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Please see the attached job description here
To apply for this position please contact vcraft@mindinwestessex.org.uk by the closing date of Friday 25th February 2022.
Interview date TBC via zoom
Age Well East (formerly Age Concern Colchester & North-East Essex – current rebrand running) has gone through exponential growth. Since 2017 the focus has increased from Colchester to North-East Essex and now across Essex and Suffolk. This growth is driven by unmet needs and this growth requires strengthening with a Head of Operations within the senior leadership team to maintain the current operation and manage future growth. The Head of Support Services, Head of Operations and CEO form the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and complement the established base of Operations Managers, Team Leaders and the frontline staff that underpin excellent operational delivery.
The Head of Operations will grow an established operations unit to develop first-class frontline services that change lives. A key element of this role is maintaining existing operations, embedding recent contract wins for April 2022 and then developing services based on new major contract wins.
The organisation, due to high growth, will have direct reports, team leaders and operations managers reporting in. Over time, and as the department and income settle, this will restructure to a more traditional structure of operations managers reporting lines. Therefore the right individual will be comfortable managing at different levels until the full structure is in place.
If you are a passionate leader looking to take a high growth operation to new heights we welcome your CV and covering letter and to meet in person. We are building something special at Age Well East and we are looking for a high calibre Head of Operations to lead the frontline team.
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
Mission
Age Well East supports and empowers individuals to become happier and healthier.
Values
Apply today and we look forward to discussing what we can achieve together.
In this episode we speak with Catherine Mahoney about the recent UK Giving Report from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
1. Giving is up but givers are down
It’s a little disconcerting to hear that there are so many fewer donors here in the UK compared to previous years, we’re not sure if this is also being seen in other countries too.
However, total giving seems to have gone up, showing that those who are giving seem to be giving more. What we don’t know is why. If we look at the growing wealth gap in our society, and the job losses that have come from the pandemic, the vast furlough scheme which has given many people less over much of the last two years, this might give us some idea.
2. Would could charities do to overcome giving fatigue?
So while the pot may not be getting smaller, the loss of so many donors suggests that competition for support may be on the increase. It would be useful to understand more from charities about whether their funds have gone down or whether their supporter numbers have gone down and they are just seeing larger average gifts. We also don’t know how the emergency appeals of the pandemic will continue to perform, some believe that giving fatigue is setting in, or will do in the short-term.
What does this mean for charities. Well one thing is that we need to continue to find ways of establishing long-lasting and thereby cost-effective relationships with supporters. Providing an authentic personal interaction, along with a reciprocal donor-centred approach to fundraising to help bring supporters into our cause and to live the passion that we, and our colleagues hold for it. With less resource, funding, time and energy this serves to be big challenge for many of us. And so, we must seek out within ourselves and from those around us the support we need to remain resilient, innovative and passionate.
3. The UK Giving Report from CAF
The UK Giving Report from CAF – https://www.cafonline.org/docs/default-source/about-us-research/uk_giving_report_2021.pdf
This episode of Charity Chat has been brought to you by our platinum sponsor, fundraising platform Work for Good and the festive Small Business Star match funding campaign. This year there is a £50,000 match funding pot available. Head to www.workforgood.co.uk to sign-up for free!
This in-person workshop will explore the history and theories of autism, outline the current diagnostic criteria of autism, and look at strategies to support autistic people.
This workshop is interactive with discussions, activities and plenty of time for questions throughout, however participants are welcome to be involved as much or as little as they feel comfortable. There will also be regular breaks which will provide essential time to network between participants and speak to the trainers on a 1:1 basis. Refreshments will be provided however participants are required to bring their own lunch.
Location: Doucecroft School, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
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Location: Doucecroft School, Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL
Grants of between £35,000 and £300,000 are available to help UK Armed Forces charities increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for veterans who have served in Afghanistan and other recent conflicts and the wider veterans community. Organisations are invited to apply for one of four strands of funding from the Afghanistan Veterans’ Fund for projects that respond to the increased needs in veterans by improving wellbeing and resilience, and promoting good mental health. Funding is being made available by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs and will be administered by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.
The deadline for applications is the 17th January 2022.
Click here to read more : https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/afghanistan-veterans-fund/
Funding is available to support innovative and creative arts and culture projects in communities across England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man which open up conversations about dying, death and bereavement in new and creative ways. Hospice UK’s Dying Matters Community Grants Programme 2022 will award funding to registered charities, CIOs and CICs for projects that reach new and diverse audiences, with a particular focus on inequalities and inclusion. Two types of funding are available: small workshop grants of up to £999 for activities such as one-off workshops of poetry, singing or art; and project grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 for larger scale community projects such as a theatre production, photography exhibition or community mural.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 21st February 2022.
Click here to read more
https://www.hospiceuk.org/dying-matters-community-grants-programme
Imkaan, the UK-based, umbrella women’s organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and Minoritised women and girls has announced a new fund for specialist Black and minoritised women and girls’ organisations who deliver frontline support addressing violence against women and girls. Framework 4 of Margin to Centre – A Fund for the Black and Minoritised Women and Girls’ sector will open to applications on the 10th January 2022 to re-dress inequality and support the frontline operational and long-term sustainability work of organisations working to end violence against women and girls in England and Scotland.
The fund is made available through contributions from the Tampon Tax Fund and the closing date for applications is the 31st March 2022.
Click here to read more : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-margin-to-centre-tickets-227610909357
While Christmas can be a very happy and enjoyable time of year, for some it can be a difficult period; mental health doesn’t get easier just because it’s the festive season.
Here we have put together a list of five ways that you can make the festive season less difficult for yourself and others facing mental health challenges.
Help the NHS to create their new website by completing this short survey.
“We’re looking to develop a new website to provide support and guidance for new and expecting parents, professionals supporting new parent and their carers with their Mental Health. The website will span across Greater Essex. Our aim is to find out what users would find most useful from this website.
We’ll use this information to design a better website for you. The survey shouldn’t take longer than 5 minutes to complete.”
Looking for a
If you’re someone who is passionate about providing immersive, hands-on experiences for children to connect with the world of food and farming, they’d love to hear from you.
The Trust has
The Trust is recruiting a range of roles including a Food and Farm Discovery Coordinator working across Essex.
Closing date: 6 January, 8am.
Find out more about all these roles and apply online:
www.countrytrust.org.uk/get-involved/work-for-us
For enquiries, or an informal chat, email: recruitment@countrytrust.org.uk