The Shoosmiths Foundation is now inviting applications for funding. The deadline for submissions is 5pm on Friday 24 June 2022.
Key criteria
£25,000 to £50,000 grants are available for UK registered charities undertaking work in the UK.
Funding is at the discretion of the Shoosmiths Foundation Grants Committee.
The Foundation builds on Shoosmiths’ existing community investment programme which continues to support local charity partners through staff fundraising and firm donations, staff volunteering and provision of legal advice pro bono.
UK registered charities may apply.
Eligible expenditure
The Shoosmiths Foundation offers grants in the following categories to:
advance social mobility in the legal sector, and across the UK, in line with the Shoosmiths social mobility action plan. Particular focus on charitable organisations which share our belief that ‘talent can come from anywhere’, and which align their interventions with local socio-economic analysis and need;
advance a carbon net zero UK; and
advance access to justice in the UK.
N.B. Applications for this round must relate to the social mobility aim.
Restrictions
Please refer to the Shoosmiths Community Investment Policy for exclusions. See here.
Funding is not available for individuals.
Applications are restricted to one application per charity.
Applications must relate to a specific project.
Applications are not permitted for unrestricted funding requests.
Application procedure
Applications may be made when publicised by Shoosmiths.
Please email completed application forms to [email protected] by 5pm Friday 24 June 2022.
Previous support provided
The Shoosmiths Foundation has previously supported End Youth Homelessness and Street League charities with a total of £90,000 awarded.
Funding to End Youth Homelessness will provide circa 2,174 hours of employability support from Employability Coaches and help circa 41 young people back into Employment, Education or Training (EET).
Funding to Street League will support 53 unemployed young people, living in some of the most deprived communities across Leeds and Sheffield, to gain qualifications they need to secure meaningful job opportunities.
Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System
Location
Flexible across Suffolk and North East Essex
Salary
£65 – 80K p.a. pro rata (2.5 days per week (minimum))
Closing date
8 Jun 2022
In Suffolk and North East Essex we are genuinely ‘Can Do’ in the way that we work together as a local health and care system. We are committed to improving health and wellbeing outcomes for the local population we serve and we are ambitious about what we can achieve together. Our core ICS values are that we are: COURAGEOUS, COLLABORATIVE, COMPASSIONATE, CREATIVE, COMMUNITY FOCUSED and COST EFFECTIVE
The ICS VCSE Assembly Chair will lead the establishment of the Suffolk and North East Essex ICS VCSE Assembly, continuing to build relationships across the local VCSE sector and wider health and care partners and further developing the role of the VCSE sector through the ICS. The post holder will be accountable to the local VCSE sector through the ICS VCSE Assembly and its steering group. They will represent the Assembly on the wider Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) and will be considered for appointment as a voting member of the NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board (ICB).
At its heart, our ICS is an equal partnership across the NHS, Local Government and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE) increasingly characterised by positive relationships between local health and care leaders, courageous joint action to address problems and a genuine ‘Can Do’ attitude that enables meaningful partnership and integrated thinking and working at every level.
The VCSE sector is regarded as an equal partner in the ICS with a vital role in improving the health and care outcomes for our population active at all tiers of the system including local neighbourhoods, place-based Alliances and across the wider Suffolk and North East Essex system. Local VCSE sector leaders believe in the importance of working closely together with wider partners in health and care through the ICS.
From July 2022 the ICS will transition to statutory arrangements under the new Health and Care Act 2022. We see this as an opportunity to further enhance and build on our achievements to date including the role of the VCSE sector in the system. A panel of local VCSE leaders have developed proposals to establish an ICS VCSE Assembly which will work with all stakeholders to ensure and support appropriate engagement, contribution and collaboration at every level of system. The VCSE Assembly will build on and connect with current VCSE networks with support from the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) and the ICP Secretariat.
Hamelin Trust is offering an exciting new opportunity for a passionate, dedicated, and skilled Director of Care to join them in their period of growth and expansion. We have ambitious plans to develop inclusive, compassionate communities where people live the life they choose. With a history of over 40 years of experience operating in care, we provide personalised support for
individuals with learning disabilities. We currently operate day services, outreach reservices, short breaks and residential homes, and our growth strategy seeks to deliver a person focused, place-based model of social care.
You will be someone with a proven track record in the social care, health or a related sector. Whilst having recent experience as a Director for Social or Health Care Services is preferable, we are open to attracting the rising stars who are ready to step up and can become future leaders. You will be able to demonstrate a strong ethos for working in collaboration and through integrated services both across the local authority and with key partnerships, notably care, health and the voluntary sector. You’ll have a natural ability to use resources effectively and promote a culture of personal responsibility and accountability.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the Director of Care will have the following responsibilities:
< Providing care leadership, drive, and innovation in the provision and development of our
services.
< Ensuring a culture of excellence and robust governance.
< Working with the CE and SLT on the future development of care that we provide.
< Ensuring a high quality of service user safety, experience and providing a culture of
openness, learning and innovation.
< Leading on all safeguarding aspects.
< Shaping and implementing the strategic care direction of Hamelin Trust.
< Driving research, education, and innovations regarding best evidence-based care for
individuals, families, and communities.
< Ensuring that services are developed in partnership with stakeholders.
< As a member of the SLT, the post holder will also contribute to the broader strategic
development of the organisation.
If you are interested and are inspired to help lead the next phase of our journey, we look forward to
your application.
Salary – up to £65,000 dependent upon experience
Closing date for applications: 7th June 2022
Applications can be made by visiting the People section of our website www.hamelintrust.org.uk of by submitting CVs directly to [email protected] Hamelin Trust has a duty to safeguard and promote the wellbeing of its service users and is
committed to doing so. Hamelin Trust expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure & other safeguarding clearances.
To apply for this position please click on the application form button at the top of this page, and complete the form by the closing date of Friday 15th July 2022
Interview date- 1st August 2022
Start date for this position – Monday 5th September 2022
We are looking for a Sanctuary Manager
Base – Harlow Wellbeing Centre
Hours – 25-37.5 hours per week – Hours will be varied, but will include Sanctuary evening shifts up to 11pm
To apply for this position please click on the application form button at the top of this page, and complete the form by the closing date of Tuesday 31st May 2022 (extended deadline)
Interview date – TBC
We are looking for a Children’s & Young People’s Mental Health Support Team Manager
To apply for this position please click on the application form button at the top of this page, and complete the form by the closing date of Friday 3rd June 2022. (extended deadline)
Interview date – TBC
We are looking for Children & Young People’s Mental Health Support Team Supervisors/Practitioners
Base – Harlow & Epping Forest District
Hours – 37.5 hours per week
Salary – £32,306 per annum
We are looking for a clinical supervisor with experience of CBT low intensity strategies for working with children and young people to join our Mental Health Support Team. The post includes an opportunity to attend the Supervisor training to support the Trainee Educational Mental Health Practitioners.
Ideal candidates would have a minimum of two years experience of working with CBT and experience of working in education settings.
This post could be suitable for qualified EMHPs, CWPs or PWPs looking to develop their career.
For the full job please see the attached job description here
To apply for this position please click on the application form button at the top of this page.
Harlow and Epping Forest District closing date 3rd June 2022 (Extended Deadline). Interview Date TBC.
A new two-day virtual conference for health and care professionals and stakeholders in mid and south Essex and beyond.
Do you work in health and care in mid and south Essex or support the wellbeing of residents through your work?
Join us for a brand new conference giving us time to reflect on our collective achievements as a partnership and look to our future as a statutory integrated care system.
Featuring the fantastic work happening across our system, including providers, local authorities, primary care networks and community and voluntary sector partners, you will hear from keynote speakers from across our ICS and beyond.
Colleagues and leading experts will be discussing the wide variety of activities we are collectively delivering to improve standards and outcomes for our 1.2million residents.
Liz Rothschilds unique & original show combines mercurial tales and miraculous truths collected over the years from life’s finishing line.
About this event
About the show:
Outside The Box asks its audience to embrace mortality and look on the bright side of life, with a weave of untold and surprising stories, a hint of history and some pithy commentary on the funeral industry (from one who knows!).
Liz shares her unique experiences as a celebrant, burial ground owner and death cafe facilitator, these encounters are swept together in a show which has been brewing inside her for years. The result is a taboo-busting affair that expertly handles the ‘elephant in the room’ with humour and grace.
As Liz travels the country to perform, the show evolves organically to include new stories shared by its audience, widening the experience. The post-show element of Outside the Box has been fabulously popular and successful, validating the cathartic power of the show and its resonance with audiences.
If you – or someone you know – has been personally affected by palliative care, we want to hear from you.
Palliative care is treatment, care and support for someone with a complex or incurable condition, and those at the end of their life. It focuses on the quality of someone’s life, managing physical symptoms, offering emotional and practical support to the patient, their family and friends. Palliative care can take place in the home, hospital, care home or a hospice.
We’re working with Havens Hospices, St. Luke’s Hospice Basildon and District, Saint Francis Hospice and Farleigh Hospice, so your experiences will help shape the future of palliative care services for local people of all ages in mid and south Essex.
Whether cared for by a hospital, hospice or community service, we would like to know what you most wanted and needed during this time, and if there were any barriers to accessing these.
The survey will take five minutes and will be completely anonymous, unless you have more to say and would like to leave your details. You can also contact us on 0300 500 1895 if you need to access the survey in a different way.
The Movement for Good Awards is an annual platform for giving, set up by all the businesses that make up the Benefact Group. It’s our opportunity to make a tangible difference to the lives of the people and communities we serve, by supporting the charities, not-for-profit organisations, and community interest projects that mean something to you.
This year we are donating more than £1 million, and we can’t do it without you!
Nominate a charity today
You can make a difference. We’re not asking for money, or any real time, just your nomination of a registered charity, not-for-profit organisation, or community interest company in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man. Anyone can nominate and that one act could potentially mean an extra £1,000 to those trying to make a difference. The more nominations a charity receives, the greater their chance of winning, so once you’ve done your part, spread the word and make it a movement!