford)
Generous annual leave
Flexible working
Excellent transport links
Supportive working environment in General Practice
How to Apply
To apply, please complete your application and CV either through NHS Jobs or by directly sending
your CV and covering letter to [email protected].
If this role appeals and you have the qualities we are looking for, we look forward to hearing from
you. If you would like an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Sue Wray, Uttlesford
Health ([email protected]).
The Essex Coronavirus Action Support Facebook Community was set up during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was a collaboration between Essex County Council (ECC) and the Essex Public Health Team as well as local Facebook admins. It focuses on three objectives: preventing the spread of infection, informing Essex residents of guidance and assisting residents who may be vulnerable.
The National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) funded PHIRST South Bank Centre co-produced an evaluation of the project with local stakeholders. The evaluation sought to understand the following questions:
How effective is a digital community development approach during a pandemic?
Was the ECAS digital community development approach successful in achieving improved health literacy, protective health actions and community connectedness and mutual aid?
Was the ECAS digital community development approach successful in achieving whole system change for the public health function?
What factors were important in contributing to the outcomes?
This event will be an opportunity to talk to those involved in setting up this initiative, hear the findings of the evaluation, discuss what lessons can be learnt and how these can be used to plan future work with digital communities in Essex.
If you wish to bid for local authority contracts, you can expect tenders to include questions about social value: how the way you deliver the contract impacts or benefits local jobs, businesses, communities and the environment.
Essex County Council’s second, social value festival is a free, 4-day learning event for any organisation that wants to learn about social value, bid for ECC contracts or benefit from the social value offers that suppliers make to our local communities.
Join us this summer, book your place here. All the sessions will run online, free of charge.
This year’s event is packed full of practical advice on how to approach social value and climate matters and will provide many examples that you can adopt or use to inspire your own ideas. It is suitable for organisations of any size and type and you will have the opportunity to speak to our experts about social value and climate.
Schools, colleges, universities, SMEs and charities too can find out what ECC’s suppliers are committing and how to access their offers such as careers advice, business advice and staff volunteering time.
Healthwatch Essex was created as a result of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, and the Government’s aim of ‘putting patients and the public first’ through strengthening their collective voice. A national network of local Healthwatch organisations, and a national umbrella organisation, Healthwatch England were created. The purpose is to be ‘an independent voice for the people of Essex, helping to shape and improve local health and social care services’. Our success depends on building constructive partnerships with the NHS, local councils, and voluntary and community organisations.
The staff team and our network of volunteers and Ambassadors undertake work that includes engaging the public in innovative and effective ways. We produce films, podcasts and engagement projects as well as carrying out high-quality social research and sharing our reports. We provide a telephone- and web-based Information Service to help the public access and understand the NHS and social care services. We anticipate that our work will continue to grow and diversify following the pandemic, as the needs of the people of Essex change and commissioners seek our knowledge and expertise to provide the best most widely accessible care and support.
Trustee opportunity – Healthwatch Essex is governed by a Board of Trustees with a diverse range of skills and experience. We would like to add an additional Trustee with finance and accounting qualifications and experience to the Board. If you have these skills, can offer clear oversight and direction as a Board member and are interested in the work of Healthwatch Essex we would like to hear from you.
For more information about the role of a Trustee and Healthwatch Essex, call the office on 01376 572829.or visit www.healthwatchessex.org.uk, or contact the Chief Executive Sam Glover [email protected], or the Office Manager Helen Wakeham [email protected]. Closing date 30th June 2022
Peaceful Place is an award-winning charity seeking an Operation Manger to join our team of forward-thinking creative people.
You will have experience of multi activity coordination in any field with an aptitude for creating warm friendly and supportive environments.
You will have the ability to engage partner services in arts, culture and sport and have a flexible and team empowering approach in coordinating a variety of activities. You will have demonstrable experience of professionally liaising with health and social care professionals. You will have full ownership of developing this role, working closely with the CEO and will enjoy and maintain our culture of fun in a stimulating and rewarding environment.
Place of work: Peaceful Place, 261 Timberlog Lane, Basildon, SS14 1PA
Hours of work: Flexible (core hours 10:30-3:30)
Working days: Monday to Friday – 5 days per week.
Salary: Negotiable £30,00 – £32,000
Reporting to: CEO
Holidays: 28 days pro rata – Please note we are open bank holidays.
Application Process:
Please forward a current CV with a statement, no more than 2 A4 pages, outlining your skills and aptitude to make this role a success. Please ensure you provide evidence in your statement of direct practice in relation to the job description attached.
We welcome applications from any field demonstrating transferable skills.
Peaceful Place is an award-winning charity with great ambitions to maintain and grow it’s innovative, creative and empowering service. To support us on this journey we are seeking a professional, friendly, flexible, person who enjoys empowering team colleagues and adaptable to the daily changes that makes this role an exciting opportunity for a person with ambition. You will have full ownership of the volunteer project. You will develop the role and ensure the service has sufficient volunteers to support the Charities aims and objectives.
You will have further responsibility for the recruitment and support of very dedicated and hardworking volunteers in our successful charity Shop based in Southend.
We are seeking a person with knowledge and experience of good practice on volunteer coordination. You may not have direct experience of volunteer management but have transferable skills required to develop the project and make it a success.
We have an ambition to seek a relevant Quality Mark in volunteer Management and you will play a leading role in achieving this.
In return you will receive excellent support from a friendly professional team and enjoy our culture of fun in a stimulating and rewarding environment.
Place of work: Peaceful Place, 261 Timberlog Lane, Basildon, SS14 1PA
Hours of work: Flexible
Working days: Monday to Friday incl.
Salary: Negotiable £26,000 to £28,000
Reporting to: CEO
Holidays: 28 days pro rata
Application Process:
Please send a current CV with covering letter, no more than 2 A4 pages, outlining evidence of experience, skills and abilities relating to Job Description attached.